just 1 turned this without the need to save scum, didn't get the enemy Ace tank in the process tho: (the values in the bracket at the beginning of each step shows the Remaining CP after this step/Total CP) 1. Deploy all your leaders and Dan, place Minerva close to Dan, my Cactus has Carbon-Coat Leaf and Spring Drive to give +230 AP, Minerva has Elite Boots which gives +50 AP 2. (10/11) Start the turn by using the Hafen, drive towards the left end of the snowdrift and make sure there would be enough space for your Cactus to pass, enter target mode after your are hit by the enemy grenadier (who depletes your AP) and kill the right-most Anti Tank Gun, this is to clear the way for Dan as well as covering Dan from the other 2 AT Guns on the left. 3. (5/11) Give Minerva Defense order, give Dan Fortify Armor +Fortify Treads orders then select Dan and board Minerva, drive close to Hafen (beware of the AT mines), after passing the Hafen just drive towards where the next snowdrift is, kill the grenadier on the move tho 4. (4/11) Keep driving towards the right-end of the 2nd snowdrift until your AP reaches 0, don't worry about killing anything this time, if you managed to drive through the snowdrift just keep driving towards the sandbags to your right 5. (3/11) Kill the leader grenadier which is in front of you and keep driving by hugging the right side of the map, don't be so greedy tho as there is another AT gun in front, end your turn before getting into the range of that AT gun, make sure to leave enough space on the right side of Cactus so that Minerva could spawn there, this way the Cactus can block the 4 snipers for Minerva after she spawns 6. (2/11) Deploy Minerva, hugging the right side of the map and run towards the last snowdrift (the one that's blocking the entrance to the enemy's final base), after your AP is depleted kill the enemy shocktrooper (the one that's standing in front the last snowdrift who uses a gun that will make you lose your grenade), don't worry about losing your grenade and make sure you don't aggro the grenadier, not yet... 7. (1/11) Now you can aggro that grenadier, make sure you do NOT kill him (aim at his feet, this way you won't kill him and he will be damaged wether he ducks or not), after your attack animation finishes run to the snowdrift immediately, hug the snowdrift and wait till he starts firing at you, then run away from your location for a bit to dodge his incoming shot, this way we can use that grenadier's mortar shot to clear the last snowdrift for us without actually getting hit by him 8. That's it, there are 2 AT guns behind the snowdrift which wouldn't attack Minerva, just casually run to the base and capture it with 1 CP to waste, gg. Note 1: Step 6 if you choose to aggro the grenadier instead of killing the shock trooper works too, just aggro then end turn, in the next turn hug the snowdrift and let the grenadier's mortar shot clears it for you then run to the base, Minerva will take constant dmg from the enemy shock trooper this way tho; Note 2: At the end of step 6 if Minerva's double movement activates you can run to the front of the grenadier and aggro him and use the trick from step 7 to clear the snowdrift and capture the base Note 3: Not that it's useful for this mission, but keep in mind that using Direct Command can reset that unit's AP back to full, great way for scout marathoning Hope this has been helpful :)
Surprisingly, this is most effective and easy to implement. I caught the base on the first turn, even had one CP to spare. As you said, I placed Minerva close to the last snow-wall. But much to my surprise, a grenadier to the west started attacking me, which cleared a path. So yeah, this worked out better than I expected. Well done.
zekdom yeah, if you didn’t hug the right-end of the map in step 6 that grenadier to your west will be aggro’d, but it’s the same concept as long as you let him clear the snowdrift for you, glad my tip helped :)
It's really important to know one grenadier should have anti-tank and the other should have anti-personnel. I was following along until near the end with both wielding anti-tank weapons. Thankfully I was able to improvise to kill the enemy grenadier, but hopefully someone else sees this and changes their equipment around before starting.
Can only save scum to make sure it hits. I normally only kill tank that i can see the radiator clearly with grenadier since it's hard to miss like that. Otherwise i opt to use lancer or the Hafen. If I have no choice but to use grenadier because of enemy's position then I use someone like Jascha or Louffe and pray for potential proc
Know what you mean dude, have been trying that for what feels like hours even when it clearly show 1 Hit to kill, always ends up hitting the fuckin body.
