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[Sumdumbum]

Get this thing to run a build only it can do. The lazers being in the arms hinders it quite a bit. Sure it can do 4 er med or small, but it just seems too hot.

Help me figure out a weird competitive (read: not trash) build for this thing guys!

[RestosIII]

If you want non-competitive, but good, run a 4x AC/2 build on it.

Edit: Derp. Didn't realize you specified the C variant. Hmmm. Yeah, I personally wouldn't bother with it until new tech comes out. Otherwise, you're going to have to just load up big AC's in the torsos and ignore those 2 E hardpoints.

Edited by RestosIII, 29 March 2017 - 02:49 PM.

[TercieI]

RestosIII, on 29 March 2017 - 02:46 PM, said:

If you want non-competitive, but good, run a 4x AC/2 build on it.

4 UAC/2Whoops, IIC-C

The other good option is 2 UAC/10 2ERML, XL255, all torso.

Edited by TercieI, 29 March 2017 - 02:57 PM.

[Snazzy Dragon]

Honestly? Worst variant.

IIC-B at least does something different, IIC-A handles the energy, and the IIC drops the useless arm lasers for two extra ballistics, adding some extra build types to the array of what it can do.

RestosIII, on 29 March 2017 - 02:46 PM, said:

If you want non-competitive, but good, run a 4x AC/2 build on it.

TercieI, on 29 March 2017 - 02:47 PM, said:

4 UAC/2.

The other good option is 2 UAC/10 2ERML, XL255, all torso.

That build cannot be done on the IIC-C, as it only has two ballistic hardpoints.

Edited by Snazzy Dragon, 29 March 2017 - 02:49 PM.

[Mcgral18]

Dual Dakka is generally the way to go

It can do the Poptart build as well, Gauss+PPC

Big Dakka and SPLs for an adequate (but not exactly optimal) brawler. LB20 or UAC20, 4 SPLs
Max engine, max HoverJets™
Not exactly competitive, but it's adequate for Potato Land

[Gas Guzzler]

Could also do Gauss and 4 ER MLs or dual Gauss and 2 ER MLs (SLOW).

That is the variant I don't recommend to people, tbh.

[Quicksilver Aberration]

Dual LBX20s (or Gauss)

For brawls, it is nice to have one of these just because of how brutal it is to things like lights despite how slow it is. Sure, you can do that on the HBK-IIC-1, but it is nice to have another ballistic oriented variant so I can have 4 UAC2 on one, and 2 LBX20 (or Gauss) on the other.

Edited by Quicksilver Kalasa, 29 March 2017 - 02:54 PM.

[Jay Leon Hart]

Sumdumbum, on 29 March 2017 - 02:44 PM, said:

Get this thing to run a build only it can do. The lazers being in the arms hinders it quite a bit. Sure it can do 4 er med or small, but it just seems too hot.

Help me figure out a weird competitive (read: not trash) build for this thing guys!

I wasn't a fan of mine and eventually sold it. I found it worked best with 4x ERML & 2x UAC5 with 6 tons of ammo and 2 JJs. Then it was either an XL 225 & 4 DHS or an XL 275.

RestosIII, on 29 March 2017 - 02:46 PM, said:

If you want non-competitive, but good, run a 4x AC/2 build on it.

HBK-IIC-C - the one with only 1B per torso. You know, the bad HBK-IIC

TercieI, on 29 March 2017 - 02:47 PM, said:

4 UAC/2.

The other good option is 2 UAC/10 2ERML, XL255, all torso.

Looks like they want to use the arms on the HBK-IIC-C variant, rather than copy a HBK-IIC build on to it.

Snazzy Dragon, on 29 March 2017 - 02:48 PM, said:

Honestly? Worst variant.

It really is!

[Scout Derek]

Poptart build:

PPC in CT, Gauss rifle on shoulder. 4 tons of ammo and jjets and you're good to go.

[TercieI]

Snazzy Dragon, on 29 March 2017 - 02:48 PM, said:

Honestly? Worst variant.

IIC-B at least does something different, IIC-A handles the energy, and the IIC drops the useless arm lasers for two extra ballistics, adding some extra build types to the array of what it can do.





That build cannot be done on the IIC-C, as it only has two ballistic hardpoints.

Whoops, misread the question.

[Deathlike]

Pretend this variant didn't exist.

[Sumdumbum]

Yeah, I kinda want a build for it I cant run on a standard IIC. The only decent one I can think of is the 4 erml (or small) 2 uac / lbx 5 and a couple DHS. As for the one lbx, or ac 20, the IIC std does it better with the added MG's.

[Mcgral18]

Sumdumbum, on 29 March 2017 - 03:00 PM, said:

Yeah, I kinda want a build for it I cant run on a standard IIC. The only decent one I can think of is the 4 erml (or small) 2 uac / lbx 5 and a couple DHS. As for the one lbx, or ac 20, the IIC std does it better with the added MG's.

No, no it really doesn't

2 SPLs or ERMLs is far superior to even 4 MGs.
I'd argue 6...but that might not be true

[Quicksilver Aberration]

Sumdumbum, on 29 March 2017 - 03:00 PM, said:

As for the one lbx, or ac 20, the IIC std does it better with the added MG's.

You shouldn't be wasting tonnage on MGs considering you are already short on ammo/speed with that build, that said, as McGral points out, more energy weapons are arguably better.

Edited by Quicksilver Kalasa, 29 March 2017 - 03:02 PM.

[Felicitatem Parco]

The arm Weapons are meant for shooting down UAVs, as that's the only good use for them. So, dual ballistics in chest and 2 ERMLs to shoot UAVs

That's about it

[The6thMessenger]

I actually liked it. I ran HBK-IIC-C Dakka Vomit - 2x UAC5 [240] + 4x ML, 14 DHS, XL255

It's kind of decent once you practice well enough. This build is something even TBR runs.

[Marius Romanis]

its the worst variant should have just got other 3
http://mwo.smurfy-ne...57e73debfd217bb
or that ppc/gause build sm1 said.

[Steve Pryde]

My c-variant just runs this http://mwo.smurfy-ne...a3e8926ca0bfb2f

[LT. HARDCASE]

Why even bother with the IIC-C?

[The6thMessenger]

LT. HARDCASE, on 29 March 2017 - 04:49 PM, said:

Why even bother with the IIC-C?

Because it has energy arms. It's not that good, but it's something.

Edited by The6thMessenger, 29 March 2017 - 04:53 PM.