Highly flexible Dark Tile Converter

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(S+ at BT3)

+At BT3: Dark Tile DPS with fantastic flexibility and a bright future

+Select tile dark conversion

+Potentially infinite scaling damage on active and chain

-– Hard to master; relies on other units’ conversion to guarantee contact points around the enemy
– Limited Dark Tile conversion without MBT, which can be difficult to work with at times
– Tremendous competition in both the DPS and Flex slot in Fire

Algol is the latest entry into the new niche of Dark Tile units, her strong personal damage and solid utility with select Dark Tile generation making her a potentially potent addition to basically any Fire team. Her ability to change tiles of any color into Dark Tiles and relatively short Active Skill CD make her very flexible for team building and mitigates the RNG reliance that other Dark Tile generators, like Rebecca, have. The tradeoff is that Algol is more reliant on conversion from other units to optimize placement of her Dark Tiles. On lower-end teams, this can result in issues when you can’t guarantee contact points for her to convert. Plus, because she doesn’t generate any red tiles herself, she can feel awkward to use at times.

That said, because she has theoretically infinitely scaling Equipment based on the number of Dark Tiles she passes through, the future addition of more Dark Tile units to Fire (which is pretty much a guarantee if recent trends hold) will only make her more powerful. Keep an eye on her, because she may become busted in the future.