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[CJ01]

To the glorious mechwarrior players,

I am looking for the best assault mech for brawling after the latest patch and I want to know your personal choice.

Much love,
C

[warner2]

Much love?

You aren't familiar with the MWO community are you.

[Grus]

4gaiss kdk3

[Snazzy Dragon]

Wait until June 20th

[Quicksilver Aberration]

For brawling the Victor (AC20-3 ASRM6) and Gargoyle (12 cSPLs) are still your best bet.

[Kiiyor]

The Onion 2C with an LBX20 and a horror of SRM launchers is good, but it's hitboxes are an abomination. I like the speed though.

If you have one, the scorch is a nightmare. 2 LBX20 and a crapload of SRM's. There's a sense of palpable dread when there's one getting around on the battlefield - reminds me of the old days when boom Yagers lurked behind hills and drove people to pen barely coherent rants on the forums. It's extremely ineffective at range, but in close, if it's prepared and not running too hot, there's nothing it can't delete with a few nonchalant mouse clicks.

Then there's the Atlas. Grab either the DDC for ECM, or the S for Survivability, load up with an AC20 and SRM's, and go to town. Slowly. Confused old person slowly.

[Dark Wooki33 IIC]

LBX 20 sound for the win. Especially if they are fully actuated, so -> SCORCH.
But still, other assaults are probably better and tankier. (many good ones around cyclops/atlas/gargoyle)

[InvictusLee]

Orion IIC with 2LBX-10's & 4 SRM6A's or 1 LBX20 & 4SRM6A's
It doesnt matter what I say, the Civ tech is gonna change EVERYTHING.

[Vxheous]

November11th, on 06 June 2017 - 03:43 PM, said:

Orion IIC with 2LBX-10's & 4 SRM6A's or 1 LBX20 & 4SRM6A's
It doesnt matter what I say, the Civ tech is gonna change EVERYTHING.

Orion's not an assault though. Technically they are 75 Ton heavies

Edited by Vxheous Kerensky, 06 June 2017 - 03:45 PM.

[Quicksilver Aberration]

Vxheous Kerensky, on 06 June 2017 - 03:44 PM, said:

Orion's not an assault though. Technically they are 75 Ton heavies

That and they have a weakness that is that LT. You remove that and they are much easier to deal with.

[Ted Wayz]

Gold Dire. There is no substitute.

Two LB-X 20 to unleash as they gaze in awe at you.

[InvictusLee]

Kiiyor, on 06 June 2017 - 02:33 PM, said:

Slowly. Confused old person slowly.

I feel like that's all 100 tonners... lol

Also, the Highlander IIC can handle the exact same builds as the orion while being slightly slower and having a ton more armor. Same with the cyclops.

[Kynesis]

Don't waste your time or money on them, they're not worth using.

[Glaive-]

The Urbanmech is the best assault mech

[InvictusLee]

Ted Wayz, on 06 June 2017 - 04:27 PM, said:

Gold Dire. There is no substitute.

Two LB-X 20 to unleash as they gaze in awe at you.

whats a gold dire? a scorch?

Vxheous Kerensky, on 06 June 2017 - 03:44 PM, said:

Orion's not an assault though. Technically they are 75 Ton heavies

Well he said brawling so thats what I went for. They pilot like a slightly faster pocket atlas. lol
I had an orion for like two years before I got tired of it and sold it.

[Kiiyor]

November11th, on 06 June 2017 - 05:35 PM, said:

I feel like that's all 100 tonners... lol

Also, the Highlander IIC can handle the exact same builds as the orion while being slightly slower and having a ton more armor. Same with the cyclops.

The Cyclops is a pretty badass platform, but with armor quirks the Onion is actually (reasonably) tanky, and skill tree armor quirks increase it even further, though the HGN gets a lot more structure.

The Onion is also far faster and more maneuverable - 78kph vs 58kph for the HGN (you can get the Onion to 83 or so with speed tweak). I find that even with it's garbage hitboxes, the Onion survives a little better with the extra agility.

Although the HGN certainly looks better. IMHO, the OnionIIC is one of the ugliest mechs in the game.

[Jiang Wei]

There are no best assault mechs for brawling. Brawling requires good mobility and speed. Assaults have neither.

[Aggravated Assault Mech]

SPL Gargle is probably the best pure brawler and I'd trust Quicksilver Kalasa about the Victor. In my experience the Victor is still a fickle mech that requires impeccable positioning. People will go straight for that side torso without a second thought. Scorch and SPL Executioner are probably behind these two.

Otherwise, AS7-S, and CP-10-Q with the obvious build or Sleipnir with quad LBX are the most legit IS mechs. Boiler with double LB20X and 3 ASRM6 is also strong. CP-11-A and CP-11-A-DC are my honorable mentions built around a dual LBX or AC20 + SRM6 wombo combo for a braindead two-button build. As brawlers, all of these are behind the above for being slow and risking being left behind or caught in the open on common maps like Polar Highlands and Grim Plexus.

Quad LBX Sleipnir, Scorch/Boiler, and SPL Garg are probably the easiest of these to play.

I'd pick the Sleipnir just because in addition to crit seeking, good agility and hitboxes, and immense damage output (~18dps) it's also able to project damage out to 500m+. Pure brawling isn't particularly strong right now because the only consistent brawl map that gets voted for is HPG Manifold.

If you want the free version buy a Mauler MAL-1R or -1P. You'll gain a slightly higher rate of fire (making it just high enough to be able to chain fire perfectly in sync with full CD skill tree for autocannon earthquake), but much worse agility characteristics and no CT structure quirk.

Edited by Aggravated Assault Mech, 07 June 2017 - 01:43 AM.

[Akala Tanara]

Best assault mechs in order, Supernova (Boiler specifically), King Crab. Personal favorites.

Best for brawling however, not so much but I love them both lol. Boiler - 2 UAC/10, 3 SPL, 3 SRM4.
King Crab's, KGC-0000 I believe is the 2 B, 4 E, 4 M version I run 2 LB10X, 2 ER LL, 3 SRM4. The lasers can be swapped for small pulse or medium for more brawling and heat efficiency, I just have the ER LLs for long range poking until the brawling can begin.
KGC-000 I think is the Quad Ballistic one, 4 UAC5 3 ML for some mid-range poking and backup after ammo runs out (or arms taken off)

I don't yet have any of the other assaults but the Direwolf, Kodiak, Marauder IIC are all quite dangerous but not really the best brawlers. Clan runs very hot with sustained fire. Example, the Supernova-Boiler is more of a surprise brawler, pop in, guns blazing then retreat to some cover if possible.

Personal opinion, I don't care that the DW, Kodi, and MaraIIC have better firepower than the KGC and SNV, I just love those two mechs so take my opinion with a grain of salt.

[Kaptain]

The zeus that gets 3M and 4E hardpoints is good. 3SRM6+A, a LPS and 3MPLs, 300std
I also like the Vic with AC20, 2xMPLs and 3xSRm4+A
Atlas S is good, if you can close the gap

Edited by Kaptain, 07 June 2017 - 02:04 AM.