How perform Maika?

[Sigvalda]

Hi, i'm new to the game, and i have enough gems to unlock my first character.

I tested all characters in training room and Maika seem fun with the cannon, but i hesitate with ingrid (fan of makai knight ingrid animation, but i don't find her weapon and attacks in game particullary fun) and oboro because i like her style+claws weapons.

I think i will take the girl with the axe weapon (also from Maikai knight ingrid animation) with the welcome 7 days missions reward because i like her overall even if she lack good costumes.

Any advice on maika, ingrid, and oboro are welcome to help me decide.
I'm not looking for the best/most op one, but if one is really under performing, or if there general advices i should be aware of before choosing, and pro and ♥♥♥♥, let me know. =)

[Lapinoire]

Maika is slow and clunky to play, but has the highest raw damage of the three. Most of her attacks makes her stand still, so she requires a bit of planning to attack(or a ton of defense stacking).
Ingrid has... speed and decent power. One of the fastest characters in the game. Not much else to say about her.
Oboro... requires a ton of investment to make her good, otherwise heavily underperforms compared to 70% of the characters.

It doesn't matter which you pick. If you play long enough, you can unlock every character except Annerose for free with gems. Pick whichever one you like the most.

[Cultivate A Pure Heart -_-]

If you are the type of just wanna having fun with the characters you like(yes,just like me:)),then I think pretty much every one of them are okay,they all playable in this standard.

But be noticed only Murasaki(the girl with axe)has strong late game performance due to the OP healing skills she has among all the girls you mentioned.And Maika might have a hard time of surviving.Ingrid and Oboro are fine but they don't have healing skills either so things may get a little bit tough while you progressing with them.

Unless or until you have built a very high stat,healing capacity is always the priority of late game playing,in my opinion.

Hope it helps.

[Sigvalda]

Thanks for your answers.

I think i will stay on my first choice, maika, for the fun, then, as i will get Murasaki for free with the welcome challenge.

[Vish]

I love Maika, but I would not suggest getting her as your second character. Probably third or fourth (I picked her as my thrid characters, but played mainy Sakura & Murasaki while levelling up Maika in the training factory).

My reason is that while she has high damage, she needs you to have high stats in order to enjoy playing with her in my opinion. As the more you play the stronger your damage output gets (because of the Weapon inventory system, and the amount of magata/weapon forge items you get), there will be a time when her damage output will be high enough so that you won't be bothered by her slowness.

[Deathraven13]

Nghh a écrit :

I love Maika, but I would not suggest getting her as your second character. Probably third or fourth (I picked her as my thrid characters, but played mainy Sakura & Murasaki while levelling up Maika in the training factory).

My reason is that while she has high damage, she needs you to have high stats in order to enjoy playing with her in my opinion. As the more you play the stronger your damage output gets (because of the Weapon inventory system, and the amount of magata/weapon forge items you get), there will be a time when her damage output will be high enough so that you won't be bothered by her slowness.

IMO she is weak no matter her level, she looks more like a tank class rather than a glass-canon and yes tank characters are kinda bad because most important quests have a time limit (arena tower, T5VR), also when the ennemy flee maika tend to miss.....

If you got some videos that prove me wrong I'll be glad to see them.

[Vish]

Oh I don't think I would disagree about her being on the weaker side (compared to OP characters), although I haven't maxed her yet. But I found she's not even not fun to play without enough power fire, but she's quite fun when she does. Also, I would suggest the original poster to check what UR weapon he already owns. That may be a good criteria for choosing a character.

[Malamasala]

I've focused on ranged characters, and while Maika is one of them, I don't think I've used her much at all sadly. I like her design and skins, but have not quite been drawn in by her movesets.

[IxLnDvSxTc]

I used to use Maika's Charging moveset, but that didn't feel very fluid. Switched to a run-and-gun moveset and it turned out more powerful and fun.

[Sinkitsune]

She can easily nuke any boss in the game except the try hard stuff. Her aerial bombing one is stupid powerful.

[Vish]

8 months have passed since my last answer.
I have a better grasping of the game (well, I did spent more than 800 hours on it..) and I would say Maika is a top tier character, along with Astaroth and Felicia (my go to build in Arena is these three together).
Her damage is S tier, and the fact that she can attach any enemy from enywhere is a very good point for her. I love playing her.

[Lapinoire]

Death from Above is beyond broken, after all.

[Vish]

I have to disagree. It is a good move, but not broken and certainly not beyond. It has good damage and it is sure to hit a target, which is nice.
But you have to play a red build to use it, which prevent you from getting any source of health regneration from a supporter.

For a move to be beyond broken in this game, I would say it needs to have high damage and Health regeneration.

Mizuki Shiranui's Rondo & Senkou are beyond broken. They allow her to play a red buid (damage focus then) while having the luxury to get some huge healing.
Asuka's "Kill them all missile" with her new weapon (Serpent of Carnage) is a better skill than Death from Above.

Now if they gave a new weapon to Maika that would allow Death from Above to get health regeneration, that would be a broken move for sure.

[Lapinoire]

Regaining health doesn't matter if you delete everything in a single use of death from above, anyway. Regaining health also doesn't matter if you die in one hit, so you may as well fire back and delete 'em harder than they delete you, right?

Of course, this sort of playstyle is risky on VR 30+ and a few Event Bonus Stage 3, but at that point, without 3 blue supporters or magatamas, you're gonna get blasted in one hit anyway, so why show any restraint?