Overtaking Lucifer - Armored Core Last Raven

[@powervidsful]

"400,000 dollars to fire that gun" Is perfect.

[@wasdwazd]

That is how it feels to use MGs in missions, at least in AC3

[@null8036]

@@wasdwazd *Silent Line

[@Ramash440]

"200 dollah bullets ain't so good when they hit nothin'." That's how I felt going from Nexus to LR when I realized the Pixie was heavily debuffed and couldn't hit the broad side of a barn from the inside. Those things were constant damage lasers in the previous games... except in Nine Breaker but we don't talk about that one.

[@mortum_potato6124]

All weapons were nerfed with the weapon recoil mechanic. Machine guns earlier on were not that great at fighting super fast long/mid range ACs because they boost faster than the projectile speed unless you bum rush them and circle strafe to glitch the ai.

[@varyagace]

"I am not very good at making montages" Are you kidding? This was amazing! Really good editing, especially with the Scout voicelines, and the Eurobeat mix thrown in with multiple attempts. Good job.

[@Lia_Lia381]

Thanks! I was glossing over the video while editing a lot and felt like some parts could've been better. Thanks for compliment!

[@Comuzzy]

@@Lia_Lia381tbh it doesn’t even feel like a less than a 100 subscribers channel, you nailed it it’s a matter of time before you make it big with the algorithm

[@Lia_Lia381]

@@Comuzzy Thanks! I can only hope I can keep up with the videos and keep any creativity I can muster up.

[@Mark.the.Suspect]

Fr, The Top is my favorite eurobeat song and as soon as it started playing I went from laughing to getting hyped like crazy. The editing is crazy good.

[@aufaahkam9823]

Beat that guy yesterday, those back weapon booster is real blessing in this fight

[@salvoix86]

"We need greasy fast speed!" -Mickey from "Rocky II" I didn't expect a clip from Silvester Stallone's greatest movies here! Poor Mickey, though...

[@spiidey1]

Beating Lucifer legit is a great feat! I think an easier way to beat him is to use either the linear cannon weapon arms or the spread bazooka weapon arms. Those weapon arms also work fairly well against the aerial pulverizer and final Zinaida.

[@Dizerfullpower]

the cheesy way is building an anti-shell tank and outdamaging him with a giant ass back laser cannon. when he gets stuck on landscape, he's done, just like Rimfire

[@Constatonks]

Love that build, I've done similar.

[@sml7564]

I literally had a build that use speed and damage, it's middleweight biped, but can go up to 500+ kmhr using cbt-fleet (speed depends on weapon equipment) and the EO core that shoots green laser, and a light generator with 4100+ energy supply, no back weapons (unless it's necessary). It's my meta that works well, for me.

[@vlt-NEXT]

I have the same build but it was useless against final Zinaida 😭

[@ACFoxeye]

Redline is an exquisite name for a high-speed AC. I hope you keep it.

[@Lia_Lia381]

I definitely will, dont worry! I'd love to bring all 5 of em with me through gen 4, 5, and 6. But idk if they let you have 5 AC designs at a time.

[@ACFoxeye]

4th and 5th gen only have one AC in the garage at a time, but you can save your builds as blueprints and load them at a moment's notice.

[@Lia_Lia381]

@@ACFoxeye oh cool! guess that means i could have more than 5 ACs, too

[@petervilla5221]

A little disappointed you didnt use Machinehead's theme for the Redline montage, but Initial D is a good substitute.

[@gregorypainter6754]

That linear cannon was no joke lol. I remember on my playthrough that I refused to use it due to the sheer trauma it gave me taking it to the face more times than I care to ever admit

[@sml7564]

I hate those when used against my AC, but when I use it, I feel bad cause it feels like cheating :( The stagger is ridiculous.

[@Azure9577]

This video captures the very essence of armoured core Subbing

[@watching.learning]

Damn right! For those unaware and is looking into playing AC, he was updating his leg part to gain speed.

[@Azure9577]

@@watching.learning once a Raven, always a raven

[@watching.learning]

@@Azure9577 I believe, it all depends on the game loved by the player. Some might consider themselves a dominant or lynx. Hehe

[@RippahRooJizah]

You: More Speed! Me: Time for Tank. I beat him once, years ago. And once I did that, I was happy. Satisfied. Never fought him again.

[@Duskaror]

I tried multiple different builds only for all of them to end in spectacular failure. After seeing this I tried to convert my quad build to be speed focused and I was able to beat him first try… so thanks for the help!

[@OugiEin]

This was literally my transformation into a double trigger build before for answer. Great content. Hope to see you in AC6 Raven.

[@tallynnyntyg6008]

1:07 Fun fact! Only you overheat and take damage from it. Every AI doesn't.

[@Engiepie]

daemon might not cuz he's OP-I (like almost every challenging AC is...) but im absolutely certain i've fried some Enemy AC's using hi-heat pistols.

[@CenetaurmanE52]

This is unironically the best I've ever seen the struggle represented in any of these kinds of videos.

[@bombomos]

Holy shit this was a hype video!!! Going speed and learning to dodge his linear rounds was so sick!!! Amazing video!! I hope you keep up the Armored Core Goodness

[@Cheese334]

If you can beat final boss Zinaida, you can beat Daemon. You're on the right track with the two rifles. The key here is to have two rifles, the rifle orbital core, and an ECM maker on the inside part.

[@Cheese334]

@raynalldoprime Nice. Micro missiles and the 4 missile launch extension piece?

[@Cheese334]

@raynalldoprime Nice. For me its usually using the ECM maker while throwing my missiles at them. Once i'm out of ammo, I purge the missiles and extension for faster mobility. Then finish off with 4 rifles unloading into them. Though for FB Zinaida, I'd have to puge the missiles sooner cause of her verticality.

[@Cheese334]

@raynalldoprime Nope. ECM still works against OP-I opponents. I use the one with 8 rounds. Especially against Daemon. His arena area has a 100 ECM level. And Zinaida's head can't handle too many. By the time 2-3 are deployed, Zinaida starts to panic. I'll boot up my ps2 in a bit and give you my build.

[@ahamburgerwithextrafries2283]

I did it with pulse rifles.

[@advent5092]

In my case Uranus, Pixie3 and Nix get the job done much easier. Just keep maintaining pressure and they'll go down sooner than you thought.

[@Eisenight]

Oh wow you just unlock dormant memories of the past age. I remember this guy. I kept him mid-far range so he won't burst me down with whatever he was using. Above all, good job Raven.

[@canadadry5449]

Nice one. I remember this fight from years ago. tons of fun. Heavy Bi-pedal units aren't always super fun, but they do tend to dominate the Arena in the Nexus-Last Raven years. The reason being that mobility isn't as useful in those games as it is in any other games. So once you hit a certain mobility rating then it starts to have a reduced benifit. My build used to be heavy bi-pedal with either a handheld gernade in my right hand or 40 round bazooka, than then another bazooka in my left hand, or the small left hand gernade launcher. And of course I'd have 2 of the 240 round handguns in my hangar. I think those weapons were tournament banned though.

[@RenoKyrie]

"The only problem with going faster than light is you cant escape from the darkness" Or you can just, use Tank Legs and make swarm Missile Build

[@01trixor]

Yo this montage was sick af! Also funny, looking forwards to more AC videos ^^ Daemon was very intimidating the first time for any raven

[@Datightguy]

Amazing video, was super hype throughout. I ended up beating him immediately after switching to this build. Been struggling all night on this guy.

[@Lia_Lia381]

Yay! Grats :D and thank you!

[@GreyKingZero]

This was good, real good. Excellent choice of music for the situation you were in Armored Core 3 LR.

[@Nineball459]

Kinda cool watching you improve your strafe dodging skill as the matches go on. I beat him and the rest of the arena first try recently going through Last Raven for the first time, using a build very similar to the one you beat him with, except I used a different core and the B83TP boosters. I also used the 100 ammo rifles instead for less weight. I like speed, outside one build of mine all 5 of my ACs go at least above 400 kph, the dueling AC I used in the arena could go 560 kph, and was strafe hopping at speeds of around 430-470. Heat management is tight but its a lot easier when you’re so fast its like piloting a NEXT.

[@deaconholmes3426]

I’ve never seen the armored core arena experience explained so well

[@Asfragged]

Looking at this gameplay really highlights the power different between earlier AC's and NEXTs. I hope Rubicon is somewhere in the middle.

[@petervilla5221]

The God motif was very apt for those flying disaster inducers. Mortals literally were incapable of being in the mere presence of them. Fun to pilot though.

[@angelcarvallo8546]

Got tired of dodging around his attacks so I simply showed up with my heavily armored quad leg AC with the same back guns as Lucifer and my two heavy machine guns on both hands. Stayed behind one of those huge pillars and whenever the guy showed up I just blasted the hell out of him. He was down in a matter of seconds. Anyway that was fun to watch. I'm glad I found this channel.

[@durandol]

If you can't outpilot, just outcheese.

[@procow2274]

Melee is always the answer 🐄

[@CoronaMobius]

I was all about tank + LIC10 back in the day. Although my main for arena was mucho small missiles, two rifles, and the rifle EO core. As it was the style at the time. Tournament scene (in the midwest anyway) actually banned the fastest boosters because of how much of the strategy in LR relied on proper spacing. Honestly I thought the guy who whined about it had too much pull and it was the only strat that really beat him, but now I'm venting a fifteen year old grudge. Great vid!

[@omnibot5848]

I'm gonna have to agree with that person, TP boosters deserved banning in LR tournaments. Their top notch boost power and acceleration made every other booster obsolete in comparison. Banning parts in AC tournaments is of course to take anything obviously overpowered out of the picture, but it's also done to ensure a diversity of viable part choices and builds.

[@eherden2169]

I pretty much finished the hardest missions in the game with a tank + LIC10 and in both arms had two other hard hitting energy weapons. I think in the shoulders I had the extensions that recharged energy but I'm not sure if that extension was only available on Nexus, its been so many years . . .

[@REAPER55667798]

Better than anything i could ever make. You made a damn masterpiece with this one. Subbed.

[@titanjakob1056]

Clarkson: speed and power

[@warmachine4517]

Haven't smiled this hard in a while! I need more content!

[@zeroshinkai957]

Another Raven takes to the sky.

[@jakeboston1]

If i recall on my build. I had the Eye head, the dual Energy EO (mirage lightweight variant), small arms, the legs you used, fleet boosters, high generator, low radiator. dual machine guns, and dual micro missiles with missile extension. barraged him with missiles at the start, then once he got close, burnt him with the dual EOs and machine guns. It was literally a DPS race.

[@sml7564]

Or you can cheese the AI, his just the same as "crow predator", but stagger build. Just overtake him, go full arc reverse and "merry go round" then your facing his back for several seconds, do this several times, his dead.

[@jakeboston1]

@@sml7564 Multiple ways. Cheesing takes some setup or gimmick. What i said is just a brute force way to beat him. Takes seconds to do, minimal skill.

[@Darlos9D]

Somehow I managed to abuse a pillar and beat him with a slow laser cannon sniper tank I made specifically for him. Before that we managed to double KO each other once with my other semi-tanky biped mech that dual wields machine guns and has a solid round EO core and the biggest FCS box I could muster, which smoked damn near everything else in the game. The paths we take.

[@protosevn]

Eurobeat and AC, simply ebin

[@ginger-ham4800]

Missile Arms make the arena a total joke. Four (4) large missiles incessantly homing on the enemy while you pelt them with back missiles + extension + EO and they *will* fuck up eventually. It only takes 1 missile to halve their HP, overheat them and potentially break their parts.

[@Moe_Infinity]

Getting your leg blown off, or even damaged, is a death sentence, especially in these kind of fights lol That linear cannon will stun lock anything with low stability.

[@linyishuai]

using superior turning speed with quad legs and machine guns to break zinaida and Lucifer's leg once broken, they can't turn around to aim to you

[@NinjaGekido]

Can't wait to see your Videos for 6 and also using the THE TOP that song is so d@mn funny with the ad lib part

[@MWrath95]

"FLY LIKE AN EAGLE, AND STRIKE LIKE A HAWK"

[@flarex10]

wow! you put in work. i think i just went super heavy, dumped all my speed into tank def and moved to a corner, where his A.I. couldn't try circle strafing me and just hammered him. ( can't remember if energy or shell weapons though)

[@Constatonks]

One of my favourite ways to beat a tough opponent is to make a mirror build and really learn the strength and weaknesses of the AC. From there you can just try to out-skill them or you can make a build that will just shut them down. For Lucifer I think I just did a mirror build and tried to out maneuver those linear shots which are the biggest deciding factor.

[@LoveXKnife]

THE TOP

[@Shadow-KJVMAT24]

Not gonna lie though. With guys like these i always sworded them when they got too close and beat them that way. Then again. I built all my Mechs for medium to danger close range with full auto based weapons unless i needed something specific for a mission. Eventually i came up with a mech that fit every scenario and was still fast enough to deal with pretty much anybody. Even my 2 legged tank was a beast with speed. But again. Every mech had a danger close aspect built into it. Easiest way to deal with this guy. Also im an AC3 original player. There is a specific extension i used that was more useful than i initially believed before installing it. I dont remember the name of it. But its a jet pulse 180 degree or 45 degree turning jet extension. Solves all the problems of having to turn instantly. So when they close the gap all you have to do is pass them, turn around, and proceed to blast them. The A.I. will then try to create some distance in an attempt to turn however this fails if you keep the gap closed. This works literally every time. And if they turn just in time for them to start blasting again you unload a heaping armada of damage at danger close range. Best to keep some backpeices for damge and long range fire for missions though. In the arena i usually went in with bare minimum until i built my dream mech that had almost the same speed as the bare minimum mech i had. Just a strategy

[@Chronostra]

Tl:dr, you need to blast eurobeat while in the fujiwara zone to beat daemon.

[@kenhiguchi1615]

I gotta give you major respect for not going to missiles, too many people just go to missiles.

[@baval5]

Meanwhile I just backed my tank ass into a corner and hit him with grenades until he exploded

[@farianblinder9130]

Dual Shotgun with ecm marker.

[@zakcantu87]

your videos are so great! It's exactly how I feel these vids would have been made if the yt era and this era converged a little sooner. Just in time for AC 6

[@advent5092]

Just defeated him a while ago, tbh first time encoutered him was quite rough. The problem didn't come from his speed but his back cannons, they took chunks of my AP in seconds. That was the time I realized I had to out-speed his turning. The problem was if I kept my weight low for speed, there wouldn't be enough fire power to finish him. So after 5 minutes trying everything, I got myself Uranus core, Pixie3, Nix and dual Orbit back cannon. When I revisited him, thing was much easier and he went down quite fast. Just keep maintaining your pressure and circling him so fast that he can't lock on you.

[@sundjinnkari]

A commendable effort made for sure! Great work! You are still missed by the MEaF community.

[@Lia_Lia381]

I just haven't had an interest in making videos lately. The idea was to incorporate 3d animation from blender with em, but nowadays, I'm just doing blender stuff. I also left the server cause I wasn't feeling too well at the time. I kind of left every server.

[@sundjinnkari]

@@Lia_Lia381 you are welcome back when you wish to return, so don't be a stranger.

[@SupportShotgun]

4:45 Damn… he’s gaming!

[@leeleearts303]

The most annoying rank 1 AC imo, but he is fun to fight against tbh, especially when testing builds

[@jamesblack893]

Out-turning the OP/I equipped cheating AI bastards is always a sure-win tactic.

[@Drillz007]

You did good to master that speed that is skill

[@XxxSPIKEx]

That’s funny you came to the same conclusion as me. I removed all weapons, put on the best thrusters, minimized my ac weight , and equipped 1 laser rifle. That’s how I beat him.

[@Did_No_Wrong]

Holy cow I think Lucifer can give NineBall a run for its money because man was that sucker relentless. Good on ya making redline so u can keep up with Lucifer.

[@tpq297]

Keep up with the montages they're well made.

[@dövakhïn13]

Ah yes speed well for me nothing that flammenwerfer can handle

[@MrHolmesjustin66]

Daemon: Craig & day-day where’s my rent money?

[@curtisbrown547]

Meanwhile i think i remember i beat with tank legs him by locking on with the quad nuke missile arms, and then he ran into the doom swarm.

[@staufferranda5844]

The Top is such a good song!

[@newCoCoY6]

there was a time i thought that maybe i could just focus on dodging and have him run out of ammo and maybe just tickle him slowly with my laserblade afterwards. But then i checked the linear launchers he was using and it had 80 fkin shots, and he has 2 of em so thats 160 shots i need to dodge, aint gonna happen

[@alwest4472]

Shoulda made redline red. Would’ve granted you a 3x speed boost!

[@jonbezeau3124]

Congrats on beating Lucifer at his own game.

[@petervilla5221]

You did it! Straight to the top! I fist pumped one for you at the win screen haha.

[@BlazeXth]

Masterpiece Dude makes me dread getting there since i'm finally going through gens 1 through 3 of AC after an entire decade of getting the control scheme through my skull, but nice video, also eurobeat just 👌 May i ask, would you recommend the portable versions of 3, Silent Line and Last Raven over the PS2 originals? To my knowledge they have a few additions, but all apparently suffer from the reduced lock on box, _specially_ Last Raven, so idk

[@Lia_Lia381]

Thanks for the compliment! I can't comment on the portable versions. I've only ever played the console versions. Sorry.

[@sml7564]

I learned that "Crow predator's" AI is the same as Lucifer, if his in the center of the arena, dash towards him in an arc while starfing and turning, then faces the way you came and you'll be facing his back for several Seconds. I play in mobile so I got it easy to do :p

[@pragmat1k]

I completely forget what build I used against Lucifer. I played LR earlier in the year and only did the Alliance ending where you beat Jack-O and never fight a single Pulverizer. But I had also done the entire arena.

[@SeanyBoy589]

I won't forget absolutely cheesing this fight (I say that but it was luck dependent as well) with the high aperture cannon and heavy eo core with tank legs, took some lucky shots but managed it in the end. I defo want to try and high speed bipedal build against him though at somepoint

[@MILDMONSTER1234]

An extremely fast AC with an EO core and dual shotguns will absolutely destroy him by just having absurdly high dps. Shotguns are frankly really underrated

[@vanquilknight6270]

I want to see you against endgame Zinaida. Infact, the entire ending mission with her in it. I wish you see tackling that. I remember I personally had to deal with it while playing the PSP version, but damn was able to ace that mission using my main AC with its Karawasa MK-II.

[@Lia_Lia381]

I actually haven't gone down that ending yet. So that'll probably be something I make a video about in the future.

[@TheLazyFehrette]

planning on going back to it at some point but this video got me to play through to an ending got an AC that isn't quite Redline fast, but they're up there for sure and it's been fun learning how to play speedy

[@Lia_Lia381]

Glad you're having fun! Speed is my preferred way of playing the gen 3. Makes it easier to dodge stuff and feels cool to blaze past people.

[@TheLazyFehrette]

@@Lia_Lia381 It's a really good time. They're a little fragile but I did get that AC up to 601 boost speed and it's been a blast to figure out how to manage that

[@alexanderminas28]

Although this is irrelevant, i find going do-si-do with Daemon is the most effective tactic imo. Daemon is fast and does ground-and-pound tactics, but he'll have a hard time tracking you as he doesn't turn that efficiently

[@nadzirharith8012]

try out Lotus or Fudoh generator + Ananda radiator + Gull booster you get less heat and dont get any heat when overboost

[@Lia_Lia381]

I'm actually using fudoh and Ananda in the video. But I used vulture2 to maximize my speed along with the back boosters. I think I sat around 520 with just the rifles. I can't check right now, but I'm pretty sure that's what I used.

[@sneek1015]

Pegasus back boosters are the GOAT!

[@abyssphantom6786]

They really are, way over tuned too lol. Pretty sure that’s why they aren’t allowed in Tournaments and most pvp communities for LR.

[@judicatorhurayth1927]

Trustly a worthy try hard opponent

[@constitutionalist6817]

i had a hover blade build that could 3 tap most enemies in about 10 seconds

[@Suicynic]

Perfect amount of memeage 😂

[@seanplays16]

armored core fans are goated

[@pyr666]

i cheesed him with dual linear guns. he's a lot easier to deal with when he spends half the fight nailed to the floor.

[@sml7564]

His turn speed is weak when your behind him, beat him with the cheese build XD. Then I main that build in the missions.

[@xSpocKx]

This was a great time!

[@567wizzle]

Nice vid! Do you think you can post a full breakdown of this build? I'm struggling with him too xD

[@TheSpectralFX]

I'm just sad for all the money lost here smh

[@Lia_Lia381]

I went from about 7.7 mil to 3.6 mil or something.

[@snakebot4986]

Great vid!

[@Ilia_Salnicov]

Holy... I only now understand... I could put second gun in left hand and be more powerfull, but I only used swords (the wave version).... Why I was so stupid at 3 and SL!?

[@KevinM491]

god what was From thinking with that gross filter

[@Lia_Lia381]

To be fair, the psx2 emulator for last raven does make things fuzzy. So it can look worse than on an actual ps2.

[@eherden2169]

If I had human plus/op intensify like the AI it would not be that challenging. Or you can become speed itself or a tanky an immovable object with overwhelming damage, but in the end they both require skill and some luck to make it work.

[@WatcherMovie008]

The biggest bullshit in this fight is the fact that linear cannon is just fucking op as fuck. The guarantee stagger forces your AC to immediatley stop doing whatever action you were doing, leaving you open to just get stomped on harder. Doesn't help that Daemon has fucking OP-I, so he not only has unlimited EN, but no Heat, and weight restriction disabled, so even if you destroy his legs, he still boosting at max speed. Also this stage is just complete garbage because the stupid filter that screws with your eyes.

[@Lia_Lia381]

Yeah. The biggest annoyance was the filter. Didn't enjoy it much. Other than that, I didn't mind daemon too much. Just had to learn how to lead his aim and dodge his shots.

[@vincefeld6442]

oh a familiar fight.... why do i remember it at all after all these years is not important*totally not sobbing and crying inside* what i know is key to this fight is moving ↘ instead of ↙ AND lots of stability to resist stagger from linear rifle he is beaten comfortably at average cruising ~400kph AC speed good luck -stale water raven

[@randominternetguy]

Awesome. Nice to know there's another light ac user out there. They can be a bit troublesome at times eh?

[@Lia_Lia381]

Troublesome, but very engaging and fun! My favorite weight-class even if that means 1 or 2 hits is about 5%/10% of my health.

[@AvgGamerGuy15]

I myself prefer lightweight with speed; if I need durability, I go mid legs, light everything else. My guns are really most of my weight lol

[@revifebrianto401]

Do you play last raven in PSP? Fighting lucifer and final Zinaida in PSP was a nightmare Fighting 'em in android ppspp emulator was a HELL

[@Lia_Lia381]

I tried to when I didn't have as strong of a CPU for PSX2 (I used the PSP emulator), but I couldn't stand the controls so I dropped it after the first couple missions.

[@hare75]

And people saying ninja gaiden games is harder than any fromsoft games

[@quattrobajeena8954]

Generally speaking, that is indeed the case. Most of FS games become far easier once you acquire game specific knowledge/intelligence (e.g., enemy AI weak points, meta build). Last Raven becomes an exception through throwing BS level of enemies at players, targeting veteran AC enthusiasts as the main audience.

[@spudwilkins9440]

He's not that bad! MISTAKE!

[@Gigachimp]

Exceed orbit cores can help kill him faster

[@깨리꾸스]

more speed!!

[@Shattered_Skies]

Maybe Redline VS Eliminate the Enemy AC?

[@nestorsolera6788]

So epic

[@thingofportals]

I mean, great work finally beating him. But I don’t know why you didn’t just try and continually get behind him?

[@petervilla5221]

Trying to get behind him means getting close to him, which is a scary idea for the inexperienced. Plus without the turn extensions Daemon would likely outturn most AC's anyway. Im sure after this guy plays through 4/5 he'll get comfortable with the idea if he ever comes back to LR.

[@thingofportals]

@@petervilla5221 yeah it’s just a base way the game is meant to be played imo. It’s easy just to go right past him and double back around him without changing the way you’re facing. It’s something I’m seeing a lot of people have trouble with. Maybe it’s a new player thing.

[@petervilla5221]

@@thingofportals a lot of people are going through the AC library now after the Rubicon announcement, so its very likely a new player thing haha

[@matthewscottshea]

Do people really have this much trouble with Daemon? I would always just stomp on him when testing my AC designs.