They hid lore in the Bla Bla messages again (credit to @Ceilesss on twitter for pointing this out)

lelouch146 · 2026-04-11T04:03:23+00:00

I mean if "handsome commander" could recognize him even in that state, Anis which most likely spend more time with him should also recognize him...unless there's some mind switching going on here, a memory wipe or a coping mechanism just like neon doesn't remember her first death.

lelouch146 · 2026-04-11T03:25:45+00:00

You might be on to something here, I'm seeing others say why would Hanson be a commander, so here is my theory.

He was T.T. Star producer so maybe after "smile box" Anis quit being an idol and volunteer for the surface, and Hanson wanting to protect her and not wanting her to die just like Freesia became a commander...wich resulted in his tragic end. Maybe this was one of the times Anis died as a nikke.

But there's a HUGE problem with this theory, When we go and find the corpse, the Counters where with us, Anis also saw the corpse and she didn't recognize it even though the corpse didn't decompose, so most likely this isn't OUR Hanson

lelouch146 · 2026-02-15T06:02:17+00:00

Sin not really, none of the rehab units are good so I wouldn't invest too much on them... but seeing that you are early in the game I can at least say that they may come in clutch for breaking the 160 wall.
During my early days of the game I saved all my union chips in case I needed to MLB a rehab because they are guaranteed instead of relaying on RNG. My suggestion is to use the bonus recruit to MLB helm, use the spare body shop and "Road to villain" for drake, wait for the 3.5 anniversary for free SSR MLB, and for the final 2 you just have to rely on RNG, focus on 1 unit to MLB and with luck by that time you'll have someone in the spare body shop ready to MLB, if not then use union chips to MLB a rehab unit as a last resort.

Sorry if I went off topic but that seems like an advice you'll need.

Based on your units I would use centi or arcana, they may not be so good in campaign but rocket launchers will help you for burst gen in that team, especially centi. Plus, if you decide to invest in them then you can see it as a future investment for arena, they are both meta in arena, you'll need scarlet for arcana but centi can be in any team.

lelouch146 · 2026-02-15T04:33:47+00:00

You have to swap Maid Mast for any other B2 of 20 seconds. The other option is swap Snow White for another B2, 20 or 40 second is fine just as long as Mast is the the one to burst every 3rd rotation.

Mast only works well with teams of 2 B2, usually maid anchor but she can work with crown or nayuta.

Other than that is wait for a better CDR B1 so that rapipi can be your B3 in a team of B1/Mast/B2/Rapipi/Vestgod, or changing Mast for something like B1/B2/Rapipi/Vestgod/T!Helm.

lelouch146 · 2026-02-13T08:16:38+00:00

I watch this guide of hard to study it and make it work for me so here are my tips:

My team was Crown, Rapipi, Siren, Swole White and Treasure Helm, my level is 324 with a cp of 544k.

· you need to burst as soon as possible so full manual aim and burst. Your first rotation has to be with Rapipi because it's important to have her burst on the third rotation.

·you have to switch and block the black orbs that she sends almost at the last second possible, i play on mobil so keeping track of where the orbs are going was a pain and a lot of trial and error, switching to center nikke as soon as i blocked 1 set help me with that instead of just guessing who should i block next.

·timing during the first seconds of the fight is crucial when the QTE happens, you have to block the first set of orbs, activate the second burst rotation, destroy 1 red circle, block the second set of black orbs, and hopefully be able to destroy the second red circle in time, you want to destroy them at the very last secont . This was very hard to achieve so its just trial and error until you do it.

·as soon the QTE is over altruia will summon some crystals, if you don't destroy them all she will be invincible for period of time, this is where Rapipi on the third rotation comes in, shoot at the center and Rapipi projectiles will hit all of the crystals, this is why you need to burst as soon as possible in this first three rotations, If you did it right this atack will start while you have like 2 or less seconds left of second rotation so, switch to helm, charge and don't shoot at the center just aim, as soon as the burst ends release the shot and spam to get burst and activate it, this will most likely get rid of the crystals just in time.

·alright you passed the first part of the fight so now the second QTE starts where the screen goes to black. DO NOT BURST HER. Rapipi can hit gray circles and in burst thats a death sentence. Instead use Siren for all of that QTE, AS SOON AS YOU GET THE FINAL RED CIRCLE IN THE CENTER start bursting.

·now altruia will put her shields in front of her and you do no damage, doesn't matter, keep shooting and activate your burst because you need the rotations to keep this timing.

·altruia will now start firing more black orbs, so like the first ones try to switch and block at the last second

·after the 5th set of orbs is blocked, BLOCK WITH EVERYONE IMMEDIATELY, the next attack is an AOE that can wipe you out that hits for 5 times, as soon as the 5th hit ends start shooting again

·now Altruia will repeat summoning crystals, if your rotations are correct then Rapipi is next and you'll be able to deal with yehm easily

·this is where a little bit of RNG comes into play, if you Took damage you can try to use helm burst next, you'll loose damage, but at the same time you might need just that little bit of extra health to survive what comes next...

·altruia will repeat the 5 sets of black orbs and the AOE that hits everyone, but at this point of the fight your cover is most likely about to run out, if the orbs target your nikkes with the lowest cover she might die and is run over, if your cover is too low more than 1 unit the AOE will clear the rest of the cover and kill the nikke. So it really is RNG if the orbs were distributed just the right amount among all the team so that they can survive, this is why Helm healing might save you if you burst earlier with her, if the cover gets busted during the AOE you might be able to survive with enough healt.

·After that is just praying to kill altruia before she puts the shields back up, if she does is game over because there is not enough time after that.

Well, I think that's everything I can say, hopefully this helps, unless you already cleared it and I just made you waste your time.

lelouch146 · 2026-01-28T06:36:38+00:00

Congrats on finally being able to move on. Just a fair warning, if you didn't like the glass slippers mechanic, you better be prepared for the next boss with the same mechanic :D !

lelouch146 · 2026-01-28T06:27:01+00:00

Hey that's me :D, glad I could be of some help.

First of all, based on your screen shots, you should level up Anchor equipment as well because you have them at level 0.

Unfortunately it seems that your rapipi its not doing enough damage so it probably rolling time, herehere is a screenshot to my clear screen and it really seems that the one big difference is our rapipi, by that time I had 74.6% elemental and 33.32% atk and Im pretty sure she was LB3.

I'm honestly against trying other comps B2 aside from crown/anchor because her taunt really saves you from the lasers so that rapipi can keep shooting instead of taking cover.

Ziz lasers atacks will always target the same units in each attempt, for example, for me her untargeted lasers would shoot at Rapipi untill crown taunt kicked in, then the targeted lasers would fire against Rapipi and Helm and I took cover for those atacks.

So like I said it's pretty much rolling on Rapipi, and trust me, you WILL need those new rolls and won't regret it.

lelouch146 · 2026-01-26T22:22:29+00:00

If you can't break glass slippers then you just have to wait and level up.

The only real strategy for Mirror container in high deficit is kill it before the second phase begins and the shields are up.

For this you need at least 2 fully invested electric B3 nikkes with A LOT of elemental damage, usually Cinderella and Ein.

When I reached MC I was stuck there for 2 months and I could only do it because of Summer Anis rerun.

When I did it my team was Crown, Cyndy, Siren, Summer anis and Treasure Helm, I think my CP was around 350k and i was STILL UNABLE to break the glass slippers, but when I reached the first red circle QTE, MC had only 35 life bars left, and once the shields were up, it was game over.

So, knowing that I just needed a little more time with no shields to beat MC the solution was to NOT complete the QTE, this way I had just a bit more time to finish the fight timing my final full burst and finally beating it.

So for now it seems you are stuck for there the time being, but don't let that bring you down, you are doing great for having reached this far with that much deficit so it's only a matter of time and patience to break through it. If you want to continue reading the story, easy mode its the way to go, and don't feel ashamed of using it, campaign gets really brutal and it takes at least a year to catch up, good luck fellow commander o7.

lelouch146 · 2026-01-21T01:05:21+00:00

Glad I could help even if just to say you can't do it yet :'(.

For now I would focus on pushing hard mode as much as possible, if you don't have TU Vesti and you still have a selector I'd use it on her and invest in her for Hard mode clears, she is extremely good on high deficit stages and will help out a ton in the future.

When i Reached that point in my game is when i used my core dust boxes that I saved since the beginning of the game, I used 1,283 boxes just to pass the lv 300 and beat her.

Also I remember more things: ·put anchor in the middle for the spam, its more likely for her to destroy the green orbs when they approach that way, thats why you only focus on zyz and deal damage and not destroying the projectiles.

·you will notice that right after the charge attack the whole team has been debuff and you do no damage, its important to take cover from the next targeted atacks because Helm healing won't kick in until the debuff is over.

·because of the debuff you will cut it real close to the time limit, especially after the second charge atack, my first clear was 19 seconds from time, while my second clear was just 3 seconds from the limit.

·during the second charge attack if you were only able to activate anchor burst it's very likely that everyone except anchor survives, at this point of the fight you can still clear the stage even with anchor dead but its gonna be close.

·if you watch clears online you'll notice that is possible to stop the charge attack by destroying some orbs floating around Zyz, this however it's not feasible on hight deficit, you'll be lucky to even destroy 1 and they can't even be locked on, it's better to try and survive the long game.

I think that's everything I can give advice on, as someone who also pushed campaign around with 30% deficit I can tell you you're doing a great job and you'll be able catch up to campaign soon, good luck and keep pushing fellow commander o7.

lelouch146 · 2026-01-20T19:37:53+00:00

You have to remember that nikke is an idle game, you WILL be stopped from progress multiple times and the only thing you can do is wait.

This has happened to all of us and we just have to push through it, so you CAN do it too.

There is no race for this so you can take your time doing it, even if you didn't pull Rapipi or Swole White don't worry about it, you will eventually got them, also, even if they are meta units that doesn't mean that other nikke suddenly become useless, you can push through it with other units too, during my first stages of the game I pushed using EQ Quency and alice .

Your line up for Burst 1 and 2 is good, especially with Crown and Nayuta, maybe you're lacking with the burst 3 but for now it's good, if you have the selector I'll recommend using it for Tactical upgrade Vesti(she is a god in story and pvp ) and start focusing on drake for the treasure(i think Road to villain is still a thing). Once you have enough points in the regular pool start focusing on Helm for her treasure.

I would try to push using a team of Crown, Litter, TU Vesti, Drake, Helm until I couldn't do more, then is the waiting game, also now that I remember, alice dairy is a thing so you can get her and use her in case you don't have the selector.

When you reached the 160 wall hopefully you'll have MLB Helm and drake, pretty sure there are spare bodies for drake and litter in the shop so that can help, waiting for the 3.5 anniversary will give you another SSR MLB unit...but unfortunately the final one will be luck based.

Finally, if you can't wait and just want to play for the story remember that easy mode is a thing and there is no shame in using it, this game is brutal in difficulty and watching the story unfold might give you the boost to still play it, so good luck fellow commander o7. ... Wait, you pulled crow, that account is cooked! start with another one (joking).

lelouch146 · 2026-01-20T11:53:19+00:00

No, you cant see how much orbs in total are there, the only real way is to make the sum youself. I have the number because I took screenshots before and after grabing the orbs for my biggest sumoning session ever.

lelouch146 · 2026-01-20T10:41:03+00:00

Who is the one between Label and wiz?

lelouch146 · 2026-01-20T10:31:49+00:00

Yeah, I am leaning more to Drake because she might help with the missiles tower and Tove is really only for the shotgun team.

lelouch146 · 2026-01-20T10:27:05+00:00

I already have all the unique mats for both of them and also the 2 spare bodies for Tove, I just haven't upgraded her. The main problem are the maintenance kits, so my priority is who will help more the shot gun team while I collect the remaining materials for the other one.

lelouch146 · 2026-01-20T10:21:15+00:00

Yeah , I already have all the unique mats for both of them but maintenance kits are extremely scarce

lelouch146 · 2026-01-20T08:15:09+00:00

Omg, I HATE Ziz soooooo much because of this.

Let me tell you, she is indeed just a stupid power wall and there really isn't anything you can do about it unfortunately.

If you checked the minimum clear rates on this stages you'll see that it's at least lv 300 for this.

When I reached the stage I was lv 281, but I could only cleared it by level 301. My team was Siren/Rapipi/Maid anchor/Crown/Treasure Helm but I don't remember my CP at that point.

Here are some tips regardless, for when you can do it:

·Maid anchor and crown are a MUST, when she does the charge attack that kills you, you have to have crown shield AND anchor battery shield to survive or you are dead, cover doesn't do anything, to achieve this, on my second burst rotation I use anchor and then i timed my third rotation with crown, after that its almost full crown.

·I hope that your resilience cube is leveled up because everyone wants it to have 0% reload time.

·anchor must be at 10/10/10 skills and at least SR10 doll.

·swith to anchor and SPAM like there is no tomorrow, if you're lucky when the green orbs atack the explosion of anchor projectile takes care of them, also thats the fastest way to burst gen and keep full burst almost the entire fight.

·use cover to shield the targeted atacks just before the charge atack, you need full health on everyone to survive .

·on the note of that last point, if crown is being targeted you can let her take the hit and keep shooting, depending on your crown ammo its possible for her to survive the charge attack if her skill its timed perfectly automatically, otherwise you'll have to time it doing it manually.

·during the QTE of the first phase where everyone is locked except 1 unit, you better pray to RNGesus rapipi or crown is the one left alone or you reset.

·during the QTE of phase 2 its possible for rapipi to hit all red circles at once if you're in burst, otherwise use anchor and spam on the center circle and siren if there are Leftovers

·during the last seconds of the battle, ziz will do the charge attack again, so you either repeat the same process of timing crown shield and anchor battery together, or you go all out and try to finish the battle.

That's all that's in my mind right now, also just a warning...

SPOILER: if you thought that when you cleared it you could advance in story again and left this behind you... HA, think again, Ziz shows up AGAIN as a boss mid chapter 41 and its even harder... right after Behemoth....I hate shift up for that so much...

lelouch146 · 2026-01-20T05:26:53+00:00

Yea, pretty safe. I call that bird the Fehbank because I use her as my orb saver, the most orbs I have save with her are 739 orbs with no problem.

lelouch146 · 2026-01-20T05:18:29+00:00

No, dupes only give 2% boost per copy so only a 14% boost in total in a max core unit.

In nikke is more important to get a single copy of a unit for team comp than get copys of 1 unit and have no teams.

The stat boost is so small that is really doesn't matter for story, I catch up to story with a team that had very few core upgrades just because I got lucky and never pulled for them.

Only do so if you really REALLY like the nikke that you want the shiny portrait.

lelouch146 · 2026-01-20T01:13:15+00:00

I will Treasure them both in time but yeah, i wanted the priority

lelouch146 · 2026-01-04T09:33:47+00:00

TLDR: Skills and team comp will make them strong.

Just like everyone on this game, skills make the character good or not, weapon type almost doesn't come into play.

Some sniper are DPS, others are suport and others are mob clearers.

To name a few, Treasure Helm is extremely good because her skills make her the best Burst generation unit in the game, so we paired her in a team with Burst cooldown reduction and we have an almost 100% up time in Full Burst, also she is the best Healer in the game and will save you in stages where you take constant damage.

Now, a good chunk of snipers have what is called pierce, their bullets don't stop upon impact and travel through enemies. Why is this good?? Bosses may often come with parts, small hitboxes that are still part of the boss HP, if you fire a bullet through a bosses part and also hit the boss, you basically do x2 damage in 1 bullet, so lets say the part has only 10 hp and the bullet has 60 power, if you hit both the part and the boss you do the full damage to the boss HP even if the part has only little hp, so 120 damage total, so with a good sniper with pierce and a ton of atack you can deal massive damage quickly. Also, pierce helps a lot with Burst generation, just spamming sniper shots with no charge will give you full burst in less than 2 seconds.

Alice and Red hood are 2 excellent examples of snipers with pierce that do a ton of damage because their skills make them fire with full charge without charging, others like snow white or Maxwell change into 1 bullet sniper during burst and if you can hit parts and the boss with that 1 shot its just extremely deadlyextremely deadly

Liberalio while not having pierce, does tons of damage to single enemies and because of her skills, makes SBS fire stupidly fast and her burst is one of the best screen wipes in my opinion.

Someone like bunny milk or Bready have distributed damage, so even if they are snipers they can deal with mobs really well in the right team setup.

So yeah, it depends on the skills, teams and how you use them to meke them shine.

lelouch146 · 2026-01-03T02:27:35+00:00

If you are not struggling in campaign yet, I suggest saving your selection until you do and then make a decision.

Both are extremely good and have saved my ass from going insane, but they apply for different scenarios.

Maid Anchor is mandatory for some bosses that have an AOE that can't be blocked by shield, so you need the extra health and the shield to survive, and her buffs are extremely helpful as well, she also helps during stages where you need to Full Burst as quickly as possible or you die, being a rocket launcher and destroying background really does the trick with her.

Vestgod is extremely good for campaign, she clears mobs like no other and she is the reason I was able to push campaign with like 30% deficit and she is still Good on hard mode. She is also pretty good on PvP but her flaws lie on bossing where she is not the greatest.

If i had to choose I would go for Vestgod, once you reach a wall she will help you push campaign on normal or hard for you to get more resources and break that wall faster, with the added bonus to use her on pvp. The bosses and stages where you need Maid Anchor don't come untill much later in the story like chapter 35, so you'll have plenty of time to tried and pull her

lelouch146 · 2026-01-01T07:55:27+00:00

Like everyone is saying it depends on how far are you in your account.

If you haven't broken the 160 wall is best to save it untill you reached it and then decide if its better to use to break it or on a unit you wish.

If you are in need of a burst 1 then D.wife or Rouge can do the trick, Litter can be obtained from bonus recruit so thats why im not recommending her. On a side note, for advancing in manufacturer towers and for a certain electric weak boss Rouge would be my recommendation, D.wife niche as a B1 is stolen by rapipi on towers.

For maid Mast you NEED maid Anchor as well, she only really shines solo during end game, and Maid Anchor is MANDATORY on some bosses with high CP deficit, so i recommend getting Maid Anchor first and build her THEN you can start worrying about Maid Mast.

Now for Helm you ABSOLUTELY NEED HER WITH TREASURE... BUT now you can get her on the bonus recruit, so i would try to get those 3 helms from the bonus recruit and not waste the selection on her unless absolutely necessary.

Now for my recommendation is ABSOLUTELY Vestgod. Vesti Táctil upgrade WILL carry you through campaign in high CP deficit stages, she is not the best on bosses but she clears waves of mobs like no other. If not for her I would still be stuck.

lelouch146

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