Lovas, on 02 November 2017 - 08:50 AM, said:
Not if you work as a team. Those bushwackers have ammo in their legs, easy to kill one with ammo explosion and xl engine. If they are running lfe’s all the better because they had to sacrifice something for the weight.
Bushwackers are the best the IS can field and they are very strong, but not unbeatable.
What the hml’s give the nova over smalls is range. You can take out a leg before the busshi’s srm’s are in range.
Those pilots aren't too experienced with scouting if they are still bringing ammo in the legs. Also the Bushwacker can bring an LFE without making any significant sacrifice, rather its usually the best option, as it allows you to deadside.
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Full slot use, full tonnage use, runs faster than the Nova, >50% cooling, >50 damage SRM alpha, deadside, ammo up to regulation, artemis included, no ammo explosions from being shot in the legs.
If a team all focus fired on one guy they could break a leg off before he gets into range if your enemy decided to just make a run at you while you have a clear 500m+ no man's land, though most of the time the range advantage gets negated by terrain in scouting anyway. Still, even if you do have that range you'll only be able to fire at 406 m if all 4 of you a perfectly accurate and all hit the same leg with full burn to take out one leg on one bushwacker. Next shot is in 7.45 seconds, Bushwackers move at 23 M/S, so they have moved forward 171m by the time your team is ready to fire again (except that one guy with a broken leg), so by the time you are ready to fire a second shot they have moved into SRM range and by wasting heat on a shot that was not at optimal damage your team is set to overheat before they can put out the damage required to win.
With the rocket launcher + SRM alpha each bushwacker does have a chance to flat out one shot the CT of the Nova, though due to spread its more likely that they'll have to fire an extra shot from the SRMs to finish the job. I have one shotted Hunchback IICs before with the build, its absolutely brutal against boxy hitboxes.
Really though, the math definitely isn't favoring the Clans and neither are the win rates in scouting.