Annerose Vajra Observations

[Lapinoire]

So, before anything else, i'll just say that Annerose feels like a slightly better, slightly worse Kurenai. She has a lot of the same inputs, roughly the same(attack)speed, and similar damage to Kurenai. That being said, here are some of the observations i've made for anyone who's looking to pick her up.

General Observations

- Suppress Type(red)
- Shares the same weapons as Asagi, despite being Suppress instead of Assist type
- $90 package included a UR Supporter and Weapon skill level item, which is a first for this type of package, alongside a few other goodies.
- Only has two sets of shared inputs (A/B), doesn't have a third set(C) of shared skill input
- Does not have a specific weapon gacha tailored to her like all the other characters did on release, due to sharing weapons with Asagi
- No supporter gacha for her either? How odd
- Her event quest gives 5/5 of a weapon designed specifically for her, which is pretty rare these days, as most events stop a weapon at 3/5 or 4/5.

Supporter setup-related observations

- Triple Red build is highly focused on damage(as usual), and stuns
- Triple Blue build is built around defense and utility, compared to other characters whose triple blue packs quite a bit of damage.
- Triple or 2-set green is more focused towards Life Steal/Sustain, and buffs/debuffs.

Skill/offensive capabilities observations

- Has two skills that have life steal: Madousen, which requires two green supporters set, and Devour, which just has innate life steal in its effect.
- Has very little super armor options, limited only in Yaksha Itto Style(normal attack enhanced)'s final hit, and Fleuret Grudge(which doesn't really count since it's a counterattack)
- Has good melee tracking and forward distance similar to Ingrid and Kurenai
- Slower than Ingrid
- Normal Attacks are just about as strong as Kurenai's normals, also has skill follow-up that teleports her behind the nearest target, which also has AoE.
- Gets hit out of a lot of her attacks despite how lengthy the animations are for some of them

Character design observations

- Has pretty solid costume designs, compared to some characters.
- Hairstyle and face are alright, not a fan of her head design to be honest.
- Her voice makes me want to strangle her, and not in a good way. Not as annoying as Sakura's voice, but definitely not what I was expecting.
- Her breasts seem to jiggle more than a lot of the other characters, but I may just be seeing things.

Conclusion

Honestly, I can't say Annerose was very fun to use. I'd say she's "Just another sword character", whose playstyle doesn't really feel new compared to the other sword users. Personally, I just don't feel like the purchase was really worth it, but I suppose it could have been worse: it could have been a character that plays like Su, Noah, or Shizuru, but worse.

If you heavily geared Asagi, that means you don't have to worry about putting much into Annerose's stuff, which is nice I guess. Hopefully I didn't forget too much, I just felt really dull using Annerose since her playstyle just... wasn't unique/new. Couldn't help but think to myself the entire time that "This is just Kurenai", who also has a very boring playstyle.

[花嫁の雅琪]

Thanks for your review, it was very helpful!

[Evarrice]

Who cares? Most people won't be able to get her anyway.

[Deathraven13]

Originally posted by Evarrice:

Who cares? Most people won't be able to get her anyway.

[Neri]

Some people cares obviously. Like me, was thinking of buying her, now not so much.

[LB]

Guys, its not his/her fault that Annerose is behind a paywall, dont be mean pls

[Malamasala]

Originally posted by Evarrice:

Who cares? Most people won't be able to get her anyway.

Maybe people who can't get her actually will feel better if they know it was a boring character to play.

A better solution is of course to not paywall content.

[76561198391372251]

i want her because i watched the anime(yes im a man of culture) n i find her really hot,which makes her my 3rd fav lilith girl,so i don't really care if she's not that good as taimanin
but since she's freakin package only taimanin,there's nothing i can do about it as her 'fan'.

[Looney128]

When can we get her for gems, and where's the release date at for her as well? :(

[dmathedmax]

Thank you for the detailed review.
Hopefully, more stuff Annerose will be good for will be made clear as time progresses.