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Hello! Welcome to the forum and thank you for your post. Personally I don't think you should be spending your money on a bot at this time. Ymmv.

I would it to buy two tarans and 5 magnums. I'd slap the tarans and two Magnums on one of your Griffin's and 3 Magnums on your other Leo.

Both builds and your rdb will become staples in your hanger through expert.

If you're dead set on getting a bot right now and get the Carnage.

No problem. I wish I could tell you that your choices become easier later but I can't lol. A silver lining here is that you already know you like piloting the griff. Maybe you get 2 tarans and 2 mags first just to see if you like them. I think you will. Even at low levels you'll be amazed at the dps. You may even get another set.

Im going to make an unpopular statement here but.... I find the Tarans overrated. ok ive said it ; )

Ive been running an orkan pinata griff and looooove it! ive tried the plasma setup and cant seem to get anywhere near the same results?
So i switched them out and made a tarancelot, its ok but my weapons of choice are pinatas, thunders and punishers all day long.
If you want to spend wsp ide go thunder carnage, time your run right with your dash and fire those bad boys point blank in the face whilst laughing like an evil villain : )

Not at all unpopular and certainly a welcome statement. What makes this game so great is the diversity we have in running what we want to.

I only offer the advise I did because when I was in the OP shoes I wish I had spent my resources on weapons rather than bots. I wish I had saved my gold for a 5th slot before buying any gold resources.

If OP buys Tarans and Mags now he can always repurpose those weapons on different builds. In his current league he'd certainly see a dps spike if he added plasma. He may even like them more than you or I. Emmv.

Hello akataz & welcome to the forum,
If you are about to buy your first wsp bot, I’d recommend Carnage. It can carry a few different weapons, and is a fun bot to play. It will also last you a long time, since it is usable all the way to the top leagues. However, like many others here, I would also recommend to get some Tarans and Magnums first before any wsp bot. You could for example get two Tarans at first, and turn one of your Griffins into a close combat bot with some silver close range light weapons. Currently both your Griffs seem to have Tulumbas and Pins, which are considered mid range. Tulus and Pins do the same damage from 0m to 500m, and therefore it is advisable to use them beyond 350m in order to avoid enemy close range weapons (close range weps are stronger than Tulus & Pins, which means you’ll generally lose if going toe to toe).

First before doing anything though, I would recommend to take a look at the War Robots Wiki, if you haven’t done that already. There is a lot of very useful info, and it is also well organised. All weapons and bots are explained, as are basic tactics etc. I’m sure you will grasp the fundamentals very quickly, since you have such an extensive gaming background.

Weapons before bots is great advice. Also great advice to go with carnage as your first wsp bot. Rhino is also a great choice. Lots of straight line speed and same weapon load out as griffin. Tarans will be a very useful weapon in your hanger for a long time. You can use them on rogatka, griffin, rhino, lancelot, even dash bots. Get those bad boys leveled up and enjoy!

Just keep calm and kill reds and you'll be fine XD Forums are almost always angsty I feel.