Cougar

Cougar
Class:	Light Mech
Faction:	Clan
Ticket cost:	4 upon destruction
Tier:	5
Tonnage:	35 tons
Speed:	86.4 km/h (120 km/h with MASC)
Torso yaw:	280°
Torso pitch:	-35° to +40° while standing -35° to +50° while crouching
Variant Armament
Variant	Weapons	Equipment
Prime: Price: 49 900 CBills Total armor: 34 335 Engine Size: 175 JF Extralight	2x CLPL 2x CLRM5 1x B-Pod	EOptics 6 DHS 0 free tons 7t Armor
A: Price: 52 300 CBills Total armor: 34 335 Engine Size: 175 JF Extralight	2x CMPL 1x CLRM15 1x CDSRM6	iJJ LAMS 1 DHS 1 free tons 7t Armor
B: Price: 51 200 CBills Total armor: 32 400 Engine Size: 175 JF Extralight	2x CLBX5 1x CERPPC	EOptics JJ C3 1 DHS 0 free tons 6.5t Armor
C: Price: 51 800 CBills Total armor: 32 400 Engine Size: 175 JF Extralight	2x CLRM15 2x CERML 1x CNARC	JJ 2 DHS 0 free ton 6.5t Armor
D: Price: 58 000 CBills Total armor: 34 335 Engine Size: 175 JF Extralight	2x CDSSRM4 2x CHML 1x B-Pod	iJJ GECM 3 DHS 2 free tons 7t Armor
E: Price: 49 300 CBills Total armor: 32 400 Engine Size: 175 JF Extralight	3x CERML 2x ATM6 (Std)	EOptics JJ 2 DHS 2 free tons 6.5t Armor
F: Price: 55 350 CBills Total armor: 34 335 Engine Size: 175 JF Extralight	5x CSPL 2x CDSRM4	iJJ BAP 4 DHS 2 free tons 7t Armor
G: Price: 51 300 CBills Total armor: 32 400 Engine Size: 175 JF Extralight	2x CERLL 2x ATM6 ER	EOptics JJ 2 DHS 0 free tons 6.5t Armor
Armor Points Distribution
BT HD LA LL LT CT RT RA RL INT 2966 1380 2595 2595 4004 3213 5561 3213 2595 4004 2402

All stats current as of release 0.15.3

Most Cougars are fire support 'mechs. Cougars have substantial armor and lots of weapons. Unfortunately, Cougars have large hitboxes and slow speed for a light 'mech, often making them an easy target. Most Cougars function best at long-range. For those Cougars with short-range weapons, it is important to stay close to allies.

Roles and Gameplay Hints

Prime

An early-game long-range fire support 'mech. Can also twist fight. Good at cutting off individual components.

Player Comments:

Group fire the cLPLs except against BA or when hot. Twist fighting makes the cLRM5s useless except at close range where they can be dumb-fired.

- Warlord Kentax

Variant A

An early-game generalist, but works best as a brawler. Struggles against fast-moving Light 'mechs.

Player Comments:

Works best within 350m. Good choice against enemy LRM boats. Have a second cMPL button for chain-firing to manage heat. If the heat gets too bad, don't fire the cMPLs at all. The free ton of ammo should almost always be for the DSRM6.

- Warlord Kentax

Player Comments:

The A variant is a very capable all around jack of all trades. Fire Support, Skirmisher, Brawler, Support. All of these typical battlefield roles are ones that the A can fill at least in some capacity. The Cougar A is armed with a cLRM15, a cDSRM6 and two cMPLs allowing it to handle threats from long-range to short-range. The A typically has most success between 10 and 350m, because the minimum arming range of cLRMs is 10m. Fitted with Improved Jump Jets, the A can move around the battlefield quickly. Pilots would do well to take advantage of the iJJs vectoring capabilities. Jump forward to get the SRMs in range. Jump backwards to get outside of the LRMs minimum range. Jump to the side to get behind cover. When it comes to heat, the A can run a little hot when constantly firing its weapons 'and using its JJs. If one has enough buttons on their mouse, it is advised that pilots assign an extra chain fire button to the MPLs to better spread out the damage. If things are just too hot in general, the MPLs should be the weapon that is withheld as they are the least heat-efficient weapon in the A's arsenal. Rounding out the A as a true jack of all trades, is a LAMS giving the A a limited support role. Depending on the pilot's desired role, the A's one free ton of ammo should generally be used for SRMs (as they run out the most quickly), or LRMs in the case that the pilot expects to operate, primarily, at long-range.

- Warlord Kentax

Variant B

Dedicated jump sniper with limited scouting capabilities.

Player Comments:

Use passive radar and stay at long-range when solo. At short-range and in team fights, use active radar to share radar contacts.

- Warlord Kentax

Variant C

Fire support LRM Boat with self-NARCing capabilities and extremely limited ammo. Strong against slow enemies. Very weak against fast enemies.

Player Comments:

After NARCing a target, flick the LRMs. Chain fire the LRMs for heat management. Use on open maps with ammo bases or with allied APCs.

- Warlord Kentax

Variant D

Stealthy skirmisher and brawler. Best on maps with rough terrain and short- to mid-range sight-lines.

Player Comments:

Chain fire the SSRMs to spread out screen shake. Runs a bit expensive for a Cougar, best purchased when jump jets are needed and a Hellhound or Shadowcat are just a little too pricey.

- Warlord Kentax

Variant E

Early game upgrade. Excellent fire-support, great choice on cold maps.

Player Comments:

Create a second weapon group for chain firing the cERMLs to better manage heat. Watch out for the minimum range on the ATM6s.

- Warlord Kentax

Variant F

Sporting 5 cSPLs and 2 cDSRM4s and an extra ton of armor, the F variant is a very short range focused brawler with an effective range of 350m. Thankfully, Improved Jump Jets give it an easier time approaching enemies and a BAP gives it greater awareness of the battlefield, despite users usually switching to passive as they begin their approach. Its four DHS add much needed cooling support, as care must be taken to not overheat if mixing combat jumping with alpha strikes.

Variant G

A variant intended for extreme range fire or anti-air duty. The Cougar G mounts two ATM6 ER launchers capable of locking onto targets 1250m away, as well as two cERLL providing pinpoint damage at 900m out and, of course, Enhanced Optics to more accurately use them. Jump Jets enhance the unit's manoeuvrability, allowing it to reach a vantage point with clear line of sight to the enemy beyond their weapon's reach, as well as enabling swift escapes from approaching units. Being afforded no extra tons of ammo, the unit is dependent upon supply lines, and even then its damage dealing potential is somewhat low due to the underpowered nature of extended range ATM munitions. 2 DHS don't provide enough heat dissipation for constant alpha strikes due to the poisonous heat generated by clan large lasers, but operating at extreme ranges using just the ATMs is a cooler if somewhat underpowered proposition.

Canon

After the Refusal War with Clan Wolf, Falcon Khan Marthe Pryde decided to upgrade the 'Mechs her Clan fielded as they rebuilt. Rather than waste precious resources designing a new OmniMech from the ground up, she instructed her scientists to improve upon existing designs. The design the scientists chose to modify was the Adder. Though the two 'Mechs are visually similar and share the same weight, the Falcon Cougar is slower and better armed, though it only has six and a half tons of Ferro-Fibrous armor. This process enabled the Falcon scientists to produce a new design in roughly half the time it would have taken them otherwise.

Date Introduced 3058 during the Era known as "Clan Invasion" (3050 - 3061) - Unit Role: Sniper

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