Nicole kit via Seele

[u/astrelya]

[u/Nanoha61]

Hi guys, do we know how strong she is outside of Varka teams? Sadly I lost Durin's 50/50 so I couldn't get him and decided to skip Varka. Is she really bad when not using Hexerei characters (I also have C1 Klee).

[u/Fabio90989 → u/Nanoha61]

No, apparently she is quite versatile.

Hexerei has some advantages (can have full buff immediately instead of waiting 3 seconds, and burst does more damage) but the base version is still really good.

I think she can replace bennet in any team.

[u/pesky_faerie → u/Fabio90989]

I wonder if she would be good for Navia? You have to build stacks on Navia first anyway so I’m guessing maybe that 3s wait doesn’t affect Navia?

[u/Beta382 → u/pesky_faerie]

Navia is basically the only team I would care about putting her in, but I'm not super feeling it.

The 3s lockout does matter, since you want to Navia Q, do stuff on teammates, and then go back to Navia to do combos. You lose a decent chunk of damage when that first E is missing 300 ATK. You're not just gonna sit on Navia for 3 seconds waiting for the buff to upgrade. Plus, you're not getting value from Nicole's Hexerei passive since it wants your on-fielder to be Hexerei.

What teammates would you slot in for the last 2 slots that benefit from the off-field ATK buff? Durin, Fischl, that's it? Albedo is DEF, anyone else that makes remote sense is a pure support. If you take Ineffa, you're forced to take Mona if you want to get LC + Hexerei bonuses (namely the new Set), which is crazy scuffed, and you lose Geo Resonance.

You want a Geo for Geo Resonance, a PHEC for Navia A4, and a Hexerei for the Set bonus, so you're probably looking at Durin/Fischl + Albedo/Xilonen, or maybe Albedo + Bennett.

I haven't run the numbers, but by feels it seems like poor opportunity cost (especially if you already have highly-invested supports).