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A little tip for the laser dagger’s charged attack: position yourself to the left of your target. Since the charged attack swings from left to right, it will catch your targets more consistently.

Keep in mind that charged dagger attack (unlike the pulse blade) does not benefit from the melee thrust stat of the booster, it will be a lot slower that the uncharged attack.

I really like how you show the footage where you lose and explain what happened. It gives the viewer a learning experience.

Imagine your chilling in the desert and all of a sudden a snake starts moving at you at 18Mph.

Yet another gem from the legend. Never lacking in build quality

I love your little scared cat looking at the snake, great avatar and great video as always

Ok, I think this is like, the coolest build I have ever seen. Like, on the rule of cool level, this is just, the apex.

Definitely some of the most exhilarating fights I've seen to date. This style really imitates how I played in acfa and it's really cool to see it coming back for ac6

Maybe my prayers will be answered and we get that laser pike from the PCA ekdromoi

Your builds are on another level, I can’t get enough. And your breakdowns on parts have really deepened my understanding/appreciation of this game sooooo much. Thank you for all the work you put into this 🤟🏼🤟🏼🤟🏼

6:54 - I just have to comment on how CLEAN this move was. Holy crap.

So glad I subscribed to your channel, this is easily the most informative and well presented AC content out there. Thanks for sharing your expertise with the rest of us. I for one have noticed a big difference in my build quality since watching your breakdowns, even if all that happened was changing a booster or generator here and there. Cheers from Canada 🤘🏻

I love reverse joint melee ACs. I found our early that reverse joint legs have amazing synergy when running them with melee oriented ACs. I always ran them with a shotgun and the BUTT-er Knife lol before I got my hands on the laser dagger which all synergize amazingly with one another. My favorite build by far is one I created, inspired by aliens named after Demons. My AC DATA NAME: ALIEN LIFEFORM, AC NAME: GUN-BLADE DEMON very closely resembles yours amazingly enough. Since you’re so knowledgeable, I can tell I made the right decisions homie. Great work. I’m having issues uploading AC data but my build is mind alpha head, Hal core, basho arms, mind beta legs, Kikaku booster, ocellus fcs,San-tai generator,pulse blade, laser dagger, plasma missile launcher or drones, and Zimmerman shot gun or VE-66LRB laser rifle. I have a separate Alien: The RIFLE-BLADE DEMON that uses the laser rifle and VE-20B generator.

Seeing you go through the learning process was really helpful for helping me pick up on my own weaknesses

Love the build explanation, a lot of fun to watch in action. Great match choices. :D I appreciate you showing some Ls, also. A lot of PvP videos don't really do that, and seeing the learning process on this is really interesting. The Sidewinder is really cool!

Yo finally a melee-focused build. Very cool stuff!

love seeing your followership going up day by day ! Easily the most informative AC6 channel out there

I loved watching this. more themed builds such as this would be great

i did this same concept of AC for mine, however i used a much more robust frame in the form of the VE-40A and to compensate the energy window i use a shield, this has the advantage that i can push against some of the enemy counter with a well-timed parry (and helps vs phantom zooka shots). I do use laser drones instead of the Huxley because I want to have a tool vs much heavy ACs in the open, so i can make use of kicks and shotgun shots on a closer window to the stagger (they also help in the punish if i manage to pair their deployment when the enemy is close to stagger, but that is a perfect scenario). I will try this one regardless, I prefer the bulk of my own creation but it certainly struggle when chasing enemies, this faster frame could be an alternative to have as backup while keeping part of my old style, thanks mate.

🍉🐍‼ Stellar as always. Appreciate the inclusion of footage where you were still getting used to it and pointing out what aspects of the build and playstyle you needed to hammer down

This is a very underrated booster imo. It’s amazing with chainsaw. Great vid

As always, I'm here for it. I love every part from the snake metaphor at the beginning to seeing someone rocking the laser dagger. I always thought it was underrated!

Build is sick as hell

I initially disregarded the Dagger's potential because I didn't understand the point of it when I first got it. Now, it's a crucial part of 2 of my 3 laser builds as well as finally giving the lighter and deadlier version of my "Wasp" build a near perfect melee combo. The setup is as follows Haldeman and Duckett for right side. Laser lance and dagger for left side Nacht VP-40s Firmeza Nacht Alula Talbot Mingtang Assault armor The haldeman and duckett let me put pressure on ACS, then I combo Lance into dagger. The lance breaks their ACS, then the dagger breaks their AP. This setup has higher EN supply efficiency than EN Capacity, so boost is almost always available. I would use the Nacht core for more boost efficiency, but it's generator adjustment is too low and I go over EN load. Set this build up, walk into Ibis's turf, and punish the opening attack with a lance into dagger combo. These two melee weapons perfectly cover eachother's weaknesses.

another 80%+ Winratr build, ty brader, ive been thrashin on kids with ur aurora build

*Summary* - Introduction to a melee-based armor core build that uses a combination of three pieces (0:00 - 0:26) - Description of the Kikaku booster and how it works with a melee weapon (0:26 - 0:45) - Explanation of different ways to close the gap to a melee distance (1:00 - 2:47) - Advantages and disadvantages of using the Kikaku booster (2:50 - 3:14) - Introduction to the Laser Dagger as the build's main weapon (3:20 - 4:05) - Explanation of how to use the Laser Dagger effectively (4:08 - 4:41) - Discussion of the use of reverse joint legs in the build (5:27 - 6:45) - Description of other pieces used in the build including bosio arms, abbots FCS, Huxley and six missile launcher, Sun High generator, VP 40s chest piece, and VP 44d head piece (6:54 - 8:16) - Recap of the build and introduction to PVP footage (8:18 - 8:24) - Post-game commentary on matches played (8:24 - 10:04) - Commentary on how to improve plays and understanding the build's potential (10:04 - 11:27) - Live commentary on PVP matches post-training arc and demonstration of the build's capabilities (11:27 - 28:44)

I wish assault kicks didn't require hardlock.

This build is the most fun I've had in PvP

I have to lift my mouse off the pad, flip it, and keep it by my shoulder in order to maintain hardlock. I use a 12 side button mouse. This works for me. Maybe not for anyone else. If you're interested I can make a video on my setup. I can prolly break it down in like 5 minutes... ish.

Hey chrightt ! If you want to stop breaking yout hardlock accidentally, you should try lifting up your mouse. I personally lift it up as soon as I hardlock to let it be supported by my wrist, it works well

All according to Kikaku.

KNIFE BUILD LET'S GOOOOOOOOOO Abusing the dagger's cooldown to have near-100% uptime on the lunge cancel is something I've been doing for a long time!! The Zimmerman + Dagger feels _so_ good too, their cooldowns perfectly match each other, so you can loop them both for fantastic pressure. If only the Zimmer nerf didn't make them so unreliable beyond like 65m... You might wanna try using a buckler on that left shoulder, to help close the gaps against high-impact opponents. Before the Regulation patch, I was pretty regularly stunting on SNA needles with the lightweight buckler, and the middleweight buckler has really nice impact mitigation even after the parry wears off.

awesome video man, thanks for the info and the game commentary!

"... and this build's fang of choice.." Very poetic, sir. Impressive

yes more build videos pls

Fantastic build Chrigtt, gave me plenty of ideas with to a melee build with the concepts you presented, great work!

“Mercy’s all that you need, Mercy’s empty in me”

Chrightt you are by far the best Ac builder on the platform right now. Every build has some little trick I never thought about and turns it into a strength! Also I might suggest subbing out one of the shoulder weapons for a hand launcher vs tankier CQC builds that can just out trade you in damage. As the melon sized rocket is nearly impossible to dodge with any amount of latency on slow and large builds.

I used a similar build for a lot of PvE missions. It's very possible to kill an enemy during the first stagger against lighter builds. I actually prefer the haldeman shotgun over the zimmerman since it has a lower reload time. That lets you combo as shotgun (stun) -> dagger combo -> kick -> shotgun

Kikaku also helps getting ashmead quick attacks(there is still a dash). Not sure if it's pvp friendly but it's very fun doing it in pve

Brilliant as usual 💙

I've been using the dagger melee cancel to close distance since before Zimmerman got nerfed. Really cool you combined it with reverse joints 👍🏾

This is conceptually very similar to the build I used to play through the entire campaign. I used two ducketts with the laser dagger on my back with very light bipedal legs. I tried to live in short range and force staggers as quickly as possible then follow up with laser dagger combo and kicks for damage.

Keep the AC videos rolling!

Ah yes. All according to kikaku

I think it’s really common sense that kicking is way too powerful in this game. It should not do more damage than most actual weapons. It must be so tough to balance pvp. They’ve done a pretty good job attempting to so far, but there are some “core” problems there that don’t really seem like they have a good solution. Like how to solve the issue of all missile builds, or balancing out the advantages of heavy vs light.

I've been slapping the Huxley orbital on alot especially on builds with one gun and melee or short range

Wow, some insane burst damage on this one! Great build! Dash-canceling is super flashy to watch

A sidewinder fang

The Kikaku is my PvE booster of choice. Good to see it get some PvP love, even if it's not where I spend my time.

20:50: "Armored Core 6 is a perfectly balanced game with no latency exploits"

Fun fact for those who are new to the game I recommend this build to beat fires of raven ending and Alea icta est ending for those who are struggling the final boss

So you definitely can use RJ with kikaku on melee, you just need to do a melee cancel during time it takes to get back to the ground (or just keep canceling if target isn't on ground)

Now that's the type of build I want to see not brained zimm-needles

Been trying to make an RJ melee build, and this seems awesome! I'm not on PC so I'm gonna try tomake my own version

Tip for laser dagger charge attack that I have found; if you cancel its startup with QB at the last second, like RIGHT after you start rushing forwards, you'll inherit a ton of momentum as long as you don't go backwards. You can go sideways, diagonal, or forwards and still benefit. You can also go softlock to gain like 40m vertically or be more precise with the direction of your laser dagger's charge's momentum. Sadly I don't think this works with the lance, I noticed the laser dagger thing during the fight with Snail and immediately tried it on the lance for like 3 hours to no avail.

Oooo I've been loving the laser dagger yeah it's kinda hard too use I found that if you aiming to mainly go for charged hits only use it within 100 meters of you're foe or else you're more than likely to whiff

This is one of those mech schematics you can't put a real human in cuz they're gonna get KO'd by the Gs this mech is generating. Unless you're Heero Yui or Mikazuki 😅 Cool looking build tho, definitely worth a shot.

pilebunker light attack actual has a melee dash which is longer than laser daggers. it just has really bad/weird tracking and hitbox

Mans round 1: imma take it casual Mans rounds 2: imma try even harder I respect it

You n Mood made me a melee build

Imo the fact that the kikaku has really low AB speed is super useful. I use it even with machine guns cause it allows me to get more shots in when assault boosting plus the ab en consumption is super low. The faster ones arent as good for shooting while using cause u just fly past ur opponent to fast

Was messing around with a duel melee build and noticed something; Weirdly, it isn't true of all weapons that the reverse joint gets the biped style quick boost by canceling a dash The weapons where it does are the: uncharged stun baton uncharged laser dagger uncharged laser blade uncharged laser lance uncharged chainsaw uncharged WLT oscillator Probably the biggest surprise was the pulse blade being different in this regard from the laser blade, as they have a lot in common. I did notice through this testing that the uncharged laser lance attack does respect melee attack boost. weird exception, you get a biped style quickboost if you do so right after (as in, after the attack is performed): Charged laser dagger Charged Laser blade (double spin) And then there's another exception to both, the charged laser slicer attack can be interrupted with a quickboost and that one will be biped style

for me and how bad i am, i had good luck landing more hits with the laser blade, rather than the dagger. longer range, smacks for more in that single hit, and no combo to bait me into over extending, lmao. it'd be nice to have that faster cooldown, just to enable higher aggression, but this works for me

Super cool because this is a type of build that I main. Zim + dagger + hux. I use the spring chicken for one of my variations. I man the Nachtreiher legs though.

All according to Keikaku!

Finally some love for melee build. Your frame and inner parts are same as mine except I use mind alpha body since it looks better. For weapon you should try pulse blade + coral blade combo. They are both good for stagger build up and punishing unlike dagger which mostly for punishing. Ngl I find dagger is weak in pvp, they are cheap but its power lose to many close range setup.

how about a close quarters rapid fire build that takes advantage of the fact that when arms are overburdened, because it kinda is irrelevent when the build is ment to be dirrectly in the enemys face since arms being over burdened mainly affects medium and longer range tracking??

First off, love this build, my main build was very similar but the swap to the mind beta reverse joints makes it so much better. Secondly, there is something worth looking into, usually tetrapod legs move fairly slow due to their weight unless you have something like the bruzel, but recently some people found that if you use the 12345 boosters while in hover mode, you can reach incredibly high speeds (around 600) for being over 100k weight. I think it could be worth checking out.

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i honestly forgot that the dagger has a charged attack, despite it being on my fast boost build

Do you mean the "chased" always has advantage if "approaching with melee boosting is not always good..."? Just wanted to confirm, if A is "chaser" and B is "chased"; B has advantage when both have concurrent velocity.

Meta Bee baby!

I made a similar build after seeing this. I also left a comment and a like. But YT seems to be removing my likes, comments, and views again. No worries though ig. I have resubscribed once again and look forward to more AC videos

The three hits aren’t always a true combo. I have had people get out of it before they are all used.

All according to Kaikaku

Wouldnt the pile bunker uncharged attack work with the melee boost?

Not many people making videos for builds utilizing any of the reverse joint legs, this is a refreshing and welcome change. They look so cool, but I understand, why do they have to have such limiting drawbacks? lol. I'd like to see more videos making the RJs work, yes including the Kasuar legs. Which seem to be everyone's least favorite legs in the game because obviously they have the lowest overweight threshold. Here's an idea, make a build using the Kasuar legs that try to make the best of its particular limitations. I think it's kind of silly to include parts in the game that are just completely non-viable, (like the JOSO generator) or damn close to being non-viable (like the Kasuar legs).

every time I see a Zimmerman now I get sad since they were nerfed. I remember how ridiculous dualing those was haha

My favorite build I've made was very similar to this, except I ran kasaur legs, a viento right arm, light Plasma missiles RB, and the pulse cannon LB

good job stomping on that troon in the first match

Does QB duration time reduce the air time for RJ legs? Is it significant compared to something like Gridwalker, out of curiosity?

I have used QB melee canceling before, but I didn't make a build that uses them as a tactic as I do not use the Arena for such a purpose.

I love concept builds, and when they work even a little that is even better. That said, I still think RJ's with dash melee doesn't work nearly as good as bipeds. Even with the cancel they seem to 'float' on the boost. I have better success with something like the plasma thrower on the RJs. I also find that the Alula booster is better for builds that want to stick close to the opponent. You sacrifice the dash a bit bit more than make up for it with quickboost speed and cool down. Of course this comes from someone who mainly plays biped builds, especially for melee or cqc setups, so it may ne different with RJs.

is hardlockong on pc/kb&m broken?

Ran into a guy who was hovering around the upper limit of the map with a tetrapod and spamming missles. I don't know how the hell to fight him with this build. I can't get anywhere near him without eating rockets and getting staggered

I've been using the pulse blade to break shields and for reach sometimes I'll melee dash in cancel then weapon swap if I see them read me it also dose alot of stagger

Hey chrightt big fan, looking forward to your book (just ordered) cover looks great! Hey would you happen to know how 3v3 is scored?

Kikaku boosters 100% go with pile bunker

Can someone make Chrightt his emblem please ? We all know the one.

lol this is not 1080p yt got you compressed to 640

you can dash with the pile bunker right? just the light attack though

I build a build very close to this one but instiad of the missles I put the fast loading bazooka for mixup and for the extra impact damage

Normally I'm a very "if ya shootin', use KB+M for scootin" kinda player, but I just don't find it worthwhile enough with this game - the soft-lock system eliminates accuracy problems one would normally have using a controller. More worthwhile to retain the movement finesse provided by an analog stick over WASD movement. And before someone know-it-all chimes in, yes I know about manual bazooka builds, don't care.

how would you make this work with two melee weapons if you had to?

time to update my melee build again XD

right at the beginning, the pile bunker has a dash in when uncharged…

If I wanted to modify this build to do 2x Zimmerman shotguns, then could use the rest of this build?

I’m on my 5th playthrough and trying to incorporate more melee.