Quick disclaimer for the people that are watching this video 1 year later in order to get S ranks. I recently ran through the game again, and I can confirm most builds (about 99% of the shown ones) are good enough and consistent enough to S rank the stages. They're not as insanely op as they once were BUT they are still efficient. The biggest nerfs being the stun cannons and zimmermans, not being as insanely op as they once were. You could replace them if you want with for example a different shotgun, like the haldeman or swap out the stun cannons for a different back cannon like the 60LCS, but the zimm and the stun cannon are in no way bad options as its personal preference
Yeah had another comment saying that, if only I knew sooner LOL 😅kinda suprised that the flame throwers work as effective as they do, cause when I tried them out they didnt seem all that impressive
@@Chroma_tix Flamethrower does explosive damage and can't be blocked by shields, it also melts in PvP and regular PvE. If you wield two, you can kill a wheel before it finished it's 90° turn-into-flame attack. Morley's are absolutely devastating if you can hit it close range. But all explosives work against the wheelie-boys😎
It’s always interesting seeing how people go about getting their s-ranks. I made a heavy tetrapod that’s hard as shit to stagger and face tanks damage like nothing, with an earshot, two Hu-Bens (or two shotguns, depending on the mission), and a chainsaw. That chainsaw is just too cheesy for ac and boss fights. Has even higher direct damage potential than the pile bunker.
It truly is! And thats what I LOVED about AC6. I was my first ever AC game, and prolly one of my favorite fromsoft games of all time due to how amazing they designed the replayability and customisability! One of my biggest issues with how elden ring was designed was how heavily faith/ int based the game was, which in turn lead to some insanely ridiculous builds that would trivialize a lot of the game, including pvp (also because it was an open world but that wasnt as bad) but overall I loved my first ever experience and I really hope fromsoft starts releasing DLC or more content for both AC6 and armored core!
Same here, I just started playing ac6. And it's my first time. On new game+ now and I'm now wanting to go for s rank all missions and with all the nerfs to tetrapod legs and all the best in slot pieces and weapons I've yet to see builds for s ranking with the current patch.
I appreciate it! Wanted to make a sort of guide for those who want to 100% the game, since there arent really many guides to S ranking all of the harder missions in the game aside from individual missions. I do really hope you found the video helpful! 😄
Doing the investigate the BAWS arsenal mission was absolute HELL, you have do it without take a single bit of damage, either that or rarely take any damage. Reminds me when i was back in the sweat shops
There’s an extra stealth mech hidden after the first one, near the wrecked AC log, that almost nobody ever finds. This is all speculation, but I had such a hard time getting the s-rank without killing it. I managed it once, repair and ammo costs below 20k, sub-four minute mission time. Then I went back, killed the mech, ended up with 25k in repair costs, and took longer, still got the S rank. Tried again, purposefully did a little worse, still got the s-rank.
Linear Rifle LR-037 HARRIS is really nice for setting the lock out. I ran a light spec with that LR-037 HARRIS paired with a melee(I like Ashmead), my back attachments are SONGBIRDS and BML-G#/P05ACT-02 twin cell homing missile launcher. I would sometimes replace SONGBIRDS for the EARSHOT my spec needed some adjustments to carry the added weight. Good Luck Raven you're the only one that can do this!
Man the Attack The Watchpoint ALT Mission, was so annoying man. I tried the laser shoulder guns, and laser shotguns. Jesus, that helped me a lot. I thought that I needed to not get hit, but the easiest way is to go with this build and don't think too much on Sulla's fight just find those MDD MTs and also, bully a lot Balteus really stay near him with this build, those MDD MTs is so bad, such a p*ssy fight for me. That fight reminded me of that crybaby of G5 Iguazu. Really. Now I can continue with the plat. Thanks a lot.
You: collecting data, using multiple builds for s ranks Me: 2 FLAMETHROWERS! 2 STUN NEEDLES! FAST! As an additional note, flamethrowers do about 1 burst the grinder wheels from any angle, making "Escort the Strider" a bit of a joke to s rank
WOW REALLY???? I didnt know that! that is really good to know in the future 😅 I was personally really struggling to find a build to S rank that mission, but i couldve just ran double flame throwers for it!
That probably would’ve saved me a couple tries. I hovered around with a tetrapod and bombed them with songbirds, which is a one shot if both connect. If both connect.
My question is how do you S Illegal Entry? It feels like luck. At best I get an A. The biggest issue is when the chopper hangs out out-of-bounds. It can damage me fine, but I can barely scratch it.
Luck is definitely a part of it, but another VERY big part of it is the ammo economy I personally find. theres also a way to kind of manipulate how you want the chopper to move by moving to the opposite side of the arena, since it prefers to stay in an orbit around you. You mainly just need to make all your rockets and bullets hit, and try and force the chopper around that I found. Another way you can actually beat the chopper is by just running it down with the sword as aggressively as possible before it actually has a chance to move out. If you position yourself well enough and attack it enough, you should stagger it which should hopefully give you about 50% damage alone. It's mainly about trial and error, and getting to learn how you can bully the ai of the chopper tbh.
Me personally, almost for all of my harder S-ranks I used the build that I call Zeus. Double stun pistols and stun needles. Absolutely freaky. Also- Helianthus machines are easily killable using missile builds. And Balteus/Arquebus Balteus are weak to pulse guns and pulse sword.
My advice that I can give would be: use weapons that can 1 shot enemies like shotguns, melee weapons and try to land 100% of all bullets! Plan out a good pathing and strategy on where to go and postion yourself so that you can finish the mission as fast as possible and avoid using healing all together since the more you waste ammo/healing and repairs the lower the chance of an S rank. Other than that its up to the player to run the mission as fast and efficiently as possible without wasting shots. I wish you all the luck and hopefully this helps in atleast some way!
@@dannypistilli4864If you’re having trouble killing the LC’s quickly, the chainsaw works wonders. It’ll also one shot both ekdromoi if you land the charged combo while they’re staggered. Use a double trigger build, whatever you’re comfortable with (Hu-Bens, submachine guns, shotguns, whatever you like for quick and easy staggers), assault boost towards the LC’s while unloading. Then switch to your weapon-bay chainsaw and one shot them. Same with the ekdromoi. Oh and don’t worry about using healing items in “instruct mandatory inspection.” I was on a heavy tetrapod with tons of ap (so lots of potential repair cost) and played the triple boss fight really sloppy. I used all my healing and ended the fight with about half ap, repair costs were heavy but I did finish the mission rather quickly. Still got the s rank. Also don’t worry about using healing items in general. As a rule you want to avoid taking damage to minimize costs but some missions are very lenient and actually using the heals doesn’t change anything or lower your rank.
the mandatory inspection's beginning is a bit rough, you need something that fires far and doesn't bounce off easily even at long distances, the RANSETSU RF is a great tool that helps, but you need to figure out what works for you, but I recommend at least having RANSETSU RF so that the beginning is easier at least. The trio boss is tough, but focusing down one of the EKDROMOI is relatively easy, so you have to plan your build whether you will take out the EKDROMOI duo first then the CATAPHRACT, or do the CATAPHRACT then the EKDROMOI, or do one EKDROMOI then CATAPHRACT then one EKDROMOI, or if you'll see who you feel most comfortable with taking on. The EKDROMOI are less of a threat due to the fact that Kate Markson can draw their attention, but they can both be devastating. I suggest taking out one of them as fast as you can (pile bunker, chainsaw, laser slicer, whatever) so you can be able to focus with the CATAPHRACT. Kate can really help with defeating EKDROMOI. Assault Armor can stun CATAPHRACT or EKDROMOI so that you can deal a nasty melee or something else, or do a finish off if they're still in stun phase but are hanging on to a sliver of health. Pulse Armor helps when you really just need to focus fire without worry or cancel the stun that the CATAPHRACT or EKDROMOI do to you. Protection Fields help because you can make one while you focus on an early PILE BUNKER on an EKDROMOI or CATAPHRACT for instance, and have more health to spare and not worry about getting stunned. Really about planning I guess, but this mission was really tough for me.
i disagree with 70% of this but its mostly true. there are a lot of missions i s ranked with 1AP due to terminal armor. i ran an energy plasma sniper build with the turret mines. the A.I. does not like the turret mines. but thats whats great about the game. many builds can s-rank if you try hard, fast enough? (thats how the saying goes right?)
thats what i love so much about AC6! the fact that build variety is so insanely good and fun is such a nice thing cause the game doesnt really get stale! I personally made this video mostly to show of the strategies I used to S rank all of the missions, and to give people inspiration to maybe make other builds! (also I think that is infact how the saying goes 🤣)
Stop saying every build works for everything. You are forgoing a factor, player skill level, some people might not know how to use certain builds properly.
That is a good thing to point out. The reason why I did not mention anything about player skill level, is because that factor is very much a given, especially for S ranking anything in any game. obviously not everyone will know how to use reverse joints, or tetrapods, because those are 2 different skills from biped thus I felt like it wasnt really a point in mentioning player skill. The MAIN reason why I say that every build works for everything is that I (as someone whos first AC game is 6) have managed to S rank every mission with every sort of build. light weight, heavy weight, you name it! yes, player skill is involved here, but also knowledge of the mission, layout and enemies as well as weaknesses. I can admit that it took about 5 hours to even S rank the "investigate BAWS arsenal" so there is 1000% a lot of skill involved, but I feel like thats too obvious to mention in a guide about effective builds to help with S ranking and doesnt really need explaining at all.
The strat for that garbage alt mission "Escort the weaponized mining ship" doesn't work as well as it used to. Zimmers got nerfed because people cry on a dead pvp mode.
It's called the ashmead, its a pilebunker weapon that does insane amounts of damage if you get a charged hit on someone at the cost of very small reach. you have to get really close to someone with the weapon but if you can get a hit in then you do a lot of damage!
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@@Chroma_tix lol I’ve just finished ng++ with that exact strategy: get really close to deal damage with the double sword (can’t remember the name)- i can’t believe I never tried the pilebunker instead! 🤦🏻
@@Chroma_tixIt does hard-combo into numerous powerful weapons now though. You can land a charged LCS shot afterwards, or a majestic or javelin alpha round. It’s a great combo for lightweights if you’ve got two good stagger weapons and a laser slicer and follow-up weapon in your bays.
Sure thing! I'll share all the IDs for all the mechs used in this video for PC biped tank: 2HZRJ2WQSAKR Tank treads: GL9URBSGD6TG full energy shotgun build: EE9QJ4SSNMXM Lightweight dual zimm: 9GAMY17AB8DF a different tank build (same as energy shotgun but with miniguns and more acessible parts): RHKYQ6WW7MYV Enjoy!
Quick disclaimer for the people that are watching this video 1 year later in order to get S ranks. I recently ran through the game again, and I can confirm most builds (about 99% of the shown ones) are good enough and consistent enough to S rank the stages.
They're not as insanely op as they once were BUT they are still efficient. The biggest nerfs being the stun cannons and zimmermans, not being as insanely op as they once were. You could replace them if you want with for example a different shotgun, like the haldeman or swap out the stun cannons for a different back cannon like the 60LCS, but the zimm and the stun cannon are in no way bad options as its personal preference
Did "Escort the Weaponized Mining Ship" with 2x Flamethrower and 2x Morley in a speedy wheelchair. It literally trivialized this mission.
Yeah had another comment saying that, if only I knew sooner LOL 😅kinda suprised that the flame throwers work as effective as they do, cause when I tried them out they didnt seem all that impressive
@@Chroma_tix Flamethrower does explosive damage and can't be blocked by shields, it also melts in PvP and regular PvE. If you wield two, you can kill a wheel before it finished it's 90° turn-into-flame attack. Morley's are absolutely devastating if you can hit it close range. But all explosives work against the wheelie-boys😎
@@YISP7 Interesting, I should probably try out the flamethrowers in pvp if thats the case!
Soup is also really good.
@@ImReverseGiraffe Good yes. But at the time the missiles arrive, you've killed two with Morely already :D
It’s always interesting seeing how people go about getting their s-ranks. I made a heavy tetrapod that’s hard as shit to stagger and face tanks damage like nothing, with an earshot, two Hu-Bens (or two shotguns, depending on the mission), and a chainsaw.
That chainsaw is just too cheesy for ac and boss fights. Has even higher direct damage potential than the pile bunker.
It truly is! And thats what I LOVED about AC6. I was my first ever AC game, and prolly one of my favorite fromsoft games of all time due to how amazing they designed the replayability and customisability! One of my biggest issues with how elden ring was designed was how heavily faith/ int based the game was, which in turn lead to some insanely ridiculous builds that would trivialize a lot of the game, including pvp (also because it was an open world but that wasnt as bad) but overall I loved my first ever experience and I really hope fromsoft starts releasing DLC or more content for both AC6 and armored core!
S rank has become more difficult after stun needle nerf. Especially for NG+ missions.
I’ve yet to see S rank videos since. Would love to see it!
Same here, I just started playing ac6. And it's my first time.
On new game+ now and I'm now wanting to go for s rank all missions and with all the nerfs to tetrapod legs and all the best in slot pieces and weapons I've yet to see builds for s ranking with the current patch.
I’m impressed by the effort you put into this. Great work!
I appreciate it! Wanted to make a sort of guide for those who want to 100% the game, since there arent really many guides to S ranking all of the harder missions in the game aside from individual missions. I do really hope you found the video helpful! 😄
Doing the investigate the BAWS arsenal mission was absolute HELL, you have do it without take a single bit of damage, either that or rarely take any damage. Reminds me when i was back in the sweat shops
There’s an extra stealth mech hidden after the first one, near the wrecked AC log, that almost nobody ever finds. This is all speculation, but I had such a hard time getting the s-rank without killing it. I managed it once, repair and ammo costs below 20k, sub-four minute mission time. Then I went back, killed the mech, ended up with 25k in repair costs, and took longer, still got the S rank. Tried again, purposefully did a little worse, still got the s-rank.
Linear Rifle LR-037 HARRIS is really nice for setting the lock out. I ran a light spec with that LR-037 HARRIS paired with a melee(I like Ashmead), my back attachments are SONGBIRDS and BML-G#/P05ACT-02 twin cell homing missile launcher. I would sometimes replace SONGBIRDS for the EARSHOT my spec needed some adjustments to carry the added weight. Good Luck Raven you're the only one that can do this!
Man the Attack The Watchpoint ALT Mission, was so annoying man. I tried the laser shoulder guns, and laser shotguns. Jesus, that helped me a lot. I thought that I needed to not get hit, but the easiest way is to go with this build and don't think too much on Sulla's fight just find those MDD MTs and also, bully a lot Balteus really stay near him with this build, those MDD MTs is so bad, such a p*ssy fight for me. That fight reminded me of that crybaby of G5 Iguazu. Really. Now I can continue with the plat. Thanks a lot.
You: collecting data, using multiple builds for s ranks
Me: 2 FLAMETHROWERS! 2 STUN NEEDLES! FAST!
As an additional note, flamethrowers do about 1 burst the grinder wheels from any angle, making "Escort the Strider" a bit of a joke to s rank
WOW REALLY???? I didnt know that! that is really good to know in the future 😅 I was personally really struggling to find a build to S rank that mission, but i couldve just ran double flame throwers for it!
That probably would’ve saved me a couple tries. I hovered around with a tetrapod and bombed them with songbirds, which is a one shot if both connect. If both connect.
For snails enrage state what worked reliably was to disengage the lock on and dodge the beams same as you dodge the strider beams
2x Zimmermann/2x stun needle, for some missions tetrapod with 2xCarla missles/2xlast rocket launcher. Those two can get all S rank easily
Btw just a h ads up the wheels are EXTREMELY weak to the flamethrower
My question is how do you S Illegal Entry? It feels like luck. At best I get an A. The biggest issue is when the chopper hangs out out-of-bounds. It can damage me fine, but I can barely scratch it.
Luck is definitely a part of it, but another VERY big part of it is the ammo economy I personally find. theres also a way to kind of manipulate how you want the chopper to move by moving to the opposite side of the arena, since it prefers to stay in an orbit around you. You mainly just need to make all your rockets and bullets hit, and try and force the chopper around that I found.
Another way you can actually beat the chopper is by just running it down with the sword as aggressively as possible before it actually has a chance to move out. If you position yourself well enough and attack it enough, you should stagger it which should hopefully give you about 50% damage alone.
It's mainly about trial and error, and getting to learn how you can bully the ai of the chopper tbh.
@@Chroma_tix I'll try the melee method first, stay on top of it. If that doesn't work I'll just have to bait it. Thanks.
Me personally, almost for all of my harder S-ranks I used the build that I call Zeus. Double stun pistols and stun needles. Absolutely freaky.
Also- Helianthus machines are easily killable using missile builds. And Balteus/Arquebus Balteus are weak to pulse guns and pulse sword.
That build sounds hilarious I love it 🤣
Dude keeps saying its easy and Im over here banging my head on the table trying the same mission for the last day
Obstruct the mandatory inspection
...any tips? Im watching videos and almost doing the same thing. What am i missing?
My advice that I can give would be: use weapons that can 1 shot enemies like shotguns, melee weapons and try to land 100% of all bullets! Plan out a good pathing and strategy on where to go and postion yourself so that you can finish the mission as fast as possible and avoid using healing all together since the more you waste ammo/healing and repairs the lower the chance of an S rank. Other than that its up to the player to run the mission as fast and efficiently as possible without wasting shots. I wish you all the luck and hopefully this helps in atleast some way!
@@dannypistilli4864If you’re having trouble killing the LC’s quickly, the chainsaw works wonders. It’ll also one shot both ekdromoi if you land the charged combo while they’re staggered. Use a double trigger build, whatever you’re comfortable with (Hu-Bens, submachine guns, shotguns, whatever you like for quick and easy staggers), assault boost towards the LC’s while unloading. Then switch to your weapon-bay chainsaw and one shot them. Same with the ekdromoi.
Oh and don’t worry about using healing items in “instruct mandatory inspection.” I was on a heavy tetrapod with tons of ap (so lots of potential repair cost) and played the triple boss fight really sloppy. I used all my healing and ended the fight with about half ap, repair costs were heavy but I did finish the mission rather quickly. Still got the s rank.
Also don’t worry about using healing items in general. As a rule you want to avoid taking damage to minimize costs but some missions are very lenient and actually using the heals doesn’t change anything or lower your rank.
the mandatory inspection's beginning is a bit rough, you need something that fires far and doesn't bounce off easily even at long distances, the RANSETSU RF is a great tool that helps, but you need to figure out what works for you, but I recommend at least having RANSETSU RF so that the beginning is easier at least. The trio boss is tough, but focusing down one of the EKDROMOI is relatively easy, so you have to plan your build whether you will take out the EKDROMOI duo first then the CATAPHRACT, or do the CATAPHRACT then the EKDROMOI, or do one EKDROMOI then CATAPHRACT then one EKDROMOI, or if you'll see who you feel most comfortable with taking on.
The EKDROMOI are less of a threat due to the fact that Kate Markson can draw their attention, but they can both be devastating. I suggest taking out one of them as fast as you can (pile bunker, chainsaw, laser slicer, whatever) so you can be able to focus with the CATAPHRACT. Kate can really help with defeating EKDROMOI.
Assault Armor can stun CATAPHRACT or EKDROMOI so that you can deal a nasty melee or something else, or do a finish off if they're still in stun phase but are hanging on to a sliver of health.
Pulse Armor helps when you really just need to focus fire without worry or cancel the stun that the CATAPHRACT or EKDROMOI do to you.
Protection Fields help because you can make one while you focus on an early PILE BUNKER on an EKDROMOI or CATAPHRACT for instance, and have more health to spare and not worry about getting stunned.
Really about planning I guess, but this mission was really tough for me.
So proud of you boy, your will is second to mine only. lol, but naa doe keep it up friend.
Let’s git to work Raven
i disagree with 70% of this but its mostly true. there are a lot of missions i s ranked with 1AP due to terminal armor. i ran an energy plasma sniper build with the turret mines. the A.I. does not like the turret mines. but thats whats great about the game. many builds can s-rank if you try hard, fast enough? (thats how the saying goes right?)
thats what i love so much about AC6! the fact that build variety is so insanely good and fun is such a nice thing cause the game doesnt really get stale! I personally made this video mostly to show of the strategies I used to S rank all of the missions, and to give people inspiration to maybe make other builds! (also I think that is infact how the saying goes 🤣)
Stop saying every build works for everything. You are forgoing a factor, player skill level, some people might not know how to use certain builds properly.
That is a good thing to point out. The reason why I did not mention anything about player skill level, is because that factor is very much a given, especially for S ranking anything in any game. obviously not everyone will know how to use reverse joints, or tetrapods, because those are 2 different skills from biped thus I felt like it wasnt really a point in mentioning player skill.
The MAIN reason why I say that every build works for everything is that I (as someone whos first AC game is 6) have managed to S rank every mission with every sort of build. light weight, heavy weight, you name it! yes, player skill is involved here, but also knowledge of the mission, layout and enemies as well as weaknesses. I can admit that it took about 5 hours to even S rank the "investigate BAWS arsenal" so there is 1000% a lot of skill involved, but I feel like thats too obvious to mention in a guide about effective builds to help with S ranking and doesnt really need explaining at all.
The strat for that garbage alt mission "Escort the weaponized mining ship" doesn't work as well as it used to. Zimmers got nerfed because people cry on a dead pvp mode.
Yeah now the best strat is 2x flamethrowers instead which work just as well if not better!
@@Chroma_tix Yeah it still took me a couple tries because I don't use the wheel legs. But that ended up getting it for me.
Ehhh what the actual f**ck is the weapon u use to kill Walter on a single strike????
It's called the ashmead, its a pilebunker weapon that does insane amounts of damage if you get a charged hit on someone at the cost of very small reach. you have to get really close to someone with the weapon but if you can get a hit in then you do a lot of damage!
@@Chroma_tix lol I’ve just finished ng++ with that exact strategy: get really close to deal damage with the double sword (can’t remember the name)- i can’t believe I never tried the pilebunker instead! 🤦🏻
@ I love the laser slicer! its a really good weapon as well, but in terms of damage its nowhere close to the pilebunker 🤣
@@Chroma_tixIt does hard-combo into numerous powerful weapons now though. You can land a charged LCS shot afterwards, or a majestic or javelin alpha round. It’s a great combo for lightweights if you’ve got two good stagger weapons and a laser slicer and follow-up weapon in your bays.
Share ID please
Sure thing! I'll share all the IDs for all the mechs used in this video for PC
biped tank: 2HZRJ2WQSAKR
Tank treads: GL9URBSGD6TG
full energy shotgun build: EE9QJ4SSNMXM
Lightweight dual zimm: 9GAMY17AB8DF
a different tank build (same as energy shotgun but with miniguns and more acessible parts): RHKYQ6WW7MYV
Enjoy!
Key to S rank = GetGood.