CleverName

Yeah, I am back to the top 10 in my alt OD.FARM. Just kidding. 😂🙃👍
 

Starting 2021 off to a hot start 🔥

21 Medals for 2021! 🥇

Also new AP record for 2v2 season =P 
P.S. For those who weren't aware, I finally moved over the Current Meta Builds thread to the new forum

Ok. This is the most cursed image I’ve ever experienced 

80th max myth.

Rank 12 arena box

Yeahhh
 

Starting 2021 off to a hot start 🔥

21 Medals for 2021! 🥇

Also new AP record for 2v2 season =P 
P.S. For those who weren't aware, I finally moved over the Current Meta Builds thread to the new forum

Starting 2021 off to a hot start 🔥

21 Medals for 2021! 🥇

Also new AP record for 2v2 season =P 
P.S. For those who weren't aware, I finally moved over the Current Meta Builds thread to the new forum

Starting 2021 off to a hot start 🔥

21 Medals for 2021! 🥇

Also new AP record for 2v2 season =P 
P.S. For those who weren't aware, I finally moved over the Current Meta Builds thread to the new forum

In this thread, I’ll post what I believe to be the best builds in the game (meta builds). Everyone is welcome to post and debate meta builds.
META = Most Effective Tactics Available (i.e. what's the best build in game to help you climb the ladder in arena and have the highest win rate). I've excluded "popular" builds that aren't really "meta." I'm defining meta as the best builds in their respective element and must at a minimum be able to achieve Rank 1 full stars (and preferably have the highest win rate possible).  The "best" builds are of my own opinion from arena testing.
Note this isn’t a build help thread. If you need build help, please go there. If you want to view older meta/top-tier builds, please go here.
I will maintain this thread for as long as I have the motivation 🙂 
Last updated: 5/13/2021
Best Build in Game:
“Best Heat”
 
PHYSICAL
Best Physical

 
HEAT
Best Heat

Boiler

 
Dual Magma

 
ENERGY
Best Energy

Dual Brightroar
Dual Bunker

That build is fine, but yes, weaker to energy versus 4.1k hp version. Reason why I think mercy version is better is that it's energy free with no backfire and higher damage. I found that for this build specifically running without energy resistance still has nice win rate, but energy fights were tough sometimes. For most of the physical builds, it's up to pilot if they want to run energy resistance or not.

Refreshing the game should fix.

It IS very good. I wish I can get all those
___
Interesting to see how combined units can beat single units even when ignoring heat

Happy New Year, everyone! 
I think it's fair to say 2020 was a unique year for many, with many hard moments. Personally, I enjoyed seeing the community here rally together and the sheer positivity coming from many. I hope the new year continues to bring us together and enjoy life together 🙂
Here's to a great 2021!! 🎆

In this thread, I’ll post what I believe to be the best builds in the game (meta builds). Everyone is welcome to post and debate meta builds.
META = Most Effective Tactics Available (i.e. what's the best build in game to help you climb the ladder in arena and have the highest win rate). I've excluded "popular" builds that aren't really "meta." I'm defining meta as the best builds in their respective element and must at a minimum be able to achieve Rank 1 full stars (and preferably have the highest win rate possible).  The "best" builds are of my own opinion from arena testing.
Note this isn’t a build help thread. If you need build help, please go there. If you want to view older meta/top-tier builds, please go here.
I will maintain this thread for as long as I have the motivation 🙂 
Last updated: 5/13/2021
Best Build in Game:
“Best Heat”
 
PHYSICAL
Best Physical

 
HEAT
Best Heat

Boiler

 
Dual Magma

 
ENERGY
Best Energy

Dual Brightroar
Dual Bunker

Happy New Year, everyone! 
I think it's fair to say 2020 was a unique year for many, with many hard moments. Personally, I enjoyed seeing the community here rally together and the sheer positivity coming from many. I hope the new year continues to bring us together and enjoy life together 🙂
Here's to a great 2021!! 🎆

I think we're all in agreement on:
1) Alt accounts COULD be useful if they weren't designed for arena manipulation
2) Alt accounts are bad because of arena manipulation

My comments:
- #1 would be nice to have; plenty of people get bored with a "main" account and want to have some fun at lower levels.
- #2 is a problem that's really hard to solve (mainly because of VPNs - no way to track who owns what in a scalable way). Additionally, this is a really, really minor problem in the grand scheme of things (and this really only effects the top ~30 players, so less than 0.0001% of the game)

My view on potential "solutions":
A) ban alts for everyone (somehow - still no real answer as to how this could be done) - hurt vast majority of players who play alts in innocent way; Gato loses revenue to please a few players
B) allow alts for everyone (arena manipulation is issue very top players will have to deal with - as they always have since inception); Gato makes most money this way
C) try to manually ban alts for bad actors (super time intensive). This would be ideal - perhaps give a warning to abusers first (as it's grey area of whether arena manipulation is against any rule); ban if they continue to do it. However for C - I will say it's hard to tell what exactly counts as arena manipulation. If an account is shared with multiple people and stays in a different clan the whole time, how do you know they're "feeding" wins vs. just losing (intentional or otherwise). Also hard to get get sufficient burden of evidence as there's almost none on the player side perspective.
Personally, I think B is the best approach. It's the easiest, cleanest, and best solution for majority of player base. It also brings in more revenue for Gato. C sounds like a headache and A will just hurt most players and Gato. Just my 2 cents.

In this thread, I’ll post what I believe to be the best builds in the game (meta builds). Everyone is welcome to post and debate meta builds.
META = Most Effective Tactics Available (i.e. what's the best build in game to help you climb the ladder in arena and have the highest win rate). I've excluded "popular" builds that aren't really "meta." I'm defining meta as the best builds in their respective element and must at a minimum be able to achieve Rank 1 full stars (and preferably have the highest win rate possible).  The "best" builds are of my own opinion from arena testing.
Note this isn’t a build help thread. If you need build help, please go there. If you want to view older meta/top-tier builds, please go here.
I will maintain this thread for as long as I have the motivation 🙂 
Last updated: 5/13/2021
Best Build in Game:
“Best Heat”
 
PHYSICAL
Best Physical

 
HEAT
Best Heat

Boiler

 
Dual Magma

 
ENERGY
Best Energy

Dual Brightroar
Dual Bunker

That build is fine, but yes, weaker to energy versus 4.1k hp version. Reason why I think mercy version is better is that it's energy free with no backfire and higher damage. I found that for this build specifically running without energy resistance still has nice win rate, but energy fights were tough sometimes. For most of the physical builds, it's up to pilot if they want to run energy resistance or not.

Similar to the old forum, feel free to ask me anything. (I do reserve the right to not respond to some questions/give vague answers where applicable.)
Some quick FAQs I usually get:
Q: How much have you spent on SM?
A: 5 figures USD.
Q: Where do you live?
A: NY, USA.
Q: How old are you?
A: Mid 20s.
Q: Where do you work/what do you do?
A: I work in private equity for a firm on Wall Street. Private Equity is basically investing in companies, improving them, and then selling them (so basically investment banking + consulting). Feel free to learn more about it online!
Q: What's your name?
A: Sorry, I'm trying to keep my identity secret. (So that is why sometimes I may not answer some questions too clearly.)
Q: Do you have a YouTube channel?
A: Yes, you can view it here: https://www.youtube.com/c/CleverNameSM
Q: Can you give me tokens/items/accounts?
A: No.
Q: Are you a SM/TS/GG/Forum Mod/Dev/Admin?
A: No.
Q: Can you help me with builds?
A: I prefer giving build advice to Rank 1 players, as that's where I have the most experience. There should be a Build Help section on this forum; I'd recommend you go there to ask for help. I made a topic on Current Meta Builds - I always play the best build in the game.
Q: Why do you play SM/why did you spend so much?
A: SuperMechs for me is something I enjoy playing. I enjoy playing it not so much for the technical aspects, but it’s more of a nostalgic game for me as I played it when I was a bit younger and really enjoyed the game (and with nostalgia, comes happiness). I don’t remember why I quit, but when I found the game again, it’s really been great. I also really enjoy the community here, being able to be creative with builds, and having a close fight every now and then. =P 

In this thread, I’ll post what I believe to be the best builds in the game (meta builds). Everyone is welcome to post and debate meta builds.
META = Most Effective Tactics Available (i.e. what's the best build in game to help you climb the ladder in arena and have the highest win rate). I've excluded "popular" builds that aren't really "meta." I'm defining meta as the best builds in their respective element and must at a minimum be able to achieve Rank 1 full stars (and preferably have the highest win rate possible).  The "best" builds are of my own opinion from arena testing.
Note this isn’t a build help thread. If you need build help, please go there. If you want to view older meta/top-tier builds, please go here.
I will maintain this thread for as long as I have the motivation 🙂 
Last updated: 5/13/2021
Best Build in Game:
“Best Heat”
 
PHYSICAL
Best Physical

 
HEAT
Best Heat

Boiler

 
Dual Magma

 
ENERGY
Best Energy

Dual Brightroar
Dual Bunker

Happy New Year, everyone! 
I think it's fair to say 2020 was a unique year for many, with many hard moments. Personally, I enjoyed seeing the community here rally together and the sheer positivity coming from many. I hope the new year continues to bring us together and enjoy life together 🙂
Here's to a great 2021!! 🎆

In this thread, I’ll post what I believe to be the best builds in the game (meta builds). Everyone is welcome to post and debate meta builds.
META = Most Effective Tactics Available (i.e. what's the best build in game to help you climb the ladder in arena and have the highest win rate). I've excluded "popular" builds that aren't really "meta." I'm defining meta as the best builds in their respective element and must at a minimum be able to achieve Rank 1 full stars (and preferably have the highest win rate possible).  The "best" builds are of my own opinion from arena testing.
Note this isn’t a build help thread. If you need build help, please go there. If you want to view older meta/top-tier builds, please go here.
I will maintain this thread for as long as I have the motivation 🙂 
Last updated: 5/13/2021
Best Build in Game:
“Best Heat”
 
PHYSICAL
Best Physical

 
HEAT
Best Heat

Boiler

 
Dual Magma

 
ENERGY
Best Energy

Dual Brightroar
Dual Bunker

In this thread, I’ll post what I believe to be the best builds in the game (meta builds). Everyone is welcome to post and debate meta builds.
META = Most Effective Tactics Available (i.e. what's the best build in game to help you climb the ladder in arena and have the highest win rate). I've excluded "popular" builds that aren't really "meta." I'm defining meta as the best builds in their respective element and must at a minimum be able to achieve Rank 1 full stars (and preferably have the highest win rate possible).  The "best" builds are of my own opinion from arena testing.
Note this isn’t a build help thread. If you need build help, please go there. If you want to view older meta/top-tier builds, please go here.
I will maintain this thread for as long as I have the motivation 🙂 
Last updated: 5/13/2021
Best Build in Game:
“Best Heat”
 
PHYSICAL
Best Physical

 
HEAT
Best Heat

Boiler

 
Dual Magma

 
ENERGY
Best Energy

Dual Brightroar
Dual Bunker

Happy new year from romania