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[Airu]

Spider 5V, I make it work, and 5d with stealth armor and 3 small pulse lasers, practically heat neutral on cold maps when stealth is on.
Also, like my raven 4x with uac10 + 2 er smalls

[A Really Old Clan Dude]

Deathstrike 2 ac 10 ultra and 6 med pulse laser

[Shifty McSwift]

Meta is just the accumulation of comparative data and experience, it never applies across the board, and varies in effectiveness from player to player. If a build works for you well then it qualifies for your meta list.

That being said, I was running a lb20x and erppc stormcrow build that would certainly not be considered meta but that was damn fun to play. And I spent ages in the KDK5 even before decoupling, which is probably the lowest rated kdk, but I do love me some arm lasers.

[Dee Eight]

My Bushwacker X1(S) I use for scout matches.
BUSHWACKER BSW-X1(S) 125 67 58 1.16 102 74 1.38 49,455 172,798 10:26:55

BSW-X1

[Ghostrider0067]

My Cataphract 2X and 3D are pretty stellar. Then again, so are the rest of the 'phracts in my bays.

[W31rdWarrior]

My red, green and blue monster <3
With it's dual LB10-X I can destroy components in seconds and i always get a lot of damages!
It's a little hot, but it works sooooooo well

Edited by W31rdWarrior, 09 January 2018 - 12:02 AM.

[BenAran]

8 HML Nova.
Admittedly, I quirked its laser duration to hell and back and invested in a lot of cooling, but it just MELTS enemies.
Had a cheeky assassin come up and try to duel me.
Little guy did not even know what hit him after I did roughly 70-80 damage to him.
And, in case you need to die and become a second sun:
Override and alpha. There is not a single mech in the game that will take 80 damage and be fine afterwards.

[Trenchbird]

My AC/20+Snub+Triple Flamer High Roller. Not sure why that's the one Bushie I can get to work, but whatever.

[Brody319]

Kitfox-Prime

Usually better near the end game when the enemy has been stripped of most armor but still great.

[xVLFBERHxT]

A Really Old Clan Dude, on 08 January 2018 - 04:39 PM, said:

Deathstrike 2 ac 10 ultra and 6 med pulse laser

lol

[Carrioncrows]

Zuesy Moosey

RAC5
3 meds
x3 ASRM6
Light 320 I wanna say?

It always performs, gets high dmg and generally carries hard.

Lesser Note

Pretty Baby
3x er meds
MRM30
x2 Asrm6
Light 360

Tons and tons of heatsinks, it simply doesn't stop. Brawls for days

[Jackal Noble]

MCII-B
4UAC2
2ERPPC

[Flyby215]

I'm losing track of exactly what meta is nowadays aside from DS Guass/Laser and maybe some sort of Assassin SRM and/or some other light with bunches of MGs.

Flame 1xRAC5 4xERMediums performs quite well for me.
Butterbee 3xLPL 4xRocket20s that rocket alpha will RUIN someone's day
K9 with just about anything. Nobody expects the Urbanmech!
St Ives Blue 2xHPPCs not at all competitive, but can usually bring in 350 or so dmg with a kill or two

Closer to meta I think
Crab 5xMed lasers 2xLAMS be sure to keep that AMS toggle switch somewhere easily reachable
High Roller 2xRAC5 way too much fun (my current go-to favourite)
TDK with 4xMPL

[adamts01]

Back in the day, my successful oddity was a LRM70 Timberwolf. Stripped all the armor for heatsinks and ammo. My W/L with that mech beat everything. Ran cool and fast enough to keep up, hide behind my teammates, and use their armor and locks. But.... That was before the LMG and air/arty strike meta..... RIP

[Joe Decker]

xVLFBERHxT, on 08 January 2018 - 02:59 AM, said:

Awesome 8Q STD 300, 3PPC, 4 med pulse lasers. luve her .

Got the exact same Build - haven't tested it in Months.

[InvictusLee]

All of my assault mechs. Not a single one carries a meta build except maybe for my lazer vom MADIIC.

[Alexander Chenard]

2 RAC 5, 4 small laser, two light machine gun on a Rifleman. Dakka pew pew

[ANOM O MECH]

gooddragon2, on 07 January 2018 - 08:06 PM, said:

You've got long range capability if it's a big map. Short range burstiness with the lbx and 3x damage range of atms. Tag for fast lock on when it counts. Active probe for anti jamming. Runs cool enough with the heatsinks and lbx (and if you're in close range where heat becomes important you're already set for it). But aren't you a bit paranoid about running out of ammo? I always am.

I think you are right here, especially for the ATM's.

Probably worth giving up a couple of heat sinks.