GFVerse.info - Thompson

Tiles and aura

Affects AR

Increases damage by 12%
Increases evasion by 15%

Force Shield

ICD: CD:

[Active]: Grants self a barrier with a Defense value of 9999 (Max value of 9999), reducing incoming damage by a percentage (100% if at max Defense value) for ($time_value) seconds. [EQ Passive]: When equipped with "Thompson Exoskeleton", increase damage and critical hit rate based on percentage of HP lost. Additionally, targets will be Taunted while skill is active.

Skill level: 1

Doll review

Overview

Thompson is a 5★ Force Shield SMG with ridiculously high HP but also ridiculously low evasion. These factors make her a very specialized SMG rather than a generalist, and should be used only to fulfill certain niches rather than for daily use. While she is the best Force Shield SMG if you only look at pre-Mod, she pales in comparison with the other two because of their improvements.

Force Shields make you immune to almost all attacks for the duration of the skill, which gives it great potential. Very few dolls can achieve such easy immunity to deadly cut-in skill from bosses and surviving Golyats. The main downside being a low uptime and a long 8s ICD, it is very unlikely that you would be able to take full advantage of this skill outside of those very specific scenarios. It is clear that Thompson is a niche SMG and should only be raised for these specific situations alone.

Pros

Force Shield Invincibility

The Force Shield Skill provides Thompson with invulnerability on a timer, which when combined with her high HP pool provides her with excellent survivability over longer battles.

Cons

Low Base Evasion Among SMGs

Thompson has the second-lowest base Evasion among all SMGs. This weakness can be mitigated, though, by equipping Thompson with a high Evasion Exoskeleton to compensate.

Mod-less Force Shield SMG

Her competition in the Force Shielding niche (MP5 and G36c) both have mods that take different routes to overcoming the inherent weaknesses of Force Shielders.