AS7-K Phalanx III (1x Gauss, 2x LLas, 1x LRM10, 2x MLas, 2x AMS, STD325)

5/5,

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I have been iterating my Phalanx build from a Gauss & 3 LLAS into a AC20 & 3 LLAS. Now with the new heat scale in I had to rethink it even further to avoid the 3 LLAS penalty.



It doesn't have the biggest or baddest Alpha out there and the downgrade from LRM20 in previous builds hurt a lot, I did go back to the Gauss with a CASE and will be testing it to see how the heat plays out. 40% is not bad, when you are done tickling with the LRM (I usually use it as a way to do some additional damage when a mech is close but out of sight or retreating, stressing them) you will have 50%+ heat efficiency.

Groups

-LLAS to Grp 1
-Gauss to Grp 2
-MLAS to grp 3 (don't use it unless alpha, zombie or for heat purposes)
-LRM to Grp 4
-Lasers and Gauss to "Semi-Alpha" group 6, fire missiles separatly.


First round score;

 

Vergere, you are without a doubt putting in some serious work on scoring the builds. Thanks for that effort, regardless of the scores awarded to my build (of which I am glad too of course), I am very happy to see the scoring system being put to use and making others able to see builds that may be of interest.

 

While I understand the logic behind it I am unsure about the effectiveness of the LRM system being worth the total 7 tons.
Maybe a SRM system and some DHS and armor would be better.

 

I considered the SRM6 pack and may run it, downgrading from 20 to 10 LRM makes the opposition AMS able to reduce the damage significantly. It's a trade off.

LRM10 - Stress, hitting people without AMS, hitting people outside of visual range of yourself.
SRM6 - Additional damage in CQB, no lock required, shotgun effect (torsomounted).

As most of the other weaponry is geared to long range apart from the two MLAS, it's a difficult choice between reinforcing the long range or short range.