Mastering All Stats in Armored Core 6 for Optimal Builds

As a professional gamer with over 500 hours building and battling mechs in the Armored Core franchise, I‘ve become intimately familiar with the intricate stat systems governing these hulking battle robots. I‘ve parsed the impacts of individual stats through exhaustive testing and tweaking of countless configurations.

In this extensive guide, I will decode all the offensive, defensive, mobility, and equipment stats that determine victory or defeat in Armored Core 6. Whether you favor agile snipers, brawling tanks, artillery walkers, stealth flanks, or other playstyles, understanding these systems is essential to craft an optimized mechanical warrior suited to your preferences.

Let‘s dig in.

Table of Contents

• Offensive Stats
• Defensive Stats
• Mobility Stats
• Equipment Stats
• Universal Build Considerations

Offensive Stats – Bring the Pain

Offensive stats dictate how effectively your Armored Core (AC) can dish out punishment. Here‘s how each one contributes to battle potency:

AP (Armor Points Damage)

This denotes the raw per-shot health damage inflicted, before resistances.

• Maximize this stat when possible – it rapidly chews through enemy AP.
• Example: a weapon with 80 AP will deplete a 1000 AP enemy in just 13 shots.

Anti-Kinetic Damage

Bonus damage dealt against targets with high kinetic defenses.

• Ideal against enemies stacking physical armor.
• Machine guns, cannons, and rail guns deal kinetic damage.

Anti-Energy Damage

Extra damage versus enemies with strong energy resistance.

• Melts right through layers of energy shields.
• Counters beam weapons, plasma, and lasers.

Anti-Explosive Damage

Additional damage to explosive resistant entities like bunkers and structures.

• Rockets, missiles, grenades and fragmentation weapons are explosive based.

Accuracy

The precision and aim assist percentage of weapons.

• Higher accuracy landing more shots from range and against evasive foes.
• Example: 85% accuracy means 85 of 100 shots will hit.

Ammo

The total spare ammo pool for guns, cannons, missile racks before needing to resupply.

• More ammo means longer sustained fire before restocking.
• Example: 500 assault cannon rounds lasts longer than 125 rail gun slugs.

Range

Maximum engageable target distance in meters before damage drop-off.

• 600m 32-rocket salvo launcher outranges a 100m submachine gun.
• Long range enables safer positioning, scouting, and sniping.

Target Tracking

Speed (measured in degrees/second) when rotating vulnerable areas towards targeted enemies.

• Quick tracking critical hitting swift aerial foes.
• Example: 80 deg/s tracks faster than 30 deg/s systems.

Muzzle Velocity

Speed of in-flight projectiles measured in meters per second (m/s).

• Faster equals less flight time and easier leading of distant fast targets.
• Example: Rail guns have higher velocities than rocket artillery.

Payload

For missile racks and rocket pods, the number of munitions fired per salvo.

• Larger payloads increase potential damage per trigger pull.
• Example: 16-missile barrage > quad missile ripple fire

Now let‘s examine key metrics that prevent your AC from being melted to slag after wading into battle.

Defensive Stats – Stopping Power

While offense makes highlight reels, surviving return fire wins battles. Defensive properties of parts include:

Armor Points (AP)

The total durability health pool before destruction.

• More armor means withstanding higher volumes of punishment.
• Example: 5000 AP survives longer than 2500 AP builds.

Anti-Kinetic Defense

Percentage damage reduction against kinetic weapons like machine guns, cannons, and rail guns.

• 50% anti-kinetic means half damage taken from kinetics sources.

Anti-Energy Defense

Percentage mitigation against beam weapons, plasma, pulse, and other energy sources.

• With 75% anti-energy defense, just 25% of beam damage gets through.

Anti-Explosive Defense

Damage reduction percentage against explosive munitions like missiles, rockets, grenades.

• 60% anti-explosive lowers missile barrage damage by over half.

Damage Resistance

General percentage reduction from non-elemental damage sources.

• Cuts all unsourced damage by listed amount.
• Applied after other defenses to bolster survivability.

Stability

Reduces likelihood of being disrupted by heavy attacks by listed percentage.

• With 60% stability, just 40% chance of stagger per hit.

Evasion

Lists percentage chance to completely dodge both lock-on and free fire munitions.

• Great for evasive light builds frustrating enemies.
• Does not work against melee weapons.

Stealth

Passively lowers detection range from enemies and targeting systems by listed percentage when stationary. Enables ambushes.

• 50% stealth means just 50% normal visibility to foes.

Next we‘ll review speed and agility traits that define battlefield mobility and flexibility.

Mobility Stats – Dictating Engagements

Controlling matchups via speed and maneuverability provides huge tactical advantages:

Top Speed

The maximum attainable running velocity in km/h possible on land when not boosting.

• Higher top speeds facilitate quicker flanking.
• Light builds reach faster top speeds than heavy builds.

Acceleration

The time in seconds required to reach top speed from standstill on land. The lower the better.

• Faster acceleration attains boost speeds quicker.
• Allows faster engagement or disengagement.

Deceleration

Time in seconds required to come to a complete stop from max flat ground speed.

• Faster braking allows quicker direction changes to evade fire.

Boost Speed

Peak air velocity possible in km/h when boosters engaged.

• Higher speeds enhance dodging incoming fire and pursuing enemies.

Boost Acceleration

Time in seconds taken to hit max boost speed after engaging boosters.

• Lower times help swiftly evade attacks using boost dashes.

Boost Duration

Total sustained flight time in seconds achievable before overheating boosters.

• Increased boost duration expands engagement, scooting between cover, or chasing down tanks.

Ground Mobility

An agility rating when traversing terrain without boosting that factors turning speed and terrain traversal.

• Better ground mobility critical for outmaneuvering groups since boosts are limited.

Mid-Air Mobility

Agility measurement including yaw/pitch/roll rates attainable while boosting.

• Superior aerial mobility means outflanking airborne opponents.

Landing Recovery

Time in seconds after heavy landings before full control and mobility are regained.

• Quicker recovery prevents being caught defenseless after hard boost-assisted drops.

Now let‘s inspect key support systems beyond weapons and armor that compete for limited onboard capacity.

Equipment Stats – Support Systems

Advanced sensors, countermeasures, and other systems provide battlefield advantages but drain precious resources:

Radar Range

The maximum detection radius in meters for locating enemies before they fade from sensors.

• Extends the targeting range of your weaponry.
• Example: 800m radar range exposes threats earlier than 500m systems.

Sensor Range

The distance in meters before visual signatures of targeted entities dissolve when excelling maximum lock-on scope.

• Keeps aim points and health bars visible at range once acquired by radar.
• Does not apply to stealth systems or visualize cloaked units.

Lock-on Range

The maximum straight-line distance in meters munitions can establish targeting solutions against detectable enemies.

• Longer lock-on range provides safer stand-off distance.
• Allows firing before entering threat envelopes.

Night Vision

Brightens and clarifies dark environments to percentage level of daylight visibility.

• Great for night battles or indoor missions.
• Examples: 75% night vision still appears darker than 100% daylight clarity.

Zoom

The magnification factor by which onboard optics can enhance vision for long range target confirmation and engagement.

• Higher zoom factors improve distinguishing enemies from extreme distance.
• 5x zoom clarifies more than 3x zoom specs.

EN Capacity

The total onboard energy pool in MW that enables using higher tier gear and abilities temporarily until depleted. Regenerates slowly over time when not activated.

• Larger capacities enable fueling more advanced systems.
• Example: EN regulator parts increase inherent capacity.

EN Recharge

The rate in MW/second at which drained energy levels replenish after use.

• Faster regeneration allows quicker reuse of dependent gear.

Heat Capacity

The maximum heat threshold attainable in degrees Celsius before safety overrides engage and forcibly disrupt systems, venting heat and limiting functionality.

• Raising capacity allows longer boost sequences before shutdowns.

Heat Dissipation

The rate in degrees Celsius per second that accrued heat generated by systems like boosters, energy weapons, and sensors gets shed via onboard sinks.

• Faster dissipation enables easier serial boosting.

Now that we‘ve covered individual stats, let‘s discuss universal build considerations that require balancing combinations of them holistically.

Universal Build Considerations

While specializing builds towards a distinct playstyle is important, certain universal mechanics govern all well-rounded builds:

Balancing Firepower, Defense, and Mobility

Stacking extreme levels of any one stat category leads to crippling deficiencies in others that skilled opponents will exploit.

• Glass cannon weapons blenders still get one-shot by snipers.
• Nigh-invulnerable tanks become useless if they can‘t close distance or hit anything.
• Fragile speedsters get pinned down under sustained fire barrages.

Aim for balanced overall stat distributions to prevent easily exploited weaknesses.

Managing Weight and Equipment Requirements

Adding heavier gear strains mobility, boosting, and intimidate systems thresholds. Plan ahead to avoid kneecapping capabilities.

• Oversized weapons slow speed, mobility, boost capacity.
• Excessive armor decreases agility and lock-on evasion.
• Too many auxiliary systems overtax available energy budgets.

Testing Builds Under Live Fire

Theorycrafting stats only gets you so far. Experiment with configurations against human opponents to truly determine effectiveness as minor tweaks have major impacts.

I hope breaking down all the intricacies of the many equipment and gear options clarifies how to best fine-tune Armored Core 6 builds to your preferred playstyle. Let me know if this guide helps optimize your domination of future battles!

Happy hunting out there!