This is the build I arrived at after finally convincing myself to buying the Warhawk Hero mech. Despite one or another bad match I have yet to regret that decision. What I wanted to do was creating an effective direct damage machine by keeping the variant's stock omni pods and thus retaining it's rather impressive array of quirks: Additional Structure Left Arm +21 Additional Structure Left Torso +18 Additional Structure Center Torso +11 Additional Structure Right Torso +18 Additional Structure Right Arm +21 Additional Structure Left Leg +9 Additional Structure Right Leg +9 Clan ER-Medium Laser Heat Generation -5% Laser Duration -5% Missile Weapon Velocity 3% Ultra AC Jam Chance -20% XP-Bonus 2.5% Ballistic Weapon Cooldown 5% Missile Weapon Cooldown 10% Acceleration 10% Deceleration 10% Torso Angle Yaw +10° Torso Yaw Speed +10% I'd love to squeeze a SRM6+A in there for some additional punch close up, but this probably means I have to switch to an UAC10 + UAC5 combination... Not sure about that idea yet. Anecdotical evidence of effectiveness: final match to complete my basic skills:
