Arctic Wolf ACW-1 Build

[Myriad]

I picked up this baby because I wanted to expand on my Light and Medium lineup. And I chose the ACW-1 because of it's unusual 9 missile hardpoints, and nothing else. It's an unusual Mech anyway because some variants are Battlemechs, while the others are Omnimechs, and I just wanted one, and couldn't pass up the challenge of the ACW-1.

Right now I'm running three SRM 6's, and six SRM 2's, doing 113.4 KPH. It can Alpha without ghost heat for 60 FP, which is pretty decent. I've also tried Streaks and LRMs. I've experimented with the XL365, which brings it's natural speed to 147.8 KPH, but it's tonnage is limited.

I'm interested to know what other poeple's builds are, be it SRMs, LRMs, or even ATMs.

[Zyrrashijn]

4x SRM6 and 5x SRM2 is my go-to build for maximum alpha without ghost heat. I have a second one with 4x SRM6 with Artemis and 2x Streak2, which is also nice.

ATMs I run on two Omni-ACWs, pretty decent in combination with JJs and/or ecm.

[Myriad]

Yeah the SRM build seems to be the initial choice. The ACW-1 is not Omni, so I have 9 Missile hard points to work with. I've loaded every hard point with LRMs and SRMs before (2LRM15s and 6SRM2s,) and a Narc. It's also pretty decent. I've even done a similar build with ATMs and SRMs, although the ATMs are heavier.

The challenge, and part of my OCD, is to utilize all 9 hard points. I'm curious to everyone's 'Lock-On' builds, since it does have a Narc duration quirk of +15. And It's always fun to see other builds, even if only half the hard points are used.

[Xilo The Odd]

narc + streaks could be fun as well, you cant pinpoint your damage but you can cause major problems for someone if you have LRM users on your team.

[Zyrrashijn]

NARC does only little for streaks, because they have no IDF and when already in LOS, NARC won't do anything.

[Captain Worthy]

Originally posted by Zyrrashijn:

NARC does only little for streaks, because they have no IDF and when already in LOS, NARC won't do anything.

NARC will counter the ECM on the mech it's attached to. Can be critically important sometimes.

[Kyso4ek]

You dont need those 9 slots. Just go 5 artemis srm6. This is an alpha strike based build and you probably could get better sustained dps with only 4 asrm6 but you want to capitalize on hit and run so you go for alpha.

[Myriad]

Good points! Thanks for the comments!