Overall: The Dragon Gundam build is a solid set for an OUT FIGHTER. Unfortunately, the out fighter is right now one of the worst professions in Gundam Battle Gunpla Warfare. You see, because Bandai has made such a great effort to balance out the stats of various gear, and because an out-fighter is supposed to be something between a mid shooter and an in fighter (something that prefers to shoot from short range but isn't afraid to do some melee damage), it suffers from a lack of specialization. Where a defender can focus all its gear on defense stats (primarily armor, shot def and melee def), or an in fighter can focus on melee attack and melee defense, an out fighter needs to be a jack of all trades (and a master of none of them). It needs enough shot attack to be decent at close range, but enough melee attack to put some hurt on when something charges, yet enough shot defense to take the ranged barrages from supporters, and enough melee defense to take close combat hits. Essentially, it needs everything, so it will never have gear that is incredible at one thing and weak at others. So it's not the strongest ranged, the strongest melee, the strongest tank, the strongest damager, etc. It's just not a very strong profession in general, so it's hard to get excited about gear that is all balance and no specialty.

Dragon Gundam Head - Tier: B

The Dragon Gundam head comes equipped with a similar ex skill as Igelstellung, just lowering the defense of the enemy by less and doing so via a physical weapon instead of shooting bullets. It's a fine move for a head piece on a melee build, though any base 4-star is going to be more beneficial. But what is attractive about the head is how much shot attack it has. This is a strong bonus for an out-fighter, mid-shooter or long-shooter even if the ex skill isn't particularly beneficial for those roles.

Dragon Gundam Chest - Tier: A

The Dragon Gundam Chest has an excellent ex-skill in Hyper Mode which buffs both the shooting and physical melee attack of a fighter. Particularly useful for an Out Fighter who might alternate between shooting and close combat in quick bursts, especially with a solo/close-range style AI. But what's great about a skill like that is it can benefit a lot of different jobs. The tradeoff is, you don't get a more extreme buff of one thing (like a 30% increase in melee only or a 30% increase in shot attack only) making this more in the A tier than in the S tier. Still, this chest is perhaps better than some base 4-star pieces with lesser ex skills and balanced stats.

Dragon Gundam Arms - Tier A

The ex skill for the Dragon Gundam arms is really interesting, though it seems to reduce the wrong thing. Equipped with a ton of melee attack, these arms are exceptionally strong in stats for a base 3-star piece, but seem to suffer from the out-fighter identity crisis (being good at two things is worse than being great at one thing). While the melee attack is excellent, the ex-skill blasts an enemy with a fiery storm that lowers the shot defense of the opponent requiring almost melee range to be effective. Had this ex-skill lowered the enemy's physical resistance, it would put these 3-star arms firmly in the S-tier. As is, the arms are a strong piece for an Out Fighter or an In Fighter with long or mid shooters supporting.



