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IDW

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IDW is a front row evasion tank sporting one of the highest base evasion stats in the game even among higher rarity SMGs. While this does come at a cost of her own HP being on the lower end of her class, her class and skill synergy often more than makes up for it in actual combat. Her skill, Cover Focus, has the advantage of being able to be activated multiple times during battle due to a low cooldown of only 3 seconds at max rank. In addition, leveling her skill is not as a priority if players are short on resources as even at lower levels it will scale naturally with her evasion stat growth. This combination of a high evasion stat coupled with an evasion buff skill allows IDW to fill a unique niche of solo-tanking without defensive buffs from AR or HG T-Dolls. As a result, IDW can function well as a general-use budget tank in any formation until more ideal or specialized SMGs can be obtained.

IDW's greatest weakness is perhaps her low HP pool. High accuracy enemies like Jaegers can kill her very quickly even with her skill active if not defeated quickly enough. For this reason Guard/Jaeger teams can give her trouble if she is set up with an AR team who can't burn through the opposing front row before the Jaegers get into firing position. Vespids can also pose a threat to IDW due to their moderate accuracy and damage coupled with a high fire rate that can wear her down through her evasion. Placing her in a RF team is a great counter to Guard/Jaeger teams while AR teams, in addition to providing defensive buffs, can quickly kill Vespids and Scouts before they have a chance to wear down her HP. In addition her tile buffs, while improving the survivability of your ARs, does not grant significant bonuses until equipped with fully upgraded 5-star exoskeleton gear.

Equipment

An ideal loadout for IDW would be to have her equipped with a T-type exoskeleton along with a silencer to maximize her evasive capabiliteis . HP ammo is generally not ideal on her as she is a largely defensive T-Doll. Therefore one can save their relatively rare ammo equipment for more offensive SMGs with damage skills or HGs whose high accuracy can make better use of the additional damage.

If commanders wish to optimize IDW's offensive capabilities, red dot sights can greatly improve her accuracy to acceptable levels alongside formation buffs. Due to IDW's naturally high evasion and skill synergy, she can afford to skip out on some of the more vital SMG equipment like T-type exoskeletons and suppressors which can be great if Commanders need to allocate those resources to other T-dolls. However bear in mind that these accuracy benefits will be nullified during night missions. It is advised to leave damage to more offense-oriented classes like ARs and RFs and instead let IDW do what she does best by playing to her strengths as a frontline dodge-tank.

Team Composition

While IDW gives no offensive buffs, she can be useful in AR teams that end up using a cross-formation. Her evasion buff tiles can benefit the ARs who are placed in the middle column of the grid as they will be more likely to receive return fire from enemies during battle.

Alternatively she can serve as an excellent tank in T-formation RF teams if Commanders feel like they need a main tank as opposed to running the usual 3HG-2RF team setup. This same strategy can be applied to MG teams if the player is lacking in shotguns from T-doll Production.