Old Rain I UX
Objectives: Survive 2 turns, then elimination and capture the marked Radar Tower
Failure Condition: AK15 dies
Recommended Echelon(s): MG/SG, AR/SMG , Dummy
Echelon Limit: 6
This map is split into two parts. The first bit is the first two turns where the enemies on the bottom half of the map are weaker and you don't really have much of an objective aside from surviving. The second bit is after that where AK15 comes in and we can start working on the rest of the map. The idea for this is that you want to kill as many of the enemies at the bottom half of the map while they aren't as strong, then get going to the top half of the map and abuse buff towers to kill the rest.
Speaking of buff towers, they also deal with the Patrollers that seem fairly strong, so you don't need to worry about them. So, let's begin.
To start off with, we want an AR/SMG echelon as well as an MG/SG echelon deployed. Hammer bros are back and they have just as much armor as before. To top it off, other enemies on the map make MGs struggle, so you want both echelons out. I prefer moving the AR echelon to the right Heliport, and the MG one to the left.
For turn one, we want to send our AR echelon all the way to the bottom right of the map. Very specifically on that node. So move them four nodes to the right. The purpose of that will come to light later. End the turn there.
On turn two, we want to kill as many enemies as we can. With random AI we can't be too sure where to go exactly for each run, but the advice is generally the same. Try and kill whatever you can with whichever echelons you can. I'd recommend you drop in another AR/SMG echelon to swap with your MG echelon to get some extra AP in later turns. I will also say you want to move off the node your AR/SMG echelon started this turn on.
On turn three, the objective will swap over to our real objective set, along with an AK15 NPC echelon. It will also spawn in a Heavy Heliport on the node that we went to on turn one. We definitely want some HOC support to make our life easier, as some enemies have gained strength from the objective swap. So, deploy one. If there are any spare enemies at the bottom half of the map, you want to clear them out here if possible, since we'll be moving AK15 next turn. If you can, start moving your AR/SMG echelon up towards Grey. Also, ideally you'd also drop a dummy echelon for more AP in later turns as well.
Turn four is where we want to start using the buff towers. Move AK15 over to the red buff tower and use it on your AR/SMG echelon. We want to engage Grey here. HOC support is nice for the fight, so move your HOC up to the point where it's in range to support the Grey fight. Fight her, but do note that her fight will end at 50% HP. After the fight, keep moving your HOC up towards your AR/SMG echelon with the remaining AP.
On turn five, we likely have some annoying enemies approaching our MG echelon, so we want to grab our second AR/SMG echelon and move up to our MG echelon to keep them safe. If you're struggling with the sniper enemies, I'd highly recommend dropping your difficulty down and clearing up to 4-4 "Traitor I" for QBZ-191; she makes short work of the snipers here.
When your MG echelon is safe, keep moving your second AR echelon up. Go all the way to AK15's NPC echelon on the buff tower. Swap with AK15 and use the buff tower on that echelon. Next, move your first AR echelon up to the Radar Tower to clear off that objective and to free up some space for your HOC to move up as well. The Nyto fights can be difficult, so having some HOC support is very nice, although it can cause some issues with killing the snipers with QBZ-191. Keep moving your second AR echelon to whatever Nyto enemies you can kill. End the turn when you've used up your AP.
Turn six is just mostly cleanup. Apply the buff tower to whatever AR echelon you can use. Move your first AR echelon up to the blue buff tower and use that as well. That deletes the rest of the Patrollers as well, so it's just cleanup at this point. Once you've killed everything, you'll clear the map.
Video of me clearing this map
Author: Kazuki
Tags: Fixed Point