Whereas most discover the video games by FromSoftware extraordinarily laborious, a number of others search much more problem. These daredevils will do no matter it takes so as to add an additional layer of issue to the sport. This week, one courageous Armored Core 6: Fires Of Rubicon participant and YouTuber by the title of ZeroLenny beat the sport with no weapons, just by punching and kicking his enemies into piles of rubble along with his fists and toes in Armored Core.

How did ZeroLenny do it?

Lenny didn’t precisely unequip his weapons, as a result of they’re compelled onto your AC unit. Nonetheless, he discovered that he might merely not use them and cost into his enemies as a substitute, as that additionally offers a dependable harm output. Naturally, punching doesn’t use ammunition, however that doesn’t imply ZeroLenny got here throughout an infinite supply of injury. It is a nu-FromSoftware sport, which means that anybody whose title isn’t Sekiro has a stamina bar — even robots. Melee assaults price you stamina, so there’s an additional layer of hardship — in case having to get shut you your enemies each time isn’t robust sufficient already. Lenny discovered a workaround by getting the DF-GN-02 LING-TAI, the generator with the smallest recharge delay within the sport.

Unexpected penalties

At first, Lenny thought {that a} manner of the fist run would simply make the sport tougher all throughout the board, however he ended up discovering that, in true Souls vogue, it had some surprising perks. Melee assaults do nice posture harm and are higher at destroying the enemies’ posture than most weapons. Additionally, enemies take extra harm when their stamina is down, so there’s an additional perk. If you happen to’re ok, you may doom most enemies to perpetually biking from a state of stagnation to certainly one of binge-eating knuckle sandwiches.

Finest ideas for gamers who additionally need to embrace the best way of the fist

Whereas possible unadvisable, Lenny’s Armored Core manner of the fists isn’t solely unviable. On high of what you already know, Lenny has some ideas for footwork. Lenny says that tank legs are one of the best for melee harm, however they severely hamper your dodging. The most effective choices for legs are regular or quad ones. These will provide you with the additional choice of kicking your enemies. Kicks are good and can web you numerous (imaginary) fashion factors while you kick enemies off cliffs.

Lenny says that one of many hardest missions within the sport for no-weapons customers would be the tower protection one. The devs anticipated gamers to shoot the enemy projectiles shot at them, however that received’t work right here. Lenny managed to complete the mission by studying the map, destroying solely particular targets, and by flying over the others. It will take up rather more time, however it’s fully doable.

I’ve beforehand written about the way it’s solely a matter of time till somebody beats AC6 utilizing solely a banana. This isn’t that, however we’re getting nearer. Now you can attempt to beat Armored Core 6, bare-fisted or not, on PC, PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and Xbox Sequence X|S.