GBO2 RX-93FF Nu Gundam: The only good 700 cost raid?!

This video contains two matches I had with the RX-93FF Nu Gundam on Gundam Battle Operation 2. It is a 700 cost raid with incredible DPS at close range, incredible stagger accumulation, good instant stagger ability, a heavy stagger sub weapon, a heavy attack with insanely good reach and funnels which are easy to hit with thanks to them firing large beams. Its weaknesses would be that it is squishy, only has LV3 Maneuver Armor, has the weakest normal melee ability of any LV1 700 cost raid, has relatively short range and that it is slow when compared with other 700 cost raids. This suit used to be OP, and I still think it is strong, but now I would say it is the only raid that has been able to keep up with the intense powercreep seen at 700. I hope that you enjoy watching!

Its primary weapon is a bazooka with 2900 power, 5 ammo, 300m range, 5 seconds cooldown, 18 seconds reload and 80% stagger value. This has long reload time but high power. It can also be fired while boosting.
Its primary melee weapon is a beam saber with 3000 power, 2 seconds cooldown, 0.5 seconds focus time, 2 seconds charge time, 70% combo modifier and 160%x2 heavy attack modifier. This is basically the same beam saber that Nu gets but slightly upgraded, it retains the same good moveset. The heavy attack has low power but a ridiculous hitbox.
Its first sub weapon is a head vulcan with 120 power, 60 ammo, 200m range, 450 RPM, 13 seconds reload and 6% stagger value. These are the same vulcans which the original Nu gets, so they are amazing for finishing off low HP enemies with or to accumulate stagger.
Its second sub weapon is a shield beam cannon with 1900 power, 85% heat, 350m range, 5 seconds cooldown, 18 seconds overheat and 10% stagger value. This has modest damage and high heat but instantly stuns, making it useful in a wide variety of situations.
Its third sub weapon is a long range fin funnel with 1000x4 power, 28%x4 heat, 300m range, 2 seconds cooldown, 18 seconds overheat and 25%x4 stagger value. This has great performance for a funnel with high damage, long range, good stagger value and the ability to be fired while boosting. It doesn't even overheat in one volley like some other funnels.
Its fourth sub weapon is a long range fin funnel cannon with 1800x2 (4200) power, 35%x2 (100%) heat, 400m range, 1 second cooldown, 22 seconds overheat, 25%x2 stagger value and 5.5 seconds focus time. This has high power uncharged and can be used to deal extra damage after a stun, but fully charged shots heavy stagger. You can combo this into a heavy attack if you release the heavy point blank.
Its sixth sub weapon is a shield missile launcher with 700x2 power, 4 ammo, 300m range, 12 seconds reload and 25%x2 stagger value. This has less stagger value and longer reload time than the original Nu shield missile launcher but it fires two missiles at once.

The LV1 Nu FF has 22000 HP, 22 ballistic/beam resist and 34 melee resist. This basically makes Nu FF the squishiest 700 cost LV1 raid, especially when considering that it only has LV3 Maneuver Armor and only one buffer. The fin funnel buffer is 35% damage reduction though, and it has the benefit of having LV3 Emergency Evasion.
It also has 135 (145) walk speed, 225 (235) boosting speed, 80 thrust (-25% consumed) and 81 (106) turning speed. It isn't that quick before Psychoframe Resonance activates at 30% HP. It has LV3 Forced Injectors and LV2 Flight Control as well.
It also has a skill called LV1 Counter Boost. This boosts damage dealt by 20% and halves focus time for melee/ranged weapons for 30 seconds after you successfully land a counter tackle. Furthermore, it reduces damage taken by 20% and buffs walk speed by 5.

In conclusion, I feel that the Nu Gundam FF is the last remaining truly viable 700 cost raid. Nu FF used to be meta, arguably cost breaking, but the meta has changed drastically since then. Banshee Norn has released which can easily one combo Nu FF with melee, being able to stunlock and harass it with its ranged options if melee isn't possible. This is on top of basically every other 700 cost general getting buffs that let them more easily deal with Nu FF. This is pretty bad, it means that you can't really afford to make any mistakes with this suit any longer, but no other raid can handle the current meta. Nu FF has reliable ways to break the Nu HWS funnel barrier, being able to continue dealing high damage to it by cycling weapons after destroying the barrier as well. Other 700 cost raids tend to struggle with this, or they rely on a relatively risky melee approach to deal with it. I think it is definitely the strongest 700 raid, but one that you need to be confident in playing, play it safe and don't take unnecessary risks. Thanks for watching, and I hope that you enjoyed it!

Music used:

Enthusia Professional Racing, Blots The Sun

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