Flak

Flak コング Kong
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Bio
Faction	Black Hole
Specialty	Units may randomly increase or decrease damage inflicted
Hit	Meat
Miss	Veggies
Skills
CO Power	Brute Force
Super CO Power	Barbaric Blow
Power Meter
Appearances
Games	Advance Wars 2 Dual Strike Re-Boot Camp
Voice Actor	SungWon Cho (AW1+2:RBC)

	Crushing stuff's what I do best! You got a problem with that?!?
— Flak -

Flak is a Commanding Officer for Black Hole. He debuted in Advance Wars 2: Black Hole Rising.

In the European release (except in English and Spanish), his name is Helmut.

Role

In Advance Wars 2: Black Hole Rising

Flak is the main Black Hole CO in charge of invading Orange Star. He is seen mocking and insulting COs, particularly Max (he calls him a gorilla in Orange Dawn).

Afterwards, he also makes a couple of appearances in Blue Moon and Yellow Comet. He does not appear in any Green Earth missions.

In Advance Wars: Dual Strike

He does not make any appearances in the campaign, but he can be bought from Hachi for 1,000 points after completing it.

Personality

Flak is an unintelligent brute. He doesn't care much for tactics and mostly strives to crush things and cause destruction.

Relationships

Flak holds no respect for anyone besides his superiors in the Black Hole army. He frequently trash talks other COs and forms a particularly intense grudge against Max.

The only COs that Flak is shown to be truly intimidated by are Lash and Hawke, but for different reasons. Lash tends to use Flak as a guinea pig for her experiments while the latter's higher rank and superior competence intimidate him.

Skills

Flak is a weaker version of Nell, possessing both luck and bad luck, both of which increase by his powers.

In Advance Wars 2: Black Hole Rising

• Day-to-Day (D2D): Flak has a luck range of 15 to a bad luck range of 10.
• CO Meter:
• CO Power: Brute Force - Flak's luck range changes to 40 luck and 20 bad luck. (Standard +10% defense.)
• Super CO Power: Barbaric Blow - Flak's luck range changes to 80 luck and 40 bad luck. (Standard +10% defense.)

In Advance Wars: Dual Strike

• Day-to-Day (D2D): Flak has a luck range of 25 to a bad luck range of 10.
• CO Meter:
• CO Power: Brute Force - Flak's luck range changes to 50 luck and 20 bad luck. (Standard +10% firepower and defense.)
• Super CO Power: Barbaric Blow - Flak's luck range changes to 90 luck and 40 bad luck. (Standard +10% firepower and defense.)

CO Powers

	English	Japanese	French	German	Spanish	Italian	Dutch	Chinese
CO Power	Brute Force	バーニングブロウ Burning Blow	Force brute	Barbarenschlag	Fuerza bruta	Forza Bruta	Brute kracht	-- --
Super CO Power	Barbaric Blow	ギガントブレイク Gigant Break	Coup du barbare	Brachialgewalt	Golpe Barbaro	Orda Barbarica	Barbaarse bestorming	-- --

Tag Affinities

Tag Partner	Stars	Firepower	English	Japanese	French	German	Spanish	Italian
Lash		+10%	Bruise Cruise	ブラックインパクト Black Impact	La tête et la bête	Gewaltausbrush	Impacto Profundo	Impatto Oscuro
Adder	None	+5%	Dual Strike	タッグブレイク Tag Break	Pouvoir relais	Doppel-Gabe	Ataque Dual	Virtù Doppia

Competitive Play

Unsurprisingly, as a CO designed to be deliberately underpowered, Flak is generally regarded to be among the worst COs for use in any remotely serious battle. Specializing in Luck damage is unreliable in it of itself, but there are two additional factors that further cement Flak's uselessness. He is one of the few COs to have bad Luck which can often undermine his damage output even when his good Luck is high. Additionally, he holds the dubious distinction of having CO Powers which can negatively impact the user. However, none of these can even compare to the fact that Flak is completely outclassed by Nell in nearly every conceivable way; she lacks bad Luck, her good Luck values are higher (with the exception of her maximum Day-to-Day Luck in Dual Strike), and her CO Powers cost just as much as Flak's.

Therefore, it is highly advised not to use Flak in any kind of competitive battle if one's primary goal is to win.

Trivia

• Flak is the only Black Hole CO unlocked by default in Advance Wars 2. All of the other Black Hole COs must be purchased for use via the Battle Maps shop.
• Despite Flak's extremely rude behavior towards the Orange Star COs, he sports no negative Tag Affinities with any Allied Nation CO. He shares this distinction with Adder.
  • Coincidentally, both COs are never present during the Campaign of Dual Strike.
• In Advance Wars 1+2: Re-Boot Camp, Flak mentions that he is bald due to one of Lash's previous experiments having gone wrong.

Gallery

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  Sprite in Advance Wars 2: Black Hole Rising

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  Sprite in Advance Wars: Dual Strike

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  Special Outfit in Advance Wars: Dual Strike

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  Wallpaper in Advance Wars: Dual Strike

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  Artwork in Advance Wars 1+2: Re-Boot Camp

References

Commanding Officers of Advance Wars
Orange Star	Andy Sami Max Nell Hachi Jake Rachel
Blue Moon	Olaf Grit Colin Sasha
Green Earth	Eagle Drake Jess Javier
Yellow Comet	Kanbei Sonja Sensei Grimm
Black Hole	Sturm Clone Andy Flak Lash Adder Hawke Jugger Koal Kindle Von Bolt