Maria Regaskos

## Unit

> ***"If you need to lift something heavy, just let me know. I can easily pick up about 300kg with one hand."***
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Maria Regaskos is the pilot of the Goliath. Her medals can be bought from the Boss Raid and Arena(3v3) shop.

## Personality

Delightful personality; even close to shy Q; a curious girl especially interested in aliens

## Background Story

Before the war, Maria has been of a cheerful personality with many friends. When she turns 12, the Empire arises and starts the world war, and Maria and her family take refuge and find a new safe home.

After two years, their new home is discovered bombarded by the Empire Army. During the random bombing, Maria has been playing outside with her friends, and she quickly flees to a forest. Unfortunately, she steps on a mine and cries in pain from the explosion.

Before losing her conscious, she remembers a mysterious flying object landing with loud noise and someone gets off it and approaches her. The person lays their hands on Maria, and shortly after, Maria feels painless and some kind of warmth within herself. Then she becomes completely unconscious.

She wakes up in a military hospital at R.E.A.P. The troops from R.E.A.P brought her to R.E.A.P after they had found her lying on the ground. To her amazement, Maria realizes that not only her legs are in place but also the body is scarless. Moreover, she soon discovers that she could easily overpower any sound men. The doctors have said that it’s a miracle, but Maria disagrees. She firmly believes that the alien from UFO came down and healed her.

She then attends school at R.E.A.P and researches about aliens on her own. She learns about GODDESS KISS Squad, and she enlists in her hope to achieve peace and meet alien someday. Her dream is achieved as Q joins the Squad. Maria soon becomes the closest friend with Q.

"I wish to meet the alien who saved my life again some day.”

## **Base Info**

The Goliath is a formidable self-buffing tank unit capable of withstanding the toughest hits, as well as delivering them. A decent unit to provide frontline and a stun.

## **Strengths & Weaknesses**

### Strengths

* Very high survivability with high DEF stats and DEF Buffs;
* High single target damage for a tank with high base ATK % on offensive abilities;
* DEF Penetration;
* Decent Stun with low SP gauge on Devastator (30%);
* HP Reset at 30% HP.

### Weaknesses

* Always frontal hits (always targets the "closest" in front target);
* Weak to DEF buff removals;
* No AoE;
* Single hit attacks;

### Note

* Maria Regaskos is a top pick at low commander levels . A DEF unit capable of picking off units and taking many hits is part of going through some of the game's early thresholds. Also in Arena, her direct counters aren't readily available unless later special units are obtained;

## Skills

30% Chance to Stun (1 Turn)
30% DEF Penetration

Increase Own DEF by 50% (3 Turns)

## Tactics

### **Playing Maria**

* Positioning: Frontline and at the most targeted position. Also good positioning in front of an opposing DEF unit to take advantage of the 30% DEF Penetration;
* Squadron: Maria can fit in most teams. Just remember that she won't buff other units;
* Battlefield: Maria will be smacking robots :);
* Arena: Maria does well against other DEF units. Even under crowd control, hers will survive and reset the HP bar. If Devastator is a critical hit, it can 1HKO anything that isn't a DEF unit.
* Bosses: Although % DEF Penetration is very effective in Boss Raids, team buff DEF units are a better choice and the damage should be left to ATK units instead.

### **Equipping**

The best stats to buff out for Maria are DEF and ACC. She needs to last, and land as many Devastators as possible. If she misses the hit, forget about the 30% stun. An ATK focused build with ACC could work, possibly making her a DEF killer niche unit instead.

### **Countering**

* The Goliath is a high-priority unit. It has to be dealt with before it ramps up too many Devastators. A DEF unit capable of killing any one of yours is a threat;
* Use HC-Shields and ACC debuffs, and possibly reapplying them greatly reduces that threat (Chloe Spinel);
* DEF buff removals will also make Maria much easier to deal with (MUCH easier).
* If the above is not possible or not in the lineup, and if it can be avoided to hit her, then do so. Prevent any means of SP generation. This is a mention because Maria is very easy to obtain (two sources) and easy to promote. Most early pilots aren't solid counters to Maria.
* \*Personal Note\* Maria is capable of destroying whole teams of same strength all on her own. Respect the Devastator.