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[TheArisen]

I'd like to see what is considered to be the best mechs on each side and compare them to each other.

IS Battlemaster 2C, Grasshopper 5P, etc versus Clan Kodiak, Mad IIc, etc.

Do the top IS mechs match up with the top Clan mechs, etc? If not where do they rank?

[Alex Morgaine]

Urban mech >>>>>>>>>> clam battlemechs >clan omni>>>Is mechs

[Glaive-]

Alex Morgaine, on 12 May 2017 - 05:33 PM, said:

Urban mech >>>>>>>>>> clam battlemechs >clan omni>>>Is mechs

I once took down an urbanmech while piloting an IS mech, your comparison seems slightly off

[naterist]

Kodiak is top clan mech? Roflmao.

Night gyr. There is no comparable is mech.
Gg, close.

[Battlemaster56]

naterist, on 12 May 2017 - 08:19 PM, said:

Kodiak is top clan mech? Roflmao.

Night gyr. There is no comparable is mech.
Gg, close.

Kodiak 3 is the top meta lord in the assault category. Not many assaults can't do what the 3 can do but better (other than laser vomit, MAD IIC wins that department)

[TheArisen]

I guess the basic question is, where do the top IS mechs like the Battlemaster 2C go when compared to clan mechs. Is it as good as a TWolf? Etc

[John1352]

The top IS mechs perform very well in their niches, BLR-2C or GHR-5P, 5 ERLL at 800m is quite hard to answer with clan mechs. If you're going to first see your enemy at 270m, an Atlas will outperform almost any (Scorch is going to be a close fight) clan mech.

The fast, general purpose, useful out to 600m, laser vomit med-heavy mech is where the clans have something the IS really can't match. C-XL and the ability to fit so many heatsinks seals it.

In lighter mechs, C-SPL has high damage, low heat, better range then IS ones. Sometimes IS can match it with SRMs, but usually not.

[El Bandito]

Ton by ton:

20 -- Locust wins by default. Clans do not have 20 tonner.

25 -- Lynx. Commando is weak, and gonna be even weaker post skill tree.

30 -- Cheetah. Javelin might be better than the Spider or Urbie, once released.

35 -- Jenner IIC.

40 -- Cicada-2B.

45 -- Ice Ferret.

50 -- HBK-IIC, Nova, Huntsman -- take your pick.

55 -- Many IS 55 tonners are actually decent enough to take on the Crow.

60 -- Rifleman, for general purpose.

65 -- Ebon jaguar.

70 -- Grashopper-5P.

75 -- NGyr. Orion-IIC for brawls.

80 -- Awesome.

85 -- MAD-IIC, BLR-2C.

90 -- Mauler. Gonna be toppled by Madcat II soon.

95 -- Banshee-3M.

100 -- Kodiak-3.

[kapusta11]

Alex Morgaine, on 12 May 2017 - 05:33 PM, said:

Urban mech >>>>>>>>>> clam battlemechs >clan omni>>>Is mechs

No joke, 2 LPL R60 is a good filler mech because of its structure quirks.

[Juodas Varnas]

armyunit, on 12 May 2017 - 07:04 PM, said:

I once took down an urbanmech while piloting an IS mech, your comparison seems slightly off

[Scyther]

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