[Full-Stop Office Rep] Hong Lu NEW!

[Full Stop Office Rep] Hong Lu or FS Hong Lu for short is an Ammo and Poise-centric Identity whose main gimmick is mutually beneficial cooperation with [Full Stop Office Fixer] Heathcliff or FS Heathcliff. While FS Heathcliff is on the field after FS Hong Lu uses either his Skill 2 or 3, FS Heathcliff will follow it up with unopposed Skill 2 against the same target or a random enemy, in case the target dies to FS Hong Lu. Furthermore, when FS Heathcliff uses his Evade, FS Hong Lu follows up with Special Skill 1 against the enemy who attacked FS Heathcliff. As such, when combined, both FS Hong Lu and FS Heathcliff will output a lot of damage in a very short amount of turns. But that is not all, as when FS Heathcliff runs out of ammo and retreats, FS Hong Lu’s Skill 2 and 3 will be enhanced. 

FS Hong Lu also has an interesting passive called “Concentration”. Usually, when Ammo Identity runs out of Ammo, Coins that would spend Ammo get canceled, however, this is not the case for Hong Lu, as instead of canceling Coins completely, Coins that would spend Ammo just won’t have their effects activated. So while Hong Lu’s damage without Ammo will drop visibly, it will not be that steep of a drop, thereby allowing him to keep his effectiveness in overly long fights.

FS Hong Lu’s second passive is Tactical Fire Support which is what allows his Skill 2 and 3 to be enhanced and it has the additional effect of granting him +1 Poise Count if he has +20 Poise Potency, allowing him to keep a high Poise number more safely.

Here is a brief overview of his skills:

• Skill 1, Take a Shot - 3 Coin skill - Max roll 12. Surprisingly weak skill if it was not for a rather decent Poise generation. In majority of the cases, should not be used.

• Skill 1-2, Melee Support - 2 Coin skill - max roll 13. FS Hong Lu will use this skill automatically only if FS  Heathcliff is on the field AND if he has used his Evade skill. Melee Support is a nice bonus to FS Hong Lu’s kit as it provides free, but minor, damage with no Ammo usage and additional Pride affinity sin generation.

• Skill 2, Target Marked - 3 Coin Skill - Max roll 19. If FS Heathcliff is on the field, every Reson. of the highest Reson. adds a 25% chance that this unit activates an effect called “Target Spotted” which lets FS Heathcliff use his Skill 2 for free and is the main appeal of Skill 2.

• Enhanced Skill 2, Combo: Target Marked - 4 Coin Skill - Max roll 23. Available only if FS Heathcliff is in backup. Simply said, Combo: Target Marked is a more damaging version of regular S2.

• Skill 3, Full-Stop to Life - 3 Coin Skill - Max roll 22. Very decent Skill 3 but even with its various additional damage modifiers on Coins, it will not compete with a lot of other, better, skills. As with Skill 2, this skill also activates “Target Spotted”, but with guaranteed activation on use.

• Enhanced Skill 3, Combo: Full-Stop to Life - 4 Coin Skill - Max roll 26. Available only if FS Heathcliff is in backup. This enhanced version can output very good damage.

• Defensive Skill, Combat Poise - 1 Coin Evade - Max roll 14. This skill will turn into a Clashable Counter called “Beyond the Shadow”

• Defensive Skill, Beyond the Shadow - 2 Coin Clashable Counter - Max roll 13. Its main and most important use is its Turn-End effect. It allows FS Hong Lu to reload, once per encounter. While on paper it might not seem as much, 1 reload is enough for the majority of the encounters as even if FS Hong Lu runs out of ammo a second time, he still retains his full effectiveness. Somewhat.

Now, for the main issue with this identity. It has its full potential locked behind having FS Heathcliff Identity. Without said Identity, FS Hong Lu is just an above average Identity. 

However, if you have both Full Stop Identities, FS Hong Lu’s game plan is simple, use Skill 2 and Skill 3 as much as possible, avoid using Skill 1 as much to not go out of Ammo quickly, let FS Heathcliff run out of Ammo to let FS Hong Lu loose on surviving enemies. Another benefit of having both Full Stop Identities is an additional generation of Envy and Pride affinity skills due to free skill usage.

Notable E.G.O Synergy (Please do not take it seriously):

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