[S-Rank] Ace Combat 8 Online - Chandelier, Alicorn, and Arsenal Bird Emergency Sorties!

S-Ranks on all 3 Emergency Sorties currently in Ace Combat 8 Online! I used A-6E with LASM on Chandelier, F-4E with UGB on Alicorn, and F-14A with SAAM and HVAA on Arsenal Brid. The first two you can get very early, the latter requires level cap unlocked to 15 to carry two SP.W (*F-14D if you didn't pre-order). If you're unsure what to bring, any multirole will do fine if you're using missiles and the correct SP.W as soon as they spawn while constantly firing guns. My strategies and notes below. _____ Chandelier goes best if you focus mission targets (TGT) immediately and then collect as many anti-air targets as you can flying to the next TGT. You often won't need to dodge missile fire until you already need to make a turn for your next pass at a TGT. After a few passes the missiles and AA fire should already be greatly reduced before the next phase. Handling fighters and interceptors is also helpful, but I'd recommend a multirole or an EW with ESM so you still have decent damage against ground TGTs and SAMs or can assist those who do. Drop everything and focus TGTs if you aren't into the barrel opening phase by 5 minutes left. Clean up any ground units while waiting for the barrel to open. Air units are lower priority after this point as it's extremely unlikely they'll manage a clean shot on you in either of the subsequent tunnel runs. Dive into the barrel and fire everything you have at the Chamber TGT and yaw out before the end of the barrel teeth, rinse and repeat until the Backup Cooling Unit TGTs are shown underneath. You can enter the tunnel towards the front of the gun, dive into the roof openings to enter, or there's the exit at the very back you can use instead. Unload everything you have at them. You'll be able to pitch up out of the tunnel and go again, or if it's done you can get into position for the next barrel Chamber TGT. Feel free to dive head first into the end if you think that last 5 seconds of damage will finish it off lol. _____ Arsenal Bird is very straightforward. Full throttle straight to the bird and maneuver around the Helios burst missiles on radar if necessary, then get behind it and fire everything you have (switching between reloads) into the main propeller TGTs and any AA weapons, then the sub propeller TGTs, diving backwards out of the APS forcefield as late as you dare. You can clean up any escort UAVs or planes while you wait for the shield to drop, but since everyone brings fighters there often won't be much left. The Joint TGTs are next, then I'd immediately focus the pulse lasers as they're extremely high damage against you and hard to evade. If you get them active just before the shield phase, that's a perfect time to line up a volley as they won't fire until the shield is back off. Hook TGTs are next, then the Core TGT. Guns can hit it from pretty much any angle, but you'll want to be a little back and down from it for your missiles to get good hits and to keep safer spacing. Fly through the hole at the end for style points. _____ Alicorn probably makes the best case for a mixed formation of the 3, though still probably best in Attacker or Multirole as the TGTs are all on a sea unit. The AA weapons and TGTs are in two close clusters, so any bomb or multi-lock ground SP.W is best on the Alicorn. When it aims the railguns, be careful as staying directly overhead doesn't protect you and it's a one-shot on you. Air units build up pretty well and you have no cover from them, so trying to bag some while bombs reload isn't a bad idea. You'll get a chance to focus air units when it submerges without losing DPS on the TGTs. In the last phase, destroy the ECM as soon as possible when it shows up as guided weapons will be a pain to use until it's gone. Air superiority is great to have here as well since the UAVs will start to deploy shields in disruptive ways if enough of them are still around. Shoot the core TGT from the front half of the Alicorn until it's over. Ace Combat 8 on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/22... Chapters: 0:00 - Emergency Sortie - Chandelier 5:55 - Emergency Sortie - Arsenal Bird 11:21 - Emergency Sortie - Alicorn