Desert Eagle

Overview

Desert Eagle, or commonly referred to as "Deagle", is a HG obtainable in Shattered Connexion. Desert Eagle has very high Damage value for a handgun, coming in at a maximum 41 damage. This, coupled with her skill's active and passive abilities, and her tile buffs make her a must have addition for all commanders.

Strengths

Tile Buffs

Desert Eagle's tile buffs intend for her to be positioned in P7, (upper left corner), and cover the entire left column, the middle tile, and the entire top row. This not only covers half of the board and covers all of the essential slots for most team formations, but it gives covered allies a 30% Damage increase and a 20% Critical Rate increase. 

Secretly an AR

Desert Eagle is really secretly an AR in disquise. Her base damage value is incredibly high for a handgun. When her base value is paired with her skill, which not only penetrates HP shields and does 1x damage to the shield, it also marks the three highest "Defense" (HP + Shield) and will increase all damage against those targets by 10%. She in turn will prioritize her targetting to those enemies and deal an additional 1.6x damage them, stacking up to three times. The resulting damage dealt, which can be up to 400%, will outshine most burst DPS AR's, ROF Self-buffing RF's and easily compares to the damage output of Negev. You can expect to see her listed as MVP in combat more than a handful of times. 

Weaknesses

Weak to high armor enemies

Unfortunately, Desert Eagle does not carry AP rounds, and is therefore met with her only disadvantage - she cannot pierce armored units, which significantly cuts the damage she can deal to them. 

Full Analysis

Desert Eagle is introduced as a story-character in Shattered Connexion is obtainable as a full-event clear from that event. Desert Eagle's tile buffs are amazing for most compositions, boasting a significant Damage and Critical Rate boost, already putting her among the likes of EN's Hoxy, Five-SeveN. Her skill is pure power, with the ability to top DPS outputs in many combat situations, and her special ability to ignore HP shields.

Desert Eagles tiles provide a hearty boost to allies Damage and Critical rate, coming in at 30% and 20% respectively. With her tiles wanting her to be located on the top left corner, tile 7, and providing buffs to tiles 4, 2, 8, 9 and 5, she will see use in otherwise awkward compositions. She will see frequent use in certain self-buffing RF/HG compositions, where her Damage and Critical Rate buffs compliment the ROF buff from the RF's skill.

Desert Eagle's skill will provide allied units to receive their own ROF and will direct Desert Eagle to "mark" the three highest defense enemies. The mark will increase all damage dealt to these three enemies by 10%. On top of this, Desert Eagle will focus her fire on these enemies, dealing an additional 1.6x stackable damage boost. The damage boost, coupled with the already weakened defenses, puts Desert Eagle among the ranks of the highest DPS available when used against low armored enemies. Beyond her already "worth drooling over" skill, her passive ability ignores HP shields. Instead, she will do pure damage to the enemy, and do 1x of that damage dealt to the shield as well, making Desert Eagle one of the, if not the, best handguns available.