Should you build NORA?

Should You build? (TLDR):

NORA is a 4* Spirit character and is the second unit from the Atomic Hearts collab, given for free. As the resident naughty and insatiable arsenal master from the original game, NORA brings her own flavor of being a reliable weapons provider by being a support that uniquely specializes around preserving, ranking up, and buffing unused Precast cards.

Consider building her if:

• You want a unique, gimmicky playstyle;

• You want a budget support option for specific teams;

• MOST IMPORTANT FACTOR: You like her.

Consider saving your resources if:

• You’re not particularly looking for a gimmicky playstyle;

• Your teams are complete;

• You only care about optimizing your teams;

• MOST IMPORTANT FACTOR: You don’t like her.

Gameplay & Mechanics

NORA’s entire kit revolves around her Insight, “The Best Repair Vendor”. Basically, she provides value by simply existing in a team where she can store Precast incantations, and then put them back on the spelldock using her Ultimate (also while applying a buff to Ranked Incantations) during the team’s burst window.

Generating her Ultimate isn’t a problem either. NORA gains Moxie (up to 2 per round) whenever she stores a Precast incantation, thus, as long as the team is constantly generating Precasts, gaining Moxie on NORA isn’t a problem.

There’s no real gameplay loop to her. Just deploy her, gather her Ultimate and store Precasts, and unleash everything once you’re ready to deal damage.

Synergies

Since NORA’s kit revolves around Precast cards, you’ll want units who can consistently create Precast Incantations to give her a steady stream of Moxie.

• Marcus - one of the beneficiaries from NORA’s kit. With her Euphoria, Marcus can consistently generate Precast Incantations, all of which can be stored away by NORA for later use.

• Windsong - NORA makes stockpiling Windsong’s cards more manageable and comfortable. The “Preservation” effect also lets you bypass the spelldock limit, making NORA great in long-cycle Windsong set-ups.

• Recoleta - a bit of a fun dark horse synergy. NORA allows Flood of Fiction to be stowed away for later use, removing its “Precast” tag, meaning Flood of Fiction can be stockpiled and can permanently exist on the player’s hand. This opens up fun shenanigans like unlimited ultimates from your chosen DPS.

• Vila - Song of Inspiration is a Precast card, and thus can be stowed away by NORA, perfect when NORA is played in a Rank-Up team.

Team Suggestions

Reminiscent of the old Windsong before the spelldock changes. NORA lets Windsong endlessly stack all of her cards for a massive nuke at the last possible round.

This team makes use of NORA to store unused Marcus incantation cards.

You’ve heard of J ulting 3x per turn. Now, witness J ulting 10x in a row. Turns any unit into a Windsong-esque unit, but stacks their ultimates instead using all the stockpiled Flood of Fiction cards.

Build

Psychube

• The Fluttering Moment - Lorentz Butterfly’s signature chube. NORA’s Insight rewrites stored cards with the “Preservation” tag, which meets the 2nd half of the chube’s requirements. If played with Marsha or Isolde, it’s possible to meet the 1st half conditions.

• Your Friendly Exorcist - An An Lee’s 5* chube. Can be used on NORA when played in Plant / Rank Up teams for a 12% teamwide damage increase.

• Melodies Old and New - Fatutu’s 5* chube. Unconditional 9% damage increase for the entire team.

Resonance

Recommended pattern: Delirament. Maximizes NORA’s survivability. However, take note that it’s not worth investing a resonance pattern on a 4* unit for a marginal increase.

Portrait

All her Portraits are available for free, so there’s no reason not to use her outside of Portrait 5.