GBO2 Nu Gundam HWS: Best barrier in the entire game!

This video contains two matches I had with the recently released Nu Gundam (HWS) on Gundam Battle Operation 2. It is a 700 cost support with incredible ranged DPS, access to a piercing heavy stagger that ignores enemy defensive buffers, access to a fin funnel barrier with no time limit that ignores damage up to a certain threshold alongside good mobility. Its weaknesses would be that it has no instant stuns without charging, that it needs to work harder than other supports to stagger in general and that it suffers from long reload+overheat times for its weapons. This suit is a complete DPS machine, it can hide behind its powerful funnel barrier while outputting tons of damage. It isn't lacking weaknesses though, you have to juggle a lot with this kit to get anywhere. I hope that you enjoy watching!
Its primary weapon is a hyper mega rifle with 600x5 (2800) ((3800)) power, 13%x5 (80%) ((95%)) heat, 0.8 seconds cooldown, 15 seconds overheat, 0.77 seconds swap time, 350m (400m) ((575m)) range, 1.5 (3) seconds focus time and 16%x5 (20%) ((60%)) stagger value. This works similarly to the Nu Gundam's beam rifle when firing uncharged, offering longer range and a generous ASL reticle in return for having a high heat rate. It has a two stage charge function that offers a progressively stronger beam, both stages instant stagger.
Its primary weapon is a beam saber with 2900 power, 2.5 seconds cooldown, 0.77 seconds swap time and 140% downswing modifier. This can hit generals pretty hard because of type advantage, but it can be awkward to use. Uses the Jeda melee moveset.
Its first sub weapon is a head vulcan gun with 120 power, 60 ammo, 450 RPM, 13 seconds reload, 0.5 seconds swap time, 200m range, 900 DPS and 6% stagger value. This has decent stagger accumulation and DPS, useful to finish accumulation stun combos.
Its second sub weapon is a shoulder missile launcher with 200x2 power, 8 ammo, 255 RPM, 10 seconds reload, 0.5 seconds swap time, 350m range, 1700 DPS, 300x6 incendiary damage and 6%x2 stagger value. These inflict a fast acting incendiary debuff that deals its full damage quickly.
Its third sub weapon is an irradiation type fin funnel with 800x6x4 power, 100% heat, 25 seconds overheat, 0.77 seconds swap time, 300m range and 17%x6x4 stagger value. These have good range and can be fired while boosting, shooting funnels in sequence that then fire continuous beams at the enemy.
Its fourth sub weapon is a fin funnel barrier with 5 ammo, 35 seconds reload and 0.77 seconds swap time. This works differently from other barrier weapons, rather than being HP/timer based it is hit based, the barrier is broken if it receives 5 attacks dealing 150 damage or more, or if you choose to manually reload it (which recalls the funnels).
Its fifth sub weapon is a shield missile launcher with 650x2 power, 4 ammo, 200 RPM, 12 seconds reload, 0.5 seconds swap time, 300m range and 17%x2 stagger value. These have high damage but awful stagger value.
Its sixth sub weapon is a shield dual mega cannon with 3000x2 power, 100% heat, 30 seconds overheat, 0.77 seconds swap time, 400m range and 7 seconds focus time. This weapon bypasses buffers, pierces and heavy staggers, though this comes at the cost of very long focus and overheating time.
The Nu HWS has 20500 HP, 34 ballistic/beam resist and 20 melee resist. It has less HP than other supports but the barrier lets you block damage that other supports could not avoid, making you durable overall. It has LV2 Resist Move, LV3 Psycommu Buffer and LV1 Left Arm Special Equipment Defence Mechanism for defensive skills. LV2 Resist Move works like the standard version, except you take 50% less damage while rolling. The left arm defensive buffer reduces damage taken to the shield by 20%, reduces stagger value taken to the shield by 20% and blocks ranged instant staggers if they deal 1500 damage or less.
In terms of mobility it has 125 (135) walk speed, 215 (225) boosting speed, 75 thrust (-25% usage) and 72 (87) turning speed. It has LV2 Forced Injectors and LV2 Flight Control for mobility related skills. When the suits HP drops below 30%, Psychoframe Resonance activates, which boosts mobility as shown in the brackets.
Overall I feel like the Nu HWS will be a really strong option if you want a 700 support. It can't support the team with as many staggers compared to its peers, but the damage output is absolutely unmatched. If you play in mid-close range you can sustain a constant barrage and easily nuke enemy generals when given the chance, the barrier makes you really hard to approach as well. I think it is worth rolling for, just be aware though that recent leaks suggest that we will be getting Full Armor Unicorn Gundam, Xi Gundam and Penelope in the future, so it might be worth it to save for them instead. Thanks for watching, and I hope that you enjoyed it!
Music used:
Armored Core 6, Silent Encounter
Dynasty Warriors Gundam 2, The End of a Journey

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[@darko7432]

"Amuro, I've stolen your stupid dumb gundam. Cry about it. ...oh, and I'm doing something wicked too I guess idk"

[@ProtoAlpha]

"I'm cheating on you Armuro😈😈" - Tomino's "left up to interpretation" Char

[@loneswordsman295]

In an alternate uc timeline, Amuro gifted Char a spare Nu Gundam as a token of their newfound friendship. Of course it'd be painted red and tuned for the Red Comet.

[@darksungo_already9163]

Friendship? 🤨

[@loneswordsman295]

@@darksungo_already9163 that part is if char stayed as quattro.

[@awildbluedestinyunit1appea333]

Char: "This truly was our *Mobile Suit Gundam."* Amuro: "Char, stfu..."

[@avenger1_gbo260]

historians say that they were roommates

[@ProtoAlpha]

​@@darksungo_already9163 we all know they were more than friends💀

[@GrayFolxy]

Armored Core never disappoints unless its the player in pvp

[@derrickvalentine58]

indeed

[@shybandit521]

Sir this is gundam not armored core

[@GrayFolxy]

@@shybandit521 yeah GBO community is disappointing too , people cant help their supports neither learn on how to not be assholes

[@michaeldeleon8970]

Good choice of song 🎵…Buddy

[@LoopBell]

penelope and xi are coming soon? Sweet

[@cosmokramer4703]

Actually?

[@skyezblue3136]

Yes

[@chaptermastermoloc4171]

NGL I was eagerly waiting for this upload.

[@goodhoonter3925]

Ac 6 my beloved you planning on using stargazer in one of your video's awesome video:)

[@scottwrathfon9872]

The barrier is really annoying to deal with, though it seems like it should be broken by most funnel weapons or certain vulcans quite fast (though thkse vulcans end up pointless if they cant hit 150 damage), I couldn't tell if my Dag Doll funnels or bursts of FF Nu BR were taking it down with the distance it was as in the few matches I played. But the idea that it basically absorbs any 5 attacks istead of having a set amount of HP, as well as being able to safely deploy it without worrying about a timer, seems to make it perfect for charging the big damage weapons. It's cool and i hope to get it eventually, but since i have the other 700 support units I don't see it being exceptionally as strong enough to whale for.

[@nm3k511]

My go-to method of taking down the barrier quickly is with rockets/missles. More notably shield missle and/or so weapon that shoots a few or so rockets.

[@mikaelantoneibala6433]

They buffed the sazabi and its even more amazing now thank god

[@Nomadic_Gaming]

so this is the 700 4 star support the FAZZ wishes it was im joking cuz that thing was fucking ridiculous on launch but still another support w dodge busted stuns and a good downswing but now w funnel shield fuck yeah also i appreciate the ac6 soundtrack music high pressure is the song i blast when going full unga bunga w an aggressive suit like titania or something in your face melee heavy it just fits so well also how viable would u think a team comp of 1 of each nu gundam would be in 4v4 now that we have a raid 2 gens and a support

[@mr.abrams9885]

The suit looks cool and all, but I like my FA ZZ more But with that,are you going to revisit the Sazabi since it has been buffed?

[@avenger1_gbo260]

Definitely. It feels great to play since the buffs so I will try to record some matches with it.

[@mr.abrams9885]

@avenger1_gbo260 sweet, and now, with the EZZ in the RT store, you can finally make a video on it if possible

[@redohealer2]

Was that a Dynasty Warrior's Gundam theme at the end?

[@Cool-kk2vl]

I think it is easy to overheat all weapons if you use barriers first and constantly fire primary ryfle. Also, wait for your review of buffed sazabi, it seems quite promising

[@vangnex1825]

Seems fun to play but I guess I'll save for later 4 stars. And I'm already happy with Rozen Zulu as my main 700 support x)

[@gerogyzurkov2259]

Man I tempted to roll for this.

[@illprox9679]

I only had 34 tokens i went with the 2 15 rolls lol. No luck

[@WildArmACF]

@@illprox9679 i know your pain

[@gerogyzurkov2259]

No luck but give some stuff.

[@bigbadvicHo]

Same

[@WildArmACF]

I kinda didnt like the first feel of it in the PvE missions. I guess i could give it another try as its one of the few MS that you can test beforehand there. But we've long needed a support with a barrier.

[@SiegInvencivel]

Hi, is there really are leaks that suggest that the fa unicorn and xi are coming? The last thing i remember abt leaks was a spreadsheet from two months ago were nor the fa unicorn or the xi where included

[@avenger1_gbo260]

From what I understand, people are datamining new suits from each monthly PC GBO2 update. It has been confirmed by various sources on a few GBO2 discords, so you can probably ask around there if you want more confirmation. But I can say that it seems very likely that they are coming.

[@sebastianedwards4207]

finally more armroed core music, any chance you could listen to some of the gen 3 songs and use them?

[@derrickvalentine58]

more armored core music! yes!!!

[@allmight5465]

AMAZING

[@renorzeta]

Sazabi FF don't even have Flight control program. 😅

[@user-pt1tw2er3h]

I want to know more how it fare agaisnt a team of freedom😮

[@namorfreeman8999]

Is it worth pulling on this banner for the part alone? Cause it really does appeal to me.

[@basicnormalasian9438]

Avenger i think I'm not good playing normal byarlant in close combat so i decided to play it as a shooter what's your opinion

[@hungnguyenhuu2085]

They should have replace the vulcan to chest missile, such a waste 😢

[@darko7432]

Would you say the suit was balanced in terms of its strengths and weaknesses?

[@GrayFolxy]

its a support so it can get bodied quickly by a raid but ... well you are punching a forteress that can roll and do many things

[@bobvagene4999]

Too balanced. It's fat(nu itself already was quite large despite the proportions, this adds even bigger hitbox to leg) and lacks any leg buffer. It has no immediately available instant stun. Low hp combined with lack of leg buffer is generally a quick way to become lt.Dan. The main damage method is using charged shield beam while hiding behind barrier, but this is 700 where double dodgerolls are quite common and it's not uncommon to see New Anti-Beam Armor, and it only has 400m range, putting it in range of vast majority of ranged weapons; and as you might have noticed, fat beams love to graze edge of shields(even when aiming for ankle) and get fully absorbed by the shieldgate(might even fail to break shield in case of unicorn). The barrier itself is only good if enemies don't know what it does(or it intercepts a shot meant for someone else), rebawoo beam vulcan can remove that easily - and the shape of pyramid means it can be done from around a corner before you ever get around it. I expect a buff to heat rate(do it like zeta hml so fullcharge meme beam only go up to 95% heat, so for this one you can fire two back to back before overheating; or give it option to fire 1 beam for a normal instant stun without charging at 95% heat), with lv2 leg buffers(I hope zz/ezz gets at least lv2 leg buffers too). But without any kind of armor purge mechanic(probably engine limitation or something) this is just a boring ms. I think I rather have a lv3 zulu angelo bruno gun(eventually, I'm sure)

[@cosmokramer4703]

​@@bobvagene4999 agree on all these points. It's very clunky

[@SornlegionAQW]

Nice add AC 6 ost

[@CSKGamer06]

Give me my Perfect Zeong you cowards!

[@gerogyzurkov2259]

It's very much possible now. XI Gundam has been confirmed in leaks. That thing being larger means Prefect Zeong should be able to come.

[@bigbadvicHo]

Where does it rank for supports?

[@visyer1759]

what is HWS mean?

[@driftbandit4740]

That would be Heavy Weapons System(H.W.S) . It's tempting to get however l do own the Deluxe Action Figure that l purchased years ago. Now, l have to find it.

[@nm3k511]

ngl that custom part seems very underwhelming...

[@baconflaps]

extra sources of damage for lvl1 suits are rare so in a way its valuable for that alone if you like to stack damage

[@HybridHenderson]

This suit sounds balanced, is it?

[@SilentkillerofNight]

Feels that way to me. I've played a few games with and against it it's good but not overpowered, well not to me anyways

[@paostruction9455]

Amuro gay