Let's look at what the Marauder is in terms of Khador's warjack stable.
It is Khador's cheapest supply of high quality boxes. Right?
There is the Berserker and Mad Dog who get 3.444 boxes per point spent. But they are def 11, arm 18. And I think I've heard the mostly unanimous oppinion that they are bad.
The Marauder has the Khador Premium stat package of def 10, arm 20, and gets 3.4 boxes per point.
The next up is the Juggernaut: 2.83 boxes of the same defensive quality as the Marauder.
There's the non-efficient Behemoth (1.44 boxes/point) and the Conquest (1.676 boxes/point)
The fun carraige at 2.24 boxes/point.
Let's look at the Marauder and the Juggernaut in terms of general damage output.
Against an Arm 18 Heavy the damage per point spent that different Khador options get on it WITHOUT SUPPORT:
Marauder (Uses power up focus to charge): 1.35 dmg/pnt
Juggernaut (Uses power up focus to charge): 1.292 dmg/pnt
Against an Arm 20 Heavy, the damage per point spent that different Khador options get on it WITHOUT SUPPORT:
Marauder (Uses power up focus to charge): 0.95 dmg/pnt
Juggernaut (Uses power up focus to charge): 0.958 dmg/pnt
Against an Arm 20 colossal, WITHOUT SUPPORT:
Marauder (Uses power up focus to charge):1.65 dmg/pnt
Juggernaut (Uses power up focus to charge): 0.958 dmg/pnt
Okay now, let's look at some jacks WITH SUPPORT (Each of them has 3 focus, uses the first one to charge)
Against an Arm 18 Heavy, WITH SUPPORT:
Marauder (Uses power up focus to charge): 2.35 dmg/pnt
Juggernaut (Uses power up focus to charge): 2.45 dmg/pnt
Against an Arm 20 Heavy, with support:
Marauder (Uses power up focus to charge, boosts damage rolls): 1.6 dmg/pnt
Juggernaut (Uses power up focus to charge): 1.96 dmg/pnt
Against an Arm 20 colossal, WITH SUPPORT:
Marauder (Uses power up focus to charge): 3.75 dmg/pnt
Juggernaut (Uses power up focus to charge): 1.96 dmg/pnt
Conclusion on these bits:
The Marauder is a great deal for its cost in regards to durability. I looked at Khador's options, and there isn't much that contests the Marauder's title as cheapest durable boxes. The Man-O-Wars don't come close in terms of boxes/points. They do have other things going for them like distributed boxes, so I will mention that. The Mad dog and Berserker technically have more boxes, but the subpar stats, less than normal cortex boxes do disqualify them in my mind.
The Marauder is a brawler. In terms of damage for points, it stays pretty close to the Juggernaut in damage terms unless they're fully loaded. And the damage that the Marauder deals to Huge bases surpasses the Juggernaut by a large margin. Against the half of this game with 18 armor or less, I don't think there's much of a noticeable difference in performance here.
As for the other traits of these Jacks:
Juggy has an open fist and crit. freeze.
Combo smite on the Marauder
I'll talk about those bits in another post. But I'd like to hear some oppinions on which abilities should rate higher.