Posted 20 March 2017 - 11:04 AM
Oddly, these are two as different brawlers as brawlers can differ.
Spirit bear pros: masc = peeking and chasing abilities; humanoid shape, big arms, structure quirks = long life in the fight; tons of heatsinks = big sustained dps; very tight hardpoint location.
Scorch pros: biggest splat in the game = 2alpha death for most of mechs; lower, tighter profile = sneaking ability.
I'd say, Spirit Bear is better chaos bringer, survivor and tank. Scorch is better assasin.
When SB was released, i - and other owners - had tons of fun with it. After some general KDK nerfs (that was meant to bring down KDK-3 but in reality brought down other variants) - not so much. Latest torso yaw nerf was a pure mockery. You cannot reliably shield anymore. My blood boils every time i see a lurm SB, but then i use my coolshot and kinda understand why not so skilled players do that.
If i were to choose, i'd go with the Scorch now, for the unique high splat alpha and an option to go 2gauss+2erppc on weekends. But mind this. In july we will have a mad cat, its standard pack will pretty much obsolete the Scorch, but SB will remain unique (even if it will be subpar).