Find Catapults a little lame? Already bought an Atlas and you don´t know how to effectively get XP and CBills with it? Want to be top3 of the scoreboard for 10 rounds in a row? Look no further. The Atlas Deluxe LRM Boat will make this all happen:

The Build:

Atlas AS7-D-DC

• Standard Engine 300
• Endo Steel Structure (can leave that one out if you don´t have the money because you wont be able to use it to its full extent with the regular config (will have 1-2 tons left but no more slots))
• Maxed Armor

Armament:

• 3x LRM15+Artemis
• 2x Medium Lasers (Medium Pulse Lasers with endo steel)
• Do NOT put any lrm-ammo in your shoulders aka left/right torso! It will be very vulnerable to attacks. Distribute it evenly into all other slots (e.g. legs)

Playstyle and Tips:

• As of the latest patch, Artemis requires line of sight. Your ideal position will be ~400-800 meters away from the target and ideally withing line of sight (e.g. river bank)
• You are worthless in melee (LRMs have a minimum range of 180). If you don´t know what to do, fall back to your nearest friendly.
• Conserve ammo by not overnuking low health enemies and only firing if you are absolutely sure the target will be locked for some more seconds
• Exchange some ammo+heat sinks for an ECM if you are encountering a lot of light mechs

Atlas LRM Boat

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Please note: This guide may still be viable, but is very old.
You will probably find better ones or will need to tweak a few things. In addition, some or all meta game information and play style/hints may include outdated information. As soon as an updated version is available, it will be shown here. If you have up-to-date information on how to improve this build, please leave a comment below. Thank you.

With the latest patch from November 20th a new heavy mech has been deployed to the field: the Cataphract! One of the most appealing variants is the CTF-4X due to its four (4(!)) ballistic slots. Now lets see what one can do with this:

The Build:

Cataphract CTF-4X

• Standard Engine 210
• Endo Steel Structure
• Double Heat Sinks (~13)
• Maxed Armor

Armament:

• 4x AC/2 Autocannon
• 2x Medium Laser
• 8x AC/2 ammo (put 4 in legs and 4 in torso protected with CASE)

Playstyle and Tips:

• The ammo is very expensive so try to work with auto 75% rearm (turn auto-ream off and launch into new match).
• Do not brawl first row. If you get caught in a melee fight with an Atlas you will likely lose. Try to stay in the 2nd row or keep at least 200+ distance.
• If you find a Gausspult (Catapult armed with 2x Gauss Rifles) fire at it! The screen shaking from 4x AC/2 will ensure that the Gausscat cannot aim properly and will be rendered useless.
• Only fire your lasers when encountering light mechs or when you have run out of ammo.
• Set weapons to alternating (by pressing BACKSPACE) to maximize fun for yourself and screenshaking for your foes.
• If you find yourself overheating a lot, try to fire in short bursts rather than holding down the trigger.

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