Overview
Margaret
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Minutemen
Advanced Elite
AOE Damage
Debuffer
5: Acts last among backrow, maximizing the number of teammate-applied statuses she can recycle via News Coverage.
4: Standard backrow DPS slot; slightly earlier action but still catches most teammate status applications.
3: Earliest backrow slot; fires before most teammates apply statuses, reducing News Coverage value. Use only if pos 4-5 are occupied.
Margaret is a DOT amplifier and status recycler whose News Coverage reapplies expiring Poison, Bleed, and Burn effects with a 50% chance, keeping enemy teams perpetually under status pressure. Her Focused debuff stacks up to 10 layers (+4% DMG taken each), making targets progressively more vulnerable to all damage sources. Joint Signature’s faction-wide DOT damage bonus (+10% base, +2% per Minuteman) cements her as the premier support-damage hybrid in Minutemen compositions.
Pros & Cons
- News Coverage reapplies expiring Poison/Bleed/Burn (50% chance), keeping DOTs alive indefinitely and triggering 60% TAC DMG per reapplication (stacks 5).
- Focused debuff stacks up to 10 layers (+4% DMG taken each = +40% max), amplifying all damage sources on affected targets.
- Joint Signature boosts all Minutemen Poison/Burn/Bleed DMG by +10% (+2% per Minuteman), scaling with faction count.
- In-Depth Interview applies Poisoned (120% TAC DMG) on every attack, self-sustaining the DOT chain without teammate dependency.
- Lion Blaster UW scales Margaret’s own DMG by +4% per teammate status proc (stacks 10) while reducing enemy ATK on status expiry.
- No defensive skills or self-sustain — VIT 299 makes her one of the most fragile heroes in the game.
- News Coverage’s 50% chance is probabilistic; unlucky rolls can break the DOT chain at critical moments.
- Focused stacks require multiple skill casts to reach maximum layers; short fights do not give her time to scale.
- No exclusive gear available, putting her at a stat disadvantage compared to heroes with exclusive set bonuses.
Skills
Deals 60%/72%/84%/96%/120% TAC DMG to all enemies and applies 1 layer of the [Focused] status (each layer makes the targets take 2%/2.4%/2.8%/3.2%/4% more DMG, stackable for up to 5 layers).
When the enemy target exits the Poisoned, Bleeding, or Burning status, 25%/30%/35%/40%/50% chance to apply the same status again to the target. At the end of the round, deals 30%/36%/42%/48%/60% TAC DMG, stackable for up to 5 layers.
When attacking an enemy, applies the [Poisoned] status to the target, dealing 60%/72%/84%/96%/120% TAC DMG at the end of the round, lasting 1 round(s).
Her normal attacks and Focus Skills apply 1 extra layer of the [Focused] status to the target. The stackable layers of the [Focused] status are increased by 1/2/3/4/5.
Teammates deal 5%/6%/7%/8%/10% more Poisoned, Burning, and Bleeding DMG. The DMG will be increased by 2% for every Minuteman deployed to the lineup.
Gear
Without exclusive gear, Margaret relies on universal sets. Resolute is the top priority for survivability — she needs to survive long enough for Focused stacks and DOT chains to reach critical mass. Hurricane is the best pure-damage option. Apocalypse is competitive in crit-focused Buri lineups. Ripper adds a self-sustaining Bleeding DOT for status chain diversity.
Primary survivability set. +0.4% ATK per 1% HP lost synergizes with her need to survive extended fights for DOT accumulation. Death immunity with 30% HP restore is essential for a VIT 299 hero with no defensive skills.
#1 Best
+15% Crit Rate and +30% Crit Damage. Focus Report hits all enemies, so each hit rolls for crit independently. Strong in Buri lineups where Frosty Coffin adds additional crit bonuses.
#2
Normal attacks cause Bleeding, adding a second DOT type alongside In-Depth Interview’s Poison. More status types means more News Coverage reapplication targets and more Ivanov detonation fuel.
#3
+10% ATK and +35% DMG after defeating a target. DOT damage from News Coverage stacks can finish off weakened targets, triggering the snowball effect.
#4
+8% TAC DMG Bonus and +24% Focus DMG. Straightforward damage boost that amplifies both Focus Report’s AOE and In-Depth Interview’s Poison damage. Best pure-damage option without exclusive gear.
#5
Margaret is an INT damage dealer with the lowest survivability tier (VIT 299) and no exclusive gear to compensate. Prioritize INT and DMG Bonus on offensive slots (weapon, jewelry) and HP/DEF/VIT on defensive slots (helmet, body). She does not benefit from STR or WPN ATK substats at all.
DMG Bonus, INT, Crit Rate
DMG Bonus is the universal damage multiplier; INT scales TAC ATK for Focus Report, News Coverage, and In-Depth Interview; Crit Rate for burst potential on AOE hits.
HP%, AGI, VIT
Survivability stats to compensate for VIT 299. HP% is the most efficient; AGI helps against AGI-targeting sniper skills.
DEF, VIT, DMG Mitigation
Pure defense. Margaret must survive through the early rounds to accumulate Focused stacks and establish the DOT recycling loop.
DMG Bonus, INT, Skill Effect Enhancement
DMG Bonus and INT maximize all damage sources; Skill Effect Enhancement boosts Focus Report multipliers and News Coverage DOT damage stacks.
Recommended lineups
Archetype tags describe playstyle. Each card shows recommended gear (helmet icons), APC parts, and War Beast. Open APC · View details for part skills and calculator link.
Beast 
DOT-heavy lineup with multiple damage dealers benefits from Crimson Predator’s ATK and DMG Bonus to scale all status damage and detonation multipliers.
Primary tank. AC Shield UW for battle-start durability. Super Core accelerates team focus. Alpha Bless for team-wide shields and crit immunity. Minutemen faction member.
Shielding Barrier enables counterattacks and self-healing. BabyBear inflicts Bleeding on enemy front row. Nuke Pulse Launcher UW applies Burning on attacks. Both statuses feed Margaret’s recycling and Ivanov’s detonation.
Hellfire burns all enemies, stacking up to 15 layers with UW. Each burn is a target for Margaret’s News Coverage recycling and Ivanov’s detonation. +8% DMG for all Minutemen.
Hammer of Judgement detonates all statuses. Blizzard 4pc targets backrow first. Margaret’s recycling ensures fresh statuses are always available for detonation. Brave Soul buffs all Minutemen.
Core amplifier. News Coverage recycles expiring statuses. Focused stacks increase damage taken by targets. Joint Signature boosts all Minutemen DOT damage. Lion Blaster UW scales her DMG per teammate status proc.
The definitive Margaret lineup pairing her status recycling with Ivanov’s detonation. Bolton and Yolanda form a dual-tank front that also contributes DOTs (Yolanda’s BabyBear Bleeding and UW Burning). Benson burns all enemies via Hellfire. Margaret recycles all expiring statuses while stacking Focused debuffs, then Ivanov detonates the accumulated DOTs for massive burst. Joint Signature and Brave Soul stack to give all Minutemen massive DOT and flat damage bonuses.
Beast
Offensive lineup with three damage dealers. Crimson Predator’s ATK, DMG Bonus, and Crit Rate maximize team output.
Primary tank. AC Shield for durability. Super Core accelerates focus. Alpha Bless for team-wide shields and crit immunity. Minutemen faction bonus with all teammates.
Mental Control redirects attacks to Mira. Mirage UW bleeding triggers both Kitten’s Daydream Ash and News Coverage recycling. Battlefield Assistance buffs highest-ATK ally.
Flaming Feast applies burns to all enemies with 4x front-row multiplier. Death Descend’s +100% sustained DMG debuff stacks with Margaret’s Focused for extreme damage amplification on targets.
Recycles Kobayakawa’s burns and Mira’s bleeds via News Coverage. Focused stacks on marked targets amplify Heytex’s Pursue bullets. Joint Signature boosts all Minutemen DOT damage.
Primary carry. Bullet Rain marks 3 random enemies. Blaze Shark fires extra bullets off burns and bleeds. Focused stacks from Margaret make marked targets take significantly more damage from all sources.
Combines Margaret’s DOT amplification with Heytex’s mark-based AOE. Bolton tanks while Mira provides healing and Mirage UW bleeding. Kobayakawa applies burns and Ash via Kitten’s Daydream. Margaret recycles all statuses and stacks Focused debuffs on marked targets, amplifying Heytex’s rocket damage through both Focused (+4% DMG taken per stack) and Pursue procs. Demon APC cripples enemy focus bars while the DOT/mark chain establishes.
Beast 
Buri lineups prioritize survivability. Metallic Dragon’s HP, DEF, DMG Mitigation, and Crit Immunity keep the damage-sharing pool healthy across all linked heroes.
Link of Life distributes 50% of incoming damage across all heroes with +24% DMG mitigation. Guardian STR UW casts Link at battle start. Frosty Coffin grants +15% crit rate and +30% crit DMG.
AC Shield for durability. Super Core accelerates focus. Alpha Bless for team-wide shields. Minutemen faction bonus.
Burns all enemies for Margaret’s recycling loop. Hellfire UW for 15 burn stacks. +8% DMG for Minutemen.
News Coverage recycles Benson’s burns and Mira’s bleeds. Focused stacks amplify all damage. Apocalypse crit stats synergize with Frosty Coffin’s +15% crit rate and +30% crit DMG.
Heals front line (critical with Buri distributing damage). Mirage UW bleeding feeds News Coverage recycling. Battlefield Assistance buffs highest-ATK ally.
Pairs Margaret’s DOT amplification with Buri’s damage distribution for sustained survivability. Buri’s Link of Life keeps Margaret alive long enough to stack Focused debuffs and recycle statuses across extended fights. Benson provides burns, Mira adds healing and bleeds. Frosty Coffin’s crit bonuses benefit Margaret’s multi-target Focus Report. Lower damage ceiling than dedicated DOT lineups but significantly more durable.
Synergies
Margaret recycles statuses that Ivanov detonates with Hammer of Judgement. News Coverage’s 50% reapplication ensures fresh DOTs are always available between detonation cycles. Focused stacks on detonation targets increase the damage they take from Ivanov’s burst. Ivanov’s Brave Soul and Margaret’s Joint Signature stack for massive faction-wide damage bonuses.
Benson’s Hellfire burns all enemies every skill cast, stacking up to 15 layers with Hellfire UW. Each expiring burn has a 50% chance to be reapplied by News Coverage, creating a perpetual fire loop. +8% DMG for Minutemen via Nirvana boosts Margaret’s damage output.
Kobayakawa’s Flaming Feast applies burns that Margaret recycles. Death Descend’s +100% sustained DMG debuff stacks multiplicatively with Focused (+4% per layer) for extreme damage amplification. Kitten’s Daydream Ash adds another status type to the recycling chain.
Focused stacks on Heytex’s marked targets increase the damage they take from all sources, including Pursue bonus bullets. Margaret’s In-Depth Interview Poison on marked targets triggers Blaze Shark UW bullets (Minuteman status application). The debuff stacking between Focused and Pursue creates compound damage amplification.
Bolton’s AC Shield UW (200% max HP shield at battle start) buys the time Margaret needs to stack Focused debuffs and establish the DOT recycling loop. As a Minuteman, Bolton benefits from Joint Signature’s DOT damage bonus and contributes to faction count bonuses.
Interactions with other heroes’ ultimate weapons.
Thunder Hammer gains +3% ATK (stacks 12) per Burning detonated and 100 Focus per Poison detonated. Margaret’s News Coverage keeps burns and poisons alive between detonation cycles, ensuring Ivanov always has maximum statuses to detonate. The more statuses Margaret recycles, the faster Ivanov’s ATK scales and the more Focus he regenerates.
Hellfire UW lets burning stack up to 15 layers. Margaret’s News Coverage reapplies expiring burn layers (50% chance each), effectively extending the burn duration indefinitely. Joint Signature’s +10% Minutemen DOT DMG bonus amplifies each recycled burn tick. In extended fights, this creates an escalating fire damage loop.
When Minutemen apply Poison/Bleed/Burn, Kitten’s Daydream has 40% chance to apply Ash. Margaret’s In-Depth Interview Poison application triggers Ash procs on every attack. News Coverage reapplying statuses counts as new applications, further triggering Ash. The recycling loop generates compounding Ash stacks for Kobayakawa’s detonation.
Ultimate weapons
- Ultimate Weapon’s Energy 6,700
- TAC ATK 25%
- INT 25%
- HP 80%
Unlocked
When teammates inflict Poisoned, Bleeding, or Burning statuses on enemies, Margaret deals 2% more DMG, stackable for up to 5 layers.
★
When teammates inflict Poisoned, Bleeding, or Burning statuses on enemies, Margaret deals 2.4% more DMG, stackable for up to 6 layers.
★★
When teammates inflict Poisoned, Bleeding, or Burning statuses on enemies, Margaret deals 2.8% more DMG, stackable for up to 7 layers. When the target exits Poisoned, Bleeding, or Burning statuses, reduces their ATK by 3.5%, stackable for up to 5 layers.
★★★
When teammates inflict Poisoned, Bleeding, or Burning statuses on enemies, Margaret deals 3.2% more DMG, stackable for up to 8 layers. When the target exits Poisoned, Bleeding, or Burning statuses, reduces their ATK by 4%, stackable for up to 5 layers.
★★★★
When teammates inflict Poisoned, Bleeding, or Burning statuses on enemies, Margaret deals 3.6% more DMG, stackable for up to 9 layers. When the target exits Poisoned, Bleeding, or Burning statuses, reduces their ATK by 4.5%, stackable for up to 5 layers.
★★★★★
When teammates inflict Poisoned, Bleeding, or Burning statuses on enemies, Margaret deals 4% more DMG, stackable for up to 10 layers. When the target exits Poisoned, Bleeding, or Burning statuses, reduces their ATK by 5%, stackable for up to 5 layers.
Counters
- Casino (Hard Counter) — Casino’s Double Down drains 200 Focus from all enemies, preventing Margaret from casting Focus Report. Without her Focus skill, she cannot apply Focused debuff stacks or trigger News Coverage’s AOE DOT damage component — her entire amplification kit stalls.
- Penny (Soft Counter) — Penny’s drones cleanse Poisoned/Burning/Bleeding from allies, directly removing the statuses Margaret tries to recycle. Cleansing before News Coverage triggers means fewer reapplications, breaking the perpetual DOT loop.
- Burst damage lineups (Soft Counter) — Margaret’s value scales with fight length — Focused stacks need multiple rounds to accumulate and News Coverage needs statuses to expire before recycling. Lineups that kill Margaret’s teammates (or Margaret herself at VIT 299) before round 3 prevent her from reaching critical mass.
- Sustain/heal-reliant lineups (Hard Counter) — News Coverage’s perpetual DOT reapplication overwhelms healing-based defenses. Healers can remove HP damage but cannot cleanse the statuses causing it, so damage keeps ticking through every heal cycle. Focused stacks further reduce the effective healing by increasing damage taken.
- Single-tank lineups (Soft Counter) — Focus Report hits all enemies with Focused stacks. Lineups with only one tank have four heroes taking amplified damage from all sources, while dual-tank lineups spread Margaret’s debuffs across heroes who can absorb the extra damage.
Rating
S Tier. Margaret is an S-tier DOT amplifier who transforms Minutemen status compositions from burst-oriented to sustained-pressure builds. News Coverage’s 50% status reapplication ensures DOTs never fully expire, creating perpetual damage ticks that bypass DMG mitigation timing. Focused stacks (up to +40% DMG taken at 10 layers) make her a universal damage amplifier for the entire team. While she requires a DOT-heavy team to reach her ceiling and does not carry independently, her unrivalled amplification value in Minutemen compositions earns S-tier status.
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