Gage

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Gage (Trak in the European version) is a CO of the Lazurian Army. He makes his only appearance to date in Advance Wars: Days of Ruin. He is a man of few words, though he can be devastating in battle. He will follow any order no matter, what whether it be fighting trained soldiers or what are essentially armed civilians.

He appears once as an enemy, once as an ally, and once as a playable CO (in that order.) After Forsythe's death, he takes up joint command of the Lazurian Army with Tasha.

Story

Gage is battled once in the campaign, during Greyfield Strikes.

Gage is only a playable commander in the campaign during Salvation. He takes command during this point to prevent the armed civilians from getting a benefit from Will's hesitation to attack civilians, he is a soldier who follows orders and wishes to repay Brenner's saving him.

CO Abilities

CO Zone

+20% ATK and 10% DEF to CO unit and any naval and indirect-attack units units within 2 spaces of it.

CO Power

Longshot^{(Days of Ruin)} - Long Barrel^{(Dark Conflict)}

• +2 range for all indirect-attack units.

Strategy

Gage must build up a mass of artillery as quickly as possible. One shot from his artillery will cripple most ground units so you don't need to use up 2 attacks on 1 enemy unit unlike other COs. Gage's indirect units are easier to rank up thus increasing the amount of attacks that will destroy enemy units in one hit. Anti-Tanks are also a good option. Although they are more expensive, they can form an effective barrier against most enemy land units. Once your meter is full you can advance upon your opponent. The threat of +2 range turns Gage's artillery into pseudo-rockets at a much lower price. On maps that are more naval unit heavy, building up Battleships can make his attacks particularly devastating as he can cripple both land and naval units; however, he will require protection from Submarines by keeping some Cruisers nearby.

Another strategy is to put Gage in a Flare. Gather the indirect units near the CO unit and hide in the wood. This is basically a defensive play-style, but it is extremely rewarding. The CO unit will function primarily as support. The rest is building up the CO and moving slowly cover to cover and hitting it big with the COP (this strategy works best with Fog of War.)

Unlock

In order to unlock Gage as a playable commander, the player must complete Mission 13: "Greyfield Strikes".

Levels

As Gage

• Campaign 19: Salvation (against No CO)

• Trial 6: Clear Island (against Greyfield)
• Trial 9: Hourglass (against Lin)
• Trial 15: Jay Islands (against Greyfield, Waylon, Tabitha)
• Trial 21: Duo Falls (against Forsythe)

Against Gage

• Campaign 13: Greyfield Strikes (as Brenner)

• Trial 2: Shade Coast (as Lin)
• Trial 7: Tatter River (as Waylon)

As an Ally

• Campaign 15: Icy Retreat (as Brenner)

Trivia

• Gage is the only playable CO in Advance Wars: Days of Ruin to carry a real life firearm as part of his avatar: the German H&K PSG1 sniper rifle. He shares this trait with Sami from earlier games, who carries a rifle from the American M16 series.
• Gage character is also somewhat similar to a certain CO named Grit. Both of them carry a real world weapon, have laid-back attitudes, and are really good with indirect units.
• Internally, he is called "Trak".

Gallery

Lazurian Army
COs:	Forsythe | Gage | Tasha

v • d • e Advance Wars: Days of Ruin COs  12th Battalion Brenner  • Isabella  • Lin     • Will  New Rubinelle Army Davis    • Greyfield • Waylon  Lazurian Army Forsythe • Gage      • Tasha  Intelligent Defense Systems Caulder  • Penny     • Tabitha • Cyrus  Bandit Raiders The Beast None No CO