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[Warblood]

As the title says, a list of awesome builds for the Awesome mech.

Here's a list of some of the builds I've been using over the last year with my Awesomes, and would like to see what others have done so feel free to post your Awesome builds.

AWS-8Q:
- LLx2 PPCx3
http://mwo.smurfy-ne...8af0c78ef9cc2bd
- MLx3 LLx2 PPC
http://mwo.smurfy-ne...483f943eaf65105
- LLx2 LPLx2 PPC
http://mwo.smurfy-ne...3adbd69a6fd11de
- PPCx4
http://mwo.smurfy-ne...57337cf2bc0706c
-PPCx6
http://mwo.smurfy-ne...8558b0bfa4017d5

AWS-8R:
- MLx2 LPL art-LRM15x2 art-SRM6x2
http://mwo.smurfy-ne...f52064f549e39e7
- MLx2 LRM15x4 + TAG
http://mwo.smurfy-ne...3d7ad800990c029
- LPLx2 SSRM2x4 + TAG
http://mwo.smurfy-ne...5befde449fe5c16
- LRM20x2 LRM15x2 LLx2 MPL 100FirePowerMonStar
http://mwo.smurfy-ne...481b55eee1fea0e

AWS-8V:
- LLx2 SRM4x3 PPC
http://mwo.smurfy-ne...6e2d9547849f240
- MLx3 LRM15x3 + TAG
http://mwo.smurfy-ne...4d18f8c518cfc8d
- ERLL LPLx2 SSRM2x3
http://mwo.smurfy-ne...20bcec2db25865d
- PPCx3
http://mwo.smurfy-ne...b8292355cc46476

AWS-8T:
- PPCx3 LRM15x2
http://mwo.smurfy-ne...f4a52e36b4f13b3
- ERLLx3 LRM15x2
http://mwo.smurfy-ne...e7347254ddf70d9
- MLx3 LLx2 art-SRM6x2
http://mwo.smurfy-ne...884ae078565d018

AWS-9M:
- ERLLx2 ERPPC LRM20
http://mwo.smurfy-ne...bb269788a8f61ce
- MPLx3 LPL LRM20
http://mwo.smurfy-ne...be7330a451c158e
- PPCx3 LRM20
http://mwo.smurfy-ne...1bb5a58de6b7757


Plz keep posts on topic Awesome builds only.
If you like, give some info on your builds.(Role, FireRotation, HeatManagement, Pro's/Con's)

Edited by Warblood, 27 January 2014 - 01:22 PM.

[N a p e s]

That LRM 20 that you insist on using on the 9M gets totally suppressed by a single AMS since it comes out 2 missiles at a time... You also have the potential to go much faster with that mech.

There are a few fun builds throughout the list though.

[Butane9000]

Here's a few of mine:

AWS-9M - 3xLL 1xPPC STD300

AWS-8T - 4xML 2xLRM15/Art TAG STD275

AWS-8T - 2xLL 2xML 2xSRM6/Art STD300

AWS-8V - 2xML 2xLL 3xSRM6 STD300

AWS-8V - 3xLL 3xLRM5/Art TAG STD275

AWS-8Q - 2xML 3xMPL 2xLL STD300

AWS-8Q - 1xPPC 2xERPPC 1xML STD300

AWS-8Q - 1xPPC 2xLPL 1xML STD300

AWS-8R - 1xERPPC 1xML 2xSRM6 2xSRM4 STD300

Edited by Butane9000, 27 January 2014 - 08:03 AM.

[kesuga7]

Laugh if you want at LRM 9m
but it works in pugs and 12 mans well for me

A neat thing about this is when someone see's you spewing out lrm's and pop a shot at you they don't usually expect Twin ppc as return fire
This build also allows for either sniping or LRM'ing if not many AMS is present or both if your not too hot but do note only 15 doubleheatsinks
- the LRM 15 can be dropped to LRM 10 with dropping AMS to add 1 heatsink with extra tonnage but no extra slots
2 PPC - 1 Er large laser - Lrm 25 total - TAG - AMS - BAP
http://mwo.smurfy-ne...9c93e79af92a250

Same weapons as above but slower 8T version - lame 8 Series engine restriction wouldn't let me get the same build speed
http://mwo.smurfy-ne...1f338448f4ca9ed

2 PPC - 2 mediums - 2 LRM 15's - TAG - XL 280 - 62 kph - drop to XL 265 for 1 heatsink
http://mwo.smurfy-ne...f85df4a1f1066a6


and me most beloved flamer awesome
http://mwo.smurfy-ne...3b675b3fad6e442

NON AMS version - xl 370 - 22 doubles -432 armor - 400 srm ammo version
http://mwo.smurfy-ne...5cfe0da2379aa6e

You could always switch the flamers to mediums
but that would be HERESY

Edited by kesuga7, 27 January 2014 - 10:01 AM.

[Quick n Fast]

my anti ecm aws-8v
http://mwo.smurfy-ne...e2a5a6fc1a3eccf

[mekabuser]

awesome is under rated. DOnt have smurfy but in the arms on mine i have in left arm twin er large. in right arm used to be twin erppc now its erppc and ppc. the ppcs are on chain fire to control heat. round it out with a srm 6 and srm 4.
The key to this build is of course taking advantage of the nice range of motion you have with the arms on the awesome.

[xengk]

This is my AWS-8Q - Big Grin.
Weapon load out allow it to peek-shot from either side.

[Josef Nader]

Rumors of my death have been greatly exaggerated.

I run this build all the time and usually break 400 damage pretty comfortably. Split your shoulders and your arm into separate firing groups and hang back just behind the front lines, pounding everything in front of you with a constant stream of PPC fire. It's terrifying.

The SRM bug has this one hurting a bit right now, but I've leveled every assault mech in this game but Victors and this remains one of my top scoring and most enjoyable mechs to run.

Use your left side during the feeling out phase, playing peekaboo back and blocking shots with your big empty arm. Once the fight dissolves into a brawl, waddle in with your fresh right side and SRM everything to death.

And last, but not least... it's fast, it's heat efficent, it loves popping up where you least expect it, and it's the best zombie in the game bar none. This is the build that got me in to Awesomes, and I love it to this day.

You can alpha for nearly 40 seconds straight before you even need to think about heat. You move like a heavy mech, only you're tougher. You're huge arms block shots all day if you twist well, and you've got the speed to make medium mechs panic.Honey Badger does not give a ****.

[Corbon Zackery]

Way to much back armor. Dude you must fear light mechs in your blind spot.

There is only one true Awesome

The A.W.E.S.M.O 4000 he's your best friend.

So Classified I cant even post the stats only a rare picture.


http://youtu.be/XkzYbbv2eTA

[Josef Nader]

I didn't bother to adjust armor values. I just assumed everyone sprinkled those to taste.

My values are 58/10 LR and 88/12 CT.

[luxebo]

Any builds on the Pretty Baby? Would like to see a few. Some of those builds sound fun, though hot.

[Kyynele]

Butane9000, on 27 January 2014 - 08:03 AM, said:

AWS-8T - 4xML 2xLRM15/Art TAG STD275

I like the look of this, I don't have the 8T yet. Might get it. (Edit: I like the look of this because the 8R with LRMs is my only Awesome that seems to get anything done. )

But! You have 14 empty crits. Add endo, switch to 300STD, take off 14 points of armor, and it's both faster and has one extra DHS. http://mwo.smurfy-ne...d71f8756173d5af

Edited by Kyynele, 28 January 2014 - 12:19 AM.

[Butane9000]

Kyynele, on 28 January 2014 - 12:18 AM, said:

I like the look of this, I don't have the 8T yet. Might get it. (Edit: I like the look of this because the 8R with LRMs is my only Awesome that seems to get anything done. )

But! You have 14 empty crits. Add endo, switch to 300STD, take off 14 points of armor, and it's both faster and has one extra DHS. http://mwo.smurfy-ne...d71f8756173d5af

At the time I didn't have oodles of money to spend so I kept the upgrades down unless I needed them. By all means go for the STD300 and get the extra speed.

[Sephlock]

Don't do this to yourself. Please... call a counselor... get help.

[Josef Nader]

Sephlock, on 28 January 2014 - 05:57 AM, said:

Don't do this to yourself. Please... call a counselor... get help.

Did I mention I regularly score higher in my Awesomes than any other assault but the Atlas (and by extension, any other mech I play, as assaults are my best class).

[RickySpanish]

For the fella asking about PB builds, here's mine before the developers unwittingly yet utterly killed the one thing the AWS line was good at by increasing the side torso sizes:

XL 380 + 5 DBL Heatsinks
Endosteel internals
1 x ER PPC
1 x Large Laser
1 x Medium Laser
3 x SRM 6 with 2 tons ammo
All remaining slots filled with heatsinks

It was a great build, but the torso adjustment means that losing a side torso is just so damned easy now. It's funny how the developers actually managed to jam the nail in the Awesome's coffin through none other than an attempt to buff it. Sometimes I get the feeling that none of the guys at PGI are terribly good at this game...

[Butane9000]

I know this seems like Necroing a thread but I figured out another good AWS-8V build

AWS-8V Upgrade
Standard 300 Engine
16 Double Heat Sinks
483/494 Armor (Ferro-Fibrous)
Artemis Fire Control System
ERPPC
LRM15
3x Medium Pulse Laser
Anti-Missile System
Beagle Active Probe
3 Tons LRM Ammo
1 Ton AMS Ammo

[Levi Porphyrogenitus]

And here I saw the thread title and thought it might be another Shadow Hawk or Ember build thread...

[TELEFORCE]

I go between a 3 PPC, 2 Large Laser build and a 4 PPC, 1 Medium Pulse Laser build on my AWS-8Q. I also swap between a STD 240 and an XL 300, depending on how durable I feel like being.

I can't just run 4 PPCs alone. The medium pulse laser has saved me on numerous occasions, and helps me get kill assists on light 'mechs that stray close enough to it.

I started firing 3 PPCs at once for shots I'm sure to make in order to inflict as much damage as possible. Sometimes a 20 point alpha firing the PPCs in pairs isn't enough for the kill shot. But despite the extra burst of heat generation, my 18 DHS can handle it and dissipate the heat quick enough, but I need cover in order to sink that heat.

All other shots, I fire my PPCs in pairs.

The 3 PPC 2 Large Laser build is very versatile. The lasers are great for reaching out and touching smaller, faster-moving targets, and for enemy 'mechs that get too close for the PPCs to work. However, the PPCs are the main firepower of the build. I think it's a good bracket firing build.

[Kyrs]

Here a few of my favorite awesome builds, each with there own distinct tactics.

General support:
8V
2 ppc, 1 er ppc (no alpha) + 3 lrm 5 , BAP, TAG AMS, 18 Doubles heat sinks+ full sensor modules
http://mwo.smurfy-ne...2d222b9143df566

The Surgeon support (component killer; leg or side)
9M: (2 groups, only recommend alpha in cold maps)
4 Large Pulse + one tag+ cold shots for more awesomeness in thera-therma with alpha.
http://mwo.smurfy-ne...6dc2696ff37db69

Standard cooling tower build: ("ghost heat!.. what is that?")
8Q
7 meds, 47 single heat sink+ cold shots for more awesomeness in thera-therma with alpha.
http://mwo.smurfy-ne...108590eb791ddba