BATTLETECH: The Crab

Not sure why but the "Dwindling supply of crabs" line made me laugh way more than it should of. XD

I don't get why Crab doesn't have barrel fist/low profile quirks.

Haven't found a medium mech better on the tabletop! Especially 3025 era (where fireworks ensue with ammo explosions).

Crabs are unmatched in cqc

Just ask Snake

I never purchased the 2750 TRO so I never got a liking for some of those types. The fact from the lore that ComStar hogged all the surviving models for a while didn't help either. But your quick review here has encouraged me to use a Crab in the new edition TT or MW5 if one comes my way. If it's Clan Invasion era I will definitely try to include on in the OB force since they seem a nifty way to oppose the offense-heavy zerg-rush Clan types.

It can be a damn zombie to kill

i remember stripping the large lasers and spamming mediums in battletech, was a fun disco boat

It's just the perfect medium mech. It's handsome, it's durable, it's advanced but not too advance to be crippled by the loss of lostech, and it has a reliable weapon loadout.

Givem the clamps !

Almost 1000 likes to 1dislike, that's how you know it's a good video 👍

The more I compare this thing to the King crab, the more this looks like a lobster

This is perhaps my favorite medium mech.

Crab people

I painted mine Red so i cam crush Plankton when he tries to Steal my Crabby Pattys.

reject monkey, evolve to CRAB

Mechs like this got me into battletech!

My mercenary company that I like to play as actually uses the Crab a _lot_. They're gimmick is that they never use weapons that require ammo since they're used to working deep within enemy territory, very long patrols, backwater planets with limited infrastructure, with very limited or nonexistent logistics trains, or some combination of the above. Ammo just isn't for us. Command mech is typically a MAD-3D (this is succession wars/Clan Invasion since that's what my friends and I typically play) although I tend to rock an Ostsol occasionally, and the rest of the lance is typically a mix of two Crabs and then either a Swayback, Vindicator, Panther, or Jenner, just with all the ammo dependent weapon systems ripped out for additional sinks and armor.

CRB-20 is a super solid mech, it runs pretty cool so long as you aren't just slamming all the fire buttons like you're trying to play the Moonlight Sonata and the four heat sinks in the legs are a godsend if you have depth 1 water. Combine that with the fact that it actually has some teeth in the armament and sturdy armor for it's size and you'd have a solid mech even before you factor in it's excellent speed which allows it to pick and choose when and where it will strike with it's great range bands. It's a great team player too since it's twin LL's have good range for direct fire support and it's speed, armor, good heat management, and lack of minimum range penalties means it can brawl with the best of them. Perfect mech to use as either the hammer or the anvil.

"Its not the size of the crab in the fight, its the size of the fight in the crab" On that note, check out a game called FIGHT CRAB. It really embodies that statement :D

I've never had the pleasure/displeasure of seeing the Crab myself but from what I have been told it's a Dream to pilot and a Nightmare to engage

Whats the song playing in the background of the MW footage

Crab pilot: "So anyway I started blasting.."

That is a very weird looking mech

Crabs are just wannabe Mauraders.

You gotta appreciate how much of a glow up the Crab has gotten from it's old art to it's modern art. I don't think we'd be calling for carcenization of mechs if if wasn't for Alex Iglesias and then Alan Blackwell setting such a gold standard design.

GIVE ME MY 75 TON CRAB CGL!

Crab is cute. Crab is king. Love the pinchy supreme form of mechdom.

The crab is the T-34 of battletech. Designed for a big war but it´s production crippled by exactly that big war

Got Crabs?

* LAZER CRAB BATTLE!* 🦀

I see this as my beloved Nova's/Blackhawk's grandpappy, even if technically the models are not related. It even has a jump capable variant.

Ever since MW2: Mercenaries the Crab has been one of my favorite mechs. Never played much table top, but the Mercenaries titles definitely show off the Crab as something you can quickly patch back together and send back into the field. Plus turning on arm lock and focusing 4-5 medium or medium pulse lasers at a single enemy component strips most non-assault mechs of parts quickly, especially if you can hit the cockpit.

The Crabs have always served me well.

Probably my favorite all-around medium. 50T is a pretty good weight and it uses every one of those tons wisely. Two Large Lasers is a pretty respectable punch with a decent range. Its engine is big enough to give it options without crippling the machine to make it go absurdly fast. It carries enough armor to survive a lot of fire and it carries enough heatsinks to endure without sacrificing too much.

In most video games I've played the lasers have a hidden edge - they're easier to hit with than other weapons. The lack of ammo is also nice.

The upgrades or not-downgrades are all pretty sensible too. Add jumps. Up-gun a bit, cool it more. The variant models don't (usually) do silly things like "this one carries four flamethrowers". There's no bad Crab.

Love the mech, hate the cockpit. Based on some footage I saw from MWO or MW5 or something else.

Make a video about the king crab!!! We'd love itt

Crab Rangoon is a tasty treat

Very good mech but like you said head to find, not common at all and if you are playing on in a hot environment can be a bit limited too.

I love the CGL redesign, but I wish the cockpit was configured like it is on the MWO model; it makes more sense to me.

That said, CGL’s design is a more faithful reinterpretation of the original FASA art.

This medium mech is one of the best in its class!

Always loved the look of this one, and it's only gotten better with design tweaks.

And the all-energy layout is something I still really like. I just love lasers as weapons, even though I've grown to appreciate missiles and autocannons more, the large laser and its spin offs are still, in many ways, my favorite BTech weapon. And the Crab brings a good assortment of lasers to shoot basically as long as it feels like it.

Crab Special Quirk: Long Schnoz

-If this mech is attacked from the flanks, the to hit die has a +4 increased chance to hit the side torsos

BUt front on it gets low profile.

Um kill it with it wolverine someone I got lucky

A great 'mech for people who like to BURN the night away.

you gotta love the Crab. I've loved this thing since MW2 Mercs

My favorite lance/ the crab court

One king crab
Three crabs

Join the Crustacean Nation. Join Star League.

If (real-time) then (crab and black knight melt your cockpit).
If (dice roll & turn based) then (lasers miss and miss cockpit). 😢😢

The thing i like about the Crab is the use of what i call "Rabbit Legs",Its quite a rarity for me because its the only mech that uses "Rabbit Legs" in the game since many of the in game mechs prefer what i call "Chicken legs" and humanoid legs

So the best mechs in the setting are the crab, and king crab?

Carcinisation is real huh

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The mech in mech warrior 5 that I can never afford for salvage until I’m running assault mechs