I am maining shipmaster but I am having some difficulties with him, I just want to gather all shipmaster mains, tell me how you play him, and maybe if you look through the comments you may learn something new
Teleport/Extraction are your best friends. Never fight a fight you don’t need to. You don’t have as many head-on assault powers as other leaders, so take advantage of your speed and maneuverability.
I also take Spirit Assault as soon as possible. It’s a great ability
you gotta learn what works best for you, people play all leaders differently, you can get tips and stuff from other players but ultimately you have to play them your way.
Utilize Locusts + Teleport + Extraction if the opportunity presents itself. Never fight an army larger than yours unless you have Displacement. Pick your fights and zip around the map. Once you decisively beat your opponents army, use Teleport or Tactical Gateway to immediately assault his base. Mass Cloak and keep your army at a distance, detector units have trash range and Wraiths are borderline artillery. Spirit Support is the only way that I know of to get veteran Engineers, use it as often as you can. Shipmaster takes some time to master, scratch his back and he’ll scratch yours
He’s not like the other leaders for tree he banished, you need to be more tactical to a degree. Your leader powers are your best friend as ship master.
Scout mind saves your life early game, make good use of displacement. Also extraction can help save some of you more important troops, and shipmaster is all about moving around the map quickly, and have some map control. that is all i have to say.
thank you to everyone so far for all the help… I will be bringing all of this into account 
Learn to use shrouds, they’re your bread and butter to an effective army, especially as Shipmaster.
My 9 minute cloaked marauder push with raid 3 and THICK hide is practically unstoppable.