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[Logic is dumb]

Title really says it all. Just looking for a good cheap anklebiter that can rustle up peoples emotions!

[FupDup]

Pretty much any Spider build ever.

[TheMadTypist]

cheap? Do you have a 200 STD lying around?

'cause this is pretty cheap: COM-1B

If you have the engine around already, it's 3.8 mil. EDIT: If you have to buy the engine it's 5 mil.

You can go with three medium lasers instead, but I got better performance out of the small pulses. Can't use the streaks around ECM 'mechs, but most of your loadout is energy so you aren't neutered. Just keep the streaks in reserve to fight light 'mechs and zap the hell out of bigger targets.

Edited by TheMadTypist, 21 July 2013 - 10:22 PM.

[Blue Hymn]

Jenner-F. Elite that sucker, cram the biggest XL engine you can, max out your jump jets, and arm yourself with 4 medium lasers.

Do strafing runs, and when the enemy team is focused on yours, pop up behind them and core their rear from behind. If they're not paying much attention, they won't notice you until it's too late, and you can net yourself a kill pretty quickly doing that.

Had fun doing that in a few matches - oh, the hate I got when they realized what was going on. <3

[Fred013]

Could wait the locust or flea-should be rather cheap.

[MonkeyCheese]

A fast jenner or commando with medium lasers and a lrm 10 can be a good ankle biter and with some lrms you can troll from a distance too, flamers work too.

Was running my Founders jenner with 4ML and a lrm10 during the times I did play in the tourney weekend

[blacklp]

Jenner F

[Warge]

Blue Hymn, on 22 July 2013 - 12:21 AM, said:

Had fun doing that in a few matches - oh, the hate I got when they realized what was going on. <3

Hate your Jenner kind most of all mechs.
If there are elections for the post of MWO's troll - Jenners should win.

[BP Raven]

Spider 5K:

Endo, Ferro, XL 255
1 ER Large Laser
4 Machine guns (1 ton ammo)
4 JJ
Max armour

If you find yourself running out of ammo (and care) either drop 2 JJ or switch out the laser for a med/med pulse. Troll build par exellance...

[Roughneck45]

Can't really beat lasers for legging if you are in a light, so the Jenner F is what you want. 5 mediums are superb on it, 6 work but they are a bit hot.

Edited by Roughneck45, 22 July 2013 - 07:24 AM.

[Leafia Barrett]

I've had moderate success as an anklebiter in this SDR-5D build.

[ATM87]

It's not fast, but you should give this build a try.

http://mwo.smurfy-ne...2e24f6055996e34

Great for up close and personal fights, and the mech's size helps you avoid being hit, normally. Best used in tight spaces, such as river city (in the streets) or on canyon, since you can scale the cliffs. Also, people tend to shoot you once, then ignore you thinking you couldn't have survived. Make them regret their mistake.

I also tested a variant that used a machine gun and a small laser, but the damage output was a lot less.

[MeiSooHaityu]

ATM87, on 22 July 2013 - 09:53 AM, said:

It's not fast, but you should give this build a try.

http://mwo.smurfy-ne...2e24f6055996e34

Great for up close and personal fights, and the mech's size helps you avoid being hit, normally. Best used in tight spaces, such as river city (in the streets) or on canyon, since you can scale the cliffs. Also, people tend to shoot you once, then ignore you thinking you couldn't have survived. Make them regret their mistake.

I also tested a variant that used a machine gun and a small laser, but the damage output was a lot less.

I've done something similar in the Raven. I think the LBX is best used in a light, that way you can still swing around wildy and hit the enemy due to the LBX spread. Only downside is the tonnage requirements forces your light to be a little slower than you would like.

[blacklp]

LBX + Light = Dead Light.
Speed is life...
if you can't hit with medium lasers because your going to fast its time to reevaluate things...

[MeiSooHaityu]

blacklp, on 22 July 2013 - 10:05 AM, said:

LBX + Light = Dead Light.
Speed is life...
if you can't hit with medium lasers because your going to fast its time to reevaluate things...

Yea, pretty much what I was getting at. Best the Raven can do with the LBX seems to be about 110 kph. Not terrible, but not quite fast enough to stay safe.

Hitting with lasers isn't normally a problem with a light, but hitting with ballistics in full manuver mode, that is a lot more trickier.

[ATM87]

blacklp, on 22 July 2013 - 10:05 AM, said:

LBX + Light = Dead Light.
Speed is life...
if you can't hit with medium lasers because your going to fast its time to reevaluate things...

Fair enough. It's the mech I run when I'm having fun. I find it amusing to watch people stop and look around for a moment when they get hit by the LBX.