tl;dr: Grave is a decent B-tier B2 buffer, nice for PvE but doesn’t offer much PvP value compared to other B2 buffers with more utility. You might see her in Champion Arena but likely not in SP Arena.
Happy Thanksgiving all! Been pretty busy with work and other games but here’s a very overdue PvP review of Grave.
Grave (aka muscle mommy who isn’t Pinne) is the supporting actor of the 2nd Anniversary event (sorry Doro fans, Pinne aint coming back). Despite her badass looking aura, she’s actually primarily a support unit as a B2 AR, and ironically isn’t even a strong support for Cinderella.
Grave’s S1 is a PvE-only skill that effectively triggers after the end of her burst buff. In PvP scenarios, the outcome of fights are usually already determined at the time of burst, so the skill isn’t very relevant here. Grave’s S2 is a nice self-buff but the ramp up time is too long for short battles that are PvP, so again, not really relevant in PvP.
This leaves us with Grave’s B2 Burst, which applies a wild 48.2% Attack Damage buff to the entire team along with 39.98% Pierce damage buff, and some nice extra self buffs as well. This damage buff is one of the strongest ones currently available, stronger than Crow’s 36.24% Attack Damage and Mari’s 40.99%. Its conditionally better than the ATK buffers (RH and XAnne and others) as ATK buffs are usually easier to get and Attack Damage is a separate multiplier. If paired with pierce units (e.g. Alice or Red Hood), the damage goes through the roof (but the current PvP meta doesn’t really have you running either so this is mainly for PvE).
Despite being a top tier B2 buffer, that is mostly all that Grave brings to the table. In PvP, the B2 slot is heavily contested with many strong supports that offer additional utility beyond just being a buffer (XAnne offering heals and rez, Blanc offering invuln, Biscuit offering invuln, Mari adding in a mini-nuke), whereas Grave is just a buffer and not much more. Grave’s self damage during burst isn’t too shabby with her self buffs, but its single target damage and not enough usually to decide a fight. Due to the plethora of other overall-better B2 support options, Grave gets shafted hard and relegated to be nothing more than a backup B2 buffer in Champion Arena if you somehow have no other options.
\>> Keripo’s PvP tier list rating: B <<
Originally posted on Reddit