[AW2: WR Challenge 2025 #18] Crescents (300 S-Rank/Sami/11 Days)

Days To Beat: 25

At least we don't have to watch an AI Eagle teammate sacrifice his Bombers this time.

Honestly, I kind of like the bridge on this level versus what they gave you in AW1. Fun little take on it. Unfortunately for them, we're on a mission.

If you take out both the B-Copters at the start, Andy'll spawn another one that'll kill your T-Copter, so we want to keep one of them alive for a while. It doesn't hurt for the power turn either. This is one of the few levels where Battleships being able to hit air units is surprisingly troublesome! The Missile unit with 6 range is also a bit scary to maneuver around, and Andy gets 120 attack now with his COP, which can definitely hurt. Sami also doesn't get her SCOP's 180 attack Infantry/Mechs anymore in this mod, so it's a bit trickier to get a power turn in, but it does allow them to ignore terrain costs.

It took me quite a few tries to finally figure this level out without losing on Power, Technique(those T-Copters we have are Flimsy!), or just both my HQ targetting infantry being reduced to below 5 hp.



Changes to COs in this level:
= Sami: Adjusted
Infantry/Mechs are 120/110 from 130/100
COP Allows Infantry/Mechs to ignore terrain and weather, transports have +2 movement
SCOP Allows Infantry/Mechs to ignore terrain and weather, transports have +3 movement, 150 down from 180 attack, 350% capture rate down from 2000%(Need a 6hp Infantry to 1 turn capture)

= Andy: Slightly buffed(imo)
Now 3/7 from 3/6 star power required for COP/SCOP,
COP provides all units 120 attack in addition to the healing instead of giving no extra benefit

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Most important changes(in my opinion) from the Readme:

Gameplay:
**Snow doesn't slow Naval units, or Vehicles on Plains(I.E. a Tank can still move 6 spaces over Plains during Snow instead of 3 from before), 3 Tread and 4 Tire on woods(same as Rain)
MD Tanks/Subs act during "Indirect" phase now(Earlier, so they'll attack first)
Missile's have +1 range, movement, and vision
ALL ships can now traverse shoals, rivers, and bridges(but not unload on rivers/bridges)
Battleships CAN ATTACK AIR UNITS. They do base 45 to Fighters, base 65 to Bombers, and base 75 to Copters
Cruisers take 20 less damage from Bombers(85 to 65) and B-Copters(55 to 35), making them actually counter these units!

Cost changes:
Mechs 2,500G from 3,000G
Recons 3,500G from 4,000G
APCs 4,000G From 5,000G(surprisingly important in optimizing)
Rockets 13,500G from 15,000G
Anti-Air units 7,000G from 8000G(in line with tanks, very nice change)
Missiles 9,000G from 12,000G(Missiles are so viable now)
Battleships 20,000G from 28,000G
Cruisers 10,000G(!) from 18,000G(Extremely viable now)
Subs 12,000G from 20,000G(You're going to need those cheap Cruisers)

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Important Note: These are going to be mostly optimized runs! Some levels will be less clean than others(Especially Dark Woods and Hawke Is Coming because I'm not spending more than 20 hours optimizing any level, particularly Hour+ long ones).

The AI might--and likely will--move differently, and your RNG for the luck damage might be different (I.E. 76% might be an 8 for me, but a 7 for you, which will prevent the unit from retreating to heal at 2hp or less!). Be aware! This is a War Room mod, so unit production happens a lot, and every unit has a chance to be built with varying AI "profiles" that determine how they behave. Without RNG manipulation(in which case, you're basically TASing) they will differ greatly. BigusDingus has an excellent write up on this mechanic, and I will likely do a future video explaining how the AI functions to help people at some point if I remember/get around to it.

Levels that can be done by any CO will usually be done with Andy (and no COP), though Andy does get some use in this campaign as I think he's quite good now!

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