How to use Overlord effectively?

[Cpt. Obvious]

Apart from being a meatshield during base destruction i don't understand what exactly Overlord excels at.
drones are bad against any decent armoured target and die instantly from first rifledude shot. and harkonnen can't expect Not to encounter rifledudes. What am i missing here?
What's her exact purpose in your opinion, where do you see her really shining and being better than rival's ships?

[Pawel (LINUX)]

Generaly agreed, however I think that Overlord can leave drones during attack. In consequence Overlord will be outside of rocket range while drones continue to attack..... I am not sure about it anyway ;)

[Kōizumi Seishiro]

But leave any frigate soloing w/o support and it will end up in a wreck and scrap metal parts for Fremen to collect. Overlord is a frigate that can pump out drones at increased pace when necessary. Frigates in Dune are not there to absorb missiles or potshots from the land. They are there to bring in an overbearing firepower.

[Final Cipher]

When playing Harkonnen, losing units is good. Drones are fodder for any effect that triggers on a unit death. That said, you should ideally tie up the enemy's ranged units with melee fodder so they can't shoot

[Soho]

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When playing Harkonnen, losing units is good

This, definitely- the Overlord works great with a unit composition that is made to have lots of cheap units that buff the stronger units when they die... works really good with some buffed up Executioners and Gunners. The Overlord is like having a 'cheap unit factory' up on the front line. When the troopers, cerberus and drones are dying it is making the Executioners and Gunners stronger

[Fenrir]

Well, one way I use it, is not building the "Order" buildings that auto fight rebellions. This saves a building slot per village, and I can just squeeze a few villages to death and have the overlord just chilling by them, as soon as they rebel it takes care of it. I understand people like the building that does it all for them, but I can get extra resources by not wasting that building slot. And since its a flying unit, it can monitor a huge section of villages easily regardless of worms, landmarks, and distance(just remember its slow).