This Melee Mech is SOO GOOD! - Yet Another Mechwarrior 5: Mercenaries Modded Episode 66

[@AurelianPainting]

Imagine being in a light mech zooming around the battlefield, seeing a highlander thinking it's gonna be slow and easy to harass and suddenly it zooms towards you in 200kph with a huge sword

[@perry92964]

imagine being a locust and taking down an anni in 3 blows

[@Simmons8519]

"There can be only one!"

[@wytfish4855]

y'know, i'd be more concerned about an upgraded version of the Highlander Burial, namely a flying kick at 300+kph from a 90 ton assault

[@shikitohno8446]

@@wytfish4855 Nightmare incarnate

[@JS-mh9uu]

Reminds me of that loading screen quote " WHAT DO YOU MEAN THE ATLAS JUST JUMPED!"

[@kristoffermangila]

"... in the end, there can only be one. The Highlander." This is what reminds me of your Highlander Red Shank, that '90s American TV series.

[@Thor847200]

Baradul, instead of adding more heat threashold to the Highlander, if you are able to counter the Hotseat Cockpit's Heat under control with more Double Heatsinks, and change back to the Claymore, you will be able to keep the Hotseat Cockpit on all the time which means the +50% Melee Damage from the Hotseat Cockpit will do more damage that way then with the Heatbank and the Axe and the Hotseat Cockpit only on part of the time.

[@jerehelenius523]

agreed and maybe drop knuckles and add some laser or ppc to take down those fliers lol currently with warriors bara saying " i don´t care of fliers" wait till he has 20 igors with uac20s or some heavy hitting things if he doesn´t care fliers then lol

[@quiethumour9856]

Would like to see this Highlander with high end machine gun/s with the claymore. Could tear those pesky lights while you're closing distance and the demolish missions would be a breeze with this weapon pair. Also, you would have a ranged weapon to take down fliers should you get close enough. Would love to watch that!

[@GB-sh9st]

That shadowhawk grey death he got at the end is probably my favorite mech. It has low weight, high mobility with respectable firepower and armor -- I use it for solo raid missions or to hunt down the artillery in a beachhead mission while big mechs hold down the objective. Really versatile and can punch above its weight.

[@wahoodza8401]

Main value of this mech is the story behind. 1st book, 1st hero in the Battletech universe.

[@tonysauruswrexu4623]

I just got my nephew into MW5 and told him that since he’s just starting out and learning the game, when he is able to salvage or buy a Shadow Hawk, TAKE IT! I still find uses for mine in end game stuff. They are really good mechs and I love piloting them in the game!

[@jere1126]

Greyson Death Carlyle is a badass!

[@specialist_from_1980]

One of the coolest way to get to thee point😂 Nice ride, like ninja😁👍

[@JPG.01]

Alright after that attempt at killing a flyer with a melee weapon... I kinda want to try it myself.

[@seb-fluffysnowcap9530]

Aggressive bagpipe noises episode

[@Seranov]

Turn speed is SO important on a melee mech. Once you start going over 140kph or so it's basically impossible to hit something and not need to immediately run past and turn around to get back at them. The fact that you can do Hotseat + Supercharger AND MASC is news to me, though, and I think it makes that turn speed even more important. I'd personally lay off the jumpjets a bit (honestly the flying uncontrollably is hilarious but would give me anxiety even with self-repairing armor on every component) by either dropping the PWS or the upgrades for JJs, and using the extra weight and upgrades on improving mobility. Glad to see you've finally found the joy of a full-on Melee Mech. I'd still want a couple ranged weapons if only to help shoot down helicopters, but it's so much fun to run into your enemies and make them regret bringing a gun to a swordfight!

[@AsianTrix]

16:15 “Punchy punches in the punch face.” -Baradul

[@Gozza71]

Stick with the claymore with your mobility reach is important, to hit the light mechs.

[@davidbycroft]

Yea that Claymore's wide swing seems much more effective than the downward hack with the Axe. If I were making this I'd consider swapping out the right hand melee to give it at least some ranged damage, just to swat flyers or turrets. Maybe a couple machineguns or an AC2 of some variety *Shrug*. A RAC/2 flying through the air, hosing a base, before landing and unleashing sword blows upon the unprepared defenders sounds like lots of fun.

[@thegreatlarry9454]

I've never bothered with jumpjets, as of yet. But seeing how much fun they are, I might make a few mechs. Bara should consider making a stealth, jumping, melee mech. As long as you don't fire any weapons, the enemy AI generally don't "see" you or target you, which means its easy to run right up behind them and backstab with your massive melee damage

[@reiji7345]

Been lacking time to watch lately so this was a fun one to get back into it. I've been using a KGC-000 like you got at the end with 6 clan AP gauss and that made me refit a Direwolf Prime with 10 of them. They melt mechs like crazy if you want some dumb shooty bangbangs in a build.

[@itsmehendrics]

I wonder if a 2nd mech with the partial wings piloted by AI would follow you through the air when you jump around! imagine all 4 mechs with partial wing suits flying at you!

[@AntiNubDevice]

Melee is so fun. I run a dual Arena Fist Archer with SRMs and MPLs, just run past the lines and alpha into the backs. Dual Arena Fisst = nonstop swinging. Also the Highlander HGN-Vest is fun, I run mine as a kinda Atlas with AC/20 and missiles, but with MASC and a Battle Axe that dunks for I think 92.5 damage. You can just chunk things.

[@kythebengzon8023]

Poor locust probably saw it's life flash in his eyes.

[@DuskFalconus]

I have a Banshee-2P with black carapace, 4 clan medium pulse lasers, 1 clan heavy large laser, 400xl clan engine, triple strength myomer, speedy leg actuators, melee gyro, melee arm actuators, a battle axe and a supercharger for good measure. When heated up it sprints at 160kph and does around 300 damage a swing. You can basically solo those endgame battleground missions with it.

[@FierceDefender61]

"Punchy punches in the punch face". Crack me up my man!

[@dakkath414]

Might want to look into the "Armorgreen" mod. Turns out the base game turns parts of your damage silhouette angry red with 50% still left. Armorgreen gives a couple different color scale options to make it more sensible to read.

[@trikk9964]

... this was so-damned-cool. Please... more Highlander melee!

[@roguegargoyle914]

If only the RAC20 fitted along with the Claymore on the Highlander, now that would be a killer mech. 😁 I'd definitely think about something along the lines of an AC5 on it to get rid of the flyers.

[@mitchdarklighter9133]

Exactly what I came here for, that or some LBX to take out flyers and soften up targets for the melee

[@beezzarro]

This thing is like a grizzly bear. Faster than a horse at full gallop for about a hundred meters, climbs trees faster than a bottle rocket, weighs a great deal more than you, and will completely eviscerate you if it wants to. The thing about a steiner scout lance or an anni is that they're quite slow. But this? This is the human answer to a force of nature

[@Blindshot951]

Dude you made a Gundam in MechWarrior hahaha good job!!

[@AUGRaijin]

Here's an idea for you Bara, build a second mech as anti air with your best gunner and tag them to follow you in a second mech designed for just anti air but same spec as your Redshank 2 flying mechs one ground based one air, not sure if it would work but i could see a lot less fliers ....either that or just get all fliers to attack you and take em back to your LZ and let the Whammies take em for you

[@ymirtheprimordial5453]

Redshank is straight up the most fun mech I had in this mod pack. It wasn't the strongest, but it was so much fun. Black Carapace + Spall Liner + 2x Hardened Uppers made it impossible to even damage it. Stupid fast, strong melee, relatively low firepower (But dual LBX-5s that never stop shooting for constant shooties). Can solo any mission by just never dying.

[@RahpaSmurf]

What a cool build. Couldn't stop grinning watching that thing slay.

[@EppuTheHeppu]

Finally, Redshank "LAM"-melee, my favourite mech for duels and recons. Told you it's fun. :) Just need to get used to those boosted jumpjets, maybe just short bursts to limit the altitude you get. Black paint only bug/feature comes with every reward mech you get from Coyote's missions. Just click reset and you get original colors on for hero paintjobs and such.

[@Thalanox]

This level of complexity in building a mech would have absolutely melted my brain as a 10-12 year old kid.

[@MisterDew32]

What a fun mech! Love it!

[@MisterNi]

Nice build but could definitely use at least a small laser to take out fliers that get close. Also, Happy New Year Bara Dude. 🙂

[@kernkimbleton3758]

To coin a phrase from a top gun instructor, "No kill like a sword kill!"

[@trevorreniger5670]

I'm more jealous of the speed than anything. With those wings, you can exfil in 10s from anywhere on the map!

[@adamsee4144]

I build my melee with Triple Strength Myomer and superchargers. If I can, I will incorporate SP Lasers to help build up heat before engaging in extremely hard-hitting melee

[@haeZen]

Agreed on TSM, I had a melee Atlas with TSM+Supercharger, Battleaxe and a Heavy M Laser for heat gain. Around 90%+ heat could 1 shot assaults at wicked speed. Loved it.

[@SinderSong]

Here are a few recommendations I have to alter the HGN-RS Redshank. Drop the engine from 400 to 360 Core. 360 Core is the minimum required to use 4 jump jets on a 90 ton mech. Take the Clan XXL from the King Crab and put it in Redshank, it will free up a lot of slots. Move the jump jet and ECM out of the right torso to free up slots for 3 energy weapons. I suggest 3 Clan ER Large Lasers as slots are a premium. If you have the slots available upgrade any of them to Clan Heavy Large Lasers for a bigger punch. I prefer using TSM over the cockpit hotseat so you may want something that generates less alpha heat like a pair of C-UAC/2 in the right arm. Both the Claymore and Battle Axe have a range of 20m so if you need a little extra reach try switching to the Katana with a 22.5m range. As a weird test case instead of the Clan Large Lasers see if you can fit a Plasma Rifle or two in the right torso. You can act as a BBQ chef who cooks and carves up your competition.

[@jwmmitch]

holy cow! that was like watching a Titanfall match!!

[@cliffg.4205]

You made, a Highlander LAM. Crazy man went and did it. Made the perfect mech for that system.

[@sebastianhoffmann9106]

Oh, nice 80000 sub's. Congratulations!

[@macbrown99]

I went with 3 PPCs, an Inferno SRM rack, a pair of machine guns and a claymore in my somewhat lower-tech RS. 100% the most fun assault mech I ever built. So much mobility with the jump jets and big XL engine, good long-range punch with the PPCs, murderous at close range with the infernos and sword, and the machine guns help to clear demolition targets fast and get those crits on the cherry red bits of your enemies that you've just sheared the armor off of with your can opener. Just an awesome all-round mission runner. If only the AI pilots could learn to make proper use of jump jets for speed rather than just leaping 100 feet into the air.

[@tapioperala3010]

As someone who thought about making a melee mech... This is insane XD I need to finish my current playthrough and start another one with the same mods :P

[@tx31]

"fly me closer, I want to shank and highlander bury them" energy

[@dwnewby]

The fact that he even CONSIDERED any other weapon than the Claymore on the highlander hurt my soul.

[@Kilawpilath]

My first thought of the Highlander.. Then at the end.. "I must go now.. my planet needs me.."

[@captainsharazad]

I have a Melee Atlas-P with a Claymore. Clan XL400 engine (78kph) Witha Masc and supercharger (130kph), two Plasma guns, and a command suite. Im just missing the black Carapace. :( - Pew pew pew shutdown > CLEAVE.

[@unclebulgaria2105]

Gotta love Bara he's got a 90 ton mech running like Usain Bolt "how can I make it faster" fire it out of a cannon?

[@wewinky]

Hero Raven with the biggest engine, every speed upgrade and max weight reduction equipment that can be stuffed into it and a small laser, 500 kph w/ masc and SS going (no hotseat, yet). Extremely fun and fast recon missions.

[@R.Specktre]

YAML is buggy but allows for some crazy mech builds. Jump jets are just like Auto cannons and you need to get a feel for them. Nice melee action as always. Good video.

[@Direwolf13PS3]

Now for the melee mech to get accidentally blown up by a 'friendly' Arrow IV or Long Tom.

[@jerehelenius523]

yep we can see that coming lol thats why bara didn´t take them with him lol

[@michaelbarnard8529]

I just watched your first run through the final mission of the main campaign. It would be fun to see someone try to solo that mission with this highlander.

[@Suphael999]

I love melee in mech games, and I was worried melee wasn't viable in this one. But man, it looked like a blast to play.

[@mogytamas2]

dddaaaaaaaaaaamn this is absolutely bonkers! :D

[@bradhedgehog12]

Well I have some mechs that wields Melee Weapons. The sword types. Two Archers with heavy long swords. 1 Atlas 3 Highlanders a hero and two rares and two battlemasters. They wield claymores.

[@vaughncollar8014]

I would have gone with a Victor for this build. Jump jets already on it, hard points for ballistic and missile and energy so you could mix/match...and a little lighter than the Highlander so more speed per engine size.

[@samsonsteinreis9660]

Ich liiiiebe dieses Cthuloops T-Shirt ! Wo hast du das her ? War wieder eine supercoole Folge, Bara. Kann mir kaum vorstellen, eine solche Geschwindigkeit zu kontrollieren. TOP ! 😁👍

[@adamrandell7946]

Return of the Black Watch.... Bagpipes intensify

[@derpcatgaming]

You should consider putting TC Modular on your melee mechs because the turn speed from BC Piloting is good for them, BC Range is also good since it somehow works for melee weapons. The Banshee 2P is still the king of melee with that Banshee Gorilla arms quirk for +30% melee damage and -30% melee cooldown ontop of the 10% from being melee focused, and with the option in YAML to use JJ with any mech flying Banshee could be a thing. As far as MGs...oddly enough IS MGs are better than clan MGs, they have more DPS and longer range while clan are half the weight, but when something only weighs 1/2 ton to begin with that really isn't such a big advantage.

[@wolf2965]

This Highlander identifies as a light mech and/or LAM. One thing that makes me a bit anxious is the loss of range w.r.t. light mechs (you had issues hitting that Locust in the first mission, you still have no ranged attack - and it will be worse with battleaxe).

[@Neverknowsbest930]

Hey Baradul, I made a version of this but with the normal Highlander with Melee specialization. It is so much fun. It's all I have been running the past few play sessions. I even take it to endgame war zones. Now if I could only get one of the Redshank variants.

[@Ghergyjubles]

That is a melee monster!

[@bigsarge2085]

✌

[@glrasshopper]

The trick to the scanning is that you need to wipe out the tanks and mechs that are near it first. The turrets and flyers don't affect it at all.

[@cszolee7979]

@Baradul any mech can equip jumpjets, the max amount is based on mech speed (so no engine - no jumpjets). 48kph is 3, 64kph is 4 JJs or something like that.

[@Baradul]

I tried off cam and it didn't work. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ I wasn't able to put any jump jets into the Knight

[@mathewfitzpatrick5645]

@@Baradul It's a setting under YAML with Bobbert's mod options if I remember correctly. You gotten hit that checkmark first.

[@cszolee7979]

@@Baradul oh. There's a ModOption setting called "Unrestricted JumpJets" for YAML, it might be off. In that case those mechs that don't have JJ variants (and thus no JJ stats defined in their assets) can't equip them. BL, KGC, Atlas etc. Tick it on and it should be possible to install JJs on anything that has an engine.

[@alexofdoom69420]

Zooming around the battlefield in a highlander decapitating everything. "There can only be one!"

[@501isa]

drop a small amount of engine to a 370-380 and stick some MG arrays in the arm. the +15% top speed upgrade will more than make up for any loss of engine power.

[@MrScott-pq1zu]

Hi Bara! Please, please, please build Natasha Kerensky’s Widowmaker Dire Wolf! Oh, and the channel rocks! Thanks!

[@cougar584]

whoah dude, that mech is insane

[@josephbrewster1169]

Now THIS is Baradul.

[@metaouroboros690]

Deeply cursed mech, well done.

[@nelson831104]

Highlander：Why are you running? Why are you running?

[@roylongley5378]

Baradul, " I Love This Mele Mech, I wonder if I can trust my AI pilots with it?"....then..."Et Tu Brute?"

[@hgbugalou]

I would ditch the axe and go back to the claymore with better range. Also I would drop the knuckles and put in a couple Medium Lasers or something like that just as a fly swatter.

[@crusader9900]

my god how violent are the melee hits

[@Dragonawh1]

Built this fun mech. Melted an atlas fast with it. CGR-1A1 with XXL clan 400 engine, six double heatsinks in engine, black carapace, gyro ul stabilized, Structure endo clan. left torso 2 heavy L laser clan, exchanger mk2. right torso 2 heavy L laser clan, laser insulator. Left arm heavy M laser clan, double heatsink, cooling lines shoulder armored, weapon mount heat lower melee, battle fist. Right arm Heavy M Laser clan double heatsink, cooling lines shoulder armored, weapon mount heat. Head sensor powered, tc heat, evasion support, slic suite.

[@Dragonawh1]

Accidentally wrote the arms backwards.

[@jasonck9635]

I play on the ps4 and I love this game so much ! However I wish consoles had access to the mods that pc users get to play around with , but it’s ok , it’s still an awesome game in its default mode . But it would be awesome to use some of those awesome weapon mods ! Like I wish I could have those mini guns I seen :(

[@gr3ndl3r]

What went through the locusts mind? A battleaxe. I would put maybe a medium laser or something like that on it just for flyers.

[@Ty-fs9tp]

This is terrifying 😂

[@snakeeyes1970]

The Highlander is now a LAM 🤣

[@IronPickle420]

Is that "upgrades" tab from the expansion?

[@JaytheOstrich17]

Channel that inner Berserker!

[@josephpatterson60]

Omg so funny! Love it!

[@carltheoneeye9353]

Melee range on the weapons is very important

[@thogren]

The new mech is really cool!

[@wytfish4855]

i still think the banshee might be a better melee bot. seems a little awkward to aim the highlander's attacks. seems to always land low either way, might be fun to make a melee heavy medium. am currently having a blast with a punchy hunchback GridIron but i could only manage that with the YAML cheats on lol. AC to chop legs on runners, inferno srm on everyone else for "crowd control", then pile in on them and let the fists fly

[@muhammedenestopcu2406]

You can maybe add machine guns to your knuckle hand to have something against the flyers. Not sure how effective it would be though

[@tristanjosephbaldeo7145]

The poor kinc crab canuntry like 4uac10 plus 3medium pulse and 1 lrm1 on the good old King crab

[@valegrumby]

Are the wings and the self repair item from the vanilla game or a yaml mod?

[@America_Yea]

You might get better melee performance with just the masc and no super for a much more sprinting type of combat up close with quick recharge while using the wing system to close distance. 205kph is nice but you can do that with jets just as easy. Having a decent weapon other than the melee to shoot birds with and a nullsig or equivalent are what I'd normally use the extra tonnage for. The battlefist can be replaced with say a chain cannon or some extremal armor or more harjel. (Normally I'm using advanced clan hardened ferro but that stuff is pretty hard to come by and works as harjel 2.5 on all limbs and ct.)

[@America_Yea]

Though I think half that might be from a mod ya aren't running, a few medium lasers never hurts to have for birb destruction. The battlefist is actually reducing your dps btw the main line meeles have signifigantly increased range and the same animation wait timer as the fist. The claymore has more range/swing speed and drastically more northwinder pride 😆

[@Jay-ql4gp]

I've never seen a 'Mech power down in the bay. I like how the wing system keeps your legs from being damaged.

[@malcontender6319]

YAML bug.

[@Acaios1]

They don't. You can still take damage. He just repaired it with the black carapace (which could also be a cheesy way to proc them to start repairing).

[@hgbugalou]

I wish you could use C-Bills to get more negotiating points on the salvage screen. Perhaps make it something you can only do with groups you are in good standing with too to make it somewhat harder to do for balance.

[@jeremymetcalfe]

theres a mod for that i believe

[@dannyhicking]

28:40 I am in no way familiar with this version of the game but I was under the impression the jump jets were based on your walk speed aren't they? Wouldn't you be able to equip 4 jump jets with a 360 engine?

[@awlsond5367]

Yes, since he is on a 90 tonner, all he needs is the 360. I was saying the same thing.

[@robertlefeaux]

I'm really trying to like this game but I'm having a heck of a time passing the 2nd or 3rd mission (forgot which). It's the one where you get your centurion back and get a lance mate who I put in the jenner. I'm supposed to assassinate a target but can't even get to it because they send a spider, jenner, and two centurion at me who explode me before I can kill either cent (I can get the two smaller ones down. My lancemate just runs around like a headless chicken. He's not even good for drawing fire since he dies in a few hits. Perhaps I'd have an easier time with a career game?

[@wytfish4855]

depends on if you game is modded, vanilla lancemate AI is a little stupid. you have to actively tell them to shoot at things, so there's that, and the enemy AI would target the mech that is currently dealing the most dps, so if you're taking a lot of heat, stop shooting and bug out for a bit and get a feel for the AC10, at this point in your game the enemy mechs should still have low damage reduction modifiers, so you should be able to chop components off in a few hits. i would start with the cannon arms on the cent, that'll make them no more dangerous than the spider, then deal with the jenner. then work it out from there. good luck and have fun, and hey, if you think career might be better for you, go for it. it'll be a fair bit more predictable when it comes to opposition to skull rating ratio, so there's that.

[@robertlefeaux]

@@wytfish4855 Thanks for the advice. I'm quite bad at aiming so I actually took the ac10 off and loaded two more lrm10s on for a total of 30. My logic being I thought I could just stay back and pelt them from a distance. It didn't work though because the enemy centurions kept running inside my minimum range for the missiles.

[@wytfish4855]

@@robertlefeaux ah, no wonder. LRM in general would shower its target, spreading potential damage all over the mech, so not too effective at mech killing, unless you can shoot a massive blob of them. Maybe try the javelin then, lasers should be a great deal easier to use than a ballistic weapon. At least until you find something with a better weapon layout.

[@burtvanheel128]

As near as I can tell, it's because the visual of the scan radius and the location is slightly off; and, yeah, you need to kill the defense turrets for the scan to start

[@Imillier123]

hmm, losing the knuckles and double machine gun array on the left arm to attract fire might be more fun.

[@Asianlolita]

Moar builds yay

[@zzach49]

Oh, this little Hornet is not going to like this. (CLANG)

[@AbdulHannanAbdulMatheen]

👏🙂 Badass

[@RobTheSquire]

When a Highlander thinks it's Wing Zero..lol

[@derekgray8466]

You should paint that Highlander in Tartan...

[@alenvire]

Would NSS on the highlander buff it quite a bit?

[@christianhennebold8274]

die Knuckles entfernen unde 1-2 Medium Lasers dafür installieren. Hitze sollte ok sein denke ich, dann kann man die Flieger vom Himmel holen damit

[@MrSigmatico]

Should you put a laser on there for aircraft?