horizontally spinning 621 beats the shit out of nepenthes while free bird is playing

lynyrd skynyrd is cool and good

[@kokeanikilator]

621: purges missiles Walter: w-what is he doing? Ayre: he's beginning to believe

[@HasekuraIsuna]

I like this comment so much lol

[@tropicalbreeze1164]

He's taking off the gloves

[@bladesofresilience5153]

He cooking fr

[@hohohojo]

@@HasekuraIsunahad to hop in to echo that sentiment. Amazing comment

[@jimmyphantom5572]

360 spin with no worry of getting hit by the good aim lazer, and the dude just Vibing in there LOL

[@Zaranell]

*Allmind begins frantically trying to calculate how the hell to add this data to the Integration Program*

[@SeiaiAnkoku]

Whatever Allmind takes from this showmanship is not something I would want to face later, haha!

[@hakageryu-hz7jz]

Reject Iguazu, return to pugilism

[@zekeshadow4153]

There is a really old Saturday Night Live skit about more cowbell. I imagine Allmind to think "I don't know what a Freebird is, but I need more of it." Lol

[@wiegraf9009]

@@zekeshadow4153That was about Blue Oyster Cult not Lynrd Skyrd!

[@Narokkurai]

Plot Twist: ALLMIND integrates Lynyrd Skynyrd and wears a denim jacket for the final boss battle.

[@connoroboyle7310]

I seriously love how instead of any tactical combat application, the community uses Weight Control to let their opponents know that they're about to absolutely fuckin style on 'em.

[@kikokiko8394]

It’s a tactic almost as old as the AC series itself. For a game heavily revolving around having enough firepower, if you see someone *intentionally* dropping their weapons you already know someone’s shit is about to get rocked

[@hardgay7537]

When the community is so good that everyone runs suboptimal Gundam builds because winning and stomping n00bs got old years ago. I love this community.

[@kaden-sd6vb]

​@@kikokiko8394it's like seeing someone armorless in a souls game

[@GusMortis]

Speed is the fastest tactical combat application.

[@flamejay10]

Enemies: "ha ha ha. I'm gonna gun you down so good." Player: *Purges all weapons.* Enemy: "..." Enemy: "...so I first want to apologiz-"

[@mediocremason]

Your ways frighten me. But you truly are John Rubicon.

[@draydra]

i thought his name was Arnold Core?

[@flu3747]

Ok so is the "john rubicon" suppost to be like a halo x armored core meme? Because if it is then thats awesome

[@void_eagle4577]

​@@flu3747no. Its a meme about people referring to the mc in fromsoft games as John (game name) for example. John darksouls or John Bloodborne

[@OK-zo3cq]

Damn I thought it was John Halo reference

[@ripplecutter233]

"Wake the John up"

[@CoolerThanYou201]

common side effect of 4th-gen augmentation

[@dougwark6150]

Ah yes the truth I was looking for

[@bazelgeese1283]

i mean yeah you'd have to be REALLY built different to survive this long with 4th gen

[@markdonovan2616]

John Rubicon? No, this is something more... This is Arnold Core

[@matthiass._.]

didn't you just steal this comment from a reply to another comment?

[@KABLAMMATS]

@@matthiass._. yes

[@markdonovan2616]

@@matthiass._. I actually stole it from the AC subreddit lmao

[@sun_beams]

Jesus Christ, that's Raven Bourne...

[@knockoffswaggy]

Arnold Corennegar

[@keroro407]

621 at the beginning: These aren't weapons, they are restraints. Walter won't let me do a mission unless I bring some weapons.

[@cedrickroberson1017]

😂😂😂😂

[@defcon_5auron207]

Same vibes as: "I have given thee courtesy enough"

[@imperiallray7933]

Allmind: *screaming in horror trying to understand what the fuck is happening in order to add it to the integration program* Ayre: *screaming in horror because she has no clue on what the fuck is 621 doing* Nephentes: *screaming in awe, disbelief and horror unable to understand what the fuck is happening and how is one single intruder going further than any before just by standing still* 621: *screaming in primal taunting defiance against possibly eons of technological development, his actions equivalent to trying to fix a super computer by hitting it with a hammer and succeding*

[@B3N_Youtube]

Best comment ever

[@kazzykaz0377]

Bro thought an essay was a good joke format

[@americanstruggler587]

Underrated comment.

[@Zachriel_Productions]

BEST COMMENT TO START MY MORNING

[@SCRAPSTrash]

Also 621: WOOOOOOOOOO HELL YEAH BROOTHER!!! PCA GON LEARN TODAY! where my Kodiak at where my chew

[@RamadaArtist]

"This is Unga, do you copy?" "This is Mission Command Unga, we are go for Bunga. Repeat, Unga. We are go, for, Bunga!"

[@RamadaArtist]

"This'll show those squirrelly wizards!"

[@bluecaptainIT]

"This is Cowa, supporting Unga!"

[@eddieb1995]

​@@bluecaptainITCowaBunga it is then

[@ungabunga2913]

Hey that’s me!

[@GenericProtagonist118]

OOGA UPPERCUT! OOGA OVERHAND! OOGA UNDERHAND! BOOGA.... *OVERHAND!!!!*

[@davemarx7856]

Turns out, spinning IS a good trick

[@rikoaries]

Anakin would be proud.

[@austinwinstead6543]

This is the most Balam thing ever.

[@shawnm1902]

It's the most *RAD* thing ever >.>

[@kanmeridoc1784]

Balam? THE EDF DEPLOYS!!!!

[@opten4012]

​@@kanmeridoc1784 EDF! EDF! EDF!

[@fleshdadbot6852]

​@@opten4012to save our mother earth from any alien attack..!

[@dougwark6150]

⁠​⁠@@fleshdadbot6852from vicious giant insects who have once again come back

[@justsomeguywithlasereyes9920]

This Raven truly is a Free Bird.

[@malware9668]

Take my like you beautiful bastard

[@localtincan5666]

🔥🔥✍️🔥🔥

[@Yaldforsvar]

Peak literature

[@logarius2178]

It’s truly the most free, while it’s falling. Oh the irony

[@logandarklighter]

@@logarius2178 That's not flying - that's falling - WITH STYLE!!! 😂

[@soukaVII]

G1 Michigan: "You're talking about The Wallclimber, The Wormkiller, The Rotato Potato, The only G13 who's managed to live this long!"

[@blulumen5420]

I’d like to note that he’s been labeled a threat level 6 with nothing but his fists.

[@felixdumbravescu2725]

"These fists are rated E for Everyone!"

[@TonyRedgrave]

Enforcement System: "I don't have a code for *this*!!!"

[@forlogic53]

The idea that 621 is just mecha Jesus like this, doing the most nonsensical shit and somehow it works is funny to me. Makes more sense how salty Iguana gets by the end too. This guy just dropped himself spinning towards Nephentes meanwhile Balam lost like hundreds of guys while traumatizing their remaining soldiers.

[@FarremShamist]

"Iguana" had me fucking sent to the floor

[@VK-fm4qv]

@@FarremShamist at this point I think half of the fandom call him Iguana

[@LillianAredhel]

My favourite is linguine

[@Juggernaut1782]

I just thought of literally the best comparison I can think of. The player from Armored core 4 is basically Mobius one from Ace Combat 4. And now 621 is the nutty protege compared to Trigger from Ace Combat 7

[@WoobertAIO]

@@Juggernaut1782 Ace Combat is just Armored Core with Aircraft after all.

[@elegantcat1496]

Lore accurate V.1 Freud

[@cwbomba13]

This is how Michigan describes you destroying the ice worm

[@shawnm1902]

They thought they needed a rail cannon! Turns out, you only needed purpose, focus, sheer determination and your 2 hands.

[@LEOTomegane]

"He wrestled the worm with his BARE HANDS"

[@jtho8937]

​@@LEOTomegane"Don't fuck with this mercenary!"

[@HandleMyBallsYouTube]

There's something incredibly cathartic about taking hundreds of years of technological research and development and just using it to punch things *really* hard.

[@WhtCrstlJudgmntDrgn]

Hey! There's a reason why punching things *really hard* works in cultures. It's almost always *super effective.*

[@dougwark6150]

man I love punch things… when I get this game I will punch Edit I have punch

[@chaitanyasingh3258]

Sounds like something G1 Michigan would do

[@russelllim4891]

He would absolutely love this

[@Graknorke]

a gun is just an abstracted way of delivering punches

[@FreedomFighterEx]

Michigan losing his mind seeing this while saying "See that, maggots! This is why G13 worth 10,000 Albany!" while Snail seething and malding but try to play it cool while saying "The mutt just did a bare minimum. What is so impress about it?"

[@lordtachanka85]

Michigan would proceed to charge g13 for the missile launchers he discarded at the beginning

[@bar_max4807]

The average V. Snail fan: W-Whaaaat? N-no! You can’t just solo the big-ass weapon at the bottom and beat the whole mission in one go! The chad G1 Michigan: YOU CRYING ABOUT IT- SNAIL?! YOU ONLY SAY THAT BECAUSE YOU DONT HAVE THE BALLS TO DO WHAT 621 JUST DID! SCREW YOUR HEAD BACK ON- MAGGOTT!

[@The_winterFox]

​@@bar_max4807I wish this was an actual voice line in the game

[@bar_max4807]

@@The_winterFox same- but now this is just giving me the urge to commission the voice actors who voiced the Vespers to argue over who will take 621 on in the caves, but then they all go silent as V.IV Rusty stumbles into the convo.

[@The_winterFox]

@@bar_max4807 Rusty and iguazu arguing would be hilarious

[@greatestever6557]

Ayer is doin the whole solo on her Coral guitar btw

[@therandomartist3201]

Ayre: *turns part of her intelligence into a guitar to play it.* Walter: *begins singing* Everyone watching from 621’s AC Head Cam: wait what is he doing? 621: time. To R o T a T e.

[@A.C.V.GENOCIDE_Director]

OH THIS IS TRAINER AC! THIS IS THE HONOR OF THE TRAINER AC SINCE IT CAN DESTROY THE BOSS WITH PUNCH!

[@IAmNotConnie]

yup! I was doing a challenge run to beat the game in a (slightly modified) trainer AC. that's the PCA's punishment for skipping training...

[@bazelgeese1283]

@@IAmNotConnie out of curiosity, what are the parts?

[@an_ordinary_goose]

​@@bazelgeese1283 You get given the AC data for the Trainer through the arena, I believe

[@bazelgeese1283]

@@an_ordinary_goose yeah thats fine but he said its a slightly modified trainer AC, still thanks

[@yaboikiba4302]

Ayre: "Watch out for his plasma missiles, Raven" 621: "HE BETTER WATCH OUT FOR THIS HANDS"

[@shepardren8006]

I love the fact that because of how From Software structures their games.... This is technically canon... Fucking Christ my guy.

[@TheNapster153]

621 is the Dune Messiah of Rubicon! Per the prophesy! He will lead the Free Men of Rubicon to glory and to claim the stars! Abide, The Rubicon!

[@sunrisejackdaw1779]

621 is about to shove those hands up your rear armor and rip out your reactor lol

[@WildRon]

I legit kinda wanted to know how you dodge the laser pretty consistently while spinning, but I guess it's cuz of Lynyrd Skynyrd

[@IAmNotConnie]

it's like 20% knowing the timing well and 80% Lynyrd Skynyrd

[@sebastianedwards4207]

@@IAmNotConnie 100 percent being an irregular

[@shawnm1902]

50% of the time, it works all of the time.

[@explicitreverberation9826]

​@@shawnm1902probably does it in good time too!!!

[@AutoFish6484]

@@sebastianedwards4207100% being an aberration to the plan

[@NormanNormalman]

This really armors my core.

[@Chopchopok]

Walter: This is a difficult mission, and Balam has had many losses dealing with this weapons platfor- 621: *calmly puts on headphones*

[@sofielee4122]

me: *spends 20 minutes picking ,my way down the side ledges as carefully as i possibly can* you: "I'll try spinning, that's a neat trick!"

[@botarc]

If Iguazu saw this, he will immediately delete himself.

[@iforgotmyname1669]

AC: _Drops guns_ Enemy: "He's surrendering, we got him!" AC: *Cracks knuckles* Enemy: "Huh"

[@kryleth6931]

Actually, that’s a good question, can AC’s crack knuckles?

[@Just-vibin-51]

*free bird starts* Enemy: “oh…. Oh we’re gonna die

[@en-men-lu-ana6870]

@@kryleth6931 Normally? No. This one, however, has custom-made arms to be able to do that.

[@canadadry5449]

Truly the strongest Gun 13. I would love to hear Michigan list this off as one of your accomplishments during the (worst) mission where you fight Balam.

[@Mustachioed_Mollusk]

The best hypeman a Hound could hope for.

[@MaidenlessScrub]

What? That mission is so fun. Just bring anything with good ammo counts and you will be good to go

[@canadadry5449]

@@MaidenlessScrub The mission itself is fine. It's who you have to kill that makes it not so fine. He may not like you, but he definitely respects you.

[@Gospel-xm7vd]

​@@canadadry5449 That mission is an amazing experience, everyone making jokes despite the fact we're here to kill them, and also talking shit about Iguana while they're at it. No one complains and no one retreats. The fact we have to fight Michigan elevates the experience even more in my opinion, to have to fight someone we highly respect and respects us back in an amazing brawl to the death.

[@enricopaolocoronado2511]

​@@canadadry5449 Michigan most definitely likes us as G13.

[@unnlucky333]

i thought this mission was a snooze fest but this video convinced me the real snooze fest was my piloting

[@claresaprama499]

Absolute madman! You put the PCA to shame with nothing but barehand.

[@jean-thomasmasse9216]

PCA's automated defense. Reminds me of how Chatterstick got own'd by Freud ...

[@jtho8937]

He's not one of those Arquebus pansies. Don't fuck with this mercenary!

[@dragonslayer3552]

It is implied multiple times that the AI and automated defenses are far inferior to humans which I mean it makes sense in lore but it's actually apparent in gameplay too which is cool

[@cesare_1302]

I'm still processing the fact you can do "unarmed" builds in AC6

[@matiastorres1510]

@@cesare_1302 It's actually not too bad either. Damage is subpar but it does a ton of stagger

[@mildlyaggravated7066]

Its him. Its John Rubicon.

[@smolangelo9969]

"The enemy cannot hit me if I don't know where I am"

[@nebulahawk5895]

The fact that the silo is deeper than everest is tall is crazy to me. And they say dwarves delve too deep...

[@yuji165]

As a solo elite deep diver myself; *it's not deep enough*

[@arwingmaster1]

@@yuji165 Rock and Stone!

[@pearlysplayhouse7761]

​@@arwingmaster1Rock. And. Stoooone!

[@DatBrasss]

It's HOW deep?!??

[@en-men-lu-ana6870]

@@DatBrasssEverest is 8.8 kilometres tall, while the silo is 12.8 kilometres deep.

[@therandomartist3201]

621: right then. Maximum effort. *jumps off while the free birds solo plays*

[@stars4243]

an S rank in this mission is clearly not enough for such style

[@IronGiant2790]

Smokin' Sexy Style!!

[@localtincan5666]

​@@IronGiant2790rubicon may cry 5 fires edition

[@pentium8306]

​@@localtincan5666 featuring White Glint from Armored Core series

[@valentijncobben1725]

Imagine seeing the lone mercenary as a normal person in an MT(they can't be that good you just saw half an army get destroyed by that thing) Doesn't say a word but you hear some beyond ancient earth song through your speakers, slowly muffling as Raven spins deeper down the pit. Then you hear the explosion, and true fear starts mounting as the sing grows louder again

[@Pronunciation101]

Freebird is now the canon track playing in 621's cockpit for all ass-kickings.

[@georgeling4287]

This might be the largest flex I've ever seen, good lord

[@Headsquasher93]

"You did it, 621. You truly are the Armored Core 6 Fires of Rubicon." - Handler Walter

[@keroro407]

Balam soldier: Sir, G13 is approaching us. He just dropped down menacingly!

[@stylessangel9574]

I still love how the Iguazu's AC is practically the Trainer AC just with a shield, a different generator, and uses G3 Melander instead of the regular Melander.

[@adamharford4142]

Nepenthes has no countermeasures for pure stylin'

[@ALegendthateatslunchatam]

Weakest Balam AC Pilot

[@IllIlllI]

Ac veterans: “i use the thin legs for 398 mph max speed boost” This guy: “big spinning metal Chunck fly down FAST, break sound barrier, do speeen for aErodynamics”

[@lesslighter]

its more like reaching terminal velocity

[@Just-vibin-51]

“What?” “Speeeeeeeeeeen” “Alright who put beer in 621’s coffee?”

[@bazelgeese1283]

@@Just-vibin-51 *WHEEZE* I CAN HEAR IT

[@shanec9672]

Fucking gorgeous. What a celebration of life.

[@EverTM]

It truly is. What a time to be alive.

[@DDespicable]

Arquebus and Balam waiting up top to hear if Free Birds ever stops. It doesnt. Iguazu: son of a bitch! How?!

[@harozuken]

621: *Purges weapons* Walter: "Do I label this as repair costs... or ammunition costs... both???"

[@farolanramadhani7218]

G1 Michigan : "I fear no man..." [Looks at this] "...but that thing, it scares me."

[@UnitK7]

You guys put Florida Man in a mech?!?! Oh man, those guys are SCREWED.

[@AverySadBear]

"621? Why did you just purge your missile pods?" - Walter _3 minutes later_ "hOLy S-" - Walter

[@GreytheIronHammer21]

PCA Officer: It's just one merc? Unarmed? The fool. Subordinate: Sir you might wanna hear the audio. PCA Officer: ...... Subordinate: Sir? PCA Officer: ALL UNITS THREAT LEVEL 6! THIS IS NOT A DRILL! REPEAT THREAT LEVEL 6!

[@fjnordthedwarf4004]

Love the idea that the Enforcement System is hard-coded to immediately go to Threat Level 6 when it detects Free Bird

[@andrewowens4421]

@@fjnordthedwarf4004 Freebird is the secret code that unlocks truly god-like piloting skills. Many thought it lost to the annuls of time, but those who remember the legends know that whoever plays it cannot be allowed to live.

[@fjnordthedwarf4004]

@@andrewowens4421 Freebird is the real reason 621 is quadraplegic- it's simply too powerful for extended use

[@RamadaArtist]

This. This is the true beauty and soul of Armored Core my friends. *Fabulous Souls!*

[@Irondrone4]

"So, what was your build going into the fight?" "Build?"

[@pcbuildersmischief9650]

This oddly made me think of that meme video where the dad just starts smacking the daylights out of everyone at that kids birthday party....😆😆😆

[@deathrex007]

Ah yes “The Slap”

[@zephyranthes-1319]

This goes to show that anything is possible when Free Bird plays.

[@tanklover385]

All we need now is megas XLR skin

[@Hawk7886]

YES!

[@DrAmethyst]

The immediate weapon purge is far more intimidating than anything else in the game. The Ice Worm, the Ibis, Baltaeus, Allmind, none of those even come close to being as intimidating as that.

[@buttlord2223]

You can just beat the everloving shit out of most of the game with unarmed melee. I don't think the devs ever bothered to really test it beyond making sure it works. Most enemies just don't react in any meaningful way and are completely helpless when you start doing this.

[@localtincan5666]

Even in pvp, the punch is a stunlock untill you litteraly have to stop after they recover which only happens after you break their stance

[@raylenn4444]

​@@localtincan5666and wjen the punches overheat....is when the kicks and pulse armor comes in....

[@markcalhoun8219]

I expect the reason npc's don't react is utter shock and horror. Nobody in the history of Rubicon has ever thrown a punch. They don't have physically functioning bodies.

[@fjnordthedwarf4004]

​@@markcalhoun8219This either implies that 621 is an immortal being who existed in a time where punching was a thing, or he single-handedly reinvented it out of pure spite. I don't know which is scarier

[@markcalhoun8219]

@@fjnordthedwarf4004 personally I'm going with the latter, raged so hard he reinvented physical violence

[@Neroh01]

I cannot but stop imagining the tyler1 meme where he screams "GET THIS BETA SHIT OFF MEEEEEEEEEEEEEE" at the beginning of the video when you eject your weapons 🤣

[@onenationunderdog5289]

"Then they willingly received him into the ship: and immediately the ship was at the land whither they went." -John "Raven" 621, on punching a laser defense module to death I guess

[@enricopaolocoronado2511]

John Rubicon following in the footsteps of Marneus Calgar. "I CAST FIST!"

[@Starn3rd]

Sees the Title: At first you had my curiosity. Watches the Video: Now you have my attention.

[@MTG69]

Legend says that having a cerebral coral device, talking to coral, while getting high on coral at the same time, lead to some wild times for 621 on Rubicon.

[@Mononeko-fl5bj]

When the moonshine kicks in and everyhing start to spin.

[@grivinex5990]

The Rock 'em Sock 'em Robot had enough

[@thelandofchickens]

In my opinion, needing to have a certain build for some missions in AC is something I really like about it, figuring it out and planning, and then having your AC fail miserably and forcing you to go back to the drawing board. On the other hand ac6 making that part not as necessary and just letting you dodge everything like its dark souls and then punch the shit out of everything is really fucking good

[@trickm0nkey]

"I fear no man." "But that...thing...*points at horizontally spinning 621 with Freebird audible from the cockpit*" "It scares me."

[@felixgutierrez993]

All the Balam forces who lost a shit ton of troops trying to take the facility watching the footage: 😑

[@youknowwhoelselikesthisvid8040]

Utterly amazing showmanship. Your performance through this video was crazy, and it all synced with Free Bird too well! Chatty Stick, is that you?

[@henrymontes3626]

Weight control is basically just Chunin arc Rock Lee removing all his weights

[@repstylegaming9730]

Who needs song birds when you ARE the free bird? Perhaps the biggest bird.

[@NotDaender]

Finishing it all with a kick?! 👌👌👌

[@hypemann8085]

First we had a Raven who bashed their AC's head at CEL-240 and now this !? Ya'll Ravens crazy after being deprived of Armored Core content for years 😂

[@fjnordthedwarf4004]

Love the idea of previous-gen Armored Core players just being these unstoppable psychopaths that can make literally any build do the impossible just through sheer skill. Just an entire community of Char Aznables I mean I say 'idea', but that's honestly just reality

[@Fairwhite195]

What taking rubicon's blessing raw does to a mf

[@davidmalkowski7850]

This man is a clear threat to Planetary Closure. Someone get the Alaskan Coral Worm stat!

[@Old_Soul_Shimi]

I wasn't expecting him to jettison his weaponry right at the start. Man literally said *we runnin hands today*

[@anonymousmurphy]

That moment when they purge the guns, I could have sworn I saw a half-smoked cig get flicked away.

[@successshampoo]

Imagine start hearing free bird from your open radio, next your whole platoon is gone😂

[@Zmanwarrior]

When you've been stuck to a hospital bed for a year and you are *tired of everyone's shit.*

[@Mad_racc00n]

This... This is art

[@tratamarack441]

AC, Rotat-e

[@SeiaiAnkoku]

ROTATO FASTER

[@UnboludoCualquira]

When the boss is strong but the song hits harder

[@MaverickKaiser]

"It's tracking you, 621!" Well it's not doing a very good job at it then

[@nicolasrey1190]

"what the hell are you waitng for?! KILL HIM!" "sir, he is horizontally spinning, and playing free bird!"

[@DragonaxFilms]

I'm beginning to believe that full-send melee is the only correct way to play AC6.

[@bruucunha]

The dodge at 0:50 was so badass! Good stuff

[@tombston6378]

But he got hit…….

[@mercen4ry57]

​@@tombston6378still good tho

[@bruucunha]

@@tombston6378 it’s about the form, not the function. So is the way of the cyberpunk.

[@althenea]

bro throwing hands like he's master asia

[@verydeadchannel9391]

Average Balam battle tactics

[@venuztrvp]

Walter: Commence mission 621: Excuse me while I slip into something more comfortable

[@seanward5954]

This is bad ass. Lol. I just hugged the walls and dropped straight down to the platform directly below me and hid behind cover. I repeated until I was all the way to the bottom. Enemies literally couldn't touch me. This...though..this is art.

[@RazKat_2023]

I think the title is my favorite part of this. Not that the video itself is bad or anything, that title is just a cherry on top

[@justincholos.balisang6884]

Done like a real Redgun

[@PinkTuskedMammoth]

LOL this dude Big-O'd Nepenthes after plummeting 10,000 stories

[@noneedtoknow07]

I could tell how often you played this level by the fact you knew the exact time to boost out after opening the partition.

[@literatedegenerate3800]

They wanted to see how far you could fly, you just wanted to see how far you could fall

[@tbone9474]

This raven flies on wings of a free bird

[@MrGoatFish10]

Love the part when you dodge the laser while spinning.

[@iExploder]

So that's how a gigachad plays AC6.