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The new medium Raider class mechLast week we showed you what the newest mech to join Hawken looks like. Well now our exclusive look continues as we have a full breakdown of everything the mech has to offer players in the free-to-play first-person shooter for PC. The new mech is called Raider, and is a medium class suit with increased movement speed that can fire its weapons off while boosting for a short duration. Take a look below to see some of its weaponry, it's upgrade paths, and some super cute animated gifs of the taunts you can place in the map.
Here's some lore behind the new mech:
And here's a bunch of stats on the Raider's weaponry:
The Raider also features an assortment of customizations, taunts, and more: NEW Holo Taunts: Use "H" to toss a holo-puck that projects the Holo Taunt of your choice during a match.
![]() ![]() Our first Holo Taunts include:
NEW Thruster: JT-H0TSH0T NEW Repair Drone: RD-QU4TERNION NEW Chassis: Muller (Class B) Hawken is free-to-play right now, just head on over to the official site to download your copy for free!
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