Cool cat. However, Max HP +80%, ATK +260%. Immediately throws an anchor forward, stopping when hitting a target or reaching the max distance, dealing 160% of ATK as Physical damage to all nearby enemies and Stunning them for 6 seconds. If the anchor stops on a tile he can deploy on, Ulpianus will Move to that tile. Skill can be manually deactivated; when skill ends, Ulpianus returns to his original position
Agreed. Personally though, Immediately loses 50% of current HP and gains a Barrier equal to 120% Max HP; ATK +170%, Block +1, and attacks all blocked enemies The Barrier can stack up to 2x Max HP, and gradually depletes after the skill ends
1:30 the fact that she can’t hit air at least isn’t a concern if this was early days Arknights lol. so many operators now can do everything on their own.
It's additive on an already massive base like his it's a bit redundant. Also I think skadi boost him 20%+ but her buff isn't as impactful as andreana's +20 aspd
@@kokodayoo-ch With module there will be no need to deploy Pepe and % of +ATK will be 24 or more, I hope. Guardknights are coming. I hope her module would add smth else tho, like stronger shockwave or whatever
It will be more impatcfull when ulpi got atk scale mod like centurion/aoe guard mod, since currently he have already hugh atk and atk buff that any little addition just got diluted
she has bad parts on her kit i agree but saying she gets limited further by not being able to hit air enemis is a silly point mountain or blaze dont hit air enemies either its simply not a requirement for a lane holder
Able to hit air will atleast get her bonus point on her. Currently the only meta ops that can lanehold that hit air is just degen (swordmaster is really good at mowing down low def mob with their double hit). There are non meta like qiubai (who can deal art which is not many 6 star laneholder can do) and thorn (high dps but low dph anti air with poison which perfect for dealing enemy that need multi hit requirement). Both stil provide unique stuff aside from air. Pepe s2 seems like bad copy of gavialter s2, and has too many downside which pretty questionale why her s3 cant even be turned off manually so dont need to wait the long time onskill hitting nothing
@@Eusthasia I've been playing since launch month and still know nothing of what people consider 'Meta', but Jessicalter can lanehold and hit air as well. As for the comparing Pepe thing, Oh well, she might not be meta defining or whatever, but she still looks like she could be fun to use. The entire concept of a meta that one 'must obey' is kind of rediculous for Arknights where most strategies can be viable, and you are encouraged to just have fun and use who you want to use.
@ziitania9939 meta is usually "delete button" skill I guess. I also doesn't understand why chase meta, especially now when you can just take friend's or your own Walter and brute force stages, I don't think any more meta ops are needed for that
11:50 well, eyjafjalla also his talent that enhances the attack of the casters requires that it be deployed It's her module that changes that to just having her in the squad, so there is hope for Pepe (I think she doesn't have a module?)
the problem is, eyja is really great to use even for nowdays gameplay so even if you need to deploy her it won't be a big issue since you can clear the wave faster. But things aren't like that with pepe, although she is good she isn't great enough to waste 1 of your deploy limit, if you play CC this will concern a lot
Yeah Earthshakers are fairly recent, no module yet. But they are so clunky & not remarkable that they need it ASAP. But even then, thinking it'll be enough to fix anything feels like hard copium...
@@EusthasiaHorn being 1 of the few trebuchet Ops is a perk to consider. She did game break that last stage in the Theresa event with the 13(?) clumped up assassins.
Most of these "weaknesses" are only relevant for low op clears or super high end content. Like yes, wow, a guard cant hit air...its almost like thats normal for the vast majority of guards. We have snipers made specifically for that purpose. Oh no, she has no utility and only does damage...just like most of the other guards as well. Most ops dont have crowd control or some other utility AND uber DPS
The hate is just because she's not as broken as recent operators. She's solid, Gavialter levels of solid and even better. But hey, who cares about Gavialter when Walter, Mlynar, Ray, Logos and Degen exists lol (even Degen isn't used as much because "DEGEN BAD CUZ FUTURE CONTENT INMUNITY TO FRIGHT DEBUFF XDDLOL"
Thank you, that litteraly what I was thinking when watching the vid. I can't believe that bro make not hitting air like a downside when a few weeks ago he was shilling hard ulpianus and exalter who can't either.
@@SilentSpica Firstly, idk why you're even comparing them, they're apples to oranges. Pepe does big numbers, but she's single target atk, block 2, and her first 2 skills are random targeting, her splash damage isn't even reliable and will leak depending on the crowd type or she doesn't gain enough sp; if anything she's more for specific targets with S3. Gavialt is at least aoe and consistent and does her job as a laneholder; whether you want her for survival or otherwise, and while isn't broken but at least synergizes with her own kit.
When Storn speaks, I listen. As someone who just got FedEx and tested things out, FedEx just feels like the better lane holder/AOE DPS over Pepe. I'm mentioning FedEx because that first stage was the perfect FedEx map to make a side by side comparison. Overall, I'm still debating because I want Narantuya but I'm willing to pass so I can guarantee Nymph for elemental shenanigans.
@maihung5512 The same goes to Casters in a similar way, because if they don't come with Res Shred, some people already start throwing tomatoes. Like the game can't have a non-broken operator anymore.
@@Thalliet lappy alter has no res shred, but in fairness her damage is nuts and shes a pretty popular character already. anything else and yeah, the op is usually frowned upon
@absolutegei1805 Yeah, I don't even understand all the hype of Laptop, but who am i to judge? I'm looking forward for the 6★ of a somewhat flawed archetype mostly because i love how silly and cute she's.
the reason I want her is S3, physical attack that so absurd that any kind of defence can't counter it lmao (and stuns, free real estate for Ash? lmao), at any rate, its a cheerful and fun operator, thats all there is for old player like me (performance still comes first, and her S3 is in my book)
Man, I feel like I typed that myself lol. Been trying to resurrect our poor Ash for years. And yeah, for year 4 dokutahs like me, who cares? Lmao. I got more Ops and pulls than I know what to do with. I just pull on limiteds cos I'm not taking 3 years again just to save enough to pull all my missed limited Ops from B4 I joined.
It says something about role creep and the absolute state of 6 stars that "needs help to hold lanes they aren't in", "doesn’t hit air", and "focuses on maximizing damage output" are seen as big enough problems to consider skipping a melee Guard. I was going to skip her (for non-gameplay reasons) but sometimes I wonder about how it came to this.
Videos like this are more for f2ps since whales are gonna pull regardless. Whether you like it or not we ain't gonna have sufficient currency to pull on every banner, thus operators are valued at how much they can contribute individually. Ofc not every f2p is like this and some will occasionally pull on weaker characters they find interesting once in a while.
its because we have a meta. If people didn't openly talk about meta's people would only pull on characters they like, which would force unorthodox approaches to content, but apparently we need people telling us who to use and they get paid for it. that isn't a dig as Storn, I like most of their content, but many content creators just rinse money from op reviews.
Well thank God AK is AK, where there are only 4 (predictable) limited Ops per year, so even $5 card spenders can afford to pull every time. I have no real urgency or FOMO to pull any Op whatsoever, bc I know they'll almost always spook me "for free" during my quarterly pull extravaganza anyway. So who tf gives a sh? Lmao. Goldfish will pull, whales won't even think. Who is this break down for?
Pepe seems like Spalter where the devs have a module in mind and designed her specifically with it in mind. Spalter being a sidegrade at best to her 5 star guard form and even now "don't bother raising her if you don't plan for one of her tier 3 modules". I'm pulling because limited are a pain to get later, plus Narantuya is goated. If anything Pepe S1 looks interesting since we have had several cold/freeze stages in the past year with anni 27 being an upcoming freeze stage.
Ngl i kinda tired of that Spalter slander. Like have you actually used her? I did quite a lot, and from expirience i can say that she's WAY more universal and comfy then her 5* version. Her s2 immortality didn't get buff because it was strong enough already, and instead of block-count aoe she got true aoe in bigger range with speed debuff on doll. And that module argument bruh, sure it gives her more value compared to other operators, but don't you want to at least unlock module for operators you use and max it for those who you use often anyway? If you are late game docutah you kinda should have enough resourses for that, and if you aren't, then you shouldn't be able to clear content you need that module buff for anyway. When i maxed Spalter's module it wasn't because she was struggling without it, it was because i was impressed with her performance already.
@@Giovansbilly Kinda, i think that if her mod will give her more sp per kill and increase the sp cap a bit or increase her guard buff and remove deployment condition then she can be more viable, but we have a fair share of melee aoe phys dmg operators already and her only uniqueness is a mediocre guard buff so if i'll get her i probably won't be raising her because i have ops who can do that already.
Sadly, her event is a Side Story. I noticed that this is the first time the in game Notice splash art has stated that. So that's why all Summer events have been in the Side Story tab: unlike Intermezzi, they're not central to nor move the grand arc forward.
*Friends in Discord telling me to not pull Pepe with math datas and screenshot evidence or sum shit* *Me thinking Pepe is pretty cute and I love me a hammer character while not paying much attention to 4 people speaking at once in VC* Me: "In conclusion..........I should pull her?" Friends: "NOOOOOOOOOOO-"
it's so funny though, we also got Toya's VA in arknights and now nene's.. guess the duo's back at playing games again lol (i really wanna know if theres any other pjsk VA's in arknights)
...So her kit is random bonks, big bonks and a medium small atk buff just for existing on field... I have Ulpi, Thorns and Degen so another dps guard isn't needed and the atk buff isn't that big a deal even if its nice. I'm kinda surprised she doesn't have some sort of elemental damage resistance or environmental effect ignore considering her first appearance was in reclamation Algorithm and her whole shtick is being a wandering archeologist/ tomb raider.
Thanks for the write up, honestly. I didn't play RA1 at all, I purposely ignore spoilers about future Ops' kits, and you're break down makes sense. I was wondering just what sort of little rat activities she was getting into, from the little I saw of her event trailer lol.
She can fucking melt patriot without any support. And can possibly kill every story boss given minimal support. (I shit you not. SHE APPARENTLY SURVIVE’S AAK S3 AT E1 LEVEL 65! DO NOT UNDERESTIMATE THE DAMAGE SHE CAN DEAL!)
We've been spoiled by all the operators who just ignore their class weaknesses, so people who think all but the top 10 operators in the game are worthless can't overlook things like that. Wisadel can hit air, Degen's best skill isn't offensive charging, Ulpianus has Defense... the bar has been raised to only include operators who don't have any weaknesses, not even weaknesses inherent to their class or archetype.
@@fieldrequired283 btw, Ulpianus doesn't have defense...like at all. But he does have a knocking 11k hp and 4k damage so i don't think he needs that anyway.
@@SoferPaDacie Of course, he has "technically not defense" which is like defense but better in every way that matters. Flat damage mitigation that applies per hit and works against physical damage. Exactly all of the traits that are useful about defense. It just _also_ works against arts and true damage and lets you turn DoT effects into free healing.
@@sukidevil Meh I went full AH. Plus Thorns. Plus Texas and Yato. ;A; It worked, but now I need that item that stops the 25 second stun in the Iron Ore area, please help
They should have made her a 6* flinger operator with a camouflage talent and given her an S3 that deletes the whole map and can target flying enemies. She's literally unusable like this.
The random targeting makes sense given her archetype, even if it's ultimately more of a downside than an upside: since she does full damage to her main target and 50% to nearby targets, she can more efficiently clear a cluster of identical enemies by spreading out her attacks. That said, due to the other mechanics of the game (such as block count and enemies attacking back), it may still have been better for her to focus down one enemy at a time, even if that means it takes a little bit longer to fully clear a wave. Great video; the clears in question look like they did a great job highlighting her strengths and weaknesses. I liked the analysis (with just a minor quibble about making the comparison to Wis'adel... it's a good thing not every new operator is as good as Wis'adel... I think I personally would have pointed out how many Guards can help with anti-air duty) a lot. That said, she could be the worst operator in the game, and I'd still pull for one of Namie's kids.
Fsr range operators are more satisfying to use, it doesn't even matter if unit has big numbers, sometimes its just boring. Among all ground operators I like Jessica Alter the most for some unknown reasons in terms of balance and gameplay
Counterpoint: I have all three summer limiteds fully maximized (P6, L90, M9, mod3 in Gavial's case, and Eyja and Ch'en's mod3 mats are already prefarmed as well). And the fourth isn't going to break the trend.
Personally i don't dislike her kit,design or even Namie herself.I just prioritize operator like Nymph,Lappland Alter and Suzumon later down the line cause i really broke from Waltuh banner and still not recover from there
@SilentSpica ok i ask you this instead,if you already have this top meta character are you stop pulling until the game closing their server?no right?Where the fun in that?
Even if you remove Walter from the game, Pepe performs worse than year one 6*.Dusk level of limited, without being a Sui sibling for Shu buff. Let's not lie to ourselves, pulling for her is all bout liking her voice/art and putting her in your main menu at best.
@@ipatchymakouli415 The main issue with her is that she lacks any way of self-sustain. You're overexaggerating, she's pretty solid as an AoE dealer (even more consistent than Gavialter in most situations, but who uses Gavialter when Mylnar, Ray, Degen and Walter exists lmao). People shits on her because she's not as broken as recent operators
@@SilentSpica It's mostly her targeting. She's bad because she only has 1 tile range. Most operators are great/meta not only because of their damage (Pepe HAS the damage), but also their range, skill downtime, &/or crowd control. She has no range, her skill downtime could use some help, though it's not the worst, her crowd control is consistent stun (which doesn't work against most bosses, and is only really relevant against air units since they often fall down... but she cannot hit them.) Out of 4 boxes to tick, Her damage is good, cc is half good, rotation is half good, range is a big red cross. 2/4, half good, half bad. Really she would be a GOOD operator if she could slam the ground the moment enemies enter the whole AoE, and not simply the tile in front of her. Or even like Fiammetta, doesn't depend on targets being here or not (though not unlimited duration ofc).
@@ipatchymakouli415 I understand your point, but not every operator needs to destroy bosses to be good. I hope her module can at least improve her skills cycles. I just don't get why so much hate with this character considering 2024 was a year with mostly broken operators: people shits on her like she was Crownslayer levels of useless lol
I'm imagining a module that lets her get like 5 sp per enemy kill or something bonkers like that to truly "save" her in the future. I mean its bad enough that she's an underwhelming limited, but she's also supposed to be NA's anniversary op too
the drawback from S3 is covered by her talent no? but its just for clearing not for boss content, she's just a laneholder of trash to medium enemies, the sp recharge per kill is amazing in her talent
She cuts highest defense enemies in the game like paper thanks to one of the highest dph when using s3, so you're kinda wrong on what she made for - the strongest elites and bosses is her targets among hordes of enemies, she doesn't care. The problem is the short range and the fact she's quite squishy. If it was just one, either range or squishiness, she'd be considered very good easily. Personally I'd still say she's good, just a balanced unit instead of recent overpowering flawless powerhouses.
Look good enough, far from mid, even closer to great. Being balanced doesn't equal mid. I'm at a point where I'm playing anyone I'm interested in because METAs are not fun anymore.
Yep, same. That's why I've been so close to E2ing Hoe and Zuo Le. They just have fun kits, and I got spooked by them during Theresa's event, and they were really fun to use against those enemies. Zuo Le himself would be fun to use in our latest annihilation, w the 1 shot cannon. Was REALLLLLYYY tempted lol.
She is meta, hits like a truck, stunlocks, buffs the most meta class in the game and will guaranteed get a broken module down the line due to being a fan favorite namie char
actually here hoping that her module will let her obtain 2 SP for each enemy she kills and the SP cap becomes 20 the maximum amount so she's very worth the limited tag
12:15 dude, dont encourage new player even if they dont have other operators, resources is scarce for a new player especially to E2 operator, let them use 3* instead, saves originite/orundum and later aiming for Mountain or Blaze since E1 are enough for the two to lane holding and still useable until now
I think, can't hit air enemies can't be considered as a flaw, because they can't hit air enemies in the first place like many other lane holders. Only Thorns can do that because only the Lord archetype can hit air enemies. Well, swordmasters can do that too, but we're talking about lane holders not nuker.
It wouldn’t be that big of a deal if she had something else like a stun or a slow and didn’t have stuff like random targeting, but because she doesn’t the lack of air targeting becomes more noticeable since it’s another feature they could’ve included but decided not to
@@Storn_ I can see your point, but still saying it's one of her flaws is kinda too much, from the animation itself, we can see the hammer falls into the ground so it's obvious it can only hit ground enemy just like Rosmontis's attack. On the other hand, Wis'adel 3rd skill is broken and maybe doesn't follow the rules of her archetype, but if we see from the animation, she shoots bullets and they explode, just like normal sniper would do, which makes them can hit air enemies. By all this means, Pepe 2nd skill could've been better if they put something on it, even we know we're probably gonna use her 3rd instead most of the time.
If her S2 or S3 threw up a cloud of smoke, obscuring her and her main target (like Lee S3 or those duelist giant Crocs) then maybe her kit would have that needed uniqueness.
Yet another archetype stealing AA's jerbs. I suppose we can rationalize that by saying that DBs can wall launch in MH:W, so that's how Yato can wreck birds or something.
Unfortunately she can't consumes 100 HP per second and deals 200 True damage per second to enemies that have either attacked or been attacked by this unit. Attack range +1, Max HP +60%, ATK +120%, and each attack restores 5% HP and has a 25% chance to stun targets for 5 seconds
Compared to current meta she isn't really close to the top, but significantly weaker operators already trivialise the game. In my book she's definitely strong enough to get and build, though doesn't feel like a very important operator to get either. I will personally skip the banner in favour of Lappy and Marcille since I am left broke after pot5 Logoat and Ulpibaenus.
I wonder why HG decided to release her in this state, especially as a limited. Surely they also playtest their chars and most certainly know all of these flaws.
Nice opinion however Attack range expands, ATK +300%, and attacks strike 4 targets at once; enemy projectile speed in attack range is greatly reduced, and all projectiles are removed when the skill expires.
i fiercely defended her rarity, and her art (for whatever reason, namie haters came out in full force. i don't mind disliking her or her art but the things i seen some people wrote about her was too much) but i'm still gonna skip.
Well, the main thing abt most of the melee ops is they can only target ground units...so expecting Pepe's S2 to be able to damage the aerial enemies is just not a real reason lol...if i want to deal with drones, best believe I'll be using ops that can ACTUALLY deal with drones. S2 for me is definitely useful as a nuke options for those pesky enemies that needs to be neutralized ASAP, like chen, or degen, or gavialter, or anyone rly. Not the best nuke option for late game players, but comes in handy for players who lack of options for nuking the enemies. And that brings me to S3, which i consider is good...probly on par with S3 Wisadel nuke but without ammo gimmick
Only reason I am pulling for pepe is cause she's Limited. I have every Limited unit acquired and built to at least E2 90 M3, with a lot at M6 or even M9. I don't care about Pepe herself, honestly find it funny how she was so hyped when she first dropped and then became quickly forgotten. If she was a standard unit, this would be the freest skip of my life.
Ok so I'm a bit torn and I'd love some opinions. I could not care less about pepe, her design doesn't intrest me, her kit doesn't intrest me and her personality also doesn't interest me. However, I have 300 pulls saved up and I absolutely want Gavial the invincible. I love gavial and I don't want too miss the opportunity to get her. But I also wanna get pot 6 lappland alter. Should I just go for one six star and pray then keep saving. Or should I throw all my pulls toward sparking Gavial (the best girl)
![[ARKNIGHTS] Pepe's Strategic Battle Record](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/l-YgYGYnTiY/mqdefault.jpg)
Next vid: “are you sure you want to skip narantuya?”
omg you were right
storn your check is in the mail
*Oh Hell noooo!!!!!!*
Was thinking same thing
Skip pepe but Narantuya is absolute must get
bad base skill ez skip
Based
Of course it's peterYR💀
Spoken like a true base slave💀
Base skill tier list when?
based
Cool cat. However, Max HP +80%, ATK +260%. Immediately throws an anchor forward, stopping when hitting a target or reaching the max distance, dealing 160% of ATK as Physical damage to all nearby enemies and Stunning them for 6 seconds. If the anchor stops on a tile he can deploy on, Ulpianus will Move to that tile. Skill can be manually deactivated; when skill ends, Ulpianus returns to his original position
Agreed. Personally though, Immediately loses 50% of current HP and gains a Barrier equal to 120% Max HP; ATK +170%, Block +1, and attacks all blocked enemies
The Barrier can stack up to 2x Max HP, and gradually depletes after the skill ends
@@digitaltaurus473 Go 🏃 no 🚷 further, 🔙🤔 this road 🛣 is closed 🔐
@@digitaltaurus473 zuo lee?
even better his S3 count as redeploy and an projectile to help clear the breakable rocks to unlock new areas in RA
@@tengkuzakianugraha3595 yes
1:30 the fact that she can’t hit air at least isn’t a concern if this was early days Arknights lol. so many operators now can do everything on their own.
Remember the days, when you usually had to pick Marksman sniper to counter air if you hadn't SA or Eija?
16%+ dmg for ulpianus? Yeah she is definitely a abbysal squad
24, 20% (+4%) in pot 2 😀, Very good even though it only has skadi as an additional buff for daddy ulpi
It's additive on an already massive base like his it's a bit redundant. Also I think skadi boost him 20%+ but her buff isn't as impactful as andreana's +20 aspd
@@kokodayoo-ch With module there will be no need to deploy Pepe and % of +ATK will be 24 or more, I hope. Guardknights are coming. I hope her module would add smth else tho, like stronger shockwave or whatever
Its not even dmg, its literally atk, and additive on that, so basically its useless for ulpipi and skado lol
It will be more impatcfull when ulpi got atk scale mod like centurion/aoe guard mod, since currently he have already hugh atk and atk buff that any little addition just got diluted
Counterpoint: she cute af and her song bangs
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Countercounterpoint: My definition of cute varies from yours and she's far from cute to me.
Alsp pretty good staples in Guardknight
@@mysteryofn2955Counter³point: L taste
Counter-counterpoint: she has no nose.
Pepe's just a side dish. Narantuya is the main one
Agreed
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Amen brotha
she has bad parts on her kit i agree but saying she gets limited further by not being able to hit air enemis is a silly point mountain or blaze dont hit air enemies either its simply not a requirement for a lane holder
Yup. We have marksmen who can do that better. Guards are for land targets.
Able to hit air will atleast get her bonus point on her. Currently the only meta ops that can lanehold that hit air is just degen (swordmaster is really good at mowing down low def mob with their double hit). There are non meta like qiubai (who can deal art which is not many 6 star laneholder can do) and thorn (high dps but low dph anti air with poison which perfect for dealing enemy that need multi hit requirement). Both stil provide unique stuff aside from air. Pepe s2 seems like bad copy of gavialter s2, and has too many downside which pretty questionale why her s3 cant even be turned off manually so dont need to wait the long time onskill hitting nothing
@@Eusthasia I've been playing since launch month and still know nothing of what people consider 'Meta', but Jessicalter can lanehold and hit air as well. As for the comparing Pepe thing, Oh well, she might not be meta defining or whatever, but she still looks like she could be fun to use.
The entire concept of a meta that one 'must obey' is kind of rediculous for Arknights where most strategies can be viable, and you are encouraged to just have fun and use who you want to use.
@ziitania9939 meta is usually "delete button" skill I guess. I also doesn't understand why chase meta, especially now when you can just take friend's or your own Walter and brute force stages, I don't think any more meta ops are needed for that
Exactly, why is that even a downside?
Counterpoint: her artist is Namie
Counterpoint: inbred-looking creature with bug eyes and no nose
another counterpoint: She's cute and funny
To add to that counterpoint: You do not want to displease Namie
@@trocer2235 another counterpoint : Narantunya hotter
>melee guard
>look inside
>can't hit aerial enemies
damn
0/10
thank god my Blaze can kill drones with s2
also,4:06 music sync
blaze can hit air with s3's explosion!
...what do you mean she only has 1 skill?
0:11 Where where 👮♂️🚔🚨🚨🚨🚨
Sir I cant breathe 🗣
fent
Well well well
11:50 well, eyjafjalla also his talent that enhances the attack of the casters requires that it be deployed
It's her module that changes that to just having her in the squad, so there is hope for Pepe (I think she doesn't have a module?)
the problem is, eyja is really great to use even for nowdays gameplay so even if you need to deploy her it won't be a big issue since you can clear the wave faster. But things aren't like that with pepe, although she is good she isn't great enough to waste 1 of your deploy limit, if you play CC this will concern a lot
Yeah Earthshakers are fairly recent, no module yet. But they are so clunky & not remarkable that they need it ASAP. But even then, thinking it'll be enough to fix anything feels like hard copium...
@@ipatchymakouli415 copium with what they did with instructor class lol
Horn still have need to be deployed requirement as well even with mod so its also possible to have it like that.
@@EusthasiaHorn being 1 of the few trebuchet Ops is a perk to consider. She did game break that last stage in the Theresa event with the 13(?) clumped up assassins.
You pull her because she's cute, I pull her because of the Guard damage boost talent
We are not the same
I pulled her because Namie sent me a sign. And Namie honestly scares me. I’m not going to piss her off thank you very much…
Most of these "weaknesses" are only relevant for low op clears or super high end content. Like yes, wow, a guard cant hit air...its almost like thats normal for the vast majority of guards. We have snipers made specifically for that purpose. Oh no, she has no utility and only does damage...just like most of the other guards as well. Most ops dont have crowd control or some other utility AND uber DPS
The hate is just because she's not as broken as recent operators. She's solid, Gavialter levels of solid and even better. But hey, who cares about Gavialter when Walter, Mlynar, Ray, Logos and Degen exists lol (even Degen isn't used as much because "DEGEN BAD CUZ FUTURE CONTENT INMUNITY TO FRIGHT DEBUFF XDDLOL"
Thank you, that litteraly what I was thinking when watching the vid.
I can't believe that bro make not hitting air like a downside when a few weeks ago he was shilling hard ulpianus and exalter who can't either.
@@SilentSpica woah hold up, she is def not better than Gavialter
@@koroquette Could you explain me please why you think that. Besides her S2 and improved healing
@@SilentSpica Firstly, idk why you're even comparing them, they're apples to oranges. Pepe does big numbers, but she's single target atk, block 2, and her first 2 skills are random targeting, her splash damage isn't even reliable and will leak depending on the crowd type or she doesn't gain enough sp; if anything she's more for specific targets with S3. Gavialt is at least aoe and consistent and does her job as a laneholder; whether you want her for survival or otherwise, and while isn't broken but at least synergizes with her own kit.
Counter argument, she's the Schwarz and Eyja of guards who will work from squad when she gets her mod. ;D
"Still would though"
pulling her for this reason
When Storn speaks, I listen. As someone who just got FedEx and tested things out, FedEx just feels like the better lane holder/AOE DPS over Pepe. I'm mentioning FedEx because that first stage was the perfect FedEx map to make a side by side comparison.
Overall, I'm still debating because I want Narantuya but I'm willing to pass so I can guarantee Nymph for elemental shenanigans.
lmfao shes a GUARD why do you expect her to hit air units??
Lord Branch:
Because it's 2025 and HG loves adding random anti air to 6* so much that it become common
@maihung5512 The same goes to Casters in a similar way, because if they don't come with Res Shred, some people already start throwing tomatoes. Like the game can't have a non-broken operator anymore.
@@Thalliet lappy alter has no res shred, but in fairness her damage is nuts and shes a pretty popular character already. anything else and yeah, the op is usually frowned upon
@absolutegei1805 Yeah, I don't even understand all the hype of Laptop, but who am i to judge? I'm looking forward for the 6★ of a somewhat flawed archetype mostly because i love how silly and cute she's.
Instructions clear: Got ONLY Pepe in 30 pulls thx Storn
the reason I want her is S3, physical attack that so absurd that any kind of defence can't counter it lmao (and stuns, free real estate for Ash? lmao), at any rate, its a cheerful and fun operator, thats all there is for old player like me (performance still comes first, and her S3 is in my book)
Man, I feel like I typed that myself lol. Been trying to resurrect our poor Ash for years. And yeah, for year 4 dokutahs like me, who cares? Lmao. I got more Ops and pulls than I know what to do with. I just pull on limiteds cos I'm not taking 3 years again just to save enough to pull all my missed limited Ops from B4 I joined.
I absolutely want to skip her banner, but I can't because Narantuya also will be there
It says something about role creep and the absolute state of 6 stars that "needs help to hold lanes they aren't in", "doesn’t hit air", and "focuses on maximizing damage output" are seen as big enough problems to consider skipping a melee Guard. I was going to skip her (for non-gameplay reasons) but sometimes I wonder about how it came to this.
Videos like this are more for f2ps since whales are gonna pull regardless. Whether you like it or not we ain't gonna have sufficient currency to pull on every banner, thus operators are valued at how much they can contribute individually. Ofc not every f2p is like this and some will occasionally pull on weaker characters they find interesting once in a while.
its because we have a meta. If people didn't openly talk about meta's people would only pull on characters they like, which would force unorthodox approaches to content, but apparently we need people telling us who to use and they get paid for it. that isn't a dig as Storn, I like most of their content, but many content creators just rinse money from op reviews.
Well thank God AK is AK, where there are only 4 (predictable) limited Ops per year, so even $5 card spenders can afford to pull every time. I have no real urgency or FOMO to pull any Op whatsoever, bc I know they'll almost always spook me "for free" during my quarterly pull extravaganza anyway. So who tf gives a sh? Lmao. Goldfish will pull, whales won't even think. Who is this break down for?
Pepe seems like Spalter where the devs have a module in mind and designed her specifically with it in mind. Spalter being a sidegrade at best to her 5 star guard form and even now "don't bother raising her if you don't plan for one of her tier 3 modules".
I'm pulling because limited are a pain to get later, plus Narantuya is goated. If anything Pepe S1 looks interesting since we have had several cold/freeze stages in the past year with anni 27 being an upcoming freeze stage.
Ngl i kinda tired of that Spalter slander. Like have you actually used her? I did quite a lot, and from expirience i can say that she's WAY more universal and comfy then her 5* version. Her s2 immortality didn't get buff because it was strong enough already, and instead of block-count aoe she got true aoe in bigger range with speed debuff on doll. And that module argument bruh, sure it gives her more value compared to other operators, but don't you want to at least unlock module for operators you use and max it for those who you use often anyway? If you are late game docutah you kinda should have enough resourses for that, and if you aren't, then you shouldn't be able to clear content you need that module buff for anyway. When i maxed Spalter's module it wasn't because she was struggling without it, it was because i was impressed with her performance already.
@@MrOwLaD So I'm guessing Pepe is also serviceable already despite her flaws and mod won't really elevate her to meta?
@@Giovansbilly Kinda, i think that if her mod will give her more sp per kill and increase the sp cap a bit or increase her guard buff and remove deployment condition then she can be more viable, but we have a fair share of melee aoe phys dmg operators already and her only uniqueness is a mediocre guard buff so if i'll get her i probably won't be raising her because i have ops who can do that already.
Ikr from one of the best 5 star in the game to… “well at least she will be good if you have her module” 😅
Maybe I just play niche knights but I find spalter way more useful than normal specter
Her biggest flaw is she being a limited ops. Limited doesn't need to be meta but at least make their kit unique or make them relevant to the story.
Sadly, her event is a Side Story. I noticed that this is the first time the in game Notice splash art has stated that. So that's why all Summer events have been in the Side Story tab: unlike Intermezzi, they're not central to nor move the grand arc forward.
@@tempota7792So uh… We’re just going to ignore Il Siracusano and Ideal City? (Both Side stories that feature limited Operators.)
Oh no... I didn't know she was voiced by Machico... I am so sorry Nymph...
Cheater.. 😔
You should change your username.. NOW! (jk, it's okay)
Before this it was an artist battle, I love both YUJI and Namie... but YUJI had a slight advantage.
*Friends in Discord telling me to not pull Pepe with math datas and screenshot evidence or sum shit*
*Me thinking Pepe is pretty cute and I love me a hammer character while not paying much attention to 4 people speaking at once in VC*
Me: "In conclusion..........I should pull her?"
Friends: "NOOOOOOOOOOO-"
It is simply illegal to skip one of Nami's Children. Therefore I will not be skipping.
Correct opinion.
It's actually a fairly unknown fact that if you skip Namie's children, she will actually come to your house and cry so loud your head explodes.
@@Crownslayer115So I’ve been spared that then… Pepe was literally the second operator on the banner that I got.
Excellent point, but her VA is Nene from PJSK. I can't not pull.
HOLY SHIT WHAT
I'M SO SORRY NYMPH FOR WHAT I'M ABOUT TO DO
say whaaaat???? so THATS where I recognised her voice from! no wonder... sadly im broke. Im so sorry Pepe
it's so funny though, we also got Toya's VA in arknights and now nene's.. guess the duo's back at playing games again lol (i really wanna know if theres any other pjsk VA's in arknights)
Yall might not know as well but she's also Tokai Teio's Voice Actor from Umamusume
*Copes in module range extension*
7:48 hopefully the module will upgrade her talent to just existing in the squad
Jokes on you i pull for lebanon crocodile
Uhh.. gavialter?
@@wickeddave5148 yes
...So her kit is random bonks, big bonks and a medium small atk buff just for existing on field... I have Ulpi, Thorns and Degen so another dps guard isn't needed and the atk buff isn't that big a deal even if its nice. I'm kinda surprised she doesn't have some sort of elemental damage resistance or environmental effect ignore considering her first appearance was in reclamation Algorithm and her whole shtick is being a wandering archeologist/ tomb raider.
S1
Thanks for the write up, honestly. I didn't play RA1 at all, I purposely ignore spoilers about future Ops' kits, and you're break down makes sense. I was wondering just what sort of little rat activities she was getting into, from the little I saw of her event trailer lol.
She can fucking melt patriot without any support. And can possibly kill every story boss given minimal support. (I shit you not. SHE APPARENTLY SURVIVE’S AAK S3 AT E1 LEVEL 65! DO NOT UNDERESTIMATE THE DAMAGE SHE CAN DEAL!)
Isn't this a game about building a team? So it would make sense for units to have things they can't do.
We've been spoiled by all the operators who just ignore their class weaknesses, so people who think all but the top 10 operators in the game are worthless can't overlook things like that.
Wisadel can hit air, Degen's best skill isn't offensive charging, Ulpianus has Defense... the bar has been raised to only include operators who don't have any weaknesses, not even weaknesses inherent to their class or archetype.
@@fieldrequired283 btw, Ulpianus doesn't have defense...like at all. But he does have a knocking 11k hp and 4k damage so i don't think he needs that anyway.
@@SoferPaDacie
Of course, he has "technically not defense" which is like defense but better in every way that matters.
Flat damage mitigation that applies per hit and works against physical damage. Exactly all of the traits that are useful about defense.
It just _also_ works against arts and true damage and lets you turn DoT effects into free healing.
@@SoferPaDacie Pretty much the above reply. His DEF reads 0 but Gladiia's a cheat code.
Im going to build her just to skip crocodile priestess in RA2
Bro, you can just use (or borrow) Zuo Le for that lol
@@sukidevil Meh I went full AH. Plus Thorns. Plus Texas and Yato.
;A;
It worked, but now I need that item that stops the 25 second stun in the Iron Ore area, please help
@@sukidevil you can't borrow in RA.
Pepe's issue summed in one word: RANGE, RANGE, RANGE.
Or the lack thereof.
Waifus over meta.
Not even waifu tier worthy. But to each their own.
She's neither 🤷♂️
as someone who's 5 months into saving for a pepe spark, you are so right
@@Muzakr_Halfdanman yo wife dead xdd
I speedrun chapter 1-14 for pepe
The propaslander machine going overdrive on this silly creature is wild.
They should have made her a 6* flinger operator with a camouflage talent and given her an S3 that deletes the whole map and can target flying enemies. She's literally unusable like this.
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The random targeting makes sense given her archetype, even if it's ultimately more of a downside than an upside: since she does full damage to her main target and 50% to nearby targets, she can more efficiently clear a cluster of identical enemies by spreading out her attacks. That said, due to the other mechanics of the game (such as block count and enemies attacking back), it may still have been better for her to focus down one enemy at a time, even if that means it takes a little bit longer to fully clear a wave.
Great video; the clears in question look like they did a great job highlighting her strengths and weaknesses. I liked the analysis (with just a minor quibble about making the comparison to Wis'adel... it's a good thing not every new operator is as good as Wis'adel... I think I personally would have pointed out how many Guards can help with anti-air duty) a lot. That said, she could be the worst operator in the game, and I'd still pull for one of Namie's kids.
Hoping that module will buff her 2nd talent, so u don't have to deploy her, like with Schwarz and Eyja
Nah make additional hit range for basic attack feel better
Legit tho are you really gonna say skip the banner with narantuya on it, Mr. Sniper Guy? The 6 star Loopshooter?
Me who has Wisadel: So for what fucking reason should I bother with loop shooters?
Fsr range operators are more satisfying to use, it doesn't even matter if unit has big numbers, sometimes its just boring. Among all ground operators I like Jessica Alter the most for some unknown reasons in terms of balance and gameplay
Counterpoint: I have all three summer limiteds fully maximized (P6, L90, M9, mod3 in Gavial's case, and Eyja and Ch'en's mod3 mats are already prefarmed as well). And the fourth isn't going to break the trend.
I'm just gonna use Skill 1 cause it's an AFK skill
Not skipping her. I'm just looking for Narantuya
Counter point: u didn't get eyjaberry last summer banner
Problem is the other unit on the banner
Personally i don't dislike her kit,design or even Namie herself.I just prioritize operator like Nymph,Lappland Alter and Suzumon later down the line cause i really broke from Waltuh banner and still not recover from there
But bro, why pull for Nymph, Lappand or Suzumom if you can just Walter lol
@SilentSpica ok i ask you this instead,if you already have this top meta character are you stop pulling until the game closing their server?no right?Where the fun in that?
@@ryusawakenji3469 I was kidding. But sadly, there are people who actually won't pull if the op isn't broken and just blindly follow what others say
@@SilentSpica lol.All in all it's a matter of personal choice.I just choose to do it like that
why care about the meta when wisadel exist
Even if you remove Walter from the game, Pepe performs worse than year one 6*.Dusk level of limited, without being a Sui sibling for Shu buff.
Let's not lie to ourselves, pulling for her is all bout liking her voice/art and putting her in your main menu at best.
@@ipatchymakouli415no
@@ipatchymakouli415 The main issue with her is that she lacks any way of self-sustain. You're overexaggerating, she's pretty solid as an AoE dealer (even more consistent than Gavialter in most situations, but who uses Gavialter when Mylnar, Ray, Degen and Walter exists lmao).
People shits on her because she's not as broken as recent operators
@@SilentSpica It's mostly her targeting. She's bad because she only has 1 tile range.
Most operators are great/meta not only because of their damage (Pepe HAS the damage), but also their range, skill downtime, &/or crowd control.
She has no range, her skill downtime could use some help, though it's not the worst, her crowd control is consistent stun (which doesn't work against most bosses, and is only really relevant against air units since they often fall down... but she cannot hit them.)
Out of 4 boxes to tick,
Her damage is good, cc is half good, rotation is half good, range is a big red cross.
2/4, half good, half bad.
Really she would be a GOOD operator if she could slam the ground the moment enemies enter the whole AoE, and not simply the tile in front of her. Or even like Fiammetta, doesn't depend on targets being here or not (though not unlimited duration ofc).
@@ipatchymakouli415 I understand your point, but not every operator needs to destroy bosses to be good. I hope her module can at least improve her skills cycles. I just don't get why so much hate with this character considering 2024 was a year with mostly broken operators: people shits on her like she was Crownslayer levels of useless lol
My main targets are Tuya and Eyja but I certainly won't mind getting spooked by Pepe.
Kimited +cute+ attack buff for my AH team?
Yes im gonna get her ass
Counter point: Stupid car is fun
I'm imagining a module that lets her get like 5 sp per enemy kill or something bonkers like that to truly "save" her in the future.
I mean its bad enough that she's an underwhelming limited, but she's also supposed to be NA's anniversary op too
I will, she will be my first limited i don't want to have it
Instructions unclear, will pull for both Tokai Teio and Actual Horsegirl for maximum umapyoi.
I think I will try to pull her, just for collection sake and for memes of her. Her brainrot song is stuck in my head and also I love cats
That song has been stuck in my head for months now. I hace to get her or i'm gonna lose it
I'd prefer to NOT be assaulted by the puffin army, so...
the drawback from S3 is covered by her talent no? but its just for clearing not for boss content, she's just a laneholder of trash to medium enemies, the sp recharge per kill is amazing in her talent
She cuts highest defense enemies in the game like paper thanks to one of the highest dph when using s3, so you're kinda wrong on what she made for - the strongest elites and bosses is her targets among hordes of enemies, she doesn't care. The problem is the short range and the fact she's quite squishy. If it was just one, either range or squishiness, she'd be considered very good easily. Personally I'd still say she's good, just a balanced unit instead of recent overpowering flawless powerhouses.
Pepe literally the good definition of "Cringe". I'll skip her
7:10 you could refer to them as attack scale modifier or more simply atk% multipliers
I just pick final damage cause it’s easier to understand
@@Storn_ fair enough
the only reason why i pull her banner is to get narantuya😂
My Indiana Jones can't be this cute
Look good enough, far from mid, even closer to great. Being balanced doesn't equal mid.
I'm at a point where I'm playing anyone I'm interested in because METAs are not fun anymore.
Yep, same. That's why I've been so close to E2ing Hoe and Zuo Le. They just have fun kits, and I got spooked by them during Theresa's event, and they were really fun to use against those enemies. Zuo Le himself would be fun to use in our latest annihilation, w the 1 shot cannon. Was REALLLLLYYY tempted lol.
It's truly unfortunate cuz she looks charming and soooo cute.
Me: *Sees all this and doesnt care for meta and usually avoids it*
Shes amazing!
She is meta, hits like a truck, stunlocks, buffs the most meta class in the game and will guaranteed get a broken module down the line due to being a fan favorite namie char
actually here hoping that her module will let her obtain 2 SP for each enemy she kills and the SP cap becomes 20 the maximum amount so she's very worth the limited tag
12:15 dude, dont encourage new player even if they dont have other operators, resources is scarce for a new player especially to E2 operator, let them use 3* instead, saves originite/orundum and later aiming for Mountain or Blaze since E1 are enough for the two to lane holding and still useable until now
I think, can't hit air enemies can't be considered as a flaw, because they can't hit air enemies in the first place like many other lane holders. Only Thorns can do that because only the Lord archetype can hit air enemies. Well, swordmasters can do that too, but we're talking about lane holders not nuker.
It wouldn’t be that big of a deal if she had something else like a stun or a slow and didn’t have stuff like random targeting, but because she doesn’t the lack of air targeting becomes more noticeable since it’s another feature they could’ve included but decided not to
@@Storn_ I can see your point, but still saying it's one of her flaws is kinda too much, from the animation itself, we can see the hammer falls into the ground so it's obvious it can only hit ground enemy just like Rosmontis's attack. On the other hand, Wis'adel 3rd skill is broken and maybe doesn't follow the rules of her archetype, but if we see from the animation, she shoots bullets and they explode, just like normal sniper would do, which makes them can hit air enemies. By all this means, Pepe 2nd skill could've been better if they put something on it, even we know we're probably gonna use her 3rd instead most of the time.
If her S2 or S3 threw up a cloud of smoke, obscuring her and her main target (like Lee S3 or those duelist giant Crocs) then maybe her kit would have that needed uniqueness.
Even if i dont get Pepe i would be happy if ANY summer operator showed up since they can only show up as rate offs here and i have NONE of them.
😢
But I'm not skipping Narantuya
I'm gonna pull and bet on the module to fix some of the issues
Why would she be expected to hit air units? If anything, its very weird that Yato hits air units, it definitely makes Yato way too OP
Yet another archetype stealing AA's jerbs.
I suppose we can rationalize that by saying that DBs can wall launch in MH:W, so that's how Yato can wreck birds or something.
One does not simply skip one of Namies children
I had no idea Yato could hit air units, lol
Cant skip pee because this creature will invade my Narantuya pulls
Ah yes, another AH unit for Ulpipi. Definitely pull
Unfortunately she can't consumes 100 HP per second and deals 200 True damage per second to enemies that have either attacked or been attacked by this unit. Attack range +1, Max HP +60%, ATK +120%, and each attack restores 5% HP and has a 25% chance to stun targets for 5 seconds
Compared to current meta she isn't really close to the top, but significantly weaker operators already trivialise the game.
In my book she's definitely strong enough to get and build, though doesn't feel like a very important operator to get either.
I will personally skip the banner in favour of Lappy and Marcille since I am left broke after pot5 Logoat and Ulpibaenus.
the only reason to roll this banner is to straight up sparking Eyja alter, otherwise just saving for Lappy
I'd love to skip Pepe. Unfortunately she's sharing the same banner with Narantuya.
watch her get the same treatment as viviana get a module that fix her
Counter point: No I don’t.
Earthshaker not Airshaker🙅♂️
I gotta save for the lappland alter banner, This time I will ger virtuosa 300 pulls lets go!
I wonder why HG decided to release her in this state, especially as a limited. Surely they also playtest their chars and most certainly know all of these flaws.
Lmao POV people after getting W'alter seeing every operator after isnt fucking broken:
Nice opinion however Attack range expands, ATK +300%, and attacks strike 4 targets at once; enemy projectile speed in attack range is greatly reduced, and all projectiles are removed when the skill expires.
Pull Pepe as Ulpianus and Degen buffer got it 👍
I'm still getting her because of my Collector's Habit
I'm skipping Pepe because I have zero pulls, we are not the same
I think she's going to be great against those pillar things in RA. :)
Me knowing full well I'm only aiming for Narantuya but will be cursed with Pepe (same shite happened with Eyjaberry)
i fiercely defended her rarity, and her art (for whatever reason, namie haters came out in full force. i don't mind disliking her or her art but the things i seen some people wrote about her was too much) but i'm still gonna skip.
Well, the main thing abt most of the melee ops is they can only target ground units...so expecting Pepe's S2 to be able to damage the aerial enemies is just not a real reason lol...if i want to deal with drones, best believe I'll be using ops that can ACTUALLY deal with drones. S2 for me is definitely useful as a nuke options for those pesky enemies that needs to be neutralized ASAP, like chen, or degen, or gavialter, or anyone rly. Not the best nuke option for late game players, but comes in handy for players who lack of options for nuking the enemies.
And that brings me to S3, which i consider is good...probly on par with S3 Wisadel nuke but without ammo gimmick
But- but- the Sun that shines on me yea?
Only reason I am pulling for pepe is cause she's Limited. I have every Limited unit acquired and built to at least E2 90 M3, with a lot at M6 or even M9.
I don't care about Pepe herself, honestly find it funny how she was so hyped when she first dropped and then became quickly forgotten. If she was a standard unit, this would be the freest skip of my life.
Ok so I'm a bit torn and I'd love some opinions.
I could not care less about pepe, her design doesn't intrest me, her kit doesn't intrest me and her personality also doesn't interest me.
However, I have 300 pulls saved up and I absolutely want Gavial the invincible. I love gavial and I don't want too miss the opportunity to get her.
But I also wanna get pot 6 lappland alter. Should I just go for one six star and pray then keep saving.
Or should I throw all my pulls toward sparking Gavial (the best girl)