Continuing from last week, a new aircraft manufactured by Teikoku Kogyo, Merlin, has been added to the environment dominated by line aircraft and Valhalla aircraft. As a result, the synergistic effect of Line’s “Quantization” frame effect, Uru’s “Irving Barrier” attack nullification, and Merlin’s frame effect “Prophet” (hereinafter referred to as Prophet) is rampant. It has become an ultra-durable environment where it is not uncommon for both sides to run out of time with zero kills.
aircraft adoption rate
1st place: Nightmare MK3…20.8%
basic information Affiliated faction: Rhine Federation Durability: 7200Feature: Evade attacks once per second with frame effect. Also, once per second, it generates an afterimage in the opposite direction of the aircraft’s movement, guiding enemy targets towards it.
2nd place: Ur…14.6%
basic information Affiliated faction: Valhalla Alliance Durability: 6800 Feature: Machine action “Irving Barrier” gives all allies a barrier that nullifies 10 hits of all attacks.
3rd place: Snowflake MK3…13.6%
basic information Affiliated faction: Valhalla Alliance Durability: 7200 Characteristics: Evades attacks once per second with frame effect, and enters Snow Elf mode which negates fighting attribute attacks after evading 10 attacks.
5th place: Merlin…11.9%
basic informationAffiliation: Empire of Great Britain Durability: 6800 Features: Frame effect gives one prophecy count per second to all opponents. One prophecy count is consumed when Merlin receives damage, and three prophecies are consumed on other aircraft to nullify the attack.
In order to survive in the current environment, it will be necessary to take these factors into consideration when creating a team.
Possible countermeasures are listed below.
Current environmental measures
uses an aircraft with attacks that have a large number of hitsThe Prophet has the ability to accumulate prophecy counts on the opponent’s side and negate attacks by consuming them, so the machines with relatively more moves are less susceptible to the effects. The reason why the usage rate of Tengon Kai has increased slightly is probably due to this consideration. Other aircraft that could be used include Lance Fish, Tenchu Kai, and New Arhan EX.
11th place: Heavenly right…2%
basic information Affiliated faction: Kunlun Institute Durability: 6400 Characteristics: Has a large number of hits, and has armament and aircraft behavior that make it easy to stop enemy movements. It has a frame effect, stealth effect, resonance effect, and a chance to nullify melee attacks, and has high survivability.
concentrates attacks on one
Using Yuma Shinohara’s skill “Attack Command”, he concentrates his attacks on one enemy, reduces them one by one, and aims to win by judgment when time runs out. From the fact that Yuma Shinohara is increasing in the number of pilots hired, it can be inferred that they were introduced with the same intention. Also, when concentrating attacks, you can improve efficiency by using a machine that has warp behavior, and by using a pet such as “Bino” in Yuma Shinohara’s formation.
pilot adoption rate 11th: Yuma Shinohara…1.5%
basic information Various status (Lv95)
Shooting: 682
Fighting: 672
Defense:724
Reaction:682Characteristics: The skill “Attack Command” gives a concentrated attack command to all allies once every 5 seconds.
Lasts for 3 seconds at skill level 15. It also has other skills that have powerful support effects.
employs skills that are not affected by Prophet’s effects.Tests have shown that Prophet cannot negate skill effects that do not have attack hit detection. Examples include Wiora’s skill “Nameless” (hereinafter referred to as Nameless) and Haya’s skill “Kick Out”. In particular, Nameless seems to be able to absorb the accumulated prophecy count with its effect of continuously dealing damage, and once it is activated, it is extremely effective as Wiorra becomes virtually immune to Prophet’s effects.
pilot recruitment rate extra: Wiora
basic information Various status (Lv95)
Shooting: 703
Fight:744
Defense: 651
Reaction:765Features: Active skill “Nameless” deals damage at a rate proportional to maximum durability every second.
Extra
using attoLooking at the data, Hell, which was the reason for Ato’s exit from the environment, is on the decline. This is probably because Merlin’s main pilot candidate is Helya, which makes it difficult to employ Hel, whose vulnerability is difficult to cover for anyone other than Helya, and because Merlin himself can have a meta effect against Ato, although not as much as Hel, by giving prophecy counts to his clones. In any case, due to the decrease in Hell, it has become easier to employ Atto, although it is limited to attack formations, so it has become easier to take the option of crushing enemies with Atto’s quantity only in attack formations. It would be a good idea to prepare an attack-only formation that includes Atto and the above-mentioned countermeasures, separate from the main formation.
Extra: At
basic information Affiliated faction: Drifter (Faction technology: Ancient) Durability: 7200 Features: Generates 5 clones using the machine’s action “Phase Projection”. The clone is also affected by Merlin’s prophecy count, but it is extremely powerful because it simply gives you an instantaneous advantage in unit numbers.
at the end
This data is just the data immediately after the implementation of Merlin, and it is expected that the adoption rate of Merlin will further increase in the future. In line with this, it is expected that the number of formations that incorporate the above-mentioned measures against Merlin will increase, and there will also be a need to consider formations that are compatible with this.
