This is one of the rarest Battlemasters out there, and rightly so. With a price tag of 11,760,000 space shekels, it doesn't make much sense to buy this thing if you're not already swimming in C-Bills and absolutely bored with the lack of C-Bill 'Mech releases. Fortunately I fall into both of these categories and bought one. Instead of the guilt of paying such a ridiculous amount for a Battlemaster which I already own 3 variants of, I was greeted by facemelting wub goodness.





The 3S is one of the rare 'Mechs that is quirked for MPLs. It has 20% heat generation, range and cooldown bonuses for these bad boys. We all know what quirked MPL's can do thanks to the mass profileration of Thunderbolt 5SS' last month. When it comes to a wub-down between these two, the 3S actually bests the 5SS at both cooldown and heat generation, but is bested by 5SS' ridiculous MPL range. Considering MPL heat was also decreased recently, the amount of damage you can dish out without overheating is just ridiculous. The placement of the lasers also makes aiming and shooting a breeze, you can almost always shoot what you see. Even the usual blocks by the team mates isn't a huge problem like the other Assaults since you can simply shoot over them. Lastly, this is the only Battlemaster with 6 torso energy hardpoints without the low twist range. MPLs hit really hard with 6 of them firing at once for 36 damage per alpha. They also deliver their damage so fast that you don't need to aim very carefully. It truly "zaps" what you see almost instantly.





This is one of the most underrated IS 'Mechs at the moment. If you can afford it, buy it and enjoy it. Just make sure you make enough sacrifices to MM gods so you won't drop to Alpine.





Summoner — "Slappy"