Armored Core VI Boost OFF Challenge: Escort the Weaponized Mining Ship
0This Armored Core challenge run is to beat the NG++ route and get the ALL MIND ending without the use of boosters, any action which consumes boost or that causes the Boost ON message to appear will not be used to progress though the missions, to further the challenge parts will only become usable as and when they would in a standard new game run and since the training missions are all impossible all the parts obtained from them are forever unusable in this run.
AC Loadout:
R-Arm: XUAN-GE
L-Arm XUAN-GE
R-Back: DUO-02
L-Back: DUO-02
Head: MELANDER
Core: TIAN-QIANG
Arms: MELANDER
Legs: MELANDER
Booster: G1/P10
FCS: G1/P01
Generator: JOSO
Explosive damage is key here and under the rule set the only available option is the XUAN-GE (GOU-CHEN is a training reward that we can't do.) while the DUO-02 has higher damage and impact while also seeming to not trigger the dodge of one of the enemy types.
The body of the build is made to give as much Kinetic and Explosive defence without making the AC basically a turret as some mobility helps reduce the damage taken by more than the little bit of extra defences.
I'll note that the VTC-08 not being available for this mission was a surprisingly irritating blow as the other options the MLT-04 and DUO-02 are worse due to how the AI likes to put objects between you and them which they can still fire missiles around making the weapon not available for one of the few times/challenges it might have been useful for.