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|appear = [[Advance Wars 2: Black Hole Rising]] and [[Advance Wars: Dual Strike]]
  
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'''{{PAGENAME}}''' (known as Yamamoto in the Japanese version) is a [[Yellow Comet]] [[CO]]. A former paratrooper rumored to have been quite the CO in his day. {{PAGENAME}} possesses powerful infantry, superior firepower for [[Battle Helicopter]]s, and increased movement range for transport units ([[Lander]], [[APC]], [[Transport Helicopter]], and [[Black Boat]]), although his naval units have weaker attacks. He was also [[Kanbei]]'s and [[Hachi]]'s teacher, as was stated in [[:Advance Wars 2: Black Hole Rising]]. During Advance Wars: Dual Strike he joins the allied nations in Omega Land along with another one of his students, Grimm.
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'''{{PAGENAME}}''' (Japanese: ヤマモト, Yamamoto) is a [[Yellow Comet]] [[CO]]. He was also [[Kanbei]]'s teacher, as was stated in [[:Advance Wars 2: Black Hole Rising]]. During Advance Wars: Dual Strike, he joins the allied nations in Omega Land, along with another one of his students, [[Grimm]].
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==Appearance==
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Sensei is an elderly paratrooper wearing an orange jumpsuit and a brown helmet with aviator goggles. He has a parachute pack attached to the front of his body, held in place by many buckles. Sensei also wears brown shoes and has some sort of green insignia on his collar.
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==Personality==
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Sensei is generally very laid-back and actually prefers not to fight in combat. He gives plently of combat advice to the younger COs, advice that he gathered up from long years of fighting. Sensei has a good sense of humor and likes to relax. However, this is not to say that Sensei is lazy. If pressured to do so, Sensei ''will'' fight only to defend people he cares about. Despite the reputation he has garnered as an "unbeatable" CO, Sensei appreciates it quite modestly. Sensei is not fond of disrespectful opponents who underestimate him because of his age, or opponents who disregard his advice. Adder is perhaps the most notable example of this.
   
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==''Advance Wars 2: Black Hole Rising''==
   
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Foot Soldiers have +40% attack. Battle Copters have +50% attack. Vehicles and naval units suffer a 10% attack penalty. Transport units have +1 movement.
   
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==''Advance Wars: Dual Strike''==
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Kicks butt with copters and all infantry. What can we say? He's a simple soul.
  
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Foot Soldiers have +10% attack. Battle Copters have +50% attack. Vehicle units now have normal firepower. All naval units suffer a 10% attack penalty. Transport units have +1 movement.
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==Advance Wars 2: Black Hole Rising==
  
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Foot Soldiers have +40% attack. Battle Copters have +50% attack. Other ground and naval units suffer a 10% attack penalty. Transport units have +1 movement.
  
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==Advance Wars: Dual Strike==
  
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Foot Soldiers have +10% attack. Battle Copters have +50% attack. Air units have normal firepower. All sea units suffer a 10% attack penalty. Transport units have +1 movement.
  
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Sensei is considered the most powerful CO in this game, being able to reach the unit limit as early as day 12 thanks to his normal COP.
  
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'''CO Power'''
  
'''CO Power'''
   
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<u>'''Copter Command:'''</u> Sensei takes to the skies with a battalion of infantry, and then drops them off onto his cities. Unfortunately, one in ten don't survive the landing. Increases the fire power of all battle copters by 30% and an infantry unit with 9 HP is parachuted on every allied city, ready to move.
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<u>'''Copter Command:'''</u> Increases the firepower of all battle copters to 180% and creates Infantry units with 9 HP at every allied city, ready to move.
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'''CO Super Power'''
  
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<u>'''Airborne Assault:'''</u> Outraged by the rebellious youth of today, Sensei orders a bunch of mechs from Taiwan (where they're made) and plunks them onto his own cities, ready to move. Unfortunately, he's always shortchanged on the health of the units he's received. Further increases the fire power of all battle copters by 30% and a mech unit with 9 HP is parachuted on every allied city, ready to move.
  
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'''Super CO Power'''
   
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<u>'''Airborne Assault:'''</u> Increases the firepower of all Battle Copters to 180% and a Mech unit with 9 HP is created on every allied city, ready to move.
   
 
==Quotes==
  
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==Tactics==
  
==Tactics==
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An infantry and mech spammer by nature, Sensei has a reputation for being very difficult and very annoying. For most the things that his infantry can't hit, he has extremely powerful Battle Copters to boot. Sensei's CO powers allow him to easily outnumber his opponents, aside from [[Hachi]], the only CO able to keep up with Sensei in unit count. Sensei has the capability to overwhelm opponents with mass swarms of infantry, and obscenely strong infantry at that. Having such strong infantry makes capturing cities much easier for him, and makes interrupting other captures easier.
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Obviously, he sucks on the ground and at sea. His copters, due to high firepower and (relatively) low cost, become the ultimate harassment unit. His powers, if used correctly, can make either a flood of infantry/mechs or a load of money; combine his 9hp infantry/mechs and you can get free cash. On large maps with a ton of cities, we commonly refer to this as "Printing your own Money". Ho ho, what fun.
  
   
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Like Hachi, his power allows him to acquire more units even if he does not control any factories, allowing him to bypass the rules of the game. This can help the player out a lot on pre-deployed maps, where the player would otherwise not be able to build any more units. Sensei's CO Power in Dual Strike is practically free since Infantry units have an abnormally high charge rate there. You can use the units spawned from it as fuel to use your powers again.
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Make sure to have a few tanks handy, though, or else you risk having your army of copters and infantry torn apart by a few a-airs. His transports and high infantry firepower make him a useful early game CO, but late into battles he really starts to suffer (and on naval battles, his weaknesses become apparent).
  
   
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Due to specializing in only three units, Sensei is a rather one-dimensional CO. Anti-Airs used against Sensei can be devastating, especially if they get the first strike. COs with defensive strengths, can usually power through whatever kind of infantry storm Sensei players may be planning; Kanbei, Sturm, Von Bolt, and Javier (with 1 or more COM Towers) will give Sensei a hard time as increased defenses limit soldier's effectiveness. Sensei also has to be very careful against COs that drain health via COP and SCOP because that will minimize even more damage from the 3 units, while making it tougher for his other units to do combat especially with the power reduction.
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==Tags==
  
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[[Video:Advance Wars : Dual Strike : Sensei's Theme|thumb|300px|right|This is Sensei's theme song]]
  
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When using COP and SCOP, players have to be very careful because games cap units at 50. Players will have to calculate the units and buildings carefully to make good use of the effect. Example: Let's say you have 43 units, 5 factories + airports combined, and 10 cities. You want to maximize its use that turn and want to produce infantry instead of mechs at that time. In order to build 5 units and hit the 50 cap exactly, you would have to merge 3 units before activation, then activate and merge 5 of the infantry for extra money, then you can produce 5 units from factories and airports.
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Hachi: Grizzled Vets; 2 stars, 100%
  
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In competitive play, Sensei is one of the very best CO's. This is because a high unit count is crucial to victory, as having a lot of Infantry and Mech units lets you protect your other units. If your Super CO Power spawns 10 9HP Mechs, that's essentially a 27,000G value. You can combine your Mechs to liquidate them into money. This allows Sensei to purchase the normally expensive units such as Neotanks or Bombers.
   
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In Advance Wars 2, his Infantry and Mechs score an absurd 140/100. This means his capture game is untouched, even beating Sami on the soldier fights. However, Sensei has weaker firepower with naval units and vehicle units (only in Advance Wars 2). This offset won't matter much if you plan on spamming COP early in the game (preferred anyways) to shift the capture game momentum in your favor; the COP spamming is needed to prepare your better units against your opponent while your opponent gets trapped by the Infantries. In smaller to mid maps, this is a blessing.
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Grimm: Rolling thunder; 1 star, 105%
  
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In Dual Strike, however, his Infantry and Mechs only sport a 110/100. While still good, it is nowhere as effective on the early capture game. On the other hand, none of your vehicular units do not posses weaker firepower, meaning that your Tanks and Artillery will effectively counter Anti-Airs better, especially when facing against higher defense COs.
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==Tags==
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!'''Commmander'''
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!'''Firepower'''
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!'''Tag *s'''
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!'''Tag Name'''
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|Hachi
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|Kanbei
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|Grimm
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|105%
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|90%
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Von Bolt: 90% Hhnnnn.... I hate youngsters.... hhhnnnn....
  
   
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== Trivia ==
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Sonja:105%
  
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* It is strongly believed that Sensei used to be the freelancer CO [[Yamamoto]] from Super Famicom Wars.
   
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[[Category:Advance Wars 2 COs]]

Revision as of 05:46, 4 September 2021

Sensei (Japanese: ヤマモト, Yamamoto) is a Yellow Comet CO. He was also Kanbei's teacher, as was stated in Advance Wars 2: Black Hole Rising. During Advance Wars: Dual Strike, he joins the allied nations in Omega Land, along with another one of his students, Grimm.

Appearance

Sensei is an elderly paratrooper wearing an orange jumpsuit and a brown helmet with aviator goggles. He has a parachute pack attached to the front of his body, held in place by many buckles. Sensei also wears brown shoes and has some sort of green insignia on his collar.

Personality

Sensei is generally very laid-back and actually prefers not to fight in combat. He gives plently of combat advice to the younger COs, advice that he gathered up from long years of fighting. Sensei has a good sense of humor and likes to relax. However, this is not to say that Sensei is lazy. If pressured to do so, Sensei will fight only to defend people he cares about. Despite the reputation he has garnered as an "unbeatable" CO, Sensei appreciates it quite modestly. Sensei is not fond of disrespectful opponents who underestimate him because of his age, or opponents who disregard his advice. Adder is perhaps the most notable example of this.

Advance Wars 2: Black Hole Rising

Foot Soldiers have +40% attack. Battle Copters have +50% attack. Vehicles and naval units suffer a 10% attack penalty. Transport units have +1 movement.

Advance Wars: Dual Strike

Foot Soldiers have +10% attack. Battle Copters have +50% attack. Vehicle units now have normal firepower. All naval units suffer a 10% attack penalty. Transport units have +1 movement.

CO Power

Copter Command: Increases the firepower of all battle copters to 180% and creates Infantry units with 9 HP at every allied city, ready to move.

Super CO Power

Airborne Assault: Increases the firepower of all Battle Copters to 180% and a Mech unit with 9 HP is created on every allied city, ready to move.

Quotes

Dual Strike

Campaign, Pre-Battle

Final Battle

"Whoa, nelly! Look at the size of that..."

(with Grimm)

Sensei: "Ah, Grimm, my old disciple. You've grown quite a bit during these battles... If you agree to train the rest of these rookies, I can finally die happy... If the battle ends poorly, you must escape! I can't outlive my finest student!"

Grimm: "Escape? Gwar har har har har! Sensei, we still need you back home! If you die on us, we're in big trouble! You're going home if I have to pick you up and carry you!"

Victory

"I might retire soon... I wonder how my 401k is doing."

(With Hachi)

Hachi: "Shop till you drop! Or until I drop you!"
Sensei: "Ha ha ha! You're such the businessman!"

Tactics

An infantry and mech spammer by nature, Sensei has a reputation for being very difficult and very annoying. For most the things that his infantry can't hit, he has extremely powerful Battle Copters to boot. Sensei's CO powers allow him to easily outnumber his opponents, aside from Hachi, the only CO able to keep up with Sensei in unit count. Sensei has the capability to overwhelm opponents with mass swarms of infantry, and obscenely strong infantry at that. Having such strong infantry makes capturing cities much easier for him, and makes interrupting other captures easier.

Like Hachi, his power allows him to acquire more units even if he does not control any factories, allowing him to bypass the rules of the game. This can help the player out a lot on pre-deployed maps, where the player would otherwise not be able to build any more units. Sensei's CO Power in Dual Strike is practically free since Infantry units have an abnormally high charge rate there. You can use the units spawned from it as fuel to use your powers again.

Due to specializing in only three units, Sensei is a rather one-dimensional CO. Anti-Airs used against Sensei can be devastating, especially if they get the first strike. COs with defensive strengths, can usually power through whatever kind of infantry storm Sensei players may be planning; Kanbei, Sturm, Von Bolt, and Javier (with 1 or more COM Towers) will give Sensei a hard time as increased defenses limit soldier's effectiveness. Sensei also has to be very careful against COs that drain health via COP and SCOP because that will minimize even more damage from the 3 units, while making it tougher for his other units to do combat especially with the power reduction.

When using COP and SCOP, players have to be very careful because games cap units at 50. Players will have to calculate the units and buildings carefully to make good use of the effect. Example: Let's say you have 43 units, 5 factories + airports combined, and 10 cities. You want to maximize its use that turn and want to produce infantry instead of mechs at that time. In order to build 5 units and hit the 50 cap exactly, you would have to merge 3 units before activation, then activate and merge 5 of the infantry for extra money, then you can produce 5 units from factories and airports.

In competitive play, Sensei is one of the very best CO's. This is because a high unit count is crucial to victory, as having a lot of Infantry and Mech units lets you protect your other units. If your Super CO Power spawns 10 9HP Mechs, that's essentially a 27,000G value. You can combine your Mechs to liquidate them into money. This allows Sensei to purchase the normally expensive units such as Neotanks or Bombers.

In Advance Wars 2, his Infantry and Mechs score an absurd 140/100. This means his capture game is untouched, even beating Sami on the soldier fights. However, Sensei has weaker firepower with naval units and vehicle units (only in Advance Wars 2). This offset won't matter much if you plan on spamming COP early in the game (preferred anyways) to shift the capture game momentum in your favor; the COP spamming is needed to prepare your better units against your opponent while your opponent gets trapped by the Infantries. In smaller to mid maps, this is a blessing.

In Dual Strike, however, his Infantry and Mechs only sport a 110/100. While still good, it is nowhere as effective on the early capture game. On the other hand, none of your vehicular units do not posses weaker firepower, meaning that your Tanks and Artillery will effectively counter Anti-Airs better, especially when facing against higher defense COs.

Tags


Tag Bonuses
Commmander Firepower Tag *s Luck + Tag Name
Hachi 100% 2 0%-10% Grizzled Vets
Kanbei 105%
Sonja 105%
Grimm 110% 1 0%-5% Rolling Thunder
Javier 105%
Von Bolt 90%


Trivia

  • It is strongly believed that Sensei used to be the freelancer CO Yamamoto from Super Famicom Wars.
COs of Wars World
Orange Star: Andy • Max • Sami • Nell • Hachi • Jake • Rachel
Blue Moon: Olaf • Grit • Colin • Sasha
Green Earth: Eagle • Drake • Jess • Javier
Yellow Comet: Kanbei • Sonja • Sensei • Grimm
Black Hole: Clone Andy • Flak • Lash • Adder • Hawke • Sturm
Jugger • Koal • Kindle • Von Bolt
Yellow Comet
COs: Grimm | Kanbei | Sensei | Sonja
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