GBO2 Bugu (RR): Strongest melee at 250 cost!

Описание: This video contains two matches I had with the recently released Bugu on Gundam Battle Operation 2. It is a 250 cost general with a short cooldown bazooka, a high DPS machine gun, short cooldown melee with a powerful downswing, Offence System and two tackles. Its major weakness is that it has no Maneuver Armor or Emergency Evasion, leaving it extremely vulnerable to stunlocks. This suit feels like it is balanced in a really interesting way, it has a really powerful loadout and enough melee power to one combo squishier suits, but it takes a lot of risks while doing so because of the lack of defensive skills. I feel like I could have uploaded better matches had 250 or 300 been in rotation more, but I was only able to play 3 matches with this thing. I hope that you enjoy watching!

Its primary weapon is a prototype bazooka with 1350 power, 3 ammo, 5.5 seconds cooldown, 10 seconds reload, 1.75 seconds swap time, 350m range and 80% stagger value. This has short reload and cooldown time but only has 3 ammo. I think it is still the best bazooka at 250 cost despite this but you have to be careful with your ammo management.
Its primary melee weapon is a heat hawk with 1800 power, 2 seconds cooldown, 0.5 seconds swap time and 90%x2 downswing modifier. This has fast swap time, good power, short cooldown time and incredible downswing power, but it has no melee combo controller. This can take nearly half a raids HP away in one attack.
Its first sub weapon is a machine gun with 150 power, 40 ammo, 450 RPM, 7 seconds reload, 0.5 seconds swap time, 250m range, 1125 DPS and 5% stagger value. This can stagger in 2.66 seconds which is about on par with the machine guns of this cost, but compared to those other machine guns it has much superior DPS. This can break though Maneuver Armor in combination with your bazooka or can be used as a midrange damage tool when you can't close in for melee.

The LV1 Bugu has 11500 HP, 9 ballistic resist, 4 beam resist and 11 melee resist. It has pretty good HP but it isn't that durable either. Combined with your lack of Maneuver Armor or Emergency Evasion, you have to be really careful with your positioning.
In terms of mobility it has 115 walk speed, 170 boosting speed, 60 thrust and 54 turning speed. This basically means that you are as fast as other common 250 cost generals like the Zaku II FS or Zaku Marine Type, so there are no issues here.
It has two skills that can somewhat make up for the lack of real defensive skills, Offence System and Instant Thruster Precision. Offence System protects you from ranged instant staggers but only while you are mid melee swing, making you harder to interrupt while mid combo.
Instant Thruster Precision reduces tackle thrust consumption down to 80%, meaning you can tackle twice in a row if you have used less than 20% of your thruster gauge. This pairs somewhat well with another skill it has, LV2 Enhanced Tackle. This boosts your tackle base power to 990, which means it can hurt enemies fairly well, but still not enough for you to go out of your way to abuse it.

Overall I feel like the Bugu will be a solid pick for 250 cost, but not that strong either. The melee ability is very appealing but the suit itself is such an easy target, it is easy to get harassed with stuns when you try to close in. I would recommend it in spite of these weaknesses if you REALLY like 250 cost, but it is a cost that is hard to find games in, so it might not be worth it even if you do like the suit. It is the first suit from Gundam The Origin in GBO2, so this implies that more suits from this series will be coming eventually, which is quite exciting to me at least. Thanks for watching, and I hope that you enjoyed it!

Music used:

Armored Core Formula Front, E.P.

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