With the recent changes to LRMs and NARC, figured I'd dust off the old premium Shadowhawk and see what I could do with it. While the build looked quite a bit silly at first, I'm quite surprised at its effectiveness. Getting used to the NARC is a bit of a trick, but once you do you've got easy access to drop some pain while staying out of sight, and also great recon for your team mates. The ERLLAS is great for picking a part a mech you've opened up with your missiles, and mid-late game when you're low on LRMs, combined with the 3 MG you can finish off opponents left and right. Be prepared to be blinded though if you've never ran 3 MG on a SHD before! Alternative build which sacrifices the ERLLAS for a MLAS and upgrades your LRM15 to a 20 : Honestly enjoying the hell out of this build right now, about the only thing I can think of but haven't tried yet is downsizing my engine to add an AMS. Sacrificing that speed would make me sad though, one of the biggest strengths of this mech is its ability to reposition to a better firing angle and punish.
So this is how it's going to be, is it? I'm surprised this build works, but I guess that's the new meta! Now I'm starting to think if some of the other missile builds I've tried are actually viable. Hmm... One question about your build: do you find that 12 shots from your NARC are enough? I'd think that you'd run out too quickly and really want to fit a second ton in there.
Certainly an interesting build, but I'd like to point out that you've posted a SHD-2H build in the SHD-5M subforum...
I wouldn't say new meta or anything, just that as far as Missle slots go, I'd say LRMs are now by and far the best option, unless you're purely going for a light hunter. This is mainly due to SRM hitreg obviously. I haven't ran out yet, 12 NARCs is 6minutes of uptime on 1 mech per, and you usually make sure your shot counts before you fire it off, its a long cooldown. [quote author=Skyer Stralende link=topic=6024.msg39153#msg39153 date=1395339985] Certainly an interesting build, but I'd like to point out that you've posted a SHD-2H build in the SHD-5M subforum... [/quote] I'm a friggin derp, thanks for letting me know I'll see if one of the mods will move it for me heh
