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Mission Strategy
This is the secret final mission. It is unlocked by beating every other mission in the Advance Wars 1 campaign. Once you beat Mission 24, you unlock all of the other missions in the other paths of the campaign. You can tell which missions that you have not beaten because they will be represented by a white flag.
This mission is against Eagle, the air unit specialist. His air units all deal increased damage and use less fuel per day, keeping them in the air longer. His naval units are weak, but this weakness never matters in the maps you face Eagle in since he never has sea units.
Eagle’s CO Power is one of the strongest in the game, giving all of his non-troop units an additional turn. However, during this extra turn, his units deal less damage and take increased damage. These debuffs continue into his opponents next turn, since his CO Power is still considered active then.
This mission plays a lot like a War Room mission. You start with very few units, and a lot of the map is neutral. Eagle starts in a much stronger position and will quickly capture the central Airport and Bases with his initial Infantry.
HQ Capture: If you dominate the sky, you can get a Transport Copter to Eagle’s HQ relatively easily. Once there, you can use your air units to surround your capturer and keep it protected.
For this strategy, the central airport should be your first goal. You can either capture it yourself or position Fighters near it to destroy Eagle’s air units as soon as he makes them. If you do choose to capture it, Eagle will start making his air units back near his HQ instead. Air units near his HQ are more likely to be defended by enemy Anti-Air and Missiles.
Push the north and south ground paths as far as you can, but focus most of your income on reinforcing your air force. Don’t be afraid to retreat your ground forces if needed, but try not to lose City income if you can.
Defeat All Enemies: If you want to defeat all of Eagle’s forces, you’ll need to aim for a more balanced army. Keep your air units near your ground forces so that they can support them. Start building up a death ball to the north and south of Rockets and Missiles, with a Medium Tank up front, and move them slowly toward Eagle’s HQ. Capture properties as you pass by them.
Support your ground units with Fighters to help intercept enemy Bombers and Battle Copters. If the enemy starts building up their own Fighters, use your ground units to create a wall and protect your Fighters.
Keep your units topped off and healthy. As Andy, low health units have a lot of value since you can heal them up with his CO Power. By the time your units reach Eagle’s HQ, you’ll have built up such a large army that Eagle’s forces won’t stand a chance.
Turn by Turn Walkthrough
Day 1
- Do nothing
Day 2
- Build a Fighter at your south Airport
Day 3
- Advance your Fighter
Day 4
- Attack the enemy Battle Copter with your Fighter from the north
- Build another Fighter at your south Airport
Day 5
- Destroy the enemy Battle Copter with your east Fighter from the north
- Advance your new Fighter
Day 6
- Attack the enemy Fighter with your west Fighter from the north
- Destroy the enemy Fighter with your other Fighter from the east
- Build another Fighter at your south Airport
- Build a Transport Copter at your north Airport
- Load your north Mech into your Transport Copter
Day 7
- Attack the enemy Fighter with your uninjured east Fighter from the east
- Attack the enemy Fighter with your injured Fighter from the north
- Advance your new Fighter and Transport Copter
Day 8
- Destroy the south enemy Battle Copter with your uninjured Fighter from the east
- Attack the north enemy Battle Copter with your 8 health Fighter from the east
- Destroy the enemy Fighter with your 6 health Fighter from the east
- Advance your Transport Copter
- Build another Fighter at your south Airport
Day 9
- Activate Andy’s CO Power
- Advance your Transport Copter and east injured Fighter
- Attack the enemy Fighter with your north Fighter from the north
- Destroy the enemy Fighter with your other Fighter from the east
- Destroy the enemy Bomber with your new Fighter from the east
- Build two Tanks at your east Bases
Day 10
- Attack the north enemy Battle Copter with your uninjured Fighter from the east
- Destroy the north enemy Battle Copter with your 7 health Fighter from the north
- Advance your Transport Copter and other Fighters
- Attack the injured enemy Tank with your injured Tank from the Base
- Attack the south enemy Tank with your other Tank from the west
- Build 3 Mechs at your open Bases
Day 11
- Destroy the enemy Bomber with your uninjured Fighter from the west
- Activate Andy’s CO Power
- Destroy the east enemy Battle Copter with your 9 health Fighter from the north
- Advance your Transport Copter, dropping the Mech east onto the Base
- Advance your other Fighter
- Destroy the 2 health enemy Tank with your north Tank from the north
- Destroy the 8 health enemy Anti-Air with your south Tank from the south
- Destroy the other enemy Tank with your 5 health Mech
Day 12
- Start capturing the enemy HQ with your Mech
- Attack the enemy Bomber with your west Fighter from the east
- Advance your other Fighters
- For Technique Rating:
- Move your Mechs off of your Bases
- Build 4 Infantry at your Bases
- Build a Transport Copter at your north Airport
Day 13
- For Technique Rating:
- Build 2 more units at your Bases or Airports
- Finish capturing the enemy HQ
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