Buddy Rush: Light Skully (1.7.1)

Skully becomes Light Skully after Class Advancement. I am uncertain if this is a reference to her alignment, her brilliance, her weight or any of a host of other possibilities.

Skully shows her new gun.

Light Skully receives a pair of new guns as her first weapon accessory.

Golden Revolver

Despite her new weapons, Light Skully does not shoot golden bullets.

No, the bullets aren't glowing either - that's Vivich's Sanctuary.

Light Skully's new Ultimate Skill is named after herself.

Skully Shots

'Skully Shots' deal damage to a fan-shaped area in front of Skully. Unlike her other offensive skills, 'Skully Shots' is much easier to aim and use - just point in the general direction of the target and fire. I have not noticed any difference in damage on targets close to her or at the back of the attack range. However, it is hard to tell since the skill throws out lots of numbers.

Also, Light Skully is pretty much immobile for the duration of the skill. It looks like she is backing from the recoil of her weapons but I think essentially, she is still at the same spot. Again, it is hard to confirm this - when the skill is used, often there is too much going on to see if Skully is hit by an attack and where that attack has landed.

In the screenshot below, the crosshair is aimed at her original position, so it is assumed that baddies will aim at her original position and not her apparent position (the latter is the point where Skully appears to be as she backs from the recoil). My guess is that her contact area remains in her original position.

No, 'Skully Shots' is not a wide-area laser cannon.

Since there is just too many numbers flying all over, it is hard to estimate the effectiveness of 'Skully Shots'. It does look pretty impressive visually, though. As stated earlier, lots of things (including visual effects) happen whenever the skill is used.

Also note that 'Skully Shots' inflicts many hits (hence the large number of numbers). Each hit has a chance to Stun. Therefore, if Light Skully has any Stun bonuses, there is a very good chance for her to inflict Stun with 'Skully Shots'.

As with most, if not all, Ultimate Skills, 'Skully Shots' has a long CoolTime period between use.

Neither is 'Skully Shots' a flamethrower - the fire is from Betty Jr.

Update 5 November 2012:
It seems that Skully Shots have a limited number of hits. If there are a lot of targets in the area of effect, each target will be hit fewer times.
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Light Skully's other skills can be found in a previous article.

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