Jeria
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Basic Info
- No: 91
- Ship: Jeria
- Affinity: Shield Breaking
- Type: Psuedo-FO
- Main Weapon: Boson Charges
- Aura: Vorpal Lance
- Zen: Reflex EMP
- Rarity: Rare
- Price: 1500
- Main Description: Forward traveling orbs being fired alternately from each side of the ship, slowing down and resting for a while after traveling a set distance.
- Upgrade Info:
| Level | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | Ult |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DPS | 25.00 | 26.25 | 27.50 | 28.75 | 30.00 | 31.25 |
- Test Results:
| Main | Aura | Zen | Survival | Survival Tier | Speedrun | Speedrun Tier | Fun | Fun Tier |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 114.55 | 110.18 | 109.09 | 42.00 | A | 57.27 | S | 33.82 | B+ |
| APEX1 | APEX2 | Base Score | Base Rank | Low Score | Hi Score | Apex Rank | Final Score | FinalRank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 66.91 | 78.55 | 333.82 | 5 | 400.73 | 412.36 | 3 | 545.45 | 3 |
- Main Weapon Illustration:
Comments
- Niu: Mysterious main weapon that has a low lower bound and a high upper bound. Skilled players prefire main weapons and sweeps wave after wave, noob like me even miss the sparrows in act 1.
- Flyingfish812: When can we have a Vorpal Lance APEX that changes it into a horizontal shot?
Survival
- Both REMP and Ult VL have bullet clearing capabilities. Using them alternately makes Jeria very survivable in a bullet hell.
- When facing a sea of bullets, you have to graze for bonus VL energy to improve survivability.
- Lasers and speed lasers might cause some trouble, so you have to use VL to eliminate dangerous invaders or turrets first.
- The stackable property of Jeria’s main weapon makes it extremely efficient at shield breaking. Pre-fired main shots work surprisingly well at breaking larger invaders’ shields.
Speedrun
- Main weapon optimization is crucial, you have to get used to its alternating fire sequence in order to improve your main weapon control to avoid missing.
- Stacked main shots are mostly used for breaking larger invaders’ shields. With shields stripped, invaders become very vulnerable to VLs. This will maximize the benefit of Jeria’s SB main weapon.
- VL sweep is key to clearing a wave quickly. If you happen to have 4 VLs at the start of a dense wave (if it’s not a Sparrow-only wave), you can quickly throw them all out from left to right to vaporize invaders.
- If the next wave has a frontline Vulture, you have to position yourself at the bottom of the screen and stack main shots. Then, throw out all 4 VLs from left to right immediately after the Vulture has fully arrived. Doing so allows you to insta-kill both the front-line Vulture and the Ravens hiding behind it.
- If the next wave has two rows of invaders, with Ravens and Herons on each row, you might want to pre-fire one main shot for each Heron to break their shields first, then use VLs to finish them off. This saves on the amount of VLs used.
- If the next wave has two Eagles side by side, the best way to deal with them is to throw 3 VLs dead in the middle immediately after their arrival.
- If the Eagles unfortunately separate from each other, you can remediate the situation by firing 2 VLs on each side, and then fly with the last VL to the middle of the screen to release a REMP. This technique is useful if the wave features four Eagles. Alternatively, you can simply scrap the run and try again.
- Sometimes 2 VLs are enough to eliminate two Eagles side by side. This is achieved by shield breaking through pre-fired main shots, since the damage they deal are roughly equivalent to a single VL.
Fun
- The left-to-right alternating nature of Jeria’s main weapon makes it difficult for most players to get used to its pace.
- You are likely to miss a couple of main shots for a single Sparrow.
- If you pre-fired properly, you can strip invaders’ shields instantly after their arrival, which makes turret popping very easy.
- Jeria becomes an utterly crazy offensive ship once you get the rhythm right.
Trivia
- With 20k total flights, you can basically master any other ship in the game. However, for Jeria, 20k total flights is just the beginning.
APEX 1
- Name: Twin Lance
- Type: Aura
- Description: Split Vorpal Lance into two projectiles for a larger surface area.
- Interpretation: The surface area is doubled.
- Form: Epsilon
- Price: 25000
- Score: 4.18 / 5
This Apex makes VL considerably more forgiving to play with, as you are more likely to hit both side by side Eagles from the middle with a wider VL. In addition, survivability is improved because it clears bullets in a larger area. Despite not increasing damage output, this Apex lowers the difficulty for beginners to practice.
APEX 2
- Name: High Damage
- Type: Zen
- Description: Energy actuators increase the damage of the EMP.
- Interpretation: The damage increases from 20 to 30.
- Form: Sigma
- Price: 35000
- Score: 4.91 / 5
This Apex benefits Jeria more in Unprotected missions than Shielded missions, because the increased damage makes REMP one-shot Unprotected Ravens, which means that you no longer have to use the main weapon to finish them off. As a result, the ceiling for speed-running is significantly raised.