Advance Wars 2 - Sinking Feeling NC Rout! (Part 2)

(Part 2 of 2)

I had long suspected that this mission could in fact be routed in the time limit, and I was correct. It's not only possible to destroy all units including the battleships, but you can also grab the lab map AND get a 300-point S rank! It should come as no surprise that the strategy for the rout is just a modified version of the normal strategy for the mission.

Keys to pulling the rout off in time:

1. The north island poses the greatest problem for routing, since it's out of reach for rockets and missiles. Therefore early on I send a lander with an AA to the island to take care of newly built air units, as well as infantry. In addition, I build an early cruiser to take care of any air units that may roam the seas. This proves to be a good decision.
2. Because one of your AA is in the sea, you're left with only one to defend your land units. Therefore you must capture the neutral bases as fast as possible. While Lash did capture one of them before me, she did not get to deploy from it. I quickly built 2 more AA to replenish my other one.
3. Getting the lab map is simple since you can just ship the mech with the AA.
4. It's important to keep your indirects alive since you won't really have time to build more. Notice that I only made use of one rocket I built, due to the fact that my other one got damaged. The rest of the time was spent building AA, cruisers, and battleships.
5. To finish fast enough for 100 speed, you must kill all the remaining air units around the same time as the battleships. If one takes a lot longer than the other you may not finish in time. Notice that I finished the battleships one day later than the air units.
6. The rest of the mission proceeds normally. Wipe out Lash's land units, take out the cannons, and attack from the bridges.

Note--it is possible to rout the HC version of this as well, but it is much, much more difficult. I've been able to finish it with 98 speed and the lab map, but once I am able to get a perfect score I will make a video of it.

Category:

Gaming

Tags:

• Advance
• Wars
• Black
• Hole
• Rising
• Sinking
• Feeling
• Rout
• Jess
• Lash

[theend0912]

Thanks for uploading dood :))



[Glitcher2000]

Nicely played, but the audio is waaaaay out of sync.