Type: SMG
Rarity: 4
Obtainable from:
Affects AR
ICD: CD:
When the team leader is not present, increase self evasion by ($eva_value)% for ($duration) seconds. When the team leader is present, increase the leader's rate of fire by ($rof_value)% for ($duration) seconds. While the skill is active, every instance of damage dealt by the leader's normal attacks on enemy units increases the users evasion by +4 points, lasting ($duration) seconds and capping at 200 points. When accumulated evasion reaches the 200-point cap, allies on buff tiles deal ($amp_value)% more damage for 3 seconds. This damage buff can only be triggered once per skill use.
APC9K is an SMG with a very HG-esque Skill if someone else than her is the Echelon Leader. If she is the Leader or there is no Leader, she simply works like an Evasion self-buffer. She also gains up to 200 flat Evasion based on how many times the Leader hits a target during her Skill. If she reaches the max Evasion from this, she buffs Dolls on her tiles with 20% Damage for 3 seconds (this is a tilescan, and you can see the affected tiles visually when it triggers).
180% Evasion isn't that outstanding by SMG standards, and if you actually want an Evasion Tank you could just go look at Suomi's Mod.
As such, APC9K's main appeal is the massive RoF buff for the Leader. 40% RoF is very high, with a 5/8 uptime. This Skill lends itself directly to Exodia comps, and as such APC9K would mostly fit in to use with M4A1 Mod or Hanyang Mod.
The flat Evasion buff stacks up really quickly, and combined with her base Evasion and equipment, she should easily reach 300 Evasion very quickly and stay there, provided the Leader keeps hitting targets.
40% is absolutely massive. The uptime is also quite decent.
Up to 200 flat Evasion is actually incredible. Most enemy cleanses and debuffs are only for multiplicative buffs, meaning this will still give her up to +200 Evasion after such calculations.
The flat Evasion buffs do not function if an enemy is entirely immune to damage through damage toggle (hi Target Practice), but does work if the enemy has 100% Force Shields... Mica plz.