Axis MA Component Tierlist (tl by varz).xlsx

	A	B	C	D	E	F	G	H	I	J
1		Name	Images	Notes / Weaknesses	Talent / Rating		Heavy Weapons	Explanation	Light Weapons	Explanation
2	T0	Cannon		May have marking mechanic, targeting logic for ranged attacks is unclear	Stun Attack	T0	Heavy Weapon Shield	God of shield gen, must-bring even if enemies have shield pierce	Melee Attack	AoE + shredding backline HP
3	T0	Grenade Launcher		Hitting multiple normal enemies creates overlapping fire pools	Shreds backline HP	T0	Stun Attack	Hard counter	Mobbed Damage Reduction	Core talent
4	SP	Rotating Turret		Switch modes until MG mode targets priority enemies	Enter 8 range and kill backline; gets taunted	T0	Weak Point Targeting	Free 10.25% Dmg from any source	Light Weapon Shield	Average performance, better than the others but worse than MDR
5	T0	Lightweight Rapid-Fire Railgun		Put in slot furthest from the enemy for pierce angle	Shreds backline HP	T1	Heavy Weapon Weakening	Mediocre	Melee Threat	Range too small
6	SP	Phased-Array Radar		Map skill	-	T1	Heavy Weapon Charge	Capped at 1 stack, only for debuffing FP	Light Weapon Weakening	Target tiebroken by on ID within team (it's complicated); can stack all 6 debuffs
7	SP	Automotive Night Vision		Special skill; missing means no shields, no fire pools, no knockback	-	T1	Pre-emptive Suppression	As above	Pre-emptive Suppression	Immediately debuffs all enemies, proccing Debuff Amp from the start
8	T1	Shield Generator		Active cannot stack; dropped a tier after being nerfed	-	T1	Mobbed Damage Reduction	As above	Debuff Amplification	As long as the MA itself applies debuffs
9	SP	Slat Armor		Special skill	-	T1	Melee Threat	Range too small	Emergency Amplification	Give the enemies a middle finger
10	SP	Camouflage Netting		Map skill	-	T2	Emergency Shield	Mediocre	Light Weapon Charge	Only target the middle, hitbox too narrow
11	T1	Missile Launcher MK1		Great at generating shields, but going all-shields is pretty meh	Heavy Weapon Shields	T2	Debuff Amplification	Only available on laser weapons, points docked for that	Marker Amplification	-
12	T1	Missile Launcher MK2		Shield gen / mediocre DPS	-	T2	Marker Amplification	As above	Rapid Enhancement	-
13	T1	Small Mortar		Mediocre shield gen	Emergency Amplification to take out dangerous enemies	T2	Emergency Amplification	As above	Anti-Unarmored Unit Specialization	-
14	T1	Anti-Armor Sniper Rifle		Prioritizes backline (armour prio is a lie)	Depends on enemy, prioritize backline	T2	Anti-Dummy-Linked Unit Specialization	Pure shield defense set focused on high-threat backline linked	Anti-Doll Specialization	-
15	T1	Machine Gun Team		Mediocre shield gen; applies Weak Point Targeting for DPS	Light Weapon Shield/Weak Point/Melee Attack	T2	Anti-Armor Specialization	Pure shield defense set focused on high-threat backline armoured	Single-Target Specialization	-
16	T1	Vehicle-Mounted Shotgun		Needs to hit to knockback; has 75 RoF cap; Weak Point + Shields	KB / mvspd debuff, depends on enemy	T2	Anti-Mechanical Unit Specialization	Pure shield defense set focused on cherubs	Light Weapon Support	-
17	T1	Heavy Machine Gun		Pierce mode to hit backline; not enough Acc/AP	To hit backline, needs AP/Eva debuff crutches	T3	Random Weakening	Poor performance	Emergency Shield	-
18	T1	Gatling Gun		Surehit, cannot crit	Optimal for AoE mobbing	T3	Elite Attack	Harsh proc conditions	Random Weakening	-
19	T1	Jammer		Debuff only applied once per activation, can be cleansed; uptime too short	-	T3	Heavy Weapon Support	Inferior to specializations
20	T1	Smoke Grenade Launcher		Debuff can't be cleansed during uptime, radius too small	Bring Cleansing Shield + Eva stat buffs	T4	Heavy Weapon Detonation	Unimpressive set performance	Light Weapon Detonation	Can use on HMG, at the cost of major survivability
21	T1	Signal Receiver		Pros and cons compared to Laser Rangefinder	-		Functional Components	Explanation	Defense Components	Explanation
22	T1	Laser Rangefinder		Used for high Arm/Eva enemies; more hits => more shields	HMG / Grenade Launcher DPS buffs	T0	Stun Attack	Hard counter	Shield Deflection	Free damage reduction
23	T1	Automated Defense System		Used when you have enough shields / against shield pierce	Eva stat	SP	Cleansing Shield	Sometimes equivalent to massively buffing Eva/Acc	Cleansing Shield	Equivalent to buffing Eva, can sometimes do more than 20% dmg red
24	T2	Armored Cannon		Use components with +6 Armour talent	-	T1	Pre-emptive Shield	Good for many consecutive fights	Pre-emptive Shield	Good for many consecutive fights
25	T2	Railgun		Bring Stun Attack	-	T1	Debuff Amplification	More DPS is also a strat	Debuff Amplification	More DPS is also a strat
26	T2	Universal Machine Gun MK-1		(Put in slot closest to enemy) needs you to buy the Steel Claw skin	Don't buy skins for this shit	T1	Emergency Amplification	Even more DPS than the one above	Emergency Amplification	Even more DPS than the one above
27	T2	Light Machine Gun		Unusable for Mech in long fights; first target it locks on to is frontline	-	T1	Pre-emptive Suppression	Only one takes effect if you bring multiple	Pre-emptive Suppression	Only one takes effect if you bring multiple
28	T2	Jammer Gun		Single-target; pure Stun SD build	-	T1	Elite Amplification	Special elites having debuff immunity is very reasonable, right?	Melee Threat	Range too small
29	T2	Drone Compartment		Drones are bugged and can't be targeted at all	T3全看设计师面子	T1	Charge Conversion	+33.1% Armor	Mobbed Damage Reduction	Just put it on Rotating Turret, unless you need to fight up close
30	T2	Explosive Reactive Armor		Slat exists now		T1	Stunned Self-Destruct	Good for killing links if you can stun	Emergency Shield	Average performance
31	T3	Impulse Cannon		(Put in slot closest to enemy) needs you to buy the KV skin		T2	Faction Amplification	Strong buffs	Shielded Damage Boost	Strong buffs
32	T3	Anti-Aircraft Cannon		Completely inferior to Small Mortar	-	T2	Marker Amplification	Slow to kill single-link enemies	Marker Amplification	Slow to kill single-link enemies
33	T3	Laser Weapon		Give to the tank for some shield gen	Steel Claw and Sinner skins	T3	Random Weakening	Poor performance	Random Weakening	Poor performance
34	T3	Flamethrower		Frontline surehit, only for single target; fears armour, 75 RoF cap	Sinner skin severely bugged	T3	Stunned and Exposed	Can be decent when paired with Stun Penalty
35	T3	Laser Suppression System		Single target; poor performance	All the T3 components are really niche, up to user	T4	Marker Detonation	Use with Weap Detonation if you like wasting talent slots
36	Both weap types converted to RoF to calculate frame breakpoints					T5	Malfunction Stun	Super buggy	Cleanses all debuffs. Including the stun.
37	RoF = (300 + Reload * Reload coeff)/30, rounded up Frames per attack = 1500/RoF, rounded down							All of the random debuff skills can apply FP/Acc/RoF/Mov/Arm/Eva		Acc is the most useless talent slot
38	Max attack interval for heavy weaps capped at 100f This means the only good heavy weapon that even benefits from Reload is AGL								Precision	increases heavy weap hit rate
39	Note!	The "AA-02 Sinner" mech skin's front cannon is too far forward and can't hit					What 5 range (e.g. Melee Threat) looks like:			Precision formula:
40		enemies right in front of the mech. Trash skin 0/10.								hit rate = max(40%, precision / (precision + eva * 8))
41		Original author NGA acc:	[@ly895916428]加框							i.e. every 8 points of precision is equivalent to 1 point of acc, hit rate floored at 40%
42		Bilibli acc:	阿库西斯＿↙加下划线
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44									For fights where the high-threat enemies are in your face,
45									you can use Melee Threat + Jammer for double FP debuffs
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51		has killed all ds no dmg so far					Blue line is Tarantula width
52		dm him if a new ds comes out					Red circle is Tarantula mainframe
53							Red line is 5 range from the mech
54	See this sheet for more technical details (by Randomqwerty)
55					How to balance armour and DPS for chips!!
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58	1: How to setup conventional mixed off/def chips for the mech						2: How to setup chips for shield spam
60	1. First, find out how much Damage the enemy does (e.g. 31-44 in the image below).						(see the left for how to setup armour) after hitting Armour reqs, bring Reload.
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62	2. Then bring 40± armour (total of chips + other defensive tools)						1. Replace Lightweight Railgun with Shotgun/HMG with Light Weap Shields; DPS comes purely from AGL burn pool.
63	Don't forget about Charge Conversion, Armoured Cannon, or other similar sources of armour						Heavy Weap > Firepower > Reload > Full-speed ≈ Precision, burn pool ignores Armour.
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65	3. Armour talent slots are mandatory, Eva can be swapped out for Prec/Crit as needed.						2. What if I need to use Missile Mk1 to replace AGL for thicker HP shields?
66	Use Eva + Cleansing Shield to cleanse debuffs (bring neither if insufficient Arm)						Check the weapons' Reload and Precision.
67	If you have Charge Conversion for the Armour but no Cleansing Shield, and the enemy has						The Reload to RoF formula is given in the section above to the left. Heavy Weap chip with Reload talent gives 16 Reload, Full-speed chip gives 12 Reload.
68	many Eva debuffers/surehitters, bring Prec/Crit.						Check whether the 4 Reload deficit will affect the RoF bracket.
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70	4. After hitting Armour reqs, bring Light Weap > Firepower > RoF > Crit.						3. The reason for bringing Precision is covered in the section above to the right.
71	The priority is to make sure the Lightweight Railgun and Rotating Turret kill the backline.						The mech's melee mode attacks are true AoEs, and aren't affected by Reload.
72							If the heavy weapon's DPS is insufficient, melee attacks can be used to thin out the frontline (can be regarded as a slightly weaker Shield with more DPS).
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