Extremely strong Fire DPS for bossing, can match Rapi: Red Hood on any boss without core, cleanse, or other weird gimmicks… (well, that’s a lot of exceptions, but she is one of the best DPS even for neutral technically).
Strong use-case for non Fire-Weak Raids, as she can match the damage of top units like SBS or Asuka: Wille without needing a second unit (Alice/Mana or ReiTN).
Can be used as an off-burst DPS as well.
Most of her damage relies on Skill Damage, which makes her less reliant on core. Her damage can be regarded as more stable.
Her damage can tick off-screen so even if the boss disappears or jumps off-screen a lot, which gives good amounts of damage.
Her skill damage has a very high multiplier, making it scale extremely well on literally every buff since she has no innate buffs. Rapi: Red Hood or Asuka for example, will hit Diminishing Returns very fast with current meta supporters.
Her MLB screen is definitely not safe for work. Make sure your YT videos stay monetised! (Kisenix: why is this in Pros?)
Cons
No innate ATK buffs and no serious AoE capabilities lead to extremely poor performance on campaign, where she is also severely outshadowed by other Fire DPS units.
Her burst is not weak, but it is not much better than not using it. Upgrading her burst only allows her to be used as main B3, and does not improve her damage significantly.
Unit for fire weak bossing, but she is countered by some specific fire weak bosses: Indivilla cleanses her DoT, while Gluttony reduces 80% of her DoT (you will find this soon during next Solo Raid).
She comparatively gains less damage against a boss with core. Example: Shooting range boss has a core which favours every fire DPS except her, and throwing Naga will further increase the gap between her and Rapi, showing that Rapi is stronger.
Her PVP strength sounds crazy on paper, but it takes too much to set that up. And if she doesn’t die, everything goes down quickly.
1% Rate and you can’t even use her half as much as Rapi. Damn!
Definitely the weakest 1% banner yet.
Her 60$ skin may disappoint you with its idle screen. Check it before rolling for it.
Ratings
B
Story (low deficit)
C
Story (high deficit)
SSS
Bossing
A
PVP
Investment Tips
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.
This Overload (OL) Recommendations and Priority guide unravels in detail everything you need about a character in terms of priority, overload targets (effects), and order of acquisition, alongside some notes to explain our thinking process.
For OL targets and order of acquisition, we decided to divide the target effects into several categories.
Essential: With all gear combined, your unit must have the roll(s) prescribed as a minimum requirement. Example: Charge Speed on Alice. You cannot compromise on these rolls.
Ideal: These rolls will improve your unit's performance significantly. Aim for 2 lines of Essential/Ideal per gear for maximum performance and the best Return on Investment (ROI). If you get 3, you are lucky. You can choose to only have 1 as well to save materials. Example: Elemental Damage on Scarlet.
Passable: Low-priority line that has either limited value or the impact is not as strong as other rolls. Should this show up as a bonus together with a better line, you can choose to keep them. Example: Charge Speed on Red Hood.
Overload effects are ordered by importance from Left to Right, which means anything on the left provides more value than the right. Effects that belong to the same group generate too similar an impact to make a difference (and are sometimes interchangeable). Try to follow this order as faithfully as possible for maximum mileage.
Additional tips:
Priority (PvE/PvP) isn't necessarily lower than Priority (Universal), which has no tag/label. It just indicates that this unit performs only in select types of content.
If a suggested effect has the number ×2 next to it, that means you should get the effect on at least 2 gear. The same idea applies to other numbers.
Focus on obtaining Essential(s) then you can start worrying about optimizing your rolls. Units require these to function, and the impact is too massive to ignore.
If a unit has no Essential(s), that means their performance is not that dependent on OL, but they can still benefit from good effects.
Remember that this is just a recommendation list, and attaining perfection is impossible. You will have to make some compromise, pick whichever rolls you desire the most, and conserve as much material as possible.
We are setting Priority to High here, but she is a late game unit. Focus on building Cinderella, Rapi: Red Hood, and other units before visiting her.
Cube Investment
PVE
Resilience Cube
Bastion Cube
Destruction Cube
PVP
Resilience Cube
Bastion Cube
Tempering Cube
Vigor Cube
Bastion with non-Reload Speed comps, Resilience with Reload Speed comps, and Destruction situationally if it leads to more damage according to your testing in a specific content.
In PvP, since you want her dead anyway, perhaps Vigor & Tempering aren't what you want, although they can be situationally useful when you need the slight added delay. Instead, you'd want your highest level cube to increase her base ATK stat/ELE damage.
Teams
Teams
Team 237
Crown Fire Team ft. Rapipi & Mihara
Mode: Bossing || Element: Fire
Characters
About the team
One of Mihara’s best teams for Non-Core Fire. This team has healing, high burst generation, and continuous single-target damage that's admirable against targets without core. Mihara also bursts second, which is her optimal rotation. Stable and reliable, although it might be outshone in core environments.
Substitutions
Siren can be replaced by Liter.
Team 238
Mono Fire ft. Grave (No Core)
Mode: Bossing || Element: Fire
Characters
About the team
In this team, Mihara: Bonding Chain acts as an off-burst character that deals continuous damage without having to do anything. Against single targets, her off-burst damage surpasses Modernia's. However, you should use her Burst Skill at least once toward the end for some extra damage out of her DoT.
Substitutions
Siren can be replaced by Liter.
Team 239
Mono Fire ft. Grave + Modernia (No Core)
Mode: Bossing || Element: Fire
Characters
About the team
Old variant uses Rei Ayanami instead of Mihara: Bonding Chain, better for some players.
Substitutions
Siren can be replaced by Liter.
Team 240
Mono Fire ft. Rapipi B1 (No Core)
Mode: Bossing || Element: Fire
Characters
About the team
In this team, Mihara: Bonding ChainBC either bursts first or second (your choice; please test which one deals more damage for you and your investments) and is the main damage dealer, buffed by Crown/Grave, Rapi: Red Hood, and Rei Ayanami. They are also all Fire units, which benefit from the compounding effect they apply to one another.
Substitutions
Crown can be replaced by Grave.
Team 241
Alternative Fire (Core) I
Mode: Bossing || Element: Fire
Characters
About the team
An alternative Fire Team against core enemies for players without a built Alice. This team revolves around boosting the team's Core Damage and buff inflation in general. Asuka can be hot-swappable with Alice, though it's less optimal in equal investments.
Substitutions
Asuka-Shikinami-Langley can be replaced by Alice.
Team 242
Alternative Fire (Core) II
Mode: Bossing || Element: Fire
Characters
About the team
This team is similar to BiS non-core team, which uses HelmTr, but replaces her with Naga/Mast Maid, which may potentially be better against targets with core.
Substitutions
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Team 243
Alternative Fire (Core) III
Mode: Bossing || Element: Fire
Characters
About the team
This team doesn't have any healing and exchanges it for more damage. Mast Maid provides the team with increased ATK, CRTs, and Reload Speed. She also synergizes with Siren. Do note that you want to only Burst with her at either 2 or 3 stacks of Drunken.
Substitutions
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Team 244
Alternative Fire (Core) IV
Mode: Bossing || Element: Fire
Characters
About the team
This team uses Rapi: Red Hood B1 and Mihara: Bonding Chain Off-Burst as additional damage dealers. No Naga or Helm Treasure is used, which might be better or worse for you depending on your investments.
Substitutions
Rei Ayanami can be replaced with Alice.
Team 245
Missilis Torturer
Mode: Tribe Tower || Element: All
Characters
About the team
While not being one of the best mobbing units, Mihara: Bonding Chain can make for a decent Missilis Tower team. This team consists of a lot of ATK buffs that Mihara: Bonding Chain wants and balances out the team's lack of high RoF unit with Mihara: Bonding Chain's MG, which is great for neutralizing Glasses.
Substitutions
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Team 246
Pilgrim Tormenter
Mode: Tribe Tower || Element: All
Characters
flex
About the team
An alternative team for Pilgrim Tower against bosses revolving around Siren and MG users. The FLEX slot can be a damage dealer (like Modernia or Scarlet), a healer (Rapunzel), or a buffer (Red Hood B1).
Substitutions
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Team 247
Banish the SGs
Mode: PVP || Element: All
Characters
About the team
An Attacking team focused around shutting down SG teams (although Makima does that better). In this team, Mihara: Bonding Chain is sacrificed to fill up Burst Gen instantly with Rosanna, starting up the burst chain. Soda: Twinkling Bunny can be replaced with Noir. Counterable by opposing Rosanna (who also benefits from Mihara: Bonding Chain's death). Anne: Miracle Fairy for reviving (ideally Mihara: Bonding Chain to abuse stronger DoT from personal damage buffs) or Blanc for stalling.
Substitutions
Soda: Twinkling Bunny can be replaced by Noir, Anne: Miracle Fairy can be replaced by Blanc.
Team 248
One-Night-Stand Makima
Mode: PVP || Element: All
Characters
About the team
Similarly, this team is a little more developed for Makima havers, focusing on sacrificing Mihara: Bonding Chain and letting Makima stall for 7s as Mihara: Bonding Chain's DoT cripples the enemy one by one. Also potentially strong against glass-cannon wipers. Biscuit can be added for extra stalling, but she must stay alive (and Makima must be attacked). Mihara: Bonding Chain is investment and dupe dependent.
Substitutions
Add Biscuit if more stall needed over Soda or Drake.
Team 249
Frontal Point
Mode: PVP || Element: All
Characters
About the team
When P1 is the source of chaos, we place Mihara: Bonding Chain in P1 to die. Any units after Mihara: Bonding Chain are free to select and up to your discretion. The units in example are just placeholders. Do note that Mihara: Bonding Chain wants to die here, and indom should go to someone else but her.
Substitutions
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Team 250
Anti-Wiping Countermeasure
Mode: PVP || Element: All
Characters
About the team
A slow team engineered to "survive with as much HP as possible". We stake our survival on Anis: Sparkling Summer/Moran tanking wipes and lifestealing/sustaining and letting Mihara: Bonding Chain's retaliative DoT handle the rest. Must be used against wipers or SGs, and Mihara: Bonding Chain must die.
Substitutions
Anis: Sparkling Summer can be replaced by Helm or Maiden: Ice Rose.
Team 251
Indoming Our Way Out of Here
Mode: PVP || Element: All
Characters
About the team
In this team, we use Mihara: Bonding Chain as a gradual AoE wiper that isn't directly countered by Noah, compensating for Scarlet's weakness. We want her to die in this team, so the ideal development would be that she dies from a wipe and Scarlet gets indom-ed (hence stalling for the team).
Substitutions
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Team 252
Stall the Hell Out of the Enemies
Mode: PVP || Element: All
Characters
About the team
In this team, the main focus is to kill Mihara: Bonding Chain early on and just surviving/stalling until her debuff slowly kills the enemies. You can choose to revive her so she can benefit from offensive buffs, either immediately with Mana or with Rapunzel in the second rotation. Remember, her off-burst damage is plenty good already! But, you can also remove Helm Treasure/Quiry/Mana and avoid placing B3 to her left if you want Mihara: Bonding Chain to Burst for more damage. Finally, you can place Mihara: Bonding Chain in P1 or P5 depending on whether you're attacking/defending and the team setups (read more: PvP targeting - https://www.prydwen.gg/nikke/guides/pvp-mechanics/) and flip this team accordingly.
Substitutions
Helm Treasure can be replaced by Quiry, Rapunzel can be replaced by Mana.
Team 253
Rise from the Dead
Mode: PVP || Element: All
Characters
About the team
Did we mention earlier that Mihara: Bonding Chain's buffs deactivate when she is dead? So, why not revive her instead and let her enjoy that juicy Sustained DMG▲ buff (and Burst Skill DMG if desired)? That's why we are introducing "the revival team". In this team, we kill Mihara: Bonding ChainBC and revive her with Mana and Rapu, and then use her B3 (because now enemies have 20 stacks of Ensnaring Chains, and we want to turn those into Dragging Chains!). In this example, we add Blanc to push this team further with Indomitability. You can use Noah if you want, but she might taunt hitters away, and problem ensues when Mihara: Bonding Chain doesn't die fast enough. Do note when using Mana: she is B3 and that means Mihara: Bonding Chain, if placed to her right, will not use her Burst Skill. However, this allows for creative positioning and usage of other Burst Skills if desired. Rapunzel is B1, so she herself does not impede her Burst Skill usage. Others might, though. Drake Treasure and Noir/Pepper are just placeholders that can be replaced by any units for faster or slower generation (please let Mihara: Bonding Chain die first and get revived before she gets indom-ed, otherwise no max stack debuffs on enemies). Faster is not always better.
Substitutions
Rapunzel can be replaced with Mana. Drake-Treasure, Noir can be replaced by any unit for burst generation.
Team 254
Rise from the Dead (Adaptive Speed)
Mode: PVP || Element: All
Characters
About the team
The same team as “Rise from the Dead” but with adaptive speed. This team is around ~3.5 RL to 4 RL depending on Charge Speed, but it can speed up to ~2 RL to 2.5 RL and even ~1.5 RL with a bug that we cannot currently explain (ref: https://youtu.be/PUWebkRXrMM). This is thanks to Rosanna’s Burst Gen Instant Fill from deaths of enemy or allied units. In this case, since we want Mihara: Bonding Chain to die anyway (she’s going to be useless if she doesn’t die before Full Burst), we can just pair Rosanna with her. With Rosanna, this team can go faster/slower depending on how fast the enemy kills Mihara: Bonding Chain. There is no too fast (well, unlikely)!
Substitutions
Mana can be replaced with Rapunzel, although Mana is better.
