Blanc NEW!

Blanc is a Burst II character who has great synergy with Noir which elevates her to new highs. She's like the Swiss Army Knife of the game - can do a lot of things (and do the good) which helps you with building a balanced team.

Blanc's Skill 1 will protect all allies with a Shield and considering that Blanc uses AR, you will need to empty 2 clips to trigger the shield. Also, this skill works exactly like Centi's shield so the Shield isn't given to each ally, but it protects all of them.

Blanc's Skill 2 triggers AFTER Full Burst ends which is pretty interesting and the first part will heal all her allies for a decent amount of HP. The healing is good enough to allow you to run her as your healer against most content. The second part of the skill is where things are taken up a notch. Considering that Blanc's Burst cooldown is really long - sitting at 60 seconds - if you pair her with Noir, you will be able to reduce it to 20 seconds. This means that together with Noir, you can safely run Blanc as the solo Burst II character in your team - otherwise, you will need to pair her with another Burst II character.

The first part of the Burst will heal all allies, similar to Blanc's Skill 2. Additional healing is always a great thing, especially against Bosses.

The second part will target the ally with the lowest HP and both increase his max HP (which translates to healing with the way the mechanic works in NIKKE) and also prevent that ally from dying for 10 seconds. This part of the skill will be great against Bosses to cheese some of their mechanics (like one-shot kills), but also overall improve the teams' survivability - especially if you also use Noir so Blanc can Burst every 20 seconds.

And last but not least, Blanc's Burst will also target all enemies and make them take nearly 40% more damage for 10 seconds. I can hear Novel chucking 'I'm in danger' in the background.

Overall, Blanc is a great Burst II character who gets elevated to the highest tier when you pair her with Noir - it allows you to run 1-1-3 (or 2-1-2) formations thanks to the massive cooldown decrease she gets with her Skill 2. Bursting with Blanc every rotation will not only give you a lot of healing but also help the team with DPS thanks to the Damage Taken debuff attached to the Burst.

If you don't have Noir, you can still run Blanc with Centi to spam shields and keep the team alive. Which is great, especially in the story, but keep in mind that Blanc is at her best when she's paired with Noir. Also, maybe in the future, there will be another 777 Squad member added to the game, so you will be able to trigger Skill 2 without Noir.