Overview
Armed with solid base stats, and a Skill that provides a massive boost to ROF, K31 is able to achieve combat performance near, or on par with the staples of RF echelons such as SVD and WA2000. Unlike her counterparts, K31 does need to mind her Accuracy due to her Skill’s sizable debuff, but Commanders can expect excellent performance from K31 without many special considerations.
Pros
Powerful ROF Buffing Skill
Excellent base ROF
Cons
Skill Debuffs Accuracy
Slightly Longer Initial Cooldown than Average
Full analysis
K31 puts a bit of a spin on the self buffing RF formula, sporting a massive 80% buff to her ROF at the expense of 35% Accuracy. Thanks to this buff, K31 can nearly cap her ROF with only one ROF buffing HG even if placed in position 1. This is possible due to her solid base ROF that sits at 39. While her slightly lower base Damage of 126 coupled with her Skill’s Accuracy debuff means that K31 will fall slightly behind WA2000’s daytime performance, K31 is nonetheless able to hold her own very well and can perform similarly to SVD in most situations thanks to her incredible Rate of Fire.
K31’s Skill, Emergency Speed’s Accuracy debuff is less of a problem than it sounds, as conventional armored enemies have no Evasion and her reduced Accuracy is still an impressive 53, which is sufficient to land hits on the vast majority of enemies. Pairing K31 with Accuracy boosting units such as M950A or SAA can patch up this issue, and commanders should keep this in mind when using K31 in upcoming content featuring armored enemies with Evasion such as Doppelsoldners, and avoid deploying her against unarmored foes at night.
As a 4-Star RF, K31 provides a 15% cooldown reduction to HGs in the positions directly in front of her, and in front and above her with her Tile Buff. While K31 will only provide this buff to one teammate, this is not an issue in most formations thanks to flexible positioning, as K31 is able to provide her buff from position 1 or 7.
Ultimately, K31 competes with SVD and WA2000 as a prime choice for ROF buffing RF Echelons. Despite her Accuracy debuff, K31’s solid combat performance exceeds budget options such as VM59, making her a solid investment should a commander choose to train her.