Gladiator or Apollo for a lower lvl 30 mech?

Both are fairly similar, or do I just wait till lvl 33 and buy a shielded torso? ^_^ (How much is the shielded torso?)

ever since i gotten the gladiator ive been pretty much unstoppable at lvl 28

Mech Set:
Level:22
Torso:Lucifer
Legs:Tank
Specials:Jim Beam, ES1, Teleport 1-3, Charge 3, and Harpoon mark 2
Modules:Armor Plating 7, Energy Module 7, and Multi Resistance Module IV

Top Weapon 1:Blue Blaster(For when Your enemy is not far enough )
Top Weapon 2:Hard Hitter/Blaster(When you don't need to Drain Energy)
Side Weapon 1:Le Tre Gun(Main 2-3 Range Gun)
Side Weapon 2 and 3:Snow White(Main Damaging gun, what makes this mech usable)

Strengths:Energy Drainer, Mid Range Battles.
Weaknesses:Energy Reliant, not hard to Outrange.

How-to-use:Fire.That's it.

Here is my set up at the moment. This build has worked out very well for me even though it does have weak areas. I don't use a cooling kit because most of the heat weapons are a little weak around this area and don't cause me to much of an issues.

Just remember to shutdown before they force your mech to shutdown, and you should be fine in a battle against a heat mech.