What do you guys think of the special mechs? Grasshopper 5H(S) Ebon Jaguar Prime(S) Zeus 6T(S) Warhawk C(S) My own thoughts: - I already have an invasion Warhawk, so that C is out because it's redundant. - The grasshopper is tempting, especially since the 5H is better than the GHR-5J(R) in the Resistance pack, but aside from the energy quirks, it's not really any better than my Mjolnir. - The Zeus is really tempting for a 3LL / MRM40 build, but its quirks aren't as nice as the similar ZEU-9S2 Loyalty variant, which has more powerful quirks but one less energy hardpoint. - The Ebon Jag, like the Warhawk, is omni, so is redundant if you already have an invasion variant or an Espirit de Corps (which I do). I'm thinking that the special Zeus won't be as good as the Loyalty Zeus, which is potentially earnable next year if they do the same they did this year. So far I'm leaning Ebon Jag, even though it's redundant, because I can do something different than the meta on it. :/
I have been rocking the triple LPL and MRM40 with the ZEU-6S. It has a couple more missile quirks over the ZEU-6T but lacks the energy quirks of the ZEU-9S2. Looks like this... There's a few omni heros that can make 2 completely different unique builds, and the EBC-EJ is one of them. I recommend RoO's builds: EBJ-EC "Black Cat" (4xcAC2, 4xcERSL) Hero variant of EBJ-C "Guerrilla" (2xcATM9, 4xcMPL, cAP) So yeah I say go a second Ebon if you have the Espirit.
Zeus 6T is all about that triple missiles arm. It is extremely devastating because all the missiles are coming out from the same location so the dispersion patterns of the 3 launchers (SRM or MRM) overlap completely. Being arm mounted makes it easy to aim if you unlock the arms. It’s either 3SRM6+A or 3MRM20. Possibly even 3SRM4+A will be strong and produce a very tight 16 missiles pattern (I didn’t try it though). I picked it up as a past event reward and was very surprised how well it worked in the end. It’s no Madcat level meta of course, but it is viable.
