Armored Core Strategy

Table of Contents
• Building your AC
• Versus Fighting
  • General Strategies
  • Sniping
  • Flying & Circling
  • Laying in Wait
  • Sword Play
  • Beating the "Plus"
• "Plus" Strategies
• Mission Strategies
• AC Configuration Suggestions

Building your AC
• The first thing you should do is just fight one or two missions to get some cash. Then just sell off your missile pack and rifle for a pulse rifle. Try to switch to energy weapons as soon as possible so that you eliminate the ammo expenses that could sometimes be more than your repair costs. After buying energy weapons, you should be looking to buy a better generator and the optional parts that double the generator charge, reduce reload time for energy weapons, and increase power of energy weapons. After you get good energy weapons, you should be thinking of what type of mech you want.

• Do you want a slow, heavy mech or a light, fast mech? It depends on your style of combat. If you're a flyer, you should go with a light or medium weight mech so that you'll be able to stay in the air longer. If you like staying on the ground any mech will do. But depending on your ground style you may need to use a slow, or fast mech. For those people who like to run and circle opponents, use a fast mech. Four legged mechs come to mind. For those, on the other hand, that like staying in one place and sniping, heavier mechs are suggested although you can use light mechs for sniping. Once you know your combat style making the right mech for you isn't that hard.

• After you decide what type of mech you want then it's time to prioritize. Which parts of the mech are most important to you? Of course, always keep in mind that there are weight limits and that your favorite combo may not always conform to those limits. Don't worry about buying parts just to try them out because the shop buys them back from you at the same price. Again, it's all about what you want in a mech. I recommend a small, fast, light mech for the easier missions and a medium, heavily armed mech for the harder missions. A heavy mech is also great for those missions with lots of enemies that come at you in all directions.

• Well, that's basically it with AC building. One last thing, there is a performance rating in the game that tells you how good your AC is. These are the ratings: Poor, Average, Above Average, Excellent, and Super Fine, with Poor being the worst to Super Fine being the best. The performance rating in the game is not always accurate. Some "Above Average" ACs can out perform some "Excellent" ACs. Don't take the rating too seriously but if your AC is rated average, it will most likely not perform as well as an "Excellent" or "Super Fine" AC. Of course, before using any new AC combination in an actual mission, you should always test it out first to see if you like it or not. Always take the performance rating and your personal preferences into account when building an AC. This way you can build an AC that fits your needs as well as being able to destroy any other AC.

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