Doll Info :: Falcon
Falcon
RF
#256
Type: RF
Rarity: 3 *
Obtainable from:
- • March 2020 monthly login reward
Affects HG
- Increases skill cooldown rate by 12%
Affects HG
- Increases skill cooldown rate 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
Sunset Falcon
ICD: S.
CD: S.
Sunset Falcon
ICD: S.
CD: S.
Arpeggio Resonance
ICD: S.
CD: S.
Doll review
Overview
Falcon is a very unique login reward RF T-Doll who has a fixed magazine size of 2 rounds and needs to reload after spending her regular rounds. In this sense, she behaves more like an MG than an RF.
- In exchange for needing to reload, Falcon's normal attacks deal 1.5x Damage.
Falcon's theoretical DPS is actually not bad, but her attack pacing is extremely awkward due to her fixed rate of fire at 1 second per shot. This means she'll fire two shots at the start of battle (likely into enemy meat shields) and be stuck reloading when backline threats such as Jaegers come into range.
Increasing Falcon's RoF to improve reload speed has very poor returns: 100% RoF buffs result in only a 33% increase in effective DPS.
As a result of her strange kit, Falcon's performance suffers in practice and she is rarely used (aside from the specific whale usage of one-shotting beginner data with M1895Mod and Python to get onto the data sampling leaderboards).
Pros
Free and Cheap
Falcon is the March 2020 login T-Doll for GFL EN and is only 3 stars, meaning she's free to obtain and her Dummy Link cost is low.
Cons
Awkward Firing Pace
Falcon fires at a fixed rate of once every second and reloads when emptying her small 2-round Magazine, reminiscent of the ZVI Falcon's design in real life. In a real battle, her shots tend to go like this:
- (0s) Fires shot #1
- (1s) Fires shot #2, starts reloading (takes 2.8s without RoF buffs)
- (3.8s) Reload finishes
- (4.8s) Fires shot #3
- (6s) Fires her Skill, then immediately fires shot #4 afterward.
It's a very awkward attack cadence and means Falcon will usually empty her first magazine into low-threat meat shields as they tend to be the first enemies to enter player attack range. When higher value targets like Jaegers/Strikers come into range, Falcon would thus be reloading and contributing no DPS, causing the player to take unnecessary damage.
Low Skill Multiplier
Falcon's charged shot only has a 2.5x Damage multiplier. While it can critically strike, this still puts it far behind other charged-shot RFs like M82A1 or TAC-50 who don't have the demerit of a fixed slow Rate of Fire, making it hard for Falcon to deal enough damage to work in the assassination role that a charged-shot RF typically fills.
While Falcon does gain a Damage and Accuracy buff for holding onto her special bullets, this is detrimental to her DPS and is not recommended.
Does not work with Jericho
Jericho does not provide Falcon with any on-reload buffs despite her needing to reload like an MG. While this is probably a bug, this potentially fun interaction sadly doesn't work.
Mod review
Overview
Falcon is an oddball RF to begin with, having a fixed Rate of Fire and needing to reload like an MG does. Her Neural Upgrade aims to improve on her base form and while it technically achieves this and gives her a niche, there are simply far better options out there for that niche.
Her new Skill 2 is Arpeggio Resonance. This skill makes the special rounds fired from her S1 pierce enemies along its path and also knockback those affected. It also buffs allies in her column for a substantial 50% Rate of Fire which helps with her reload speed, though with a short lived 3 second duration. Besides this, it doesn’t receive much more than the usual array of stat buffs and upgrades to her tiles and Skill 1.
The niche of knockback is certainly not a bad one, but there are simply other options much more desirable for this. The most obvious one being LTLX who can knock back even enemies that are already attacking. There’s also the issue that she retains her Highest HP targeting on her Skill 1, meaning her pierce and knockback might not even hit a lot of enemies. Overall there really isn’t much of a reason to upgrade Falcon, but she can technically work fine. MOD2 is the recommended stopping point to unlock her knockback niche. She does have a good Special Equipment though, if only it was on any of the better RFs.
Her new Skill 2 is Arpeggio Resonance. This skill makes the special rounds fired from her S1 pierce enemies along its path and also knockback those affected. It also buffs allies in her column for a substantial 50% Rate of Fire which helps with her reload speed, though with a short lived 3 second duration. Besides this, it doesn’t receive much more than the usual array of stat buffs and upgrades to her tiles and Skill 1.
The niche of knockback is certainly not a bad one, but there are simply other options much more desirable for this. The most obvious one being LTLX who can knock back even enemies that are already attacking. There’s also the issue that she retains her Highest HP targeting on her Skill 1, meaning her pierce and knockback might not even hit a lot of enemies. Overall there really isn’t much of a reason to upgrade Falcon, but she can technically work fine. MOD2 is the recommended stopping point to unlock her knockback niche. She does have a good Special Equipment though, if only it was on any of the better RFs.