- "Weaponry is all about speed. Knock'em out in one shot. Leave yourself open, and you're dead."
- — Leon Cassidy
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| Leon Cassidy | |
| General information | |
| Gender | Male |
| Age | 35 |
| Affiliation and military information | |
| Affiliation | None |
| Occupation | Mercenary |
| Craft | Big Rip |
| Real world information | |
| Appearances | Armored Core: Verdict Day |
Leon Cassidy is a mercenary who appears in mission 4-4 of Armored Core: Verdict Day. He is the brother of Margaret Cassidy.
Biography[]
Origin: Big D Tunnel. Male, age 35.
Favored a high risk, high return build combining a quick, lightweight body with weapons tuned for maximum damage per single shot, allowing him to quickly subdue even large targets. He originally began work as a mercenary with his twin sister, but a difference in combat styles saw the two cease joint missions to pursue work independently.
He is defeated by the Lone Mercenary at Big D Tunnel.
Quotes[]
- "Weaponry is all about speed. Knock 'em out with one shot. Leave yourself open, and you're dead."
AC Big Rip[]
Big Rip is a lightweight bipedal AC, equipped with ammo magazines on its 2 arm slots, a light high ammo H.E.A.T pile driver on the right arm, a triple burst shot handgun on the left hand and another handgun on the left bay unit. Built specifically to be a close-range, quick strike unit, the AC is very light and lacks in overall durability and AP. The unit's H.E.A.T pile bunker is its primary weapon, often this can take off a lot of AP in a short span of time. It often utilizes the handgun on its left arm to stun the opponent before moving in for a pile bunker hit.
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Gameplay[]
This fight takes place in the Big D Tunnel map, where the area is very confined and narrow, leaving very little room for movement. You will have to make use of the little gaps in between the freight cars to get to Big Rip.
Big Rip will come from behind one of the freight cars and attempt to stun you with his handgun before going for a pile bunker hit. Having high stability on your AC will help as it would then render his handgun useless. His pile driver does deal rather potent damage but lacks one-shot-kill attack power. To make up for his apparent lack of ammo in his weapons, he has a reserve magazine to increase his ammo for longer fights.
Despite this, Big Rip doesn't have the necessary durability to keep up for long battles and even worse so is that Big Rip's defense stats are very paper thin. He can be put down by nearly every kind of weapon usable: KE rifles, Heat machine guns, pulse machine guns or even handguns like his own. In some cases, Big Rip is also beatable even with junk parts.
The area where you face Big Rip in is rather cramped, leaving you more vulnerable to getting hit due to the lack of room for maneuver. However, as mentioned above, this also makes Big Rip himself vulnerable to punishment, making it very easy to land hits on him. Overall, Big Rip is one joke of an AC and will not pose any real threat to serious players or newcomers, as long as they can avoid his pile bunker hits.
Trivia[]
- During the mission in which he appears, Leon's full name shows up as CANDY LEON while his VoW Personnel File lists him as LEON CASSIDY.
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