Voiles Mortes: Vanishing From Enemy Screens
Picture this: your opponent scans the sea, confident — and your ship simply doesn't appear on their screen. That's the power of Voiles Mortes ("Dead Sails"), Dovion's most unsettling stealth mechanic. Reserved for a single hull, countered by a single other: here's the complete guide to the game of the invisible.
Where Voiles Mortes comes from
Stealth is the identity of the Spectre lineage (Ghost lineage), one of the nine branches in the ship tree: Clipper, then Reaver, then — at the top — the Vaisseau Fantôme (Ghost Ship). It, and only it, wields Voiles Mortes.
The whole lineage is built around speed and elusiveness, but the Vaisseau Fantôme crosses a line no other hull crosses: it doesn't just become hard to catch, it stops being seen. For the full portrait of the lineage, its mid-tier hulls, and its playstyle, check out the Spectre lineage: speed, grease, and the Ghost Ship.
Vanishing from enemy screens: what it actually means
The principle behind Voiles Mortes fits in one sentence: your ship disappears from your enemies' screens. Not a cosmetic transparency effect, not a camouflage you can squint and spot — as far as they're concerned, you're simply not there.
The uses that follow are obvious, and delicious:
- The ambush: closing in on a target who thinks they're safe, and only existing to them once it's too late.
- The perfect escape: breaking off a badly-started fight by erasing yourself from your pursuer's mental map.
- The quiet crossing: passing through a contested zone without paying the usual toll in cannonballs.
Playing invisible well
Invisibility breeds boldness — sometimes too much. A few principles to get the most out of it:
- Stealth is information, not armor. Invisible doesn't mean invulnerable: sail as if you could still be hit, because a stray shot or a lucky ram doesn't need to see you.
- Think about what the enemy already knows. If they saw you vanish somewhere, they know where to look. A good ghost changes course immediately after disappearing.
- Plan your reappearance. The moment you become visible again is the most dangerous — and the most decisive. Choose it: good angle, good distance, good target.
- Don't waste the effect. Like any lineage ability, stealth is worth its timing. Vanishing "just to see" is throwing your best asset overboard.
The counter: watch out for the Fanal
Every power has its nemesis, and the Vaisseau Fantôme's is called the Fanal (Beacon). It's the tool of the Forteresse flottante (Floating Fortress), a hull of the Traps lineage: a beam that cuts through fog and reveals invisible ships.
Running into a Forteresse with its Fanal active while playing stealth is the story of the ghost who meets a hunter with the right gear: suddenly your whole plan is built on nothing. Learn to spot this hull from a distance, dodge its beam — or pick another target. This tool matchup is a textbook case of lineage counters, explored in who beats who? Lineage counters and in the guide to the Traps lineage.
Is the ghost playstyle for you?
Voiles Mortes rewards a specific profile: patient, calculating, someone who prefers perfect moments over constant brawling. If you'd rather roar, other lineages await you. But if the idea of only existing on your own terms makes you smile, the Spectre path is home.
There's only one way to find out: Play Dovion for free, climb the Spectre lineage up to the Vaisseau Fantôme — and hand someone the worst surprise of their night.