I think her cycle is built around her Talent 1, needing to kill a lot of enemies during her skill to cycle faster; I think she may work better in a stage with a high priority target that is surrounded by cannon fodder than a stage like this that barely has any enemies. For me so far she looks to be on Executor Alter’s level, which is a good place to be in for a limited after the Wis’apocalypse
she's worse than him since she doesn't have survivability and versatility which made exalter stand out from the overpopulated guard class. feels more like gavialter ripoff
Her S3 seems really strong even at sl7. Like it is enough to solo Patriot P1 due to high dph, long enough skill duration and many consistent stuns. Imagine M3.
Her s3 suffers from the same rough start with each skill activation like Carnelian, but its kinda worse for her with her mandatory melee range to start the ramping stun and splash increase
He's quite helpful in RA for hunting, being able to drop the phantom wherever the goat runs two, or work on two things at once is a great efficiency booster if the big 2 FRDs have to go on a different mission
Stainless S3 would probably let her hit AoE stuns effectively, but right now her skill timing is probably set this way on purpose to make future waves easier to manage. SP recovery could be one possible tech to use with her.
She feels like a mob slayer which is weird for a new unit due to the dps powercreep that guards have been doing. She honestly feels like the same group of ops as Exec alter, Siege, and Saga. Constantly shredding lots of weak enemies. But she's cute too so I'll have to roll her.
Felt like year 1 ops. Early limited used to be a stun party like W and Rosmo. She is actually a really good 6*. But her "limited" title create a huge expectation which she doesn fulfill
She's worthy of being a six star but imo not worthy of being limited. She lacks flavor and all her skills just make her hit harder without adding much and she dosen't have the flair or uniqueness of other limiteds. If you could, how much ATK does her Guard buff give? Is it like Horn where it's justifiable to bring her SOLELY for the buff even if she dosen't slot well, or is it like 5-12%? S3 can potentially fail entirely if the enemies just stomp her quickly enough since she need 4-5 hits to go all out. S2 and it's random targetting can screw you over depending on the enemies.
@k_a4685 oof... well Guards already have high enough damage on their own so it's unnecessary most of the time but it's still a good buff to have around if you're running Guardknights (literally the most boring and most easy niche there is right now)
They do, though. W had her signature mines and S3, on top of a global situational damage amp on stunned targets and innate lower taunt, and was one of the few units to have it. Rosmontis was the only Flinger for a long while, and she has her additional hits on S2, stun, and S3 that gives her the clunky targetting priority and summons her "shields". Dusk had her freelings and attack effects. Nian, for a long time, was effectively the only other "offensive full-time defender" besides Hoshiguma, and was a good support thanks to her S3 giving everyone in a massive range one extra block, and her S2 offering silence as a counter-attack. Ling was ling. Her entire kit was unique. Ch'en offered a unique buff to ammo-based skills and had her watery terrain, on top of being one of the original gamebreakers of her time. Shu has her green tiles, double heals and teleportation, as well as her conditional talent 2. Chongyue is a swordmaster moonlighting as a brawler. S1 utilizes the charge system in a neat way, S2 has conditions for dealing massive damage, S3 is basically destreza but AOE. Eyjaberry has a global ranged S3 (unheard of at that time for medics.) S1 that could recover Elemental damage off enmities passively (unheard of, again, besides relics in IS or the drone bots in UT.). Skalter had her summon which, for two years, granted her pseudo global range and was the only one to have that, S1 that shared damage, and an actually good source of inspire that was virtually unchallenged until today (The only other contender at her time was Sora S2.) Nearlalter has her completely unique S2, a pseudo summon with S3 with true damage and her stun and more true damage on deployment. Muelsyse' entire kit is unique. Wis'adel has her summons, invisibility, the largest AOE in the game, and so many multipliers in her kit it's almost silly. Virtuosa made Necro damage actually viable, passively inflicted enemies with it in her range, and her S3 buff conditions were unseen before, on top of her giving a necro damage buff in her range and an S1 that completely changed the way she acts, and again another completely "buff" on S2 that allowed other operators to piggy back off her and inflict necrosis for her, potentially instantly if they had multihits. Gavialter could be genuinely used as a puller with S2 and was better than every dedicated puller with it except maybe Gladiia. S3 had a unique damage nullification that turned into DoT when the skill ended, and for the longest time was the only Operator that could organically, by their lonesome, reach 5 block. Texalter and YatoR single handedly redefined FRD operators. Specter alter is the only dollkeeper to actually be able to switch to her sub at will, had her original self's immortality, S1 that allowed her to switch HP percentages (both defensively and offensively, and again, no other operator has it.) as well as a unique S3 that relies on her activating it while low HP. The R6S operators are their own batch of crazy that I won't get into right now.
Tbh I feel like you are grasping for straws with half of these, but you do you I guess. Can't really argue about something as inherently vague as "unique".
Honestly, Ulpianus is coming. His single instance nuke on S3 is really more than enough to justify not raising Pepe (meta-wise anyways) Ulpianus is miles better than Pepe, possibly one of the best Guards in the game. Even without Gladiia, Ulpianus goes crazy on S3. If you need an AoE guard in your team, hes a great choice.
I mean gladiia is free so like at that point it's just you not building the only operator that will help him tons (and like she's a pseudo guard with her module so why not)
I’m guessing her S3 is meant to have ASPD buffs. She’s probably pretty good in SSS or IS with those buffs. Maybe with Aak she can shine way more, but the fact her S3 has no dmg multiplier (red numbers) makes buffing her less impactful. I guess her gigga ATK value partially makes up for that. Her SP recovery makes her more of a wave clearing operator (maybe good in Annihilation) but that’s really situational because big waves don’t usually appear in quick succession, which is what her kit appears to rely on.
Wait, does she get any aspd bonuses on her S3? Isn't that only for repeated activations of her S2? Also, her stun specifically seems absolutely cracked if enemies have a lengthy enough wind-up animation on their attacks, as neither the staff guys or the bosses could get any attack in while her S3 was up (The archer only managed to hit Phantom once Hammer dude went down and his aspd went up). Granted, most bosses nowadays are stun immune... but the same isn't true for elites I believe, and as she's an aoe guard that improves her cycle with enemies killed, she seems exceptional to deal with dangerous elites and enemy swams alike.
She doesnt really bring anything new to the table. I guess they wanted to make a Wisadel but ground edition but removed everything that made Wisadel broken. Her S3 range is horrible, the skill cycles are meh for a melee unit and she has nothing else going on other than damage. I mean she isnt bad as her DPH is very good but she isnt jaw dropping either. I would put her at same tier as someone like Gavial alter
This new archetype is just fucking redundant imo. Most guards have skills which does damage to multiple enemies already, and this aoe range isn’t all that crazy to warrant an entire new archetype. If you slapped her kit onto a dreadnaught it wouldn’t feel out of place
@@Khroniclas that interesting, my first time seeing a "this skill is to long" to an actual extreme. but fr though how long is her skill, is it twice as long as mlynar?
@@L_Nivale 12 seconds longer than Mlynar, she only has 3 more sp cost than him. So her cycle is longer but with greater uptime. If we look at Shu, her sp cost isnthe same but skill uptime is 10s less than Pepe. For reference some operators like Hoederer have insanely long skill lasting 70 seconds. Or Nightingale with 60 seconds. Pepe isn't quite that crazy, but her skill does last a bit longer than many of the operators we are used to like Mlynar, Gavial s3 and Reedalter. On the other hand Gavialter s2 has the same uptime with 10 less sp cost, but Gavialter s2 is way less strong than Pepe s3 so it feels fair?
@@Giovansbilly Yeah that helps, tho not sure how likely she is to actually get 14 kills. If she does then her cycle is faster than Gavialter s2 by a small amount which is not too shabby especially if you burst cycle.
well, Gavial also is limited so its not that easy to get her either way. I think Hoederer is a good substitute or Execalter. Ulpianus is definitely better tho
Her S3 is just like Exe Foedere but with stun, less potential DPS and different skill cycle (duration instead of bullets, auto recovery instead of offensive recovery)
Mid unit (for something released beyond like 2022) with a boring ah kit. People love the character and I can understand why but she's an ez skip in terms of gameplay imo. Hopefully Narantuya sucks as well so people can skip this entire banner. Though I do like Naratuya's design way more and wouldn't mind having her.
Storn also made his "thoughts on Narantuya" video. Watch it. Narantuya is actually good (I want to say her S2 is the better skill but I plannon M6 her)
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I think her cycle is built around her Talent 1, needing to kill a lot of enemies during her skill to cycle faster; I think she may work better in a stage with a high priority target that is surrounded by cannon fodder than a stage like this that barely has any enemies. For me so far she looks to be on Executor Alter’s level, which is a good place to be in for a limited after the Wis’apocalypse
she's worse than him since she doesn't have survivability and versatility which made exalter stand out from the overpopulated guard class. feels more like gavialter ripoff
@@user-mg4rc1qw6w also Exalter is non-limited, i feel the need to say that
Gonna have to be real with you, chief - I was here mostly to watch Pepe's cute wiggly tail.
now that I pay attention to her tail area, It looks like she’s wearing a diaper lol
Her S3 seems really strong even at sl7.
Like it is enough to solo Patriot P1 due to high dph, long enough skill duration and many consistent stuns.
Imagine M3.
I’m using her at M3
@@Storn_ What How??
@@etgamer16 instant m3 ticket, same for Narantuya
@@Storn_ ohhh I see
Kinda disappointing M3’s then, maybe Trust stat will make things better 🤥
@@Storn_ Woah that exists now? Well damn now I'm not sure if the showcase I saw on Patriot was sl7 anymore.
Her s3 suffers from the same rough start with each skill activation like Carnelian, but its kinda worse for her with her mandatory melee range to start the ramping stun and splash increase
Like mother like daughter after all
They’re all dork but lovely
She could have been worse than Mostima and id have still summoned. Need the cute cat
Mostima catching another stray here is wild
So happy that someone is still using phantoms until this very day beside me 🥺🥺
He's quite helpful in RA for hunting, being able to drop the phantom wherever the goat runs two, or work on two things at once is a great efficiency booster if the big 2 FRDs have to go on a different mission
i think her s3 and overall kit are designed for crowded stage, instead of low number stage like this
She feels like a centurion x splash caster/aoe sniper, a melee aoe unit without the "attacks enemies equal to block" niche
she's really good for a year 1 operator she feels like silverash
but she can solo patriot
@@lomeinpog pepe powercreeped silverash
She feel like what if siege was a guard kind of thing
I dont know if this comment aged good or bad xD
Stainless S3 would probably let her hit AoE stuns effectively, but right now her skill timing is probably set this way on purpose to make future waves easier to manage. SP recovery could be one possible tech to use with her.
She feels like a mob slayer which is weird for a new unit due to the dps powercreep that guards have been doing. She honestly feels like the same group of ops as Exec alter, Siege, and Saga. Constantly shredding lots of weak enemies. But she's cute too so I'll have to roll her.
Felt like year 1 ops. Early limited used to be a stun party like W and Rosmo. She is actually a really good 6*. But her "limited" title create a huge expectation which she doesn fulfill
She's worthy of being a six star but imo not worthy of being limited. She lacks flavor and all her skills just make her hit harder without adding much and she dosen't have the flair or uniqueness of other limiteds.
If you could, how much ATK does her Guard buff give? Is it like Horn where it's justifiable to bring her SOLELY for the buff even if she dosen't slot well, or is it like 5-12%?
S3 can potentially fail entirely if the enemies just stomp her quickly enough since she need 4-5 hits to go all out.
S2 and it's random targetting can screw you over depending on the enemies.
16%, 20% with potential
Most limited don't have any flair to them though.
@k_a4685 oof... well Guards already have high enough damage on their own so it's unnecessary most of the time but it's still a good buff to have around if you're running Guardknights (literally the most boring and most easy niche there is right now)
They do, though.
W had her signature mines and S3, on top of a global situational damage amp on stunned targets and innate lower taunt, and was one of the few units to have it.
Rosmontis was the only Flinger for a long while, and she has her additional hits on S2, stun, and S3 that gives her the clunky targetting priority and summons her "shields".
Dusk had her freelings and attack effects.
Nian, for a long time, was effectively the only other "offensive full-time defender" besides Hoshiguma, and was a good support thanks to her S3 giving everyone in a massive range one extra block, and her S2 offering silence as a counter-attack.
Ling was ling. Her entire kit was unique.
Ch'en offered a unique buff to ammo-based skills and had her watery terrain, on top of being one of the original gamebreakers of her time.
Shu has her green tiles, double heals and teleportation, as well as her conditional talent 2.
Chongyue is a swordmaster moonlighting as a brawler. S1 utilizes the charge system in a neat way, S2 has conditions for dealing massive damage, S3 is basically destreza but AOE.
Eyjaberry has a global ranged S3 (unheard of at that time for medics.) S1 that could recover Elemental damage off enmities passively (unheard of, again, besides relics in IS or the drone bots in UT.).
Skalter had her summon which, for two years, granted her pseudo global range and was the only one to have that, S1 that shared damage, and an actually good source of inspire that was virtually unchallenged until today (The only other contender at her time was Sora S2.)
Nearlalter has her completely unique S2, a pseudo summon with S3 with true damage and her stun and more true damage on deployment.
Muelsyse' entire kit is unique.
Wis'adel has her summons, invisibility, the largest AOE in the game, and so many multipliers in her kit it's almost silly.
Virtuosa made Necro damage actually viable, passively inflicted enemies with it in her range, and her S3 buff conditions were unseen before, on top of her giving a necro damage buff in her range and an S1 that completely changed the way she acts, and again another completely "buff" on S2 that allowed other operators to piggy back off her and inflict necrosis for her, potentially instantly if they had multihits.
Gavialter could be genuinely used as a puller with S2 and was better than every dedicated puller with it except maybe Gladiia. S3 had a unique damage nullification that turned into DoT when the skill ended, and for the longest time was the only Operator that could organically, by their lonesome, reach 5 block.
Texalter and YatoR single handedly redefined FRD operators.
Specter alter is the only dollkeeper to actually be able to switch to her sub at will, had her original self's immortality, S1 that allowed her to switch HP percentages (both defensively and offensively, and again, no other operator has it.) as well as a unique S3 that relies on her activating it while low HP.
The R6S operators are their own batch of crazy that I won't get into right now.
Tbh I feel like you are grasping for straws with half of these, but you do you I guess. Can't really argue about something as inherently vague as "unique".
Honestly, Ulpianus is coming. His single instance nuke on S3 is really more than enough to justify not raising Pepe (meta-wise anyways)
Ulpianus is miles better than Pepe, possibly one of the best Guards in the game. Even without Gladiia, Ulpianus goes crazy on S3.
If you need an AoE guard in your team, hes a great choice.
his survivablilty lacks than hoederer s3 though, for full potential I believe gladiia is necessary
bruh,try use him without gladdia
his survibility is worse than hoderer
I mean gladiia is free so like at that point it's just you not building the only operator that will help him tons (and like she's a pseudo guard with her module so why not)
I’m guessing her S3 is meant to have ASPD buffs. She’s probably pretty good in SSS or IS with those buffs. Maybe with Aak she can shine way more, but the fact her S3 has no dmg multiplier (red numbers) makes buffing her less impactful. I guess her gigga ATK value partially makes up for that.
Her SP recovery makes her more of a wave clearing operator (maybe good in Annihilation) but that’s really situational because big waves don’t usually appear in quick succession, which is what her kit appears to rely on.
mhmm... pairing her up with either Warfarin / Ptilopsis looks like a good idea to shorten her sp problem
Definitely a unique one, especially since there still no crowd control op that could offer huge atk and damage
Walter
As a player who does not care about meta, she is a must summon for me
Ok but how good is her with Stainless turrets 😅
weak limit:pepe
strong limit:phantom (in new module)
Only in IS sadly 😢
Shouldve made her green at least
what's the music
And Flexible, i Guess
Also, Pepe Silvia
what a stunning performance.. ehe
Wait, does she get any aspd bonuses on her S3? Isn't that only for repeated activations of her S2?
Also, her stun specifically seems absolutely cracked if enemies have a lengthy enough wind-up animation on their attacks, as neither the staff guys or the bosses could get any attack in while her S3 was up (The archer only managed to hit Phantom once Hammer dude went down and his aspd went up).
Granted, most bosses nowadays are stun immune... but the same isn't true for elites I believe, and as she's an aoe guard that improves her cycle with enemies killed, she seems exceptional to deal with dangerous elites and enemy swams alike.
big bang combo
She doesnt really bring anything new to the table. I guess they wanted to make a Wisadel but ground edition but removed everything that made Wisadel broken. Her S3 range is horrible, the skill cycles are meh for a melee unit and she has nothing else going on other than damage. I mean she isnt bad as her DPH is very good but she isnt jaw dropping either. I would put her at same tier as someone like Gavial alter
This new archetype is just fucking redundant imo. Most guards have skills which does damage to multiple enemies already, and this aoe range isn’t all that crazy to warrant an entire new archetype. If you slapped her kit onto a dreadnaught it wouldn’t feel out of place
@@oddacity5883 Pepe feels like she exists to exist. i mean she isnt bad but damn she brings legit nothing new
Maybe module will save her
@oyaoya5200 I think so... I think turning that 50% of their trait to 75% or hopefully atleast 100% would make it way more viable.
I would put her below Gavialter ngl
so pepe feels like old school operator with long downtime
Downtime isn't that bad actually, it is just that the uptime is so long that cycles can feel wonky.
@@Khroniclas that interesting, my first time seeing a "this skill is to long" to an actual extreme. but fr though how long is her skill, is it twice as long as mlynar?
@@L_Nivale 12 seconds longer than Mlynar, she only has 3 more sp cost than him. So her cycle is longer but with greater uptime.
If we look at Shu, her sp cost isnthe same but skill uptime is 10s less than Pepe.
For reference some operators like Hoederer have insanely long skill lasting 70 seconds. Or Nightingale with 60 seconds.
Pepe isn't quite that crazy, but her skill does last a bit longer than many of the operators we are used to like Mlynar, Gavial s3 and Reedalter.
On the other hand Gavialter s2 has the same uptime with 10 less sp cost, but Gavialter s2 is way less strong than Pepe s3 so it feels fair?
Pepe can also regain 1 SP for every enemy she kills during skill for up to 14
@@Giovansbilly Yeah that helps, tho not sure how likely she is to actually get 14 kills. If she does then her cycle is faster than Gavialter s2 by a small amount which is not too shabby especially if you burst cycle.
bgm?
Punishing Gray Raven - Out of my Hands
Welp instant pull because she is cute and she comes with boomerang sniper, one of the most funny archetype
Literally worse Gavialter for those who don't want to spark
well, Gavial also is limited so its not that easy to get her either way. I think Hoederer is a good substitute or Execalter.
Ulpianus is definitely better tho
song name?
Punish Gray Raven - Out of my Hands
Doesnt matter if she not meta. Cuteness is the go. Gonna pull anyeays...
Her S3 is just like Exe Foedere but with stun, less potential DPS and different skill cycle (duration instead of bullets, auto recovery instead of offensive recovery)
how about you try a different map for once
her so cute 😍😭😭
ES CATO XD
Mid unit (for something released beyond like 2022) with a boring ah kit. People love the character and I can understand why but she's an ez skip in terms of gameplay imo. Hopefully Narantuya sucks as well so people can skip this entire banner. Though I do like Naratuya's design way more and wouldn't mind having her.
Storn also made his "thoughts on Narantuya" video. Watch it. Narantuya is actually good (I want to say her S2 is the better skill but I plannon M6 her)