Should I add a long range bot to hangar?

I'm leveling a Gekko/Nashorn Natasha at the moment. It is for countering midrange bots,
when we squad with other clanmates. Should be interesting...

You should only have 1 mid ranger in your hangar and Russian Griffin or Trident Carnage are the most reliable and easiest to get.
When you go clan-clan, then you should have at least 2 midrangers.

If you add in a LR bot like a Treb or Nashorn Fury or Carnage, it is expensive and really good on the long maps but not as great on the others....but if you aren't good with them, then why bother? I find that if I try to add something because others have it, I usually don't stick with it. It is nice to rotate in, but I have so many other things I need to upgrade I don't have the luxury to add accessories right now.

buzzard is right with a play style thing comment - one idea is to go onto the test server and test out some different LR options...find out if you like something before you go down the route of buying it.

Cheers!

"are other variants effective too?" from that I would say;

I wrote yesterday (so I just copy/paste myself here):
"
My hangar right now is:
lvl 7: Galahad(Taran/magnums), Fujin (Tarans +Orkan), Carnage (Thunders)
Lvl 6: Rhino (Magnums + Orkans), Natasha (Pins + Tridents)

All have lvl 9 weapons except Rhino (8)

Just today take Fujin and Carnage back in use (were using 2x lvl7 Boa before)

62% win rate, 1190 victories, Max destroyed 10, Max damage 944 878 max winning series: 18
"
(stats now: 72% winrate, 1209 victories rest are same)

For that level (what ever it is now) this seem to work nicely. Against / if all were lvl 12 bots.. ..most likely not. But I have been enjoying playing like this and actually trying to lvl up Natasha now to lvl 7 (so I will know her stats for lvl 8.. ..wiki did not know.. ..I guess I am curious person).
I play mostly solo (seem that none in my clan are up when I am) if that make any difference. Allso I try not to trop out, after all I do get silver even if I lose (and now these coin) so..

Any close range map, they're not good, any long range map they're nightmares

I'd argue that RDB griff, trident carnage, trident fury and tripin Tasha's are totally viable.
I've seen evidence that Zues Carnages are a solid way hunt all of those.

When I want something to put me to sleep, I load either my lvl 12 Vityaz with 2 gekko's and a trebuchet or my lvl 12 Golem with a hydra, at spiral and Trident.

Works every time.

I prefer KWK Molot Natasha for anti-fury roles.