WHK-B Rainmaker (2x cLRM20, 2x cLRM15, 1x cERLL, cTAG, cAP)

This is hands down the Clan LRM boater. 70 missile tubes. 1800 rounds of ammo. Speed to reposition. Finally a decent set of back up weapons.

 

Here is my Variant for the LRM70 Madness with moar Spam, TAG and CAB!

 

I think the best solution might be too just go down to one ERLL and add the tag and AP. I'll edit the original later.

Edited to add TAG and AP.

 

i still prefer the 3xlrm15+a, lrm10+a
less spread, more volleys, faster reload/aimtime


no matter what i have to try this someday

without artemis on a stationary target size of an atlas you only hit with like 70% of all missiles

 

I'm confused. From everything I've read, Artemis only Improves the lock-on-time and tracking strength of LRMs by 50%. Has there been a change to Artemis that I missed that tightens the grouping?
I know TAG tightens the grouping.

The reason I ask is because I have read several players swear by Artemis and how it tightens the grouping and enables more missiles to hit the target. Either I have missed something/misinterpreted data, or they are attributing an effect to Artemis that doesn't exist.

 

I think that tracking strength = spread.

 

it seems powerful, 70 lrms in 1 volley, but testing showed me that the difference to a lrm55+A or an lrm70 is nothing but going through your ammo faster and not hitting your targets with any more dmg

15 lrm difference, sure take the lrm 55+a version of this build and the lrm70 version and shoot the immovable atlas in testing grounds and you'll see yourself that 10-20 lrms wont hit the atlas at all

 

Artemis only works in direct line of sight. So, sure, you'll hit with more missiles if you have direct line of sight. If you don't though, you will hit more with you 70 volley than you will with you 55+A volley.

That being said I'm running a LRM 60 currently when I want to boat my LRMS on the Warhawk.

 

Check this thread on Artemis and LRMing.

http://www.mechspecs.com/forum/index.php?topic=6720.0

 

Thanks for this, it is a lot of useful info I didn't know!

 

i still prefer my lrm55+a boat with 3MLas, i played lrm70 about 10 matches and maybe its the bad teams lately but i get much better scores with the lrm55+a

 

Like this:



Causs that is how my B is currently set up. The reasoning is because some of my alternate builds for the B are brawling, and they use the artemis on the SRMs.

 

This one =)

edit: the thing for me as well is that i have similar firepower but i can the artemis build has more ammo per tube, and i tend to play it more aggressive, in around the 400-500m range so i can constantly tag and lurm them, that as well gives me the complete bonus which artemis provides

 

I've been using this build on my B variant very sucessfully. Even a bad game gets me 400+ damage while I've had a couple over 1k. When rushed by meds and lights the tag lets you kill them before they get too close. The tag also makes it less futile to use your lrms at 100-180m because you're getting more missles on target, despite the lower damage - I've had a few kills at that range. The erll helps there too.

I figure if you're going to run LRMs you might as well boat them and this thing sure does that.

I run it without Artemis and CAP with about 2200 missles and only LRM65 because I had an LRM10 laying around and didn't want to shell out for a 15.

The launchers and missles are spread enough that if you lose one side you can still be dangerous. I had a game where I lost my left torso early on and still had 5 kills and 700 damage. Losing the right would be worse, of course from an ammo perspective, but what can you do.

5 star from me.