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[Shadowdusk]

I am curious which heavy and assault mechs from both sides is the fastest?
I know the charger is one. I am especially interested in the heavies.

[ScrapIron Prime]

Shadowdusk, on 23 April 2024 - 12:28 PM, said:

I am curious which heavy and assault mechs from both sides is the fastest?
I know the charger is one. I am especially interested in the heavies.

Go here:

https://mwo.nav-alpha.com/mechs

Now click the buttons in the upper left to show only Heavy and Assault. Now start entering a speed in KPH. For most clan mechs what you get is the maximum speed it can do with the engine it has equipped. For inner sphere mechs or "IIc" clan mechs what you get is the maximum speed it can do with the largest size engine it can possibly equip (at the expense of weapon and armor weight).

And you can toggle for mechs that can equip MASC, which allows them to exceed this amount for short periods.

Edited by ScrapIron Prime, 23 April 2024 - 02:00 PM.

[w0qj]

Also, are you talking about Clan mechs, or IS mechs?

Clan mechs are generally faster, but more fragile...

Also look for MASC option!

[Shadowdusk]

I mean for both. Like what heavy and assault besides the quickdraw and charger as the fastest. But thanks for the tip for mech db

[CanadianCyrus]

Zeus Skokomish with MASC running double SNPPC + 4 SRM4 can go 110KPH. Makes for a solid fast brawl option. Fast Heavies include the Hellfire w/MASC (usually around mid 120s while MASCing). Honorable mention to the Warhammer 9D as it can run up to an XL400 and also can use JJs, hitting over 100Kph. 60 Tonners in general have fairly decent cruising speeds over 100KPH (Quickdraw, Champion, etc).

Fast Assaults 87 KPH (or faster)
Zeus Skokomish w/MASC
Charger
Gargoyle
Hatamoto-Chi
Victor
Honorable Mentions (Not quite 87 but still high 70s or low 80s):
Executioner (hits 90Kph while MASC is on, otherwise 69kph with it off)
Warhammer IIC
Marauder IIC
Battlemaster

There's more in that list, as IIRC the Awesome hero has a 400 engine cap but nobody likes that mech :*( .

[foamyesque]

The Howl can run a 400 engine with MASC, too. Even with a smaller engine it goes like a bat out of hell.

Linebackers are extremely quick by default, too.

[Xetelian]

Define 'fast'
Being able to put in a 400XL doesn't make you fast

Being unable to put in a 400XL doesn't make you slow

Another angle:
Being able to put a 400XLdoesn't mean you can fit weapons

So having a big mech with big guns is slow but there are 'fast' version, like the BAS with 3UAC5 and 1 UAC10 is a 64KPH ECM Dakka boat or the MCII with a similar build but slightly smaller engine?

If we just compare IS assaults the massively heavier weapons makes speed less of a thing so that is why I listed these clan mechs

Fastest laser builds for heavies would be CHP or a big XL black knight or even the LBK with 6 mpl or a hLL mix or HLF with SRM and lasers

Then again that is shorter ranged lasers, about 200-500m

Fastest laser vomit at Stricktly 450m? or at 800m with a few cERLL?

Edited by Xetelian, 23 April 2024 - 03:07 PM.

[feeWAIVER]

Linebackers and Crusaders are pretty fast.

[Gasboy]

Xetelian, on 23 April 2024 - 03:06 PM, said:

Define 'fast'
Being able to put in a 400XL doesn't make you fast

Being unable to put in a 400XL doesn't make you slow

Another angle:
Being able to put a 400XLdoesn't mean you can fit weapons

There's no confusion about fast, but that wasn't the question.

[ScrapIron Prime]

Xetelian, on 23 April 2024 - 03:06 PM, said:

Define 'fast'

Okay.

Speed equals Engine Rating divided by total mech tonnage.

Top speed is a multiple of this number. The higher the number, the faster the mech.

[torsie]

That one being chased by lance of light mechs.

[ScrapIron Prime]

torsie, on 24 April 2024 - 10:42 AM, said:

That one being chased by lance of light mechs.

You don't have to be faster than the Piranha... you just have to be faster than your friends.

[Nine-Ball]

Battlemaster-3M gets a 7.5% speed buff so sporting a XL400 it hits 87.7 KPH at 85 tons

Charger(s) get 10% speed buff so with XL400 that is roughly 92KPH (my maff might be wrong) at 80 tons.

[Gasboy]

ScrapIron Prime, on 24 April 2024 - 12:32 PM, said:

You don't have to be faster than the Piranha... you just have to be faster than your friends.

You just have to be faster than 40kph, the fastest a legged mech can go.

Edited by Gasboy, 24 April 2024 - 03:27 PM.

[Extra Guac]

For IS heavies it would be a Dragon or the CHP-2N with an XL360 (both have a speed quirk).

On the clan side it would be a Hellfire with an XL360 + MASC, or a Linebacker.

[Aidan Crenshaw]

The fastest Assault is the Zeus Skokomish. 400xl plus speedtweak and MASC drives this guy up to 116 km/h iirc

[AnAnachronismAlive]

Aidan Crenshaw, on 24 April 2024 - 09:28 PM, said:

The fastest Assault is the Zeus Skokomish. 400xl plus speedtweak and MASC drives this guy up to 116 km/h iirc

It is called ChooChoomish for a reason!

[Aidan Crenshaw]

Join OUZO!

[AnAnachronismAlive]

The Official Union of Zeus Operators [OUZO] approves!

[LordNothing]

Gasboy, on 24 April 2024 - 03:27 PM, said:

You just have to be faster than 40kph, the fastest a legged mech can go.

sometimes i wish team damage was on the endgame stats page.