Maintenance Schedule: 31st of 7th of June, 2023 14:00 ~ 7th of June, 2023 16:20 (UTC+9)

Source: Patch Notes and Shop Update

Summary

• New Sub Stream – Neverland Nevermore
• New Awakened Character – Final Phase Sigma
• Operator Rerun – Kim Hana and Chloe Starseeker.
• New Raid Boss Season – Inhibitor
• Danger Close Downfall Season – Soprano
• Vice President’s Special Bonus

New Awakened Character – Final Phase Sigma

Awakened Sigma is the awakened character that deals the most damage in the game with her ultimate skill – if your enemy won’t absorb it with 1 or 2 Defenders, your mid and backline will simply cease to exist.

The issue is that despite being a 6-cost Striker, she relies way too much on the ultimate. If she dies before the ultimate or the ultimate gets redirected then its essentially wasted, so the challenge is to keep her alive long enough to wipe the battlefield. However, there are way too many counters such as Anti-Mech units and healblock, with her rather weak defensive capabilities she can be taken down easily. There is also another playstyle where you can drop her in front to destroy the terrabrain, granting sigma +100% ATK, ASPD. This can be useful for rushes as she can melt most non-defender units while within the state.

As for PVE, while keeping her alive is much easier, her DPS is outclassed by other units, and her utility is extremely niche. There is basically no situation that you’d need a hybrid of the stuff she provides, making her just never the best pick. Other Strikers like Ifrit for DPS or Chifuyu as an offtank-DPS-utility hybrid just generally do the job better, at half the price as well.

Keep in mind that her Role Disadvantage buffs only works if the enemy has a source of Role Advantage Damage, such as a normal Sigma buffing a sniper. It rarely does anything.

Ratings:

• PVP (SEA) – S
• PVP (GBL) – A
• PVE – A

Danger Close Downfall Season – Soprano

1. Danger Close Downfall Season – Soprano begins
   • Elimination Period: 
     • 7th of June, 2023 after maintenance ~ 28th of June, 2023 04:00 (UTC+9)
     • 7th of June, 2023 after maintenance ~ 27th of June, 2023 14:00 (UTC-5)
   • Settlement Period: 
     • 28th of June, 2023 after maintenance ~ 5th of July, 2023 04:00 (UTC+9)
     • 28th of June, 2023 after maintenance ~ 4th of July, 2023 14:00 (UTC-5)
   • Break Period: 
     • 5th of July, 2023 04:00 ~ 5th of July, 2023 before maintenance (UTC+9)
     • 4th of July, 2023 14:00 ~ 4th of July, 2023 before maintenance (UTC-5)
2. Retry option is added to the Danger Close.
   • CEOs may select the Retry button after pausing the operation to rerun the game again. 
   • Selecting the Retry button will reset the score earned during that try, but will not deduct the try count. 
3. Limited to [Danger Close Downfall Season – Soprano], points required to get the reward will change as follows:
   • Before
     • Reach [1,000] Elimination Points
     • Reach [2,000] Elimination Points
     • Reach [3,000] Elimination Points
     • Reach [4,500] Elimination Points
     • Reach [6,000] Elimination Points
     • Reach [7,000] Elimination Points
     • Reach [8,000] Elimination Points
     • Reach [9,000] Elimination Points
   • After
     • Reach [500] Elimination Points
     • Reach [1,000] Elimination Points
     • Reach [1,500] Elimination Points
     • Reach [2,000] Elimination Points
     • Reach [2,500] Elimination Points
     • Reach [3,000] Elimination Points
     • Reach [3,500] Elimination Points
     • Reach [4,000] Elimination Points

Improvements & Changes 

• Mainstream Ep.6, Act 3-1’s difficulty has been downgraded.

Bug Fixes 

Some of the employee’s skill description and effects has been fixed. 

• Evelyn Keller
  • [Hermes Trismegistus] LV5’s lasting time is now fixed to be as it is where its effective time was shorter than described in the tooltip. 
• Kim Sobin
  • [Heartfelt Gift] Lv5’s effects are now restored where it was not active before. 
  • [Heartfelt Gift] Lv5’s description has been improved.
    • Before: Burns targets for 5s
    • After: Inflicts DoT every 1% of the hp for 5s. (Boss Excluded)
• Mortar Team
  • Fixed an error when the unit would not attack when it fixes its target to the distant air unit. 
• Arius Esquede
  • Fixed an error when Arius targets the air unit, [Waves of Protection] would not activate.
  • [Waves of Protection]’s description has changed.
    • Before: AoE damage to enemies in front of
    • After: AoE damage to ground enemies in front of
• Choi Ina
  • Fixed an error where the [On Live] drone is misplaced.

Fixed an error where Evolved One could not be scouted.