Balteus in Armored Core 6: The Margit, an Ominous Presence in the Mech Realm

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Millions of Elden Ring gamers encountered a humbling experience in 2015 on their trip to Stormveil Castle, where they fulfilled Margit, the Fell Omen, among the game’s initial managers and also a very early examination of ability. Margit is difficult, providing an obstruction to proceed for Tarnished still reasonably brand-new to the Lands Between.

Armored Core 6: Fires of Rubicon gamers will certainly sustain a comparable walloping when they encounter the device AA P07 Balteus, probably the real initially employer of FromSoft’s brand-new mech game. What makes Balteus various? The previous boss-level mechs gamers run into consist of the tutorial-style AH12 HC Helicopter, which can conveniently be beat with a couple of staggers and also strikes from the starter power blade; and also HA-T-102 Juggernaut, which provides you a computer-controlled ally and also really clear directions on exactly how to defeat it.

The fight versus Balteus, nevertheless, teems with shocks: It has a regenerative guard, you have no cover whatsoever, and also, oh yep, it terminates someplace in the world of 10 million homing rockets every couple of secs. When it’s not drizzling rockets on you, Balteus is taking out a huge fire sword and also batting your air conditioning like a pesky fly.

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While Margit, the Fell Omen might be the significant examination of stamina that makes or damages Elden Ring gamers, there’s no Sorcerer Rogier or Spirit Summon that can assist air conditioning pilots in the fight of Balteus. Nor can gamers take a fast detour over to Murkwater Cave to get Margit’s Shackle. Balteus is sink or swim, and also it’s the minute that gamers are required to find out Armored Core 6’s omnidirectional activity, exactly how to ideal capitalize on staggered challengers, and also exactly how to maximize their mechs setting up.

The problem is you need to find out exactly how to make use of every one of Armored Core’s toolkit. The great information is that as soon as you’ve discovered what Balteus needs to show, you’ll be gotten ready for every little thing to find. It (mainly) obtains much easier from below.

Balteus can be defeated, certainly. Overcoming it calls for discovering to review its strike patterns. It calls for hostile techniques — in spite of your ideal impulses, among the very best methods to damage its guard or Attitude Stability is to fly right at it: take in a few of that projectile fire, kick Balteus in the face, and also blast it with a shotgun at point-blank array.

Players don’t have the alternative to grind XP and also overlevel their means right into ending up being a lot more effective than Balteus. Your ideal alternative is to exercise, replay missions for cash, and also buy brand-new air conditioning components and also tools. Most notably, don’t “overheat” on your own; offer on your own some remainder. Don’t do what I did: fruitlessly take part in 3 hrs of fallen short Balteus efforts in an effort to strike an evaluation target date.

Yes, Balteus is a “skill check.” A gatekeeper. It is a serious problem spike, among a half-dozen such problem spikes in Armored Core 6. But it is manageable. And after having actually developed your abilities, updated your air conditioning, and also encountered higher difficulties on Rubicon, you must go back to Balteus and also fight it once more — you’ll discover it’s not the impervious steel wall surface it as soon as appeared.

 

Source: Polygon