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Rachel (Japanese: レイチェル Rachel) is a young Orange Star CO. She strives to follow in the footsteps of her older sister, Nell. Her Units are hardworking which allows her units to increase base repairs. She also takes Nell's place as the player's advisor in Advance Wars: Dual Strike. In the game, she appears as the first CO the player fights in the game before Jugger.

Appearance[]

CO abilities[]

Her base repairs are increased by 1 (due to the hardworking nature of the logistics team), so her troops can recover up to 3 HP of damage each turn.

CO power[]

Lucky Lass - Rachel's Luck is increased, allowing her to do up to 40% more damage. Additionally, her units get the standard +10% to offence and defense.

Super CO power[]

Covering Fire - Fires three missiles from the Omega Land HQ at enemy targets. Also raises her units' offence and defense by 10%. The missiles target as follows:

  • The first missile targets the largest group of Infantry it can find, with priority given to capturing Infantry.
  • The second missile does as much damage in funds as it can. The value of Rachel's own troops is subtracted from this calculation.
  • The third and final missile does as much HP damage as it possibly can, but will do the most damage in funds if there is a tie (i.e. if there are four Recon units and four Neotank units, the missile will hit the four Neotanks). The HP Rachel's own troops would lose is subtracted from this calculation.

Tag Breaks[]

Rachel has Tag Breaks with the following COs:

Tactics[]

The main reason to use Rachel is primarily her SCOP.

Rachel's day to day repair ability is insignificant other than to counter Kindle (although funds will hurt her a lot more) and she doesn't have any stat boosts. In larger maps where cities are far from your factories, this is only useful if you have backup units coming to that spot or if you really need to save up your more expensive and slower units. Her regular COP is literally useless as it is a worse version of Nell's COP and should be avoided at all costs because her SCOP alone is what makes her usable.

Her SCOP is considered one of the best SCOPs in the game, doing between 3-9 HP damage. What is even better is that it is only 6 stars (unlike Sturm's Meteor Strike at 10) and Dual Strike's faster CO Bar charge to make this used more often. If 2 of her 3 missiles hit the same area, that's essentially like a free Black Bomb for the player (without even having to purchase it or move it into position). The damage will cause significant financial loss for the opponent, interrupt captures and soldier swarms, and make it easier to topple their units in the aftermath. While it's true that Covering Fire is terrifying when used in smaller maps, it still is highly effective on big maps as well, especially when it fires against the most expensive units.

In short, simply play the game relying on cheaper units to fill the bar. Rely heavily on that SCOP to do most of the dirty work.

Quotes[]

Dual Strike[]

Switch

"Get on the ready line!"

"Where are you looking? You're fighting ME!"

Power

"Finally, some real competition!"

"I'm going to send you packing!"

"You don't have a chance!"

"I will protect this land to the end!"

"This time, I'm serious!"

"Don't pick a fight with me!"

Campaign, Pre-Battle

Final Battle

"We'll win. We'll win and everyone will go home in one piece!"

(with Jake)

Rachel: "You know, none of these missions have ever been easy. Even the early ones. I've cheated death a thousand times, and sometimes I got so scared that I cried... But... You've always been with me. Whether we're on the battlefield or in some meeting... You play it cool, but you've always backed me up."

Jake: "Ah... well... you know. I mean... I have to... uh... follow orders and... stuff."

Rachel: "You made me happy. I mean it! It was like... having a younger brother."

Jake: "Wha? A younger brother...? ...Huh."

Rachel: "What, you're not happy with that?"

Jake: "No, dude, it's fine! Wait, I mean... I don't mean dude... I mean... Oh man, I'm screwing this up..."

Rachel: "Hee hee! Well then... This will be my last order as your CO... you must make it out of this battle alive! And... Bring your report to my office when you're done... OK?"

Jake: "...Yeah! Let's do this thing and go home alive!"

Victory

"Don't take me lightly because I'm cute!"

"Another one down... who's next?"

"I never give up."

(With Nell)

Rachel: "Not bad, huh, Sis? Whooo! Yeah! We rule! Yeah!"
Nell: "Excitable, aren't you?"

Nell: "Huh. We won. Lucky us."
Rachel: "Don't be such a downer, Nell. Smiling won't kill you!" 

Rachel: Don't like facing sisters? You're just unlucky!
Nell: Weird... I feel a little guilty.

Trivia[]

  • Rachel's Tag Break with Koal (65%) has the biggest decrease in Dual Strike.
    • Strangely, this is simply due to Koal calling Rachel ugly; this is lower than Eagle & Hawke (70%), where Hawke attacked Green Earth, and Olaf & Lash (80%), where Lash destroyed Olaf's hometown.
      • This is likely due to the fact that Koal and Rachel both despise each other, while Lash and Hawke likely don't have any strong negative feelings towards Olaf and Eagle respectively.

Videos[]

COs of Wars World
Orange Star: AndyMaxSamiNellHachiJakeRachel
Blue Moon: OlafGritColinSasha
Green Earth: EagleDrakeJessJavier
Yellow Comet: KanbeiSonjaSenseiGrimm
Black Hole: Clone AndyFlakLashAdderHawkeSturm
JuggerKoalKindleVon Bolt
Orange Star
COs: Andy | Hachi | Jake | Max | Nell | Rachel | Sami
Former COs: Grit | Olaf
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