Armored Core 6 - Diving into the Stagger Mechanic

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Published 2023-12-31
Happy new year Ravens. Ever get frustrated that your staggers just seem to be inconsistent? Wanted to do fancy Pilebunkers but they just don't hit? Bosses escaping instantly when they could never before? Wanted to just 1 stagger cycle Balteus in NG?

You might get the answers to all of that in this stupid video I made about staggers in PvE. I wanted to make a video about this for a long time, but was too busy, finally had the time so why not?

There are still a lot of things I did not cover, but felt that it didn't quite necessarily need a part in the video, such as
Plasma rifles including their charged variation do not extend staggers
The Cataphract is immune to firearm staggers, not sure why, spaghetti coding maybe
Missiles are not heavy attacks despite being explosive and do not interact with staggers in any-way

Timestamps

00:00 Intro
00:48 Enemy types
01:02 Pre-ACS Staggers
03:50 What enemies are in each type
04:36 Post-ACS Staggers
05:29 Post-ACS Melee Staggers
10:15 Post-ACS Shortened Staggers
10:53 Post-ACS Firearm Staggers
14:26 Demonstration on bosses

All Comments (21)
  • @anubis520
    The content in this video is honestly what makes an AC6 hitless run halfway possible. This alone made some of the potential run killers way more consistent
  • @CattuDoggu-gn2zi
    A little bit of an oopsie I made : In the video, I actually did not cover or show that firearms cannot extend off of one another, I left out the clips/audio entirely. All that's left of it is the summary So to clarify once again: Firearms can only extend a stagger from the first Neutral stagger you cause, or off of a melee extension, I.E a punch. Also, little bit of funny fact : the charged Chain-saw uses a firearm stagger for it's final hit and that's why in the demonstration, I do not extend it with a zimmerman and it can push and extend Snail's stagger despite me already capping out on melee.
  • @anubis520
    This is a college level course in stagger. The amount of useful info in this video is amazing but does take some work to comprehend. Honestly having a good teacher helped me understand it.
  • @LordCakeskull
    This goes to show that correctly timed punches and buckshot are always applicable.
  • @raghav1026
    Watching you staggerlock CEL and Ayre to death was pretty depressing lmao, they destroyed me on my 1st playthrough
  • @zahylon5993
    This video pops up the day after I finished S ranking all missions hahahaha. This would have helped me so much with that.
  • WHAT THE FUCK DID I JUST WATCH?.......... Man, this is amazing.. A job well done. Keep it coming man........
  • @qddcinesino4586
    damn that's actually pretty interesting.... thanks for the efforts, surely this will gain alot of attention soon, but at the same time i do wonder how this will affect the meta in pvp🤔. anyhow you've earned a sub, hope to see more of you in the future
  • @One_Beeyond
    I’ve done a little testing and I think firearm stagger extension applies to weapons with more than 180 accumulated impact. The exception seems to be energy explosion weapons (plasmas). This makes the Ducket very close but no quite able to stagger extend.
  • @EyeOfKings
    Once i get over the fact rusty is charging the rail canon over your head the video is pretty good lol
  • @LEOTomegane
    the HMMR microstaggers on its charged hitbox?????? that's so goofy, it's such a tiny tiny hitbox on an extraordinarily bad charged attack Also, the firearm stagger extension and wallbouncing work in PVP too—the firearm one has been used since nearly release to confirm pile bunker hits, and I've been able to get the occasional wallbounce. It feels very fighting game-esque. I haven't seen anyone get massive chains like the zimmer-fist-zimmer you demonstrated, but it's theoretically possible as the Trainer uses the same stagger mechanics as players.
  • @peakspecimen
    Thank you for your efforts man!! This is gonna be a huge resource for sure
  • I did notice if enemies got caught against walls and objects they seemed to melt....
  • @animatoraoi3672
    Pro if someone pulled this on me during pvp I be quitting but respecting that they pulled it iff
  • @himadima5240
    Bro this video should be titled how to bully enemies Smart af you are man ty for the vid ❤❤
  • @fatcat1250
    Armored Core meets Devil May Cry. You think you mastered it cause you've beaten the game multiple but times but then you saw a video on youtube.
  • @slaps9402
    First time hearing about the wall stagger. That'd make a crazy TOD lol