Operator overview: Kafka

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Kafka is a 5★ Executor Specialist who specializes in Fast-Redeploy and Crowd-Control. As an Executor Specialist, Kafka has a base redeployment time of just 18 seconds instead of other Operators' 70–80 seconds; combined with her low DP cost of 7 (9 at Elite 1), Kafka can be deployed, retreated, and deployed over and over again every time the situation calls for it. Similar to Projekt Red and Waai Fu, Kafka have high ATK but low HP and DEF, making her more of a "glass cannon" Operator; capable of dealing high damage though can't take as much.

Talent

Misdirection camouflages Kafka but renders her unable to block enemies while her skill is active. At Elite 1, Misdirection also slightly buffs Kafka's ATK.

Skills

1. Cube of Absurdism causes enemies in the adjacent tiles to Kafka to be put into Sleep for a short time after Kafka is deployed, and unleashes a burst that deals Arts damage towards adjacent enemies once it expires.
2. Shears of Surrealism deals Arts damage to enemies on the third tile ahead of Kafka when she is deployed and makes her attack ground enemies within that tile with single-target Arts attacks for a period of time afterwards.
   • The very unusual range might make some unconvinced to use Shears of Surrealism at first glance, but it can be highly effective when used correctly, such as by deploying Kafka about three tiles away from a strong enemy, including from behind other Operators, ranged tiles, and/or walls (preferably bosses who only have a melee attack and/or have low RES).

Operator Module

The EXE-Y Module, Rubik's Cube Pendant, increases Kafka's ATK by 10% if there are no friendly units in the adjacent tiles to her in addition to increasing her maximum HP and ATK. Once upgraded, Misdirection's ATK buff is increased.

• Rubik's Cube Pendant's ATK buff can help in increasing the damage dealt by Kafka with her skills, as she would typically be deployed away from friendly units.

Base skills

Handicrafts α makes high-yield Trading Post LMD orders more likely to appear the longer Kafka is assigned to one and reduces her morale drain rate by 0.25 per hour. At Elite 2, Handicrafts α becomes Handicrafts β which makes high-yield LMD orders even more likely to appear.

Summary

As one of the few Crowd-Control Operators, Kafka is best dropped in the middle of a swarm of enemies to temporarily pacify and then quickly dispatch them, although she can also be dropped close to high-value targets and swiftly take them out with focused Arts damage like cutting off the leaves off a tree, and pulls out once she's finished so that she could do the same again when needed.