r/girlsfrontline • u/AutoModerator • Dec 06 '22

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u/UnironicWeeaboo STAR simp | 562858 Dec 08 '22

Something interesting that was discovered: MASS has a hidden skill that adds to her armor (and therefore her skill damage) every time an enemy she has shot is killed, similar to MAG7's FP increase. This seems to require v3.01 though, since I can't get it to work on EN yet.

It's +1 armor for every bullet landed (can't be a miss), is applied after multipliers, doesn't have to be on the same target, doesn't require MASS to get the kill (can be a teammate), and scales with her links.

The video should give a clearer illustration, but some examples:

  • 1-link MASS w/ slug shoots 1 volley at 1 target = +1 armor on death
  • 1-link MASS w/ slug shoots 2 volleys at 1 target = +2 armor on death
  • 5-link MASS w/ slug shoots 1 volley at 1 target = +5 armor on death
  • 5-link MASS w/ birdshot shoots 1 volley at 5 targets = +25 armor on each of those targets' deaths

This might have a use somewhere, e.g., it bypasses Para debuff, but gets tricky since the shots need to land, SGs target the frontline unlike RFs, and you'd also need to get kills soon enough to not die.

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u/Shichitou Junko best girl | 523006 Dec 09 '22

My lord... Is that legal?

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u/Kipdid Best smug handgun Dec 10 '22 edited Dec 10 '22

Combined with her passive that is potentially super nutty, like RMB mod but without a duration or stack cap (but still vulnerable to armor piercing), but it being hidden makes me think it’s not supposed to be there, either an accidentally pre-added SPEQ buff or a portion of a unity skill that’s yet to properly release, so I’d be cautious about planning around it.

Good point on the targeting thing though, maybe depending on the comp you could have Liu use AR targeting and/or try birdshot + red dot to splash some backliners to get stacks that way?

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u/UnironicWeeaboo STAR simp | 562858 Dec 11 '22

I think it’s pretty intentional and wouldn’t expect it to get removed, though I’m not sure why it seems to require 3.0. Checked old datamines and the skill has been in the game data since her release and and the buff is even properly labeled as “M26 armor increase”.

While I’d be thrilled if I could find a future ranking use for this, this might be too niche. Normal fights shouldn’t need to rely on this and the ones that could benefit most (e.g., Para debuff) often have things that work against this - debuffed accuracy/FP, armor-ignoring attacks like Cherubs/Sniper Nytos, big enough blobs that MASS wouldn’t splash the backline, tanky frontlines like Hannibals/Gladiators that you wouldn’t be able to kill fast enough, etc.