heh win ratio has nothing to do with being good in combat. Almost all my batlles are from the UW or hitting NPCs to make my C3. 

In my oppinion there is no universal way to build a good stack, since every type of stack has a counterstack. So I usually just choose a stack to serve some purpose. Right now Im almost never hit by a full stack since Marus are generally a good stacking race. Therefore I almost always spam a single or double ship since it beats most half stacks or 3 ship spams, which I often see here. OTher times if I expect to be hit by a certain person I make a fleet that match what he often uses. 


> hey man - wanted to see if you have any advice about combat since your ratio is so damn good. are you usually a spammer or a stacker? both? 
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> I generally like to 10 stack. I place high range ships up top to guarantee first hit because everyone is spamming nowadays. Then I place flankers at my bottom 5-6 stacks. Pretty much always win on attack on aggressive. Hard to defend since everyone attacks on careful/normal, but i usually lose 1 or on occasion 2 colonies.