Doll Info :: SAR-21
SAR-21
Type: AR
Rarity: 4 *
Obtainable from:
- • Obtainable from standard production
- • Obtainable from heavy production
Affects SMG
- Increases damage by 20%
- Increases accuracy by 55%
| 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
Great Meteor Storm
ICD: S.
CD: S.
Doll review
Overview
SAR-21 shares a Skill with AUG that allows her to exceed the usual ROF cap at the expense of switching targets with every shot. Unfortunately for SAR, her stats leave much to be desired as they fall behind in Damage and Accuracy. While SAR does boast excellent ROF outside of her Skill’s active window, this does little to mitigate the rest of her issues. SAR’s tile buffs provide her some utility in formations looking to utilize Damage self-buff SMGs, but such formations are limited and SAR’s lower than average damage output offsets any additional DPS her tile buff may confer to SMGs.
Pros
Good Tile Buffs
Providing both Accuracy and Damage to all three tiles in front of her, SAR can be used in any echelon focusing on a damage dealing SMGs such as SR-3MP thanks to the ability to provide her tile buff from either position 4 or 7.
Cons
Poor Stats
Outside of her ROF, SAR sits at the bottom end of ARs due to the inability to improve either her Damage or Accuracy on her own.
Full analysis
SAR-21 joins AUG in having the unique ability to break the game’s Rate of Fire cap and sweeping the entire enemy echelon with fire. Unlike AUG, however, SAR’s tile buffs apply strictly to SMGs, and her stats are also straight up worse than her counterpart. Sitting at 44 base damage, SAR’s place is cemented in the bottom half of ARs in terms of base damage output, alongside her 46 accuracy. With upcoming content featuring enemies with increasing Armor and Evasion values, SAR’s struggle to deal damage will only increase. While a base RoF of 80 is fantastic, it does not synergize with SAR’s Skill which fixes her effective Rate of Fire at 150.
SAR’s supporting capability is quite good as she can occupy both the 4 and 7 positions and still provide buffs to Offtanks. In this regard, SAR is an excellent choice for echelons looking to utilize Damage self-buff SMGs such as SR-3MP; since SAR provides a hefty boost of 55% Accuracy and 20% Damage which is appreciated by both self-buff and grenade-based offtanks.
SAR’s Skill, Great Meteor Storm, functions identically to AUG’s Rain of Burial, although with one less second duration. The bump to 150 RoF means that SAR fires once every 10 frames, or three times per second, nearly doubling her base damage output. The downside, however, is that she enters Sweep mode which causes her to switch targets every shot. The forced target change means that when a single shot from SAR does not kill an enemy dummy link, they are left alive potentially forcing her tanks to take unnecessary damage. This problem is more pronounced at lower skill levels, as the accuracy penalty cuts further into SAR’s ability to do damage.
Overall, while SAR could serve as a possible replacement for Commanders lacking AUG, her inability to provide good DPS means SAR doesn’t make for a very good one.