Overview

AUG's slow fall from grace of is finally complete with the arrival of Angelica, who has the audacity to not only wield AUG’s weapon, but also stats, tile buffs, and most of her Skill's effects.

This provides Angelica with a solid base to apply changes to, of which most have been positive. The small improvements to this kit add up, allowing Angelica to eclipse AUG in almost every way. 

Angelica’s Skill, Extreme Shooting, comes in two parts.

• First, a passive buff increases her Damage by 12% at the start of battle, decreasing by 2% every 2 seconds. This refreshes every 10 seconds.
  • This offers a nice pre-Skill DPS boost, but unfortunately doesn’t sync up well with Angelica's Active Skill very well.
• Her Active component is nearly identical to AUG’s Funeral Rain, which sets Angelica’s RoF to a blistering 150 for 5 seconds.
  • There is an Accuracy penalty depending on Skill level, although this is fully negated at Skill Level 10, so maxing Angelica's skill will be useful to get the best results from her.

With a favorably short 4 second initial cooldown, Angelica’s full DPS potential is achieved early on in battle, and she's not held back by the random targeting gimmick that afflicts AUG or SAR-21. This means Angelica can focus that potential DPS to get the most out of her impressive Rate of Fire.

Compared to other DPS ARs with insane multipliers like G11, AN-94, or M4A1 Mod, Angelica will fall somewhat behind, but she still performs extraordinarily well compared to the average 5-star AR. Angelica's burst potential remains excellent and early Skill activation keeps her competitive in DPS, especially when armor is not involved. 

Angelica’s advantages extend to Special Equipment, which replaces an Exoskeleton and provides +5 Damage in addition to the usual Evasion, another small tweak that helps Angelica to stand out, not only from AUG but in the exceedingly crowded field of high end DPS ARs. 

Angelica's Long-Term Viability

Upcoming events such as Shattered Connexion and Polarized Light have greater demands for RoF ARs, giving Angelica the potential to stand out. For newer Commanders, Angelica offers a powerful, easily obtained AR that can help round out their rosters going into the midgame. 

Angelica is nevertheless stepping into a crowded field of DPS ARs, and even with her unique strengths, she may struggle to stand out from the pack for players with already well developed AR rosters. Since the GFL EN server is going to unlock her earlier relative to other servers, Angelica may actually see use in content she was previously unavailable in - only time will tell.