Battletech: Best Troll Mech

I love fielding the Firebee 2E for a laugh. 1 LG Laser and 4 SRM 2’s and it’s jump capable.😊

Not a mech but savanna master swarms

I mostly use light stupid fast mechs and move them last. Run behind them, next turn run so far away none of there weapons can reach or hit me. LoL. They at the end 3 of there mechs of various size was chasing that thing with little luck.....😂😂

One mech I'll suggest for trolling opponents is the Flashfire FLS-P5.

With the fluid guys, you can create oil slicks around the battlefield and/or spraying enemy cockpits with paint. Either way it's making their lives miserable.

Had a whole table gang up on me during a free for all when they found out the hard way how annoying those fluid guns can be

I've used a Locust 1E to distract, annoy, and harass multiple Heavies in combat. Great little unit.

Piranha, gausszilla, plasma/inferno spammer or anything that packs itself full of rockets

I've got a Charger with my 3025 7th Sword of Light company with the Kool-Aid Man's face roughly painted on the torso. On the recommendation of another commenter on this channel a couple years back, I added "So-So" (the Japanese equivalent of "Oh yeah!") On the arms.

I like to think the mechwarrior explains it as honoring an ancient spirit that overcomes all obstacles and brings smiles to children.

Ostscout.

The best troll mech is a schrek ppc carrier.

Energy boat mechs like the Wolfhound, Crab and Grasshopper can be both troll picks and honest valid strategy. The reaction players have to a mech with no arms and no side torsos standing back up and medium lasering them is pure gold.

The tarantula 8/12/8 quad and with 2MPLs. The buckaneer, the one with heavy jump jets. Surprise, I jumps 7, and here is my hatchet. The piranha, 12 machine guns can't go wrong. The dasher H, because its small, fast, and 9 heavy small lasers will brown trowser just about anything... just don't fail your shutdown roll.

All about trolling the other player, eh? Hmm...okay...

1) PNT-9R, because PPC shots from light Mechs are annoying;

2) KTO-19, the one that has the NARC beacon teamed up with...

3) CLPT-C1, because nothing is as annoying as getting hit with 30 missiles after being Narced. 😅

4) CGR-1A1 but outfit it with spikes on the torso for extra damage on charge maneuvers. Otherwise the CGR-1A5 because that AC 20 makes it very dangerous at short range.

5) BNC-3E and then add precision ammo for the autocannon and up the pilot rating to at least 4/4 as you tank. If your opponent dares to enter melee then start swinging fists.

6) ASN-21 or PXH-1, because they're great harassers with their long jumps.

7) Locust 3M is a fast harasser without jump jets

8) COM-2D with inferno missiles. Either attack the enemy Mech or set the terrain on fire where the enemy stands.

9) FS9-H, but have two of them to make the other guy feel the burn. Either use the flamer directly on them or against the terrain.

10) WVR-6M. I believe this was the version that BIG RED used in tournaments that ended up getting a bounty put out on his Mech because of the number of kills he got with it. 😂

Blackjack for me. It's hopping around terrain, it's popping AC/2s every round as I hop towards a really nice remote firing location... just in case something magical happens.

One thing I love about this mech is the four MLs... anything that can quickly go through the woods to grandma's house and fight it is probably too light to last long against those. Another is how unimportant this guy's role is until an armor breach happens, and then it becomes a real pain in the torso. You're not getting away from those little guns. Your lance can't chase it away out of range. It's a ticking clock, sooner or later it's hitting something very valuable.

Fireball. Can charge over half a map in turn 1 and due to charging rules, takes much less damage than the mechs it charges into.

Trolling line ups for your opponent may make fun games. The Cicada is one of those mechs that I consider for artillery observation duty. Pokes it head up really fast at range. Looks at you funny. Waves its arms and the artillery wave drops. LRM’s have about the same effect. Ya, you could do the same job with a Locust. Baiting my opponent on several games to chase the rabbit. As it runs away as a decoy or runs between flanks to set fires for distractions.
The Crab “pots” is an interesting troll. It’s a lance of King Crab and two Crabs. Using something else light or fast to pull your opponent into their waiting guns. The Mongoose is normally used.
I have used Banshee’s as a trolling mech because of its design for survivability. As when a Banshee is played well by a good pilot. A 3/2 for instance. May be a melee or charge machine.
The Ostscout is one of my most effective as everyone would say its bad. Then get an Ace in the mech. I could consider the Charger as there is the CGR-1A5 version. With an AC-20 and two SRM-6’s. Just be sneaky with the record sheet until the game starts.
I have been trolled by a Goliath as when I kept trying to get close to it. The mech would back away into trees. I normally play my Scorpion mech that way. My opponent won that game and well played.
I would call the Marauder MAD-3L a troll mech. As they pulled the PPC off for the Cataphract production and selling to the FWL. It’s equal to a Maelstrom in performance and that is a high tech machine with claims of good enough.
The Lancelot and Ostsol may be trolly. Their light armor looks ineffective on paper. But hard difficult to kill machines. The Lancelot seems to draw lots of fire because of its low speed and light armor. Pull attention from a Grand Dragon, and two Panthers. The Ostsol does about the same.
The Striker is a strange mech and is less well known. It’s about the same as a Zeus in its weapons to fire at long range. A good gunner and pilot would be needed. There are many ways to manage your heat threshold with that mech. It’s an upgraded primitive like the Banshee.
Awesome AWS-8T / V / R are kind of trolly. When looking at them they look funny and out of place. Working them with an old Thunderbolt or Orion. The ON1-V is one of my favorite trolling mechs. Just remember to empty the ammo bins via shooting a little before using the lasers.
There are many options for trolling mechs. A troll mech to me lives under a rock.

Never underestimate a speedy assault with a small armament. Those big ol actuators can reign the pain on anything small and unfortunate enough. The Charger and Banshee are great for this.

Piranha. In both TT and MWO. All those MG

A lot of my troll mechs are one off, or just thrown in to have a unit on the map.

Many of them are actually rather useful, when used properly. Or in unexpected ways.

But my biggest was converting a Longbow into a Shortbow.... replaced all the lrms with srms. Had to add some heat sinks and tweaks but was able to alpha strike with no heat buildup, and then loaded it with a couple tons of inferno ammo just for giggles.

Charger is a hilarious troll. that it occasionally succeeds at doing something is just a bonus. decent armor, speed and hands means it can do objectives. otherwise the fun of pushing some poorly positioned mech down a few levels is a treat.

Assassin. No-one expects to get knocked over by a slightly up gunned Stinger.

Never gone wrong with a lance of locust 6m. It great distraction in objective games.

I like taking a warrior just because some people will give it more attention than they really should.