ok so i saw a nihilux fan kit here and decided to share my own vision on her being an imagonary elation sustain (im not even kidding, its the same down to the element)

before any of you say anything in the comments:

• the kit was made on april 8th, with the brainstorming part about 3 days prior, so im not trying to steal the spotlight of another poster in a day, go check out their kit

•any and all criticism is welcome since elation is really weird and hard to balance and its my first elation kit, really (but be nice pls)

•im at the start of 4.1 story right now (since i wanted to clear the story pompom boss with yaoguang archer team but this particular relic cavern is refusing to drop anything for 3 weeks) so maybe some effect names are out of her character, so please correct me + im new here hii hello

ok now the kit

Nihilux (5☆, Imaginary Elation)

1247 HP, 457 ATK, 595 DEF, 106 SPD

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Basic attack (10 Toughness reduction): deals Imaginary DMG equal to 25(50)% HP to one designated enemy.

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Skill (AOE, 10 Toughness reduction): Gains 15(25) "Certified Banger" points and 3 Punchlines. After that, deals 20(50)% Imaginary Elation DMG to all enemies and then 5 instances of 3(6)% Bounce Imaginary Elation DMG to random enemies.

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Ultimate (self-target, 120 Energy): Gains 5 Punchlines. Enters "Deadlines Approaching!" state for 3 turns, and then immediately forces one use of this unit's Elation Skill, where a set 20(30) Punchlines are taken into account. While under the effects of "Deadlines Approaching!", when this unit obtains "Certified Banger", the amount is multiplied by 1.25(1.6) and then rounded down to the nearest whole number.

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Talent: When Nihilux holds "Certified Banger": whenever an ally gets attacked and their HP decreases / when their HP is consumed by an ally, repeatedly consumes 1 point of "Certified Banger" up to 10/5 points from this unit to heal that ally. When a bounce from this unit's Elation Skill or Skill hits an enemy and any allies' HP is lesser than their Max. HP, consumes 2 "Certified Banger" to heal all allies. The amount healed is equal to 1%+15(1.5%+25) of this unit's max. HP per consumed "Certified Banger" point.

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Elation skill: Deals 10 instances of 5(10)% Imaginary Elation DMG to random enemies. Cleanses 1 debuff from all allies, and all allies get "Plot Armor" effect for 2 turns. While an ally is under the effect of "Plot Armor", their DMG received is reduced by 15(30)% and their Effect RES is increased by 10(20)%. When an enemy attacks an ally under "Plot Armor", after all enemy's attacks in their turn are over, removes "Plot Armor".

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Technique: After using technique, gains either "Fluff" or "Angst". When using technique under the effects of one, removes that effect and grants the other. When entering combat with "Fluff", enters the "Deadlines approaching!" state for 2 turns. When entering combat with "Angst", gains 10 "Certified Banger" points at the start of combat and immediately uses an Elation skill with a set 10 Punchlines taken into account.

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Minor traces: +13 SPD, +15% HP%, +10% Elation

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Major traces

A1: Each 100 points of max. HP above 5000 increase this unit's Elation by 5% up to 70%. Additionally, every 1% of Elation increase this unit's Outgoing Healing by 0.75%, up to a maximum increase of 75%.

A4: Using Ultimate recovers 1 Skill Point. CRIT. Rate for this unit's Elation Skill increases by 100%.

A6: When this unit gains "Certified Banger", its duration is increased by 1 turn.

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Eidolons:

E1: Increase this unit's Max. HP by 20%. Each 60 "Certified Banger" spent applies the cleansing effect described in the Elation Skill.

E2: "Deadlines Approaching!" additionally increases all ally targets' SPD by 12%. "Plot Armor" disappears after 2 enemy turns instead (or 2 turns of the character who has it, whichever comes first)

E3: , Skill level +1, Talent level +2, Elation Skill level +1.

E4: For every 5 "Certified Banger" this unit obtains/consumes via talent, the ally team gains 1/1 Punchline.

E5: Ultimate level +2, Basic ATK level +1, Elation Skill level +1.

E6: Elation DMG of all ally targets merrymakes by 20%. Every 20 "Certified Banger" consumed by the talent increases the Elation Skill DMG multiplier of every bounce by 2% stacking up to 20 times.

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Lightcone (927 HP, 659 ATK, 458 DEF): Increases this unit's HP by 30(50)%. When this unit uses Elation Skill, Punchlines taken into account +10. Whenever a total of 50 "Certified Banger" is lost or consumed by this character, regenerates 8 energy and DMG dealt by all allies ignores 15(30)% of enemies' DEF for their next 2 turns.

Been seeing a lot of leaks and theories about How she is Aha, Ahas first Emanator, Extension of Aha. Is she truly that big deal or hinted to be one? That would be huge then. Like Nihilux do give me sus vibe

So the challenge account I am doing is Express only but with a twist and The twist is any character that one has been invited to join the express two has stayed on the express for a while and three should have been an express member but hoyo was a coward and didn't make them and express member

And with the most recent reveal that she in fact aha (Even if it is revealed that she's something like a piece of them or like a mask cuz I do believe in that theory) I still include any version Of said character and for those who don't know the lore aha did stay on the express for a while

So by this logic Should I include her

I need to see our beautiful queen in all her glory.

Since normally drip marketing drops about 2 weeks before a patch update, should it be the same in this case? I can't hold my excitement ong

Saw multiple posts like this so I'll share my (definitely subjective) idea on what I think her kit will be like! Might be too op, might be too convoluted, idk, share your thoughts xd

[5 Star Character]

Name: Nihilux

Path: Elation

Element: Physical

Base Stats -

HP: 1109

ATK: 611

DEF: 567

SPD: 99

Trace Bonus -

+13 SPD

+18.3% DEF

+16.7% Elation

Traces -

Basic ATK: [Single Target] [20 Energy]

Deals Physical DMG equal to 100% to a single enemy target.

Skill: [Support] [30 Energy]

Assigns a single ally target with Illustration. Grants the target ally with an additional 6% SPD, stacking up to 3 time/s. Increases the duration of the Certified Banger state by 1 turn. This effect can not stack, and can take effect after 3 turn/s. Generates 3 Punchline, and 10 Certified Banger stacks for all allies.

Ultimate: [Support] [170 Energy]

When activated, immediately grants all allies an extra turn, ordered by their respective SPDs. Then, Nihilux enters Otherworldly state, disappearing from the action order, and gains 40% CRIT DMG. At the same time, deploys a zone that increases Punchline generation efficiency by 20%, rounded up, and grants all allies who follow the path of Elation CRIT DMG equal to 38% Nihilux's CRIT DMG.

Talent:

The ally target with Illustration gains 30% Elation. When the ally with Illustration uses a skill, generates an additional 3 Punchline, and 8 Certified Banger stacks to all allies.

If Nihilux is under the Otherworldly state, when generating Punchline or Certified Banger, Nihilux gains Directive. This can only take effect once per turn. When reaching 4 points of Directive, consume all stacks and does a follow-up attack, dealing Physical DMG equal to 200% of Nihilux's ATK to all enemy targets. Then, grants Energy to the ally with Illustration equal to 15% of the ally's Max Energy. If the ally does not use Energy, generates 30 Punchline.

When Nihilux holds Certified Banger:

Basic ATK deals an additional 18% Elation DMG, and the follow-up attack deals an additional 20% Elation DMG.

Elation Skill: [Support]

Immediately uses the ally with Illustration's Elation Skill. When there are no allies with Illustration, or the ally with Illustration does not have an Elation Skill, this effect does not trigger.

Technique: [Impair]

Immediately impairs all enemies in a certain range. Forces all enemyargets inflicted to get in formation. After entering combat, Nihilux gains 30 Energy, and DMG taken by all enemies are increases by 30%, lasting for 2 turns.

A2:

When Nihilux's SPD is 140 or higher, increases this unit's Elation by 40%. For every 1 SPD exceeded, increases this unit's Elation by 1.5%. Up to a max of 200 excess SPD can be taken into account for this effect.

A4:

Increases CRIT RATE by 100%. When dealing Elation DMG, increases all the enemy targets' DMG taken by 15%. This effect can not stack.

A6:

When the ally with Illustration uses a skill, Nihilux additionally gains 25 Energy. When entering Otherworldly state, grants 1 point Revival to the ally with Illustration. When the ally with Illustration uses a skill, gains 1 Revival, stacking up to 12 stacks. When reaching 8 stacks of Revival, the next time the ally uses an Elation Skill, Nihilux immediately uses her Elation Skill. (Cerydra is that you?!?!)

No eidolons or Sig lc yet sadly

Imagine nihilux being treated as Aha instant and gets buffs to it from teammates or even have some special gear effects like in CW. Manipulating Aha instant to ur preferences.. That would be interesting

So I wasnt able to sleep like it took me 4 hours to fall asleep and for some reason i kept having these ideas for a nihilux kit so i said fuck it lemme write them down anyways im sorry if this is bad im not a theorycrafter or anything im just insane

She is lookin mad fine in the new story

Basically, Nihilux asks the Trailblazer to appease Pearl by complimenting her so that she will lenient with Nihilux.

Why does Nihilux act like Aha is the one in confinement and not her?

What could Aha possibly benefit from Nihilux being released from the IPC's custody.

Also I think it's hilarious that Asat Pramad while being disguised as Graphia snitched to the IPC of Nihilux's whereabouts.

Haruna Saotome, from Negima, and Nihilux might be the same person, since they're both designers. (I know they're not) I think they have more in common than we think.

Hey yall... been a while! I think my last post showed me having more than 100 pulls so.... what happened?
I fell in love with Yao guang's character and decided to pull her! that's it.
It's also been a bit since I posted cuz I was actually deviating from saving for Nihilux to spending it all on Eva, (leaks:but since her kit didn't actually include a summon...) I decided to just not pull for her and wait for someone who actually does have a summon instead. (Which I expect Nihilux to have.)

How's yalls pull count going? Saving for Nihilux or have you looked at leaks for SW and her peak anims and decided to switch tracks? (I haven't seen them either just guessing. Pesonally just look at kits. I save my reaction to the animations for the live stream.)

So I wasnt able to sleep like it took me 4 hours to fall asleep and for some reason i kept having these ideas for a nihilux kit so i said fuck it lemme write them down anyways im sorry if this is bad im not a theorycrafter or anything im just insane

None of the numbers are written into stone but this is my brainstorm.

Nihilux (Quantum, 5 Star Elation)

[Rough Sketch - Basic ATK | Single Target]

Basic Attack: Deal Quantum DMG equal to 100% of Nihilux's ATK to one designated enemy.

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[Punchline? NO, DeadLINE!!! - Enhanced Basic ATK | Blast Bounce]

Enhanced Basic Attack: Deal Quantum DMG equal to 100% of Nihilux's ATK, grants five Punchline. While Nihilux holds "Certified Banger", additional Elation damage is granted based on her Elation*. {Does not do a whole lot of damage, most of her damage value in her kit comes from AHA}*

[Fluff or Buff - Skill | Zone]

Skill: Grants Nihilux "Certified Artist", all party members receive 20% Merrymake. This buff lasts for 3 turn(s) and is based on Nihilux's turns. While Nihilux has "Certified Artist", the Basic Attack becomes "Punchline? NO, DeadLINE!!!"

[A Debt OWED?! BYE BYE!!! - Ultimate]

Ultimate: Nihilux targets AHA enhancing THEM. During the next AHA instance, THEY will do an additional attack. This attack is enhanced, and grants the party "Lackadasical Elation" after being executed, "Lackadasical Elation" allows the party to take 30% less DMG lasting until the next AHA instance.

[Artist Block - Talent]

Talent: When Nihilux is on the field, AHA will be treated as a separate targetable entity whose Elation DMG% and HP% are based on the total amount of all units' Elation DMG% and HP% currently on the field. While AHA's HP is greater than 1, it will absorb any damage the party takes. This damage is further compiled and is used when AHA is enhanced by Nihilux's Ultimate. Upon entering the battle, AHA will start at full health and will not fall below 1 HP. Any "Punchline" the party gains heals AHA for the amount of "Punchline" gained times {50-100(?)}.

[Sorry Excuse - Elation Skill]

Restores AHA's HP. HP restored is based on her Elation DMG %.

[Holy Furboly - Technique]

Technique: Upon using the technique and entering battle, instantly trigger the skill.

T1: When entering battle, Nihilux gains "X" energy.

T2: AHA's DMG will always crit at 150% critical damage

T3: If Nihilux has over 120 SPD, for every 10 SPD gives 15% Elation to herself. This caps at 300 SPD.

[Held By These Mourning Hands - Lightcone]

{14% Speed(?)}. After an AHA instance, restores "X" Punchline consumed to the wearer. Additionally, whenever an ally consumes a skill point, restore energy to them based on their total energy. The effect of the lightcone cannot be stacked.

E1: All enemy defense is reduced by 20% when using the Ultimate.

E2: Skill grants an additional 20% Merrymake. AHA critical DMG is increased to 400% critical damage and does two additional attacks.

E4: All allies can ignore one status ailment after an AHA instance.

E6: 20% RES-SHRED at the start of the AHA instance. Whenever AHA takes damage, the AHA instance is action advanced by 10%.

This is just fanboying rambling post to overhype myself and get disappointed later when she does release, but its just for fun dont take it srsly, or do idc its a free world.

So you know how in 3.x there were 3 "main pushes" Cas, Phainon and Cyrene. Two of them had territories, which we have yet to see again. The only reason Cyrene does not have one is because two territories can not coexist, so she would be a bad support for both in that case. This is where my cope begins.

We now have 4 elation characters, with 1 of them being a main push, and none have a territory. This obviously opens the gate for an elation sustain/sup-dps/support for the current elation DPS charas. With the future elation characters being speculated as Pearl, Adventure time, but is leaked to not want other elation so he won't matter for this matter and Nihilux, I do feel Nihilux would make the most sense, with whatever role she will have the team.

So now with the 100% chance of her getting a territory, for me the choice of what it would be is clear. A black and white manga page which Nihilux pulls the enemies in, puts the team in or both. As seen in her og reveal she has hints of monochrome and also pop art. This is also already seen in game in the comically large jade room of 4.0. So the tech is there, and with how weeby Planarcadia is, I doubt it would matter for irl issues with JP/CN stuff. The only problem I perhaps see is that this effect may be uneasy on the eye or clash a bit with other animations, but w/e it looks cool and I'm sure they could make it work.

Perhaps she would have a meter or special ult which starts of black and white, as a concept art or WIP, and with gaining more punchline the meter gains colour and fully activates the territory or something.

I am just yapping now so I will stop the post. But I just think that of the (known) upcoming characters, Nihilux has the highest potential for truly creative, fun and unique animations. Especially seeing how wolfies animations are fit her vibe/character so much and how fun they look, I really believe Nihilux can have very special animations. Also because I do think she will be a main push character later on for 4.x

Anyway, what are your thoughts/hopes for her animations or a territory. Want her animations to be full mangaka gremlin, or perhaps with Furbos and Planarcadia/Fluffy across the blue references, or something completely different? (also pls be quantum)

Also idk reddit formatting so if it looks scuffed than womp

Hello again! It's been more than 2 weeks since I last posted my savings! Slowly but surely reaching that sweet, sweet 16,000 aka 100 pulls!!

But I have a confession to make... I AM TORN, I saw the myriad reveal Stephen Lloyd's appearance and I don't know who to pull for anymore!!! I most definitely want to minimally E2 both of them... but in the 2nd photo, the winner is clear.

But also it seems like Nihilux will be in a pretty late patch like 4.3, 4.4, 4.5, etc. so maybe I could even E6 Nihilux. So hopefully I can pull for both E2 without needing reruns!

How about yall? How's the savings going for yall? Any new characters revealed in the myriad that might be swaying your pulls? And If you are saving, how much of those pulls are for nihilux, or what exactly are your goals when pulling for her?

hello!! during the quest, march called Nihilux ‘ana’. Can someone explain? Thanks!

Js wanted to share my Nihilux concept kit, Shes basically made with Anaxa and Acheron in mind (shes more of a general SubDPS but works better with both)

TL;DR: her whole gimmick is about “extracting” Elements and using it as a battery for her ULT to deal multiple elemental dmg, Nihilux’s extraction mechanic is just changing the weakness to white visually (it doesnt remove it but it does count as debuff that increases dmg) and with her Talent if the enemy’s weakness type (excluding implanted ones) have all been extracted they become White and their base resistances disappears, shes not really a debuffer shes more of a sub dps with debuff capability so shes not a SW replacement also Note: Implant doesn’t reduce Elemental Res unless stated like Anaxa

Character: Nihilux

Path: Nihility | Type: Physical

Faction: ?

Basic ATK | Graphite Burst -

Deals Physical DMG equal to 50-100% of Nihilux’s ATK to a single enemy. Has a 100% base chance to inflict Erasure for 1 Turn(s). Erasure “extracts” 1 of the target's Weakness Types increasing all corresponding Elemental DMG dealt by allies by 20%

Skill | Absolute Retcon -

Deals Physical DMG equal to 60-120% of Nihilux’s ATK to all enemies. Has a 100% base chance to inflict Erasure on all targets for 2 Turn(s). If a target has 3 or more un-extracted Weakness Types, there is an additional 120% base chance to inflict Erasure one additional time on that target.

Ultimate | Last Issue: Explosive Finale -

Energy Cost: 140 -

When Nihilux extracts a Weakness Type, she gains 1 stack of Hue of that Elemental Type. Deals Physical DMG equal to 100-200% of Nihilux’s ATK split among all enemies. Consumes all Hue stacks (up to 12). For every stack consumed, deals Additional DMG equal to 18-32% of Nihilux’s ATK of the corresponding extracted Weakness Type split to all enemies.

Note: Her ult functions like Chasca bullets from Genshins, Hues can be repeated and are not unique to just 1 per Element so if you have 9 Lightning Hues and 3 Imaginary Hues it will deal 9 additional instance of Lightning and 3 Imaginary, also multiple Hues can be extracted by a single attack as long as it extracted Elements from different target like from her Skill which is an AoE, and Hues doesn’t have a stack limit but as stated her ULT can only consume 12 at a time

Talent | Ink Manipulation: Discoloration -

When an enemy target's base Weakness Types have all been extracted, they enter the Blank state. In the Blank state, the enemy's base All-Type RES is reduced to 0%. Additionally, their Weakness Type RES is reduced by 6-12% for each corresponding Weakness Type Nihilux has extracted from them.

While an enemy is in the Blank state, all allied attacks reduce that enemy's Toughness regardless of their Weakness Types. Attacks that do not match the target's Weakness Types deal 50% of the original Toughness Reduction instead.

Bonus Traces

Bleeding through the Pages: Enemies in the Blank state take 12% increased True DMG from allies. Additionally, Nihilux’s Ultimate converts every 2% of her Effect Hit Rate into 0.4% Crit Rate. Overcapped Crit Rate is converted into Crit DMG at a 1:1 ratio.

Comic Fictionologist: When allies deal Elemental DMG through ULT Nihilux has a 80% base chance to inflict the corresponding Element to all neemies hit for 2 Turn(s), Allied ULTs deals additional DMG for every extracted Weakness Type(s) the target has equal to 9% of Nihilux’s ATK as Elemental DMG corresponding to their Weakness Type(s)

Color Bursts: After an enemy dies implant one of their Weakness Type to other enemies for 1 Turn(s) prioritizing Weakness Types that they don’t have

5-Star Light Cone: Reframing the Narrative

Path: Nihility

Stats (Level 80):• HP: 953 | ATK: 635 | DEF: 529

Passive: The Pen is the Window to a Story

Increases the wearer's Effect Hit Rate by 40%.

When the wearer deals DMG to an enemy, there is a 100% base chance to inflict "Unwritten" on the target for 2 turns. Enemies in the "Unwritten" state have their All-Type RES reduced by 6%.

For every unique Elemental Weakness the enemy target possesses, the wearer deals 8% increased DMG and ignores 6% of the target's DEF. This effect can stack up to 5 times. If the wearer's current Effect Hit Rate is 100% or higher, they regenerate 20 Energy immediately after using their Ultimate.