Any Cerberus Fans Out There?

I was running one (2.4) with dual atomizers (1.10) and a nucleon (2.3) with a maxed Last Stand and a maxed Fortifier; and a regular pilot at the rank of captain until the e-mg nerf when the said weapons become a joke. It is a fun bot to run; fast and deadly under right circumstances. I was also really hoping that the proposed cooldown buff would make it to the live server; it didn't but it was still ok. I pull it out of my lineup because I lacked the substitute mid-range weapons (mediums to be specific). Now that I am building up my medium weapon arsenal I am excited to put it back on my lineup. I plan to run viper and dual wasps (or pulsars). I wouldnt consider short range, or brawling weapons, because it is a fragile bot unlike its distant cousin Typhon. One suggestion I can give on this fun bot, if you experience serious lag issues do not consider running cerberus, or at least dont expect to use it to its full potential.

Nope.

My only interest on that mech will come when that 10k Au skin is free.
Then I'm gonna copy that dude's viper wasp build.

Now that's a build you can sink your teeth into!  I'm not a huge Cerberus fan, however, I could make an exception for the above.  Nice.  Go melt reds.

That's actually really helpful, thanks man. I had hoped that he could just be tagged in for my Lance, but he has brawling weapons, and I have lag!

Mine is 2.12 with maxed-out Fortifiers, an L10 Nucleon, twin 2.12 Punisher-Ts, and a standard pilot with the shield and armor skills, plus a couple of others. I really like it.

I was pleasantly surprised with the Aegis. It feels like it can take a bit more punishment than you would think. I use it as my alarm to tell me to move once I see that I am getting lit up. I had atomizer/nucleon and that was ok I guess. This build is fine for now. I dont like the 12s cool down. But its sneaky effective and will stay in the line up.

The Aegis recharges FAST (especially with all of the enhancers I've got) so that helps. I wouldn't call it a brawler per se but it's brawler-adjacent.

The usual youtubers do a video every now and then because they can run it leveled to the hilt and juiced up with pilots/modules and then they promptly put the bot back in storage.

I used to run the viper/wasp build and it was good fun against ao mings.

Scorpions are still too prevalent so my cerb stays in storage.

You can't do anything to Shell and ravanas that are rampant in Champions League.

I would not invest resources into one but wouldn't mind getting my hands on a typhon. Better in every department

I noticed my profile still lists Cerb as my favorite bot. They are fun but the fun wears thin pretty quickly when you are constantly scanning bots within 350m range and hoping they are not a scorpion. 

In lower leagues, it still could be heaps of fun but Ravanas just brush off your ability and Blitz/Phantom with phase shift does the same which means the Cerb is mostly relegated to taking pot shots from long range.

I'd feel exactly the same before my break. Everything has to be maximum efficiency when you don't spend and you don't want to let your clan down. Now I squad with the kids and Pix did a bit of tanking for me, not so much. Everything has to be fun.

I run a Cerberus withDragoon/Hussar, the pie-eater Legendary Pilot, double fortifiers and jump unit.

The extra range the Legendary Pilot gives to blackout makes a good synergy with the 600m range of the Plasmas. The Jump unit is for mobility, and it has earned it’s keep when the scorpions come calling. Even though the goon squad isn’t good for brawling it often gives you enough time to hit the Scorpion with blackout forcing him to port back to where he came from.
The best benefit of going with double fortifiers is the increased shield regeneration which reduces your hiding time, and any extra shield HP is just a bonus

I try to use it as a 2nd line bot, supporting the brawlers who go in. I try to keep an eye out for Scorpions, as if they port behind the brawler I’ve adopted I can smack them with blackout before they can do too much damage. The shield usually buys you enough time to turn a center beacon from red to blue, but that will be the end of your run. At times you need to sacrifce a bot t get a beacon and a Cerberus usually can do it, but it will be the end of your bot unless the reds are off their game,

Another good use for the extended range on the blackout is harassing Mings and Minoses in the late game.

I’ll second those who’ve said the aegis shield is more an EWS telling you to get to safety now, not a true shield.

What I’d say about the Cerb is that it’s a finesse bot that rewards skillful handling and punishes you for mistakes. You just can’t pour Au and Ag into it and expect good results. You need to master how you want to run it.