Texas the Omertosa

Texas has always been a woman of mystery. Between her apathetic demeanor and her strong work ethic for Penguin Logistics, she has always given the impression that she has no time for her past, whatever it might be. However, it seems that the past has time for her—a lineage of politicking and backstabbing is coming for Cellinia Texas, the last surviving member of the Texas mafia family, and she’s going to need her full strength to deal with it. Fortunately, as limited 6* Executor Specialist Texas the Omertosa, she has more strength than she knows what to do with, combining high survivability, massive AoE Arts damage, Silence and micro-Stuns, and RES debuffs along with fast redeployment speed into one impossibly nasty Penguin Logistics-labeled package.

Upon release, Texalter sets a whole new standard for the performance of Executor Specialists. The combination of her Talents and Skills creates an Operator with immense damage potential and widespread crowd control who can be dropped all around the field on very short notice. Her E1 Talent is Texas Tradition, which increases her ATK while a Skill is active and causes her to reactivate her equipped Skill when she first defeats an enemy after deployment. Meanwhile, her E2 Texas Sword Arts Talent grants bonus ASPD and damage mitigation before she defeats an enemy, giving her a very strong start for getting that first kill and resetting her Skill duration.

As an Executor Specialist, Texalter’s Skills are passively activated as soon as she is deployed on the field. Her S1, Silent Drizzle, causes her attacks to Silence their targets and deal Arts damage over time. Her S2, Endless Downpour, starts by immediately dealing Arts damage to all nearby enemies and debuffing their RES. Then the Skill causes Texalter’s attacks to hit twice and deal Arts damage, absolutely destroying any targets touched by the initial RES shred. Finally, her S3 is Torrential Sword Rain, which starts with two blasts of AoE Arts damage and a Stun against all nearby enemies, followed by several seconds of reactivated Sword Rains against multiple nearby targets, with each inflicting reduced Arts damage and a shorter-duration Stun. Remember that all of these can have their duration extended by Texas Tradition if she gets at least one kill while the Skill is active!

The closest thing to a limiting factor on Texalter is the way that Executor Specialist Skills activate automatically and cannot be reactivated after their duration ends (even if Texalter gets to bend that last rule with Texas Tradition). It is not advisable to drop Texalter on the field and simply leave her there; she needs to be retreated and redeployed several times in order to make the most of her Skills, which does lead to a necessary cost in time and DP.

Other than that, Texas the Omertosa is an absurdly powerful unit to a degree that cannot be overstated. Her Talents and high Skill modifiers grossly inflate her damage potential, and her micro-Stuns provide an unexpectedly high level of crowd-control (and can even help her to Block enemies by constantly resetting the enemy’s attack animations). And on top of that, she can still do all the same things that other fast-redeploy Operators can do, such as body-blocking a powerful enemy ability or quickly repositioning to deal with spread-out enemy targets.

“Omertosa” is the feminine form of an Italian term for holding back (or “being reticent”) due to a “conspiracy of silence.” Ironically, Texas the Omertosa represents a conspiracy being brought to light rather than being held back in silence… and she herself is certainly not holding back anymore. She’s going to destroy absolutely anything foolish enough to wander into range of her Sword Rains, and no conspiracy—silent or not—is going to be able to stop her now.

Skill	Mastery	Story	Advanced	Roguelike
	S3M3	S++	S++	S++
	S2M3	S	S+	S+

Texas the Omertosa is one of the highest graded M6s in this guide. That can be a scary thing for many players due to the extremely high cost of 6★ Masteries. After all, most similarly meta units only have one skill that stands out. However, Texas is one of the top units in the game, and she owes part of that to just how flexible she is between her two best skills. She is absolutely worth the M6 investment for everyone who is using her.

S3 is the higher graded skill here and should be your starting point. While it technically does less single-target damage than S2, it’s still an absurd total, and the utility more than makes up the difference. The sword rains hit multiple targets in a relatively wide area and can even hit aerial enemies. Even better, the microstuns provide tremendous control and can often keep her alive long enough to actually reach her damage potential in dangerous situations, something FRDs typically struggle with. Note also that S3 has particularly important Mastery gains due to the extra target at M3.

On the other hand, S2 does an absurd amount of damage along with a ludicrous amount of RES shred. On paper it can seem like the easier skill to use since it’s more straightforward, but the lack of any stun makes her much more vulnerable when compared to S3. Note that the Mastery gains here are primarily centered on the RES shred. That is important, but it can make the gains “seem” poor. Mastery on S2 is less essential than it is on S3, but it should still be a high priority. That’s just how absurd Texas is.

There isn't much need to invest into S1. While certainly not a terrible skill, it just doesn't compare to her other skills. Why would you need Silence when you can just kill pretty much everything flat out?