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[Kasumi Sumika]

Light : Raven 3L

Medium : Centurion AH

Heavy : Warhammer 6R

Assault : Kodiak 3

[Bogus]

It's hard to draw solid conclusions from my stats because I've only played through CB to early-ish 2013 and again starting in late 2016, so e.g. my Atlas DDC rules the roost due to legacy inertia but that's a laughable concept these days.

Going off a mix of stats and recent anecdotal experience, I'd say:

Light: WLF-2 with LL + 4 ML. Great at harassing and finding openings.
Medium: HBK-4SP with 5 ML and 2 SRM/LRM. Brawling, baby, though admittedly past its prime.
Heavy: Flame with 4 LL. This one's not even close, past or present.
Assault: I suck at contemporary assault tactics, but technically MAL-MX90 as it's the only thing with substantial playtime.

[N0ni]

No clear single winners, so i picked a few from those that i do best in.

Light: ACH-Prime(I) "Ruby Rose" (6 SPL) and WLF-2® "Holo" (MPL x5)

Medium: NVA-Prime(I) "Yang" (12 ERSML) and GRF-2N "Dorm" (ASRM4 x4)

Heavy: Between NTG-Prime(S) "Yamato" (Gauss x2 + cERPPC), EBJ- Prime(S) "Sovereign" (cERML x6 + Gauss) and TDR-9SE(S) "Atropine" (LPL x3)

Assault: DWF-W(S) "neze" [Error Code: 10008] and EXE-Prime(I) "Blank" (cLPL x2 + cERML x4)

[Tarogato]

So now my question is... how many people are reading others' responses?

[Fox With A Shotgun]

Tarogato, on 05 March 2017 - 12:34 AM, said:

So now my question is... how many people are reading others' responses?

I'm reading them mostly to gauge the ranges that people fight at for each 'Mech class. It's...informative. Sort of.

It's interesting how people tend to put loads of weapons of one range group (short/mid/long) and then completely neglect the other range bands. Makes the builds that perform well for people extremely brittle when it comes to fights that don't favour that particular mech.

[Robinhood78]

Tarogato, on 05 March 2017 - 12:34 AM, said:

So now my question is... how many people are reading others' responses?

I'm reading all of them for all the difference it makes. I mean, the topic doesn't have a right or wrong answer so to not read the others is just kind of boring. Heck, my most lethal light, the COM, is considered one of the worst in the game, but I play it so much there is no question to me it is my most lethal both in actual stats and in my ability to use it effectively.

[Davegt27]

in this thread I have read them all

also the question is how do you tell or what is the definition of the most lethal

don't know I used kills because historically fighters used kills

[The Unstoppable Puggernaut]

Light: Cheetah (according to stats), Myst lynx in my opinion (everyone ignores it).

Med: Viper

Heavy: Loyalty HBR.

Assault: MADIIC (Apparently it's better than my KDK3)

[Bud Crue]

Well. Looking at my historical KDR, neither I nor any of my mechs are particularly lethal. Rather than in terms of lethality they ought to be viewed in terms of which are the best distractions or the most annoying to the enemy. I had my highest number of kills in a Grasshopper 5J and a Centurion-AH, but those were on offs that I have never even remotely replicated. I have done far more damage in a Quickdraw IV-4 than any other mech in the game, and I have certainly gotten some kills while doing so, but for all I know I have more kills in some other mech. So most lethal...no idea really.

[Mr D One]

According to stats - KDR

L: Jenner IIC - 3.78
M: Stormcrow - 2.78
H: Mad Dog C - 4.01
A: KDK-3 - 1.87


Total kills

L: Jenner IIC - 3721 kills
M: Stormcrow - 1098 kills
H: Mad Dog - C - 2687 kills
A: Kodiak KDK 3 - 470 kills

Just as others before me have posted, with the exception of the UAC Kodiak, my medium, light and heavy frames are loaded with SRM6. For me this has been the key to good results but having awareness and working with the team at hand can also pad your stats positively.

[Mole]

Light: Locust LCT-1E

Medium: Crab CRB-27B

Heavy: Warhammer WHM-7S

Assault: Warhawk WHK-PRIME

[Wink Fingerguns]

I rotate between SHC-Prime, Locust-PB and Raven-H.

And gyawd do I love my Raven. 2 SRM4's, XL300 and a couple jump jets make for some fun driving. I don't polish my rocket at night... I polish hers. All 600 of them.

Edited by Helkbird, 05 March 2017 - 08:22 AM.

[Humpday]

Wow, there is no consistency which is awesome. Everyone literally had different mechs for teach class.

Davegt27, on 05 March 2017 - 06:18 AM, said:

in this thread I have read them all

also the question is how do you tell or what is the definition of the most lethal

don't know I used kills because historically fighters used kills

Use youre k/d ratio, or hell, what you "feel" is a mech you drive and whoop that butt with.

Also, I dont' know what you're talking about with the commando, there are pilots out there that are absolute nightmares in that thing. I think the hero is almost up there with the cheetah as far as amount of punishment it can take without going down.

But no man, its a simple, information question, what do you wreak havok with.

[Lykaon]

Light mech: Arctic Cheetah 6 sml pulse + ECM (basic build)

Medium mech: KTO GB Goldenboy Kintaro 5x LRM5 BAP,TAG,2 Med Pulse.( I play mid range 400m or less fire support with this mech)

Heavy mech: Ebon Jaguar prime(I) various loadouts (a build I frequently use is 4 sml pulse,2 SRM4,2 LB5X.)

Assault mech: MADIIc Scorch: 2 LB10X,2 Small Pulse, 4x ASRM6

[Wink Fingerguns]

Agreed on no consistency. Awesome. It's either based in loadout and Dakka v. Heat,which may or may not be meaningless, or good pilots understanding their mechs.

I'll favor the ol' Raven. Sure there's the cracked windshield and my right window crank came off last night. The left side of the dashboard is unlit... but I know every creak and groan she makes. And while it was expensive, I had the steering wheel taken out last month.

[Humpday]

Lykaon, on 05 March 2017 - 09:01 AM, said:

Light mech: Arctic Cheetah 6 sml pulse + ECM (basic build)

Medium mech: KTO GB Goldenboy Kintaro 5x LRM5 BAP,TAG,2 Med Pulse.( I play mid range 400m or less fire support with this mech)

Heavy mech: Ebon Jaguar prime(I) various loadouts (a build I frequently use is 4 sml pulse,2 SRM4,2 LB5X.)

Assault mech: MADIIc Scorch: 2 LB10X,2 Small Pulse, 4x ASRM6

I've watched that scorch in action, I want one...so sick.

[xWiredx]

Strictly by KD: Panther 10K, Hunchback 4H, Firebrand, Misery.
By total kills: Mist Lynx Prime, Hunchback IIC, Timberwolf C, Kodiak 3.

[Tarogato]

Total kills (a rather useless stat, but hey I guess people like it)

• Light: LCT-1E - 458 kills in 447 matches. I haven't played played this mech much since it was rescaled, so this is mostly a mix of 6x SPL or 5-6x ML builds back in mid 2015.

• Medium: GRF-2N - 413 kills in 418 matches. I use this almost exclusively in CW, which I believe started to count for mech stats when CW Phase 3 hit. This was with 4x SRM4 and XL355, no artemis.

• Heavy: GHR-5P - 541 kills in 236 matches. I use this almost exclusively in CW as well. It has always run either 5x LL or 5x ERLL.

• Assault: BNC-3M - 665 kills in 556 matches. XL380 with I believe 4x LPL + 4x ML. I've recently changed it to 5x LPL, but I haven't played it much since then.





Highest kills per match

• Light: KFX-Purifier - 1.58 kills per match, 71 matches. 6x cERML with ECM. Easily the best light in the game for solo queue. Kinda P2W if you ask me.

• Medium: VPR-Prime - 1.98 kills per match, 42 matches. 4x cSPL + 4x cMG. But I sold this variant... so let's go down the list:

• Medium: VPR-A - 1.76 kills per match, 41 matches. 6x cSPL. Uhhhhh... I sold this variant, too. NEXT.

• Medium: ENF-4R - 1.54 kills per match, 167 matches. 3x LL + 2x ML (or just 4x LL). This was my bread-and-butter comp medium until about midway through WC, when the HBK-IIC-A started to supplant it.

• Heavy: QKD-4G - 2.42 kills per match, 73 matches. 3x LPL and a fat XL.

• Assault: KDK-5 - 1.68 kills per match, 34 matches. 11x cERML with a cGauss for extra measure. This is my nuke-bear. There may be others like it, but this one is mine.




Highest average damage

• Light: KFX-Purifier - 501 damage per match, 71 matches. Like I said, this thing is pretty much pay-to-win.

• Medium: HBK-IIC-A - 495 damage per match, 147 matches. My early matches were done with 3x cLPL, but the meta has since shifted firmly to 2x cERPPC. But I've played a fair share of QP matches with 2x cLPL + 6x cERML, which is extremely effective in solo queue because those nubs are too passive to punish you for bringing hot builds.

• Heavy: SMN-C - 576 damage per match, 38 matches. This is 2x cUAC/10, with pretty much no armour, and certainly not enough ammo. But it still averages the highest of all my heavies, so go figure.

• Assault: KDK-3 - 630 damage per match, 116 matches. Pretty even mix of running 2x cGauss + 2x cERPPC, and running 2x cUAC/10 + 2x cUAC/5. It's a boring predictably-high-performing meta whоre, so what's the next one in line...

• Assault: KDK-4 - 590 damage per match, 49 matches. 2x cUAC/10 + 2x cERPPC. It's hot, but it can do work.





Lowest damage per kill (most efficient)

• Light: FS9-A - 254 damage per kill, 225 matches. 8x SPL. This was one of my bread-and-butter lights for a long time.

• Medium: GRF-2N - 149 damage per kill, 418 matches. 4x SRM4, large XL.

• Heavy: QKD-4G - 119 damage per kill, 73 matches. 3x LPL, large XL.

• Assault: KDK-5 - 303 damage per kill, 34 matches. If nuke-bear wasn't my most efficient damage-per-kill assault, then there's probably something fishy going on...

[Clanner Scum]

Light: s**tfox
Medium: Viper
Heavy: Hellbringer
Assault: Kodiak

[Dagada Moor]

Light: Spider 5D, Locust PB
Medium: Enforcer 4R
Heavy: Summoner Prime, Warhammer 6D
Assault: Battlemaster 1G