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[Nine-Ball]

BLR-3M

Light 375 (82.2kph /w speed tweak)

MRM 40 (3 tons Ammo)
6 Medium Lasers

5 engine heatsinks, 3 external heatsinks

1 coolshot
1 UAV

496/526 armor

Must have skills: 10 armor hardening, 10 skeletal density, 14 heat gen, 12 range, 10 cooldown, 4 laser duration, 1 missile spread, 2 high explosive, speed tweak 5, torso speed 5, cool run 5, heat containment 5 and extra consumable slot.

Role: Multi-purpose brawler which can flank and gank with good poking due to high torso mounted weapons. Can also pull steiner scout duties with a UAV.

You could swap the medium lasers for extended range if you want to focus more on ranged poking at the cost of more heat (2.9 vs 3.5).

Note: Bling not included.

[Nine-Ball]

Version 2:

Light 350 (76.7kph /w speed tweak)

MRM40 (2 tons ammo)
6 Extended Range Medium Lasers
1 Heavy PPC

4 Engine Heatsinks, 3 External

2 Coolshot
1 UAV

448/526 Armor

Must have skills: 10 armor, 10 skeletal, 14 heat gen, 10 range, 4 laser duration, 2 missile rack, speed tweak 5, Torso speed 5, cool run 5, heat containment 5, radar deprevation 5, 2 consumables, 2 coolshot effiency upgrades and 1 additional coolant reserve.

Functionally the same as the first version, just a tad slower while adding in more threat at range while also being more of a threat then the previous version regardless of whichever side torso you lose.

Make sure to unlock your arms so you can use your heavy PPC to hit UAVs above you as well.

Four separate weapon groups will take some getting used to, but once it clicks its pretty fun:

- 3 medium lasers (group 1)
- 3 medium lasers (group 2)
- MRM 40 (group 3)
- Heavy PPC (group 4)

[Nine-Ball]

Version 3:

XL 400 (87.7kph /w speed tweak)

2x Binary Lasers
4x ER Medium Lasers

6 engine, 5 external heatsinks (21 DHS total)

2 Coolshot
1 UAV

448/526 Armor

Something like the old Wubmaster, but with significantly longer range and better alpha strike for marginally longer burntime.

Everything is on your high torso's so you can peak and fire off a 56 point alpha strike and have enough speed to duck back in without taking damage or much damage at all (56.7 kph going backwards).

Two alpha strikes for 112 damage before needing to cooldown which then you can just fire off your binarys at range for 36 damage or 4 mediums in close for 20 damage or wait 5-6 seconds to cooldown completely.

1.4 cooling efficiency means you can keep the DPS up while repositioning fast as heck for an assault. While not a brawling build by any mechs nor a sniper build it fits perfectly within the mid-range gank/first strike/flanker style. Ability to keep up with fast heavies and mediums is another bonus as well so you can surprise alot of mechs with where you suddenly appear from.

- 4 ER Medium lasers (group 1)
- 2 Binary lasers (group 2)

[w0qj]

There is a good reason the BLR-3M(P) with +30% CBills bonus was introduced, right?
(It's in the Platinum Collection)

[Void Angel]

You could also go for LAC Synergy with MRM support. It's a close-range build, despite the midrange arms, but it does pretty well at outslugging other Assaults in its speed class - I just killed two Chargers back to back in a match, testing the build. Two Chargers down, two KMDDs.