AirMech Arena
30 Achievements
1,000
40-50h
King of the Mountain
Win an online match after reaching player level 30.
75
0.06%
How to unlock the King of the Mountain achievement in AirMech Arena - Definitive Guide
This can be done in 2v2 or 3v3 co-op.
You and your partners should have the following:
Pilot - Ultimate Samson (25% more damage)
Ultimate Fuel (66% Faster Unit Building)
Ultimate Buckys - High Damage and Great Speed
3x Cakes (Optional but good for cake achievement)
Once done, build your Buckys and send them. Easy as that. Watch the video for reference and please leave a like if it helped you! My fastest run was 26 seconds with 3 people! :)
Note - I did all of this by purchasing the $9.99 starter pack. You can use extra diamond on 3x xp bonus per match. It is 150 diamonds per match but really helps. You should have plenty left over if you did the same as me.
The one-time buy $9.99 starter pack is HIGHLY recommended, as getting all the recommended items is very hard and will take a while if you don't have enough diamonds. It's definitely possible without the $9.99 pack, but tough. The $9.99 pack gets you Diamonds, Kudos, XP boosts, Kudos boosts, and gold VIP which are all very helpful(XP boosting and Diamonds are most important).
Mandatory inventory items for fastest times:
Mandatory boosts for best XP gain:
Methods:
***How long it will take***:
The simple answer:
Solo: with all XP boosts and good gear: approximately 915 matches, which is around 19 hours.
Coop: with all XP boosts and good gear for 2 players: approximately 460 matches, which is about 8.5 hours.
3 players will be slightly faster than 2 players(by approximately 5-10%), and each player will have less work to do.
The thorough answer:
3vs3 Co-op Skirmish - you need 24 Jackals for this job
Map: Nesthorn
AirMech: Warthog
Pilot: Erik / Petros - doesn't matter which one, player XP bonus is important.
Units: Jackal
3vs3:
After start of the game build 8 Jackals and leave them near your base. Wait until all three players put their 8 Jackals and send this 24 straight to the enemy base. All three players should go to center outpost from south and attack white creeps. Firstly take right one (longhorn) then left one (seeker), right and left. If anyone has low hp, fall back a bit and let high hps take some hits (important, you should be able to attack those 4 creeps). After this repair in west outpost and fly to their east outpost. Engage creeps and move to their base when Jackals get to your position. Attack nearest defences, ignore AirMechs and help Jackals destroy the base. Don't wait for results, press continue and repeat.
It should take 1 min 15 sec and net you 70 xp.
2vs2
It is similar but you'll need 30 Jackals. You should be ready to attack after one minute.
It should take you 2 min 15 sec and net you 77-79 XP.
You'll need aproximately 85000 xp to reach level 30, which means that you should finish around 1215 battles (in 3vs3) or 1075 (in 2vs2). It takes around 25h (3vs3) or 40h (2vs2) + additional loadings and getting back to lobby. On the good side, you should get 200 wins (for Serious Competitor) and 496 cakes (for Can't stop eating!) in the meantime. Good luck!
Edit (01.07.2016): There is a way to improve your win chances if bots have AoE mechs. While you are destroying four middle creeps produce three more Jackals. They will be ready when you get to your outpost for refilling energy/hp and you can pick them up and drop them in the middle of your Jackals with left on D-Pad. If performed correctly you have 33 Jackals on the way to enemy's base and they are unstoppable. This made every game for us almost indefectible.
Edit (28.10.2016): In Ubisoft Club (Apps page) you can buy few items for AirMech. There is XP and Kudos boost. It gives you +50% to XP/Kudos and +10% to everyone else. You can buy 5 of these (each costs 30 Ubi currency, which may be gained by playing other Ubi games) and each of them lasts 24 hours. You want to buy it, collect reward from quest (it will be added to your inventory), go to inventory, use it and tell remaining boosting buddies to use it too. With Petros/Erik you can have amazing +75% to XP. This way instead of 70 you can earn 119 XP per each battle.
Player levels are increased based on experience granted at the end of matches. Typically, you will earn more experience for longer matches, for winning and for having human players involved rather than AI. You will earn experience even when you lose as long as you don't quit out of the match. The winner of a match earns about 50% more base experience than the loser does. Your VIP status affects your experience level as well; gold VIP increases experience earned toward player level by at least 15% and there are boosts available that can increase the experience earned by another 50-300%. Some of the boosts also increase the experience of everyone else in the match and can be stacked by multiple players. Finally, one of the pilots (Eric) will increase player level experience earned at the end of a match by an additional 5%. It is quite possible for a gold VIP player to earn more experience when losing a match than a silver VIP player (or non-VIP player) who wins.
Focus on unlocking all the other achievements first, other than the three level based achievements and the win X number of matches achievements. At that point, the fastest way to level up is to play co-op 2v2 matches and use the Ultimate Bucky rush approach.
To unlock "King of the Mountain" will take approximately 85,000 experience. There is no in-game tracker for how much experience you have earned at this time, but on some menus you can see a green line under your pilot's image in the upper right corner indicating how far away from the next level you are. Once you reach level 30, you will then need to win one more match to unlock the achievement.
Ultimate Bucky Rush:
This approach works on every map, but it is faster on smaller maps, so generally try to do this on Dust. At least one of the two players involved will need to purchase the following:
- Ultimate Bucky (in the Units store, requires diamonds to purchase).
- Ultimate Fuel (random drop or often available in the Player store. Currently it cannot be purchased in the normal store). This decreases build time and gives you an additional 100,000 starting credits each match.
- Ultimate Samson (in the Pilots store, requires diamonds to purchase) - Optional, but increases build speed and unit damage so it will decrease the time per match slightly.
- Paladin AirMech (optional, but increases the number of units you can deploy at once from two to four, so decreases the amount of time per match a noticeable amount).
The Ultimate Fuel will need to be equipped on your AirMech before the match starts. On the screen where you pick your pilot, it can be equipped by selecting the bottom left box after you acquire it. At the start of the match, build an Ultimate Bucky and then press multiple times to fill your build queue. Hold down to load up your AirMech to maximum capacity and then move toward the enemy base just enough so that you get blue dots beneath your AirMech indicating you can deploy the units you are carrying. Repeatedly press to drop the units while simultaneously ordering them to attack the enemy fortress. Move back to your fortress and repeat. If you get in the rhythm of pressing while moving to deploy and the server does not lag, you should be able to deploy 20-24 buckys prior to the countdown expiring. Keep building units and deploying them until you run out of money. You can shave a few seconds off if you go to the enemy fortress and ensure the enemy mechs are not interfering with your units, but they will be unable to stop the attack as a rule so this isn't strictly necessary.
With an idle partner, you can generally win in 55-65 seconds on Dust. With two partners equipped as indicated above and building, you can win in 40-45 seconds. Currently, this results in 180-190 XP per match.
Player levels are increased based on experience granted at the end of matches. Typically, you will earn more experience for longer matches, for winning and for having human players involved rather than AI. You will earn experience even when you lose as long as you don't quit out of the match. The winner of a match earns about 50% more base experience than the loser does. Your VIP status affects your experience level as well: Gold VIP increases experience earned toward player level by at least 15% and there are boosts available that can increase the experience earned by another 50-300%.
Some of the boosts also increase the experience of everyone else in the match and can be stacked by multiple players. Finally, one of the pilots (Eric) will increase player level experience earned at the end of a match by an additional 5%. It is quite possible for a Gold VIP player to earn more experience when losing a match than a Silver VIP player (or non-VIP player) who wins.
Focus on unlocking all the other achievements first, other than the three level based achievements and the win X number of matches achievements. At that point, the fastest way to level up is to play PvP Custom 1x1 matches and have your opponent quit as soon as the map loads and you gain control of your mech. You will earn 45-50 experience if you use Eric (or Ultimate Eric) as your pilot and have Gold VIP status (35-40 with Silver VIP). You can increase this if you have an XP booster as well. I unlocked an XP booster as the rare consumable that came with my Gold VIP and earned 70-75 experience per match using this method. With loading times, you can do two matches a minute using this method.
To unlock "King of the Mountain" will take approximately 85,000 experience. There is no in-game tracker for how much experience you have earned at this time, or how far away from the next level you are. Once you reach level 30, you will then need to win one more match to unlock the achievement.