Thread: HBC's FKG 6* Tier List

Let's go for Mei Ume Apricot-chan. I put the "Paper Only" tag because I don't have her.
I like her bloomed form, her white and blue mantle with that sparkling things remind me a bit Makoda.

Stats:
HP: Medium HP. Not super high but still good for me. It's the HP of almost every 6*.
ATK: High. she is top tier in ATK class (11th highest ATK stat of all natural rainbows, according to the wikia)
DEF: High stat too. It's less usefull for her but a high stat is a high stat, espacially when her other stats are very solid too.

There is nothing bad to say about her stats. Her worst stat is a good one. I can't say it's perfect 'cause perfection doesn't exist here but on that point, she is a very solid unit.

Skill
5.4x damage to 1 enemy. And it seems it's 38% activation with Monday buff.
It's exactly what she needs. 5.4 damage is the best multiplier in the game, shared with a few rainbows.
With her good AtK stat and her ability set, she can be a strong boss killer, if she is used with the right allies.

Abilities
Light Gauge 50% filled
Like every old rainbow since we started, it's not very good, useless, she could have better ability... Well, it's just her legacy of old rainbow, before girls became more specialized. At least it could be useful for Whale Ship.

x1.2 Skill Activation
Good old skill activation. It's not super awesome but it's always welcome. And it help her with her good skill. A good ability both for her and for her team.

+22% ATK for all
Here too, nothing exceptionnal but still good to take.

Crit rate +20% & Crit Damages + 30%
There're her bests assets. With that, she can be a solid girl for Crit Team. Added to her beautiful skill, her skill act buff and her ATK buff, she start to be a must have for a serious Crit Team or for a bosskiller team.
She is also a good friend for Kerria due to skill act and Crit.
(sorry Wutan, I always refer to Kerria in my votes. She is my base value of broken 6*)

Conclusion
Japanese Ume Plum Apricot is a good one. Her stats are above the top, her skill is above the top and her abilities are less awesome but still super solid for a such girl. The Solar Gauge thing is meh on her but the other abilities are good and give her a place in the strongest team archetypes in the current FKG. And that's the most important.
Like I said, she is a must have boss killer and a precious unit in many teams, both for a the good support she brings and for the hard ATK power she has.
She is a nice girl. Nothing more to say.

Final verdict:
I guess A-tier is a good tier for her. She can't be S-Tier despite all her good points because she is just very strong, not broken as f*ck.
She deserve this tier for her stats and her destruction power. Even if she has a black point in her ability set. And some crazy player used her to rape Nidhogg in one turn. She can't be a bad girl.

Mei is one of the girls in my current Helper Squad. She will also be a part in one of my Final Crit Teams.

Stats:
One of the very first girls where this section really shines. Her HP is a little bit under average (I checked the Wiki for that). I think most girls range from 19300 to slightly above 20K. By no means is her HP bad but it's her weakest stat.
Her Atk. is excellent. 8232 is exactly what she needs for her offensive Ability Set. 3356 Defense is also Top Tier.

Grading: A

Skill Act. Chance and Skill Damage:
x5,4 damage to one Enemy with 28% Skill Activation Chance on Skill Level 1 and 38% Skill Activation Chance on Skill Level 5.

There are more Girls with such a High Singe Target Damage output than you think.
http://himeuta.org/showthread.php?13...June-11th-2018

None the less it especially works for her offensive Moveset. Crit and all that jazz

Grading: A

Abilities:
This is her "weakest" section in my opinion. It's still good but there are other Crit Rainbows with much better passives than her.

22% Atk for the whole group. Slightly above average. Solid, not amazing.
Increases Skill Activation Rate for party members up to 1.2x based on each member's affection. Solid Buff. An old friend of mine
Starts the subjugation with the Light Gauge 50% filled. Don't get me started about it,please.
Increases Critical Activation Rate for party members by 20%. Most Crit Rainbows have 20%. Good.
Increases Critical Damage for party members by 30%. 30% Crit Damage Buff is good. However there is a better buff out there (maybe even two cause i think there is a girl who buffs for 35 %. Don't quote me on that though). 40% is the King of Crit Damage Buffs.

Grading: Her Buffs are good but there are other Crit Girls with better Ability Sets than hers. B

Conclusion: Mei is an amazing Crit-Nuker. Her job is to nuke one Enemy and she does it fairly well. I am happy i purchased her. I don't think she has S-Tier potential. She isn't broken. There are other Crit Girls with better passives but she has Amazing Stats and amazing SingleTarget Damage going for her.

Final Grading: A-

Ume's turn. So 4 more girls until the girl I actually own... *picked up and stamp 'Paper Only'*

Now with 3 detailed reviews I wouldn't waste much space to talk. Let's get into it with this knightly flower knight.

1. Raw stat: Little bit, like just a bit low on the HP side but get covered by high defense. 8200ish atk also helped a lot with offense oriented girl like her. In short, good.
Grading: A

2. Skill: 5.4x with 26% lv.1 and 34% top. Now it becomes standard for single target attack. It's a high standard however and it will get the job, killing a boss especially the pierce-weak one, done without problem. It also goes well with Ume's high atk as well.
Grading: A

3. Abilities: Atk buff and skill act boost is standard load out. One with decent % and another is always nice to have even though it's common.
50% solar drive gauge is the same situation as Cattleya. It has its own use but not helping Ume's character in a single bit. A dead duckling as I said.
Crit chance and boost combo are always good synergy. Work well with crit team and especially on Ume herself. 30% damage boost is not at top but close enough. Overall a nice set of abilities but why I think it's a little too bland...?
Grading: B

Final Verdict: Ume is a neat boss killer who clearly belongs in crit camp. Place her as a back line finisher and you're good to go with her. Nothing much to say more than this. Everything about her is good but basic, not much for super awesome or downright horrid. Base and basic as much as you can get. But sometimes, simple is best and I know someone like her professional mindset as a knight. A- for you the closed eyes girl.

Extra: Again, not much to say. I do like her base and bloomed arts though. Base art is as Myrdin said and bloomed art is as maotd said. Oh and does she has Sharingan as secret weapon or something?

2. Skill: 5.4x with 26% lv.1 and 34% top. Now it becomes standard for single target attack. It's a high standard however and it will get the job, killing a boss especially the pierce-weak one, done without problem. It also goes well with Ume's high atk as well. However I'll deduced point a bit with lv.5 not has skill act chance at 36% like other girl with 26% skill act at lv.1. 4 rainbow skillblooms are rare and the payback is a little too low.
Grading: A-

Like I said on my vote, wikia seems wrong about Ume skill act. It should be 38% at lvl 5 since Monday.
According to Wutan translation of it in chatchit:

【Target character】
· ★ 6 Ukitsuriboku (Competition), Ume, Sakura, Daisy (Halloween)
· ★ 5 Ifeon, Kakara, Tachibana, Yamayuri, Jorgao
· ★ 3 Moth orchid
※ ★ 3, ★ 5 characters will be battle skill adjustment after sublimation to ★ 6.

【Change before】
Deal 5.2 times damage to an enemy unit
Skill Lv.1 Activation rate: 26%
Skill Lv.5 Activation rate: 36%

【After change】
Deal 5.4 times damage to an enemy unit
Skill Lv.1 Activation rate: 28%
Skill Lv.5 Activation rate: 38%

It will not change anything vote wise but it's still better girl wise (with that she got almost 5% skill activation more with her skill act ability).

Fixed, pretty much copy-paste from wutan at this rate then.

In the future i will link the Girl from the Wikia page and the himeuta Skill buff thread.

On the wiki they fixed Skill Damage but not the Activation Rate. That's basically the case for all recently buffed Rainbows.

Alright. Next girl up is Japanese WHY WON'T YOU LOOK AT ME Apricot.... *Ahem!* My apologies for that outburst.

Analysis
The initial look at her stats is not too bad at all. Her HP is somewhat disappointing compared to the other girls we've covered so far. But holy crap, that ATK stat is something to behold! Also her defense is also pretty good to help even things out with her lower HP. So overall, I would say her stats are very good. She doesn't fall into the perilous glass canon category.

Now for skills and abilities. While not having the really good quality of say something like life steal, she has the quality of hitting them so damn hard! 5.4x damage to a single enemy? With a minimum 28% activation rate? Just call her a tomahawk missile and be done with it. Pretty damn good. What is not so hot is her abilities. Standard increase attack. She has increase skill activation along with boosting both Crit rate and damage for her team which is really good! But the buzzkill in all of this is another rainbow suffering with a shit light gauge ability yet again. Helpful for beginners, yes. But practically useless as you get deeper into FKG.


She's a really good character to have and certainly has the points to be argued in her favor. But the lower HP and one shit ability holds her back from achieving broken potential. Final grade: A Tier

Waifu Judgment
I'll give Japanese Apricot one thing for sure. She definitely is a pretty woman. But the girl is a wood board. She is straight up and down in my view. No boobs. No ass. NO CURVES! I want some MEAT on my woman. And if there is one thing anime from Japan has taught me, never trust anyone with shifty eyes. Especially if they hardly ever open them! LOOK AT ME DAMMIT!

Final Waifu Grade: C Tier