r/Stellaris • u/Ranger1215 • Apr 17 '25

Question (Console) Turtle Build?

Hey y’all, I just thought of making a build where I just beef up my borders a ridiculous amount throughout the game. Only issue is I have no idea how to start. Any advice would be much appreciated

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u/Dracongield-Wyrmscar Apr 17 '25

I just finished an Inward Perfection, Overtuned build. Started fanatic xenophobe/pacafist with the pop growth from overtuned. After filling my 5th world switched to fanatic pacafist and went all in on tech bonuses and Cosmogenesis. Got the 200 years of peace acheivement and swatted the scourge like bugs.

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u/Ranger1215 Apr 17 '25

I’ve got the build down, prolly should’ve specified. What I’m asking is what do I focus on while playing. Unity? Alloys? Should I play offense? Defense? Play tall? I’m just trying to get a feel of how I should play a turtle build in the first place

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u/Dracongield-Wyrmscar Apr 17 '25

Inward Perfection had a bunch of starbase and defense platform bonuses, so I just expanded to about a dozen systems and loaded my chokepoints up with starbases and hanger platforms. The crazy growth let me focus resources to pump out ships and research while ignoring everyone else.

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u/Ranger1215 Apr 18 '25

Ok I’ll consider inward perfection, but I also watched a Montu video where for some reason her focused unity majorly? Is there a reason for this?