Overview
MG3 Mod’s niche is simple: She’s an MG that can pierce HP Shields, which is quite the rarity. Her new Skill 2 makes all her shots do this, so nothing special is even required. She’s also an MG that can actually hit things at night. Her Skill 2 also grants her a flat 5 points of Accuracy for 10 seconds after every single shot up to 30 times. This is after the Night Penalty already takes effect, so she’ll become highly accurate even at night after just a few seconds of shooting. If you get her to her max stacks of 30, she even gets a Crit Damage and Movement boost for the rest of the battle. This basically offsets the damage penalty of the Infinite Ammo Box SPEQ.
Speaking of that, if you want to use MG3 Mod, now’s the time to go and get that piece of equipment. Because of the stacks lasting only 10 seconds, the Infinite Ammo Box is completely required for her to reach the peak of 30 stacks.
The niche of a MG that pierces HP shields and can perform accurately at night by herself is not one you really need often, but it’s still something that can come in handy on occasions. The niche of nighttime accuracy can be covered elsewhere, most notably with
Nova and
M240L. She does still suffer in other areas too, such as no armour boosts on her tiles, but nevertheless she actually has a use now.
Take her to Mod II minimum for the Skill 2. Mod III does offer a pretty good VFL upgrade, but you don’t need it for MG3 to do her thing.