"Vill-V in life is passionate about performing her beloved magic of gear movement, which unfolds the curtains on the stage with steam evaporating and audiences applauding.
As the engineer consultant to Flame-Chasers, she ushered in the Helix of "common sense" and "anti-common sense", but it attracted praises and doubts as much a division as different colors of her hair did."
⚙ Table Of Contents
· Introduction
· Skill Details
· Rank-Ups
· Signature Gear Details
· Role and General Gameplay
· Gear Evaluation
· Team Composition
· Closing Thoughts
⚙ Introduction
The 5th of the Flamechasers, she is a Magician, a Engineer, a Mechanic, a Villain, a Chef and a Occultist.
She is the paradoxical "Fool", Vill-V who will soon arrive to the Hyperion in version 5.9 with her battlesuit Helical Contraption.
Helical Contraption is a Ranged S rank QUA Fire DPS Cannon user who specializes on killing QUA enemies. She has a simple gameplay that mostly boils down to hold [ATK] but also unique compared to anything that came prior.
"Yep, that's me! I'm the youngest master of Helixcraft, the inventor of the Kevin Killer, the wizardry king of the dusk era, the one looking down upon the stars, and the mother of marvelous junk, Vill-V!"
⚙ Skill Details
Weapon Mode
When entering the field Vill-V will automatically summon the Loud Armaments, Revolving Gatling: Aplause and Heavy Cannon: Exclamation.
Vill-V has no Basic ATK. Instead, tapping [ATK] or [ULT] will automatically summon the weapon to her location and let her enter Weapon Mode, taking control over it. You can change the current selected weapon by tapping [Weapon].
Alternatively, when holding [ATK] near a weapon she will enter the respective Weapon Mode.
- You can leave Weapon Mode at any time by tapping [ULT]
- Leaving the field will destroy all current Loud Armaments and deal 150% Fire DMG to nearby enemies.
Weapon Heat Value
Firing a weapon while in Weapon Mode will recover Weapon Heat Value (up to 200). When it is maxed, Vill-V will enter Climax Approaching state which provide her with a multitude of buffs.
- 30 Weapon Heat Value will be lost every second after 2s without attacking.
Weapon Shooting
Revolving Gatling: Aplause:
High Hitcount Weapon, perfect for dealing with hitcount shields and against solo targets.
- Holding [ATK] will continuously do 30% ATK of Fire DMG and restore 2 Weapon Heat Value.
- Fire DMG increased to 48% ATK in Climax Approaching State.
Heavy Cannon: Exclamation:
Slow shooting big AOE damage Weapon, perfect for dealing with multiple targets.
- Tapping or Holding [ATK] will deal 450% ATK of Fire DMG and restore 30 Weapon Heat Value.
- Fire DMG increased to 720% ATK in Climax Approaching Sate.
Both Loud Armaments' attacks are considered Charge ATK.
Weapon Switching
During Weapon Mode you can't unleash weapon skill, instead tapping [Weapon] will switch between Loud Armaments.
- Switching weapons triggers Ultimate Evasion skill.
- Up to 2 charges at a time. One is recharged every 4s.
QTE (Levered Horizon)
Condition: Enemy is Time-Slowed or Ignited
- Deals 1000% ATK of Fire DMG, and induces 1s of Global Time Fracture.
- Summons Revolving Gatling: Aplause and automatically enters Weapon Mode.
Ultimate (Silent Finale)
At 50 or above SP, holding [ULT] will unleash ultimate and enter burst mode.
- Deals 500% ATK of Fire DMG to all enemies.
- Causes QUA enemies to collapse once.
Burst Mode.
- Tapping or holding [ATK] will deal 550% ATK of Fire DMG with each attack.
- Holding [ATK] when Chariot Heat Value is maxed will unleash interlude Salute and trigger Ultimate Evasion Skill.
- Loses 5 SP/s in burst mode, 10 SP/s after 5 seconds. Max duration: 16s.
Tap ULT at any time during burst mode to use finisher, pausing stage timer.
- Deals 900% + N x 70% ATK of Fire DMG (N = duration of burst mode in seconds) and exists burst mode.
- Automatically cast if SP runs out or max duration is reached.
Evasion (Divining The Stars)
Ultimate Evasion Skill:
- Triggers 3s of Global Time fracture.
- Summons Mortar Cannon: Silenced to continuously attack for 8s.
- Forms a Burn Zone which lasts 2s and deals 100% ATK of Fire DMG every second to enemies on it.
While in weapon mode, tapping [EVA] will activate a shield for 1.5s.
- Blocking a attackdeals 100% ATK of Fire DMG and trigger Ultimate Evasion Skill.
- If it blocks a QUA-type attack then QUA enemies will collapse once.
While in burst mode, holding [EVA] will allow you to ride the chariot.
- Does 8 x 100% ATK Fire DMG every sec to enemies in front of it.
Relevant Buffs
⚙ Rank-Ups
⚙ Signature Gear Details
Helical Contaption's signature Weapon - Tower Of The Past
She made this weapon by hand when she was still a little girl. Although she recognized that it has many flaws, she still cherished it and always carried it with her, up till her finality.
"After all... I'm merely a fool."
Lvl 50: ATK - 294 / CRT - 19
Three Acts Finale
Charged cannon.
1st Sequence: single shot. 2nd Sequence: Empowered double shot. 3rd Squence: Super-powered triple shot.
Total DMG increases by 8.0%. When wielder hits enemies, enemies enter a locked state for 15.0s. Triggering it again rests the duration. Enemies suffer 30% slower Move Speed and take 8.0% more Fire DMG from the wielder in Locked state.
Chaotic Babel
[SP: 0 | CD: 20s]
Call for long-ranged support that fires cluster bombs at enemies ahead, dealing 10 x 80% ATK of Fire DMG.
Helical Contraption equip bonus: Entering or switching from Weapon Mode directly triggers the long-ranged support. CD 7.0s. In burst mode, Weapon Active becomes a shot that penetrates and gathers enemies in front dealing 1000.0% + 6 x 50% ATK of Fire DMG.
Helical Contaption's signature Weapon - Tower Of The Past: Silk Ladder
The hopeless Tower Of Babel, isolated because of languages, was doomed for hell and had to grasp on to a spider's thread... The young girl had never mocked this legend.
In this world there are hopeful existences who persevere despite knowing their imminent failure. She knows well and she carries on.
Lvl 65: ATK - 441 / CRT - 18
Inceptive Helix
Charged cannon.
1st Sequence: single shot. 2nd Sequence: Empowered double shot. 3rd Squence: Super-powered triple shot.
Total DMG increases by 12.0%. When wielder hits enemies, enemies enter a locked state for 15.0s. Triggering it again rests the duration. Enemies suffer 30% slower Move Speed and take 12.0% more Fire DMG from the wielder in Locked state.
Purgatory Rage
[SP: 0 | CD: 20s]
Call for long-ranged support that fires cluster bombs at enemies ahead, dealing 10 x 100% ATK of Fire DMG.
Helical Contraption equip bonus: Entering or switching from Weapon Mode directly triggers the long-ranged support. CD 7.0s. In burst mode, Weapon Active becomes a shot that penetrates and gathers enemies in front dealing 1300.0% + 6 x 50% ATK of Fire DMG.
Twisted Power
Ultimate and attacks in burst mode deal 10.0% bonus Fire DMG to enemies in Locked state.
Helical Contraption equip bonus: In burst mode, Total DMG dealt to enemies in Locked state increases by 15.0% and each attack deals an additional 80.0% ATK of Fire DMG. CD 1s.
Helical Contaption's signature Stigmata - Puppet's Encounter
(Carlo Collodi)
Carlo Collodi (T):
HP - 376 / ATK - 160 / DEF - 66
Total Damage increases by 25.0%. Fire Damage dealt by ranged attacks increased by 40.0%.
Carlo Collodi (M):
HP - 507 / ATK - 46 / DEF - 199 / CRT - 5
When an entity summoned is spawned or defeated, all enemies take 20.0% bonus Fire DMG from the host for 15.0s (cannot stack). Triggering it again rests the duration. Ultimate Evasion skill CD is reduced by 20.0%.
Carlo Collodi (B):
HP - 410 / ATK - 106 / DEF - 110 / CRT - 8
Fire DMG increased by 60.0%. Restores 2.0 SP and 20 HP per sec for 5s after entering burst mode. Triggering it again resets the duration.
Carlo Collodi 2pc:
Total DMG increases by 30.0%. Increases self's Fire DMG by 40.0% in burst mode.
Carlo Collodi 3pc:
When attacks land on targets, Fire DMG increases by 3.0% for 8s, up to 5 stacks. Triggering it again resets the duration. Enhance self after entering burst mode gain 15.0% bonus Total DMG for 18s. Triggering it again resets the duration.
⚙ Role and General Gameplay
Helical Contraption plays the role of the main DPS in the team.
She excels in fightning quantum type enemies and replaces Starchasm Nyx as the go to Quantum dps.
Due to her typing being neutral against Bio, Mecha and Psy she can also work in fire weathers as a replacement for better specialized DPSes and should be enough to retain Red Lotus and below.
Most of her gameplay consists of holding down the [ATK] button, be it to regen SP or to do damage.
In most cases her team's rotations consists of using your support's before switching Vill-V in, using her ultimate, Weapon active and then holding down [ATK] until the enemy is suficiently low on HP to be killed by her finisher.
Both her Loud Armaments are barely utilized in her gameplay besides specific situations.
Revolving Gatling: Aplause is utilized to destroy hitcount shields and to regen/save SP when fightning solo targets.
Heavy Cannon: Exclamation is utilized to do damage and to regen/save SP when fightning a group of tragets.
⚙ Gear Evaluation
⚙ Team Composition
note: Unlike most recent fire teams that perfer to use Pardofelis over Raven, with Vill-V teams you will be fightning QUA enemies most of the time were Pardo's lower damager for faster rotations doesn't work.
Team Rotation:
Midnight Absinthe: Ult -> Weapon Active
Azure Empyrea: Ult
Helical Contraption: Switch in* -> Ult -> Weapon Active -> Hold [ATK] until enemy is sufficiently low -> Ult
*Use an ELF to QTE in if you have one.
⚙ Closing Thoughts
Helical Contraption is a strong character. It's the first Quantum character we get in over a year and she brings with her tons of new abyss and memorial arena stages that favor QUA Valkyries. She is sure to be meta relevant for a long while.
Even so. I can't reccomend her unless you either really like her or have alot of spare xtals which you can waste on her and not make a dent.
From a meta perspective, a character that is likely to impact more your account is going to release in 6.0 so it would be wise to save for her instead.
Regardless, Vill-V is fun so I hope you enjoy her if you do pull for her.
⚙ Helical Contraption Video Content:
Abyss:Vill-V vs new Abyss QUA Bosses
Elysian Realm: Vill-V vs Elysian Realm Finality
Memorial Arena:Vill-V vs SSS Kosma
