Casual VL-5T "Floating Meta" (5xMPL, 3xJJ, XL300)
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Thread in 'VL-5T' started by renzor51, Jun 22, 2019.

  1. renzor51

    renzor51 Advanced Member

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    This is almost meta. The meta from Grimmechs had a single JJ, and I was annoyed that I couldn't get up on things. Replaced one DHS with two more JJ's and optimized the armor some more. Why isn't the meta build here? Well, here it is:



    Also, I felt obligated to make my Vulcan-5T look like Samus.

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  2. ShooterMcGavin80

    ShooterMcGavin80 MechSpecs Addict

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  3. Excalibaard

    Excalibaard 101 010 Staff Member

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    The real meta would be running Wolfhounds instead of Vulcans no? ;)
     
  4. Shock

    Shock Patron of the Underdog Staff Member

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    No JJs on Wolfhounds. And I've definitely seen quite a few of these Vulcans about. I think they may have slightly better hitboxes
     
  5. renzor51

    renzor51 Advanced Member

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    Also, compare the agility between the Vulcan and the Wolfhound: accel, decel, turning, etc. Vulcan's considerably better.
     
  6. Excalibaard

    Excalibaard 101 010 Staff Member

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    I stand corrected :) sometimes a little hop is worth more than 10 kph and/or ecm. And agility is probably even more important.
     
  7. CarloArmato

    CarloArmato Professional Potato Carrier

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    5/5,
    At the moment I'm using the 1xJJ version with +1 DHS because I'm still skilling it, but it is damn nasty even with little to no skills.

    This mech actually has a very nice maneuverability (it almost feels like a light mech), so I think it can be further exploited with a proper skill tree, like the following
    https://kitlaan.gitlab.io/mwoskill/...062101cf37f000028710270a5dff6000000#s=Weapons

    EDIT: previous recommended skill tree
    https://kitlaan.gitlab.io/mwoskill/...0c271ccf37f000028710270a5df76000000#s=Weapons
     
    Last edited: Nov 30, 2019
  8. CarloArmato

    CarloArmato Professional Potato Carrier

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    XL280 version: slower, but so cool you could try to not skill into heat gen at all and skill into survivability
     
  9. Cael Rhythyr

    Cael Rhythyr New Member

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    The Meta usually only uses 1 JJ on a mech like this. This build isn't meant for poptarting, so anything more than 1 JJ is considered wasted when another HS will result in less heat/more salvos. Think "Brawl Support". However, in PUG's, more JJ's definitely are needed. Great build, great mech.
     
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