Swimsuit Layer

Swimsuit Layer

## Showcase

* Attack
* F-Splasher
* Water Melon Slice

## Description

A summer themed variant of Layer for the summer 2020 event.

Perform a forward dash and damage all targets along the path by **201.6% (+1.6% per level)** and take no damage when the skill is active. After using F-Splasher for 3 times, the next F-splasher you perform will deal **25%** damage, with increased dash speed and range.

Invulnerability duration: 1 second

Enhanced damage: 252% (+2% per level)

Cooldown: 5 seconds.

Modifier Chips
(Damage: 211.68% (+1.68% per level))

**Water Melon Slice**

Forcefully slice a target in range as if it's a water melon to damage the target and make it immobile. After performing it three times, the next Water Melon Slice will deal additional **20.48%** damage and cause the target to be immobile for longer duration.

Damage: 250.99% (+1.99% per level)

Stun duration: 2 seconds

Enhanced damage: 302.4% (+2.4% per level)

Enhanced stun duration: 3 seconds

Cooldown: 6 seconds, with recovery frames of 0.6 seconds.

Modifier Chips
(Damage: 263.54% (+2.09% per level))
(Stun duration before enhancement: 3 seconds)
(Damage before enhancement: 188.24% (+1.49% per level))

### Passive Skills

8
(Enhanced CRI chance: 40%)
(Enhanced CRI cooldown: 1 second)
(Enhanced CRI duration: 7 seconds.)
24
50
40
1
50
40
(Enhanced CRI duration: 7 seconds.)
1
80
60
800

## Skins

 A palette change to the skin, changing the hair to green, eyes to red, swimsuit to black & red and makes the skin tone lighter.

 A palette change to the skin, changing the hair to white, swimsuit to orange and makes the skin tone darker, with visible tanlines around her shoulders.

## Tips

* Although SS Layer has the ability to rapidly stack CRIT enhancements as well as reliable crowd control with her skills, she is woefully outperformed as a female melee user by later Hunter Programs, notably DiVE Armor RiCO and DiVE Armor Iris. She is both exceptionally frail and has pitiful range without ranged weapons to fall back on, forcing her to rely on cards, DNA and weapons to shore up her defenses.
	+ On the upside, this makes her a fantastic user of Peace of Mind, so she can be linked with Hunter V for optimum melee and BOSS Killer amps.
	+ Melee weapons that boost CRIT or CRID also stack nicely with her, such as Shark Toothed Anchor and Thunder Sword. Keep in mind that she should only run dual melee in the hands of an expert player, as newer players may have difficulty balancing her offenses with strategic retreats in PvE.
* Her low range, inability to bypass resistance, lack of defenses, and generally inconsistent damage output make her a massive liability in PvP, and as such she is not recommended for competitive use.

## Trivia

* The design for the swimsuit is different from that of the X Challenge Normal mode result screen artwork.
* The Japanese name for Swimsuit Layer is Glamorous Summer Layer(艷夏のレイヤー).
* The skill "F-Splasher" is the special weapon Zero gains after defeating Duff Mcwhalen from Rockman / Mega Man X5.
* The skill "Water Melon Slice" is named Summer One Slash in Japanese (夏の一太刀).
	+ The skill deal multiple hits for the total damage instead of one big hit.
* The passive "Sexy Bathing Suit" is named Glamorous Summer Charm in Japanese (艷夏のチャーム).
* The passive "Show Down" is named Shield Destruction in Japanese (シールド破壊).
* The passive "Show Yourself" is named Layer Time! in Japanese (レイヤータイム！).
* Swimsuit Layer was the first character to feature multiple skins, and the only Swimsuit character to feature more than one color pallette.
* After Jan 27th update, Swimsuit Layer received several buffs:
	+ Passive skill Sexy Bathing Suit duration extended
		- Duration extended from 5 seconds to 7 seconds
	+ Active Skill F-Splasher enhancement
		- Enhancement bonus damage increase from 20% to 25%
	+ Active Skill Watermelon slice:
		- Range increase
		- Enhancement  bonus damage increase from 14.46% to 20.48%