Overview
M950A Mod offers three major advantages over her base self: an appropriate selection of buffed stats, a much-improved tile formation, and finally her incredible Skill 2.
Stats-wise, M950A gets the biggest buff from Mod 1 and 2, gaining 20 base HP and 8 Evasion. This is a significant survivability buff all on it’s own, along with a few assorted points in other stats.
In terms of Tile Buffs, M950A only picks up a tiny bit, now providing 32% RoF and 60% Accuracy. More importantly, she now covers all three tiles behind her, opening up flexible positioning considerably, and allowing M950A to function alongside Dolls such as HS2000 without any drawbacks, or provide an extra appreciated RoF buff to Python if both are used in the same team.
Soul LIVE! meanwhile, is the star of the show. This Skill comes in two parts, depending on the map location.
If on an allied node (blue on the map), Calico creates a debuff zone at the far edge of your Echelon’s engagement range as soon as Calico stops moving. As enemies enter this zone, they suffer a penalty to Evasion and move speed, with the movement speed debuff giving your echelon potentially more time to mow down enemies before they get in range to attack you. This debuff persists for six seconds after an enemy receives it, which is generally enough time for the RFs to seal the deal on the battle.
Soul LIVE! provides an entirely different effect when engaging on enemy-occupied or neutral nodes (this includes battles in non-map encounters like
Theater).
- M950A opens the battle by providing a small RoF buff to her allies. While small in magnitude, this buff serves to provide a small early kick to DPS.
- M950A then buffs the movement speed of all friendly units, meaning that RFs with Capes will move as fast as an SMG and all other Dolls run as fast as Handguns. This eases kiting considerably, lets you run up to faraway enemies faster, and generally makes in-battle movement of RFs a snap, making micro intensive battles considerably easier.
If you have her Gray Zone and Mod 3 SPEQs, both effects of Soul LIVE! will be active simultaneously.
Overall, Mod 1 is a good budget option because of the great upgrade to her tiles and skills for a low amount of FCCs, but Mod 2 is recommended for her Skill 2. Mod 3 is optional if you can also obtain her Gray Zone SPEQ, but is not recommended otherwise.