Pilots!

Today we've got a special double edition of Should You Pull, brought to you by Scubasage on our discord server at https://discord.gg/JTsv8gX. Check out my assessment of this week's banners below!

Hello everyone, Scubasage back again! Once more I'll be skipping the HC across the week. These articles are going to continue to come late and quite frankly the HC totals across the week is, well, not that important. You know if you have enough to pull after all.

Let’s set up some ground rules so you know exactly what to expect and how you should be treating this!

This is entirely my opinion, but I will do my best to justify my opinion and explain to you why I feel a certain way. If at all possible, I’ll use real numbers as well and present an objective outlook before my opinion.

Do not pull on the banner hoping for a single Part. It’s 0.2% for a single Part, which is 50x 10-pulls or 500 pulls. In terms of real money, that’s 5,400 USD.

SS is considered meta defining, S is meta, A is great, B is average, C is below average, D is considered well below average, and F is awful. Parts are compared to all other Parts as a whole and on how well they synergize with other Parts. This means a 4* and a 3* would be compared to everything as low as a 1* to as high as other 4*s.

There are some notations which aren’t immediately obvious:

An EX Skill with D/B at 21/6 CD means it has a D in Piercing, B in Power, a 21 second cooldown, and it’s available for use 6 seconds after the match starts.

All stats are at Max Value, but all EX Skills and Part Traits will be considered at Level 1 (One).

With all of that out of the way, let’s get right into the new banner and what we’re looking at this week!

This week is a double Limited banner, which means they will not be going to Standard Gunpla Parts Capsule when the week is up. Finally, I will not be factoring Marks into the review, as comparing banner parts to banner parts doesn't change with or without marks.

Barbatos Lupus Banner Grade: A

Summary: This banner has a 1.872% (5.85%) chance of drawing something above average, and a 1.872% (5.85%) chance of drawing something of great value or higher.

This banner gives me mixed feelings. As whole, the banner has basically no bad parts, the worst part is still just about average, and has some really nice parts in it too. However, the banner features mostly just stat sticks, with only one single EX Skill or Trait worth going for, and even the stat sticks mostly aren't spectacular. This is a good banner if you don't have many parts, like if you're a new player, though if you have a treasure trove of parts, there's not much standing out compared to everything else in the game

I would not skip.

Vidar Banner Grade: A+

Summary: This banner has a 2.496% (7.8%) chance of drawing something above average, and a 1.248% (3.9%) chance of drawing something of great value or higher.

This banner is similar to the Lupus banner, but better. While there are less exceptional parts here, the ones that are here are more exceptional and there isn't a single dud part in the banner. This banner is good for everyone, newbies and veterans.

I would not skip.

Prime Pool percentages are in parenthesis