Cocoa
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Backstory
The pampered youngest member and the Maid Leader of Maid For You. She works so hard to complete her own duties professionally.
Specialities
Normal Attack
■ Affects target enemy.
Deals 69.04% ATK as damage.
Charge Time: 1 sec.
Full Charge Damage: 250%.
Skill 1 - Professional Origami
Active 15 seconds■ Affects all allies.
Recovers 17.76% of cover's Hp as Hp.
■ Affects 2 ally unit(s) with debuff randomly.
Dispels 1 debuff(s).
Skill 2 - Professional Tomato Sauce
Passive■ Activates when attacking with Full Charge. Affects self.
Professional Tomato Souce: Sustained damage ▼ 4.37%, stacks up to 15 time(s) and lasts for 5 sec.
Burst Skill - Professional Maid Leader
Active 20 seconds■ Affects all allies.
Dispels 1 debuff(s).
■ Activates when Professional Tomato Souce is fully stacked. Affects all enemies.
ATK ▼ 13.59% for 10 sec.
Analysis
Review
Cocoa is a Burst I Sniper Rifle wielder who is the first character in the game who can remove debuffs from her allies. While this sounds super strong on paper, currently the number of bosses where this ability comes in handy is pretty limited - but this might change in the future.
Be aware that English translators messed up again and her S1 skill heals the cover of all allies, not them. We checked the JPN and KR skills and the healing part is basically what Liter does just for the whole team. Still, cover healing is a great and useful mechanic, which allows your team to survive for longer - if you don't have Liter and you're struggling on a stage that requires cover (like 16-28) you can use Cocoa as an alternative.
The issue is that for the majority of stages other Burst I characters are way superior to Cocoa - like even N102 helps the team more than Cocoa if you don't have Liter.
As for the second part of the skill, Cocoa is the first Cleanser in the game, so she will be very useful against debuff-heavy bosses (like Nihilister or Chatterbox) and in PVP. Also, some of the CC effects (like Privaty's Stun) are considered as a debuff, so she can cleanse them. The issue is that in PVP it's hard to time the skill (her Burst works better for Cleanse).
Cocoa's S2 gives her a really decent survivability boost which is better than a lot of tank characters, but sadly she doesn't have a Taunt skill to make use of it. So while this looks great on paper, it will be hard to utilize it.
Her Burst is another debuff cleanse skill this time party-wide, but honestly Cocoa fills more the role of a sub-Burst I character, so she will rarely use her Burst either way. Also, the second part of the Burst is also underwhelming as not only the ATK debuff value is pretty low, but also you need to stack the Tomato Sauce buff to 15 stacks to actually apply it.
Overall, just like we suspected in our preview Cocoa is a niche character that - thanks to the Cleanse - shines against some bosses, but it's hard to justify using her as your permanent sub-Burst I character in PVP. For the main Burst I spot her kit is sadly way too weak and too situational.
As for PVP, due to her low energy generation (because she's a Sniper wielder) and Cleanse being hard to use, it's hard to justify using her in the important Burst I spot.
Ratings
Pros & Cons
Pros
debuff Cleanse that makes some fights easier,
can recover cover's HP for all allies.
Cons
her S2 is currently super hard to use as she can't Taunt,
debuff cleansing is not enough to justify using her in your Burst I spot.
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