BATTLETECH: The Stormcrow
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 12 ส.ค. 2023
- Perhaps one of the best Medium #Battlemechs ever made, the #Omnimech known as the #Stormcrow, or #Ryoken, is one of the deadliest beasts to ever walk on the battlefields of #Battletech.
Built by #Clan #SnowRaven, long before the #ClanInvasion, this monster changed the very nature of warfare when it arrived. Never has a medium had such an impact, at least since the Invasion itself.
It descends from another mech as well... so in this video, you will get a double feature, as I also cover #ClanHellsHorses mistake... the #Corvis.
I hope you all enjoy.
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Also, don't forget to check out the #BlackPantsLegion, as they have a new video coming out about the #Hunchback.:
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Remember, Black Pants Legion has the Hunchback coming on the 26th of August! Check out his page if you haven't already, the premier will go up eventually:
www.youtube.com/@theblackpantslegion
If you're looking to get a Stormcrow for yourself, they are available and in stock with Catalyst Games at the moment it would seem:
store.catalystgamelabs.com/products/battletech-forcepack-clan
The resources I used to make this video can be found here:
Technical Readout 3050 Upgrade:
store.catalystgamelabs.com/products/battletech-technical-readout-3050-upgrade-pdf
Recognition Guide Volume 7:
store.catalystgamelabs.com/products/battletech-recognition-guide-ilclan-vol-7
Technical Readout 3060 (for the Corvis):
store.catalystgamelabs.com/products/battletech-technical-readout-3060-pdf
Beyond that, everyone have a great day!
If the Timber Wolf is the next mech to come out, i have the feeling this one might break your current video length record.
Personally i am of the impression a long video is not necessarily a better video.
Yet if ANY mech deserved a 3+ hour video, it´s the MAD CAT!
@@sim.frischh9781 I don't think there is enough material for it to break the 3 hour record. I'm expecting it to be 90 to 120 minutes.
@@BigRed40TECH That mech is certainly iconic enough to deserve that much XD
It just doesn´t have that much background storie as the Stone Rhino or Gladiator.
One question though: i have never seen you using much, if any, MechWarrior 3 or 4 footage. David White´s versions are fairly popular too, after all.
And those games, same for MechCommander I+II, are long time fan favorites.
@@sim.frischh9781 Capturing footage for those games is not easy is the truth tbh.
@@BigRed40TECH And getting footage from someone else means you would have to work with whatever they hand you instead of making what you need for a specific mech, makes sense.
The fact that the creators of this community love each other’s work so much and talk up them up every chance they get is so great.
'Why, for Kerensky's sake, is there an autofire button in my cockpi... oh. OOOH.'
- Common mechwarrior reaction to Stormcrow Prime
Endurance fighting for the win XD
@@BigRed40TECH better pray for their lasers' lenses to eventually melt from overuse, or they won't stop shooting till the heat death of the universe.
The epitome of medium mech design. Ton-for-ton one of the most most efficient war machines the BT universe has ever seen. I respect the Timberwolf. I love the Stormcrow.
I love to use it in MWO so much, killing assault laserwomiting in its ass was so satisfying.
Couldn't have said it better myself!🤘
There she is. My favorite Mech of all time, ever since MW2. What an absolutely perfect design.
except when it comes over a hill it requires most of the mech to be exposed so it can shoot any of its weapons lol.
@@HelminthCombos that's why you surprise em by going through the hill with you bitty digging arms lol
Same. I loved this mech in mechwarrior 2. Every time I think of playing knights in warhammer I can't justify it while battletech exists. I'll start playing it eventually.
I love how the B basically just sticks the arm from a Nova on and hopes nobody notices.
ALL HAIL THE STORMCROW
TINY HANDS
GREAT VICTORY
Fantastic medium mech; the prime variant was an ideal core medium mech design for long term conflict, while the UAC20 version was a true nightmare of the invasion era as it could tear apart anything smaller then an atlas in a single round of shooting.
This is quite frankly the Mad cat of clan medium mechs in the invasion era.
Out of all the Clan Mediums, the Stormcrow has always managed to find itself in every one of my list no matter what. The Prime configuration is just so darn versatile, I would almost forget it had other configurations.
The stormcrow was one of the first Ral Partha mechs I purchased back in the beforefore times. It's a great one.
One of my absolute favorite mechs. This monster is fully capable of taking on virtually any other 'Mech in the game. It's prime is very different from many clan 'mechs of the time. Many clan designs emphasize alpha strikes followed by shutting down and not surviving a counter attack due to a lack of armor.
most clan mechs not named the Hunchback IIC dont really skimp on armor though, though indeed they are overly armed for their heatsink capacity
@@thorveim1174I think you forgot about the Hellbringer also.
This thing is the epitome of "keep it simple stupid."
Where other omnimechs will dazzle you with available weapons systems that you might (or might not) be able to use effectively, the Stormcrow's weapons are simple, effective, and straightforward.
Simply fire at the enemy until its no longer a problem. Clantech ER large lasers ensure that you'll never be out-ranged, and adequate amounts of double heatsinks means youre never in any real danger of cooking yourself. Its truly a marvel of battlemech engineering.
There’s going to be that one Corvus user who sees this and go, “who hurt you?” LOL! I absolutely love the Stormcrow. I’ve used it quite a few times, and each battle it has performed remarkably. It also looks cool as well.
This is my second favorite Medium, right behind the Nova. Couple of beautiful Dakka/Boomstick builds, but great for boating S-SRMs and deleting Lights!
One of the protagonists in a recent story of mine used a Stormcrow for a while - custom configuration with two ER PPCs, AMS, jumpjets and some DHS. Very nasty machine.
Someone needs to do Corvis vs Urbies now. A battle for each to redeem themselves.
I always wondered why I liked the Corvis so much. Now I understand. Corvis is an Urbie, through and through. Definitely need to get a model now.
Corvid plus urbie equals DON'T UNDERESTIMATE ME
@@gary9346 Mostly the Corvis. It actually has ammo.
@@asimplenobody7797 I say slap an ultra Ac 20 into and Urbie and let it rai
@@gary9346 Urbie definitely has the knockout punch option, whereas the Corvis is essentially built for endurance, firing its weapons continuously while fishing for hits.
This was one of my favorite mechs from mechwarrior 2.
The golden 55 tons, clan XL, endo, and FF, and a beautiful 6/9, this machine was always a winner. I think JJ and general optimization has the goshawk (both the original and my favorite the 5) win out over this for me, but having a fantastic generalist like the stormcrow A or having a B run up and disembowl a heavy mech of yours makes them a close second in the ass kicking department.
The Stormcrow B is great example of how outclassed the IS was At Operation Revival. It brings more damage per turn than both a conventional Hunchback and a laser swayback variant combined, yet moves at 150% the speed - comparable to say a Commando or Phoenix Hawk -k model, with CASE baked into the design.
And it had more armour than a Hunchback too.
You could give a Stormcrow the loadout of a Thug and still have room left over. Just terrifying.
Ah the swayback - so damn fun and robust 🙂
And its PPC's do more damage. lol @@skyefox
The Classic mechpack that goes with YAML for MW5 mods is bugged and giving Stormcrow Bs super early. It's just silly.
Not gonna lie I have fun using my StormCrow
Take my STRONG hand!
a 44 minute video on my favorite mech of all time? hold up lemme grab some pizza. this mech is the benchmark against which *all* other mechs are compared to, for me.
6:08 Mall cop? Yeah I busted out laughing at that one 🙂.
This video of a dark bird took me by storm.
The success of this video is, indeed, something for you to crow about!
Thank you for the video, it was a blast ...
My favorite personal configuration of the Stormcrow turns it into a mini-vulture/mad-dog. It's definitely a mighty mech and probably my all time favorite clan medium design.
Absolutely LOVE the Stormcrow Lacerator on MWO...
ERE WE GO
Love this mech as much as the mad dog, so much versatility in a decent weight class. Great content as usual 👍
Great vid as always :)
First time i have heard the corvis referred to as the clan urbie but its spot on...
Always thought this mech was the 2nd best mech in TRO 3050 after the Timberwolf. Our gaming group really learned to fear these bastards when they turned up in opfor.
From the view point of the clan invasion era, to me its the lower cost mech the Ravens built to take on heavies as well as destroying anything lighter than itself but without the production cost of a heavy. It punches like a heavy cav unit and can keep up with anything used in the med cav role.
The B in urban combat was a nightmare...all that knife fighting range firepower just chewed up just about anything in its way...seen it kill assaults with the double tap...
Much as I love the Mad Dog (personal fav), i always knew it was outclassed by this medium monster...
Once again, Great video. I like the Stormcrow B variant myself. I try to get in my Clan Jag mechs on the days my local store is not doing our 2750 campaign. Thanks for the head up on The Black Pants Legion Hunchback video🤟
The Storm Crow is my favorite Clan mech, and my second favorite mech of all time. The prime configconfig may be the closest thing to a perfect mech there is. Imo the medium laser is the center of the weight/damage/heat output vin diagram. ❤❤❤
I remember looking thru the 3050 TRO and this mech in particular and wondering how in the name of Kerensky am I going to survive on the table top against anyone fielding clan mechs.
Yay! One of my two favourite Clan 'mechs :)
If I had one of these my call sign would be Gandalf.
With Heatsinks on Omnis, I always think the "put the most that you can in the engine or standard 10", but just like the Warhawk, the Stormcrow is the exception to the rule in the opposite fashion. Great design, haven't had the chance to play it, though
For smaller mechs it's not as big a deal, but for heavier mechs I agree on the heatsink part.
Great video, Clan lighter mechs always seem to ridiculously over gunned to me to the point of just sounding broken
*Clan mechs of any weight sound broken
This is why we play BV or C-bills. When that 20 tonner cost as much as an assault Mech it's a lot less busted.
C-bills never seem to matter as Clans have there super economies that seem to have no trouble making huge numbers of super mechs
@@jamesoakes192 What portion of the larger narrative are referencing?
Their lack of material resources is cited as a problem even before the battle of Tukayyid.
When looking up the Stormcrow on Sarna I was surprised to find that none of the configurations equipped the ubiquitous and dangerous Clan ERPPC. All of the Sniper configurations used an LBX Autocannon, Gauss Rifle, or Missiles. A Clan Omnimech seems strangely... incomplete without a Clan ERPPC configuration, especially since two of the Stormcrow variants spend weight & critical to cram in the massive HAG 20 or 30.
TIMBER WOLF configuration D for the win!!! great video as always red😊
Whooop, I love to use this one both in my Clan Wolf and Clan Sea Fox forces. It's so friggin' dependable!
One of those mechs to which it is difficult to find a but... But I honestly think I would have installed the three additional heatsinks that the reactor would have allowed in design, yes, that would lower the available tonnage, but mostly free up some internal space if I needed it. Personally, I am in favor of the mech carrying all the heatsinks that the fusion reactor is able to incorporate.
Better than over heat dissipation, that you can not reach it if you need it
Nothing like piloting one of the primes for the first time and just shooting all the lasers all the time. Lots of other really fun variants to use too.
I like how the B just rips an arm off the Nova since that's sorta how podspace was intended to work since they were trying to make modular mechs for the simulator games.
What the Inner Sphere needs is for House Marik, the Jade Falcons, and Snow Ravens to form a Great Bird Alliance to oppose Clan Wolf and it's false "Star League."
The Triple Avian Alliance
This is just power rangers but birds lol. Purple Bird, Green Bird, and Blue Bird!
@@BigRed40TECH go get some comstar and make it “the word of the brib”
@@argokarrus2731 I mean nothing says there CANT be a megazord of 5+ mechs forming 1 bigger mech.
Excellent video, perfectly written (and performed), as usual! When you said, it's only fault was a lack of jump jets, I was saying it along with you, as that is all you can criticize about this butcher bird. So glad you have embraced B'tech. I have been lost in it since 1989. You are a huge shot in the arm to those of us who are amazed it is still a thing in this century.
I got in in 1994, it's my first tabletop game and I love it. :)
Been waiting for this to be implemented into MW5, still waiting... Need more clan mechs in the medium category it's just dominated with heavy and assault mechs.
unless you are talking about mods it will never happen they have said that they will not add clans in mw5.
Yeah i am on about mods, MW6 for Clans offically... maybe.@@fuzztsimmers3415
There was rumors that mw6 is being worked on and it's sey during the clan invasion and it'll basically just be mw5.2.
Wow! My favorite Clanner ‘Mech!!
It's definitely very solid :)
Yooooooo, i'll be honest. Excellent vid as always, but clan mechs gonna clan mech, i'm more excited about the Roc. That artwork at the end there is just pure Fiya 🔥🔥
Thank you! :D
Nice clan med mech.
Excellent as always! Thank you! :)
Thank you, I've been waiting for this one for a long time!
Like always: great review and lore about a Mech. Keep it up BigRed👍
That mech shown at the end, looks so sweet!
the Roc :)
@@BigRed40TECH Hmm a search for that give me the Protomech Roc? The thing that looks like a cross between an Owl and a bear? - I presume its not the Roc you mean?
@@paulsim7589 The mech at the end of the video, is a custom mech I made, named the Roc. Mechs, protomechs, battle armour, tanks, and aerospace fighters share names with one another.
Very Good!
A nice machine. Probably my favorite medium omni. But you said the magic words to get my attention: Dire Wolf.
Stormcrow B be like "I solve practical problems."
Great video, as always! The Stormcrow is pretty much the only Clanner mech that I call by its proper Clan name, partly out of respect for how good it is and partly because it just sounds cool to my ear. I'm glad that you mentioned the HAG variant, I just don't see a purpose for it when the B variant exists, but I get how new technologies work, people want to try them.
Tha Clan Crab! on steroids!
Thanks for another great one. This was exactly the next mech I was hoping you would cover. Looking forward to you doing the Kodiak, which I imagine must be somewhere near the top of the list. If there is one often over looked Mech which I hope you would consider, I'd really like to see a video covering the Men Shen.
THe Kodiak is so far away. lol
@@BigRed40TECH You really know how to toy with a mech jockeys feelings 😂
@@anthonyventura9298 Folks ask for it all the time, it's just that I cover things *mostly* in order of Technical Readout. If I covered only the most popular mechs first, it'd burn through the most exciting content too quickly. lol
A great video about my favourite mech! Thanks a lot!!! :)
Glad you like it!
A damn solid mech! That Clan Star is on my short list, but I would really love to run a pair as you mentioned.
This makes so much sense. Crows love to hang around trash cans. so many goodies to find.
Great video! I have only been exposed to the BattleTech cartoon, MechWarrior series of video games, and recently the HBS BattleTech video game.
I have always liked the BattleTech universe, but I didn’t fall in love with it until I started playing the HBS game.
These lore videos of yours have filled in so many blanks! This is such a cool universe and you do an excellent job of presenting it in an interesting and accessible way.
You have earned a sub sir.
Thank you!
the TC has a gauss rifle + targeting computer, fkn expensive but very agreeable 🐻❄
The Stormcrow/Ryouken was the first Clan Omnimech I ever used., along with a Summoner/Thor. I used it against an Inner Sphere heavy lance. After the Summoner got destroyed early by a Gauss rifle shot to its head, the Stormcrow destroyed a Whitworth, Axman, and Marauder. She was finally destroyed by a Caesar in a close fight.
The Stormcrow, in my opinion, is the best Clan mech in history.
It's definitely in the running for it.
The Stormcrow is my favorite Clan medium mech. I played the battletech video game with a build with one ER large laser on each arm and 2 medium pulses in each torso.
I just love the Stormcrow. Its odd in that its actually a nicely designed mech, especially unusual for the Clans. The clans commonly have either Walking Arsenals that shut down from overheating, run out of ammunition quickly, or are very fast but lightly armed(for Clans).
The Stormcrows speed is faster than most Inner Sphere mechs, especially those of similar weight ranges. A lot of Inner Sphere Mediums are as slow as heavy or assault mechs.
The Prime Stormcrow very well balanced in terms of heat, enabling it to run and fire continuously.
Configuration D has 40 LRM tubes and some of the highest ammo counts on any battlemech. It carries 3 times as much ammunition as some dedicated missile boat mechs.
Alternate Configuration I is more unbalanced, like its a pocket Timber Wolf.
Definitely not a mech to underestimate and yes, I agree that medium mechs are often considered to be the red headed stepchild but are definitely my favourite. Do one job, do it well and you can eliminate any shortfalls by adding other mechs to fill the gaps. A medium lance or star is terrifying in their capability and flexibility when used well.
I'm definitely stoked for the Hunchback video and will be there. I'm also eagerly awaiting your videos for post War of Refusal, particularly the Cougar as I feel it is a much maligned beast for its lack of speed but a monster in truth when used well.
The Stromcrow is a nearly perfect mech. There is one critical weakness however. Piles of mech shaped hay.
I love the Stormcrow-A.
Moves as fast as a Commando, but strikes harder than an Atlas.
I used a Stormcrow to good effect in the running of the Mechwarrior Campaign: Bloodright
My fellow players brought 100 ton death machines, not able to catch up with fleeing members of the Hallis line. I was able to extinguish two members of the line with my Stormcrow-A. While the other two player characters were able to take down one member a piece.
The two 100 ton machines lined up against each other for the right to challenge me for the Bloodname. They mutually killed eachother. One was head capped. The other was cored out.
As the last man standing. I won the right to declare my own Bloodname.
I owe it all to to the plucky StormCrow.
Stormcrow is best crow O.O
My favorite Clan mech, bar none.
It's extremely solid.
One of my best memories is absolutely dominating Solaris in MW4 with this beast.
My favorite clan mech. My version 12 er small lasers, 2 medium pulse lasers, 2 srm 6 streak. 6 jump jets. All this and the speed to get close. A truly devastating alpha strike.
Easily one of the best clan mechs. So efficient and deadly. Also it looks so swish. Love it.
I hate to say it but mediums are my favourite weight and in all honesty (despite my inner sphere bias lol) this is probably the best clan mech there is...if I could have a lance of these in my merc company I'd be happy :-) great vid 40k
I lost track of the booklet years ago, but there was a margin note in the Mechwarrior 2 instruction manual (I think in the mini TRO it had) that just read "When in doubt, CROW."
My personal favorite. I like to run them with 60 clan LRMs (4x15) and 4 er small lasers. And just laugh a lot in 9 movement point, a murder of crows
I remember this little nightmare from mw4! I hunted this little bastard on Solaris first every time. The fate of the match hinged on whether I could bring it down fast enough before it pummeled the shit out of me with its endless missle swarms! Lol
The Corvus walked so the Stormcrow could run. Quite literally.
the corvis is a funny looking one
The first mech I got in MWO. Turned it into a missile boat, 30 LRM and 14 streak tubes and a TAG. An absolute menace when payed properly
Remember playing one once in college. Playing evil Clanner in a Binary vs Company(Invasion upgrade) urban battle. (Lt/med &med/hvy Stars vs 2 hvy & 1 aslt Lances)
Came around a building and ran into an Atlas.
Ultra AC20.
Both hit.
Both CT.
Cored it in one round.
Good memories.
I really liked this mech in MW2. I'd throw an upgraded engine on it, some medium pulse lasers in the left and right torso, and added armour & heat sinks as I could fit them. That was it. It was so fast that I could simply avoid a lot of incoming fire. The weapons placed in the torso provided some versatility by being able to shoot over hilltops, and the arms acted as some extra armour while also stopping me from losing any firepower when I eventually lost an arm. I did a lot of hit-and-run tactics with it. It was a lot of fun to use.
So far, no one has mentioned that Kai Allard-Liao piloted a Stormcrow B (Yes, he DID refer to it as a Stormcrow instead of a Ryoken [Note: That's Ree-oh-ken to be quick-pronounced without the double ee in Ree, and Ken as in Kenneth and not Kern as in Kernel.] ) and used it to thrash up Vlad Ward good good in his Timber Wolf during The Great Refusal in Strana Mechty. That's the prime example of what Big Red mentioned about Timber Wolf pilots being wary about the Stormcrow when they see one.
55 ton clantech is possibly the golden spot for ton for ton power in the game.
I love medium mech as well. The Wolverine, Storm Crow, Uziel, Bushwacker, Shadowcat, Hellspawn, Crab, Centurion and the Hellcat are favorites
Never heard of the Corvis before your video. So looked it up, of course it's from Tech readout 3060, not exactly the greatest tro ever minted, at least I didn't pay much attention to 3060.
But looking at the record sheet, the Corvus is not a bad design. Okay yes granted it's slow, but it's got max armor, it's got a clan UAC-10, with a lot of ammo. So it's got the Firepower to do some damage, as long as it doesn't go toe-toe with something a lot bigger.
Like the fluff says, this is a good support mech.
I always used to build the Stormcrow as a long range missile boat. One day in MWO, I decided to put it back to its Prime variant. And holy shit, there are few laser boats I love as much as this one. About the only change I make these days is swapping to Large Pulse Lasers when I feel like some disco.
"Proving ballistics are often a poor choice for lighter chassis."
Coventry Metal Works: _Deep puff of the chron_ "Let's build a light 'mech whose only weapon is a fuckin' Gauss Rifle." 🤣 Never change, Steiner. Never change.
Well, it looks like I've got a Stormcrow to buy.
The Ryoken A has been a go-to variant for me in MWLL when I want to threaten heavies but stay mobile, though it is a bit altered compared to the tabletop variant.
In mwll it's got 5 DHS, 2 cMPLs in each arm, a Dual cSRM6+cLRM10 in the side torsos, and it has a GECM. It also has 1 free ammo tonnage slot that imo is best used for more SRMs as the cDSRM6 is firing 12 SRMs per shot.
That Corvus is like a succession wars era trooper or bodyguard like a Wyvern or Vindicator. I still would take a Wyvern IIC over it for a 4-6-4 clan urban Garrison chassis.
It's mechs like this is why I say on the invasion era. Clan mechs are capable of their inner sphere counterparts of a mech 15 tons higher and lighter than itself. Aside from actually have double the steel.
The real champion of clan invasion.
Breaking its back for the Madcat to take all the credit.
@@BigRed40TECH such is the fate of all war horses.
I want to try the ATM 9 load out scrow. Seems like a nasty variant
Medium’s great mechs for flanking your opponent.
Every clanner is like
"We know when the Stormcrow-"
Or
"We know how the Stormcrow-"
But nobody wants to ask "How IS the Stormcrow"
I guess empathy is dezgra.
Gandalf Storm Crow
The most notable thing about The Stormcrow is that it is one of those Clanner names for a very common 'mech that is actually good. Timeberwolf or (Ew)Ebon jaguar? Nah, MadCat and Cauldron Born. But the Stormcrow? That baby is still the Stormcrow, and man that baby is sexy.
Between the chassis shape and the prime loadout's tendency to dispense long range, energy based hatred, the Stormcrow is what happens when you give a thug amphetamines. It loses a worrying amount of weight and replaces it with a disproportionate amount of crazy.
stupid question edited in an hour later, but do you think you might get goofy 80s art of the Roc?
CAW CAW!!!
I love medium mechs too but prefer to play Inner Sphere. The medium is the workhorse of every army. A good mix of speed, protection and firepower makes them useful in any situation.