The Cap Battery Revolution and the Cyclone

I was looking at the Top All Time statistics for myself and my corporation(s) and alliance(s) recently, and it was striking that Sudden Buggery had the Cyclone well up on its top all time list - this is a ship that used to be fantastic and fantastically underrated, especially once T3 cruisers came out and the popularity of BC's waned. i used to fly a buffer gank Cyclone all the time, is what I'm getting at.

I have revisited the cyclone recently now that cap batteries are the thing.

[Cyclone, LSB]

Damage Control II
Ballistic Control System II
Ballistic Control System II
Ballistic Control System II
Power Diagnostic System II

50MN Y-T8 Compact Microwarpdrive
Pith C-Type Large Shield Booster
Adaptive Invulnerability Field II
Large Compact Pb-Acid Cap Battery
Warp Scrambler II

Heavy Assault Missile Launcher II, Nova Rage Heavy Assault Missile
Heavy Assault Missile Launcher II, Nova Rage Heavy Assault Missile
Heavy Assault Missile Launcher II, Nova Rage Heavy Assault Missile
Heavy Assault Missile Launcher II, Nova Rage Heavy Assault Missile
Heavy Assault Missile Launcher II, Nova Rage Heavy Assault Missile
Shield Command Burst II, Active Shielding Charge
[Empty High slot]

Medium Core Defense Operational Solidifier I
Medium Core Defense Operational Solidifier I
Medium Anti-EM Screen Reinforcer II


Hammerhead II x5

For 115M ISK plus an Improved Blue Pill at 11M-ish, that is actually now a fairly decent ship. 828 overheated DPS tank and 900 with the invul overheated, and a decent but not outrageous 596 DPS cold. That's pretty good for a T1 battlecruiser, and comparable (finally) to some other active tanked setups like the Brutix, etc.

A crystal set would make it even better.

Maybe not the same 69K EHP, 725DPS killdozer i loved flying previously. But not too bad.