Kathinja's Advance Wars FAQ!

Version 3
9/28/01
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Preface & Intro

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Hey all, I'm releasing another very early version of my guide, so I can
start
to get
working and start to get contributions. Obviously it's very incomplete
right
now, but it will get better!
- My email is artillery@mediaone.net
- My AIM name is Gomfie
- My ICQ number (I rarely use ICQ) is 13969813
If you want to contact me for help, please follow these sort-of "rules":
- Please don't ask for help on missions I've not yet covered.
- Please refer by mission NAME, not NUMBER. Asking for help on "mission
10"
can
mean either "Mighty Kanbei" or "Kanbei's Error".
- Please include AW or Advance Wars in the subject.
- Please spell whatever name you use to address me correctly.
Unacceptable
spellings of Kathinja include: "Kathninga", "Kathleenja", "Katninja",
and
the
popular "Kathninja"
I take contributions and give full credit! If you can provide a strategy
for a
mission that doesn't fall under what I've said, I'll include your
strategy
along
with mine, with credit given for your portion. Please include the
mission name
and the CO you used when submitting strategies. Thanks!

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History

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Version 1 (9/21/01) (about 10K):
- Very basic... mission path and three campaign stages.
Version 2 (9/23/01) (about 30K):
- Added the history
- Changed the format
- Added strats for mission 4A,5A, and 6A.
- Added CO descriptions for everyone but Nell
- Added unit descriptions
- Added FAQ
- Added secrets section
Version 3 (9/28/01):
- Lots!
- Missions up through Sonja
- More CO info
- More groundwork
- Much improved mission tree
- Received a bunch of submissions, not everthing is in here yet.
Thanks!
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Frequently Asked Question

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Q. Is this game hard?
A. It's easy to learn, but hard to beat. There's an excellent tutorial,
and the
game is farly straightforward. However, there's a lot of depth and
strategy,
and there are many challenging missions later on.
Q. How come I can't pick Max or Sami in Campaign?
A. You can pick them later in the game. They come in as part of the
story.
Don't worry, there are many missions to use them in, later.
Q. How can you play as Eagle/Drake/Grit/Kanbei/Sonja/Sturm/Nell?

A. See the "Secrets" section, near the end of this guide.

Q. How can I use Eagle/Drake/Grit/Kanbei/Sonja/Sturm/Nell in Campaign?
A. Except for the last battle (which I'll post info about later), you
can't use
any of those characters in the regular Campaign.
Q. What are the "Special" and "Vs." folders that you can buy in Battle
Maps?
A. These are new catagories of maps to play in Vs. and Link Battles. You
probably want to save these to buy later, as you start with a ton of
maps to
play in, anyhow.
Q. How can I delete a Campaign?
A. Just start a new one and save over it.
Q. How can I delete a Vs. match?
A. Just start a new Vs. game and save over the one you don't want.
Q. Please help me with Eagle's second mission/Enigma/Final
Battle/Rivals!
A. Big guides will be coming for these missions. Just hang in there!
Q. How come some missions are skipped over? I need help!
A. Don't worry your little heart. I'm making sure to play every stage as
I
write a strategy for them, so I'm bound to miss some branches as I do
so. I
will, however, end up covering all of the Campaign missions!
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Command Officers

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There are a lot of playable Command Officers (COs) in Advance Wars.
Althought
you'll only be able to play as three (Andy, Max, Sami) in the Campaign,
you can
unlock and use a lot more in the regular game. Here's a rundown of all
of the
COs.

Andy
---CO Power:
Hyper Repair - Repairs all of his
units by 2 health points and gives
them all a slight battle

bonus for

the rest of the round.

Strength/Weakness:
None
Andy is a great beginner CO and good in maps where there is a mix of
strategies... Andy can also survive long battles due to his CO power, so
don't
be afraid to get in a big fight, you will win if you have at least equal
units.
Remember to pay close, close attention to what the enemy produces. Andy
doesn't
have any strengths, so he must react well to what the enemy is using and
find
an appropriate counter. For instance, Andy must always pack rockets and
copters
against Max, always use Recons and Tanks against Grit, and A-Airs and
Fighters
against Eagle. Only by countering his enemy's strength will he have good
victories.
Max
--CO Power:
Max Force - All Ground vehicles
get +1 move for the rest of the
turn and an attack bonus.
Strength/Weakness:
+ Non-Inf/Mech Direct Fire units deal
+50% damage
- Indirect Fire units -1 range

Max is good for agressive players, and a strong CO in almost every

situation.
Use him on any flat maps that don't have many choke points. Use his
Force power
when you've popped a whole in the enemy line and you have the chance to
storm
some tanks into the enemy base are. Don't worry about loses that round,
if you
can get 3-4 tanks to the eney base, you will pull their force in half
(those
stranded in the field and those contesting with the invading tanks), and
then
your next wave of troops will acheieve victory. Max should always
destroy all
enemies instead of trying to capture the enemy HQ
Sami
---CO Power:
Double Time - All of her Inf/Mech units
get 1 extra move space and all of the
move costs are reduced to 1. And an attack
bonus.
Strength/Weakness:
+ Infantry better
+ Infantry capt buildings 50% faster
+ Transports move faster
- Direct Fire worse for non-Inf/Mech
Sami is great for hilly/foresty/rivery terrian, obviously. Sami will
have
problems against many of the enemy COs, though. Grit can rock her Inf,
Max too.
Only try to beat either of them in a situation where you have airports
(for B
Copters). Kanbei will pose serious problems for Sami, as her tanks will
be wet
paper bags to his super power units. The only way for Sami to beat
Kanbei is by
snagging a plethora of resources and simply out-producing Kanbei.
Grit

---CO Power:
Snipe Attack - All Indirect fire
units get +2 range for the turn
Strength/Weakness:
- Indirect Fire better
- Direct Fire worse
Grit is the opposite of Max. Use Grit on stages with lots of choke
points. Grit
needs a lot of resources (to produce Md Tanks and of course his
Artillery/Rockets), so practicng Inf/APC deployment before trying Grit.
Grit
should probably go for the capture instead of destruction, but if he can
find
enough sniper roosts he might be able to win via destruction sometimes.
Olaf
---CO Power:
Blizzard - Covers the land in snow.
All enemy units have big movement
penalties on snow, but his units are
unaffected. Note that roads and cities
are unaffected by snow.
Strength/Weakness:
- Units are unaffectd by snow
- Units greatly slowed in rain.
Uh, don't use Olaf unless you want a challenge. :) His CO power won't
help much
unless you're playing some sort of custom map without roads.
Additionally, his
power only really delays a faraway enemy force, it won't help an ongoing
battle
and it certainly doesn't help you get into the enemy base faster.
Eagle

----CO Power:
Lightning Strike - All air and ground
vehicles that were used this turn can
be used again.
Strength/Weakness:
+ Air units better
+ Air units drain less fuel
- Naval units worse
Eagle is a very fun player to use, because his strength is unusual and
"breaks"
most enemy strategies. Most than any other player, however, Eagle needs
lots of
resources to win. He will simply fall on his face in small maps, though,
because he won't have enough money to produce any of his powerhouse air
units.

Drake
----CO Power:
Tsunami - Deals 1 damage to all enemy
units. Units get an attack bonus.
Strength/Weakness:
- Naval better
- Air worse
Owns water maps. 'Nuff said. His CO power is generally wasted against
Sami and
Andy, but is reasonable against big Max or Kanbei forces.
Kanbei
-----CO Power:
Morale Boost - All units get an off/def

boost for the rest of the turn.

Strength/Weakness:
- All units +20% offense/defense
- All units +20% price
For the Kanbei War Room stages, Kanbei is your best choice. Max players
enojy
fighting Kanbei, because it is a great, challenging battle. While one
might be
tempted to roll over the enemy with K's superpower tanks and Md Tanks,
remember
that ALL of his units are powerful, and produce Missiles, Mechs,
Copters, and
ocassionally B Ships.
Sonja
----CO Power:
Enhanced Vision - In Fog of War, EV
will allow Sonja to see units otherwise
hidden in forests and reefs.
Strength/Weakness:
+ HP of her units is hidden to the enemy
outside of battle
+ Farther vision in Fog of War.
- Unlucky units (deal less damage than normal)
Only really has any advantage in FoW maps, but I guess that she's like
Drake in
that she'll own those kinds of stages. Sonja needs to play sneaky in
those
stages, making lots of use of FoW. Who knows what Sonja would do on nonFoW
stages.
Sturm
-----

CO Power:
Meteor Strike - Drops a meteor from
the sky, hitting the units in a pattern
like this:
X
XXX
XXXXX
XXX
X
Everything hit by that pattern will be
reduced to 2 hp (if they have 3 or more
hp), lose one hp (if they have 2 hp),
or die (if they have 1 hp)
Strength/Weakness:
Uh, who knows. :) Use Sturm against AI players, as they won't really
know to
spread out their units. I don't believe Sturm has any power units, so
treat
Sturm like Sonja and Drake and look at the battle conditions before
choosing
him. Sturm will harm himself with meteors, so don't drop them too close
to his
own units.
Nell
---CO Power:
Lucky Star - This allows her units to
be exorbodantly luck in their damage,
occasionally dealing 50% or even 100%
extra damage! Also, they get a plain
attack bonus added to their dmg%.

Strength/Weakness:
- Her units are slightly more lucky
I wish I had Nell! Her power seemed pretty silly until Inglix did some
testing
and found that she get really extreme damage bonuses from her CO Power.
I can't
give any strategic info on her, yet. :(

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Mission Lineup!

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The Campaign missions in AW branch somewhat, with different CO's having
different missions and with the secret missions in the game.
Here's a diagram of how the missions play out. The mission numbers are
very
screwed up, that's why it's so hard to say "I'm on mission 16 and I'm
having
trouble. The name of the mission is what's important, along with the CO
you're
trying to use.
A=Andy
M=Max
S=Sami
AP=Andy's Path
MP=Max's Path
When the letters are clumped togethers, like AMS, that means that the
missions
are the same for each character. When they're separated, like A/M/S, the
missions are different for each character.

A1
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It's War!

A2

Gunfighter

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A3

Air Ace

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AP4

MP4

AP5

MP5

AP6

MP6

MP7

AMS7

AMS8

AMS9
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AMS10
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Max Strikes!
Max's Folly?/Sniper!
Olaf's Navy!/Blizzard Battle!
History Lesson!
Sami's Debut!
Kanbei Arrives!

10

Mighty Kanbei!

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11

Kanbei's Error?

+-----+-------------------Beat Kanbei quickly (see Secrets)

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M11

12

S12

13

A13

14

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Divide and Conquer!
Sami Marches On!
Sonja's Goal

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A/M/S14

11

12

15

Captain Drake

+----+-----+----+---------------Pick Andy, Max, or Sami

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A/M/S15
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12

13

16

Naval Clash!

+----+-----+----+---------------Pick Andy, Max, or Sami

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A/M/S16
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13

14

17

Wings of Victory!

+----+-----+----+---------------Pick Andy, Max, or Sami

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14

15

18

15

16

19

16

17

20

A20

17

18

21

A/M/S17
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AMS18
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AMS19

Battle Mystery!
Andy Times Two!
Enigma!
The Final Battle!

+----+-----+----+---------------Pick Sami on some missions(see

Secrets)
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19

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Rivals!

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Missions - Normal Campaign

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It's War - Mission 1

-------------------**Story:

++CO Choices: Andy

--Enemy CO: Olaf (Blizzard)

First turn, split your opening force in half, getting hits on the tanks
in the
process. You may want to send two Tanks up North, Olaf likes the North
and
generally attempts to send his troops that way. Make sure not to move
any of
your southern units into the range of the rockets (check the range of
the unit
by putting the cursor over the enemy unit and holding B).
Next turn he'll move some units up to you. The only thing you really
need to do
is take out the Rockets. The rest of the units won't give you too much
trouble,
but remember that it's sometimes better to bring two enemy units down to
4
health than to kill one unit and leave another units free to do big
damage on
one of your guys.
On his second turn will likely use his CO power. This'll slow down your
units,
but if you took down the Rockets and weakened the Artillery, then will
be fine.
Next turn, use the road (which is unaffected by snow) to travel along
and cause
some big damage to his units. Your northern force may be weakening a
little,
but that's ok. As long as one force is strong, you'll win the mission.
Next turn he should only have a small amount left. If you can lure his
Md Tank
out, then hit it with your Md Tank and your Artillery. Otherwise, rush
every
unit you have into their base and do lots of damamge before the Rockets
do too

much damage to you. This should pretty much end the mission, depending
on how
you performed, you'll get a score. I hope you did well! :)

Gunfighter! - Mission 2
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++CO Choices: Andy

--Enemy CO: Grit (Snipe Attack, long range

indirect fire)

Remeber through this mission to check the range of Grit's units...

they're
longer than other COs and if you're not careful you'll get killed
quickly.
First turn, I suggest moving the Tank on the forward city. Then move the
Artillery "behind" it, between the Tank and the river.
the

Put an Inf into

APC, drive the APC near the left edge of the screen, and drop the Inf
into the
river. Move the other Inf upward. Build an Inf and a second Tank.
During his
turn, Grit will probably attack you with his Tank.
Next turn, hit Grit's tank with your Artillery.
keep your

You probably want to

units somewhat back this round so you can attack in force next round.
Bring
your newly build tank forward and build one more Tank and Inf. Keep
capturing
and beating Grit's Infs.
Next turn, move a tank forward and hit the artillery.
take a

Next turn he'll

hit from the other artillery, but you'll also draw out his tank, which
you can
take care of in your following turn. Save your money, so you can afford
a Md
Tank, you'll need one later.
Hopefully soon you'll be done with the upper buildings, start moving
your Infs
over to cause a distraction.

Then march in all of your southern forces,

eventually you'll get the win.

Air Ace - Mission 3

------------------**Story:
Andy and your player march to a deserted
southern island, hoping to recuperate
before their next attack on Blue Moon.
Unfortunately, they find a new army there,
not Blue Moon!
Eagle, the Air Ace for the Green Earth
army is there.

He was under the impression

that the Orange Star army was beaten down.

Now, he desires to test this new Orange
Star regiment!

++CO Choices: Andy

--Enemy CO: Eagle (Lightning Strike)

Eagle's CO power is very deadly. He uses it at the end of his turn, and
then
all of his non-infantry units get an additional attack! Be VERY careful
of "oh,
I'll take that out next turn" plans, you might not have those units next
turn!

Anyhow, move your A-Air forward and take out the Copter. Keep your air
units
very close to the bottom of the screen, there are Fighters flying around
that
will make very quick work of your air units, if they're in range. You'll
probably lose your air units eventually, but just don't lose them to
carelessness.
As you move along the road, take over the buildings and take out the
troops and
other meager troops. One big warning, though... as you get further up,
there's
a big mean bomber looking to do some damage, get your A-Airs ready!
If you do manage to keep your T Copter safe, this stage is a cinch. Just
fly an
Inf over to his HQ and capture. Otherwise, you better start pumping out
a lot
of Md Tanks , because that's what he will be making. The rest of the
mission is
straightforward, though. Good luck!

Max Strikes! - Mission 4

-----------------------**Story:
Andy's getting ready for another battle
against the Blue Moon when a muscled, blue
haired man shows up! He introduces himself
as Max, a CO for Orange Star. Depending on
who you send (Andy or Max) you'll get a
different mission, connotated by me as A4
or M4. This syntax is used for the rest of
the missions, but the number gets really
ugly by the end. -_-;

**Pick either Andy or Max, you'll end up

with one of the two following missions:

Max Strikes! - Mission AP4

-------------------------**Story:
Max complains a little about having to
babysit Andy (which Andy gets a little mad
about!), but they put this aside to start
the battle.
++CO Choices: Andy
--Enemy CO: Olaf (Blizzard)
Take out the close Battleship with your B Ship and the Sub. Make sure
not to go
in range of one of the other B Ships as you do so. Next move up your MD
Tank
and the Art/Rocket behind it, and move up your other units as well. Load
up
some of the Inf into the lander and start to make your way to the enemy
HQ's
island. Again watch out for the B Ships.
Next turn just hang back with your ground units, so you don't lose so
many.
Take out the remaining B Ships, then sail your Lander over to their
base. After
a few turns, you should have the capture and the win!

Max Strikes! - Mission MP4

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Max's Folly? - Mission AP5

-------------------------**Story: Max meets up with Blue Moon's Grit.
They used to be friend under Orange Star,

but Grit left and now they've got to fight.

Grit challenges Max to survive for 5 days.
++CO Choices: Max
--Enemy CO: Grit (Snipe Attack)
Not too hard, just know your goal. The thing that needs to be done is
that the
Infantryman heading to your base needs to be stopped. So what you have
to do is
get a Tank right next to your HQ on the 4th turn to kill/wound him. The
rest of
the mission is keeping your units alive.
Remember that Grit has long range, you should be very careful of this.
Always
unload the APC at the end of the turn in case it gets killed. A good
move would
to use the APC to drive up to a mountain range, then deploy the Mech
onto the
mountain, where next turn he can take on an enemy unit.
Sniper! - Mission MP5
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Olaf's Navy! - Mission AP6

-------------------------**Story: Having lost with most other types
of units, Olaf tries a large navy against you.
Grit points out that a Navy-only approach
won't work, but as usual Olaf would rather
start fighting.
++CO Choices: Andy, Max
--Enemy CO: Olaf (Blizzard)

This stage is preposteroutsly easy. Just move all of your land units to
the
north end of the screen and cross the northernmost bridge! You'll have
to take
out a few units (two tanks, Rocket hidden in a tree just across the
bridge).
However, this's a very easy mission, have fun!
Blizzard Battle! - Mission MP6
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History Lesson - Mission MP7

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Sami's Debut! - Mission AMS7/8

-----------------------------**Story:
++CO Choices: Andy, Max, Sami
--Enemy CO: Eagle
Basically, your plan is to escort your T Copters to the enemy base and
capture.
There's a number of strategies in doing this, here's one of mine.
Move your A-Airs forward to kill the Copters. Then, you must move your
two B
Copters and your Fighter to protect your A-Airs, like so:
C

AF
AC

or

AC
AC

Otherwise they will be Bombed. Move the rest of your army forward, even
onto
the bridge, but NOT past the bridge. Otherwise they will be Bombed. ;)
Next

turn, the lower bomber may move in range. If so, just hit that Bomber
(with the
Fighter). Also, either move all your non-transport units up at once, or
get in
a defensive position. You want to aim to kill/maim the other Bomber by
the end
of next turn.
I find that blitzing can be very productive. If you can kill/maim both
the
bombers and the first fighter you meet, you've pretty much got the win
if you
cling to the top edge of your map with transports... just watch out for
the
second fighter and get the Inf into base range before your transports
are
steered away.

Kanbei Arrives! - Mission AMS8/9

-------------------------------**Story:
++CO Choices: Andy, Max, Sami
--Enemy CO: Kanbei
I recommend Andy, but any CO can do well here. First take out the two
Rockets
with your Md Tanks. Move your long range units up, but don't put them on
the
most forward cities. Next round, pull your Md Tanks back to those
cities. Then
just blast everything as it approaches, you'll have the win in no time.
Once
you know to stay back, this mission is a breeze.
Remember to finish this mission in 8 or less turns, if you want to fight
the
Sonja missions.

Mighty Kanbei! - Mission AMS9/10

-------------------------------**Story:
++CO Choices: Andy, Max, Sami
--Enemy CO: Kanbei
Andy is again a great choice.
Artillery.

Use your Southern Rocket to hit the

Use the Eastern Rocket to hit his Rocket. KEEP THE TANK AND MD TANK
WHERE THEY
ARE. Next turn, the enemy's troops will move up and attack, but they'll
be
weakened and unable to kill your guys. Leave those front line enemy
units be,
don't attack them. Instead, destroy the further-back enemy units and
keep
adding to your

Kanbei's Error? - Mission AMS10/11

---------------------------------**Story:
++CO Choices: Andy, Max, Sami
--Enemy CO: Kanbei
Move your Fighter up to the left of the Bomber and attack it.

Move your

Missile two units east, and your copter one north and one east. Move
your A-Air
two north. Pop an Inf into the T Copter (bring it to the north island
and drop
the Inf) and use the other one to start capturing something. Build some
Inf.
Next turn some enemy aircraft will fly in. You should be able to knock
out the
Copter with your Missile and deal damage to the Fighter. Your B Copter
should

fly forward or harass an enemy unit. Move your T Copter back to base.
If your lucky (or if things happened how they happened to me), the
Fighter
should go after your T Copter and the Bomber should go after your Inf
who just
finished capturing something. IF that happens, you have no more real
threats.
Just use a B Copter to take out the enemy Tank on the far northern
island, and
land Infs on that and the middle island. You shouldn't have any trouble
beyond
that.

Divide and Conquer!

------------------**Story:
++CO Choices: Max
--Enemy CO: Sonja
The one thing you DON'T want to do on this stage, contrary to the title,
is
divide your troops. Keep them together and move up the left side of the
screen.
There are rockets hiding in trees, you'll pretty easily learn their
positions
as time goes on.
the next

One's just about your starting position, one's up at

group of mountains/trees, and then there's on right near the enemy HQ

(as well
as more on the right side of the screen, but whatever.
Sami Marches On!
---------------**Story:
++CO Choices: Sami

--Enemy CO: Sonja

Move you battleship and sub into the reefs, they'll be safe there for
now.
Anyhow, I'd go for the lower island first, there's less to capture and
it's
pretty easy to hold up once you have it.
Mech, with

I'd go with the Tank and a

the Mech in the APC, maybe. Also, IMO the safest place to put the Lander
is in
the neutral dock, it's far away and your Lander should be mostly safe
there.
For the north island, I'd put the Md Tank and a Mech (in the APC if you
haven't
used it) in the upper Lander and drop that one off, preferable dumping
the Md
Tank into the forest. Leave the Cruiser where it is, it may lure a Tank
over
(the Tank won't deal any damage).
Next turn, if all goes well, the enemy tank will drive up to your ship
and take
a shot at it, but no other enemies will appear on-screen. Blast the Tank
with
your Rocket and B Ship. Start to capture the south factory with the
Mech. Keep
your northern forces in the trees for now, but move them up a little.
Build
another Tank at some point.
Next turn ship the Recon and an Inf up to the northern island.
the
enemy sub if it approached you.
attack

Take out

To the south, capture the factory and

the enemy tank if it's nearby.

Reveal the Artillery in the north. It's hidden in the forest, one space
above
the area between two city spaces. Take it out with the Md Tank. The only
real
threat (besides the obvious line of Tanks in the south) is the B Ship,
most
likely parked three spaces to the right of the north island's factory.
Hopefully you save your sub. :)

After the B Ship is gone, just capture all of the properties you need
for the
victory, it shouldn't be too bad.

Sonja's Goal!
------------**Story:
++CO Choices: Andy
--Enemy CO: Sonja
Move the B Ship to the reef. It'll see a Sub. Hit it with your Cruiser,
then
finish it off with your Sub. Next turn, take out the Rockets, and Move
some
guys up the left route.
Shouldn't be too much trouble, just keep moving your guys up the side,
eventually you'll get a good amount of guys landed and you can go for
the KO.
If anything is keeping you down, send me an email and I'll clarify and
put some
more strategies in here.

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War Room

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The War Room is a very fun aspect of Advance Wars. You get to play
against all
of the characters in a single mission skirmish. I'll be adding
individual
strategies for these missions as time goes on.
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Units

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(Reformatting and FoW info soon)
Inf - Obviously use for capturing, but they make good decoys as well. Be
aggresive with your capturing, otherwise you'll be in for a long battle.
In
FoW, they can see very far when perched on mountains.
Mech - Mountain Men. These guys crawl over the highest peaks with ease,
and can
be the deciding factor in a choke point brawl. However, they generally
need
transport, which leads to...
APC - Use these guys often. Not only are they able to transport
Inf/Mechs and
refuel/ammo you other units... they also draw AI fire like you wouldn't
believe! They make the ultimate decoy.
Recon - Good for taking out Inf, and also for taking out rockets and
artillery
parked on roads. Since Recon have so many movement spaces on roads, they
can
surge into the "safe area" around rockets and Artillery, allowing them
to be
safe. They're fairly cool to hide in Forests in FoW, since they have a
far
vision range.
Tank - Takes out troops and every ground unit besides Md Tanks. You're
better
of building two of these instead of an Md Tank, unless your enemy has Md
Tanks
at their line.
Md Tanks - Don't overdose on these guys, they're too expensive to waste.
Break
a small hole in the enemy line and get this guy intside their base area.
They're very hard to flush out and you will probably get 4 kills with it
before
it gets destroyed.

A-Air - Most underrated unit! Not only do they have good speed, decent
armor,
and obviously air kills... they also shred inf and mechs, as well as
kill off
wounded APCs, Tank, Recon, and other A-Air. You should use a lot of
these
(until the enemy accumulates tanks).
Rockets and Artillery - I have not mastered these units and as such
can't give
good advice. Try hiding them in forests in Fog of War. Good when you
ened to
leave protection at your base, in the 2v1 War Room stages.
Missile - I'm not sure I'll ever master these, as I'm an offensiveminded
player... However, I suspect that these too are essential in the 2v1 War
Room
stages.
Battle Copter - Great unit! Take out enemy copters with these, for some
reason
the attacking chopper will shred the defending chopper. They're also
great
against almost all fo the ground units... another great unit along with
the
Recon for breaking through a tough Artillery/Rocket barrier. Don't dare
attacking A-Airs with this, your chopper will get InstaGibbed^(TM). :)
Transport Copter - I really only use these at the beginning of the round
to get
my units across water, to get the lead in captures. Otherwise, they're
too
vunerable to A-Airs. I guess they'd be ok for MedEvac if you're looking
for a
good score, too.
Fighter - Due to the cost, you should only start building this after
your
opponent builds 2-3 air units (or 1-2 bomber). However, they're fast and
annihilate any other air unit without breaking a sweat. Try to party
over a
mountain or water, so it's harder for A-Airs to get at you.

Bomber - Once you rout your enemy's air defense, this will be the knife
to
their throat. This unit absolutely decimates everything on the ground.
Insta-kills are the norm for the Bomber. Remember, though, you can build
two
copters for the price of a bomber...
Lander - I'm a little wary of these, only utilized them when you know
the enemy
doesn't have subs. Great from dropping A-Airs and Tanks into the enemy
base,
though. Drake fears these, because he does not have good base defense
and if
you can sneak these around his front line, you'll rake in the kills.
B Ship - Hide them in reefs in Fog of War. :D :D :D Also, park them near
beaches and pick off all kinds of foes. You can also use them to cover
enemy
naval bases. You can park your B Ship in an enemy naval base to stop his
production.
Cruiser - Hard to use, but very good buddy for a B Ship when you don't
have
FoW. Also, try stashing two T Copters full of Mechs in a Cruiser... the
enemy
rarely goes after Cruisers and thus these guys can get close to the
enemy.
Sub - These things are fatal. Their diving ability is dangerous,
though... only
dive when enemies are actually near. Unless you only have one dock, you
should
always return these guys to base to refuel.

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Secrets/Prizes

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Play Sonja's Missions
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Beat the first, second, and third Kanbei missions in 8, 10, and 12 or
fewer
days, respectively.
Play Eagle's "Rivals" Mission
----------------------------Pick Sami for each mission in Green Earth territory. These missions take
place
after the missions against Kanbei and Sonja. They are called: Captain
Drake,
Naval Clash, Wings of Victory, and Battle Mystery.

Advanced Campaign
----------------After beating the regular Campaign, hold the Select button as you start
your
next Campaign... you'll play a very very hard version of the regular
campaign!
Unlock Grit
----------Choose Max instead of Andy as your Mission 4 CO. Then win the Campaign
with
that same Campaign.
Unlock Kanbei
------------Beat Campaign Mode.
Unlock Sonja
-----------Beat Sonja's Missions. Then win that same Campaign.
Unlock Drake

-----------Pick Andy for the 4 missions that take place in Green Earth, then win
the
Campaign with that same file. The missions are called: Captain Drake,
Naval
Clash, Wings of Victory, and Battle Mystery.
Unlock Eagle
-----------Beat Eagle's "Rivals" Mission.
Unlock Sturm
-----------Unlock and purchase Grit, Kanbei, Sonja, Drage, and Eagle.
Unlock Nell
----------I have no verified this myself, but I'm told that getting all S's in War
Room
and clearing the Advanced Campaign. Will unlock Nell. No word if you
also need
to have Sturm, though I'm sure getting Sturm will be pretty easy if you
can
handle getting the other requirements.

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Credit

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Edge21 (slewis@cc.gatech.edu) sent me a bunch of good misc info that
needed to
go in the guide. Thanks a bunch!
Inglix researched a bunch of info about Sonja, Sturm and Nell. Thanks!

Diablo Trexneus (diablotrexneus@aol.com) gave me the idea to put the

"spell my
nickname" rule into my contact info.

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