Armored Core 6 AH12 HC Helicopter BOSS and How to DEFEAT it! Armored Core 6 Tips and Tricks

[@chrisc4843]

The battle wouldn’t be as difficult if the boss couldn’t fly outside the no fly zone

[@garbagegrove2533]

Yeah that parts super fucking annoying

[@snottelling2029]

Agreed, god that got me royally ticked off

[@Soultaker_For_Hire]

Yeah that out of bounds bullshit is very annoying and frustrating. This boss is such a troll.

[@jns08d]

THIS, how many dam times I was super close to slash him and boom he's out of zone

[@amonstar424]

Yeah that was annoying. Like stop cheating

[@CharlieKellyEsq]

First AC game I've played, I'm getting smoked by this guy and it isn't even close

[@deltaragegaming6434]

Me 2

[@MrTmm97]

Me 3

[@FindingIcarus]

Me 4

[@RationalDrift]

Me 5

[@MEGASTRIX]

Got smoked by this thing 10 times before I beat it. Gaddamn you got to melee the MF in the face like 4 or 3 times and it goes down fast.

[@Blank3k]

This boss has taken me by surprise! Tutorial boss absolutely annihilated me, sit forward on sofa moment... not killed it yet but I am getting irritated at the arena size, most of the time I fly close it seems to be out of bounds which is kinda crappy! Edit: Destroyed it with 500ap remaining, out of bounds thing was a real pita.

[@kevinjackson7539]

It worked!!!!! Yesterday l was a nobody today after using this video and defeating this boss I’m on the moon. I’m thinking about getting my GED and possibly going to law school.

[@KonohazFinest]

🤣🤣🤣👍

[@eijikamiya5779]

I was struggling at first because of how counterintuitive it is to just hide and poke the boss but once I figured out that you need to be in it’s face then it became surprisingly easy to beat

[@axt2]

This is straight from the formula for FromSoft games, particularly in the early game, if something seems ridiculously hard, you're probably not using the right approach. I did the same thing as you and got wrecked. Then I realized going hyperaggressive and in its face was the way to go. I probably defeated the ship in under a minute doing that.

[@bodacious117]

@@axt2it’s not supremely easy to beat since you only have a limited amount of boost upwards and he starts flying outside the zone.. it’s incredibly stupid and a terrible boss but that is normal for from soft and there terrible design in games.. most overrated studio in gaming

[@Euphorix099]

Definitely 👍

[@mr.nibblez2939]

​@bodacious117 sorry this game is too hard for you. My 12 year old nephew beat it on his second try. Get gud

[@axt2]

@@bodacious117 this has to be a troll post. The boss fight is instructional and also helps make sure you grasp some of the core game mechanics (i.e. stagger, boosting, the utility of melee). Think of it as an entrance exam.

[@dezmundtv962]

i'd expect a boss like this after a tutorial and maybe after i have had time to customize and make a few adjustments to my AC. This guy goes hard right out the gate, and beating my head against the wall just ain't worth it tonight lol. edit: Beat him 2nd try this morning, i found it easier to find cover, wait till he fly's to a new position, then fast boost to him for a melee hit, use rockets and fire gun whenever you can and then find cover again. Rinse and repeat. Eventually he'll go down before you run out of repair kits. Playing too aggressively always ended in dying for me.

[@pg9193]

i know.. i'm wondering if I should restart the mission and just get a feel for the controls more. or if I should come back tomorrow all caffeinated and alert

[@elijahrod5656]

Yeah it aucks you have to play the game how the devs want. I like playing aggressive yet every souls game punishes you specifically for it. Whatever i’ll just play how dev #6 demanded we play it. Peeking and shooting and sitting around while the AI does fuck all

[@pg9193]

@@elijahrod5656 this boss had me a little tilted last night. but it's a skill check, teaching us that we sometimes need to be aggressive and not to give any space to the opponent. it's kinda like a pulse sword tutorial. but I get what you mean about very specific ways the devs want the game to be played. maybe it's just the first few bosses

[@JackTheripper911]

​lol its almost almost like ARMORED CORE ISNT a souls game and thus shouldn't be played like a souls game..... moron

[@sp1tfirexy]

i’m going to ride this out for a bit… but the sandbox for this boss was way too small

[@GunKleebo]

Melee is absolutely necessary in this boss fight. I'm sure the developers intended for you to attack the cockpit up close.

[@broodwars64]

This boss is bullshit. I was having a decent time with that 1st stage and then just ran completely into a wall against this thing. The lock-on camera is useless, the helicopter is constantly moving, the helicopter is fond of sitting outside the barriers of the arena where you can't melee it, and the thing can shred you in seconds. And the game has taught you next to nothing about playing the game up to this point. It's just terribly designed. I had to put the game down and go play something else.

[@JackTheripper911]

Lol sounds like a skill issue kiddo.

[@sebastian-gs9ff]

@@JackTheripper911no, that boss is big fuck shit, I play Elden ring malenia parry only or sekiro no problem ishiin at ng+++, but that shit is great fuck

[@JackTheripper911]

@@sebastian-gs9ff English please.

[@channelofmojos2779]

For me a hard lock on made a huge difference. Even with these tips I had trouble but once I engaged the targeting I performed drastically better and in very short order managed to get it into a staggered state.

[@theyalwayscomeinfall]

This was the key for me. Because you have an automatic lock on, I was neglecting the manual lock on. Once I made use of the manual lock on, it got a lot easier.

[@mitchellbailey6258]

Died 30+ times fighting it from afar. Kept hugging it and being in it's face and I didn't even need to heal

[@Uncommoncensus]

Waited till 10:00pm release last night with the goal of beating the first boss. 11:00pm and I had done it. Take your time and learn. Got my ass handed to me though. Some stuff he didn’t mention, you can get two free hits with melee when he enters the arena. Use your rocket salvo and machine gun to keep that stagger bar. Stay on the ground until you bait out a lock on missile attack from him and use assault rush as soon as it fires to get some more melee. He should be done in two or three rounds of this back and forth.

[@Dark_kage]

Here's a way to get big damage really easily at the start. Go towards it when it's about to come in once it's in the area and a bit less than medium distance away from you and still isn't ready. Assault boost towards it and hit multiple times with your balde and then you'll be under it towards its rear shoot it with your missiles and then keep shooting it. Once it's out of your sight orient yourself ASAP and lock onto it, thats it. Now the rest of the fight begins as he says stay close (at least medium range)! use the cover, watch your energy and find opportunities to assault boost and use your blade, also use your missles. Make sure to dodge its missiles using the quick boost and don't be afraid to use your repair kits if you're low.

[@Don-ds3dy]

Im proud to say ive never struggled with the tutorial bosses in fromsoft games (with the exception of Demon souls and sekiro) but this is clearly a whole other type of game besides the difficulty.

[@CarelessVagabond]

Be aggressive! Stay up in his $h!t brotha. It works I swear.

[@austin0_bandit05]

Welcome to Rubicon!

[@psicho9217]

Same. Still has the Fromsoft learning curve like their other games but took me a tad to adjust to the AC playstyle. I was chillin on the ground trying to perfect dodge all the missles and using the buildings for cover my first round of attempts on the heli. Seems like for the most part so far it seems like souls games/ER are about patience and timing and AC is like nawwww just get in there and wreck them... but then again im a dual ultra user so i guess its time to unga bunga with mechas now!

[@justsaiyansteve]

Ya the boss hovers outside the boundary like 60% of the time, so make sure you lure the boss back inside the arena by running around the boxy buildings and hiding. Then just L3 dash at the helicopter and slash at him.

[@undifinder6643]

Dont underestimate the starting sword, it will be a very impactful friend on bosses if you use it well :)

[@amonstar424]

This boss was destroying me this morning I almost deleted the whole game. Finally won on my 20th attempt. Just stay relatively close and use the plasma sword. Don’t stay on the ground too long 😂

[@evangelionunit-0117]

20 times? I beat him on my 3rd

[@b.o.4492]

@@evangelionunit-0117amazing. I quit after the third try. Haven’t uninstalled but not sure I’ll be back.

[@evangelionunit-0117]

I got to admit, dying those 2 first times was pissing me off badly, It's Sekiro that I gave up on, might play it again someday but fuck! that's the world hardest game imo@@b.o.4492

[@SPOOKYTHIEF]

Thank you for showing me how to properly use the sword. Im so used to the older AC games that I didn't take notice of the massive blind spot on the helicopter's base. AC' Definitely feeling a lot lighter now on the this game. Gonna take a bit of practice to re-wire my brain and adapt. But thats what we do, we adapt, we overcome and collect those sweet credits.

[@Born2Game]

You’re welcome 👍

[@Dante999000]

Your lucky that the boss doesn't go out of the boundaries just to cheap shot you, every other player experienced the boss going out of the boundary and staying there for a very long time.

[@roland2864]

Use your repair kits guys!!!! You have 3. Bost to it's front, slash 2 times, then land. Repeat this over and over

[@bandofthesoulshawk9830]

Duuuuuuuude you’re amazing 😂 didn’t know you can slash two times….slashed only once …with two slashes Boss went down in 30 seconds 😂🎉 thank you!!!

[@sed8181]

How do you get the second slash? Am I supposed to spam the button or hold it?

[@bandofthesoulshawk9830]

@@sed8181 just press the button again for me it’s L2 on ps5 after the first slash…you can also spam it a little and it should do the second slash after the first one

[@TheBeeFlex]

@@sed8181don’t charge it, press it twice

[@RipOffProductionsLLC]

Except, the boss's stun bar resets faster then you can land, jump back up, and hit him again...(plus he often moves to places where you just can't sword him) And once you do stun him, all your weapons are on cool down until he after he recovers... Is my timing honestly that bad?

[@johnyjoe2k]

I just died to this fucking boss like 20 times. Each time I'm about to kill it, it flys into the invisible wall area and I get fucked.

[@piyoweb]

Thanks for mentioning "Impact Bar". I sweared the tutorial didn't mentioned it. I think starting out, I'd start standing still sthooting, try to jump and get one melee hit. Fail the first hit? Just reset checkpoint. Then just keep hitting range weapon to keep Impact Bar high while trying to keep meleeing it. The key is melee deal huge DMG here but you want to keep hitting some range so that you could build that Impact Bar stun for that melee DMG.

[@hurr1c4ne18]

Idk how but just hearing the tip about staying close and also knowing what the yellow bar did made this fight a lot easier and I managed to beat it fairly easily after a few tries

[@vegaspowerlifting]

The SOB cheats, it goes out of bounds. Thanks for the help!

[@Born2Game]

You’re welcome 👍

[@Dark_kage]

I beat it second or third try but I was not playing well at all because I was not used to the controls and energy management + combat yet. I kept holding down or spamming the square button instead of the circle or doing nothing. The victory felt like a fluke but ig that's just how it is when you're learning. I've never played an armored core before.

[@Dark_kage]

Just beat it in sortie this time I didn't feel like a fluke only got D rank but it felt good.

[@brokentv1855]

Last boss of one of the three ending no spoilers. Had me holding my controller like a crack head spamming everything

[@shawnhoaglan5895]

I almost had him last night when he proceeds to fly into a zone where apparently I can’t attack him but his attacks still hit me. I rage quit after that death.

[@MarauderM00gi]

My only issue was that it flew outside the boundary. Embarrassingly, it took me 2 times to realize why I was just out of range after doing an assault charge into sword slash only to get pieced by a missile barrage. In the end I just evaded the missiles by hiding behind buildings, waited until it flew towards the middle and just...wailed on it. Rinse and repeat.

[@masterleafgirl2106]

This boss frustrated me to the point I’m about to take this back

[@Triumvirately]

Double tap melee until it’s staggered (so two double melees) then cheese and repair kit. Should only have to do this three times

[@bigjon7894]

i get they want to make a hard boss, but to have it right out of the gate and no way of bypassing it for a moment is a bit ridiculous, this guy makes it look easy, every time i get close to it it flies away out of bounds

[@roboy-u6v]

Hells yeah this actually did it for me. Beat it on second try after watching the video. The trick? Restarting fresh with full health and repair kits and then starting to head to where the copter enters the arena from so I can immediately start wailing melee on it and took it out in no time!

[@chrisb.9083]

I try to melee it, it just does this mechanical sound and won't melee. Like it being blocked or something

[@tonylai6702]

Took me 3 attempts, didn't know I could slash twice in the beginning. Basically bait the boss getting closer by staying behind covers, then L3 boost towards him and cut his face. Rinse and repeat.

[@bjpadill27]

Super helpful! I went from getting destroyed with the boss still having half health to killing him without using a heal. Thank you good sir!

[@Born2Game]

You’re welcome 👍

[@aelinstue9431]

Thanks, died a bunch of times after what felt like I had been doing a good on if avoiding damage for a large period of time and still getting no where.

[@adpriceless9106]

When you finally stagger him - is there any way to do a death blow/stun move or do I just stand looking at him waiting for my ammo to recharge?? 😭🤣

[@Born2Game]

Try and make sure your weapons are reloaded when you stagger him

[@RicoZaid_]

Having to Melee a Helicopter in the first boss fight is just too complicated and certainly not "fun"

[@JackTheripper911]

Yes lol swinging a sword at a flying target (a target you fly towards) is "too complicated" 😂 maybe if you cant figure out how to hold a controller lmfao. Maybe you need a game that beats itself for you 😂 otherwise it might get too complicated for you tiny mind :)

[@joemadre9381]

⁠​⁠​⁠@@JackTheripper911Maybe everyone in this game isnt a massive sweatlord thats been playing armored core since they were an infant😂 Maybe some of us just want to have fun playing a game and not actually have to fucking use all our 5 senses to beat the first boss :)

[@solame10101]

@@joemadre9381 Ive never played AC, i was confused when people mentioned some tutorial boss being hard and forgot about this helicopter completely. Just fly up to it and melee its not that tricky.

[@joemadre9381]

@@solame10101good for you, you have a natural skill at armored core. Unfortunately, i wasnt blessed and i still had a hard time beating this guy

[@solame10101]

@@joemadre9381 Alright, good luck with the rest, the chapter 1 boss got me good. However it seems in this game sometimes you dont need all senses as much as just knowing the proper fit for the fight.

[@bdbgh]

I managed to get it to retreat towards the building/wall, finished at around a minute. If you boost into the air towards it while firing your gun and missiles, when you get close enough, do a double melee attack and continue firing afterwards, it should stagger and your melee should be available for you again. Rinse and repeat as long as it doesn't go out of bounds. Of it goes out of bounds bait it back by hiding behind the buildings. You should be close enough to where the attacks can't hit you properly most of the time. Good luck.

[@fadis277]

When I try to reach its face the helicopter moves away. If somehow I manage to reach it, I have no energy for the sword. If I hide behind the things, the missiles hit me anyway. Fuck it I'm unistalling it

[@austinchase118]

Litterally got to the point of "stay close to it" and basically camped under it at all times and beat it thank you

[@Born2Game]

You’re welcome 👍

[@deadcaptainjames6045]

Thank you i was stuck on this guy for like an hour. Beat it first try after watching your video.

[@Born2Game]

You’re welcome 👍

[@maag78]

I'm having a better time with this game using a xbox controller but there doesn't seem to be a button bind for those rockets that are key bound to "E" on the keyboard. Does anyone know how to use this weapon with a controller?

[@Born2Game]

I’m not sure, sorry

[@thierryvt]

man I thought I was pretty good at playing games. This boss just kicked my ass, took me more tries than I care to admit...

[@SkySweeperSyn]

I no joke have refunded the game because I can't get past this boss. I will try picking it up again when it's on sale, but if I can't even get past the first boss to try out the customization stuff, I'm not going to waste my time. it's just not how I want to play - I don't like the flying, i I feel like I'm getting motion sickness trying to keep up with what is happening on screen, I can't tell whats hitting me so there's nothing I can adjust in my own style to avoid it. And yeah, the no-fly boundary is fucking stupid since HE can go out of it. So yeah, this is something I'll get on sale or someone can gift me, but I'm not buying it at full price with this sort of introduction.

[@Gaijins]

Thanks, I thought I was supposed to malee it after the sheilds dropped. Beat it in my next attempt after watching this videos. Cheers.

[@Born2Game]

You’re welcome 👍

[@vickboss2575]

he got me like 15 times. The thing is you gotta boost on air and use the sword, recharge boost and repeat

[@radbuster4403]

took me dozens of tries, I restarted the mission to get more practice with the Assault Boost/L3 button controls (which the game barely tells you how to use properly). With the assault boost, you have to use the right analog (camera controls) to move during the boost, and the left analog stick only controls sidestepping left and right. This helped me immensely in the fight, because you get easily get close to the boss with the assault boost, and just use the right analog stick to guide your AC upwards towards the cockpit of the helicopter and slash away. Also you can use the jump button to cancel the Assault Boost

[@trabaduris1]

As soon as I realized I wasn't used left stick click to b line straight to him. I beat him in one try using melee. Maybe others aren't utilizing it either?

[@hawaiian-cerveza]

Hahaha, after watching this, I kept close, meled and won in like 20 seconds. I didn't even have to use a repair kit. I could get him down about 3/4 health but then the splash damage would get me. I was hiding behind the buildings and jumping and shooting missles. But this worked way faster.

[@SquaredCircle777]

Thanks for the tips, I broke my thumb on Friday so I'm already playing on extra hard mode lol. Need all the help I can get.

[@Born2Game]

You’re welcome and sorry to hear about the thumb, I wish you a speedy recovery 👍

[@colonicus]

So I've played the AC games since the first one. Got hooked by the demo for the first game (yes I'm old). Love the franchise and was hoping it would come back. This first boss wrecked my fun. I was all in for hard tactical fights, brutal difficulty etc. but they've from softwared all over it. By that I mean dark souls level cheap ass unfair boss that just becomes a grind until you work out out. That's not Armoured Core!!!!!! So annoyed by this and I really hope that's not the pattern of the rest of the game. I want weird missions where you need to build your AC specific to the battle. With the occasional superweapon to fight or a "boss" battle against another AC. This feels like it kills the entire point of what ACs are supposed to be. Why would they need an AC when those helli exist?

[@elijahcornette3747]

The boss stays out of bounds for me.... when i get him to a third health he stays out of bounds and dosent come back.

[@elijahcornette3747]

Update: Got his ass by bum rushing the fuck out of him.

[@rafaelgalindo4794]

This boss is getting on my nerves. I tried lile 7 to 8 times and stopped. Its 2am and I am tired. Tomorrow I will try a bit more watching this video.

[@kadse2994]

I've failed 3 times against this boss after i finally listened to the guy from the radio transmitter to fly up to avoid the missiles and taking cover from the turrets to beat this boss. Ngl this is my first time playing an AC game

[@minko595]

I just used the assault boost and melee it. Dodge to refill stamina. Assault boost melee repeat

[@OkechukwuOfili]

The most important tip is target lock. Without this you will struggle. Not sure why all the tutorials i read or watch mention everything but this. Target lock and then the boss is manageable.

[@reddydc5562]

Yo thanks a lot, i was having a lot of trouble with this and after watching the video i killed it first try after. GGs

[@Born2Game]

You’re welcome 👍

[@Dante999000]

The person in the video said "get as close as possible or get personal" but the issue is that the choppa flys out of the boundary, so how the hell are we suppose to get up close and personal if there is boundaries that stops us from getting up close then??

[@Born2Game]

You get up close and personal at every given opportunity

[@apocalypticnarwahl]

Had no idea i could do two slashes, smoked throw thing in one try after I saw you doing it. thank you!

[@Born2Game]

You’re welcome 👍

[@jiinxxy]

You helped me pass this boss. THANK YOU

[@Born2Game]

You’re welcome 👍

[@liamlolo4265]

I struggled with this boss for a while, but once I did what you said... I ANNIHILATED HIM!!!! I DIDN'T EVEN NEED A REPAIR KIT!!!!! I LOVE YOU!!!!!!!

[@Born2Game]

Congrats on destroying him 👍

[@newyorkmeable]

My first hour with elden ring was like wow… this is amazing! My first hour with this is like………… is this fun tho?

[@JackTheripper911]

Lol if you actually like armored core and didnt just buy the game because you seen from software made it then yes the game is fun 😂. But you were like a bunch of idiots that seen from software making it and thought "oH WoW dARk soULs wItH MeChS!" Which its absolutely nothing like whatsoever.

[@polecatbikers]

ngl, that tutorial boss was objectively unfair. The boss can move and attack outside the combat 'boundaries', and can pepper you with multiple long range attacks. Your AC on the other hand, cannot move outside the boundaries to chase it down, has no access to changing equipment, with long range weapons that do little damage, forcing you to take huge risks with flying at the boss and hoping that the melee attack will hit the boss. Overall an unfair fight that really should have been tweaked with a lower health for the boss, or at least the option for the boss to crash to the ground once it has been 'stunned'.

[@birdsoup777]

Thank you. I just beat the 1st helicopter. Took 30 attempts. Game has a layer more than any mech game I tried and lost interest in right away. Mellie is crucial. I stayed underneath, used jump rocket to Mellie , and only boots/quick boost/or super rocket boot if he got away to get back underneath while evading. Missals and guns are a supplement. Dont keep distance, it will barrage you and keep stunning you. I hedge on buying because starfield is coming, i could not wait since its a from soft game and i'm glad i got this game. its a keeper.

[@Born2Game]

You’re welcome 👍

[@davidcardenas2070]

You just gotta use the laser sword it Carrie’s so hard

[@U_mbreon]

What I did, shot some shots then flew up to him and go the sword hit in, rinse and repeat and you can knock him out. Took me till the 3rd fight to figure it out.

[@davidcardenas2070]

@@U_mbreon took me a while to figure out I had sword 😭

[@AntLox]

WAIT I HAVE A SWORD???

[@agtwjgw]

やっぱり、日本勢も海外勢もこの最初のボスに苦戦してる人は多いのか... ACよりも強いこのヘリはなんなんだ。

[@loiedonn4192]

Souls game got their difficulty in this game. Armored core games are hard but you can beat it depending on your mech build and load out. So if your build and mech load out sucks then you will die alot of times and theres no getting around it you gotta learn how to properly build.

[@therelia]

Jump. Point in direction of helicopter. Use turbo speed boost to zoom up in the air into its face. Swing sword at arrival. Repeat 3 times. Profit.

[@thadudelydude3707]

I thought it was super difficoult, then I found the lock-on button and utterly destroyed it.........

[@猪武者]

It is weird that the tutorial boss doesn't use any of the mechanics you were taught in the tutorial. Like the tutorial doesn't teach you how to stun or even what the impact bar is.

[@Mario-SunshineGalaxy64]

Got my ass handed to me like ten times, saw this vid, and managed to kill the damn thing first try. Thank you kindly.

[@Born2Game]

You’re welcome 👍

[@desireless4092]

I am a mech nerd. From Gundam, to Macross and basically anything with cool mechs. I also don't like and abhor the Souls games since I am not a fan of their game-play. The only thing holding me back from buying this game is the fear it will be a Souls like difficulty where I must squeeze in the numbers and have maybe 2 chances of screwing up.

[@JackTheripper911]

Armored Core has always had a learning curve but just because its made by From Software doesnt mean it will automatically be Dark Souls with mechs 🙄.

[@pacman5800]

I just about quit this game for good and almost uninstalled because of this boss. Then it clicked with me to speed boos underneath of him as much as possible. There's times when you just can't avoid taking damage because I'd use up all the boost and it would blink red and I couldn't use any actions. But staying underneath and behind him on the ground and flying up and melee him as much as possible and try to spam my whole arsenal of everything worked. I ended up seeing this video after already beating him. I will say this is my first ever armor core game, and man, it is really dam good. I didn't know I was missing out on such a good game and a fun time.

[@lucylu3342]

I find it funny the that the souls community, a community built on telling others to "Get gud", are the ones complaining about this tutorial boss the most. Really want to see these guys try to fight Nineball from the older ACs lol

[@rpamungkas13]

Nineball seraph still gave me ptsd :(

[@magnuspan]

Like after like 15 tries I figured out its kinda easy to do, once you just use your boost (L3) to fly at the guy at high speed and then use your melee attack. If you get staggered go hide behind some building and wait. This fight was hard af but once I had the right strategy it felt fair

[@TrickyMellow]

I only died once to this guy. It because i played like it was AC4, boosting vertically and quickboost spamming. Making me have no enegy. Man the vertical energy drain is insane compared to previous game. Teach me real quick that Assault Boost is the way to go. Edit: you dont use overboost much in 4th gen because qb spamming alone is quick.

[@matthelion]

Boss just keep going out of bounds when I try to get close.

[@yoloswaggins9989]

Got him 4th try using the sword and getting up close. Staying far away or on the ground is certain death.

[@rowanmurphy5239]

Doing what you said, I still got killed my first attempt, bit got WAY farther than previously. Thanks. Should have this boss done soon!

[@Born2Game]

You’re welcome and good luck for defeating the boss 👍

[@rowanmurphy5239]

@@Born2Game I whooped him. Just beat juggernaut too. Discovered a hack. Landed on his back and spammed him with laser sword, rockets, and whatever the starting assault cannon is called. Had his health almost totally gone by the time the other AC pilot took off. It was great! Way easier than the AH12 HC, which I've taken to calling Iudex Gunship, seeing as how it accomplishes the same thing as Iudex Gundyr: hard tutorial boss/noob crusher which causes people to quit.

[@seekerofsauce2373]

after 4 attempts of sanity and rage i did it , but its just the beginning .....

[@goryspirit]

This boss made me punch a hole in my drywall.

[@AdversaryOne]

This helped a lot. I was taking cover trying to shoot it from a distance, taking a fraction of its health before I died. That would have never worked. My only gripes is it flies out of bounds which is cheap as hell. Don't chase it all over the screen, it'll just run and gun you down while you whiff your sword attack. There's times when it'll stop running and that's your chance to use your sword.

[@j.j.9511]

That thing killed me four times last night. Got a feeling it's going to be a rough playthrough. But at least we'll have a sense of pride & accomplishment.

[@sorouko]

I did what you said not to do I was on the ground trying to hide behind cover that didn’t work I was about to quit this game but I decided to search up a guide and it worked first try 😂 I was on him constantly swording his ass and he never fired the rockets thank you for making this I would have quit if it wasn’t for you

[@Born2Game]

You’re welcome, congrats on getting the boss done 👍

[@rpamungkas13]

I cannot imagine the people's reaction that raging on this boss when they gb by multiple ACs lol..

[@HawaiianDream86]

Very frustrating when this damn boss keep going in the no fly zone.

[@deltaragegaming6434]

Seconds away from quiting, this video really helped. First try, did not even use any healing. Thanks!

[@Born2Game]

You’re welcome 👍

[@Bushido6.2]

This helped alot since I'm a AC newb.

[@heywoodjablome2018]

I can't seem to get close to him. He stun locks me with his machine gun that he spams.

[@heywoodjablome2018]

I finally beat him holy shit I love Souls games but this, this takes the cake lol

[@donmcron3334]

Damn I keep running out of stamina to stay on the airs

[@therealpoolboy420]

This boss cheeses players like players used to cheese elden ring bosses....lolol. killing us while out of bounds shouldn't be in the code

[@byrdseyeviewcomicsart5698]

Thanks it really helped!

[@Born2Game]

You’re welcome 👍

[@fawtyseven5516]

OK. I beat ‘em in just like under 4 minutes. Heres how I did it on my 5th try! You see NO FLY ZONE bs they use? Use the indestructible buildings as your BOOST AND LASER BLADE ZONE. I hardly shot him with rockets until the very end but most of it was staying around buildings, getting under the boss (pause), boosting and just using tf out that laser. I hardly shoot rockets. Like he said, STAY OFF THE GROUND AS MUCH AS YOU CAN, and I’ll add AND STAY IN THEIR FACE AND STAY CLOSE WHEN YOU GET A CHANCE AFTER THE BARRAGE OF MISSILES , AND DON’T GET CAUGHT IN THE NO FLY ZONE. Get this boss to come after you. Then, you should get a promotion. ..I mean beat ‘em. Don’t be shy to tear that heli up with the laser. I used 90 percent melee to beat him.

[@Captain.AmericaV1]

I'd be pants at this. I'll lack any in flight control , I'd be all over the place but it looks really good. Isn't from software AA? If so then Elden Ring and this game have humiliated AAA yet again with some absolute bangers, just like Larians Balders Gate 3

[@Born2Game]

Yeah I think they’re an AA company, they’re completely humiliating AAA companies, even Gunfire Games did with Remnant 2 🤣

[@IamMaximumFury]

I definitely think the key to this fight is melee attacks. I just got up in his face and killed him basically without taking damage at all. It was remarkably easy.

[@Dante999000]

It is easy so long as the choppa doesn't go out of the boundary for majority of the time, it can stay of like a few seconds but it should never stay there for like forever.

keep him as close as possible and this will be a breeze.

[@explosive_shart9405]

I get him on the ropes then he hides behind the no fly zone for the player and nukes me.

[@robertsoto5713]

Man the ac is hard to control and the boost is fast. But once I get it down it’s gonna be awesome

[@brents4225]

This boss is ridiculously difficult for the first boss of the game. Geezus

[@DakovDakash]

This boss was so hard but after 20 tries it becomes so easy

[@paulrowlands2105]

Thank you I beat it by staying close to it

[@Born2Game]

You’re welcome 👍

[@jamesweller5844]

Sweet tip - killed in 1 min flat (after an hour of endless deaths)