Doll Info :: Bren
Bren
MG
#89
Type: MG
Rarity: 3 *
Obtainable from:
- • Obtainable from standard production
- • Obtainable from heavy production
- • Obtainable as a drop from normal battles
Affects SG
- Increases rate of fire by 10%
- Increases accuracy by 12%
Affects SG
- Increases rate of fire by 10%
- Increases accuracy by 15%
| 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
Lock and Load
ICD: S.
CD: S.
Lock and Load
ICD: S.
CD: S.
Interval of Strength
ICD: S.
CD: S.
Doll review
Overview
Bren is an MG that buffs her own Damage with her Skill on a long ICD.
MGs in general have several major issues that cause them to be ineffective for general content in comparison to ARs and RFs. They spend large amounts of time reloading, they have low Accuracy, and their targeting is random. Add in the fact that their supposed niche in “burst damage” only applies for the first few seconds of a fight, and a good RF or AR will outperform them shortly after Skills come into play, long before the fight is over. Bren does not alleviate any of these issues and as such, is not recommended for general use.
Mod review
Overview
MICA’s attempt to improve an awful MG, which is unsurprisingly underwhelming.
Bren Mod’s first neural upgrade provides the majority of her stat increases, taking her base Firepower stat to actually really good 96 by level 110. The usual skill improvement and tile improvement also come, but extra accuracy and 1 more round on skill are not as important.
Her skill 2 upon unlocking mod 2 is often considered to be the accuracy version of Negev, since it stacks additional accuracy and clip size after each reload, up to a maximum of 3 stacks.
Bren Mod’s mod 3 speq gives a boatload of firepower and accuracy and crit, probably to make up for how shit her base was.
So, if it wasn’t clear already, Bren Mod is an accuracy focused MG. Like, incredibly accuracy focused. Her skill 2 gives about a 52% accuracy increase at full stacks, but gives almost nothing in terms of raw DPS.
But as always, there are no fights where this would be remotely applicable. MGs should not be fighting evasive enemies in the first place, much less for long enough for Bren Mod to reload 3 times. Since she’s increasing her clip size each stack and her skill 1 Lock and Load also increases her clip size, the time it takes for each reload takes longer and longer. Even evasion-focused and high-hp enemies that drag the fight for a long time like Patrollers, where she should be specialized, have so much evasion that Bren’s final accuracy is laughable.
Her Lock and Load skill still gives a pathetic 30% firepower bonus, so her high firepower stat combined with extra from her special equipment would be her only contribution. In that sense her stopping point for neural upgrade would be mod 1, but if anyone is going to invest into her that much, they could just use other MGs that still completely outperform her like Lewis, or RPK-203.
Seriously don’t raise this unit, much less mod her.
Pros
Extremely High Base Firepower
97 firepower at base. With special equipment that reaches 102. Or use a regular EOT for 105 I guess. This is really really high for an MG. A shame it’s on Bren Mod.
Ludicrous Accuracy
34 base accuracy. With her special equipment, Bren Mod hits 64 accuracy at base, beating out most ARs and even some RFs. At maximum stats she reaches a ridiculous 97 accuracy.
Cons
Stacks Ineffective Stats
Bren Mod’s stacks provide accuracy and clip size. One is usually useless for MGs since they wouldn’t fight anything that evasive, much less for that long. The other actively slows down Bren Mod’s stacking speed.
Still a Lock & Load
Still has the worse 2nd volley skill due to lower overall DPS and damage output. This also compounds Bren Mod’s issue by also increasing her clip size.
Reaches Full Potential After You Die of Old Age
To reach maximum stacks Bren Mod has to reload 3 times. And this is an MG that increases her own clip size in two different ways and forces her to shoot longer before being able to reload, so any fight should be long over by then.
Low Clipsize
Despite all her methods of jacking up her ammo count, Bren Mod’s base clip size is still a miserable 8, so she makes a very small impact on the first volley.