Doll Info :: Ballista
Ballista
RF
#204
Type: RF
Rarity: 5 *
Obtainable from:
- • Limited-time campaign 【Singularity】Crate reward
Affects HG
- Increases skill cooldown rate by 18%
| Stat | Value (per dummy link) |
|---|---|
| HP | (x1) (x2) (x3) (x4) (x5) |
| RECOV | (x1) (x2) (x3) (x4) (x5) |
| DMG | |
| ROF | Max cap |
| ACC | |
| EVA | |
| CRIT % | % |
Equipment
Pending implementation
Falcon's Execution Grounds
ICD: S.
CD: S.
Doll review
Overview
Ballista is a multi-hit RF.
Ballista is a multi-hit RF, with a Skill description that does not even remotely match how she actually functions. Effectively, if Ballista is standing still and enemies are in range, she gains a multi-hit stack every 1.5s, which are used during Skill activation. Note that while Ballista performs better with Damage buffs due to her skill not scaling particularly well with Rate of Fire buffs, using her with a Rate of Fire buffer isn’t a big issue.
While this may seem similar to something like VSK-94 who gains 3 multi-shot stacks on activating her Skill, Ballista’s Skill has several significant drawbacks:
- If no enemies are in range or Ballista is moving, she cannot gain stacks.
- A much longer CD.
- Ballista’s attack targeting is half-random.
While Ballista’s random targeting isn’t preferable, it’s also not absolutely terrible.
The fact that her multi-hit charges are based on her having enemies in range and not moving is absolutely awful though. For example, if your Echelon has to move forward for a second or two at the start of battle, this means she gets at least 1 less multi-hit charge when she activates her Skill. This makes her simply far far too volatile to ever consider using. As such, Ballista is not recommended for use.
Full analysis
Ballista’s Skill does not work as described or how you’d expect, so here’s a rundown of how it actually works.
Marks:
- Applied every 1.5s while multihits are not active.
- Marks are two-fold: A “hit this target” marker on the enemy with a 20s duration and a “+1 multihit attack” marker on self with no duration.
- Enemy marks are applied randomly to enemies within Echelon range.
Multi-hit Skill:
- Stop marking enemies until Skill ends.
- Each attack will target the furthest enemy (ignores Taunt) and a marked target. If no marked targets exist, tiebreaker for the second attack is based on ID.
- Lasts until either the 6s timer runs out or multihit stacks run out. The visible “duration” in the HUD can be displayed even if no multihit stacks are remaining and the Skill is actually ended.
- When the Skill ends (through timer or stacks), fire one more shot.
Ballista is actually a multi-hit RF with random targeting for half her attacks.