The Search for the Best Build in Armored Core 6

Hello everyone! I'm the creator of MICROWAVE-N, and it's truly humbling to have been ranked 1st place in this competition. I've been a fan of Armored Core for a long time, so it really makes me happy to be able to give something to the community that (hopefully!) they will enjoy. All of the other builds are great fun to play with too! The first build I saved was essentially CALLSIGN NULL with quad legs. And congratulations to all the contest winners! I'm particularly fond of BLIND RIOT for its unique playstyle, the Initial D AC got a chuckle out of me, KINGFISHER is remarkably similar to the AC I beat the game with, and MP4-23 looks stylish as hell. Another interesting detail about MICROWAVE-N is that it's basically the ONLY possible build that uses the 4 pulse guns with the VE-20B generator. As stated in the video, it only has 4 EN to spare with every other part having nearly the lowest-in-class EN Load. I originally didn't know if it would even be possible, but it came together so perfectly in the end. And it really does melt enemies, I S-ranked like 90% of the missions with it. That's why I love Armored Core, theorycrafting a build and actually having it pay off with its performance is what makes these games special to me.

Very nice to see an array of well thought out and thematic builds with synergy! And thanks for the shoutout, Vaati! ❤

This might just be the best video I've ever seen for any FromSoft game, or any game at all. I love how much time you and the community put into this to make the best and the most fun builds. The icing on the cake was the google doc you made. I myself play AC6 on PS4 and can't afford the PS subscription needed to play online, which also makes me unable to download others builds or decals. The Google doc pics still give me the ability to see all the builds in full so I can recreate them myself. Thank you so so much for making this video. I just finished my NG+ playthrough (you should've seen my face when Walter appeared before me wanting to kick my ass), And was thinking about looking for some recomendations for builds to try. I've been a fan of yours for a long while now. I love your commitment to the content, and you can easilt see the community love you for it ❤

"Terminal Rummy" is a similar concept to the build I used to clear ng++, with a few variants built around the saw, pile bunker and laser slicer. I was actually inspired by Ortus for the basic concept. It's very close to my ideal AC6 lightweight build, with a couple important tweaks.

Hopefully these are useful to some of you still going through NG+ and NG++ (which I'd highly recommend since there are new endings and a ton of unique missions!) I should also mention, these builds are mainly designed for PvE. They're not meta for PvP, by any means. That said, their unique playstyles can easily catch people off-guard in PvP! Are they the best builds in AC6? No, probably not. But I reckon they're still pretty good and it was fun trying all these new things. What are your best builds?

albinauric build 🔥🔥🔥

I love seeing creative builds, I'm always on the hunt for new setups to go through the game with! I'd love to see a sequel video to this with some builds that include parts from later in the game, there's some really interesting weapons you never see talked about or used.

Awesome buils. big ups to those who submitted builds in the competition. the decal work on those are mind blowing!

Something about Vaati's AC content just hits different. Can't get enough of it

I’m really glad you gave Chrightt a shoutout—he is the man when it comes to raw numbers and how to use them best, for both AC6 and Elden Ring.

A quirk you didn't catch on was that you can charge left hand weapons while shielding. You cannot shoot, but you can charge. Pair a shield with a charging weapon such as a Laser Shotgun. My best build pairs this with a gatling gun/flamethrower. By sticking to a target and simply out-tanking everything, you generally win.

So I started using the worker bee build, as it was basically what I had been using already, just with different frame parts. But, what I want to mention with that build, is that if you purge your shotgun, you can get 3 punches and a non-charged pile bunker off one stagger. It is a great feeling

So, with the chainsaw build the key is to edge a lot and make sure not to release prematurely? Got it.

Great video m´man. Very nice of you to shoutout myndrrr and chrightt, i've also been enyoing their stuff and notice you comment on the manual aim build. What i like about this builds is that they are the refined version of ideas i had floting about but never commited to finishing up. I used a build with the pulse blade to stagger enemies while charging a linear rifle and that baton build is the culmination of that. Stay safe m'dude

Thank you. A variant of your pulse/shotty one finally got me through first Balteus, second try. Feels amazing to play and stronk. Tried a couple of other internet builds and, while ok, didn't cut it for my playstyle. ty again.

One issue I wanted to bring to your attention before my comment. The XBOX code for the ALBINAURIC build doesn't seem to be working. Thank you for the weeks of work you, and your team put into this video and these builds. The effort and expertise involved is just so impressive. AC6 was one of my top 10 before today, but this video alone, because of the ability to share AC builds, has cemented it in my top 3. I spent an embarrassing amount of time in the Mech Warrior games back in the late 90s / early 2000s and lost the disks, and forgot about the genre for a long time. I've been on the lookout for a good Mech type game since, and AC6, along with your videos, and a few other creators, like the ones you mentioned in this video, have finally given me a favorite of mine I've been missing for over 20 years. Thanks to everyone involved. Awesome work!

I'm actually quite surprised, as I ended up making the competition winning build on my own, along with nearly exact replicas of the WORKER BEE, ALBINAURIC, and THROW TRUE. Most of what was different with mine were the exterior pieces. I haven't watched a ton of build videos, only a few from oroboro, but I've just been spending a crazy amount of time in the garage, and I find it funny how I came up with many of the same builds that were in this video.

I likes how the cost of ammo in earlier armor core games sort of forced you to try energy weapons (since they had no ammo cost). Took me until NG++ to start using them in play with AC6.

Making a build based on my favorite ps2 game was when i knew this game was one of my favorites. Based on Shinobi i have 2 "kunai" weapons via the nail handgun, the laser launcher to represent the scroll power that shoots tracking green beams, and a plasma blade for the sword on an incredible fast but fragile 8500 AP build that excels in ground movement but struggles in the air just like the ps2 game. Even my legs have the same kick animation that you have in Shinobi. Its amazing how wildly different these two games are yet i was able to recreate it so closely

I've seen so many "OP/easy mode" Core builds that rely on NG++ equipment with piles of specialized OS tuning chips. It's so great to see builds on this list are tailored to the gear available at certain chapters. It's also fun to see how far you can push the game even with those more pedestrian parts. One thing worth pointing out, though: It might be nice to see the original creators credited in the Google Doc. As it is, the doc just goes from your builds to their builds with no indication that some of them were cooked up by other players.