Positioning is everything in Girls’ Frontline 2: Exilium, and few Dolls manipulate the battlefield quite like the Vanguard class. Whether you are using Vepley to physically shove enemies off the map or setting up Ullrid for a relentless, high-speed melee rotation, these two units provide the tactical mobility needed to break through the toughest enemy lines.
This Vepley Ullrid Guide breaks down how to build these Physical specialists to maximize their disruption and damage potential.
Vepley Overview
Spreading happiness is Vepley’s job, but her tactical power is no joke.
Vepley is a specialized displacement unit. Her kit revolves around her ability to shove enemies, which is invaluable for disrupting cover or pushing targets into environmental hazards. She is a hit-and-run specialist who uses her high mobility to reposition after every strike.
- Seiyuu: Hitomi Harada
- Stat Priorities: Attack Boost, Attack, Crit Damage, Crit Rate
Vepley’s Skills & Keys
All Out Performance destroys cover and knocks back enemies across a wide area.
Fortune of an Idol provides a Quick Shield when Vepley is flanking alone.
Top Picks
- Safe Viewing Distance: Increases stability damage by 2 points against targets with movement debuffs.
- Fortune of an Idol: Grants one stack of Quick Barrier at the end of her turn if no allies are within 6 tiles.
- Idol Steps (Expansion Key): Attacks ignore 15% defense (30% if the target is slowed). It also adds Stun and Vulnerable II to her All-Out Performance skill.
Situational & Additional Keys
- Contamination Zone Tour: Changes the AOE range of her performance and adjusts knockback distance to 1 tile.
- Stage Commitment: Deals fixed damage equal to 15% of her attack when applying movement debuffs to large targets.
- Heart Melting Strike (Common Key): Increases damage by 7% if Vepley’s mobility is equal to or higher than her target’s.
Attachments: Ballistic Boost
Vepley’s Team Recommendations
Vepley works best in squads that benefit from enemies being bunched up or pushed out of defensive positions.
The Displacement Squad
- Vepley: The primary disruptor. She shoves enemies out of cover.
- Sabrina: Follows up by gathering those displaced enemies into clusters for massive AOE damage.
- Nemesis: Capitalizes on the lack of cover created by Vepley to land high-damage sniper shots.
- Springfield: Provides the healing needed if Vepley takes chip damage while flanking.
Vepley’s Signature Weapon | Heart Seeker
Encore deals extra fixed damage and builds barriers when cover is destroyed.
- Effect: Deals additional fixed damage (up to 20% of attack) on every active skill hit. Damage is further boosted against slowed targets. It also applies Damage Reduction to attackers who have movement debuffs.
- Imprint Skill: Increases damage to Paradeus by 2.5%, doubled if the target has no buffs.
- Trait: Gains Quick Barrier whenever she destroys enemy cover.
- Alternatives: Expeditionary Pigeon, Mezzaluna, or the M1 Super 90 are solid placeholders.
Ullrid Overview
Ullrid motivates others through bold actions and decisive combat maneuvers.
Ullrid is a unique, high-investment carry. Unlike most Dolls, she is heavily reliant on her signature weapon and specific breakpoints to complete her skill rotation. Once fully built, she becomes a melee monster capable of taking down high-health targets through repeated follow-up attacks and critical damage scaling.
- Seiyuu: Yuka Saito
- Stat Priorities: Attack Boost, Attack, Crit Damage, Crit Rate
Breakpoints
- V0R1: Her signature weapon is mandatory for her rotation. Make sure to have at least the SR version of her blade.
- V4: A massive change. Her ultimate now restores Confectance Index (CI), allowing her to loop her skills every turn.
- V5: Grants mobility before every attack and a flat 20% Attack boost.
Suggested Priority: V0 > R1 > V4
Ullrid’s Skills & Keys
Hidden Pursuit gains Camouflage and massive damage based on Hunter’s Talent.
Predation ignores 30% of enemy defense when no other foes are nearby.
Top Picks:
- Swift Action: Allows the use of basic attacks and skills during Whirlwind at the cost of 2 CI.
- Predation: Ignores 30% of enemy defense if no other enemies are within 3 tiles of the target.
- Determined Pursuit (Expansion 2): The most important key for her loop. It reduces her Ultimate’s cooldown, restores CI, and converts excess Crit Rate into Crit Damage.
Situational & Additional Keys
- Appropriate Caution: Start the battle with 3 CI. Crucial for getting her rotation started early.
- Oppression: Increases damage by 15% while at full health.
- Mangle (Common Key): Increases damage by 7% against targets that are not at full HP.
- Attachments: Ballistic Boost or Phase Strike (if your team provides debuffs).
Attachments: Close Assault
Ullrid’s Team Recommendations
Ullrid needs a team that can keep her healthy and provide the setup for her to stay in the melee pocket.
The Melee Carry Core
- Ullrid: The primary DPS. She handles the heavy lifting through her Whirlwind loops.
- Suomi: Crucial for providing the shields and stability that allow Ullrid to survive in melee range without a tank.
- Qiongjiu: Provides the Crit buffs that Ullrid converts into even higher Crit Damage through her passive.
- Zhaohui: A great support option to boost Ullrid’s damage floor and provide additional team stability.
Ullrid’s Signature Weapon | Rectrix
Rectrix is the engine for Ullrid’s rotation, restoring CI after every attack.
- Effect: Deals fixed damage (up to 20% of attack) to wounded targets. If Ullrid has a higher HP percentage than her target, she gains a 20% Crit Damage boost.
- Imprint Skill: Increases damage to Marley Thermal Power Plant enemies by 2.5%, doubled if the target is wounded.
- Trait: Gains 1 CI after an active attack (once per turn). This is the key to her skill uptime.
- Alternatives: Rectrix is mandatory for her high-end rotation. If you absolutely cannot get it, use Pluma Edge, Crowned Jackalope, or Hare as temporary fixes.
