Against most, you should close to within Large laser range and disarm your opponent then close and kill. Defense Strategy - Don't get to close, too soon and take damage from direct laser fire. Balance your superior armor with your weapon range. If opponent has laser or PPC, charge and kill, remember the CT has significnat armor on this mech, but RA is usually primary target. No duplicates or varients Now requires 3 medium mechs without varients and 1 light mech.
Strategy is to to charge in and take out weakest mech first.
Both have and are successful. Weaknesses - LRM s hard to aim accurately at long range, delivering separate hits even when fired grouped . Neither have much armor and both can hurt you when they are gone. Offense Strategy - Use LRM s to full advantage but don t forgot your 4 medium lasers are accurate and deadly. One of the best techniques is to charge firing single LRM s as you close, jump when in range or to get in range and fire all weapons at single spot.