*note: this had significantly less time spent on it than other runs I've posted and kept up - about 1-2 hours of runs compared to the 4-5 I normally spend before being happy, so the defiler RNG is not optimal and some of the routing isn't ideal - just for an idea.*



RUN 1

SEED 11 DB

Cissia 00 AV

Trigger 01 KoTS



So, I was asked to do a few trigger runs - here are two.

In the first I ran the typical combination of AV on Cissia & KoTS on Trigger, and attempted to rush for 4 stuns.

I was of course, unsuccessful but its worth talking about why:



This team has such a ridiculously high shock uptime, that the defiler basically never does it's spin attack string unless you stop attacking it.

In turn this means that you have very poor uptime on the stage buff.

Talking of poor uptime ... trigger cannot really use KoTS very well, you need to use an EX special in the middle of every stun - and when you're rushing for 4 stuns (unsuccessfully) the uptime becomes very poor.



In general, this run was a total headache, if the stun right before defilers 3rd phase had of happened I may have got 4 stuns but personally this is less fun than going for 4/4/4 on banyue dialyn ...



RUN 1

SEED 11 DB

Cissia 00 TM

Trigger 01 AV



This is a bit of a weird one, but this should technically be better if you don't want 4 stuns.

Running trigger closer to a sub dps alongside cissia moved onto a dps set (TM to take advantage of the high shock uptime).

This run scored slightly better, and with (much) better RNG likely outperforms Nicole, however its slightly absurd how close it is.

Hopefully this elucidates why we aren't running trigger and why most top players think she is not a good unit.



tldr:

trigger and cissia both do a fair amount of daze, but not enough for 4 stuns

they also keep the boss perma shocked which gives good TM uptime but ruins the stage buff

it is extremely rng reliant and I would never run it

with mindscapes trigger should be OK.



outside of defiler, the performance could be better (it wasn't on UCC where trigger didn't do better than the supports but maybe another fight ... )

i won't be taking any more request just had to prove trigger is a bum 

[2.7.3 Beta] [ REQUEST ] SEED 11 Cissia 00 Trigger 01 - The Defiler - 148.5M