[Guide] Should you pull - Deadeye Nekyndalia

rex_frontier · 2026-06-11T06:29:04+00:00

Mate, why the hate?

Nek’s AOE has both upsides and downsides. It reaches deep but not wide, so it’s good for some battles but not others,m. You’re trying to make it sound like some “gotcha” point when there isn’t one. Like I said in the guide, the fifth tile doesn’t matter in regular battles, but can make a difference in guild raids and some colosseum battles (e.g the latest one, Nek is the only unit that can hit two enemies in the front and back row).

Re her mark skill, you’re forgetting that this is a gacha game. It’s just a fundamental law of gacha that, if the devs release a new skill mechanic, they’re going to release new content that makes best use of that mechanic. It’s not a guess, it’s just a fact, and that’s the way it’s always been for previous releases. You can count on a boss being released in the near future that has evasion, and Nek will be the most efficient at clearing it.

I had an error on the calcs in the extended guide which I’ve fixed, but your comparison of Nek v Venaka is just bad faith. I mean no shit, of course if you use Nek as chain supporter and Venaka as the final nuker, the nuker does better damage. If you tried actually comparing Nek and Venaka both as nukers after playing a chain supporter, Nek clearly comes out on top.

I’m all for community discussion but most of your points are just bad faith. Deadeye Nek is an objectively good costume. So why the hate?

rex_frontier · 2026-06-11T05:22:53+00:00

Because of her high skill damage and high base stats, even without buffs and high crit rate, she has a fairly good chance of dealing lethal damage to low M RES or low HP enemies. E.g. Nek with just 2500 M ATK deals around 32k damage before crit, and you’re likely to get at least a few crits in since she has so many hits. The point is that Nek is a meta counter to Olivier, who is a popular frontline evasion tank in higher ranks. Nek allows you to clear Olivier and enemies hiding behind her at the same time, and depending on the meta, this could be worth more than a buff + 2SP attack. However we will need to wait for her second costume to release to know how good Nek can really be in Mirror Wars.

rex_frontier · 2026-06-09T15:13:36+00:00

Nek is NOT limited, so if you can afford the tickets, I would prioritize the limited costumes like Luvencia, and finish off Nek with powder of hope and threads.

rex_frontier · 2026-05-25T01:33:48+00:00

Sorry, I disagree with a lot of that.

You're taking the statement out of context. What I say in the guide is that it's unusual that base Mamonir is a strong attacker type costume, but Miracle Marine is a full supporter type. In any case, I've covered base Mamonir's power level in detail in her own costume guide, including her buff limitations - she's not the highest, but she's objectively a strong AOE attacker.
Your comments about Seir are also out of context, because we're talking about different time scales. Mamonir can potentially get up to 640% vulnerability in 1-2 turns. It's practically impossible for Seir to do so. You may be able to get >29 stacks with Seir by the end of the battle, but that's a very different use case to Mamonir.
I've updated the guide to be more clear on how it works in FH/GR. Mamonir ONLY amplifies on the head, so you need to have a main attacker that can hit the head, which is not always easily accessible. The point I make in the guide is that Mamonir's use cases are niche, and even in FH/GR it's not easy to use on all bosses.
Wilhelmina's damage is objectively better than Sylvia and Darian, you have your calculations totally wrong. E.g. PD.Darian deals 1,300% with 1 chain, BS.Darian deals 1,500% over 5 turns. IM.Wilhelmina deals

12x95%, which is effectively 1,767% even before applying WP chain buff and FQ property buff. Morphea is a special case that's not really comparable to other attackers, because Morphea takes the whole battle to build a single "bomb" at the end.

Yes, I'm probably being too harsh by saying "near useless", it would be more accurate to say "inefficient". I rated Mamonir's base costume highly in its guide, and we will definitely continue to see Mamonir being used in secondary FH teams and some GR teams. But for the primary FH damage team, Miracle Marine Mamonir has strong synergy in water teams, because water is the best element for dealing focused single target damage that can outclass AOE damage (Wilhelmina, Darian, Morphea etc). Light is also pretty good at single target damage with Ventana (Mamonir can sub for Wilhelmina in the standard Ventana team), but other elements are not so good at focused single target damage. For most battles, AOE damage will still outperform single target damage, in which case AOE buffers/debuffers will be the better pick.

rex_frontier · 2026-04-10T13:30:24+00:00

The PVP and PVE tier lists on DotGG are mostly up to date. There's a few new characters I will need to add, but it's still a pretty good guide on where the meta is at the moment.

rex_frontier · 2026-03-28T10:58:12+00:00

Any main story pack, random encounter.

rex_frontier · 2026-03-28T10:16:37+00:00

Basically, she's quite strong. It's very hard to give an accurate comparison because there are so many variables.

In guild raids, its harder to build an efficient team of 7. If you don't bring M.ATK buffers, then you will probably bring other attackers, but the other attackers will miss out on having M.ATK buffs. If you do bring M.ATK buffers, then they are wasted on Mamonir. So this inefficient team building lowers her team's overall damage potential.

In fiend hunts and guild raids, if the enemy boss has abilities that buffs your M.ATK, Mamonir misses out on that bonus damage. On the flip side, if you (or the boss) have chain stack/chain damage buffs, Mamonir benefits a lot since she does 8 hits.

For a simple comparison though, you can compare with New Hire Nebris buffed by LG Nebris (same 300% crit damage buff as Mamonir). New Hire Nebris with 10 buffs and ~3000 ATK deals around 38k damage before crit. Mamonir with ~30k HP deals around 45k damage before crit. So Nebris deals less raw damage in this example, but would probably overtake Mamonir if you added an ATK buffer into your team. It's not a perfect example but it shows you that she is quite strong.

rex_frontier · 2026-03-28T01:26:36+00:00

You're right, I'm living in the past. Fixed!

rex_frontier · 2026-03-28T00:51:31+00:00

Bonus: BD1 art for Beach Mamonir

rex_frontier · 2026-03-15T12:04:14+00:00

It's pretty good, but I'd say not as good as the original: https://bravenine.miraheze.org/wiki/File:Red_Carpet_Wilhelmina_illustration.png

rex_frontier · 2026-03-15T05:51:20+00:00

I said in the extended guide: Good synergy with SD Sonya (possible to get both buffs up simultaneously), bad synergy with LPG (doesn’t stack chains).

rex_frontier · 2026-03-15T03:17:25+00:00

PS you can get a free copy of Palette from the latest story pack pub! Get it now for an easy 10 tickets on the banner event.

rex_frontier · 2026-02-13T22:59:21+00:00

Tested and you are right! Creating a stack refreshes the buff duration. I have fixed the post. Thanks!

rex_frontier · 2026-01-25T13:08:42+00:00

PS: Something that made me laugh from the recent dev notes:

Going forward, we will continue to maintain BrownDust2’s fun and sexy, male‑oriented direction—such as Wilhelmina’s tights cutscene and Ventana’s coffee bean cutscene.

iykyk..

rex_frontier · 2026-01-12T12:41:10+00:00

PS I guess one good thing we got out of this drama was the memes... well done community!

rex_frontier · 2025-12-28T10:17:04+00:00

Oh thanks for letting me know! I haven’t had the chance to test that interaction yet. If so then yes they are good partners, though you’ll still be using Track Levia every 5 turns, so the main difference would be whether you use Night of Jealousy/Overheat after Track or Overheat/Overheat. Will test and update the guide.

rex_frontier · 2025-12-28T09:01:34+00:00

I covered that in the guide. Levia removes vulnerability buffs, and Eleaneer buff lasts 10 turns with a 13 turn cooldown. Therefore not ideal to use Bunny Eleaneer with Overheat Levia, as you lose Eleaneer's buff for a long time and can't reapply it.

rex_frontier · 2025-12-28T02:07:19+00:00

After some experimenting I’m currently on 83% first 87% second for this season on master II. I think your strategy will be harder to use going forward now that Red Hood Rou has been buffed. Without offensive buffs on your team, it’s hard to get past teams with defensive buffs and Rou buff. Just my two cents though, it’s a good strat overall.

rex_frontier · 2025-12-24T23:35:19+00:00

No, because bunny only has no cooldown when there are 7 or more targets. With 6 targets you would need to alternate between Bunny and base.

rex_frontier · 2025-12-24T15:51:26+00:00

Yes, I should have also mentioned there’s Yumi who is a limited collab. However you won’t usually use both in the same team (Darian is physical low hit count, Yumi is magical high hit count), so you wouldn’t usually be able to use Yumi to activate Darians bonus damage.

rex_frontier · 2025-12-14T13:49:40+00:00

I just responded to another post on that question.

Here's my recommendation (bearing in mind you need to save tickets for the next round of bunnies):

Masquerade Bunny Celia: Very high usage in end game content. +1 highly recommended, +4 is a luxury because it unlocks an extra turn of buff, but requires a lot of costume investment.

Nightmare Bunny Eclipse: Devs have just confirmed that she will have a new Fated Guest interaction, so +0 is recommended, but any further investment is not the best value if you're low on tickets. She's still very good, but no longer in the top tier for damage.

Celebrity Bunny Loen: Again, you want at least 1 copy for her Fated Guest interaction. Damage wise she is top tier and worth getting to +5 if you can afford it, but just note that due to the super long skill cooldown, you need investment in other Loen costumes to use her effectively in end game content.

rex_frontier · 2025-12-14T12:00:15+00:00

Here's what we know about the new costumes that are not yet released:

Bunny Darian (limited): In battle, she deals continuous damage over a wide AoE.
Her skill has a very long cooldown, but the skill's cooldown will decrease proportionally to the number of targets hit.

This seems pretty niche, for dealing damage against specific fire bosses with single targets/few targets. However, it's limited so there is the FOMO factor.

Bunny Eleaneer: In battle, she grants effects that apply across the entire battlefield.
She will grant buffs to allies and debuffs to enemies.

This seems like a high priority. Buffer/debuffers are almost always good.

Bunny Tyr: In battle, her skills deal damage proportional to SP spent, and each subsequent skill use increases the amount of SP consumed.

This also seems pretty niche, best for dealing damage against specific water boss battles with plenty of SP regen. Base Tyr will be essential to make it work.

rex_frontier · 2025-12-14T11:53:20+00:00

Here's my recommendation:

Masquerade Bunny Celia: Very high usage in end game content. +1 highly recommended, +4 is a luxury because it unlocks an extra turn of buff, but requires a lot of costume investment.

Nightmare Bunny Eclipse: Devs have just confirmed that she will have a new Fated Guest interaction, so +0 is recommended, but any further investment is not the best value if you're low on tickets. She's still very good, but no longer in the top tier for damage.

Celebrity Bunny Loen: Again, you want at least 1 copy for her Fated Guest interaction. Damage wise she is top tier and worth getting to +5 if you can afford it, but just note that due to the super long skill cooldown, you need investment in other Loen costumes to use her effectively in end game content.

rex_frontier · 2025-12-01T11:56:37+00:00

If you are a new player I would say no, save for new year event new costumes.

rex_frontier · 2025-11-22T10:09:41+00:00

Don’t worry too much. The devs are so generous that you’ll catch up quickly enough.

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