Anti-Missile Build DESTROYS Missile Rats | Armored Core 6

Armored Core 6 recently added ranked pvp matchmaking. Fun and stressful at times, there are clearly some builds that are better than others. This build counters one of the most frustrating setups in higher ranks. It's also just fun to use.
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[@dsaBOSS]

Assembly for my PC/XBOX Ravens. Enjoy the thrill of destroying missile rats? Be sure to like, comment, and subscribe! R Arm: HU-BEN L Arm: HU-BEN R Shoulder: SHAO-WEI L Shoulder: SHAO-WEI Head: VERRILL Core: VE-40A Arms: TIAN-QIANG Legs: VE-42A Booster: BUERZEL FCS: TALBOT Generator: NGI-000 Expansion: Pulse Armor

[@ShankMugen]

Will give this build a try the next time I play

[@TheGlitterMan]

I built and upload the AC. Code: A6RHJDGNPVNL

[@piklepower]

I’ll try it out don’t do much pvp anymore tho it’s very dead on Xbox sadly 😢

[@jasongouffray4202]

@@piklepowerthe single ranked is good, but team ranked sometimes takes a bit. Not sure on private matches. Ever since ranked hit, I don’t do anything but.

[@piklepower]

@@jasongouffray4202 yeah it takes way too long to get even solo match but I got a little group of friends and we meet up. It’s kind of boring though.

[@mfd8346]

Ratcatchers are generally dogs. The meta commentary being that you have gone full circle and become one of Walter's hounds

[@engineer84-w8x]

bork

[@TheRoyalSkies]

I love this! The only problem is as soon as you use this design, the matchmaking will hide all the rats from you, and you'll fight nothing but laser tanks lololol

[@dsaBOSS]

You're not wrong. During my first S rank promotion phase, I was running this and only faced S rank laser tanks...

[@THEGREATMOLINA]

I honestly think that this is for the best i fucking hate heavy builds not only di they look mentally ill but they are just a living stat check. I could spend almost the whole time of the round shooting at a heavy build with my harris just to get shot twice and lose instantly. Its the equivalent of playing dark souls or elden as a player fighting bosses with human intelligence and adaptability.​@dsaBOSS

[@FoolishPoppycock]

@@THEGREATMOLINA it's even worse than playing those games because you can't actually dodge lasers. all you can do is quickboost spam and hope because lasers are too accurate and too fast for you to even see them due to the natural latency in online games

[@THEGREATMOLINA]

@@FoolishPoppycock I know there are lasers that I clearly dodge but still hit by

[@edwardayala4314]

@@THEGREATMOLINA I agree, but I think this may come down to a connection situation. There have been times that on my screen, I obviously dodged. Though I still suffered the glancing damage or caught into the hitbox of the laser lance. Though this is a fickle sort of thing and it comes and goes.

[@doctorbright1065]

"I am Heavy Weapons Guy, and THIS, is my weapon."

[@orphanprism2286]

I'm surprised how little of this I'm seeing

[@geraldhuff7413]

“I am heavy weapons mech and THESES are my weapons.”

[@KH_1]

I found the old dual Zimmer meta build are already considered as "fair" when compare to these missile rats, at least they need to get close to you and you have chance to fight back, these rats just fly to the heighest place and spamming missile, it's no fun at all, just some guys bloodly want to win. Many thanks for punish them back!

[@Flob13]

The new aim meta is heavy bp with burzel and they just run you down with assault boost. It’s broken but you can exploit their single mindedness with a few railgun shots.

[@deadlyapple8333]

Split missiles are good against flying enemies

[@runefire8127]

I would much rather lose to a shotgun build who actually tries to fight me than a missile rat who spends the entire match backing up at the top of the map.

[@ni9274]

getting close is just a matter of hardlocking and assault boost, then you can close your eye and win

[@swvmpthing6173]

Right. Missile rats are mostly a problem for heavy builds that put all their eggs in a close/mid-range basket. Vertical kiting generally makes these keep-away MORE vulnerable to missiles because they can’t quickboost as effectively as grounded ACs and can’t recharge EN as quickly, although that is less of an issue with coral gens. Point is, I’ve been able to beat missile rats with just one or two missile launchers on a well-rounded build to their three or four missile launchers, just with better dodging. The builds that actually suck are most heavies, things like zook/laser tanks.

[@harozuken]

A part of me wishes there were more rapid fire sholder weapons. Immagine a WW2 style Flack gun. Think about it a machine gun that fires at a decent rate and explodes after reaching a specific distance (or when it gets close to the target/surface) it would be such an effective weapon in PVP of course you would want to balance it by keeping the fire rate low, something like 75-100 RPM? and you would want to keep the damage/AOE low like a plasma field low.

[@dsaBOSS]

I would love to see more rapid-fire weapons in this game, along with some long-ranged options. I miss the sniper cannons from AC4/FA.

[@toryunaminosaki1022]

​@@dsaBOSSshould try the ac5/vd sniper cannons, slap people the other side of the map with them xD

[@MemeLordCthulhu]

​@@dsaBOSSin last raven they had shoulder linear guns that were on par with the karasawa

[@dsaBOSS]

​@@MemeLordCthulhuI remember those. Good times, I wish they'd bring back the battle damage mechanic from LR.

[@MemeLordCthulhu]

@@dsaBOSS I don't, shit would make the filter bosses even harder in early game 💀

[@fokjohnpainkiller]

Ah yes, fighting cancer with greater cancer

[@STIR-FRIED-SUBWAY-RAT]

Its necessary until fromsoft addresses it.

[@dsaBOSS]

I wouldn't say that. This build requires going after your opponent instead of running away from them.

[@lexycore1570]

Bruh 4 gats is not even cancer at all xD it's just annoying , wait until you meet tankbula with aurora aka mr.hitbox abuser.

[@justincoloma3721]

I disagree, gatlings are basically peashooters outside of a specific range

[@Agge1]

​@@dsaBOSSstill galling rat

[@snaffu1]

A pretty surprisingly versatile build. Only real weakness I noticed in your matches was an opponent that could consistently stay right vertically above you for extended periods, making it difficult to dash to them-- a limitation of the AC controls itself, not the build. The moment they try to get in close or start creating distance, they open themselves up to pursuit and pain.

[@pinip_f_werty1382]

If you circle at the end of AB it usually eliminates the problem of opponents just going above you

[@jasongouffray4202]

My opinion, the advantage to this build is the long boost ability with the extra generator capacity. I don’t think the four Gatling guns are particularly OP, but the boosting and generator capacity allows them to seem that way. Couple that with extra AP so you can take the hits and it makes for an easy way to catch a rat.

[@Sam_Falcon42]

This whole videos is entertaining af, thank you for this. Made my day after having a rough 1v1 Ranked sesh

[@dsaBOSS]

Thanks! I'm glad you enjoyed the video.

[@are3287]

Missile rats wouldve never been a problem if the ricochet system didnt completely kill the range of kinetic weapons That said the quad gat is a sick build

[@T1Oracle]

I asked on Discord how to deal with quad gats and the reply I got was "hit the kill button" and "quad gats suck." I hate the internet so much 😑 I ended up laser tanking them...

[@bubby1043]

@@T1Oracle If your a light build what I’d do is dodge the gats until they need to reload them then that’s your time to bully them

[@bubby1043]

Made it very easy to beat them with my melee only build

[@Wraithintheshade]

One weapon I have found that is surprisingly effective against these missile rats is the BML-G1/P29CNT no need for lock on just have to wait for it to reload and it can sneak up on them if they don't pat attention. Dual mounted and fired at different angles can stun the lighter builds easily or force them to quick boost a lot to make them hit the ground sooner.

[@amnotgenjimain6027]

The fact you dubbed that one guy you fought the "Fat Rat" sent me

[@krigsy7610]

So in a nutshell: Quad machine gun on a heavy build. Just add a strong desire to essentially turn the target rat into oatmeal. …Yeah I can get behind this strategy. 😂👍

[@vincentyong3272]

Or turn the rat into their own favorite food... swiss cheese.

[@krigsy7610]

Update: I’ve embraced my role as chaotic good in ranked PVP and made it my sworn mission to destroy high flying rats. 😈 # Of rats killed: 5 and counting

[@utewbd]

I love the simplicity of it. You wanna spam missiles and hold S? I'm gonna spam bullets and hold W. CHECK AND MATE.

[@lemoncurry351]

PITA, the Rat Catcher is here

[@nicolasvillasecaali7662]

The rat catcher, also known as our lord and savior: the Cat AC

[@BigMobe]

"Missile Rats" are a symptom of how poor guns bridge the 300-600m gap between melee and missile attacks. From inverted accuracy and projectile speed with attack power and added a stagger mechanic that makes things worse by completely disabling player mechs instead of reducing movement and FCS functionality. That means most people either have to build to inflict as much stagger as possible or avoid it as much stagger as possible. Lastly, for some reason, ranked matchmaking and random custom settings tend to put 1v1 in the larger maps and 3v3 in the smaller maps.

[@frostymourne867]

Bro I love your video and humor. Definite subscribe!

[@fritz7011]

The commentary drips with contempt. Love it.

[@bruoche]

Man that feel so good to watch you wouldn't even know Part of me really don't wanna play these kind of build because they tend to feel a little cheat-y against non missile rat builds, but man I wish I could do that for just these rats

[@pinip_f_werty1382]

Quad minis aren't too strong against none rats. Rats just don't have the EN for consistent dodging because they don't touch the ground often.

[@cireoath336]

I like to imagine in Armored Core, a AC build is advertised to pilots to help with their problems and the price is extremely expensive with a must to have a good skill as a pilot to handle it.

[@jimcopeland4011]

Really wish they would add sniper rifles to this game for missile boats too

[@thegreatazal5021]

More like the Rat Gatter.

[@dsaBOSS]

I like it.

[@ernesielta]

Rattling

[@larrymunn5279]

@@ernesielta Quad rattling guns. Dual meanings, 24 barrels. No bubble gum.

[@Ox9707]

That AC design is SICK! The look is incredible to me

[@Biltzeebub]

Megatron goes BRRRRRRRRRRRT!

[@spacewizardpip1111]

I’m gonna try this on both heavy tank legs. The VE-42B has really good assault boosts wonder how and the normal tank legs are pretty good too

[@thetuerk]

I love it when metas evolve like a natural ecosystem!

[@walp8408]

this is like introducing tigers to get rid of hyenas

[@inixi8ocelot]

No Dual LCB, Dual LRA? The BVO? and the Redshift Nebula / LRA swapping build? A to S ranks are dominated by these builds.

[@Disciple-]

I like this, i run p much the exact same on a light weight the only issues I was having was not being able to face tank like that, and reloading times. Def making the switch to this, thanks.

[@EvanGameCore]

Oooooh the sweet revenge. 💪 I hate those rats. Great strategy. 👍

[@unknownentity2352]

this editing is aweesome thx for the content

[@zaktheghost3289]

PITA... Pain in the ass had me dying laughing 🤣💀

[@TheSillyDragonfly]

I miss the days where you could just build for fun, and play for fun 😵‍💫😔

[@nonothinGG6]

i know im 3 months late but please keep making these, loved watching!

[@emel6423]

I think you can get better performance out of the NGI gen by swapping the VE40 core for MAIN DISH. The bananas supply adjustment means you'll be waiting way less for your EN to refill after redline, and the bananas high stability aint half bad either. The low EN output adjustment doesn't matter with a coral gen

[@tecksnek6201]

The greatest infomercial ever

[@bacoloidlizar7417]

holy crap, didnt expect anyone else to be using the ninebreaker emblem🤯 I use it too but I made my own cuz I couldnt really find any on ps, its been a while now so ig its out there now

[@wolfaja755]

It would be nice if the ac’s wouldn’t just disappear after they get destroyed. If they added an update where the ac’s would collapse or impact the ground and lay there with predetermined effects. Effects like an arm falling off or maybe if the ac is in the air it has an error where the rockets on a side stay on and it impacts the ground leaving a crater or it slides to a stop and you see the life fade from it. There are many different ways to just make it seem like the ac doesn’t just evaporate.

[@reliantbelial2341]

They don't disapear in solo mode for some reason, in terms of performance saves, this doesnt make any sence

[@diredier]

"You rat-catcher. They have made worms' meat of me. What devil art thou that dost torment me thus."

[@azurespectrum1985]

Missile rats, all the way up to the S rank. God Bless and Happy New Year!

[@RangerAce1290]

This build is pretty fair I’d say. It’s built for assault boost to hunt down missle rats, but struggles in a quick boost dodge fight. Keep fighting the good fight man, missle rats are cancer.

[@oP34CHx]

Missile rats are only cancer when you don't know what you are doing. We all got past balteus didn't we?

[@toryunaminosaki1022]

I've got a light melee build with the jamming bomb launcher back up just in case...it devastates missile boats xD

[@dsaBOSS]

Sounds fun. I ran into a melee build running the jammer and it was a tense battle.

[@edwardayala4314]

Did they buff the jammer? Cause last I played it, waaay early before any updates. I felt like it was utter trash and didn't do anything in PvP except Campaign. I gave up thinking it was truly a Campaign specific function

[@JC-eo2qe]

@@edwardayala4314It did receive a buff a while back, if I remember correctly the patch lowered the charge time when you plan on using the jammer on yourself as cover. I use a double flamethrower build on the Lammergeier legs and core with a jammer on my bay, and it’s easily one of the most rage quit inciting builds I’ve created yet lol.

[@toryunaminosaki1022]

Yeh, it sorta works like the dome shield, but for FCS instead of stopping projectiles Someone inside can't target someone outside and vice-versa

[@brettgattinger3338]

your doing God's work *salute*

[@clubbizarre]

Imagine a humongous quadruple gatling monster howl after you 😅😂 while your meta is to stay as far away as possible and launch missile barrages 😂 Well done like a boss

[@Mace51908]

Me and my dad ended up making a rat cater unintentionally and called him Bulletstorm, instead of being ultra heavy weight he uses reverse joint legs (manly because I love the drop kicks and a normal biped legs wouldn’t give me the instant altitude adjustment the reverse joints give)

[@dsaBOSS]

That's great, sounds like a bird of prey with those RJ legs.

[@Mace51908]

He is fun to use but oddly enough isn’t all to great at catching rats, I mean yes you can catch them with this build by drop kicking them to stun them for a bit but other then that he always gets out ran by rats

[@juancolon123]

Congrats on S rank. I play more ranked than custom these days but just a couple of matches. I rage like no other 😆

[@kevinlavoie8248]

Where did you find the ninebreaker emblem you have? I've looked before and never found it

[@dsaBOSS]

I made it myself.

[@kevinlavoie8248]

@@dsaBOSS Oh nice awesome, no way to port this to PC right? Id pay someone to make me this emblem lol

[@ocea1911]

8:35 that must've been some of that wonderful hit reg magic these servers play sometimes

[@Chrisp0394]

Damn do people actually use the aurora? I think the dangerous missile rats are the ones with soup / aperitif or something along those lines. Also, I really like the term missile rat, well done! I gove credit to you but I'm definitely using that lol

[@h3ll0w0rld7]

this was one of the first build i used in my first pvp. it was definitely fun the guy tries to dodge and weave, while i just rattle the guy with bullets.

[@BigPanda096]

My only prpblem with missile rats is that kinetic weapons just bounce off so they are essentially useless for long ramge even though some of them say they can be effective at the ranges I've never not had them recochet.

[@sargeyoukai6860]

This have enough DAKKA to make an ork fall in love with you.

[@InvaderDoom05]

Didn't they nerf the buerzel booster?

[@SkoomaGodDovahkiin666]

As a missile/stun needle junkie, Finally, a worthy opponent! Our battle will be LEGENDARY!

[@JC-eo2qe]

I’m still not a fan of the shoulder gats and think they need a slight buff before I’ll use em, but I gottta admit a full dakka build looks fun.

[@pinip_f_werty1382]

You just have to do 2 second bursts with it, it's pretty fun. You can also alternate between the 2 to fire indefinitely. That laced on top of your main weapons give you better performance than huxleys if you can micromanage them.

[@wotwott2319]

​@@pinip_f_werty1382it's actually more efficient to just keep firing them non stop because their overheat period cools down rapidly. On average, it does triple the damage of a single huxley volley, with it's main downside being that it's very demanding of recoil control.

[@gabfloro3609]

If only you can shoot out missiles out of the sky like in ACfA.

[@davidmh2171995]

I know, bring back the shoulder extension parts that had that function. Or the shields. Or the ones that give you more missiles.

[@slinderb.4592]

*WHERE YOU GO I GO. WAHT YOU SEE I SEE.*

[@icecreambone]

i almost feel sorry for that dual zimmer, they got the shortened acs overload bug twice lol

[@tobyd_uchiha3942]

Bro I just caught my first missile with this build, thanks bro feels good 😂😂

[@Stephetheon]

literally saw those exact core parts on a missile rat using zimmermans (edit: are those just the meta heavyweight parts?)

[@captaincarnage7521]

(Wipes tear from eye) it's beautiful.

[@minidee2194]

I just AB at them while unloading all of my weapons, and then run away or hide when I'm out of EN, and then repeat. Helps that I don't use anything that has to make my AC take a stance to use too.

[@stinkmonger]

I urge everyone to try this but with half lammergeier half nacht, you will be a fucking inescapable hailstorm

[@MaximilianBrandt]

This looks like the ultimate heavy weapons guy mech. Just W+m1 (and other 3 keys for other 3 weapons)

[@dumitrusirbu9817]

Nice content buddy i was always in dissatvantage with those

[@boredmagala5701]

Before I stopped playing ac6 my main ax was a light weight rj that had 3 missle weapons and a butt-a blade. I didn’t consider it a missle boat because it is meant to play in mid-close range but I guess it is a boat huh.

[@Flob13]

Light weight is different fro a boat, it’s more of a rat. However that’s only if you play it like a rat.

[@shmitty4117]

Always a fan of bullet storm builds. 🤘😎

[@t3chnoshark191]

Haven't even tried pvp yet and this pleases me

[@bombomos]

Rats are easy, just dodge the missiles. What i need is a kite catcher. Also the main issue with this game and why there are even is a rat and kite meta is there is no Overboost or snipers. Overboost in the previous games was used as a why to catch all rats and kites

[@sireastwood]

Overboost essentially is assualt boost…

[@pintobean6702]

​@@sireastwoodThey serve the same purpose but overboosting was way more effective in closing distance, assault boost is usually pretty ass at catching a rat if you don't have a heavy build like the one in the video

[@oP34CHx]

Most people just like to complain about half the weapons in the game and strategies they don't like or can't beat. At the end of the day its a skill issue whether they accept it or not.

[@TechPriest.]

Ah yes my favorite play style for any game ever. Gun

[@sebastianrodriguez8992]

The rat catcher? More like my default build since i got this game 😂

[@reapernekrs4871]

quat gat heavy build with aorta fucking disquasting

[@davidvenegas220]

He's using NGI, not Aorta.

[@jeddvillaspin3379]

They could nerf the rat missile build if the missiles will have a reduced homing and damage once the ac reaches a certain altitude in pvp.

[@dsaBOSS]

That would be an interesting way to balance them. I was thinking of there being some delay between missile attacks, so they can't constantly spam them.

[@fenborggaming]

Nice dude! Is that the booster that caters to Assault boost?

[@andrewheeler731]

I miss optical chaff and missile defence systems

[@davidboddie9130]

5:43 how in the world did you get out of stagger so fast? That was some lightweight type recovery

[@davidvenegas220]

So that's a timer produced by the first stagger. If you notice, he popped his PA for the first stagger, then got immediately staggered again from the opposing players AA. That second stagger is running off the timer of the first one since it was relatively in the same time window as the first, ending shortly after the second stagger. Small bug? Or intentional? I don't know. It's possibly why most people play heavies, so they can abuse that mechanic when it comes up. Speculation mind you. I generally play LW.

[@Meman29384]

This guy took what MLK said (hate cannot fight hate, only love can do that) and directly disobeyed orders with one the most hated builds

[@c3n5i]

rat catcher... u mean a ... CAT?

[@yurei8368]

Lightweight builds: completely denied any fair chance in a mid or close range engagement due to having half the defense/stability of the meta Ultraheavyweights, but with no real benefit of agility or evasiveness due to target assist's perfect tracking. Lightweight builds: resort to the last possible option remaining other than giving up on being light, swift, agile, and fun to play in order to become a meta Ultraheavyweight: utilizing their speed to play long-distance keepaway games and attempt to win through slow attrition because NO OTHER GAME PLAN on a lightweight build has an even remotely feasible chance against a meta Ultraheavyweight. Everybody in the meta Ultraheavyweights built to abuse the borked ACS mechanic in the game and one-tap anything with less than 1300 all def, 15k AP, and 2k stability: "THAT'S BULLSHIT! HOW DARE YOU AVOID MY ARMAMENT THAT WEIGHS MORE THAN YOUR ENTIRE AC SO I CAN'T INSTANTLY ONE-TAP YOU FOR FREE AND FARM YOU FOR EXPERIENCE! YOU DUMB RATS, FIGHT FAIR! AND BY FAIR I MEAN STAND STILL IN THE MIDDLE SO I CAN FARM YOU FOR MATCH POINTS!"

[@DatAsianGuy]

rats wouldn't be an issue, if there would actually be any viable long-range options in this game. (VERY LONG RANT INCOMING ABOUT ARMORED CORE 6 BALANCING! YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED) so many of the weapons that are "long-range" are unusable at those ranges.many bazookas and plasma weapons have such slow moving projectiles that hitting anything beyond 260 meters is just wasting ammo. (edit: not that I want bazookas or plasma weapons to be reliable on huge distances, they have some of the biggest burst damage out there, if they could reliably hit anything beyond low-Mid range, then they would be cancer, but my point still stands. many of them show an effective range of well beyond 400 meters, despite not being any use at those ranges) You have to be at least 450 meters to lock on to an enemy, but your weapons will only lock on when you are at 390 meters.. except if you are a missile rat, because as long as you are within 450 meters you can lock on and shoot your rockets, the only thing that matters is that your rockets can travel the distance to hit them. The Harris can actually hit ACs up to like 415 meters, depending on their stats, but anything that isn't a guided missile system is not capable of properly locking on a target and actually track it. besides that assault boost is also a huge issue that makes the game fundamentally unbalanced and shifts the entire game towards melee to close range fights, even if the enemy doesn't want to. the only "viable" meta long range build that exists is the missile rat, because no other weapon type that actually can do almost full damage at 300+ meters is basically impossible to hit. As someone who has played all the way up to A-rank and played with only what could be considered an off-meta lightweight, mid-range AC it has become extremely obvious how the majority of ACs you will encounter are designed for short range combat, maybe they dip into mid-range a little bit, but be it lightweight, midweight, heavyweight. Majority of them rely on close-range to make their AC work, that's why assault boost is such an issue. (edit: let me correct myself. assault boost isn't "such an issue", it basically is the core of the issue) While at first it might seem like that every player has the same base abilities: quick boost, quick turning, assault boost, etc. in practice that's not the case. Assault boost is designed for one thing. It's hard to guess, I know. (hint: it's in the name) To assault, to be aggressive, to close the distance. This is further reinforced by the fact that assault boosting locks your camera in front of you, taking away your ability to look around without changing your course. This means melee/close range builds like a BVO build has always a one-button cheat to simply get closer, add on top that you can still dodge effortlessly, weapons that don't prevent you from moving can still be shot during assault boost, you take less impact damage and you 9 out of 10 times move faster than any base boost speed the enemy could probably have then in my opinion it paints a clear picture why it is also a broken ability. Compare this to a mid to long range build who uses a mid to long range FCS. Those, like me, will always have to struggle against melee builds, since they usually are build for speed or always have assault boost to compensate for inferior boost ability. The only way to keep distance against an AC that is focused on melee is to: -turn around -assault boost -sacrifice seeing your enemy, seeing incoming damage and sacrifice doing any damage for that period, while the enemy who might also be assault boosting (possibly faster than you) always has you in lock on, can always do damage, while you are incapable of dodging their attacks properly. Then add on top that the player numbers are extremely low only in the 2-4K players (globally) at the same time, despite 150K+ concurrent players on (pc) launch (source: steamdb) Which forces probably forces many players to play outside their actual region (Europe for me) and play on global servers, which leads to high ping and the fact damage is attacker sided, means you will regularly have to eat 2-4K burst damage. Lots of fun, if you play lightweight with 8K to 10K AP. And don't get me started on the fact that everything Above C-Rank is just meta-slave after meta-slave.. Holy. Shit. All of that together makes the pvp ranked experience one of the worst/mixed "compettive" pvp games I have ever played and I have jumped into a few highly competitive, punishing games over the years and I can't remember one single game where I called "bullshit" that often within the first 24 hours of jumping into it. In (my) conclusion: The two biggest factors right now negatively effecting pvp is the lack of any viable high-mid to long range weapons that can consistently hit average damage and... (Note: I consider average damage to usually be what in most other games would be the "default" gun, the assault rifle's damage. in the case of AC6 that would be around 105 to 157 DMG per shot using the 3, (1 being a burst) assault rifle. It depends on how you calculate it, since technically the burst assault rifle: Rantetsu-AR does 77 DMG per shot, but it is a 3-shot burst rifle, meaing you will always shoot 3 bullets no matter what, so you could look at one burst being "one" shot turning it into 231 Damage per burst. Therefore 105 to 157 DMG per shot. but now back to what I consider the biggest problem, probably) assault boost that could still prevent from my first point being viable, since as long as melee/close range builds have an easy way of reaching a mid to long range AC, mid to long range builds will aways be on the backfoot, always feel like they are being cornered and feeling they can never truly escape a melee build, if that melee build doesn't have any glaring weaknesses or something. The other stuff I mentioned just adds to the problem. I honestly don't see how AC6's pvp is going to stay alive for more than a year at his point, when you consider that from the 150K players it had on steam launch only 2K-4K players stuck around and AC6 has only been out since october last year... (that's around 2.7% of what it was at launch or a 97.3% drop (calculation: 4000/150000 = 0.0266666666667 * 100 = 2.66 ≈ 2.7%) I still love the story/pve, but pvp has been too toxic for me and my mental health honestly, so I dropped it. and I am sure, if long-range weapons and assault boost would get reworked, let alone removed, something else would become OP af, but the biggest issue is simply that in most scenarios melee-range fighters don't have to "actively" fight to stay in ther ACS like mid to long (exception would be missile rats) range ACs.

[@dsaBOSS]

Valid points, I'm hoping that pvp will be better balanced. I do like that I had to adjust my builds accordingly when I climbed to S rank, but I didn't like how it became rock/paper/scissors. I'm still wanting some kind of co-op to be added for mode variety.

[@DatAsianGuy]

The Rock-Paper-Scissor balancing is fine for a team game like Overwatch as an example or the 3v3 pvp mode that AC6 offers, but that mode feels really fucking dead. even when I look for matches on global servers, I have found like 1 match within the last 2 weeks when I tried to look for 3v3... not saying no one is playing, but it is obvious that the majority of people are in 1v1. And for 1v1, that balancing is just not good or healthy. I really don't see how from soft thought that was a good idea? Maybe an oversight from their experience developing the souls-like games? It would be considerably easier to balance everything, when you know that players can level themselves up and even make a "weak" build strong by simply putting the levels into it. Can't do that with AC6. You wanted to go in and create your sniper biild? Tough luck. Snipers don't really exist at all in this game. @@dsaBOSS

[@jujufraud7467]

So this is where this build came from? Someone used it against me on Xbox and used a missile after failing it was exactly built the same way. And it goes to show they can't win without a missile build or the "RAT Catcher." You can beat a missile build without having to use the RAT Catcher. I hit them a few times like so with one weapon and hide in places and run away like a douchebag. But that's not being a douchebag. That's being a smart-ass in a fight against missile builds

[@wargames2195]

Man, IF, IF they add the ability to shoot missiles in this game.

[@dsaBOSS]

It would be nice. I also miss part extensions like flares.

[@srbahamut]

Subscribed dude, I was trying to build something against Rats

[@dsaBOSS]

Glad to hear. Happy hunting!

[@ayemjake]

"rat catcher".... or you know... a "cat?"

[@dsaBOSS]

True, but it doesn't have the same ring to it.

[@CaptRicoSakara]

Well, there goes my Rat Missile build, SilverShroud, down the fucking toilet. : -/

[@rileymorgan4879]

Guy with the flamethrower was a mile away from you still shooting his flamethrower lmao. Like are you done?

[@11sins]

This build is a classic case of the solution is worse than the problem. Now I gotta deal with heavy 4x gatling on ladder? As is 4x laser with high ping wasn't bad enough.

[@Kryto_Gaming]

Interesting, though how does this build fair against heavy tanks? The missile rat is mostly a response to such ultra heavy tank builds after all, since that's the main build it works well against.

[@dsaBOSS]

It depends on the tank. Against laser tanks, it can hold its own. Plasma tanks are an issue because of the constant dps you take staying close.

[@anthonybreen3267]

Ah yes the level 3 sentry build. When gun fails use more gun!

[@kahusay5379]

assault boost with 4 machine gun thats scary

[@taptapkolebehuk6906]

8:30 Look at this AGRESSIVE suppression "BRRRRRRR" above his head.

[@MK-uc3ow]

It is not the matter that we can win with this model or not. However, one thing is clear that this model is stylish and enjoyable.

[@justhwsky]

Idk man my shit awful missile builds have taken out plenty of these rat catchers, not to be snarky it still really helps to learn maneuvering skills

[@Mafty_YT]

Litteral CIW anti air emplacement that can fly. 8)

[@AzazelTheMisanthrope]

To counter a build that goes afk backwards, my man built a build that goes afk forwards. Bravo, congrats on the S rank champ. Now please go back to playing Pokémon. Thank you.

[@vidmaster0001]

Rat trap seems like a missed opportunity

[@DatAtlasYYZ]

Regardless of what game it is, missile rats will never see heaven

[@Skystrike1535]

Of course the counter to missiles is a flying CIWS