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Doll review

Overview

AS Val is a 4★ AR specialising in night battles. While toting an identical skill to 9A-91, the two couldn’t be further apart. While 9A-91 is a solid night AR option, AS Val simply falls flat on her face.

AS Val’s base stats are terrible. At time of writing, she has the lowest Damage of all ARs with average Rate of Fire and Accuracy. In all these aspects, she is inferior to 9A-91. She also has awful tile placement, buffing to the side of her rather than in front.

The base form of AS Val is simply not worth it in any aspect when 9A-91 exists and does literally everything that matters better. Yet, AS Val should still be raised. Why’s that? It’s because of her Digimind Upgrade that changes everything...

Pros

If anything positive can be said about the base form of AS Val, it’s that her skill, Damage Focus N, is still technically a great skill for night battles. This skill alone is still not worth using AS Val in her base form though.

Cons

Terrible Stats

AS Val’s Damage stat sits at an absolutely pitiful 39, the lowest amongst ARs. Her Accuracy of 49 and Rate of Fire of 75 are both fairly average for ARs. All of this combines to give AS Val very bad overall DPS.

Ineffective Tiles

The buffs on AS Val’s tile are actually very good, coming with 25% Damage and 10% Rate of Fire. The problem though is she buffs the tile above her in the column. Given that SMGs and ARs are never normally placed in the same column, this makes her tiles completely useless in practice

Mod review

Overview

AS Val MOD is such a massive turnaround from her base form that it’s almost unreal. She goes from being a terrible AR to a true powerhouse of night warfare. Provided that you have her ideal teammates, AS Val MOD at max potential is a sight to behold.

All her base faults are addressed. She now has a much better Damage stat thanks to her raw boost and Special Equipment. Her tiles now face forward, so her strong buffs can actually be used. The biggest addition though is her busted Skill 2, allowing her to completely forego using a PEQ at Night which skyrockets her DPS past the competition, even OTs-14.

The only notable drawback is that she does need a specific team comp to reach this max potential. She’ll still be strong when upgraded even without the ideal teammates, but not anywhere close to what she could be achieving.

AS Val MOD is overall phenomenal and is an upgrade that should be on everyone’s radar. Despite her rough start in GFL, she’s bounced back massively and this perky little AR will show you her true potential.

Pros

Incredible Skill 2

AS Val MOD’s Skill 2 is called Faith. This skill grants 3 seconds of perfect accuracy whenever AS Val receives a Damage boost. What is so crazy about this is it’s possible to combo a variety of Damage buffs to give AS Val almost constant perfect accuracy. For example, Python and a Fairy with the Fervor talent will give AS Val perfect accuracy for 19 of the first 20 seconds in a battle. This allows AS Val to use a VFL at Night which is a massive contribution to her DPS.

You can refer to this Google Sheet for specific details on the use of AS Val MOD’s Skill 2.

Much Improved Damage Stat

AS Val receives a hefty Damage boost overall. Her raw boosts from the upgrade in conjunction with her Special Equipment puts her up to a much better Damage stat of 47

Front Facing Tiles

AS Val now has a tile facing in front of her, allowing her to provide an SMG with a hefty offensive bonus of 25% Damage and 15% Rate of Fire

Cons

Rigid Team Requirements for Max Potential

Ideally, AS Val needs a team built around maximizing the uptime of her Skill 2. Depending on your roster, this can be tricky. Python for example is a Drop Only doll that not everyone might have. Thankfully, there is the more easily accessible alternative of M1895 MOD, though that still requires upgrading another doll.