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[PUFNSTUF]

what is everyone using currently for a strong drop deck? My go too right now is three warhammers and an oxide.

[nehebkau]

here

[Tarogato]

Clan mechs.

[PUFNSTUF]

nehebkau, on 07 March 2016 - 07:04 PM, said:

here

Yea that's recommended mechs, but that's not what each person is using. Was wondering if there were any interesting ones out there.

[slide]

My drop decks use a variety of mechs, of which I have about 30 set up ready to go (including modules).

My standard deck ATM is
Marauder - 2ppc, 2ac5
Warhammer - 2ppc, 2ac5
Marauder - 2lpl, 2 ml, ac10
Cicada - 2erll, 2ml, ecm

I also run decks with Battlemasters, King Crabs, Enforcers, Thunderbolts even a spider occasionally. As things change so do my decks. I usually go dakka heavy on hot maps and use the top one on regular or cold maps.

I am expecting to make room for an Archer next week. Which could see a BJ or later a PHX added to the list, (MAD, WHM, ARC, PHX/BJ)

[KrocodockleTheBooBoxLoader-GetIn]

I use 4 tbolts, zeus and 3 quickdraw, 2 battlemaster 2 blackjack

[Leone]

BNC-3E, CTF-4X, SDH-2H, FS9-A

Dakka, Dakka, Dakka, Pulse!

~Leone.

Edited by Leone, 09 March 2016 - 08:51 AM.

[mikerso]

I have 4 thunderbolts ( 2x top dog, 1x 9se, 1x 5ss).

That is my primary.

Ready to go:

Stalkers (4n, 3h), atlas (d-dc, s), loyalty k-crab, marauder bh-2, blackjack (1X, 1, 3), griffin 2n, raven (3L, 2x huggin), Firestarter s, locust pb.

All are fun and can have variable success.

[Bud Crue]

If I am pugging I take ECM mechs (so many lrms, so many, many lrms). Usually 3 Cataphract 0xps (various load outs) and a Cicada 3M (2LPL); but depending on the map, mode and/or mood I may even bring a DDC, one or more Griffins, etc.

If I am running with a group of mostly higher Tier players, or folks who are really in no mood to mess around, I bring fast heavies, usually a T-bolt, Black Knight and two Quickdraws with near meta builds.

If I am playing with other intoxicated casuals:
Hot maps attack: Cataphract IM, two Jaggers and a Quickdraw IV-4.
Hot Map Defense: A 4UAC5 Mauler, a Jagger, an IV-4 and a Black Jack.

My heat indifferent/mobile deck is: Two Grasshoppers and 2 Quickdraws.
If I just need C-bills: a Black Knight 6-R, A Top Dog, a Crab 27-R, and a Warhammer 6-D (yeah, yeah, the Hammer has no bonus).

But honestly all this goes out the window probably 75% of the time as whomever is running the drop will have something specific in mind (hey lets do a Hero drop; hey lets have a few LRM boats 2nd wave, someone bring a Narc Raven; hey lets do Assaults and lights; etc.) In which case I will drop with whatever they want.

Finally, and most often what happens is that I end up dropping with whatever was loaded the last time I played, since I don't have time to get the deck I want set -once we know what map we are on (Please give us a saved drop deck option PGI. Please).

[GweNTLeR]

1xVictor-9K, 1xVictor-9S, 1x Thunderbolt 5ss, 1xRaven-3L.
Victors are very powerful if used with proper weapons. Still, they are quite hard to play since you are forced to use different weapons and you don't have those armor/structure quirks.

[PUFNSTUF]

Krocodockle, on 08 March 2016 - 10:25 PM, said:

I use 4 tbolts, zeus and 3 quickdraw, 2 battlemaster 2 blackjack

how do you like the dual battlemaster and bj deck? Seems solid.

[Lukoi Banacek]

Im running 3 x BLKNT with MPL/ML mixed builds and a Pulsestarter for IS and love it. Sometimes I mix in an LPL BLKNT if it seems necessary.

For Clan it is my favorite mech and build in the game, the "Focke Wulf" build of the EBJ x 4.

Edited by Lukoi Banacek, 09 March 2016 - 03:53 PM.

[MischiefSC]

Varies map to map.

5xAC5 Mauler.

BLR 1G with 3lpls and 3mls.

BJ 1X 2lpls 3mls

Panther with 2lpls

Sometimes I'll go to a Zeus with 3lpls and 2xac5s and bump the Mauler to a Banshee

[Ollorin]

Well I'm still pretty new to CW and also coming back from a long absence from the game so I' pretty much sticking to some of the top mechs suggested on Metamechs.

Stalker 4N: 6 LL
Thunderbolt 9SE: 3 LPL
Thunderbolt 5SS: 3LPL
BlackJack 1X: 3LL, 2ML

I realize my 5SS build isn't optimal per the quirks but being a less experience player I opted to simplify things a bit by duplicating my 9SE while I grind through the 5SS. Eventually it will be replaced with another 9SE. I'l probably also pick up a duplicate BJ-1X and STK-4N as well. That way I'll have the option of using my current drop deck or two STK-4N + two BJ-1X.

[Sandpit]

Stalker, Warhammer, Marauder, Spider

[S T I N G S]

King Crab, Quickdraw, Quickdraw, and Firestarter or

King Crab, Quickdraw, Blackjack, and Hunchback

[ccrider]

3x Black Knight and a Panther or

2x Black Knight, either Zeus 9s or Zeus 5s and Urbie (Urbie is the true god tier of CW, also Spiders are bleah)

[Mechi Messer]

For cbill-grind I use:

CTF-IM (3erlls and gauss)
STK-Misery (AC20 + 3 Lpls)
BLR-2C (3lpls + 2mls)
LCT-PB (4spls + 1MG)

I'll switch the muromets and PB to something more usefull if CW starts to mean something more than grinding.
The Misery feels surprisingly good although somewhat off meta

when I play clan I use:

3 Timbis (Mostly laservomit, sometimes the srm6 + spl-brawler or 2erppc + gauss when I'm in the mood)
1 ACH (sls or spls)

2 timbis, dakka-ebonjag or erll Helbringer for Boreal and a fridge (Ice ferret with spls)

Edited by Mechi Messer, 11 March 2016 - 01:21 PM.

[Mahikan]

3 warhammers and blackjack
3 grasshoppers and black jack
3 marauders and a wolfhound or firestarter.

[Starbomber109]

Currently working on that "Stormtrooper" deck, but I've also used 2x Centurion, RFL 5D, Atlas. The rifleman is kinda my stop gap measure until I buy the quickdraws.