Brickhouse

* Statistics

## Information

Brickhouse is a legendary support mech. He has a high natural health pool in the game but has less health than Ares with shield, making Brickhouse effectively one of the most tanky mech. Brickhouse also has the biggest hitbox of any mech and has the lowest speed of any mech, tied with Arachnos. His ability sets him apart from all other tanks as it doesn't enhance his toughness in any way, but instead provides support to your teammates like a support mech as M.D.. His Overdrive ability boosts Brickhouse's damage output by 50%, while also increasing all of your teammates damage output in a certain radius around you by 100%. This effect only applies on weapon damage, so abilities will continue to deal the same amount of damage.

## Upsides

Brickhouse not only has great solo potential, working in the same way as Stalker but trading the healing for more durability. Overdrive is also not a symmetrical ability, unlike Predator drive, meaning only you get a damage boost, while your opponent keeps doing 1x damage. But in a group is where Brickhouse really shines, as it can double the damage output of the entire group. This can make you easily overwhelm any opposing push, even if they have higher tier mechs than your team. Combining that with Brickhouses huge health pool makes brickhouse able to out damage any opponent.

## Downsides

While brickhouse has the ability to win any face on encounter due to its high HP and enhanced damage output, that comes at a price. Brickhouse has extremely low speed, making pushing opponents or capturing control points virtually no option, as well as making retreating very hard. Brickhouse can feel very sluggish, even more than Juggernaut. Brickhouse also has a huge hitbox, almost twice that of Ares, making objects where most mechs could hide behind, like pillars, no option for shelter since parts of him would be sticking out. His turning speed is also quite slow, enabling faster mechs to swirl around brickhouse fairly easily. Rocket mortars can basically never be avoided by brickhouse since he has too little speed to get out of the damage radius.

## Strategy

### Using:

When using Brickhouse alone you should follow the general tank playstyle, similar to Juggernaut. It is important to adjust the playstyle a bit to the fact brickhouse is more sluggish than his faster brothers. Just like Juggernaut, only using the ability when in a confrontation is key, since brickhouse is 50% weaker when the ability is on cooldown. When playing Brickhouse as a support mech in big pushes his playstyle shifts more into that of M.D..

### Countering:

When trying to counter Brickhouse, its important to only attack him when the ability is on cooldown, as outdamaging him while overcharged is practically impossible. Using Tank killers like Cheetah, Zephyr and arc torrents is most likely your best bet. Using Stalker is actually not a great option, unlike against Juggernaut and Ares, since brickhouses effect is not symmetrical, while predator drive is, meaning Brickhouse gets 1.75x damage while Stalker only gains 1.5x damage. While scout mechs are generally not a great option against any tank, Shadow can sometimes outturn a brickhouse and get easy backdamage. Taking brickhouse out from a distance while staying close to cover is a great option as brickhouse has trouble moving up.

## Builds

* Rocket mortars: No need for high speed, only high damage. Perfect synergy
* Longarms: Again, the long range capability of longarms lessens the speeds drawbacks
* Carbines: Unlike on most mechs, Arc torrents are not practical on brickhouse due to its low speed. Because of this carbines are the best option if your looking for a sustained damage build in the midline.
* Disc launchers: With this build, Brickhouse really shines, since he can profit from his high healthpool by playing a midline role while not suffering from his sluggishness too much

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