your best bet for 1 v 1 at the moment is private sessions . I would most certainly do some of those before you ever even attempt any 1 v 1 tournys . Most people ' s builds play off of team play . Dueling mechs are setup quite different in terms of ammo , and maximizing firepower over battlefield longevity . Back in Mechwarrior 3 it was almost always duals because of bandwidth limitations and limitations of internet tech back in ' 99 . <| sep |> Hey shadowcruiser , bolaloon is indeed a comp that is used a lot amongst the people in the cwl to dip on a th 10 . You mostly look to take out multiple main defences just as the queen , inferno or 1 or more ad ' s in this kill squad . Since this strat has become more popular people have been using a lot of lavahound cc ' s to defend against this strategy . People have also put more focus on placing certain defences , the queen location or playing with wall compartments . Since then people have learned more strategies , to avoid the pain of a defending lava hound in combination with defences .