Excessive abnormal gear in stock (for most players).
Fourth highest burst generation in PvP with potential to be first with heavy investments.
Scales really well with ATK buffs.
Shots can be spammed like Centi toward environmental destructibles for burst gen in Campaign.
Highly flexible for PvP; can act as burst gen battery or main Burst 3 unit.
Highest base AoE attack nuke for PvP.
Auto-friendly, no need to manual her at all unless you need to aim for a specific spot for her nuke, or need extra burst gen.
Has the highest range for an RL (equal to A2).
Her AoE nuke can bypass Noah's invincibility time frame.
Cons
Limited unit.
Buffs reliant on Full Charge(s).
No innate ATK buff.
Her base attack ratio is 61.3%, which is the lowest in RL category, shared with Vesti and some other units.
With no Boss Parts, Emilia cannot compete in damage against Meta B3 against Solo Bosses.
4-second charge time on AoE attack can be a liability in PvP Defense Teams, and can be hard to execute well in Campaign.
In PvP, her fully charged shots can count up to 4-5 hits per shot if she hits 2 Jackal-linked Nikkes, which means she can be highly susceptible to dying against Scarlet's Skill 2.
Skill scaling per level is less than 1.69x (default for most skills) on average.
As Water Element, if she gets hit by Elemental OL Scarlet/SAnis (Electric) in PVP, she can die very fast.
Her burst nuke can actually miss in PvP, due to whiffing or target dies.
Ratings
SS
Story (low deficit)
SS
Story (high deficit)
S
Boss (solo)
SS
Boss (adds)
SSS
PVP
Investment Tips
Cube Investment
Pre-overload
Bastion Cube
Resilience Cube
Post-overload
Bastion Cube
Resilience Cube
In PvE, the primary cubes are always Bastion and Resilience because they provide the highest uptime bonus. Since Emilia also scales with Max Ammo, you can also consider Wingman if highly leveled, which will make her S1 more effective.
In PvP, you can additionally consider Vigor for increased survival, Adjutant if that helps with reaching the breakpoint informed in Gear Investments section, or Quantum for bonus burst gen.
Skill Investment
Here's the explanation for all the numbers and colors used in the guide:
10/5/7 means upgrading Skill 1 to lvl 10, Skill 2 to lvl 5, and Burst Skill to lvl 7,
Yellow means the immediate investment when u get the unit. There are 3 reasons for this:
If the unit is Meta or High Priority, it will have a starting investment of more than 1/1/1 (such as 4/4/4) depending on what the unit provides.
If the unit is Medium or Low Priority, 1/1/1 will be mentioned, meaning no immediate investment is required, and you can invest in this character if you need to use it according to the priority listed.
If we deem that a unit does not have usable skills to be meta for any gamemode, no investment will be mentioned.
Blue means minimum investment to take advantage of the Nikke's skills. There are 2 reasons for this:
Sometimes, minimum investments are breakpoints such as for Noir or SAnis.
Sometimes, minimum investments are just the ideal way to progress to upgrade that unit, before moving on to Recommended and High.
Red means recommended investment for F2P players,
Purple means maximum recommended investment, in order to get the best out of the unit. You should only try to reach these investments if you have a surplus of Skill Books leftover.
More info:
The skill investment list below features a lot of Level 4 and 7 because they are easier to understand. Any higher levels will cost a new type of resource.
However, you may choose to upgrade to Level 5 if you need a stronger effect instead of 4, as the increase in Blue Manual cost from Level 4 to 5 is still low. The leap only starts from Level 6 onward.
There is also a leap from Level 3 to 4, so if you want to save a tiny bit of Blue Manuals, then leave at 3 instead of 4.
Priority explained:
Meta: Most Important Nikkes.
High: Good in various PvE content.
Medium: Good in at least one PvE content.
Low: Can perform well but not as good as other units / Situationally Meta / Old Meta
Very Low: Niche usage / Tribe Tower Units
Late Game: These nikkes need investments to reach their potential but are expensive to build. They should be invested after clearing Ch 23 Normal with mentioned priority.
