Additional Notes#

CuriousCanidae's Notes#

This document will basically be about. “Why PKP is OP and you’re a bloody idiot if you don’t raise her” because even among the Big 3 (PKP, PK, MG5) she kicks the other two in the dust.

Fun fact from the Korean (Namu) wiki. She’s small. Smaller than G36.

Her in game skill description says: “Chance to fire an extra shot with every shot, and that extra shot autocrits.” This is true and wrong at the same time. The 20% at SL10 is also wrong.

Funny isn’t it, anyway. Here are some interesting aspects for her.

• PKP’s extra shot targets random enemies. (The original source’s GIF shows the front row Ageis getting hit while PKP is targeting the Manticore)
• PKP’s extra shot is fired 1 frame BEFORE the next shot. (The original source’s GIF shows 2 different Manticores getting hit at almost the same time. Also, the damage comparison suggests the lower Manticore gets the skill shot. Since PKP is at the top row, and bullet travel time is shorter on the top row, PKP’s skill shot has to be fired before the normal shot to reach about the same time as the normal shot)
• PKP’s extra shot does not activate when the original shot MISSES. (You might think “Wait, then accuracy for her matters”, we’ll get to that later)
• PKP’s extra shot activation % is not calculated 20% on the skill. It’s calculated per link and the chance increases drastically upon links. At 1 link, she has about 11% activation rate and at 5 links, she has about 41% activation rate:

(The author of the original document states the sample size is small because they were lazy)

• The extra shot is NOT a critical bullet as the skill suggests. Therefore, it can crit on top of being enhanced damage resulting in a 2.25 multiplier.
• The extra shot is not a skill shot. Therefore, it gets affected by accuracy. (Again you’ll think “Then accuracy?”. Later)
• The skill amplification is always 150% but the crit of the extra bullet can be boosted by the multipliers found in fairies.

Therefore, at 1 link, she has a very low damage boost compared to PK or MG5 but at 5 links she has an expected DPS of 60% compared to their 50%.

Her base accuracy is also acceptably high (31) allowing her to use Opticals (crit scopes) instead of Eotechs. Here, due to the reasons of her skill being able to crit and the existence of K5 and Fairies, it makes more sense to boost her accuracy using those sources instead of her own equipment.

This came on Reddit like a year ago, but for funsies (and if you’re an Ultimate Lucksack) PKP’s theoretical max damage per 1 volley (without any exterior buffs) is as follows:

712.5 + 1086.75 + 712.5 + 1086.75 + 712.5 + 1086.75 + 
712.5 + 1086.75 + 712.5 + 1086.75 + 712.5 + 1086.75 + 
712.5 + 1086.75 + 712.5 + 1086.75 + 712.5 + 1086.75 + 
712.5 + 1086.75 + 712.5 + 1086.75 + 712.5 + 1086.75 + 
712.5 + 1086.75 + 712.5 + 1086.75 + 712.5 + 1086.75 
= (712.5 X 15) + (1086.75 X 15) 
= 10687.5 + 16031.25 
= 26718.75

Compared to this, PK (Because MG5 is weaker than PK)’s theoretical max damage per 1 volley (without any exterior buffs) is as follows:

720 + 720 + 720 + 1248 + 
720 + 720 + 720 + 1248 + 
720 + 720 + 720 + 1248 + 
720 + 720 + 720 + 1248 
= (720 X 12) + (1248 X 4) 
= 8640 + 4992 
= 13632

This stupid looking equasion is only possible because PKP’s skill fires an ADDITIONAL bullet that is NOT from the 15 bullets. Therefore, in theory, she’s the only MG (Well, there is MG3 but we don’t speak about that) that can legitimately fire up to 30 rounds depending on how much of a lucksack you are.

The only drawback that exists on PKP is likely, “She doesn’t buff armor on her buff tiles.”

Souces:
https://gall.dcinside.com/mgallery/board/view/?id=micateam&no=242936
https://gall.dcinside.com/mgallery/board/view/?id=micateam&no=243915
https://namu.wiki/w/PKP(%EC%86%8C%EB%85%80%EC%A0%84%EC%84%A0)
https://cafe.naver.com/girlsfrontlinekr/2083864