Griffin Rider ChrisInformation and Guide

Character
Introduction

Griffin Rider Chris is a ASSR Rarity character from the
Supporter
Supporter class and
Counter
Counter
Mech
Mech
type. They are part of the Griffin Rider faction.

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Profile

Review and ratings

Other information

Profile

Combat information
Rarity
ASSR
Deployment Cost
7 cost
Movement Type
Air
Attack type
All
Specialties
Debuffer
Skills
Basic

Basic Attack

Valid hits: 1

Cooldown: -

Deals damage to a single target in front with her sniper rifle. Prioritizes attacking air units within range. In [Critical Breakthrough] state, basic attack's damage is increased, valid Hits change to 2 and AoE damage is dealt.

Level 2: Basic Attack DMG +5%

Level 3: Basic Attack DMG +5%

Level 4: Basic Attack DMG +5%

Level 5: Basic Attack DMG +5%

Passive

Griffin Rider

Valid hits: 5

Cooldown: -

Upon deployment, deals damage to all enemies with a shockwave from her high-speed maneuver. While on the battttlefield, enemies received DMG Taken AMP +15%. Each time a unit leaves the battlefield, her Ultimate Skill cooldown is reduced by 1 second, and her Special Skill cooldown by 0.5 seconds.

Level 2: ATK +5%

Level 3: ATK +5%

Level 4: ATK +10%

Level 5: DMG Taken AMP effect is increased by 2x while in [Critical Breakthrough] state.

Special

Rapid Acceleration

Valid hits: 3

Cooldown: 24 seconds

Unleashes a shockwave from her high-speed maneuver that deals AoE damage and becomes immune to damage while moving. 1 damaged target in front becomes Unavoidable for 5 seconds.

Level 2: DMG +5%

Level 3: DMG +5%

Level 4: DMG +15%

Level 5: All attacks always inflict CRIT damage while in the [Critical Breakthrough] state. Up to 3 damaged targets become Unavoidable for 5 s

Ultimate

Ignite

Valid hits: 4

Cooldown: 55 seconds

Launches an attack in front by unleashing the flight unit's performance. She becomes immune to damage while moving and enters the [Critical Breakthrough] state that cannot be canceled for 20 seconds after using her Ultimate Skill.

[Critical Breakthrough]: Immune to all Hitstuns, ASPD +50%, Skill Seal Immunity.

Level 2: CRIT DMG +5%

Level 3: CRIT DMG +5%

Level 4: CRIT DMG +10%

Level 5: Resets Special Skill cooldown after skill

Stats

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Availability
KR Release Date
July 26th, 2023
GLOBAL Release Date
February 14th, 2024

Review

Ratings
A

PVE (Early)

A

PVE (Late)

SS

PVP

Review
Summary

Awakened Chris (AChris) a seven-cost flying supporter notable for her personal damage and global DMG AMP debuff. Additionally, she is the only character in the game with evasion block debuff.

A significant portion of AChris’ power budget is allocated to her Ultimate Skill, which (on top dealing a ton of damage), applies a number of self-buffs. Those buffs include:

  • Global DMG AMP debuff increase from 15% to 30%

  • Basic attack damage multiplier increase

  • 50% ASPD self-buff

  • Special skill cooldown reset

  • Increased applications of special skill EVA block debuff

While AChris is empowered by her ult self-buffs, she becomes one of the strongest characters in the game. In the absence of those buffs, her performance is underwhelming.

PVE Review

AChris performs well in 16-man content such as raids and CCB where external skill haste buffs (i.e. Yang Harim, AJia) enable her to be geared for more damage without sacrificing the uptime on her ultimate.

PVP Review

AChris is one of the strongest PVP damage dealers in the game, capable of dealing immense damage when empowered by her ultimate self-buffs. However, it can be a challenge getting there. The struggle typically lies in keeping the team afloat for long enough that she reaches that point.

AChris’ prohibitively high cost and low immediate impact can be difficult to work with. As such, she is typically played in teams built to enable her. AChris is frequently played with Sysop (operator) to shore up her rough early game. 

That said, AChris does have some immediate impact by way of her ETB. AChris’ ETB deals surprisingly high damage and can frequently oneshot unprotected non-ASSR units on its own. This is most consistent against squishy backline damage dealers like soldiers, but can kill more expensive backliners (e.g. Agnes) with a lucky crit.

AChris’ combination of defensive stats, type (counter-mech hybrid), and role (supporter) make it difficult to target her. Counterplay to AChris is limited to: 

  • Awakened Jake (AJake): AJake is the premier anti-mech option and the most direct means of winning mech matchups. AJake’s kit is designed to counter mechs and AChris is a mech.

  • Skill haste debuffs: As AChris (and by extension her team) is heavily reliant on the ultimate for damage, delaying her ultimate increases the time before she becomes an actual threat. Skill haste debuffs are most accessible through New Ohio, but can also be accessed through other means.

Counterintuitively, Awakened Lee Sooyeon (ALSY) is pretty bad against AChris for a number of reasons:

  • Both AChris and ALSY have air target priority but AChris outranges ALSY by a significant margin.

  • ALSY does not have enough HIT to surefire AChris. This can lead to consistency issues.

Pros & Cons
Pros

- EVA block is a potent offensive debuff that significantly increases damage where applicable

- High survivability for a PVP backliner

Cons

- Borderline useless up until she casts her ultimate skill

Other information

Gear recommendation
PVE gear

Set: CDR DPS

PVP gear

Set: CDR DPS

The gear recommendations have been simplified and you should use them in combination with this guide (for PVP) and this guide (for PVE).