This was the hardest S rank I’ve done so far, I ended up using the pile bunker and the Zimmerman shotgun, didn’t use any shoulder weapons to save even more ammo. A fully charged pile bunker kills all of them in one hit (except for the big one) so I barely fired my shotgun and saved a lot on ammunition cost finally getting me an S

@soulknight8247

9 ай бұрын

U are my hero

@lopezcontractor2682

8 ай бұрын

Yeah I figured it has to do with amo cost as well, because I did it with no damage and super fast, but wasted 33,400 amo

this mapping is immaculate thank you 🙏 took 9k repair, 26k munitions, but the pathing is what i needed, hadn’t realized the time i was wasting with taking the hidden enemy before the second sniper and the first door unlock instead of dispatching the 3 first. kudos

Thanks! It was the last mission I needed! Definitely worked better than the other guides

Great video! This build worked wonders. Made me feel unstoppable at how easy it was to use.❤

Great video, didn't know you could aggro the final 3 bots before entering the door to the final room Just a tip for the beating the damage requirement: I think the damage counts only based on your status as you finish the mission. I say that becaused I just healed twice after killing everyone and I got the S, despite taking more than 10k damage total. (My main build is a biped with all Alba body parts, laser dagger, 2 Coquillets, the bullet drone, and assault armor; and it worked just fine).

I've tried literally everything and i always get an A rank. edit: i can now confirm that the S rank for this mission makes NO SENSE. i literally just did an attempt as usual where i was normally fast, took some hits and used the same amount of ammo as usual and got 148,000 payout and MAGICALLY it became an S rank fuck this mission

Thanks for the info, had a feeling I was doing something wrong, used my go-to reverse joint AC instead of my tetrapod laser/plasma platform mech and got an s-rank after I repaired my hull

Have not gotten this yet. I'm wondering if you get some of sort of boost/modifier for letting them ambush you at the doors. Saw one video where a guy took quite a bit of damage during the run a still got a S, he let the ambush happen, That said, I have not been able replicate his result.

Took me a few tries... Any tiny mistake ruins S rank for the mission... That's the first one I've been stuck on for over an hour! And I am doing them from the end... So this mission is harder to S rank that all the endgame bosses, lol!! Good luck every one! :D

@hahnstech

10 ай бұрын

I did about the same. I was amazed how forgiving some of the boss missions are to one like this. I did a first pass replaying of the missions just to see what ranks I'd get naturally and then started in reverse, just to specify. S Ranked several of the later missions first try, even the last mission in NG++.

Here’s an interesting observation. It seems the game only cares about the HP you have at the end of the mission, not how much you lost. I lost over 4k HP on this mission and used 1 repair kit to get max HP and I still got S-Rank.

@tjweber9883

10 ай бұрын

If this is true that explains a lot as to why I have S ranks I feel I shouldn't have

@ThePass999

10 ай бұрын

Thank you! Actually works just tried it :D

@mechagodzyzzathotobliterat8094

10 ай бұрын

4k doesnt seem like a lot of total health lost

@twanvanhouwelingen8759

10 ай бұрын

Huh??? I've done this getting only 1500 damage and doing this and the game just won't give me S rank???

@tjweber9883

10 ай бұрын

@@twanvanhouwelingen8759 after quite a few trial runs on this mission I found in order to get S rank I needed to take less than 1k damage total as healing didn't help. This mission has the smallest damage allowance in the game that I've found but the video was not wrong about missiles. Two 10-cell missile pods on the shoulders, two 4-cell hand launchers, and a good scanner head did the trick for me.

I tried S ranking this one (and eventually did) after reading the comments and trying to figure out exactly what is the highest priority for S ranking this particular mission, because we all know that the obvious criteria are Time, Repair costs, Ammunition costs, and sometimes extra objectives like killing mobs along the way. I can say after several A ranks, not understanding what I was doing wrong *_exactly,_* like taking a ton of damage and still getting A rank, or another time keeping my costs super low, not taking much damage at all, and trying to be hyper efficient with ammunition costs, still getting an A rank... This mission seems to place a much higher emphasis on TIME above all else. Don't worry as much about taking damage or saving on ammunition costs with this one, just run with a build that finishes each ghost off FAST. GOTTA GO FAST. I used an all Alba piece build like someone else in the comments mentioned here, as well as the pulse gun on the right shoulder. (although it does help melt their health bar fast, I forgot to use it on my S rank run lol) I used the Ortus as a template but changed around a few parts. Right Arm: Majestic Left Arm: SG-027 Zimmerman Right Back: Kranich/60Z Left Back: IA-C01W7: ML-Redshift Frame: All Alba pieces Booster: BST-G2/P04 FCS: FC-006 Abbot Generator: VE-20C (The Ortus uses the Hokushi generator by default but it would just run out of steam way too fast for the ABing at the start, although the VE-20C takes longer to recharge, it worked for me) With the Majestic and Zimmerman setup, I would fire the Majestic first, then the Zimmerman to finish them off. The other way around doesn't work as well. The expansion is Assault Armor, I would use it to melt the last ghost's shield which makes it so much faster. QB in close to him, set it off and it'll obliterate most of his shield in one shot.

@flash4083

10 ай бұрын

Thanks! just got it with this set up

@hover6156

9 ай бұрын

thanks man!!!! thanks!! :,v

@eatingbanana4040

9 ай бұрын

Thankyou bro, just did it with this setup

I just S ranked this mission Thank you so much.

You can take damage and still get the S-rank, quite a lot of it even. I don't know if you just need to compensate by going even faster. I used a tetrapod with heavy weapons meaning that I was quite slow, so I had to optimize everything else. There are a couple of parts where you can optimize for time even further. First of all, better weapons that can reliably kill a ghost before it teleports away. Second, in the final room you should start by going forwards to the wall in front of you instead of the one in the back. The reason for this is that the ghost on this wall will alternate between the far walls, unlike the other two who will teleport between the close walls. You want to kill this ghost either first or last due to route optimization, and first is safer from a teleport perspective. Third, instead of assault boosting when you see the ghost pop up you can prepare by getting up there before it shows up. It will always show up in the same place, meaning a well place shot can take it out directly without risk for teleporting. Tetra legs help here as you can hover (but has the drawback of making you slower in general).

I apologize, I don't write English well, keep the guide from me. I completed the task like this: 1- You don’t have to put anything on your shoulders, but you can wear a shield, he doesn’t take money, haha 2 - Take the Zimerman in one hand 3 - In the other hand, a blade with high cooling VP-67LD 4 - You fly up to the enemy, shoot from the Zimerman and then when he is stunned, hit him with a blade and after that they should usually be killed. Good luck, pilot

The bots spawn on the ground in the final room. Use your scanner. You can also see them on your radar on the bottom of the screen when they are cloaked, after they attack you once.

@5ch3nk

10 ай бұрын

Thank you. Wasn't sure what to do here since they pop up on the other side, shoot and disappear. Leaving me no time to get in range of them.

Finally got this by using right hand Zimmerman and left hand HI-32 pulse blade; I think time before going into the last room might be the most important thing? That and less ammo used is what got it for me in the last. I used two repair kits and still got S rank.

Finally did this after about 3 hours of attempts for S rank. I changed the zimmerman's.to the guns you have and it does make a bit of a difference.. ammunition cost was cutting it close 24,040 with repair costs of just under 2,000 (1,932) this has got to be one of the stupidest missions in the entire game. Thanks for the advice it's a very quick build, not very I wasn't very good with it, so I just started try the guns because they actually have lower ammo cost.

I have almost all S except this mission, the first one and a couple in chapter 4. This and the refuelling base are the most frustrating.

I've run this a good bit and figured it had more to do with time constraints than damage taken.

I don’t know why but it’s different for me. The enemies before the final room will not spawn until I interact with the door and walk down the hall way. Tried going to the spots in the video and using the radar but you get ganked by 3 enemies at once they seem to only spawn when you get to the end of the hallway before the coral room

@golferchin76

10 ай бұрын

The invisible enemies are there. This game doesn't spawn enemies. Which head part you use, and where do you start your scan? because each head part has different scan distance, scan duration, and how soon you can scan again. I use VE-44B because it has the furthest scan distance, fastest re-scan time, and a staggering 18sec when enemies got scanned. Basically at the area you are talking about you scan once and you have time to kill them all. Also very useful in last room when I fly to the wall I can scan from far away and ready to shoot. The most important thing is your Assault Boost speed. My speed is 358 even though I carry 2 songbirds. I use handgun (duckett) to stagger the enemy with whips. I also use Pulse armor twice in the last room.

@alanwhite8870

10 ай бұрын

@@golferchin76 no… I literally went to the place I know they’re sat at waiting for you and they wouldn’t show up even if I scanned while right next to them The scenario it self was completely different. When I did the mission the first time they attacked me as I was near the door. When I did it again on playthrough 2 same thing, then when I went to do the S rank for it they just weren’t there until I attempted to interact with the door in the corridor, which is tight af for dodging their sniper shots cos two are positioned perfectly to shoot into the corridor. Anyway doesn’t matter because this level only checks if you’re at full health but not how many repair kits you use so you can just repair kit at the end and you get an S rank if you were quick

@alanwhite8870

10 ай бұрын

@@golferchin76 I appreciate the help though

@di-gun5791

10 ай бұрын

it's probably a bug because they would always camp in that spot

Time is everything. Finished in 3m30 and i got it. Didnt kill the hidden one either. Thx for the info.

thank you, but if you want to get easier just bring Pulse Gun HI-16: GU-Q1 on right shoulder for the breaking the shield barrier of final boss then you can finish it

Feel like the main point is about the time more than damage taken. Ihave tried once I took 0 damge but still got A, but S next time I tried go fast.

Two punches and the laser knife are more effective for the upper level. You absolutely need a bazooka type weapon and pulse blade for the final chamber. Basically this mission is a tough S….

1 try successfully achieved rank S Thx bro it really is just all efficiency, time,ammo,repair cost Scanner wont impact anything, my ammo cost is only 10k

Got my S rank 3500 repairs and 15k ammo. Light build with Dual Ludlow and basic pulse blade. It's kinda easy now, you need to practice to clear this mission fast enough.

Do you have a updated build

After about 3 hours of trying and changing my build up, I finally got 'S' rank. I tried every tip I found here in the comments. Even though it sounds dumb, you just have to move fast, take little damage, and use ammo sparingly (go figure lol). It DOES NOT matter if enemies teleport so long as they die FAST. 'S' rank criteria priority seems to be as follows: 1) Time | 2) Ammo costs | 3) Repair costs. Use your scan and learn the enemy spawns. Use charged Pile Bunker to one-shot 'sleeping' enemies if possible. Use assault boost to move quickly at the beginning of the mission and after clearing zones. Use Pulse Armor after triggering the final ambush in the pit to help soak up some damage. Focus on making shots count, rather than not taking damage. If post-mission income is less than 144k you will get 'A' rank instead of 'S'. My winning run was just over 3 minutes, 150k income, and I took about 4,000 damage to my AP. My build can be found below. Good luck Ravens. I hope this data log helps. Share ID (PC): VT64U65KSLUP RA Unit: WS-5000 Aperitif - Head: VE-44B LA Unit: Pile Bunker ---------- Core: HAL 826 RB Unit: Stun Needle --------- Arms: VP-46D LB Unit: Stun Needle --------- Legs: Mind Beta Boost: NGI 001------------------ FCS: G2/P05 Gen: Aorta ------------------------ Expansion: Pulse Armor

@hover6156

9 ай бұрын

im no hit ammo cost 14000 rank A......................

maybe Im the crazy person but i think S-ranking this is more about taking out the 3 stealth mechs on the third stage before opening the door, i took around 2k dmg on the last fight. in other cases where i opened the door first then fought them, despite only taking 400 dmg in the last fight, it was still A rank

@eatingbanana4040

9 ай бұрын

bro, this is actually true, I killed them very quick without any damage taken and took 3k damage in the final room, got an S

What about amo cost?

Very bizarre criteria on this one. My fourth best attempt was the s rank. The others that were otherwise near perfect to perfect were A’s.

I hate this mission :/

Everyone's talking about how long it took them to get an S rank and I can't even beat this mission once after 2 days of trying 😢

Keep your time under 4minute 10 sec (my fastest was 3:40 but A rank because I used too much songbird ammo), and ammo and repair cost low so the final payout is above 140k. Especially the payout, under 140k you won't get S rank.

@jonnie2bad

10 ай бұрын

my pay out was 156k so i guess i was too slow, no idea how i could go any faster.

@dmanthepeach

9 ай бұрын

Just got it thanks to you made sure it was under 4 min only lost 1.2 k of health and had a payout of 174k. Laser lance/splicer and cheng SMG. Thank you!!!!

@golferchin76

9 ай бұрын

@@jonnie2bad what is your boost speed? my armored core's speed for this stage was 370

See that doesn’t work I completed mission with no damage and only 8,160 in ammunition and still no S I need help

Took 4k damage and got S rank. Seems if you get everything fast enough your repair doesn’t matter

FINALLY THANKYOU SO MUCH AHAHAHWVQVQGQHQ

How are u getting 3 strikes out of ur plasma blade?

@DodacLA

10 ай бұрын

That's the laser dagger and a different melee weapon you unlock later into the game.

Took me a few attempts

BAWS is pronounced "BOSS". 😎😂 jk jk Thanks for the guide, it really helped! ❤

How was that an S RANK??? I got a better run than this(respectfully) and it was an A rank this mission is infuriating Edit: I have had the s rank of this mission for a couple now but I also have hate for this missions Edit 2: I got the platinum boysss

Got hit 1 time anf got an S

I hate this mission. FS lazyness invisible enemies are the most stupid and method to make things hard

no damage? false

Justified in cheating on this one tbh