Mech (Game Boy Wars 3)

Main article: Mech

Stats[]

General[]

**Mech Information**
Unit Group			Power	Type	Fuel	Base	Loss	Production
Unit Group	Cost		Movement		Fuel	Initiative		Production
Unarmored	200	12	2	Foot	70	13	6	City
Anti-Tank Missile A								Special Commands
Attack					Details			Capture
					Ammo	Price	Range
-	32	-	-	-	1	13G	1-2
Machine Gun B								Other abilities
Attack					Details			None
					Ammo	Price	Range
10	2	2	1	-	6	1G	1
Defense					Other
Defense					Transport		Supply
					Type	Number	Supply
12	14	16	14	-	N/A	N/A	Land

Matchups[]

**Mech Matchups**
Enemy unit	Primary	Secondary	First Strike	Same Time	Ambush	Primary	Secondary	First Strike	Same Time	Ambush
Enemy unit	Damage given		Own Initiative			Damage taken		Enemy Initiative
	-	5	-	0	1 to 2	4 1/6	-	-	0	1 to 3
	-	4 1/6	-	0	1 to 2	-	4 1/6	-	0	1 to 2
	-	3 1/8	-	0	1 to 2	8 1/3	4 1/6	-	0 to 2	3 to 4
	-	3 4/7	-	0	1 to 2	-	4 1/6	-	0 to 1	2 to 5
	-	3 4/7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	-	3 1/8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	-	3 4/7	-	0	1 to 2	4 1/6	-	-	0 to 2	3 to 7
	-	3 1/8	-	0	1 to 2	8 1/3	4 1/6	-	0 to 2	3 to 7
	-	4 1/6	-	-	0 to 2	8 1/3	4 1/6	0	1 to 4	5 to 7
	-	3 1/3	-	-	0 to 2	-	6 2/3	0 to 1	2 to 5	6 to 7
	-	3 4/7	-	-	0 to 2	-	4 1/6	0	1 to 3	4 to 7
	-	2 16/17	-	-	0 to 2	-	8 1/3	0	1 to 3	4 to 6
	7 3/11	0 5/11	-	0	1 to 2	5 5/7	-	-	0 to 1	2 to 6
	6 2/3	0 5/12	-	0	1 to 2	-	5 5/7	-	0 to 2	3 to 6
	9 7/17	0 10/17	-	-	-	8 4/7	-	-	-	-
	8	0 1/2	-	-	-	10	-	-	-	-
	8	0 1/2	-	0	1 to 2	-	12 1/7	-	0 to 2	3 to 5
	6 2/13	0 5/13	-	0	1 to 2	-	15 5/14	-	0 to 4	5 to 6
	9 7/17	0 10/17	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	8	0 1/2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	8 8/9	0 5/9	-	-	-	5 5/7	-	-	-	-
	7 13/21	0 10/21	-	-	-	8 4/7	-	-	-	-
	5 1/3	0 1/3	-	0	1 to 2	-	5 5/7	-	0 to 3	4 to 6
	4 4/7	0 2/7	-	0	1 to 2	-	5 5/7	-	0 to 4	5 to 6
	4 4/7	0 2/7	-	-	0 to 2	4 9/14	5 5/7	0 to 1	2 to 3	4 to 6
	4	0 1/4	-	-	0 to 2	-	5 5/7	0 to 1	2 to 3	4 to 6
	3 5/9	0 2/9	-	0	1 to 2	5 5/14	5 5/7	-	0 to 4	5
	3 1/13	0 5/26	-	-	0 to 2	6 11/14	5 5/7	0 to 1	2 to 6	-
	-	0 5/24	-	-	0 to 2	-	6 1/4	0 to 6	7 to 11	12
	-	0 5/21	-	-	0 to 2	-	6 1/4	0 to 4	5 to 9	10 to 11
	-	0 5/28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	-	0 5/22	-	-	0 to 2	-	8 3/4	0 to 5	6 to 10	11
	-	0 5/19	-	-	0 to 2	10 5/16	7 13/16	0 to 3	4 to 8	9
	-	0 10/61	-	-	0 to 2	8 3/4	-	0 to 5	6 to 10	-
	-	0 5/16	-	-	-	2 HP	-	-	-	-
	-	0 10/37	-	-	-	2 HP	-	-	-	-
	-	0 5/9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	-	0 5/9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	-	0 10/27	-	-	0 to 2	7 13/16	10 5/16	0 to 1	2 to 4	5 to 6
	-	0 5/16	-	-	0 to 2	-	10 5/16	0 to 3	4 to 6	7
	-	0 5/11	-	-	0 to 2	-	5	0	1 to 4	5 to 6
	-	0 1/2	-	-	0 to 2	5	-	0	1 to 4	5 to 7
	-	0 10/23	-	-	0 to 2	7 13/16	5	0 to 1	2 to 6	-
	-	0 1/15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	-	0 1/16	-	-	-	3 HP	-	-	-	-
	-	0 1/14	-	-	0 to 2	-	15 5/14	0 to 1	2 to 5	-
	-	0 1/13	-	-	0 to 2	-	12 1/7	0	1 to 5	6
	-	0 1/8	-	0	1 to 2	11 11/14	-	-	0 to 3	4
	-	0 1/6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	-	-	-	-	-	3 HP	-	-	-	-

Between game changes[]

Directly from Game Boy Wars 1/2/Turbo[]

Semi-Global: Transported units that were Loaded on an earlier Day may perform normal movement and actions (as long as the destination tile isn't the transport's own location)
Global: Properties take only 1 turn to Capture on standard
Cost 2000G -> 200G; not a direct Buff due to properties having their own income reduced to 100G on standard
Global: Materials system involvement (prevents overabundance in early game without cost)
Global: Zone of Control system involvement
Global: Focus system involvement
Global: Flanking bonuses involvement
Global: No 5% Damage Bonus to attacker (was positively affecting Bazookas)
Global: Sub-HP nonexistance (results in partial damage truncation once calculations with terrain defense are handled)
Global: Terrain Damage Influence: Percentage Reduction -> Direct Subtraction
Global: Level Up system involvement
- Attack uses percents and Level Up defense boosts work just like Terrain defense boosts
Global: Unit Family system involvement; will not be directly noted here in general but does affect design
Anti-Air Missile weapon in second weapon slot replaced by Rifle (new damage values against Armor units will not be directly noted)
Anti-Tank Bazooka Range 1~1 -> 1~2
- Global: No inability to move and range fire on the same Day
Anti-Tank Bazooka Ammo 3 -> 1
Grunt Base Damage Dealt 55% -> 5 HP
Grunt Base Damage Taken 35% -> 4.16 HP
Mirror Matchup Base Damage 45% -> 4.16 HP
Supply Truck Base Damage Dealt 73% -> 3.57 HP
Supply Truck matchup detail: uses Rifle instead of Bazooka for attack
Light Tank Bazooka Base Damage Dealt 43% -> 4.57 HP
Light Tank Primary Base Damage Taken 35% -> 4.57 HP
Light Tank Secondary Base Damage Taken 42% -> 5.71 HP
MB Tank Bazooka Base Damage Dealt 5% -> 3.55 HP
MB Tank Primary Base Damage Taken 50% -> 5.35 HP
MB Tank Secondary Base Damage Taken 72% -> 5.71 HP
Mercenary Tank (Tank Z) Bazooka Base Damage Dealt 5% -> 3.07 HP
Mercenary Tank (Tank Z) Primary Base Damage Taken 65% -> 6.78 HP
Mercenary Tank (Tank Z) Secondary Base Damage Taken 95% -> 5.71 HP
- Result/Overall: Mercenary Tank deals less damage with defaulted weapon (95% -> 6.78 HP) AND defaults to the explosive weapon expending its Ammo
APC Bazooka Base Damage Dealt 42% -> 7.27 HP
APC Base Damage Taken 75% -> 5.71 HP
Anti-Air Tank Bazooka Base Damage Dealt 56% -> 8 HP
Anti-Air Tank Base Damage Taken 0% -> 12.14 HP
Anti-Air Missile Launcher Base Damage Dealt 43% -> 9.41 HP
Artillery Bazooka Base Damage Dealt 25% -> 8.88 HP
Artillery Base Damage Taken 43% -> 5.71 HP
- Artillery B in GBW1 and GBWT dealt 21% and took 35%
Rocket Launcher Bazooka Base Damage Dealt 42% -> 9.41 HP
Rocket Launcher Base Damage Taken 83% -> 8.57 HP
Fighter Base Damage Dealt 13% (Anti-Air Missile) -> 0.2 HP (Rifle)
Fighter Secondary Base Damage Taken 15% -> 6.25 HP
Lite Fighter Base Damage Dealt 26% (Anti-Air Missile) -> 0.23 HP (Rifle)
Lite Fighter Secondary Base Damage Taken 10% -> 6.25 HP
Bomber -> Attacker Base Damage Dealt 15% (Anti-Air Missile) -> 0.22 HP (Rifle)
Bomber -> Attacker Base Damage Taken 75% -> 8.75 HP
- Note: the basic Bomber is not directly possible to build. The regular Attacker, which also has an air-to-air weapon as well, is the substitute for it. The closest to the basic Bomber that has no air-to-air combat is a promoted unit, and the Bomber that is buildable just attacks terrain.
(Radar) Transport Plane Base Damage Dealt 36% (Anti-Air Missile) -> 0.55 HP (Rifle)
Battle Helicopter/Gunship Base Damage Dealt 32% (Anti-Air Missile) -> 0.37 HP (Rifle)
Battle Helicopter/Gunship Primary Base Damage Taken 25% -> 7.81 HP
Battle Helicopter/Gunship Secondary Base Damage Taken 63% -> 10.31 HP
Transport Helicopter Base Damage Dealt 25% (Anti-Air Missile) -> 0.5 HP (Rifle)
Transport Helicopter Base Damage Taken 65% -> 5 HP
Battleship -> Aegis Warhsip Base Damage Dealt 14% (Anti-Tank Rocket) -> 0.06 HP
Battleship -> Aegis Warhsip Base Damage Taken 52% -> 0 HP
- Game Boy Wars 3, at least base game, has no actual Battleship for unknown reasons; the Aegis Warship comes closest but can't attack land units in base game
Aircraft Carrier Base Damage Dealt 16% (Anti-Tank Rocket) -> 0.07 HP (Small Aircraft Carrier) or 0.07 HP (Large Aircraft Carrier) (Rifle for both)
Aircraft Carrier Secondary Base Damage Taken 0% -> 12.14 HP
Lander Base Damage Dealt 14% (Anti-Tank Rocket) -> 0.125 HP (Rifle)
Lander Base Damage Taken 25% -> 11.78 HP
Beach Movement Cost Infinite -> 2

Comparison to Advance Wars[]

Global: Secondary weapon is not necessarily a 1 Range MG weapon, and uses Ammo regardless
Semi-Global: Transported units that were Loaded on an earlier Day may perform normal movement and actions (as long as the destination tile isn't the transport's own location)
Global: Properties take only 1 turn to Capture on standard
Global: Property Capture progress is maintained even when moving off
Cost 3000G -> 200G
- Note: Buff is much smaller than it seems because properties have their own income reduced to 100G on standard as opposed to 1000G
Global: Materials system involvement (prevents overabundance in early game without cost)
Global: Zone of Control system involvement
Global: Focus system involvement
- Result: Bazooka is hard to attack first resulting in the counterattack often being unmitigated by HP loss
Global: Flanking bonuses involvement
Global: Sub-HP nonexistance (results in partial damage truncation once calculations with terrain defense are handled)
Global: Terrain Damage Influence: Percentage Reduction -> Direct Subtraction (negatively affects Grunts due to their low power stats)
Global: Level Up system involvement
- Attack uses percents and Level Up defense boosts work just like Terrain defense boosts (again negatively affects Grunts due to their low power stats)
Global: Unit Family system involvement; will not be directly noted here in general but does affect design
Bazooka Range 1~1 -> 1~2
- Global: No inability to move and range fire on the same Day
Bazooka Ammo 3 -> 1
Grunt Base Damage Dealt 65% -> 5 HP
Grunt Base Damage Taken 45% -> 4.16 HP
Mirror Matchup Base Damage 55% -> 4.16 HP
Recon -> Convoy Primary Base Damage Dealt 85% -> 0 HP
Recon -> Convoy Secondary Base Damage Dealt 18% -> 3.5 HP
- Result/Overall: Mech/Bazooka deals less damage with defaulted weapon (85% -> 3.5 HP)
- Result: Mech/Bazooka at least defaults to Rifle instead of Bazooka
Recon -> Buggy Primary Base Damage Dealt 85% -> 0 HP
Recon -> Buggy Secondary Base Damage Dealt 18% -> 4.16 HP
- Result/Overall: Mech/Bazooka deals less damage with defaulted weapon (85% -> 4.16 HP)
- Result: Mech/Bazooka at least defaults to Rifle instead of Bazooka
Recon -> Convoy Base Damage Taken 70% -> 4.16 HP
Recon -> Buggy Base Damage Taken 70% -> 8.34 HP
- Buggy needs a primary weapon with 2 Ammo to manage this extra damage and would deal only 4.16 HP base damage with the auxiliary MG
Light Tank Primary Base Damage Dealt 55% -> 4.57 HP
Light Tank Secondary Base Damage Dealt 6% -> 0.28 HP
Light Tank Primary Base Damage Taken (30%) -> 4.57 HP
Light Tank Secondary Base Damage Taken 70% -> 5.71 HP
MB Tank Primary Base Damage Dealt 15% -> 3.55 HP
MB Tank Secondary Base Damage Dealt 1% -> 0.22 HP
- Overall: MB Tank takes no damage on bare minimum of Plains or with 1 Level Up assuming no/insufficient Flanking penalties are involved; this would apply even with Sub-HPs
MB Tank Primary Base Damage Taken (45%) -> 5.35 HP
MB Tank Secondary Base Damage Taken 70% -> 5.71 HP
Mercenary Tank Primary Base Damage Dealt 15% -> 3.07 HP
Mercenary Tank Base Damage Dealt 1% -> 0.19 HP
- Overall: same case with MB Tank
Mercenary Tank Primary Base Damage Dealt (45%) -> 6.78 HP
Mercenary Tank Secondary Base Damage Dealt 115% -> 8 HP
APC Primary Base Damage Dealt 75% -> 7.27 HP
APC Secondary Base Damage Dealt 20% -> 0.45 HP
APC Base Damaage Taken 0% -> 5.71 HP
Flare -> APC Primary Base Damage Dealt 80% -> 7.27 HP
Flare -> APC Secondary Base Damage Dealt 15% -> 0.45 HP
Flare -> APC Damage Taken 70% -> 5.71 HP
Anti-Air Tank Primary Base Damage Dealt 65% -> 80%
Anti-Air Tank Secondary Base Damage Dealt 6% -> 0.5 HP
Anti-Air Tank Base Damage Taken 105% -> 12.14 HP
Anti-Air Missile Launcher Primary Base Damage Dealt 85% -> 9.41 HP
Anti-Air Missile Launcher Secondary Base Damage Dealt 35% -> 0.58 HP
Artillery Primary Base Damage Dealt 70% -> 8.88 HP
Rocket Launcher -> Artillery Base Damage Taken 90% -> 5.71 HP
- Note: the Rocket Launcher in Game Boy Wars 3 is designed differently by focusing primarily on Lite Land units. Game Boy Wars 3's Artillery is high cost, further showing this to be a Buff from Advance Wars Artillery dealing 90% base to Infantry.
Fighter Secondary Base Damage Dealt 0% -> 0.2 HP
Fighter Secondary Base Damage Taken 0% -> 6.25 HP
Duster/Lite Fighter Secondary Base Damage Dealt 0% -> 0.23 HP
Duster/Lite Fighter Secondary Base Damage Taken 45% -> 6.25 HP
Bomber -> Attacker Secondary Base Damage Dealt 0% -> 0.22 HP
Bomber -> Attacker Base Damage Taken 110% -> 8.75 HP
- Note: the basic Bomber is not directly possible to build. The regular Attacker, which also has an air-to-air weapon as well, is the substitute for it. The closest to the basic Bomber that has no air-to-air combat is a promoted unit, and the Bomber that is buildable just attacks terrain.
Battle Helicopter/Gunship Secondary Base Damage Dealt 9% -> 0.37 HP
Battle Helicopter/Gunship Primary Base Damage Taken (50%) -> 7.81 HP
Battle Helicopter/Gunship Secondary Base Damage Taken 75% -> 10.31 HP
Transport Helicopter Base Damage Dealt 35% -> 0.5 HP
Transport Helicopter Base Damage Taken 0% -> 5 HP
Battleship -> Aegis Warhsip Secondary Base Damage Dealt 0% -> 0.06 HP
Battleship -> Aegis Warship Base Damage Taken 90% -> 0 HP
- Game Boy Wars 3, at least base game, has no actual Battleship for unknown reasons; the Aegis Warship comes closest but can't attack land units in base game
Aircraft Carrier Secondary Base Damage Dealt 0% -> 0.07 HP (Small Aircraft Carrier) or 0.07 HP (Large Aircraft Carrier)
Aircraft Carrier Secondary Base Damage Taken 0% -> 12.14 HP (Small Aircraft Carrier) or 15.35 HP (Large Aircraft Carrier)
Lander Base Secondary Damage Dealt 0% -> 0.125 HP
Lander Base Damage Taken 0% -> 11.78 HP
Shoal/Beach Movement Cost 1 -> 2 (returns to 1 if Beach tile is occupied by friendly Lander)

PALBal Patch changes[]

Version 0.9:

Materials Cost 12M -> 13M
Movement Type Foot -> Veteran; resulting Movement Cost changes are as follows:
- Ruined properties: 2 -> 1
- Mountain: 2 -> 1.5
- Moor: 2 -> 1
- Desert: 2 -> 1
- River: 2 -> 1
- Beach: 2 -> 1
- Sea: Infinite -> 1.5
Capture Command EXP 1 x HP -> 4 x HP
Armor DEF 14 -> 11
Air DEF 16 -> 13
Ship DEF 14 -> 11
Primary Weapon Ammo 1 -> 2
Global: Range attacks lose 10% ATK per space of separation from target (Bazooka range attack loses 10% ATK as a result)
Anti-City Bomb Damage Taken 2 HP -> 3 HP
Rifle Lite Land ATK 10 -> 11 (affects Bazooka's Damage Dealt and Taken)
Rifle Air ATK 2 -> 12 (affects Bazooka's Damage Dealt)
- Weakened by air units now getting 30 Cover non-variable
Anti-Tank Javelin Lite Land ATK 0 -> 6 (affects Bazooka's Damage Dealt and Taken)
Anti-Tank Javelin Armor ATK 32 -> 36 (affects Bazooka's Damage Dealt)
Anti-Tank Javelin Ship ATK 0 -> 40 (affects Bazooka's Damage Dealt)
Anti-Tank Javelin Ammo Cost 13G -> 14G
Minigun Lite Land ATK 33 -> 28 (affects Bazooka's Damage Taken)
Vulcan++ Lite Land ATK 43 -> 40 (affects Bazooka's Damage Taken)
Tank Gun Lite Land ATK 13 -> 11 (affects Bazooka's Damage Taken)
Artillery Cannon+ Lite Land ATK 24 -> 22 (affects Bazooka's Damage Taken)
Rockets Lite Land ATK 24 -> 30 (affects Bazooka's Damage Taken)
Rockets+ Lite Land ATK 28 -> 36 (affects Bazooka's Damage Taken)
Anti-Tank TOW Lite Land ATK 0 -> 8 (affects Bazooka's Damage Taken)
Surface-To-Air Missile Direct Lite Land ATK 0 -> 4 (affects Bazooka's Damage Taken)
Surface-To-Air Missile Range Lite Land ATK 0 -> 4 (affects Bazooka's Damage Taken)
Surface-To-Air Missile Range+ Lite Land ATK 0 -> 4 (affects Bazooka's Damage Taken)
Air-To-Air Missile Lite Land ATK 0 -> 3 (affects Bazooka's Damage Taken)
Air-To-Air Missile+ Lite Land ATK 0 -> 3 (affects Bazooka's Damage Taken)
Air-To-Air Missile++ Lite Land ATK 0 -> 2 (affects Bazooka's Damage Taken)
Anti-Ship Missile Lite Land ATK 0 -> 25 (affects Bazooka's Damage Taken)

Version 1.0

Global: Underdog EXP doubling now triggers without having to deal the finishing blow
- Result/Overall: direct-fire Armor units more easily gain EXP from Bazookas with Ammo remaining
Global: +15 Focus for attacking unit
- Overall: More ways to safely attack into a Bazooka
Focus Loss 6 -> 4
Range attack penalty revamped: penalty of 5% per space surplus for range attacking when not moving but 10% per space of distance in addition to another 10% when moving
- Result/Overall: Moving range attack penalty 10% -> 30%
- Result: Non-moving range attack penalty 10% -> 0%
Anti-Tank Javelin Lite Land ATK 6 -> 8
Anti-Tank Javelin Armor ATK 36 -> 40
- Effective Armor ATK when moving and range firing still reduced 32.4 -> 28
Anti-Tank Javelin Ship ATK 40 -> 45
- Effective Armor ATK when moving and range firing still reduced 36 -> 31.5
Artillery Cannon Lite Land ATK 16 -> 18
- Effective Lite Land ATK when moving and range firing still reduced 11.2~14.4 -> 9~12.6
Rockets Lite Land ATK 30 -> 36
- Effective Lite Land ATK when moving and range firing still reduced 21~27 -> 18~25.2
Air-To-Air Missile++ Lite Land ATK 2 -> 4