Uziel
| Uziel | ||
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| Class: | Medium Mech | |
| Faction: | Inner Sphere | |
| Ticket cost: | 6 upon destruction | |
| Tier: | 6 | |
| Tonnage: | 50 tons | |
| Speed: | 97 km/h (136 km/h with MASC) | |
| Torso yaw: | 260° | |
| Torso pitch: | -34° to +45° while standing -34° to +55° while crouching | |
| Variant Armament | ||
| Variant | Weapons | Equipment |
| Prime: Price: 62 400 CBills Total armor: 44 541 Engine Size: GM 300 XL |
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| A: Price: 59 500 CBills Total armor: 39 721 Engine Size: GM 300 XL |
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| B: Price: 58 800 CBills Total armor: 42 938 Engine Size: GM 300 XL |
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| C: Price: 57 000 CBills Total armor: 44 541 Engine Size: GM 300 XL |
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| D: Price: 57 300 CBills Total armor: 44 541 Engine Size: GM 300 XL |
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| E: Price: 55 500 CBills Total armor: 44 541 Engine Size: GM 300 XL |
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| F: Price: 54 000 CBills Total armor: 41 328 Engine Size: GM 300 XL |
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| G: Price: 60 900 CBills Total armor: 41 328 Engine Size: GM 300 XL |
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All stats current as of release 0.15.3
The Uziel is a nimble Medium Mech that fills the Inner Sphere's vehicle roster with a capable skirmisher. With a fast cruising speed for its weight class and commonly mounting Jump Jets, the Uziel distinguishes itself as part of a vanguard force, brawling or sniping as loadout permits before fading behind the friendly battle line to continue the fight as a support unit. Compared to a Light Mech being used in the same capacity, the extra armor afforded by the Uziel's increased tonnage allows it to be used more aggressively before being forced to retreat, but not by a large margin - The unusual shape of the Mech, with its exaggerated side torso panels, makes the Uziel somewhat easier to hit. While the Uziel's armament is slightly better than the average Light Mech, it cannot significantly outgun or outrun one to dissuade their attacks, often dooming overconfident pilots to being overrun by fast brawlers. The Uziel shines best in a early-mid game situation as heavier assets take the field, against which the Uziel's speed, firepower and armor can be best leveraged against.
The Uziel is unique in that it sports destructable side torsos. When the Uziel's side armor is destroyed, the armor plates will visibly detach which, while reducing the physical size of the side torso hitboxes, make it much easier for enemies to identify the destroyed component from afar.
Contents
Roles and Gameplay Hints
Prime
The Uziel Prime mounts as its main weapons a pair of PPCs, giving it impressive firepower at medium to long range, as well as allowing it to disorient enemy units with the PPC's effects. Improved Jumpjets give the Prime variant the mobility to engage enemies from unexpected angles, being able to jumpsnipe, as well as make use of shorter cover through its controlled upwards thrust. A single SRM6 gives it extra firepower if it's forced to engage foes from close up, but it's better served by making use of its mobility to maintain skirmishing range.
2 MGs can be used to fend of BA in tandem with its SRMs and harass ASF and VTOL at long ranges. Used as a mobile harassment platform, the Uziel Prime can dash from or jump out of cover, fire its PPC's, and retreat, giving the enemy very little time or chance to line up a shot.
Relying on it 4 DHS some pilots find it smart to split it's two PPC's to two separate groups, allowing to shoot from partial cover without wasting the obstructed weapon's shot. This however requires a fourth weapon group, or to, unwillingly, put the MG's together with the SRM6.
Variant A - "iPoke"
Nicknamed the "iPoke", the A variant is an ultra long-range platform, capable of providing direct fire support from ranges beyond their target's radar. Mounting 2 LtGauss Rifles, it can reach targets from 1250m out, and in combination with its Jumpjets is capable of Jump Sniping from ranges that make it extremely difficult to be spotted. The weapon's high velocity also makes it a viable anti-air choice. 2 free tons provide a bit of extra ammo for sustained fire, and a pair of machineguns give it further long-range harassment options, as well as providing some protection against Battle Armor. Unfortunately, this variant's ultimate weakness is its low damage output, making it more suitable for softening up incoming targets and finishing off stragglers, depending on its teammates to do direct engagements. This makes it a bad choice when heavier firepower is required to engage in or defend against pushes, although it can be a viable choice for a team employing a long-range kiting strategy in games without respawn. The lack of backup weapons suited to short range fighting and decreased armor compared to the rest of the Uziel variants mean that close range engagements will spell its certain doom.
Variant B
The Uziel B is a swift, cheap, and powerful skirmisher and backcapper capable of complicated and diverse tactics. The B's impressive maneuverability is the result of its MASC-Jump Jet combination. Though both pieces of equipment compete for the B's modest three Dual Heat Sinks, the B can sprint for some distance without overheating and can poptart at medium range.
An impressive trio of MRM10s form the primary weapons of the Uziel B. These should be group fired most of the time, but can be chain fired to better manage heat or to kill enemy Battle Armor. The B is backed up by a powerful, but hot array of four SPLs. MRMs have a 60m minimum range making them risky primary weapons. The B can use its MASC or JJs to gain some distance in order to fire the MRMs.
Variant C
The Uziel C is a stare-down-style medium-range mech. A triad of Rotary Auto-Cannon 2s are the C's only weapons. The DPS of these cannons is frightening. While not particularly useful for jump sniping, the C's Improved Jump Jets greatly enhance the its survivability. The C can quickly jump behind cover while its RAC2s are cooling down. On normal temperature maps, the C's single DHS can more than keep up with the heat of three RAC2s. Players may find themselves using Coolant if they want to make regular jumps during combat. Besides its limited ammo supply which is mostly offset by the Uziel's speed, the C's only real weakness is losing arms in combat since each arm accounts for a third of the C's firepower.
Variant D
The Uziel D is a competent brawler with some capacity to skirmish and function as Anti Aircraft or as a tank-killer. The D's primary weapon is an LBX10 in its left arm. This weapon works well against tanks, BA, and Aircraft. Improved Jump Jets give the D the ability to deny line of sight for many tanks by jumping straight up. It can also dislodge any battle armor that tries to climb aboard. And most hilariously, the jump jets enable the D to uppercut enemy aircraft that stray too low. Providing a slight bump to the D's mid-range to short-range load out is a Thunderbolt 5. One might not expect a single TBolt5 to be a major help, but its useful for outlining enemies in maps with low visibility like Dune during a sand storm or Wildlands when the fog rolls in. The rest of the D's weaponry is spread out between a trio of ERSLs and two ERMLs all of which provide some pinpoint damage to help balance the splashy nature of the D's other weapons.
Variant E
A variant clearly meant for long range skirmishing and harassment. One of the cheaper variants, the Uziel E is armed with a pair of Extended Range Large Lasers backed by a duo of AC5, allowing it to engage enemies from 800m out. Lacking the mobility enhancing equipment common to the chassis, its user must remain aware of their positioning, not shying away from tactical retreats in order to maintain their range advantage, as it's easily overpowered by brawling assets, despite its weaponry not losing effectiveness at closer ranges. In order to take full advantage of its firepower, users must be aware of the different leading required for its two weapon types as long range autocannon shots are much harder to land than pinpoint laser fire. Even though it lacks the mobility, splash and screenshake of the Prime, the range of the A, or the jumpsniping capabilities of either, it makes up with a damage dealing potential that's superior to both. All of its weapons are suitable for defending against Battle Armor or air assets, although chain-firing should be employed against the former due to a relatively slow firing rate. Its 2 DHS are enough for the mech to be impossible to overheat in normal temperature maps.
Variant F
As an agile LRM boat, capable of operating even without spotter support, for the Uziel F's main weakness compete both its lack of enhanced optics and its somewhat mediocre staying power. The main armament being a trio of LRM10 launchers, it's capable of a significant long range punch at a theoretically high re-fire rate, with the option of a long and sustainable chain fire when it's deemed strategically advantageous. Its mobility, with the land speed and agility already inherent to any of the Uziels, is furthered by the Improved Jumpjets. This exactly, along with its backup duo of ML for short range defense, make it a competing rival to the other units of comparable role and price tag. The smaller nature of the launchers also means it will take more volleys before they need to reload, but for when they do the variant can only carry 2 spare tons of ammo, forcing it to carry on at only two thirds of its maximal firepower. A sole DHS will force pilots to either take some time to cool down or chain fire their missiles during painfully prolonged engagements.
Still the units main selling points remain it's affordable price for the early game and its enhanced mobility.
Variant G
The two mighty LXPLs on the Uziel G, while lacking any pronounced punch, still deal a steady stream of damage from point blank out to 750m. LXPLs also differentiate the G from other DPS medium mechs in that they don't jam or reload making them a reliable choice. The Uziel's relatively high speed allows the G to wreak havoc on any unit not swift enough to flee for cover in time. The SRM4 is handy for some splash damage to finish off a damaged enemy who is damage spreading. Lacking any exotic equipment, this unit gambles it all on medium-range pulse power and heat dissipating capacity strong enough to sustain it. The 8 DHS are quite promising in this regard.
History
Initially the Uziel was an unpopular 'Mech because of it's light punch (especially at short range) combined with a large hit-box which made it feel more lightly armored than other medium BattleMechs. To counter this a new DSSRM variant was introduced to provide a powerful short range version of the 'Mech and in version 0.5.4 the Uziel was resized to be in line with the other medium 'Mechs.
In 0.6.0 the Uziel was further improved and had most outdated tech replaced with more expensive and better equipment (e.g. mounting DHS instead of HS), as well as having 2 variants replaced with new and significantly better ones. Still, the stigma of being useless and weak clings to it even in the days of 0.6.0, even tough the new variants added and modified in that patch could hold their own against any target that is in their price category and some mechs that are above. In the 0.8.0 community edition of the game, the Uziel is more viable than ever, with armor being redistributed to toughen up its huge central torso and new variants, it's the Inner Sphere's mobile skirmisher medium.
Around 0.10.0 The Uziel got a further improvements most noticeable being a reduction in size - the torso was made narrower to make it more tough. Some variants had undergone redesign.
Canon
The Uziel is a fast, jump capable Medium 'Mech armed with a variety of weapons: an LBX-2 for longer ranged shots, an ER Medium Laser and Large Pulse Laser for medium-range combat, and two ER Small Lasers and a single SRM6 for some short-range kick. However, the most well-known variant of the Uziel has a PPC on each arm, two Machine Guns and a single SRM6 in the center. This type of Uziel was an iconic 'Mech in later Mechwarrior and MechAssault games, and made its first appearance in Mechwarrior 4: Vengeance.
Built at Defiance Industries' Furillo plant, the Uziel is an effective medium 'Mech that is looked down upon by the LAAF simply because it is produced on Furillo and not at the prestigious Hesperus facility. The Uziel is built on a Foundation E50 Endo Steel chassis that has a GM 300 XL engine that provides the 'Mech with a top speed of 97.2 km/h. The 'Mech's mobility is enhanced with six Rawlings 50 jump jets that allow the 'Mech to jump up to one hundred and eighty meters. The Uziel is armored with eight tons of Maximillian 100 armor that gives the Uziel adequate protection from enemy fire. To dissipate the heat produced by the 'Mech's weapons, it carries eleven double heat sinks.
Notable Pilots - Bear "OEM" - IS, _Recoil_ - CL, [12vr]Hammerzeitgeist - MERC
Date Introduced 3065 during the Era known as "Civil War" (3062 - 3067) - Unit Role: Striker
