Marauder IIC

Unlike previous builds this can't alpha straight through ghost heat without cooking itself, so you must split fire by delaying your second pair of LPLs. This build continues the trend of adding more gun for maximum damage output.

Classic clan vomit goodness. Fast engine, near the max possible heatsinks, just go forth and delete things.

You can afford to fit a standard engine while maintaining an obscene number of heatsinks. You lose a little bit of speed, but you will lose both STs before dying fairly often and being able to zombie with 2ERLL isn't too bad. Played right, this is one of the tankiest mechs in the game - use dead STs to absorb damage.

Modern high-alpha clan lasvom. Breaks LPL HSL, but you can easily eat the ghost heat. Poke, alpha, hide and cool, repeat. Delete things even harder.

Needing to stagger-fire 6+3 really negates the short-duration advantage of medium pulses, but it's completely worth it for the faster cooldown giving you mega burst potential.

Better mounts and hitboxes than the quad-PPC Warhawk, but the lack of quirks makes this build inferior on the whole.

Niche ERLL boat for FP or competitive play. All torso mounts and plenty of tonnage for a large TC makes this a strong option.

You have to split-fire with 3HLL+2ERML first, but the sheer amount of damage output makes this very powerful.

This is an alternative to the WHK-C build. Compared to the Warhawk this has less quirks, but better peeking profile and gets to strip the arm for extra tonnage.

Missing one laser compared to the original MAD-IIC, but with better agility instead. This tradeoff is simply not worth it.

Same build as the MAD-IIC-2, but with better agility instead of jumpjets. Not a good tradeoff.

This is just a really solid dead-sided dakka build with a PPC boosting the alpha. Remember to protect your right-torso.

Higher alpha than the previous build, but weaker sustained DPS. Remember to protect your right-torso.

Inferior to a proper ATM boat like the Scorch, but peek actively at ATM optimal range and this build will do quite well.

Inferior to a proper LRM boat, but poke actively using the lasers and it will do okay.

Superior burst and DPS to the 9x cMPL build, but being slower and lacking synergy holds it back.

Near identical to the similar build on the IIC-A, but this time with JJs.

Essentially one of the only builds that is possible on this variant due to the brutally awful hardpoints. However, it's actually not a terrible build - it's a dedicated DPS sniper. Remember Cool Run and Heat Gen isn't very important in the Skill Tree this time around. You can even stack more ammo if you use this in FP.

Same as above, but replaces TC with SRMs so that this mech can eventually push at the end of a match. Also generally more effective in QP.

One of the best ATM48 boats in game due to agility and high mounts. Lacking secondary weapons is a notable vulnerability, though.

One of the harder hitting brawlers in the game, highly optimised. Though, it's a bit slow, sometimes hot, and the hitboxes can be problematic when you get outflanked in a brawl. Delete things before they delete you.

Yet another variant which runs this same loadout. But this time with somewhat low arm mounts, and a C-Bill boost.

Regrettably one of the better LRM boats in the game, well-suited to direct fire. Lacking secondary weapons is a notable vulnerability, though.

Standard build for SR-1, KDK-3, and the like, good midrange DPS

Bigger alpha at the expense of shorter range.

This build has 4ERLL, putting it on par with the popular Dire Wolf range build. It's best not to shield too aggressively because the XL heat penalty itself is severe, but it's better than losing most of your weapons. Strive to spread damage mostly evenly while guiding more to the left side, rather than treating this as a deadside build.

This version has a tighter peek profile so you can afford to shoot more frequently. It also has a STD engine which allows you to lose the left torso without a massive heat penalty. The 3ERLL are cool enough that you can generally alpha all of them and only split fire when you need pure sustain.

The downside to this build is how fragile the right torso is with two easily crit gauss in one place.