Neon Goliath

you are better off transforming rares into epics. Crafting epics is a huge pain, but you can get rares from mix boxes fairly easily and transform those into epics. That is how I started out and it did me well.
 

you are better off transforming rares into epics. Crafting epics is a huge pain, but you can get rares from mix boxes fairly easily and transform those into epics. That is how I started out and it did me well.
 

quick rundown for beginners:
step 1 
resource management
be efficient on your resources since they are limited
you will get powerkits, items, gold, tokens, and fuel

-powerkits you will want to level up to max but not transform
-items you will only want to level up ones that go to mythic. items that dont go to mythic that are worth keeping are repulsors iron plates and savior resistance module
A common torso to start out with is nightmare if you have wendigo, you can start with that. premium items you always keep. NEVER FOOD PREMIUM ITEMS
another note when leveling up items is to level them up all at the same speed. generally speaking maxing a single item at a time is inefficent due to 
diminishing gains; ie the great amount of power you use to level up an item as it reaches its max level isnt improving the item as much as it could
improve another item. That power would be better spent on that other item and you can level them all up gradually.

- spend gold to upgrade transform and work on your base
-tokens should be saved for offers. ideally 2k offers in the beginning, eventually moving to maybe 3k offers for
specific items
-fuel you should use often, spend on campaign

try to farm campaign highest level you can but ideally overlord den 8 insane eventually
you need a mech for that. you got options depending on what items you have

double malice (good for arena and campaign)
boiler (ideally flaminator + savagery) (great for campaign and raid)
double frantic (good for arena, moderately good for campaign)

step 2 level up your base!
base is incredibly important, especially in the long run.
level up your gold mines as high as you can then level up HQ. Don't
worry about leveling up your item factories, the most efficientitem to craft
is commons at level 1 anyways

(next step could be arena or raid but arena is where we have fun mostly)
step 3 arena!
in arena depending on the items you have you can build different mech setups
some solid ones are as follows

double malice (minimal epic items needed 1 for shotgun 1 for drone 6-7 for mods)
        8-9 epics total *could use 1 more epic for an emp eventually*
    due to poor mods on most other mechs it will do well
double desolation (minimal epic needed 2 for desolations 1 for drone 4 for mods needed)
        7 epics total *could use 1 more for a res drainer*
    due to only heat stats really needed great for minimal arena shop bonuses
supreme cannon desolation (moderate epics needed 1 for desolation 1 for supreme cannon 1 for shotgun 1 for drone 6 for mods)
        10 epics total *could use 1 more for res drainer*
    great for pushing most mechs out of the comfortable 3-6 range
double brute (moderate epics 2 for brute 1 for shotgun 1 for drone 6 for mods)
        10 epics total
    great high damage due to terrible resistance for beginners

*notable exclusion*
flaminator dawnblaze (although it only requires 3 epics for dawnblaze shotgun and drone the mods needed for it to work in higher ranks
are mostly premium mods)

for arena shop just focus on your element damage of your mech and resistance and hp
also dont worry about dropping ranks. good arena rewards dont come until much later so the rewards for upt to rank 10
are all pretty bland. just worry about the arena shop coins for your daily 5 wins.
step 4 raid:
coming towards the end of the game not much depth will be provided for this since this is for beginning
keep your 7 heatbombs heat engines flamethrowers*premium* cooling boosters heat drones 
flaminator and savagery.
2 heatbomb flaminator and savagery will get you decent scores for low raid anyways

Archimonde looks cooler. Reminiscent of the Yoshiro mech torso. Energy Free Armor has a niche use for certain builds. I suggest actually running neither. If anything run Archimonde for a bit until you level up a nightmare or wendigo, eventually until you get a lightning or molten platinum vest. Don't level up the archimonde or anything like that. Just keep it legendary until the torso you are building up is complete.
 

Archimonde looks cooler. Reminiscent of the Yoshiro mech torso. Energy Free Armor has a niche use for certain builds. I suggest actually running neither. If anything run Archimonde for a bit until you level up a nightmare or wendigo, eventually until you get a lightning or molten platinum vest. Don't level up the archimonde or anything like that. Just keep it legendary until the torso you are building up is complete.
 

quick rundown for beginners:
step 1 
resource management
be efficient on your resources since they are limited
you will get powerkits, items, gold, tokens, and fuel

-powerkits you will want to level up to max but not transform
-items you will only want to level up ones that go to mythic. items that dont go to mythic that are worth keeping are repulsors iron plates and savior resistance module
A common torso to start out with is nightmare if you have wendigo, you can start with that. premium items you always keep. NEVER FOOD PREMIUM ITEMS
another note when leveling up items is to level them up all at the same speed. generally speaking maxing a single item at a time is inefficent due to 
diminishing gains; ie the great amount of power you use to level up an item as it reaches its max level isnt improving the item as much as it could
improve another item. That power would be better spent on that other item and you can level them all up gradually.

- spend gold to upgrade transform and work on your base
-tokens should be saved for offers. ideally 2k offers in the beginning, eventually moving to maybe 3k offers for
specific items
-fuel you should use often, spend on campaign

try to farm campaign highest level you can but ideally overlord den 8 insane eventually
you need a mech for that. you got options depending on what items you have

double malice (good for arena and campaign)
boiler (ideally flaminator + savagery) (great for campaign and raid)
double frantic (good for arena, moderately good for campaign)

step 2 level up your base!
base is incredibly important, especially in the long run.
level up your gold mines as high as you can then level up HQ. Don't
worry about leveling up your item factories, the most efficientitem to craft
is commons at level 1 anyways

(next step could be arena or raid but arena is where we have fun mostly)
step 3 arena!
in arena depending on the items you have you can build different mech setups
some solid ones are as follows

double malice (minimal epic items needed 1 for shotgun 1 for drone 6-7 for mods)
        8-9 epics total *could use 1 more epic for an emp eventually*
    due to poor mods on most other mechs it will do well
double desolation (minimal epic needed 2 for desolations 1 for drone 4 for mods needed)
        7 epics total *could use 1 more for a res drainer*
    due to only heat stats really needed great for minimal arena shop bonuses
supreme cannon desolation (moderate epics needed 1 for desolation 1 for supreme cannon 1 for shotgun 1 for drone 6 for mods)
        10 epics total *could use 1 more for res drainer*
    great for pushing most mechs out of the comfortable 3-6 range
double brute (moderate epics 2 for brute 1 for shotgun 1 for drone 6 for mods)
        10 epics total
    great high damage due to terrible resistance for beginners

*notable exclusion*
flaminator dawnblaze (although it only requires 3 epics for dawnblaze shotgun and drone the mods needed for it to work in higher ranks
are mostly premium mods)

for arena shop just focus on your element damage of your mech and resistance and hp
also dont worry about dropping ranks. good arena rewards dont come until much later so the rewards for upt to rank 10
are all pretty bland. just worry about the arena shop coins for your daily 5 wins.
step 4 raid:
coming towards the end of the game not much depth will be provided for this since this is for beginning
keep your 7 heatbombs heat engines flamethrowers*premium* cooling boosters heat drones 
flaminator and savagery.
2 heatbomb flaminator and savagery will get you decent scores for low raid anyways

quick rundown for beginners:
step 1 
resource management
be efficient on your resources since they are limited
you will get powerkits, items, gold, tokens, and fuel

-powerkits you will want to level up to max but not transform
-items you will only want to level up ones that go to mythic. items that dont go to mythic that are worth keeping are repulsors iron plates and savior resistance module
A common torso to start out with is nightmare if you have wendigo, you can start with that. premium items you always keep. NEVER FOOD PREMIUM ITEMS
another note when leveling up items is to level them up all at the same speed. generally speaking maxing a single item at a time is inefficent due to 
diminishing gains; ie the great amount of power you use to level up an item as it reaches its max level isnt improving the item as much as it could
improve another item. That power would be better spent on that other item and you can level them all up gradually.

- spend gold to upgrade transform and work on your base
-tokens should be saved for offers. ideally 2k offers in the beginning, eventually moving to maybe 3k offers for
specific items
-fuel you should use often, spend on campaign

try to farm campaign highest level you can but ideally overlord den 8 insane eventually
you need a mech for that. you got options depending on what items you have

double malice (good for arena and campaign)
boiler (ideally flaminator + savagery) (great for campaign and raid)
double frantic (good for arena, moderately good for campaign)

step 2 level up your base!
base is incredibly important, especially in the long run.
level up your gold mines as high as you can then level up HQ. Don't
worry about leveling up your item factories, the most efficientitem to craft
is commons at level 1 anyways

(next step could be arena or raid but arena is where we have fun mostly)
step 3 arena!
in arena depending on the items you have you can build different mech setups
some solid ones are as follows

double malice (minimal epic items needed 1 for shotgun 1 for drone 6-7 for mods)
        8-9 epics total *could use 1 more epic for an emp eventually*
    due to poor mods on most other mechs it will do well
double desolation (minimal epic needed 2 for desolations 1 for drone 4 for mods needed)
        7 epics total *could use 1 more for a res drainer*
    due to only heat stats really needed great for minimal arena shop bonuses
supreme cannon desolation (moderate epics needed 1 for desolation 1 for supreme cannon 1 for shotgun 1 for drone 6 for mods)
        10 epics total *could use 1 more for res drainer*
    great for pushing most mechs out of the comfortable 3-6 range
double brute (moderate epics 2 for brute 1 for shotgun 1 for drone 6 for mods)
        10 epics total
    great high damage due to terrible resistance for beginners

*notable exclusion*
flaminator dawnblaze (although it only requires 3 epics for dawnblaze shotgun and drone the mods needed for it to work in higher ranks
are mostly premium mods)

for arena shop just focus on your element damage of your mech and resistance and hp
also dont worry about dropping ranks. good arena rewards dont come until much later so the rewards for upt to rank 10
are all pretty bland. just worry about the arena shop coins for your daily 5 wins.
step 4 raid:
coming towards the end of the game not much depth will be provided for this since this is for beginning
keep your 7 heatbombs heat engines flamethrowers*premium* cooling boosters heat drones 
flaminator and savagery.
2 heatbomb flaminator and savagery will get you decent scores for low raid anyways

I don't see my name up there. Did I not submit my mech properly?

I don't see my name up there. Did I not submit my mech properly?

Hi pilots!
🐐 Welcome to our new GOAT tournament! 🐐
Please carefully read this post as it contains important information you will need to know if you wish to participate. 
As in previous tournaments, you will all receive a brand new account which you will use for the tournament, it has boxes and stuff added already, and it will be banned after the competition is over. Please do not attempt to trade, sell, or share your password - as all of those lead to automatic disqualification. Going to the arena (real battles) is not allowed! Therefore upgrading arena shop is also not allowed. 
How to apply: 
You can apply to participate in the tournament by clicking on this link: https://community.supermechs.com/knowledgebase/goat-mech-submission/  which will take you to the usual form we use. 
Please put your FORUM NAME into the title and ID number in the text. Make ONLY ONE application and use it for the duration of your participation. 
You will receive your account details in that form, as well as post mech pictures when the time comes. 
 ! THE FORM WILL BE OPEN FOR ONLY 3 DAYS, STARTING NOW ! 
You can participate only once. One person - one application. 
The rules:
Build a mech using level 1 epic, rare or common items. Rare and common items can be upgraded, epic ones not.  Do not use legendary or mythical items on your build.  Other items that are not allowed in the competition are: EMP, Heat Bomb, Tonto, Electrolyte, Firefly, Frantic Brute, Frantic Flame, Frantic Lightning  Once the applying time is up, you can no longer change your build and you must use it in battles without any changes made.  Fight the assigned opponent to get to the next round until there is a single winner left. There is a time period you have to fight your opponent; it starts after the pairs have been published and lasts 48h. It's up to you when you decide to fight. After the fight, please post who won and the replay code so we can make sure everything is okay.  Any sort of cheating or attempts to cheat will lead to automatic disqualification.  Rewards
As usual, the tournament winner gets the goat torso perk. Adding to that, we will also distribute token rewards for the first 4 places: 
1st place – 2000 tokens + goat perk 
2nd place – 1500 tokens 
3rd place – 1000 tokens 
4th place – 500 tokens 
Follow this topic to stay updated on the tournament deadlines and newest information. 
If you have any questions that are not answered in the post already, I'm here. 
I wish everyone best of luck!