The 'b' suffix inficates a royal SLDF 'mech and IIRC the Royal King Crab has an XL engine and Ferro Fibrous armour. . Late game with faction that I am hero - I always go for salvage on the +50 or +75 percent contracts. • 4 yr. I did find about 5 Hero Catapults though. In my experience, the industrial zone around Terra seems to be inconsistent and produces rare mechs of all levels, but then that also means the King Crab will spawn less often. Big_Tough_2128 • 2 yr. Step 4: Jump to Fukuroi in Kurita Space. just recreate the carapace or kaiju heroes but tweaked with ams or probes/ecm and get rid of useless weapon slots on torso/ make em more usefull to your playstyle. So you can see this by loading them up in Smurfy's Mechlab and just reasoning out what MW5 loadout these translate to. Heroes of the Storm Tier List – Best Heroes. #9. Destroyed two and got partial salvage (not enough to build one), and never saw them on market. When I did this I was already at a point where I had 100% mission success. level 2. Firestarter can out dps almost every other mech in the game. they used lots of cyclops mechs in the last one only other mech of note was the champion, otherwise normal mechs and gear. There aren't any that are released that late. There's nothing quite like the clang of giant robots walloping one another. Argent Leviathan. I was specifically looking as I just got the quest based Hero King Crab that has the 4 UACs and 2 15 st LRMs, just wondered what the heat sink/ammo balance was exactly (and weapon loadout before I found the in-game mech index, whatever it's. Back to the map, Hero icon right next door in Keid. Step 7: Repeat Step 1 - 6 until you find what you want or you decided. The task is made easier for those who. E. For a MechWarrior life is war and the only true peace is death. #2. Keeps the heat way down so I can lay down consistent fire without overheating. I understand the attachment you feel towards the King Crab, but honestly, don’t stress about finding them. Jan 18, 2022 @. --. Threads: 20 Messages: 50. Practically melts any mech you encounter. The mech Is equipped with 2 UAC5 tier 5, 2 UAC5 tier 3 and 2 LRM 15 st. MechWarrior 5: MercenariesThe year is 3015. Other than that only possible hero is a King Crab piloted by a lieutenant during the FedCom Civil war, which is about a decade away in Battletech years, and in our years, probably 2-3 years tops. Ultimately, hero mechs tend to be pretty good due to their upgrades giving you more free tonnage and unique mounting hardpoints. Seeing as MechWarrior 5 came out in 2019, I'm surprised they waited this long to let players have some metal-on-metal action. . It can really reduce overall damage. The King Crab Kaiju would like to reach out and touch you with a 4 PPC and an UA/C 5 love tap. Hero King Crab *ow, hot*. They often have unique loadouts (see hero raven, hero king crab, hero crab etc. The UAC have 300 rounds each, with very little overheating. The game includes a. . - YouTube 0:00 / 15:03 Mechwarrior 5 Mercenaries: Hero King Crab Finale | Campaign. Welcome in MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries. This customized Highlander features a number of recently reintroduced Lostech technologies. 27K subscribers in the Mechwarrior5 community. This has yet to be determined, though, and the Atlas is not exactly the poster child for amazing hitboxes King Crab Advantages 1) Extreme ballistics boating capability 2) High mounted weapon hardpoints (missiles and energy) 3) Rather short profile for a 100-ton mech. Backing up the autocannons is a Large Laser for medium range combat and an LRM 15 for some long range reach. Dervish 7D (not seen the hero) Griffin Ares, 1E, 2N (The only good Griffins) Kintaro All of the but especially Golden Boy. Race over there! CDA-X5, Hero Cicada 🤬To get hero status the mech would have had to have been used so it would have been deployed, most likely in many different places, before ending up on the market. Finding the Hero Urban in the Early Game. Cbill variants, not interested in the hero vesion. There were so many mechs swarming, I might have missed a few. Battlemaster can mount a big XL engine (XL400) and boat pulse lasers, resulting in a fast but fragile short-mid range setup (search for Wubmaster). Back to the map, Hero icon right next door in Keid. "KAIJU CRAB IS GREAT CRAB!". As for the Archer itself, the Agincourt is well worth it. You could get a hero assault for that kind of price. Favorite. In this video I will show you the gameplay of a full missions as well. In other words it is a very specialised mech and it carries a lot of ammo, in a limited slots. 2. Mission 2 Demolition 400t This mission has a victor, black knight, and locust followed by a blackjack, assassin, and enforcer. The greatest advantage the BH has is the speed, 64km/h for a 100T assault Mech. 3. r/Mechwarrior5. Jun 20, 2021 @ 12:23pm They usually have a different configuration of weapon slots, armor allocation, speed and. If you are hunting King Crabs - you have to watch out for the pinchers. We've added a new option to your Content Blocking settings which enables adult content but blurs out the tiles and images by default. Strayed Jul 17, 2021 @ 8:38am. The 3 general builds I've seen for it are either 4x Heavy Rifles for absolutely deleting things in one salvo (just make sure you hit, cuz that long reload is rough), 4x LBX Slugs for consistent and unrelenting damage. Then waste 30,000,000 on a piece of scrap if you are like me and want them all, and repeat. Atlas (sharpshooter): 2 x PPC, 2 x SRM6, I think 1 or 2 medium lasers. I use my King Crab or Atlas, give Freeman a hero Orion, then fill the rest in. I think it has to be $250k jump away to reset the mechs for sale. Best way to boost a pilots ballistic skill while melting everything in sight. Artwork does not reflect final loadouts. Description. Each of the hero mechs will spawn randomly. s. No. The heroes are a random spawn from the available hero mech pool (so date locked, no duplicates with player inventory, etc). Whether you need help with entry level mech builds, would like to share your own creations, or wish to have. A workhorse design that failed to live up to its expectations, the Quickdraw nevertheless managed to thrive in a turbulent galaxy where many other ‘Mechs didn’t. MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries. Step 5: Check for hero mechs and rare mechs (and maybe even rare weapons). Use chainfire for AC/5 BFs, not UAC/5s. This thing has an XL engine, so more free weight for the guns and ammo. Mods. While not consistent you can typically find a Crab on Terra, in particular the 27 models which are Star League models which are worth getting. I got so many tiny things wrong in this one. Episode 22Every conclusion to each Hero mission questline has been more difficult than the last. Reference: MechWarrior 5:. 2A is just 1A but with weapons swapped to 4 LBX-10's and 4 Med. Give use the KGC-010. Not really sure how to load it out. Correction: it was not meant as a "brawler" mech. In this video I will show you the gameplay of a full missions as well as the MechLab wh. In this video I will show you the gameplay of a full missions as well. Reward King Crab CAR (damaged) Mission 1 Demolition 400t This mission has a locust, phoenix hawk and awesome followed by a charger, blackjack and urbanmech. ago. But there can be only of of the mechs at any time, either in a shop or in your inventory. the king crabs are my absolute fave. Level MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries - Rise of Rasalhague. King Crab CAR (Carapace), quad medium ballistics (can be acquired through special missions that have 5 parts), Victor BSK (Basilisk), dual medium ballistics on a 80 ton mech (same as CAR, just another mission), Rifleman DNA, dual large ballistics on a 65 ton mech (same as CAR, just another mission),King crab has 2 gauss mount King crab hero has 4 ppc + 1 gauss mount (using him for now) Marauder has 2 ppc Awesome can have 3 Black knight has 2-3 ppc too. My experience playing higher difficulty missions with a king crab, Annihilator 1A and 1X and an Atlas. For the most part, I think 98% of them were found in the industrial hubs closest to Terra, and the two larger hubs found about mid way through Steiner and Kurita space. That's all I could tell. Clankplusm 3 mo. with two tons of reloads in the right torso and an LRM-15 with a single ton of missiles in the left torso. Cyclops and Zeus heroes are the 2 best (all around) mechs in the game. 5 tons. Edit: for those that aren't aware, the Carapace is a Hero King Crab variant. I suggest you to try light cannons as well. The game was originally intended as a. Rare mechs are random from the faction pool (mechs that the faction rarely has) as well as any old mech that's in pristine condition that the faction store can spawn. That SRM alpha cores out mechs in a flash. #1. P. It's configured with a "perfectly symmetrical" build of 2 x Heavy Rifle, 2 x UAC/5 and 2 x SRM 6-ST + ART IV. Prior to that, you are on your own. Clever Name Oct 4, 2022 @ 12:26pm. Also unlocks the Hero skins. Only reason you'd buy different variants I think. Usually a Black Knight with the cheaper weapons on the arms and more expensive weapons on the torso. MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries. See more posts like this in r/Mechwarrior5. Calmed down quickly upon realizing it didn't say Hero, check and it's a 000B, which I don't need. 00b has 2 double heatsinks instead of 5 singles, Artemis LRM 15, and 4 tonnes of AC/20 ammo. Absolute destruction. Salvage list has tier 5 Ultra AC 5s and tier 5 LRMs for outfitting the. The torso on a king crab, by lore, doesnt actually twist. I make a Full Star map with where you can get the Rare and Hero Mechs at level around 11. Log in to view your list of favourite games. MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries. Trying to find a Regular Crab Mech. MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries. Archer (AGC), Spider, Dragon, BJ, Raven, Victors, Banshees, Quickdraw, Thunderbolt, Orion (YAJ) are all heroes that are significantly better than their vanilla options as. Heard that the Crab (not the King Crab) is a good pick as a medium, but I've barely ran into any. King Crab: KCG-CAR (Carapace), KGC-KJ (Kaiju) Grasshopper is a great mech. Replaces the MW5 Mechlab with an MWO-like, fully unlocked Mechlab, a re-imagination of Reloaded. Only the best pilots can handle the pure power of the King Crab, and as science has proven everything slowly turns into crab, but none can attain the crabby. Mechwarrior 5: Clans key art by Alex Iglesias. ) and they have more regularly special modifications that grant them advantages. Many of them are later in the timeline but there are also some rare and hero mechs you can get anytime. With 2x LRM 5 ST's, 2x SSRM2's and 2 SB Medium Lasers (and rocking above 100kph) this thing is the. Might be a bug. #1. The first on our list is The Conspirators. 2 ppcs in torso's + 1 ppc in arm. Introduction The DLC added some hero mechs that can only be obtained by beating mission chains. Mordegar. Panther Katana Kat. Works great to keep the heat down for the other Hero King Crab and its four PPCs. The Centurion shield, if used properly, can somewhat make up for its reduced armor values compared to the HBK. I got so many tiny things wrong in this one. And damn, this thing is indeed a monster. The manufacturer date says 3045. I hammer guys with the UAC till my. 4 stars, King Crab, Zeus, Victor, and an Orion V. The waddling deletion machine AKA King Crab hero with quad AC/10 Slugs. 00. Humanity has colonized thousands of systems across a vast region of space splintered by centuries of conflict. Flea. Description []. I haven't seen one yet. Marauders are usually pretty good. Halfway between MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries' procedurally generated Contracts and the story-progressing Campaign Missions High Reward Quests (HRQs) are scripted missions with increased difficulty and enhanced rewards. For SRMs or MRM10s I'd say the KGC-0000, for big MRMs I'd say KGC-000. Welcome in MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries. Television. The Spoilermech gets a lot more hits to his head and has much worse heat managment with the stock layout. On final mission, all my mechs was ekwiped on 4 grade weapons or higher. Done in minutes. I got a few questions (title implies it) about the king crab. For the non-Hero variants, the 000 and 000B are the same at face value like the Annihilator 1A/2A (someone mentioned that the 000B should have better heat sinking than the 000). I have this same problem, with 4X4 Achievement. #1. This means the CP-11-P can mount an SRM-4 in the center torso, an LRM-5 along with Guardian ECM in the left torso, two AC/5s in the right torso, and two medium lasers in each arm. The hero Raven with 4xMG arrays and 2xSRM 2's is also very fun, upgraded it hits 149km/h and you rarely ever get hit. Welcome to Mechwarrior 5: Mercenaries DLC "Legend of the Kestrel Lancers" playthrough. For a MechWarrior life is war and the only true peace is death. #4. Edit: I was mistaken. Cyclops CP-11-B, Mauler MAL-2R, Mauler MAL-3R, King Crab KGC-007. All three variants come with the same stock weapons configuration. 2: if you don't find something, load the save at Terra. Your lance of unique Battlemech variants will level entire cities and decimate armies of enemy forces in the. Builds for the King Crab Kaiju Hero Variant go here. Steam Community: MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries. Let me know in the comments below which has been your hardest mission in the game! Mechwarrior 5 Mercenaries is a tactical shooter in the BattleTech Universe where players lead and manage an expanding mercenary company. de] You can either shoot all 6 AC5s and take a bit of ghost heat for the 6th one. I think at end game, most mechs are viable hero mechs even more because the are just better. MechWarrior 5 - The Crucible (final campaign mission), kill all 'Mechs. Carrying two of the hardest hitting weapon available, the Autocannon 20, even an Atlas will second guess an encounter with a King Crab. r/Mechwarrior5. In my view part of the point of the mech is that, even if it runs dry, it's still a 100 ton assault crustacean for you to deal with. You can easily dodge your arms from enemy fire with torso twists. No sweat. My quad UAC-5 King Crab can dole out an insane level of damage, but can't really soak it up compared to my Banshees and. Its weaponry was mounted in fully articulated turret-style pods, and only consisted of two small lasers in the left arm, a. Hero King Crab 4xAC 5 + 2xLRM 15 is excellent tanky sniper. King crab car hero with an arrow iv and 4 rac-2s. I feel like my Hero-Zeus might have a bit too wide a variety of weapons to really use myself. YouTube™. The first. In this video I will show you the gameplay of a full missions as well. #1. Heroes of Inner Sphere DLC campaign play through. I actually find a 3PPC Awesome superior to a rare 2Gauss+ERPPC King Crab. • 4 yr. It may be a good chance to take your new King Crab out for a spin! This mission is a straightforward assassination mission. Yes, I was facing 5 AC20s in that mission - ouch. View all games. Suggestions for an all Crab lance : r/Battletechgame. That mission will also spawn a MAD-4A as part of the forces opposing you on your way up the ridge. See it live in action in this video preview! :) 🥳Atlases are ok. We remember with the clarity of falcon-sight the words of Kerensky. 500 damage per minute. Despite its equal difficulty rating, it's substantially easier than the previous mission. Canonicity []. Taking your King Crab on Difficulty 10 Missions. #2. So I immediately ripped out the innards and installed a 360 core, an XL engine, 2 T5. It plays about the same as some of the king crab variants. The OP is just a bit unlucky finding this mech. The King Crab is already an inferior LRM platform - using the variant with the best ballistic quirks to do it just adds insult to injury - if you must waste a King Crab on LRMs, Use the Quaddo. Use form on me if it gets engaged. Very easy. This thing has an XL engine, so more free weight for the guns and ammo. PS5 PS4. 99. 1: If you find something (anything you would buy), make a new save to mark what you found. Also you can get on from one of the campaign missions as a reward. Welcome to Mechwarrior 5: Mercenaries DLC "Legend of the Kestrel Lancers" playthrough. Better looks, nicer cockpit imo, more space for large lasers and I think it comes with a active. Threads: 6. close. I guess it just seems like the hitboxes. I don't know if the algorithm just dumps hero mechs in stores randomly or if it "upgrades" a random mech into its hero version. 28K subscribers in the Mechwarrior5 community. Some models do better than others. Corsair's got two, one in the arm and one in the torso. I used to play VR on a 1080ti but it didn't look so good and the framerate was still low. They're easier to come by than dual gauss and hit harder and faster than dual ac20s. Mechwarrior 5: Mercenaries is a game about stompy Mech action. Prior to that, you are on your own. To scout, order the scout to the location with hold fire enabled. Not 100% sure about the non hero mechs, but it seems like those are just area level dependent. Th. This 100-ton assault-c. You also need every possible weapon slot of the used Mechs be filled with tier4 or higher weapons. RELATED: Suit Up: The Best Mechs In Video Games, Ranked MechWarrior has always been about customizing mechs to fit each. Strayed Jul 17, 2021 @ 8:38am. Also has internal DHS, not that that's any bonus unless you have a mod for that. Unfavorite. PS5 PS4. Which means if it is not the Atlas, Devastator, or King Crab. MechSpecs is a community for every level of MechWarrior Online fan. Supposedly piloted by Ivo Greenburg of Greenburg's Godzillas, the King Crab Hero 'Mech is armed with a pair of PPCs in each arm, supported by an Ultra AC/5 with two tons of reloads in the right torso and an LRM-15 with a single ton of missiles in the left torso. Latest: CRB_FL "Warhound" (2x LPLAS, 2xSMR4, 2xHMG, XL250). In practice however the difference isn't noticable unless you know what to look for. This was the best performing version of the Crusader for me. In the vanilla game the 000 has Ferro armor (more free weight for higher armor repair costs). However, these Mechs are the most expensive to maintain, generate the most heat, and are incredibly slow. 2: if you don't find something, load the save at Terra. Unless you are really into the Nightstar, save the 25m. For AI: 2x PPC, 2x medium lasers, LRM 10. Also you can get on from one of the campaign missions as a reward. Mechwarrior 5: Clans Steam. It depends on your fighting style. Almost had a heart attack when I get there and read SALE: KING CRAB. smurfy-net. At least you get good value out of the head armor every drop lol. Archers, in general, are some of the best mechs in the game. The Crab's advantages are far more useful in nearly all cases. King Crab hero concept. they already travel fast so you look for other things such as cooldowns and heat. What are the differences between them? They all seem to have two large ballistic hardpoints, 1 large for missiles and one. Welcome, r/MechWarrior is a constructive space in spirit of enjoying any and all MechWarrior games to their fullest while fostering the continuation and promotion of the. Mechwarrior 5 Best Mechs – Tier List – Every mech ranked from tier S (Best Tier) to Tier E (Worst Tier) in an updated Tier List 19 votes, 49 comments. 900+ armor and with an xl engine and mobility gyro, 77kph. Cataphract Hero 'Mech Grigori Kovalenko 's custom , a medium laser in each side torso and a right torso–mounted AC/10. However, the Jager, being a 65 ton mech vs the 60 ton rifleman, will have slightly more armor overall. They have some of the best paint patterns in the. Mission 1: Smash and GrabWelcome to my first Mechwarrior 5: Mercenaries Campaign Playthrough. mechs with the 5% LRM velocity quirk arent worth going for that particular quirk in most cases. r/Mechwarrior5 11. Welcome to Mechwarrior 5: Mercenaries DLC "Heroes of the Inner Sphere" Playthrough. Have one mech with a ECM Guardian and if possible one AMS in the group. Annihilator 4xLB10XACSLD (or how it is called exactly) + 4x M Laser is a one shot killing machine. Recently added 64 View all 2,563. 2. This and King Crab Kaiju are the only things to out Awesome an Awesome. It's basically just a better version of the ANH-1A. For reference, these are the 6bal, 2en, 2msl variant and the 2bal, 4en, 4msl. The tier list does not take into account how good a mech is in the hands of or together with lancemates. • 4 yr. For a MechWarrior life is war and the only true peace is death. I will list down some of my favourites: Mauler MAL-KO. There's also hero blacknight. Fendelphi. Quirk: Command Mech. Add Cantina upgrades for speed and ballistics damage/cooldown/range to enjoy melting any and all 'mechs. My favourite Atlas variant is the Hero AS-BH. Named after monsters of old, the King Crab 'Kaiju' is truly a beast of the sea, mounting four hot PPCs and an Ultra AC/5, an LRM15 for indirect fire, and 15 double heatsinks to keep it running, its foes should run screaming. MechWarrior 5: Call to Arms. Whether you need help with entry level mech builds, would like to share your own creations, or wish to have a discussion about game mechanics, we've. In the case of Highlander the best is 732B which is the SLDF Royal units variant and therefore isnt time locked but like my King Crab variant is rare. There's 4 actually. best faction reputation : r/Mechwarrior5. Bring Her Home - High Reward Quest - MechWarrior 5: Heroes of the Inner Sphere. Step 4: Jump to Fukuroi in Kurita Space. ago Mapen913 The final mission of the King Crab CAR quest line from Heroes of the Inner Sphere is the most fun I've had playing this game. Last edited by projectelt ; Jul 17, 2021 @ 8:00am. Hero 'mechs are highly customized existing designs with a backstory. My King Crab is outfitted with 2 heavy riffle five tier, LRM 15st x2 and tier 4 cluster shot LB 10X, and enough ammo to get an additional 500,000Cnotes in a war zone. Except youll be surprised how you will be ct’d a. Feb 7 @ 11:00pm Thank you for your answers!. 23. Mechwarrior 5: Mercenaries AI Piloted Mech Builds. Share. Feb 12 @ 5:19am. Go to a high level area to spawn high tonnage mechs, and. If it’s got HotIS, it’s a ‘mech that only appears in Heroes of the Inner Sphere. Thus using 6x Med Pulse even though they weigh twice as much as standard MLs. #1. Similar to the hunchback grid iron, and a few other mechs, it’s one of a few mechs that can reasonably have as much firepower (or more for some mechs) as it’s tonnage. The hero king crab from the DLC has 4 medium hardpoints, so you can mount 4 lbx10 sld autocannons. For a MechWarrior life is war and the only true peace is death. The hero mechs are mist useful for the hard point changes/locations. That thing is an insane medium brawler. REPUTATION 7. Apparently they're less rare in Kurita space but I've gotten to . Otherwise you just have to roll the dice in industrial areas. Calmed down quickly upon realizing it didn't say Hero, check and it's a 000B, which I don't need. Dunno about the shops. It's silly. . The rotary 5s are the main source of dakka, the. King Crab – 100 tonnes; Mauler – 90 tonnes; Nightstar – 95 tonnes; Stalker. I feel King Crab is a superior Gauss platform. Valen Oct 4, 2022 @ 10:25am. Other good mechs include the cyclops P variant with 2 medium hardpoints and ecm. I don't know of anything Mechwarrior 5 specific, but if you don't mind a firehose of information,. Assassin 26 and Assassin DD (The only good Assassins) Cicada X5 (super good. All three variants come with the same stock weapons configuration. For myself: 2x PPC, 2x high tier medium lasers for range. Personally I'd take a black knight over it any day. Lance 2 (warzone): WVR-Q, Atlas, Hero Javelin (with cheap weapons), Stalker. "Melee has never been done in a MechWarrior video game, but it's a huge component of the tabletop game, Battletech, that the series is. TL;DR Most mechs with arm AC/20 can't melee, but King Crab should be able to. The torso on a king crab, by lore, doesnt actually twist. Mechwarrior 5 offers plenty of awesome mechs, but which ones are the best?. My main setup is 2 x Large Pulse Lasers, 2 x Large Chem Lasers, LBX 10 Slug, and a SRM 4 (all tier 5 weapons). King Crab < > 13 Comments Itchies500 [author] Feb 14 @ 2:21pm Sorry - haven't updated in quite a while. KGC-KJ. The assembly is. Those are pretty good models with good range, accuracy and damage (albeit they're rare until later in the time line). For example for the king crab I "hunted" all over the Kurita markets for the KGC-000b variant. I would recommend it if you have UAC5s. The 'Mech itself was only produced until the first year of the First Succession War, 2786, when both of the factories. 0 coins. Member. Still highly recommended for the KGC-KJ's four PPCs though. Highly recommended hero mech via quests: *Dragon Sidewinder, Victor Basilisk, Corsair-Privateer, Orion-YAJ, King Crab CAR. So whilst trolling around the IS leveling my underlings in prep for the Big One, I stumbled across not only the hero Urbie but also the hero King Crab!. ago. Weapons i use lbx solid for DPS, Artemis Srm6 , and 2 PPC I think. Looks like 000B and 000 have slightly more armor when maxed, while it weighting about 2 tons less than 0000. And as the 3M has a small laserpoint, large laserpoint and a large missile hardpoint. Welcome to Mechwarrior 5: Mercenaries DLC "Legend of the Kestrel Lancers" playthrough. Because in in MW5, it doesn't have lower arm actuators. Heard that the Crab (not the King Crab) is a good pick as a medium, but I've barely ran into any. Unlocks Black Inferno, Comstar, Independent, Outlaws, Periphery and Taurian Concordat color schemes based on existing skins. MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries permits players to choose from over 50 different mech chassis types and many more variants, allowing players to customise their mech accordingly depending on the. You have to look for. Unique set of quirks for the Crab Florentine Hero 'Mech ; Ballistic cooldown modifier: -10. Annihilator does a better job and is not AS trivial of a headshot free kill.