This video contains two matches I had with the recently buffed LV1 GM III Powered FA on Gundam Battle Operation 2. It is a 500 cost support with multiple instant staggers, good stun accumulation, outstanding burst damage, solid durability and even nice mobility. It has few weaknesses but these would lay in the difficulty of managing 8 weapons, long overheat time on beam rifle and an awkward firing angle for chest missiles. This recent buff made it possible to instant stun 3 times in a row and also dramatically increased stun accumulation potential, so FA GM III has few downsides now. Both these matches went really well I think, the second was more stompy but I think I showed off just how well FA GM III can nuke with its 3 stuns now. I hope that you enjoy watching!
The primary weapon of FA GM III is a beam rifle with 800x2 (1500x2) power, 40%x2 (100%) heat, 1.7 seconds cooldown, 25 seconds overheat, 0.5 seconds swap time, 350m (400m) range, 4 seconds focus time and 20%x2 (40%x2) stagger value. Uncharged shots have poor performance but charged shots instantly stun with great damage. It instantly overheats, but you can combo into the beam cannon and waist grenades to stun 3 times and do huge burst damage.
Its primary melee weapon is an arm beam saber with 2300 power, 2.5 seconds cooldown, 0.77 seconds swap time and standard modifiers. FA GM III lacks balancers, but if you can approach with your great stuns then it is possible to do a huge damage combo by making use of LV5 Enhanced Tackle and LV1 Interrupt Tackle.
Its first sub weapon is a back beam cannon with 2000 power, 90% heat, 4.5 seconds cooldown, 20 seconds overheat, 1 second swap time, 400m range and 20% stagger value. This has high heat and long overheat, but solid damage and faster swap time than most cannons. This will be your primary combo starter when the beam rifle is cooling off.
Its second sub weapon is a chest missile launcher with 100x2 power, 20 ammo, 300 RPM, 14 seconds reload, 0.5 seconds swap, 400m range, 1000 DPS and 15%x2 stagger value. This has only modest damage output and an awkward firing arc, but it has immense stagger value which can easily stop incoming MS.
Its third sub weapon is a shoulder missile pod with 300 power, 12 ammo, 300 RPM, 15 seconds reload, 0.5 seconds swap, 350m range, 1500 DPS and 1% stagger value. This has non-existent stagger value, but high power which makes it a great combo ender or damage pump tool on downed enemies.
Its fourth sub weapon is a waist grenade launcher with 800x2 power, 6 ammo, 6 seconds cooldown, 18 seconds reload, 0.77 seconds swap time, 300m range and 10%x2 stagger value. This has decent damage and splash radius while also having fast swap time and instantly staggering. This can even combo into melee at close enough range, though it stops to fire.
Its fifth sub weapon is a fire missile launcher with 250 power, 12 ammo, 255 RPM, 22 seconds reload, 0.5 seconds swap, 400m range, 1063 DPS, 300x5 fire damage and 5% stagger value. This stops to fire and has an insanely awkward arc, the fire damage isn't too much either. It isn't worth using really.
Its sixth sub weapon is an electric field grenade launcher with 300x8 power, 5 ammo, 5 seconds cooldown, 18 seconds reload, 0.77 seconds swap, 400m range and 17%x8 stagger value. This launches an AoE electric field that does constant damage and stagger value. Good for ending combos or launching into crowds.
The LV1 FA GM III has 18000 HP, 20 ballistic resist, 24 beam resist and 22 melee resist. This is highly durable for 500 cost and it also has 10%-15% buffers for legs, arms and its back. This is even greater at 550 cost where the LV2 gets +9/10/9 to its defences to become nearly invincible.
It also has 115 walk speed, 185 boost speed, 70 thrust and 60 turning speed. Although it lacks Forced Injectors, it has relatively high mobility with enough boosting speed and thrust to easily traverse the map to be right alongside the frontline.
Overall I think that the FA GM III has became a menace since these buffs. It basically has everything you could want in a support with 3 instant staggers, great accumulation, huge damage, good enough mobility and enough durability to withstand any general getting too cocky in melee range. It can easily restrain enemies with its instant stagger ability to set up for allies, but even without allies capitalizing on these set ups, the FA GM III can absolutely nuke any general with stagger follow-ups from the shoulder missile pod or electric field grenade launcher. Melee is more doable than you might expect considering the stop to fire and lack of balancers since you will often be right up in the frontline anyway with plenty of staggers to set up melee. It is a hard to learn support due to how split up the loadout is in function, but I can highly recommend it. Thanks for watching, hope that you enjoyed it!
Music used:
Ace Combat 2, Lightning Speed
Dynasty Warriors Gundam 2, A Good Thing Is Possible
23 фев 2023
