Ranking the Armored Core 6 Bosses from Easiest to Hardest [#50-29]

Armored Core 6 is my GoTY so far in what's turning out to be a stacked 2023 for gaming. The Armored Core 6 bosses are a big part of why I love it so much - so today, we'll be ranking the first half of the Armored Core 6 boss difficulty. With a roster of 50 total bosses - we've got a long list to go, including bosses such as Rusty, Ice Worm, Balteus, CEL-240, Enforcer, and many more.

Music:
Saturn - curtis-cole
Slapstickin - stefano-mastronardi
Drakengard 3 - Reinforcement's Attack Battlefield.
SMT Digital Devil Saga - Hunting
SMT V - Battle Origin
DAEMON X MACHINA - Hangar
NieR Replicant - Hills of Radiant Wind
Shovel Knight - Strike the Earth!
Deltarune - Rude Buster (Battle)
Diddy Kong Racing - Jungle Falls
Mario Party 2 - Bowser's Theme
Tenchu - Battle with Onikage'
Bastion - Spike in a Rail
Bastion - Slinger's Song
NieR Automata - Birth of a Wish
Digimon Story Cyber Sleuth - The Last Babel
SMT Digital Devil Saga - Junk Yard
TMNT IV - Sewer Surfing
Digimon World Next Order - Digital Pulse
Furi - You're Mine (Carpenter Brut)
Digimon Story Cyber Sleuth - Lively Cyber Detective
Timesplitters 2 - Site
NieR Automata - Bipolar Nightmare

[theDeModcracy]

Part 2 coming Wednesday. I hope you've been enjoying your playthroughs! May Balteus have mercy on our souls

[Tiger-idwv]

just gonna put it out there, diffuculty in this game is completely different for each player as different builds play so differently, great vid but dual zimmies really gonna change a few encounters

[popeneiad]

Damn you got pretty lucky against O’keefe, normally he just floats around the whole map just outside of reach

[connorgarrett]

The Ice Worm fight was my favorite purely because you get to do it with the other characters you encounter through your play through. It’s kinda like the Radahn fight in Elden Ring, both have this sense of camaraderie with you and your allies charging at this massive threat

[barrymacockiner]

Also whenever you assassinate Swinburne, if you accept his proposal to let him live and then immediately attack him, you can one shot him with literally any attack. You will also get some unique dialog from Ayre if you do this.

[frequentfrenzied]

Every boss is easy if you use dual Zimmermans... I committed to playing NG+ and NG++ without touching a Zimmerman, Songbird, or the stun needle launcher. I wanted to get more of a sense of the difficulty curve that the developers intended. Facerolling everything with broken weapons was fun the first time through, but I actually wanted to get good on subsequent play-throughs.

[chrisv]

I feel like difficulty is entirely subjective based on what build you're using, and once you're going in with 2 Zimmermans and 2 cannons of any kind, you've trivialized the fight so much that you can't really determine if a fight is difficult at all

[michaelpepin]

Ice Worm was by far the most epic boss battle, even if it wasn't the hardest. So much characterization for so many other pilots you will encounter numerous times.

[gengarisnotinsmash...]

Fun fact about Swinburne: if you accept his offer and hit him while he's thanking you, he'll instantly die (while cursing you with his final breath). It doesn't matter WHAT hits him either, so you can just punch him to insta kill him as well.

Also don't think I didn't hear that song used for the smart cleaner, Furi boss ranking soon?

[skal-tel]

The fact that you can get Roku's fight on your first playthrough is pretty wild. I found him to be rather difficult fighting him then as opposed to later on.

[bradencosier]

It's interesting to see just how much alternate builds (and playstyles) completely change how difficult a boss battle is. In my case Nepenthes was super easy, just stick to one of the 4 elevator pillars and work your way down between volleys.
The alternate mission "Protect the Strider" just completely tore apart my dual wielding boost build. It just didn't even come close to cutting it. So I switched to a quadruped build and just hovered in the air with heavy artillery. They didn't stand a chance

[wobblywally-]

I think the ice worm has taken the trophy from the divine dragon for best cinematic boss fight. That first shot from the ORC with the music crescendo and Rusty dropping "I won't miss" at it's peak is just auditory bliss.

Edit: the butthurt going round about Zimmermans is hilarious. People act like they can't be hard countered like every weapon in the game. I can only assume you got wrecked in pvp and still havent got over it... that's a you problem cheif.

[soulsmasterxw]

Out of all the Fromsoft mechanic style bosses, the Ice Worm might just be my new favorite. Like the best Zelda bosses, it's not about understanding the "gimmick" of the fight, but how you execute it!
From the Dragon God and Bed of Chaos, to Rykard and the Ice Worm. Fromsoft has come a long way.

[Sbart]

Best part about the Ice Worm is the stun launcher is technically optional. You can sortie without it equipped and your allies will comment on your ability to mess things up. The fight will be overall harder because of it, but still possible

[maestroan]

i loved v.III O Keeffe fight. because for me he was gliding in the air above the pit. and there was a lot of platform jumping. and energy management not to fall down, pretty unique and epic

[kotzer]

i like how almost everything he calls easy hes also using zimmermans on lol

[Tran]

O' Keefe acted very differently for me. He kept hovering away from the platform so I couldn't effectively deal with him using my CQC build at the time. That being said, he was a great opportunity to try out my missiles only build 🤣

[Sigma]

I'm about to finish Ng++ and holy smokes, this game completely surpassed my expectations!
Easily one of the best games 2023.
Also enjoyed almost each of the boss fights so far!

[PancakrK]

My favorite boss will always be Balteus, for the pain.

[ChadScott-mw]

Correction, most AC bosses - including G2 Nile - do have repair kits; it is however possible to deny their use to them if you can stagger and stun them hard enough.

2: The Street Cleaner has a secondary weakpoint right on top of it, if you can shoot into its smokestack; this takes a lot of the risk of engaging it out of the equation.