Battle Mechs

Batle Mechs is a fan-made archetype made by Mechyfox. This Archetype uses two sub-archetypes together, one supporting the other during a duel. One of its sub-archetypes is the "Battle Mech Rider" warrior-type monsters, which is made up of a small team of mechanics with effects capable of searching the deck for equip spell cards with "Battle Mech" in their card name, and with those equip spell cards, special summon their own, machine-type Battle Mech suits.

Strategy and Strengths
The "Battle Mechs" share similarities in summoning conditions to the Synchro monsters and Ritual monsters, requiring the correct "Battle Mech Rider" present on the field equipped with the correct equip spell cards with "Battle Mech" in their card name to special summon the battle mech suit belonging to that mechanic. This is easy to do with the many support cards they will have and with the already existing cards capable of searching out warrior-type monsters and equip spell cards from the deck. The "Battle Mech Riders" are weak on their own, but the effects and strength of their battle mech suits makes up to this, and even if the battle mech suit is removed from the field in any way, if the "Battle Mech Rider" used to special summon it exists in the graveyard at the time, that "Battle Mech Rider" can be special summoned back on the field, called "ejecting", and can be re-used to search out for more equip spell cards with "Battle Mech" in their card name and special summon their ace monsters on the field again. Once the "Battle Mechs" are on the field, they can recycle the equip spell cards with "Battle Mech" in their card name from the graveyard as a cost to activate their special effects, in strength can be matched to those of synchro monsters. Their lack of synchro support however can be overcame with cards such as "Discord" and "De-synchro", limiting the opponent greatly, while the Battle Mechs get rid of the rest of your opponent's cards on the field.

Weaknesses
Although they're strong on their own, decks focusing on locking down the use of the graveyards can cripple this archetype and their effects, making it impossible to use the Battle Mechs' effects or to special summon back the mechanics once the Battle Mechs are destroyed. Also quick-play spell cards like "Mystical Space Typhoon" can be used to destroy the equip spell card just equipped to one of the "Battle Mech Riders". Also, decks made especially to lock down special summoning the Battle Mechs can be a headache.

By Mechyfox