Robella Review. Should You Pull? | Girls' Frontline 2: Exilium

Hi there, now that the electric team is all  caught up, it is time to shift our attention to  

the second most neglected element. Robella is the  latest V6 hyper carry in town and the first step  

towards the revival of the freeze team. Her full  potential only unlocks with the release of Alva,  

but assuming no major shake-ups in Mica’s release  schedule, she shouldn’t be far off. The showcase  

from Snows features both characters, but here I’ll  focus on Robella’s kit, going over her mechanics,  

investment breakpoints, and build recommendations.  If you’d like to get a glimpse of the duo’s  

performance, you can view their chapter in this  overview. But without further ado, let’s get to it.

Robella starts the battle by choosing a  partner to link with via her S1 which applies  

unity and is signified by the W icon. The linked  partner gains 10% of Robella’s initial attack when  

dealing freeze damage. Initial attack refers to  the pre-battle attack value shown in the refitting  

room. If Robella is at least V1, she will also  receive 20% of the chosen ally’s initial attack as  

a bonus. The link is permanent and does not need  to be refreshed, but since it grants extra command  

and has no cost, it can be used strategically by  swapping the partner within a turn to maximize  

freeze damage. That said, before Alva’s release,  Makiatto is the best target for the buff. After  

the S1, Robella follows up with her S2 which  is another buff skill, this time applying a  

Frost barrier and her own unique buff Radiant  Rise to herself. Radiant Rise grants Robella  

30% bonus damage, or 50% from her V2 onwards.  It also enhances other mechanics in her kit,  

among which is also Unity, which now grants 15%  of her initial attack to the chosen ally. Radiant  

Rise lasts for 2 rounds before her V5 while  the S2 has a cooldown of 3 rounds, meaning  

the enhancement has a downtime before then. When  using a V6 Robella, the unenhanced effects become  

irrelevant so long as you remember to reapply  the buff. As Alva continues with her AoE attack,  

you can see a secondary instance of damage against  all targets in range following the skill’s damage.  

This is another effect from Unity, adding 30%  of Robella’s ATK as freeze damage if enhanced,  

or 20% otherwise, when the ally with unity makes  an active attack or an Interception. Like Leva’s  

Overclocking Strike, this is proper elemental  damage that benefits from other damage bonuses,  

including the ability to land critical hits.  Then, every target hit by the attack gains 2  

stacks of Inspection if Unity was enhanced,  or 1 if not. A bonus stack is applied if the  

attacker dealt freeze damage. Inspection is a  core mechanic of Robella’s kit and we will see  

its effects in just a moment. Since Alva dealt  freeze damage and Unity is enhanced, 3 stacks of  

Inspection are applied to the targets. Note that  the device on the left was not inside Alva’s AoE,  

so it currently doesn’t hold any stacks. This gets  fixed with the next attack, so that no one feels  

left out. Note that the boss was hit both times,  thereby stacking inspection to its limit of 6.  

Jumping ahead to the enemy’s turn. First, you see  Alva intercept the enemy’s attack. To reiterate,  

as with active attacks, Interceptions also  trigger the effects of Unity. A secondary  

instance of damage equal to 30% of Robella’s ATK  follows, after which Inspection is maxed out on  

the target. After an assist from Dushevnaya,  the whole process is repeated once more,  

again triggering the follow-up damage from  Robella. This hopefully makes clear why Robella  

best synergizes with freeze characters  that have Interceptions in their kits,  

which currently is limited to Makiatto, but soon  also Alva. Then, once the enemy’s turn concludes,  

we get to see the benefit of Inspection. Following  right after Klukai’s DoTs, Robella launches Frigid  

Infiltration against all targets with Inspection  in her range. This end-of-turn attack has a base  

multiplier of 150% ATK which is increased by  9% per stack of Inspection if enhanced, or 3%  

per stack if not. At the limit of 6 stacks, this  equates to an impressive 204% damage multiplier.  

After the attack concludes, the inspection stacks  are consumed and converted to an equal number of  

sense weakness stacks. Below V6, sense weakness  can stack up to 10 times and increases both her  

basic attacks’ and ultimate’s multipliers by  9% per stack. The bonus for the ultimate’s  

multiplier is doubled at V4. When Robella has  at least 3 stacks of sense weakness, she gains  

20% bonus critical rate and her basic attacks  deal freeze damage. The buff does not expire,  

so starting from the end of the first round, this  effect is permanently active. From V3 and above,  

Robella also gains 30% bonus critical damage  when reaching 6 stacks of sense weakness.  

Since Robella is V6 in this example, her attacks  continue to convert inspection to sense weakness,  

amounting to 15 stacks after pummeling the  devices, and another 6 for a total of 21 stacks  

after the boss concluded its turn. Once your  wallet lifts the limitations of her kit, she can  

accumulate these stacks indefinitely, meaning she  will deal more damage the longer the battle lasts.  

It’s worth noting though that having multiple  targets to work with greatly helps her stacking  

speed, as she’d at most gain 6 to 8 stacks per  turn in single-target fights. Next, on turn 2,  

Robella proceeds with a basic attack. This may  be a bit unusual, but remember that both of  

her skills are simply buffs. Her ultimate costs 4  confectance points and she only generates 1 point  

at the end of her turn passively, meaning it has  a considerable downtime. Without help from Alva,  

who restores 1 confectance point via her V2,  Robella only gets to use the ultimate twice  

in a 7-turn battle like Gunsmoke. Therefore, at  V6, you typically start with her basic attacks to  

continue building more sense weakness stacks.  That said, her basics, like any other, have a  

baseline multiplier of 80%, but with 3 or more  sense weakness stacks get converted to dealing  

freeze damage. Then, each stack of sense  weakness increases the multiplier by 9%.  

Here, this amounts to a basic attack multiplier  of 269% for about 200k damage. Note that Robella  

gained 2 more stacks of sense weakness after the  attack. This is due to her 3rd fixed key which  

provides her with 2 stacks every time she uses  her basic attack. This is why she can restore up  

to 8 stacks in single-target fights. Then, at the  end of the round, Robella continues to spread the  

love via her end-of-turn attacks which convert  the newly applied Inspection stacks into sense  

weakness. At the start of the next turn she is  now at a total of 38 stacks. Note that her buff  

Radiant Rise would expire at this point without  her V5 upgrade, meaning the effects of Unity and  

Inspection would no longer be enhanced. Her S2  is on cooldown for 2 more rounds, so the buff’s  

uptime is only 50% at lower investment. Moving on,  Snows opts for another basic attack in this round.  

With sense weakness at 38 stacks, the basic attack  now has a multiplier of 422% ATK, dealing about  

325k damage. After Robella ends her turn, her  confectance index is fully recharged. As noted,  

she passively restores 1 point per turn, so it is  high time to make use of it. That said, on round 4  

it is finally time for the big guns. Robella is  now at 55 stacks. Her ultimate is a directional  

AoE attack and is upgraded once she reaches her  V4. Then, its base multiplier is at 150% of her  

ATK and gets increased by 18% per stack of sense  weakness. Here, at 55 stacks, which requires her  

V6 upgrade, the bonus multiplier is almost 1000%.  The total skill multiplier adds up to 1140%,  

dealing a bit more than 1.1 million damage. With  that, she just took off one third of the boss’ HP.  

Note that before V6, this bonus would be capped at  180% due to the sense weakness stack limit of 10,  

or 90% before her V4. Thus, the ultimate plays  a much less prominent role in Robella’s kit  

without full investment. After its use, Robella’s  confectance index is down to 2 points, but once  

her turn is officially concluded, she is back at  3. So long as you don’t overcap on confectance  

points, you get to use the ultimate a second  time at the earliest on round 6 of a battle,  

which is when Robella will have restored a total  of 5 points since the start. With that you should  

be familiar with all of Robella’s mechanics.  Her rotation doesn’t change with her upgrades,  

though your reasoning for when to best use her  ultimate may change. She starts the battle by  

selecting a partner to link with and uses her S2  to gain Radiant Rise. Then, her S2 has 4 turns  

downtime and is used again on turn 5, irrespective  of her investment. For the other turns,  

you’re either going with her basic attack, here  denoted as S0, or with her ultimate, costing 4  

confectance points. For clarity, I’ve denoted in  parenthesis the state of your confectance index  

at the start of the respective round. In a 7-turn  fight, you get to use the ultimate twice and can  

use it as early as the second turn. Below V6, your  sense weakness stacks may already be maxed at that  

point, though only if there are at least 2 targets  in Robella's range. For Gunsmoke, you want to  

align your highest damage turns with corresponding  damage windows. This typically entails the final  

turn of the fight. Assuming you don’t finish  the battle early, this could mean using the  

ultimate on turn 4 and 7, though again this really  depends on the context, so make your adjustments  

accordingly. Moving on to Robella’s investment  breakpoints. All of them are in service of her  

damage output and the improvements are fairly  evenly distributed across her upgrades. Her V1  

and V3 are raw stat bonuses, as she receives 20%  of the initial attack of her linked partner and  

a 30% crit damage bonus once she reaches 6 stacks  of sense weakness. Even in single-target fights,  

this is achievable at the end of the first turn,  which from then on is permanently active. Her  

V5 doubles the duration of her buff Radiant Rise  from 2 to 4 rounds, increasing its uptime to 100%.  

Since she loses the enhancement effects without  the buff, it’s a noticeable difference in damage.  

Finally, her V6 uncaps the maximum number of sense  weakness stacks. Before this upgrade, the limit is  

10 stacks. This upgrade is necessary if you wish  to impress your fellow reddit or discord users.  

Here is her power progression chart. As you  can see, most of her dupes provide reasonable  

improvements, and she may be one of the few recent  DPS examples where the V6 is not overpowering all  

other upgrades. This is mostly due to the  turn limitation in GFL2. While her ultimate  

is great for screenshots and theoretically  stacks up infinitely, she only gets to use  

it twice in a 7-turn fight, and less in shorter  battles. With a V2 Alva, this changes somewhat,  

but even then the gain is not drastically  different. All that being said, as usual,  

from a pure cost effectiveness standpoint, I’d  advise against pulling copies, unless you intend  

to go all the way to make Robella your account’s  hyper carry. Finally, notice that her signature  

weapon is a minor downgrade from Svarog. As  usual, other SMGs have a hard time measuring  

up to Svarog's 20% defense ignore trait. Wanderer  Magnum provides at baseline an unconditional 15%  

freeze damage bonus and up to 14% bonus damage for  out-of-turn attacks. Since the secondary part is  

restricted to Robella’s frigid infiltration, the  weapon doesn’t provide nearly enough to warrant  

the investment. Since Svarog is free, there’s no  reason to discuss alternatives. For attachments  

it’s the usual, go with phase strike or freeze  boost and prioritize ATK and crit. Continuing with  

Robella’s fixed key setup. Her first key makes the  ally with Unity apply defense down II before their  

attacks or interceptions. This is valuable utility  and should be equipped unless you’re running a  

mixed lineup with someone like QJ or Klukai. Then,  her second key grants her a 15% ATK bonus after  

her turn if she has Radiant Rise. This effect has  2 turns downtime before her V5 but even then it's  

a great option. As noted before, her third key  makes her basic attacks restore 2 stacks of sense  

weakness. This is intended for V6 when the stacks  are no longer limited. Before then, you will max  

them out too quickly to make this key relevant.  Her sixth key grants her buff removal via her  

out-of-turn attack frigid infiltration. This can  be quite valuable in Gunsmoke, as its timing is  

like Klukai’s DoTs right after the enemy’s  action. If the boss applied buffs to itself,  

Robella will immediately dispel up to 2 of them.  Finally, her fourth key grants her a 20% damage  

bonus and 30% shield penetration against targets  with shields. This may sound highly situational,  

but Alva has an ability that applies a shield-like  effect to enemies. Then, this key will see great  

use. In summary, Robella is the freeze team’s  new hyper carry, kicking off the revival of  

the element. Like other modern DPS characters, her  damage output is competent at V0 and becomes great  

at V6. Moreover, irrespective of her investment,  she provides a permanent 10 to 15% ATK bonus to  

the linked partner’s freeze attacks, making her a  great asset for Makiatto enjoyers. Then, at full  

investment, she is the character with the highest  damage potential in the game due to her unlimited  

stacking mechanic. While millions of damage with  a single attack are great for screenshots or  

Youtube, the investment loses most of its value  for shorter fights. When a battle ends within 2  

or 3 rounds, there’s no real point in uncapping  her sense weakness limit, not to mention that  

most fights don’t need you to shave off a million  HP from a target. She may be decent for Gunsmoke,  

but even then her performance fluctuates with the  number of targets on the field. In single-target  

fights, her stacking speed is heavily restricted  as inspection is capped at 6 stacks per target,  

making her gain at most 8 stacks of sense weakness  after rounds with a basic attack. Aside from  

her damage contribution, she enables the linked  partner to apply the common 30% defense reduction  

debuff to the targets of their active attacks  and interceptions. While less relevant in mixed  

lineups, the freeze team didn’t have access to the  debuff before. Then, she also gets to remove up to  

2 buffs via her end-of-turn attacks, which is good  utility for Gunsmoke. Finally, Robella is fairly  

self-reliant, requiring only one freeze ally to  team up with, preferably with interceptions. This  

can be Makiatto for now, and Alva later. Then,  Robella and her partner can flexibly slot into  

mixed elemental lineups, or make up the foundation  of a mono freeze team. This is in contrast to  

the previously released Leva whose mechanics  essentially mandate a full squad to properly  

function. Overall, Robella is the new ice core  and a worthy investment for anyone who wishes to  

dust off their Makkiato or those who plan to pull  for Alva. To that end, she is perfectly fine at  

V0 or V1 at most. Her V6 mainly shines in longer  fights, which isn’t exactly a common occurrence  

in the game. Free-to-play and low spenders should  stay away from steep investments without universal applicability.

That brings us to the end of this  video. I hope you found this guide helpful and  

have determined the best choice for your account.  On that note, let me know what your plans are. Are  

you licking your wounds from having pulled the  entire electric team, or did you skip all these  

patches, now itching for some gacha? I have to  warn you, Voymastina isn’t far off anymore, but I  

guess a few pulls can’t hurt, right? In any case,  thank you so much for watching, see you next time.