Nihilister (20-31) Guide | Nikke: Goddess of Victory (2024)

General Information

Moveset

Phase 1

The first move Nihilister does is spitting out literal boulders at you, these can be easily destroyed if you target the projectiles.

QTE circles are not very tanky, however they do time out fast, full burst being ready is highly recommended when dealing with the QTE moveset. Succeeding the QTE event will deal x5 bars of damage. Failing the event will punish you with Nihilister spamming rockets at you, breaking cover if not dealt with. Below are the images of the possible patterns

After/during (depending on how fast you are able to clear the circles) Nihilister fires her machineguns at you, switching to targeted unit will preserve their HP via covering. This moves hurts if left unattended.

After MG fire, the boss will then use AoE breathe attack. Do not face tank this as the DoT when hit will most likely wipe out your team/hit units after a couple of seconds, the boss then jumps back then fires fireballs to a selected unit, simply cover. the boss then repeats the process starting from shooting boulders to your units until damaged enough to reach phase 2.

Phase 2

Nihilister opens up with a AoE attack, take cover.

Boss then starts Laser beaming Nikke’s and throwing meteors, you can face tank the lasers if you have a healer / HP is still healthy, destroy Meteors if needed. The laser beams attacks your Nikke’s in positioning order, in other words, she attacks Nikke position 1, 2, 3 ,4, 5 in order. While the meteors thrown is the exact opposite; She hurls meteors to Nikke positions 5,4,3,2,1 in order. Use this to your advantage if needed.

Nihilister then summons waves of projectiles, these projectiles can be destroyed easily with an AoE burst, face tanking this is not recommended as doing so will most likely wipe a couple of your units.

Tips

Destroying Nihilister Gear L and Gear R (legs) will net you x2 HP damage each towards the boss. Nihilister after QTE Phase will bring her turrets towards her head. You can take advantage of the extra hitboxes with units that have the pierce mechanic (Snow white, Maxwell, Alice), effectively having their bursts hit 3 times when aimed right.

Team Comps

Note: If Liter is not available, the only way to have enough cover is to destroy all possible projectiles, pass all QTE’s, and face tank Shots to preserve cover. as cover is almost MANDATORY to survive her AoE breathe attack. Cocoa is also an option but the user will be forced to always save a burst when does her breathe attack.
Liters subs are always any 20s CDR (Volume, Dolla, Dorothy). Helm (Most recommended) or other healers are advised when playing without liter due to reasons stated above.

Scarlet Carry (Scarlet Overload Max Ammo)

Roles

• Liter = CDR and ATK buffs. Also repairs cover to help with sustain
• Novel = Damage taken debuff | Subs: Guilty, Viper = DPS, defense shred , Burst gen
• Scarlet = DPS
• Drake | Modernia = DPS
• Helm = Healing

Snow White Pierce (Highly Invested Skills)

Roles

• Liter = CDR and ATK buffs. Also repairs cover to help with sustain
• Novel = Damage taken debuff
• Snow white = Pierce, DPS , hahahah NUKE
• Rapunzel | Flex = Healing. Privaty/Yulha can be used for extra ATK buff if needed (timing is needed for Yulha, but should not be difficult to time attack buff during 3x pierce window)
• Maxwell = Pierce, Buffer, hahahah mini NUKE

Alice Pierce (Highly Invested Alice)

Roles

• Liter = CDR and ATK buffs. Also repairs cover to help with sustain
• Novel = Damage taken debuff | Subs: Guilty, Viper = DPS, defense shred , Burst gen
• Alice = Pierce, DPS , Burst generator (spam shots)
• Scarlet | Modernia = DPS
• Maxwell = Pierce, Buffer, hahahah mini NUKE | Subs: Helm, Privaty

Bunny Twins

Roles

• Liter | Dorothy = CDR, Buffer
• Blanc = Healer, Debuffer
• Noir = Buffer, Sub-DPS
• Flex b3
• Flex b3

As usual, Bunny twins get their own little section here, as they are pretty much boss killer staples. The other b3’s will pretty much just be your strongest available DPS. With preferred units being Scarlet, Modernia, Alice, Laplace , and a rather raised summer Neon.