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[Champion of Khorne Lord of Blood]

Nothing else in the game has its mix of speed, jump jets, high hardpoints, small size, MASC, and ECM. For a mech that I run with just 2 large pulse lasers, its been one of my favorite and most consistently preforming mechs. Its one of the few mechs that you can just put in shot after shot after shot without having to worry much about return fire. You can hunt down enemies that try to run by jumping gaps and hills with your jets and speeding up with MASC. When your team doesn't push you can poptart and MASC peek.

For how bad the damage per second and alpha strike and even the cooling look on paper, the movement more than makes up for it. On Canyon Network I've found it to be my favorite mech, the hills are perfect for jumping over, using as cover for poptarting, or peeking from. Other mechs simply cannot keep up there. Components fly off all through the match and I end up killing half the enemy team, most of them most damage dealts, and I never miss a beat with the running, jumping, and dodging. Since I have the Invasion variant its also a money printer, over 400k cbills a match.

Its even getting smaller next match.

So has anyone else been having fun with the Shadow Cat and playing it to its potential? If you don't have it yet and want to try something new I'd recommend buying it, its definitely a fun mech if anything.

[Tordin]

I like it. Works excellent for sneaky/ hit and run tactics. Try use one with two ERPPC. Nice challenge

[Champion of Khorne Lord of Blood]

Tordin, on 20 June 2016 - 03:01 PM, said:

I like it. Works excellent for sneaky/ hit and run tactics. Try use one with two ERPPC. Nice challenge

I did run it for quite awhile actually, was kinda fun, but I found often that I could only get 2 shots off at a time, way too hot for me, especially since I find myself nearly overheating in the dual LPL version already. I'd love some normal PPCs just so I could get PPCs without all the heat.

Gauss is also nice, though ammo becomes an issue.

[Pariah Devalis]

But, ya know, I am a Nova Cat. I might be biased towards the Shadow Cat and Huntsman.

[Johnny Z]

If Clan hadn't been easy mode I would have liked to pilot the Shadow Cat and also the Ebon Jaguar, which is one of the best looking mechs in the game.

[Egg Fu]

I'll always have a special affinity towards the Shadow Cat. It was the first mech I mastered and I probably respect those who pilot it well over others. Good in several respects but master of none. It's biggest downfall is the lack of hardpoints, slots and free tonnage due to most its equipment being locked.

[Y E O N N E]

I love my SHC with 2x cERPPC. So much fun!

Johnny Z, on 20 June 2016 - 03:10 PM, said:

If Clan hadn't been easy mode I would have liked to pilot the Shadow Cat and also the Ebon Jaguar, which is one of the best looking mechs in the game.

Well you are in luck, neither of those two 'Mechs is easy-mode.

[Johnny Z]

Yeonne Greene, on 20 June 2016 - 03:13 PM, said:

I love my SHC with 2x cERPPC. So much fun!



Well you are in luck, neither of those two 'Mechs is easy-mode.

Balance is a lot better now true.

[Pariah Devalis]

Johnny Z, on 20 June 2016 - 03:18 PM, said:

Balance is a lot better now true.

...and it isn't like the Shadow Cat was ever particularly dangerous, given other Clan options out there. EBJ, OTOH, has always been threatening. You should try the Shadow Cat. One Clan mech I think even you can't find overpowered. Plus, no mech is quite as fun to pilot in its weight class. Might have competition with the Pixie, though.

Edited by Pariah Devalis, 20 June 2016 - 03:21 PM.

[AlphaToaster]

Between 2xLPL+ECM+TC1 and the stock Gauss+2ml+ECM builds, its easily one of my favorite mechs to pilot.

I've thought about ditching ECM for more gauss ammo on occasion but I always come back to just 2 tons.

Also 2 LL + 1 ML using the quirked arms for duration reduction is fun too. Even 3 LL is useful sometimes, but I end up back to gauss/ml or 2lpl eventually.

[Y E O N N E]

Johnny Z, on 20 June 2016 - 03:18 PM, said:

Balance is a lot better now true.

Personally, I flat-out refuse to drive my EBJs to mastery simply because they are terrible at tanking and terrible at pushing and I can't rely on team mates to screen for me while I cool-off.

[chucklesMuch]

I LOVE piloting this mech with 2xLPL & ECM for the many of OP reasons above.

HATE this mech when positionally aware (read sneaky #$^@*&*^'s!) opposition pilots find spots to back-stab you with it and then hide before you see where they are - sometimes leaving you wondering if your own team is repeatedly shooting you in the back and, or being far enough away that ECM makes it harder to let your teammates know exactly where they are.

[Sader325]

It does the job.

However if you're not going to push MASC to the brink the entire game. Don't bother piloting it.

I've seen people use voice commands to activate MASC... these people hurt my soul.

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[Moldur]

I like it. I do alright in it, but it is stressful to pilot. You really have to utilize your kit to be effective, and in the case of the Shadowcat, that means MASC, JJ, ECM, and its paltry weaponry. You have to be quite sharp. It burns me out playing it too often.

Yeonne Greene, on 20 June 2016 - 03:38 PM, said:

Personally, I flat-out refuse to drive my EBJs to mastery simply because they are terrible at tanking and terrible at pushing and I can't rely on team mates to screen for me while I cool-off.

You're not wrong, but you're missing out. They can be quite versatile and effective in their loadouts, but I suppose that doesn't prevent their characteristic of being a bit glass cannon-y.

[Champion of Khorne Lord of Blood]

Moldur, on 20 June 2016 - 04:11 PM, said:

I like it. I do alright in it, but it is stressful to pilot. You really have to utilize your kit to be effective, and in the case of the Shadowcat, that means MASC, JJ, ECM, and its paltry weaponry. You have to be quite sharp. It burns me out playing it too often.

That's the fun part, gets boring to pilot the mechs that you just point and click in.

[Mcgral18]

I've never enjoyed it, and always thought is was shite


Still do, over a second of exposure is a long time, with rather poor heat characteristics
At least he has range

[Champion of Khorne Lord of Blood]

Mcgral18, on 20 June 2016 - 04:54 PM, said:

I've never enjoyed it, and always thought is was shite


Still do, over a second of exposure is a long time, with rather poor heat characteristics
At least he has range

Still waiting for that IS level quirk pass to hit the Shadow Cat, -50% duration and -30% heat gen with about +50 CT structure oughta do it, right? I can dream.

[Mcgral18]

Dakota1000, on 20 June 2016 - 04:57 PM, said:

Still waiting for that IS level quirk pass to hit the Shadow Cat, -50% duration and -30% heat gen with about +50 CT structure oughta do it, right? I can dream.

20% duration would be golden

He can get 5% ER right now, can't he?

[Champion of Khorne Lord of Blood]

Mcgral18, on 20 June 2016 - 05:00 PM, said:

20% duration would be golden

He can get 5% ER right now, can't he?

Yeah, would be nice if it could get something more substantial, seriously though, the MASC buff was nice, but I think PGI has used that as a reason not to buff anything else on it.

[Y E O N N E]

Dakota1000, on 20 June 2016 - 04:57 PM, said:

Still waiting for that IS level quirk pass to hit the Shadow Cat, -50% duration and -30% heat gen with about +50 CT structure oughta do it, right? I can dream.

SHC doesn't need any extra structure, it tanks better than a Blackjack.