Matthias AC Name Funeral Mask Profile Gender Male Rank 58 Affiliation Nerves Concord Appearance(s) Armored Core 2 AC Characteristics Armor Points 9110 Weight 11670 Price 826000 Offensive Points 9837 Defensive Points 3497 Moving Speed 4530 OB Ability 2400 Grade Excellent Armaments Core Over Boost Inside None Extension Anti Missile Back Unit R Grenade Launcher Back Unit L Plasma Cannon Arm Unit R Laser Rifle Arm Unit L Laser Blade

Matthias is a Raven in Armored Core 2 and is ranked #58 in the Arena. He can either be unlocked by killing enough ranked Ravens in the main story, or if the main story is completed.

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Information Edit

Takes the name of his mentor who was killed in battle. He pays tribute to his friend by keeping the name and legend alive. He is not to be trifled with.

AC Funeral Mask Edit

Funeral Mask is a heavyweight four-legged AC armed with a back mounted plasma cannon, grenade launcher, anti missile extensions, an overboost core and the famed MOONLIGHT laser blade + KARASAWA laser rifle combination. Its weapons are geared for long range combat, but the unit is extremely deadly at close and mid range as well. Due to the Human PLUS enhancements of the pilot the unit can fire blade waves and it also is able to ignore weight restrictions, making it a PLOW AC.

Strategy Edit

In contrast to Ares, Matthias lacks the AI quirk and will actually try to take to the skies. The tactic of trying to get him snagged on Malea Base will not work as it has on Ares. Further, every weapon he has is a heavy hitter that he is quite accurate with.

Fortunately, he has a few drawbacks. While he may have PLUS enhancements, the quad legs he has (in combination with his energy weapons) makes taking to the air extremely difficult for him; it is possible, though very difficult to run him out of energy (limiting him to his grenade launcher in the process). A good tactic is to keep a middleweight biped AC with a strong generator and all solid weapons to ensure maximum possible flight time without a suicidal amount of AP. Take the fight to the Abandoned Highway and jet as far upward as possible without leaving the mission area.

You will have to descend to force him to fire -- that is a guarantee. Predict the shots and dodge (hardest with the laser rifle). PLUS users will have an even greater chance at this strategy working, as they'll have extra energy to work with.

Ultimately, it comes down to trial and error (and is a time consuming process to force him to waste ammo).

Another tactic, assuming favorable terrain and flight, is to keep dual vertical missiles or dual multi-missiles and relation missile extensions. Matthias has missile interception extensions, but with the help of the BEX-BRM-04 or a similar extension, it's possible to overwhelm his considerable defense and even overheat him. The sole problem with his tactic is that you must still enter his own lock-on range in order to lock on yourself (even with a long-range FCS like the DOX-ELENA).

Another surprisingly decent strategy is to simply take advantage of his low ammo count; he only has 85 shots total before he is completely out of ammo. With light parts with good efficiency, and utilizing parts like the HOY-B1000 (Incredibly good charge recovery due to excellent output) and the EBT-V55 (second lowest charge drain with above average boost power overall), it is possible to simply hover far over him with proper boost management and easily avoid his long range attacks. Being a PLUS with increased energy recovery can also help. Once he runs out of ammo, his threat level drops significantly, though he can be very quick at attempting to dash in to attack with his MOONLIGHT. However, only dealing with a blader whilst having a full arsenal of weapons yourself is far, far easier than attempting to go toe-to-toe with a walking armory of weapons that can blow you away in a few shots.

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