Panther

Panther in default skin

* Statistics

## Information

Panther is a heavy attacker type Mech. It cannot be unlocked via the XP tree anymore, but is attainable through shop discounts. Panther is a very straight forward and reliable mech from unlocking to endgame. Its often considered one of the best mechs in the entire game and a staple for any hangar. It has an ability that deploys a fence of energy that blocks all incoming projectiles and in some cases even AoE damage, while considerably slowing down any enemy mech that dares try to pass through

## Upsides:

Panther is one of the, if not the, highest survivability mech. The stasis barrier not only makes it nearly invincible with some good positioning, it can also be dropped on mechs slowing them down without them needing to pass or used to drain magazines from the opponents AI, because they don't register the fence as a collidable object, so they will fire into the fence without effect. The fence cannot only be used as a personal shield, but also aid massively in pushes and blurs the opponents vision of whats behind the barrier. combining this with a decent healthpool, decent speed and heavy energy capacity, you got a force to be reckoned with.

## Downsides:

Even though panther is very powerful, its easily dealt with when the ability is on cooldown or when a mech successfully passes the fence. The Panther is very fragile, so it can be killed easily. That's why Panther is generally played in a more backlining fashion, using the shields invincibility to its fullest. A lone Killshot can easily dash through the barrier and deal with the fragile mech on the other side, while a Guardian can shut down the fence entirely.

## Strategy

### Using:

when using panther its important to never stand in the open without a shield. Panther is a very flexible mech, so any playstyle works, from backline with Longarms to frontline with arc torrents, although unorthodox. Using the panthers barrier to its full potential is your key to success. For example, you can negate all damage from a killshot dash, although hard to perform, by standing right in front of the wall, facing an exact 90 degree from it.

### Countering:

While countering panther is hard, there are ways to do so: Killshot can easily penetrate the defence a panther has set up, a Guardian can remove the shield and by using rocket mortar and the disc lauchers radius you can bypass the barrier. Tanks can also walk straight through and survive enemy fire.

## Builds

Basically everything works on panther, but here are the best ones.

EM rifles : Snipers generally pair extremely well with panther and EMs are the best in the category.

Disc Launchers : The fence helps panther dish out massive back damage( thanks to DLs extreme splash radius) and helps to fire safely since they are not fast-unloading weapons.

Railguns : Best Free To Play panther build, but if you have Longarm 12, use it.

Longarms: Recommended for beginners, Panther is also a great sniper.

Shotguns: While Panther is usually a mid to long range mech, shotguns (especially shotgun 8s) do enough damage quick enough that, combined with Panther’s shield wall, you can kill a mech while taking zero damage.