My initial build was the gauss/4ermeds you mentioned, but put it aside because of the exposure required for the meds. So next went for the memes, racing piranhas with my 365 engine and just the meds. Will surely try this build. I love the Artic Wolves and the lore behind them, really wished their hero was indeed a Hero :D
Oh hell yeah Blackhawk. This is Definitely something I would do! Nice ballistic hardpoints on that Artic Wolf too. I never noticed Then on that Variant.
I run this with quite a bit of success with dual uac10s. This is the build I skilled up the mech with. I poke and/or support, no push no flank. Try to hill hump a lot to use the high hardpoints and hide the shaved legs, you can even poptart for free splash dmg a bit with the single JJ, or run a bit more ammo. - Shootey Ad9D40X0|OG|]e|fRpR0|fB|l^|l^qR0|fB|l^r50s30tL0|RRuL0|RRv20|RRw606060
The best Arctic wolf build is 4 CSRM 6 Artemis in the torso. 128KPH speed means fast maneuvering like a light mech, and quick burst damage and then torso twist so your big arms absorb the return fire. It will never be as good as the Assassin mech in turns of survive ability but its more skill and rewarding to play. With Artemis you can deal HEAVY damage to single components and if you can sneak up on someone you can usually core them out red in 1 hit which makes them panic.
I actually just bought this mech yesterday from the recent challenge MC and was wondering what to do with it. 4 heavy meds seemed to do well as a back stabber
You can do dual UAC 5s on the Blood Adder as well but with nowhere near the same maneuverability. Two UAC 5s do a surprisingly good amount of damage if you have good positioning.
It's a rare game that I don't lose one or both arms on my ATM ACW-A. It's almost like they're made to fall off, like lizard tails or something. But I too love the mech. Wouldn't spend money on the Blood Kit though, even though this build looks fun.
Good video. What do you consider the best ACW SRM build and best overall build? I'm currently using the ACW-1 with 4 SRM4 and 5 SRM2 and having fairly good results
That's the way to do it. Since they've increased the ghost heat on the SRM6s you can't do the backstab one-shot thing anymore (not as easily at least), so people have switched to 4/2s and then it's no longer a one-trick pony. You can engage from the front or sides at SRM optimal range due to the lower spread on the 4s and 2s.
I found a lot of success with x2 HMH, x4 HSM, and x1 SRM-6 with artimis. The chest SRM-6 is incredibly tight and is almost a focus weapon with good dps. Add in a big engine and jjs with enough ammo to run it and you actually brawl and hit and run quite well.
@@BlackhawkSC i was talking about the artemis version :P I made a direwolf build featuring 2xsrm-6+A and swapped them for the -4s+A even though that left some firepower on the table to give me something more predictable in the 200m range (gap closing isn't that mechs strong suit haha) it's an interesting build btw 2x lbx20s in the arms, uac20 in the right torso, 2x srm6+A or srm4+A in the left torso. This uses the omnipods with big armour quirks, DWF-A left arm + left torso, DWF-W right torso, DWF-B right arm making the whole thing genuinely tanky. Skip the ops tree, 33 points in survival, full speed tweak, leaving enough nodes free to get both lbx spreads, both missle spreads and all but one of the cooldown nodes. In short it's a Direwolf that isn't fragile, very immobile or hopelessly unable to cool itself.
I had mine with one LBX 20 and small lasers, a good build for close support but at least for me the one with least performance. I have much better performance with 4 heavy medium lasers, 2 heavy machine guns ,1 srm 6/4 and a much bigger engine.
Do not underestimate the power if a single SRM6A. My Whammy Bludgeon runs 3 ERML, 2 LPL. It had nice scores, but adding that "lbx12" onto my shoulder did a world of change.
Yeah you can find ways to use it, but you always end up with something that the other Arctic Wolves can do better. For the Bludgeon I was using an ATM12 for that missile hardpoint when I was doing the laser vomit build. That's up to 36 damage vs 12.
@@BlackhawkSC Tried the single ATM12 on BL, found it to be unreliable even before the lurmageddon, and it weighs too much and creates too much heat. People will gladly slap an LBX10 on their mech, but they all forget that SRM6A takes less space and tonnage for range loss. Just think of single SRM6A as a blunderbuss and you'll find yourself strappin that thing on more mechs than than you think. Take the Highlanders for example, most times its missile arm gets neglected in both sniper and brawl builds. And while MRMs fill up that weapon type on IS Highlanders, Clan Highlanders either boat ATMs or LRMs. Take the C variant which runs only 2 missile hardpoints. It tends to be more brawly but with few hardpoints you tend to stick to heavier weapons. So how to suppliment that? A single SRM6A at 2.5 tons with a ton/and a half of ammo, acting as a short range low heat low weight LBX10. And that stuff accumulates in a fight. I understand the meta is "kill kill kill, we'll be late for school" and I hate that, but going for maxing out isn't always... optimal. It ends up surprising you in a really fun way :) You've got cbills to spare, I urge you to find builds that work with a single SRM6A as suppliment, while you build the mech around lasers or ballistics.
SRM6 is not an LBX10 though. LB10 is cooler, less spread, greater effective range, better velocity, higher DPS, has crit bonuses. There are situations where one is better than the other, but I'm just saying SRM6 is not really a replacement for the LB10. I'm not sure I understand your comment about the meta. The point of most builds, even non-meta ones, is to kill the enemy sometimes while avoid getting shot. Meta builds just do those things better. Meta builds, or optimization in general, isn't simply maxing out everything. It's min/max, ie, minimizing weaknesses and maximizing strengths. Just take the ACW-BK for example, its weakness are the arms and overall fragility. So you minimize its weakness by avoiding exposure and avoiding arm weapons as much as possible. Its strength are the two high mounted ballistics combined with flexible engine size, so you put as much firepower there as possible and downgrade the engine to fit that firepower without sacrificing too much speed. If you simply maximized everything, you'd just load every hardpoint with weapons, and I don't think that's reliably good.
@@BlackhawkSC Always hated meta, it is stale, boring, everyone strives to do the same thing... Who said it hmm... "if allowed, people will min/max the fun from the game", goes something like that. And yeah, SRM is not LBX, but they both do spread damage. Only one is ballistic in 10-11 tons and 5-6 slots with more range, the other is a missile system worth 2.5-4 tons and 2-3 slots at less range. Sometimes, that is all you need to make it work. Speaking of shotgun comparisons, there is always IS LRM20 which can serve as a sorta replacement for LBX20 on a mech without dooming it to a Standard Engine. This would be very niche of course since it is kinda hard to effectively use it as a replacement. I hope you get what I mean to say because it is very clear in my head but I have trouble properly narrating it clearly to others haha
I think "the meta is stale" is a very common misconception. The meta changes actually every 2-3 patches when PGI either introduces new mechs or when they make weapon tweaks. The meta shifts even without changes as players adapt to the current meta and something else becomes stronger. For example the AMS patch and LRM indirect lock nerf just two months ago made missiles far worse than they were at the beginning of the year. Certain builds, even though they're good, will become better or worse relative to other mechs periodically. For example, the MCII-B was better than the Blood Asp when the Blood Asp was introduced, but without any changes to either of these two mechs, just simply due to how players have change the way they played, the Blood Asp is now, in my opinion the better mech. The Vapor Eagle and WHM IIC both made older chassis either obsolete or gave them strong competition. I can give you tons of examples of how the meta changed in the last year alone.
That muzzle flash...
My initial build was the gauss/4ermeds you mentioned, but put it aside because of the exposure required for the meds. So next went for the memes, racing piranhas with my 365 engine and just the meds.
Will surely try this build. I love the Artic Wolves and the lore behind them, really wished their hero was indeed a Hero :D
Oh hell yeah Blackhawk. This is Definitely something I would do! Nice ballistic hardpoints on that Artic Wolf too. I never noticed Then on that Variant.
I never enjoyed the BK before deciding at a whim to spend a couple of hours with this chassis one day. This build made it fun to play :D
I run this with quite a bit of success with dual uac10s. This is the build I skilled up the mech with. I poke and/or support, no push no flank. Try to hill hump a lot to use the high hardpoints and hide the shaved legs, you can even poptart for free splash dmg a bit with the single JJ, or run a bit more ammo. - Shootey
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Muzzle flash is real.
Next time this hero goes on sale im buying it and making this build. TYVM!
The best Arctic wolf build is 4 CSRM 6 Artemis in the torso. 128KPH speed means fast maneuvering like a light mech, and quick burst damage and then torso twist so your big arms absorb the return fire. It will never be as good as the Assassin mech in turns of survive ability but its more skill and rewarding to play. With Artemis you can deal HEAVY damage to single components and if you can sneak up on someone you can usually core them out red in 1 hit which makes them panic.
I actually just bought this mech yesterday from the recent challenge MC and was wondering what to do with it. 4 heavy meds seemed to do well as a back stabber
I had no idea UAC 5's could be so devastating!
The UAC 5's are a solid weapon. Underestimating them is dangerous.
You can do dual UAC 5s on the Blood Adder as well but with nowhere near the same maneuverability. Two UAC 5s do a surprisingly good amount of damage if you have good positioning.
That's interesting... I don't even own any Cougars.
@@BlackhawkSC Cougars are interesting light mechs. They have an identity crisis like vipers but in the other direction if you know what I mean.
Love arctic wolves! The arms are great for shielding if they're empty, always lose arms before ST.
It's a rare game that I don't lose one or both arms on my ATM ACW-A. It's almost like they're made to fall off, like lizard tails or something. But I too love the mech. Wouldn't spend money on the Blood Kit though, even though this build looks fun.
@@ChurchAutoTest those poor spindly arms always go first! But they're fun little mechs all the same
Good video. What do you consider the best ACW SRM build and best overall build? I'm currently using the ACW-1 with 4 SRM4 and 5 SRM2 and having fairly good results
That's the way to do it. Since they've increased the ghost heat on the SRM6s you can't do the backstab one-shot thing anymore (not as easily at least), so people have switched to 4/2s and then it's no longer a one-trick pony. You can engage from the front or sides at SRM optimal range due to the lower spread on the 4s and 2s.
Warning, seizure inducing build
Hmm, this gave me an idea to tweak my new Catapult.
Looks like a fun reason to unmothball mine.
I found a lot of success with x2 HMH, x4 HSM, and x1 SRM-6 with artimis. The chest SRM-6 is incredibly tight and is almost a focus weapon with good dps. Add in a big engine and jjs with enough ammo to run it and you actually brawl and hit and run quite well.
I think you mean 2x HMG, 4x HML, 1x SRM6. Sounds interesting.
Am I the only one who doesn't like clan srm-6? The spread is disgusting
You usually want to take Artemis with cSRM6 now. Even then the spread is pretty high, but if you boat them they're still quite nice.
@@BlackhawkSC i was talking about the artemis version :P I made a direwolf build featuring 2xsrm-6+A and swapped them for the -4s+A even though that left some firepower on the table to give me something more predictable in the 200m range (gap closing isn't that mechs strong suit haha) it's an interesting build btw 2x lbx20s in the arms, uac20 in the right torso, 2x srm6+A or srm4+A in the left torso. This uses the omnipods with big armour quirks, DWF-A left arm + left torso, DWF-W right torso, DWF-B right arm making the whole thing genuinely tanky. Skip the ops tree, 33 points in survival, full speed tweak, leaving enough nodes free to get both lbx spreads, both missle spreads and all but one of the cooldown nodes. In short it's a Direwolf that isn't fragile, very immobile or hopelessly unable to cool itself.
Haha, I think you realize this is the type of build that gets farmed :) But if you like it, run it, the game's all about playing what you like.
I wonder how this mech would fare with 2xHag20 with XL200 in this new patch.
I had mine with one LBX 20 and small lasers, a good build for close support but at least for me the one with least performance.
I have much better performance with 4 heavy medium lasers, 2 heavy machine guns ,1 srm 6/4 and a much bigger engine.
Do not underestimate the power if a single SRM6A. My Whammy Bludgeon runs 3 ERML, 2 LPL. It had nice scores, but adding that "lbx12" onto my shoulder did a world of change.
Yeah you can find ways to use it, but you always end up with something that the other Arctic Wolves can do better. For the Bludgeon I was using an ATM12 for that missile hardpoint when I was doing the laser vomit build. That's up to 36 damage vs 12.
@@BlackhawkSC Tried the single ATM12 on BL, found it to be unreliable even before the lurmageddon, and it weighs too much and creates too much heat.
People will gladly slap an LBX10 on their mech, but they all forget that SRM6A takes less space and tonnage for range loss. Just think of single SRM6A as a blunderbuss and you'll find yourself strappin that thing on more mechs than than you think. Take the Highlanders for example, most times its missile arm gets neglected in both sniper and brawl builds. And while MRMs fill up that weapon type on IS Highlanders, Clan Highlanders either boat ATMs or LRMs. Take the C variant which runs only 2 missile hardpoints. It tends to be more brawly but with few hardpoints you tend to stick to heavier weapons. So how to suppliment that? A single SRM6A at 2.5 tons with a ton/and a half of ammo, acting as a short range low heat low weight LBX10. And that stuff accumulates in a fight.
I understand the meta is "kill kill kill, we'll be late for school" and I hate that, but going for maxing out isn't always... optimal. It ends up surprising you in a really fun way :)
You've got cbills to spare, I urge you to find builds that work with a single SRM6A as suppliment, while you build the mech around lasers or ballistics.
SRM6 is not an LBX10 though. LB10 is cooler, less spread, greater effective range, better velocity, higher DPS, has crit bonuses. There are situations where one is better than the other, but I'm just saying SRM6 is not really a replacement for the LB10.
I'm not sure I understand your comment about the meta. The point of most builds, even non-meta ones, is to kill the enemy sometimes while avoid getting shot. Meta builds just do those things better.
Meta builds, or optimization in general, isn't simply maxing out everything. It's min/max, ie, minimizing weaknesses and maximizing strengths. Just take the ACW-BK for example, its weakness are the arms and overall fragility. So you minimize its weakness by avoiding exposure and avoiding arm weapons as much as possible. Its strength are the two high mounted ballistics combined with flexible engine size, so you put as much firepower there as possible and downgrade the engine to fit that firepower without sacrificing too much speed. If you simply maximized everything, you'd just load every hardpoint with weapons, and I don't think that's reliably good.
@@BlackhawkSC Always hated meta, it is stale, boring, everyone strives to do the same thing... Who said it hmm... "if allowed, people will min/max the fun from the game", goes something like that.
And yeah, SRM is not LBX, but they both do spread damage. Only one is ballistic in 10-11 tons and 5-6 slots with more range, the other is a missile system worth 2.5-4 tons and 2-3 slots at less range.
Sometimes, that is all you need to make it work.
Speaking of shotgun comparisons, there is always IS LRM20 which can serve as a sorta replacement for LBX20 on a mech without dooming it to a Standard Engine. This would be very niche of course since it is kinda hard to effectively use it as a replacement.
I hope you get what I mean to say because it is very clear in my head but I have trouble properly narrating it clearly to others haha
I think "the meta is stale" is a very common misconception. The meta changes actually every 2-3 patches when PGI either introduces new mechs or when they make weapon tweaks. The meta shifts even without changes as players adapt to the current meta and something else becomes stronger. For example the AMS patch and LRM indirect lock nerf just two months ago made missiles far worse than they were at the beginning of the year. Certain builds, even though they're good, will become better or worse relative to other mechs periodically. For example, the MCII-B was better than the Blood Asp when the Blood Asp was introduced, but without any changes to either of these two mechs, just simply due to how players have change the way they played, the Blood Asp is now, in my opinion the better mech. The Vapor Eagle and WHM IIC both made older chassis either obsolete or gave them strong competition. I can give you tons of examples of how the meta changed in the last year alone.
Yeah definitely one of my favorite versions of this variant so far but still probably the worst one. Which is sad for a hero
Pop tart! mwo.smurfy-net.de/mechlab#i=628&l=e374836f5775d54d32ffc7d6a748a212f869321a
It's OK but you can do it better on the omni variants: mwo.smurfy-net.de/mechlab#i=624&l=b60c7a2dfbd09526fabef85be0de900a3df3ba6d
@@BlackhawkSC Agreed, that is better. Btw Blackhawk, that is some might fine UAC5 shooting in the video. Freakin' autocannon clinic.
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