Armored Core 6 - PvE Biped Build: Cold Steel

[@FightinCowboy]

Uploaded Share ID: LC55KRQ7HSST might only work on PC.

[@thomask5434]

the problem here is the whole weapons you show me here are not available the first time you meet this boss ;)

[@liamratliff3824]

​@@thomask5434he did mention this was a chapter 2-3 build. This was just an example of how his build functions.

[@AikenFrost]

@@thomask5434 If you're having problem with Balteus, try this set up: two 8-missile racks in the back to remove his shield and stagger him, Pulse Gun to help remove his shield, laser blade and assault armor to cause damage damage when he is staggered. That's how I managed to finally defeat him.

[@sclafantasy]

Awesome build! One minor quibble, your QB reload time is much higher than the booster’s number because your total weight is much higher than ideal weight for the booster negating that boosters main advantage. Otherwise great stuff as usual

[@zacharyrakes9061]

Tried on PS5 and it did not work, so guessing you are correct that code only works on pc.

[@beamcalm6519]

The mech designs from the mts to the bosses are so top notch! Fromsoft is and always will be the standard for mech designs imo.

[@dragonfable66]

What I love bout the MT’s is that you can see their eventual progression into armored cores. The BAWS Tetrapods in particular could be considered the bulkier non modular ancestors to any modern quad build AC

[@beamcalm6519]

@@dragonfable66 I never thought about that. That's some good observation! That attention to detail is chef's kiss!

[@Dhieen]

I disagree, the ACs designs arent as good as ac4 and acFA imo, white glint and aaliyah are just gorgeous

[@rolf1819]

@@Dhieen I mean what about your comment disagrees with op's? He said fromsoft makes the best mech designs, and you go on to prefer ac4 which are also fromsoft designs...

[@Dizerfullpower]

IIRC From worked with some big designer names throughout AC history, I'm pretty sure Macross (Robotech) mech designer was involved with earlier games. Some AC designs in 6 look like throwbacks to previous eras too, which is nice

[@LucasLeCompteMusic]

Going to type out the parts so its easy to read: 7:10 to see it all at once with stats You want double Gats Song bird Gnade Pilebunk on Back Head: Basho Core: Qiang Arms: AR-012 Melander C3 Leggy: Qiang LEgs Boost: Alula FCS: G2/PO5 Genny: Vp-20C Expansion: Pulse Armor

[@proggz39]

Very OwO

[@derpstick5467]

Wonder where you get the arms from.

[@LucasLeCompteMusic]

@@derpstick5467 I think they come from preorder

[@Altair567]

How do you get the head?

[@JK-jw3po]

@@LucasLeCompteMusic Yea, they are preorder bonus. I checked google, but couldnt find anything about if they are the same stats as the default melander. Maybe they are idk.

[@sladevalen]

Dual gatlings on a heavy bipedal leg setup was how i started my AC journey back in the day and its still my old reliable in this game. Love just how versatile it is and ive yet to find something that it cant overcome

[@okrelayer]

I don’t know a darn thing about AC builds, so using this as my “default” mech to fall back on, and have another one where I screw around and try different weapons sounds like a great plan. Thanks for this!

[@reijin999]

it doesn't take long. this is how i got comfortable with AC 3 and AC 4. just follow someone else's build and then swap parts here and there and you start to figure it out.

[@KirinDave]

This build really represents Cowboy's aesthetic, which is kinda fun to see. Many other people are proposing midrange reverse joint builds or tread pve builds, but not Cowboy. An extremely aggressive close range setup. Thanks for sharing!

[@abdouwho]

For anyone looking for the Arm Parts, the only item that is not available once you complete Chapter 2, its given for free as a completion bonus for a Mission in Chapter 4 , Underground Exploration, Depth 2!

[@zinc8719]

This build is amazing, got me through so many bosses and arenas. Thanks for sharing it.

[@anubhabmajumdar5433]

Thanks!

[@cheukyi6]

Thank you so much cowboy, I had to reload from checkpoint for 6 times when I first did this mission. Saw your build and S-rank at the end and tried it myself, got that sweet S after a few attempts. Much appreciated!

[@chrisfetter5768]

Day 1 my guy has a build guide. Best gaming youtuber out there.

[@thatcrazyboydad1928]

FACTS!!

[@SoRa228]

just want to put it out there...I think TIAN-QIANG is pronounced as tee-an chee-ang (literally sky strong) since DAFENG looks like a chinese cooperation. DAFENG literally translate to big wind if anyone is interested haha

[@L0-C01]

This game is so fucking fun! I'm straight up having a blast. I found you when i was hammering Nioh 2. You're aweseome man. Keep that shit up!

[@kobrraful]

YAASSSSSS this is what I was already rockin. great minds think a like Cowboy!

[@pacman5800]

I'm still working through my first playthrough,since this is my first time playing an AC game. And soon as I had all the parts I started using this build. Just got to chapter 4. I tried the stun needles out instead of the songbirds but I feel like the songbirds do more damage, it might be because the hitbox is smaller with the stun needles but I don't know enough about this game yet to know forsure. Great build videos man. I've been watching your videos for a good while now. Have a good Christmas, dude!

[@ActualHmanTrash]

Amazing build. Had just beaten spider before I built this and struggled a bit with finally beating it 8 tries in. Went back to try this build on it and wrecked it first try!

[@unamericano]

Nice to see I'm not the only one that put this together

[@draysmusicalshtposts6340]

Been loving dual shotguns for their consistent damage and high stagger. Boost kicking into a double shot then whipping out the pile bunker to close in again. Most arena matches end in 20 seconds and indont think ive switched off of the loadout since balteus.

[@thelastmotel]

Shottys got nerfed yesterday

[@BSparksGaming]

Good luck to all of us newbies!

[@brianct7801]

Wild. I'm 2 missions into Chapter 3 and I independently created almost the EXACT SAME AC earlier today (head is different and shoulder weapon is laser missiles to accompany grenade launcher). I also built this version with the heavy reverse jointed legs.

[@toyvania]

I wish we could unlock the Balteus as parts of sorts. It is such a great mecha design, like how a reallistic Spazer from Grendizer would look like.

[@lilgloomfnord]

i was so upset to find out his parts werent available

[@micro_seekers]

Can't wait to see all the fun builds people are gonna do in this game

[@notafortnitegamer]

these videos remind me of the days way back when fighting cowboy was uploading those crazy ds2 builds, good times.

[@merciless972]

This looks fun as hell, cant wait to try this.

[@ShadowBeetle]

Hi buddy! i created a build based on yours (a different canon on the sholders and the new cheng suey shoulder machinegun), and i´ve been doing pretty good on pvp! I like how tanky and sturdy this AC is. Thanks for the inspiration

[@tokenknight5011]

Thanks for the great build! Im excited to see the other ones you have!!

[@jrod12389]

Just wanna confirm, Cowboy has all the OS chip upgrades unlocked I’m sure, so not everyone’s damage will look like this at first but it is still highly effective

[@colmdaly8767]

Still extremely effective. I had a similar build just with tank threads and another songbird.

[@legendaryoutcast4440]

Played about 5 hours last night. Love this game. But now i have to go work :(

[@cascadeblue7268]

I took vacation this week so I could play the abundance of games dropping!

[@Aerogenic_X]

Dude this game is amazing I knew as a little child that this game would be great one day

[@Seburo77]

I had a similar set, just dual Songbirds, very effective! Thank you. ;)

[@thelastmotel]

songbirds got nerfed yesterday

[@dorkywaffles]

Not sure if anyone has done this yet but going ahead and going to upload all these builds on PS5 since the IDs are not cross platform. Share ID for PS5: 3P18T8VQJSYF

[@SWAMPY_G]

Got your comment and came here immediately. Thank you!

[@sabastianmulder9394]

Thanks for the build I’ve been smoking bosses with it

[@KindandDarkOne]

Okay, I'm definitely gonna run this build especially how easy it was for you to beat sulla, that AC gave me a lot of grief.

[@crowwingbound2320]

Awesome battle bot. Bought myself a new 65-inch TV with my new Xbox X for Starfield, barely made it in time for the release of the game, I'm definitely excited are you😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@hunteriv4869]

I've been using a similar build but swapped the pile with another songbird. I tried this build but found I missed the charged pile too often...they enemy would either be out of range when staggered or they'd recover too fast from stagger for the charged pile to hit. While charged pile is more damage, I'm not convinced the uncharged one is, or it's very close to songbird damage. Between the easier usage (just stun and spam both shoulders) and ability to stay at medium range I just prefer the pure range version. In addition, it saves me 2 OS because I don't need the weapon bay upgrade, and lets me upgrade only the kinetic, explosive, and direct damage upgrades, which I feel is more efficient at lower OS ranks. I prioritized the defensive upgrades since this build is so offensive anyway. Maybe later in the game and if I get better at actually hitting with the pile I'll switch, but for now the versatility of dual songbirds feels stronger, especially since I can also stagger them for long range fighting. Either way, love it, and thanks!

[@cameronmcilquham9623]

Love this build! Not gonna lie, it made me feel better to see Cowboy get beaned with the energy blast right out the gate in the mission. I feel like I take those to the dome way too often lol

[@GrayFolxy]

Pile Driver enjoyer , a man of culture

[@brandonsmith2839]

Didn’t let Balteus let out a gasp of breath😭

[@michaeltsang1748]

Nice. I definitely going to try this out. Want to switch things up from my dual machine gun lightweight build.

[@Sleeping_Wolf915]

Can’t wait till I can my hands on this. I haven’t played anything in the series since PlayStation 1

[@gendoslice5971]

totally reminds me of heavy arms from gundam wing

[@PokemonHaloFan]

I recently tried this build and while I was initially skeptical I severely underestimated the power of a giant metal spike being rammed into my enemies.

[@munky342]

I've been playing since launch, and I made pretty much this exact build. It's been carrying my ass.

[@thepathfinder11387]

Same, hopefully it carries me to the end

[@nathantaylor1479]

I basically built this same mech except I just roll with the pile Bunker on the left hand with one gatling gun only. I use the extra weapon slot for missiles or a second songbird launcher.

[@afrosamurai3847]

Haha great minds think alike I guess i have a very similar build as my main ac so far. Wanted a bruiser type bipedal I went with dual songbirds and only one gat, with the pile bunker. Fun strat ive found is on the non charge pilebunker hit or miss you can unload both songbirds pointblank absolutely nuking health and stagger. The pilebunker also seems to recharge very fast so can usually follow up on the stagger afterwards for added insult to injury.

[@ChrisPerrault]

The switch to the pilebunker is surprisingly speedy, and those charge attacks 😳 I can't wait to get my hands on it

[@stratagos9097]

how do i get pile bunker on the back unit?

[@kjanlap2002]

os upgrade weapon mod @@stratagos9097

[@godicedragon9811]

@@stratagos9097you can unlock it by purchasing weapon bay in arena point shop.

[@s77vn]

​@@stratagos9097Get the Weapon Bay upgrade in OS tuning and then you can mount arm weapons on back units

[@xantishayde-walker4593]

@@s77vn Yeah I reset my OS Points to get the Weaponbay Function and I still can't get it. I can get it on my Left Arm, but can't get it for the back. Also can get a Gatlin for my Right Back slot, but not the Left. WTF?!?!

[@rahmellbrown162]

My first AC, I made yesterday after I got off, I made the DragonZord from MMPR! I got a shitload of others to make, Megazords, Transformers, Iron Man Armors, Blue Beetle, Pacific Rim Mechs, Gundaum mechs,

[@mastergecko1178]

I think this build works better with dual songbirds than one bunker one songbird, it does about the same amount of damage maybe a little bit less but you don’t have to get in close to hit the bunker after getting a stagger.

[@johnb8319]

Depends. The bunker is such a great weapon against big targets and high impact damage. You can spam bunker. But for smaller targets, might be better to use dual songbirds as you said

[@WaffleOnTheRun]

When you hit a charged bunker you can legit end some fights in one stagger, but thats really only good against other AC's

[@LucasLeCompteMusic]

Yeah Dual Birds is the way, especially against big bosses.

[@Khotetsu]

I've also had surprisingly good results with the energy cannons you can buy in chapter 1. I ran basically this build but with the 2 energy cannons plus an SMG in one hand and a pulse gun in the other against Balteus, and just firing the energy cannons uncharged shredded his hp and stagger bar after you break his shield. One pair of uncharged shots before he can get his shield back up fills up 2/3rds of his stagger bar.

[@CarloHusmillo]

let's GO!!!!! thanks for this guide

[@Khotetsu]

One thing to note: Those Melander arms came with the G13 "Tenderfoot" pre-order bonus. I don't know if they're available if you buy the game post-release. There are similar arms, but the standard Melander arms have worse Firearm Specialization.

[@WaffleOnTheRun]

I hope theres another way to get them because if not thats pretty lame

[@joevoyles2005]

they said they were purchaseable in game at some point.

[@Khotetsu]

@@joevoyles2005 Good to know. I figured FromSoft wouldn't pull something like that, but I wouldn't be able to tell when/if they're available since I have them from the preorder bonus.

[@brandonbackup873]

​@@joevoyles2005Ch 4, apparently

[@ericwilliams7945]

Definitely gonna use this build or parts from it for my first build

[@nihilisticpoet]

Alright you convinced me of the Pile Bunker.

[@JROCThaGreat]

I went in blind and just now coming up for air, and I settled on similar build on my own. I use dbl Songbirds. But haven't used Pile Bunker, I will check it out. And not as tanky but I'm strong. Nice build 👍

[@trademarcguy2800]

Just a note: Even though the OB reload time is shorter on the booster, your Total weight exceeds the OB reload ideal weight of the booster. So if you check the right hand side your OB reload time has gone up to 0.97. Just a note, maybe you already knew

[@FightinCowboy]

I'm aware it exceeds, but in PvE it's rare we'll need to dodge super frequently so I'd rather take the other boosts and the hit to QB reload.

[@matthewanderson9754]

Terminal armor is for when you know you can win and you just need that tiny bit of help. It's saved me on boss battles numerous times but a hair.

[@FightinCowboy]

It used to be significantly worse. Now it's 20,000ap 5s i believe, original it was 10k 2s

[@matthewanderson9754]

@@FightinCowboy don't really need it much anymore, I finally beat the game ++2 but it saved my butt for sure lol

[@matthewanderson9754]

Also, have you ever entered a tournament for AC 6? If love to see how you do in a round robin tournament, where everyone plays each other.

[@austintse5719]

Nice build. Much appreciated from us noobs. Any chance you could do combat tactics and beginner / advanced manoeuvre's video's.

[@mikewasasuke9695]

been loving your builds and using them on missions. Do you have any ideas for a fast biped AC like the orange tutorial AC which focuses on mid range?

[@karmascamera5275]

Honestly, you’ll see better results the *Double Trouble* rather than the Ashmead Unlike the Ashmead, with the Double Trouble, you can hold a charge attack while the Songbirds/Hu-Ben build up stagger, its lunge afterwards covers considerably more distance alongside better tracking, and its Direct Hit is just as devastating (If not more)

[@FightinCowboy]

Chainsaw is cool but wiffs a lot and bosses can move out of the charged attack

[@fernandozavaletabustos205]

The head of this mech reminded me of the Highlander model from Battletech / MechWarrior / MechCommander series.

[@nuneza1987]

My dream gundam build (Heavy Arms)

[@MachFiveFalcon]

With different colors, it'd remind me of E-102 from Sonic Adventure.

[@matthewbyrd398]

Juicy!

[@hectorlopez9453]

Shit is so good I been playing for the last 5 hours I literally just turned it off to come here watch this and I want to turn it back on again. Seriously they outdid themselves this is how u do shit as a game company they didn't choose to milk their current souls shit which we all would've gladly bought but nah they went back to their roots and just fucking went all put man I'm loving it!!!

[@manea7074]

Solid build helped alot.

[@havoc8600]

Cowboy AC builds, Let’s fucking gooo

[@joevaghn457]

Bro took inspiration from the story trailer 😂😂 (11:55)

[@Blockspliter]

Awesome, can you do some more PVE builds.

[@N0-ØØØØØ1]

All you need is 2 mini guns, 2 anti worm cannons, and a tank body and you can do anything you want

[@richardh1923]

god the balteus is just wrecking me so bad with subpar gear

[@zacharyrakes9061]

You can get every piece of this exept the head piece as soon as you have beaten the final boss of chapter 1.

[@roghider3552]

Coldsteel says to bosses: Nothin' personnel kid

[@user-di3oq7fb7i]

Nice build

[@Creepler89]

Hehe "relatively low ammo cost" - ive never had a higher ammo cost per mission than i have with dual gatlings, although my build is a speedtank with dual gatlings, big vertical missile pod and vertical plasma missiles. Just got the game a couple of days ago, will try this build too! Oh and ofc i swap in the songbirds when needed, they are so good in pve.

[@midwestleek]

I just go tank if I'm going heavy. My bipedal build is focused on speed and weapon specials, along with one sword and one missile pod

[@sadketchupg]

doesnt the quick boast ideal weight affect the overall QB? or how much does it affect it

[@FightinCowboy]

just look at full stats to see

[@EpsilonRosePersonal]

Bit of an oddball question, but could you suggest a PvE build centered around the Stun Baton? I like the idea of a melee centric mech and the extremely quick cooldown on the Stun Baton seems like it would be a lot more fun to work with, but I'm not really sure what I'd want to support it with.

[@ShuToshio]

Just realise the gatling's name Hu Ben likely means Pouncing Tiger.

[@GhostofJamesMadison]

About 25% of my boss fight wins end with me at 1 ap and terminal armor up. It's the goat

[@kiyoshimonster]

Isn’t the total load in excess of the ideal quick boost weight for the Aula booster? Would it not be better to go with a different booster like the buerzel?

[@peterjohnston775]

Dude is a dual wield master! Gonna do any melee builds?

[@FightinCowboy]

Yup

[@suicidalkangarooz]

Any recommendations on OS tuning for this build? Besides the expantions and the ability to put a physical weapon on the shoulder?

[@trademarcguy2800]

Go defensive first, then direct hit or explosive damage for the songbirds and pile bunker.

[@Rawkit_Surgeon]

BRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRT

[@saggydumpling7532]

hey man what about the OS TUINING? what are you using for it =)

[@XMG3]

can you go over the OS tuning for this build ??? other than weapon swap and pulse armor, are we putting in kinetic or explosive or melee ? seems very spread out

[@FightinCowboy]

Os tuning is preference and is irrelevant by New game Plus as you have enough chips for everything

[@knowtruth847]

sick

[@manhduyvu6525]

How about replacing the left hand gatling gun with a heavy Posture damage blast weapon? Does is work well? I 'm very confused.

[@elias1579]

Omg this game is so bad ass

[@pyronarf]

You need to build some custom emblems to use as textures

[@Guy_on_Youtube]

Ok so, your weight for this AC is way bigger than the ideal weight for that booster. Right? So wouldn't the boosters with 100600 ideal weight be better?

[@FightinCowboy]

So we can still use it, it just means our QB reload time is going to be higher. In this particular case it's still under 1 second despite being over the weight tolerance, which for PvE is more than enough. Even if we consider a booster that allows us to hit our ideal weight like the Buerzal, BC-0600, or BC-0400 we're seeing our thrust, QB thrust, and melee thrust still suffer in all 3 cases. So with all this in mind, despite being over weight it still gets the job done.

[@Blackreaper95]

Except for the head, pulse armor, swap out the pile bunker for the chapter 2 plasma missile launchers and that is my bipedal build lol

[@PondWaterEnjoyer]

I have almost this exact build lol, except I have quad legs and no pile bunker

[@zrytun6019]

I pretty much use the exact build except with dual songbirds and a minigun/pile bunker combo and I have to say dual songbirds firing both at the same time demolishes acs. It's gotten me through a great deal of the game, they're totally gonna nerf the songbirds.

[@dannycolwell8028]

Is stagger a “must” in this game? Is it viable to just run with a full damage focused ranged build?

[@FightinCowboy]

stagger is very useful. you don't have to build around it, but it's always beneficial

[@Iloverimjobs]

Great, now make a melee only build.

[@fo0za954]

ok so im pretty new to this genre, and i dont see some of these pieces you have even tho I bought everything that was available. im at chapter 3. what am i doing wrong ?

[@Balgore8]

That's wild, nice build! How come you dont just run quad legged or even tank? WHat does the bipedal offer?

[@brussy1]

Control. Do the spider if u like to float. I wanted to rock the treds ever since I saw it in the early reveals but in certain situations the horrible turning and control just wasn't worth the big rig swag or even the free 10k ap.

[@DCompani13]

Hey guys I have trouble finding the shoulder pile driver. I thought you need to beat level 1 arena but nothing showed up. Can anyone help?

[@TacoTacoTacocat]

Bro I'm stuck on Balteus right now and i want to scream seeing how easy that fight was lmao

[@salk9943]

Dual songbirds and energy shotguns make the fight terribly easy. Took me like 4 hours to beat him the first time and now i'm farming the mission under 5 minutes for credits lmao

[@salk9943]

Oh consider also consider using plasma missile launchers for AOE and energy damage, you'll melt his shields in seconds

[@TacoTacoTacocat]

@salk9943 i actually had a build i wanted to beat him with, took about 40 tries and i was very very close in about half of them, dual 8 rockets and dual bazookas It wasnt the right way but it eventually worked lmao

[@Domo_Nation2314]

Anyone else not able to download his account through code? Keeps saying no ac found

[@Domo_Nation2314]

AC*

[@juiteko8375]

Yeah, pretty sure he got the code wrong

[@stanharold7641]

Codes are not cross-platform sadly so that is probably why it isn't working for you.

[@coryseavers2932]

would this be good on intercept the redguns