Nova Cat

This is the generic laservomit build for the Nova Cat. The excess tonnage is put into cMPLs instead of your typical cERMLs, so it has less range than most other clan vomit builds, while being generally slower and even having less alpha than some. It makes up for this by having strong DPS and cooling, so it can output damage quickly and continue to do so. It's a very fun and effective build if you can get past the low speed and relative fragility.

Decent range, alpha, and sustain. While mostly unexceptional in all categories it is still a good build capable of doing decent work.

This is a LOT of dakka for a 70-tonner. Still subject to the disadvantages of being a Nova Cat, but the loadout is very potent and capable of dealing significant hurt.

This trades the UAC10 to have matching velocity and more ammo for maximum farm potential. There is a slight amount of ghost heat, but you can afford to ignore it and most of the time one of the guns will be jammed anyways so you won't have to worry about it.

Perhaps the most effective Nova Cat outside of specific So8 builds. Compared to the wubvomit build, this has the capacity for higher burst, higher alpha, and better sustain, but the UACs require more facetime and aren't as good against moving targets. Focus on slower and larger targets when you can and the damage output can be very strong.

You can alternatively run 2x UAC10s in the RA to get an additional heat sink. Dakkavomit (UAC10)

Brawling in a Nova Cat is not advisable, but if you insist on doing it anyway then this build at least allows you to twist after each alpha in attempt to spread damage.

Harder to use than other short range Nova Cats. This build needs to be at shorter range to accommodate the SRMs, and it lacks synergy to pinpoint faster targets, but you do get a good one-click alpha with reasonable sustain which is very strong against fat mechs.

Big burst dakka. This is tight on ammo, but you're a Nova Cat - you probably won't last that long anyways.

This is a build you can do. Technically capable of better sustained DPS than the pure ERLL build, but there's no real reason to run it unless you like playing dual gauss. This is also strictly inferior to a Night Gyr running the same build.

Thanks to the HSL quirk, the stock loadout is actually not bad. This can alpha all weapons without ghost heat, which is pretty handy at mid range and against slower targets for maximum pinpoint. Avoid alpha'ing against moving targets as the PPCs and lasers won't hit in the same place - fire separately when necessary to accommodate for each weapons' needs.

A very strong extreme range trader. The HSL quirk means you can fire 3+2 again and again. The poor geometry of the Nova Cat chassis only precludes this from competing for best long range heavy in the game.

This version equips a TC3, though you can balance TC and DHS however you please. Like so:ERLL

70-ton Warhawk. Maybe it has worse cooling, and worse geometry, but it's still a strong loadout and benefits from the So8 velocity quirk.

A 70-ton, jumping Warhawk. It's not as good as it sounds, but the So8 range quirk definitely helps.

The So8 quirk combined with a large TC gives this absurd range. In order to achieve this, you're forced to waste tonnage on jumpjets you don't need and give up cooling.

LRMs are the only weapon that truly benefits from the So8 quirk, and this is how you build it. You need lots of ammo, and you need heatsinks - don't bother with artemis, LRM90 is enough damage without it and you'll be indirect firing more often than not. It's worth noting that indirect LRM'ing also eliminates one of the main weaknesses of the Nova Cat - its geometry.

This can output pretty obscene damage for a 70-tonner, but your slow speed and lack of backup weapons makes it slightly tricky to manage. Stick with teammates who can defend you under minimum range and you should have a good time.

While this can make use of So8 quirk on the NCT-B, it doesn't actually need it. Feel free to replicate this build on any Nova Cat variant.

Up front, this is a super brackety build. You pretty much have 2 entirely different mechs in your loadout in exchange for speed, mobility, and durability due to the chassis' inherent problems.

You shouldn't be going out of your way to engage in SRM range as you can do decent work with the two high mounted PPCs. However, if you do find yourself in SRM range. You can either alpha the SRMs for big damage, or fire them in 3+3. A thing to note about firing in 3+3 is that due to the arm hardpoints, the SRMs are really accurate. Which makes hitting smaller and/or faster targets easier. Overall it's a build you can throw into most problems and it'll have an answer for most, it won't always be a good answer, but at least it's something.

There's a few ways to take advantage of the So8 quirk, this way gets you a nice mixture of DPS, heatsinks, and projectile velocity. It's really similar to NCT-any:Dakkavomit but you trade away better lasers to get better UACs instead, which is a questionable choice.

An all pinpoint build. This gives up some alpha and DPS so that you don't have to worry about the lack of synergy between ballistics and lasers - much more effective at short peeks and pokes.

No other build really makes any sense, this is the only way to build this So8. It has a decent alpha, but most of it is tied up in the long duration heavy larges, and it tends to be pretty toasty.

So, I bet you're looking at this and wondering "why play this over the Prime So8?" Well its quite simple, ever since this got a 10% heat quirk on the So8. This is somewhat better for 'QP farming' than the Prime is, like how way back when the WHK-C had the 11% total heat quirk for PPCs. This also has other advantages like two of the PPCs are on the cockpit level torso mounts so you can make a minimal peek if needed.

All together this is actually the best loadout for the hero So8.

This makes the best use of the So8 agility, but you end up dealing with convergence issues on the SRMs. At least for your trouble you get very good DPS, sustain, and a decent amount of pinpoint, but you still have the problem of the Nova Cat being a very poor brawler in the first place.