yeahhh..... even on my lightweight high upwards thrust build melee tracking just breaks down if the enemy increases or decreases altitude at all

i learned this the hard way when i faced a bullshit balloon fighter stayed in the air the whole match it was so damn annoying

@@meareAaronI just counter them with a taste of their own damn medicine, it’s what they deserve!

Sexy man

Thank you for watching!

I discovered this after maining reverse joint legs because the forward quick boost launches you too far. So if I put an opponent into the stagger state, I will hit them with my main melee then Assault Boost while switching to the secondary melee. Leaves a small window to pull it off but when you get comfortable, it serious effective for double melee.

@@Gamegod02 I like that their kick is also a good opener, if you use AB to gap close they either dodge too early for the kick or too late for the melee. Not to mention the kick as a followup to normal punish. Doesn't hit usually but forces them to spam dodge at end and waste EN.

@@rein7046 The good rush down tactics, it's why while I do an Assault Boost I'll dodge to the left or right. This will make you shift if they dodge so you'd align yourself different so the kick can connect. I also like to Assault Boost into a kick after my melee finishes connecting as a finisher for extra damage.

@@Gamegod02 I think the only builds I had issues with are those tank builds with like 20k AP. 4 combos later they still are alive lol. Currently trying to use laser slicer charged as opener to deal with those since the charged attack dash gives the same psudo shield as chainsaw and plasma thrower.

@@rein7046 Causes flinch too! Closing the distance can be trick as only a few boosters have abive average melee thrust to close the gap. But yeah, using the charge attack for the Laser Slicer is great as an opener if you have their ACS high. ACs with high AC always turns into a fight of how long can I survive to put them down before I die lol.

You can even confirm pilebunker off it safer, but I opt not to use it myself, more of a stylistic choice of anything.

@@CodenameMood yeah I love the triple punch into pilebunker/chainsaw combo. Especially when they try to use the pulse shield core expansion and I retaliate with assault armor to keep the combo

​@@CodenameMoodI was thinking some split/ plasma missiles or even a sweet sixteen maybe. But I appreciate the commitment to no right shoulder even if it pains me

Punch can extend combos but it only serves to further gimp your performance against anything that isn't also trying to play within kissing distance of your AC. You can melee cancel using the punch though so it still has its merits

Punches have the same effect

Sweet sixteen works too I think

all shotguns, and the curtis is good for its charged attack with short charge time and minimal overheat

Haldemans, Curtis and Harris also work. Experiment!

Melee God is also a philosopher! (I'm Greek.)

Because you NEED the melee hit to get into your optimal combo and enable pile bunker.

@@CodenameMood Thanks, but I meant quick boost AFTER the first melee hit connects and causes ACS overload. Doesn’t that let you take the Zimmerman shot sooner, and thus extend the time left for your follow up combo? Sorry if I’m dumb I’m still learning the mechanics.

@@mcdillard4985 It was just your wording that threw me off, my apologies. Quickboosting and shooting is weird because you can't shoot WHILE quickboosting, and you can rarely buffer the input. Hell, sometimes, if you do it TOO fast, it doesn't extend ACS Overload, all kinds of jank. I figured letting it drop naturally then shoot is almost perfect timing to pull it off consistently, it's why I suggested so in the video!

Look up "Vaping cat" on KZfaq. It's a video.

Try aiming diagonally with your assault boost to reach them by making a bit of distance first, think staircase logic.

@@CodenameMood that almost happens naturally with hardlock. And the way you described it is exactly what i meant.

Wording is pretty funny at times. Thank you for watching, though.@@villain9111

I think he uses pulse because when he get staggered it's pretty much gg and because pulse armour counters assault and pulse armour anyway when you use it after your opponent.

I doubt I'd upload AC6 anymore, unless the game gets like a DLC or something huge. The patch wasn't big enough, and it became exhausting to play for a melee player like me. I have a video in the works however, but it's completely unrelated to AC6.

It's usually any high-impact weapon. All shotguns do for example because they do a big burst of damage. You can REALLY check it out if you ACS Overload an enemy, then shoot them with a weapon and watch the stagger animation. You can test easily by putting the AC Trainer with AI on, and seeing if it can move after you test the weapon during ACS Overload. If it can move, it doesn't extend. If it can't, it works.

zimmerman doesnt extend ACS overload it extends the stun effect of the ACS overload basically re-stunning the target. (i was half wrong. this is what one gets for speaking before knowing what you're talking about)

Cutis/Harris charge shot and all shotguns do. Same with any big-hitting weapons. So long the enemy is ACS Overloaded, it re-staggers.

The dual blade laser slicer extends it by quite a bit. Combine with dual huxleys and a assault armor at the end this combo does almost 8-9K damage off 1 stagger.

If I worked at FromSoft we'd be in melee meta right now.

@@CodenameMood Plus being able to dual wield melee weapons. 😅

You can do that by putting zimm on the shoulder instead of the hand. But I don't really have a use for punch, so I don't do it.

@@CodenameMood yeah I guess that'd be more logical 🤣

Yes.

It's a viral video of a cat actually hitting a vape. Look up "Juul Cat", a whole cult in the comments too.

Super cheese and not skill expressive. But yes, it does work..

@@CodenameMood oh yeah theres a reason ive only done it on ai so far - its REALLY dumb

The Silver Lining, iconic by now.

Turn speed only really meant that heavier ac's turned slower so lighter ac's would just circle around them most of the time and there dead.

Don't underestimate the utility of Assault Boosting.

@@agentoranj5858 Assault Boosting/kicking is even better when using lightweights.

It's for other stats, as it REALLY doesn't matter what you have. Missiles use their own stats which are bound to weapons, and the lockon is bound to FCS.

It always was. It's nothing compared to it's prime, but it's still an alright weapon.

Unless you're running a duel zim duel auto gat back weapons, kick spammer, then yea, it can be as strong as it was before nerf

Betting it all on that cheese moment by running bashos which ruins your zimmerman tracking is quite the gamble.

@@CodenameMood thats how I roll -_- just to make a statement no matter how memetic it might be

balanced multiplayer games don't exist

> And yet, if you don't play how you want to play, what's the point? Hey, wise guy: what if the way someone wants to play is picking the most powerful option and optimizing it?

@@servantofcygnus Then you'll be trying to find your own way to innovate and create something that breaks it so you'd have the advantage. That is NOT the mindset of every player you see running some meta-bot. They look online, see what's powerful and copy it, end of story. The players who innovate, don't have the skill to back up their innovations and the players skilled enough to bring out the best in a build are too apathetic to take any advice from said innovative players seriously. We are kinda doomed here on the West. No one takes the game seriously and the players who actually have some skill are too apathetic to try anything new. I love AC but the community in the west are just too much of a slave to the meta. I can't blame anyone though, the west is like this in LITERALLY every game. They'd rather play the most boring meta-characters/guns/comps/ect than play something fun and skillful. I watch Overwatch, SF6, Guilty Gear and of course AC6 and it always holds true. On the flip side Asian Countries have always LOVED armored core. They just play to get better and of course I cannot understand the language, but you can see it in the diversity of their builds and how they play them (like seriously dropping weapons as the match starts for speed and EN efficiency in some AC MUs). Same in other games, western FGC tier lists find the easiest thing to play and mark it S tier where Asian tier lists typically value skill expression. Even if something is hard to play it is S tier if the options are there and even 1 person is utilizing it. Only players like Mood can save us, but he's too stubborn to make something good. He's a rare breed that is innovative and very skilled.

@@GriFFonRec4 Westerners are slaves to meta because somebody stole their souls, which affects them in everything that they do.

I have a build that can ACS Overload anything that isn't heavy tank legs in one combo into a pile bunker. Trust me, it works against anyone, piloting skill difference.

Do the combo twice then. Once to get the ACS Strain high, and second time to finish it off.

@@CodenameMood I fought plenty of LW melees with my medium biped and the the explosive thrower fills 90% of their stagger meter. AA in case they pop their shield, should stagger them in the process as well.

I've got a build for you to try out then. Pulse Blade - Harris - Pile Bunker. Pulse charge attack, quick boost swap to Harris, charged shot, QB Pile Bunker. The Pulse Blade Harris combo causes ACS Overload on anything in the game that isn't heavy tank legs.@@hammertiemz

Whole point is that I only play one type of build.

@@CodenameMood fair.

Make sure you swap to the second weapon BEFORE shooting too!