Nero
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Backstory
Attached to the Ark's animal management troop — Happy Zoo. She tends to all things pertaining to cats. Although soft-spoken, she is not in any way timid.
Specialities
Normal Attack
■ Affects target enemy.
Deals 8.39% ATK as damage.
Deals 200% damage when attacking core.
Skill 1 - Cat's Repayment
Passive■ Activates when recovery takes effect. Affects the target who applied the recovery effect.
Damage Taken ▼ 14.14% for 5 sec.
■ Activates when recovery takes effect. Affects self.
Cat's Repayment: Damage Taken ▼ 8.43%, stacks up to 5 time(s) and lasts for 5 sec.
Skill 2 - Lil' Paw
Passive■ There is a 30% chance of activating when attacked. Affects the target.
Damage Taken ▲ 8.26% for 5 sec.
■ There is a 30% chance of activating when in Grumpy Cat status. Affects the target.
Deals 158.05% of final ATK as damage.
■ Activates when entering battle. Affects self.
Max HP ▲ 60.28% continuously.
Burst Skill - Grumpy Cat
Active 20 seconds■ Affects 1 enemy unit(s) with the highest HP.
Deals 1104.91% of final ATK as damage.
■ Affects self.
Attract: Taunt all enemies for 15 sec.
■ Activates when Cat's Repayment is fully stacked. Affects self.
Grumpy Cat: HP Potency ▲ 60.08% for 15 sec.
Analysis
Review
Nero is a Burst II SMG wielder who can taunt all enemies on the field and keep herself alive really well.
Her Skill 1 A pretty interesting skill that requires Nero to be healed and in return, she will decrease the damage taken by whoever healed her but also decrease the damage she takes herself. This means that you NEED to pair Nero with a healer to even activate the skill.
Skill 2 of Nero drastically increases her own Max HP the moment she enters the battle and this buff makes her the highest HP tank in the whole game. Paired with her Skill 1, Nero can be super tough. On another note, the second part of the skill is a bit RNG dependent – whenever Nero gets hit, she can increase the damage taken by the enemy who dared to attack her. Furthermore, if she activates her burst while having max stacks of Cat's Repayment, she can also deal damage to whoever she is attacking, although the damage is minimal due to her being a Defender. Still, her Skill 1 and Skill 2 together can turn her into a fearsome beast. Overall, it’s a very strong skill!
Nero's Burst has a 20 seconds cooldown which makes her a very flexibly Burst II character that can be used in a variety of teams. The skill consists of 3 elements:
Nero will deal damage to one enemy,
Nero will Taunt all enemies for 15 seconds which combined with the 20-second cooldown means that she can have a great uptime on the Taunt,
Nero will buff herself and increase the healing received.
The issue is that you need to be able to keep Nero alive by constantly feeding her with heals or the 15-second Taunt will be her early grave.
Overall, Nero is the beefiest tank in the game (highest effective HP), meaning that at full HP with all her buffs, she can tank massive hits. At level 7 skills, her effective HP is twice of Noise's! However, she relies on healers to activate those buffs and heal. The only options you have for PvE are Pepper and Rapu, while for PvP you can get away with Biscuit and Rapu. With enough investments in Pepper and Nero, Nero can actually survive the entire game only relying on Pepper's heals.
Ratings
Pros & Cons
Pros
The beefiest Tank in the game that can survive nearly anything thrown at her,
Taunt for days,
Damage Taken debuff gives her some nice utility,
Cons
Requires to be babysit by a Healer to actually work,
Needs to Burst to activate her Taunt.
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