Red Hood Guide (Updated) | Nikke: Goddess of Victory (2024)

Note: Updated, Now reflects Red hood buff patch

Basic Info

Skills

Note: Assume all skills are level 10

Skill 1: Glaring Eyes

Activates when casting a normal attack. Affects self
Charge Speed ▲ 3.81%, stacks up to I0 time(s) and lasts for 5 sec.
Activates when entering battle. Affects self.
Convert excess value over 100% of Charge Speed to Charge Damage
Charge Damage ▲ 240% of the excess value continuously.

Red hood starts with a basically permanent 38.1% Charge speed, and can be spammed to proc max stacks faster. This enables Red hood to deal decent damage off burst.

If there is an excess of charge speed beyond 100% (from burst), each % will be converted into charge damage at a 1:2.4 Ratio.

Ex. 6% extra charge speed = 14.4% Charge Damage
14.4% Charge damage + 250% (Base) = 264.4% total charge damage.

Skill 2: Wild Tooth

Activates when entering battle. Affects self.
Gain Pierce continuously.
Activates during Beast Cage. Affects all allies.
DEF ▲ 50.68% of caster’s DEF for I0 sec.
Activates during The Last Howl. Affects self.
Recovers 23.04% of attack damage as HP for 10 sec.
Activates when casting Red Wolf. Affects self.
ATK ▲ 71.42% of caster’s ATK for I0 sec

Red hood permanently gains pierce which greatly increases her burst generation and damage output potential.

The buffs given from this passive corresponds to what burst she is used in.
Beast Cage = Burst I
Last Howl = Burst II
Red Wolf = Burst III

Burst: Red Wolf

When used in Step 1: Beast Cage
Affects all allies.
ATK ▲ 77.55% of caster’s ATK for I0 sec.
Affects self.
Cooldown of Burst Skill ▼ 40 sec. Activates once per battle.

When used in Step 2: The Last Howl
Affects self.
Attract: Taunt all enemies for I0 sec.
HP Potency ▲ 74.88% for 10 sec.
Cooldown of Burst Skill ▼ 40 sec. Activates once per battle

When used in Step 3: Red Wolf
Affects self.
Change the Weapon in use:
Damage: 51.6% of final ATK
Full Charge Damage: 250% of damage
Last for: I0 sec
Additional Effect:
Expand Pierce range by 100% for 10 sec.
Charge Speed ▲ 100.8% for 10 sec.

Steps here refer to the Burst number proc’d. She has a unique mechanic that allows her to burst in any slot, each providing a different set of buffs depending on what burst is used.

Cooldown of Burst Skill ▼

Since Red hood’s Cooldowns between bursts are NOT independent (Ex. If using her burst I, Her burst II will be on cooldown, and so on). This passive lets the player ignore that cooldown for one time. Allowing for one possible solo full burst rotation.

Burst I (Buffer)

A Huge team ATK buff that lasts 10s, despite the 40s Cooldown. It is based on caster’s ATK, so investment in Red hood is needed to optimize her buffing capabilities.

This Burst is surprisingly great in early game and late game campaign. Well, for early game, everything kind of dies pretty fast, so let’s just gloss over that in regards to Burst I.

For late game high deficit clears, she works as a great buffer for some Hyper DPS Nikke’s. Due to how hard mode stages (chapter 12+) are structured, most stages end in 2-3 full burst rotations, any longer and the team gets wiped out due to how much damage raptures can do.

DPS

Alice,Modernia,Scarlet

Of course, every Nikke can benefit from her burst, but these are the only Nikkes that can clear a stage efficiently enough in where the stage would be completed in 3 Bursts, more on that on the campaign section.

Unfortunately, outside campaign, the viability of this skill goes down. a 40s CD does not bode well against bosses. which means a burst 1 Nikke needs to be slotted anyways.

Burst II (Tank? + HP potency)

Taunts Raptures for 10s, a death wish in campaign however it may see its very rare use in boss fights because of her ability to self sustain, and due to a mechanic called i-framing. More on that on the special interception section.

HP potency ▲ affects healing received (Specifically to the buffed Nikke). This means that healers can heal Red hood’s HP easier. However, Max HP buffs are not considered healing by the game, even if they do technically heal.

Healers

Helm,Rapunzel,Pepper,Marciana,Naga

Max HP Buffers

Noise,Frima,Quency

There are others but one can tell the difference from these wordings:

Recovers 9.58% of the caster’sfinal Max HP as HP.

Naga Skill 2 (Heals)

Affects 2 ally unit(s) with the highest ATK.
Max HP ▲ 43.87% for 5 sec.

See Also

Mastering Red Hood: NIKKE's Versatile DPS

Quency Burst (Max HP buff)

Burst III (DPS + Alice)

Post buff Red hood is a beast. Her burst III is able to do comparable damage to a Macro Alice on burst with rather optimal overloaded equipment. this means Red hood should be above Alice in damage early – late game for the general player base.

This burst can easily clear mobs in campaign with ease, while also being able to hit multiple parts much easier thanks to her Expand Pierce range by 100% for 10 sec.

Campaign

Early Game – Mid Game

Red hood does amazing in campaign as she’s able to fill the role of a burst generator, buffer, and damage dealer all at the same time. She is able to deal devastating single target damage while also being able to wipe rapture waves with relative ease.

Team Comp (Early Game)

Note: The player has 1 “free” Burst 1 proc, be sure to use it before/during the boss wave!
Note 2: Burst III replacements assume you don’t magically have all Pilgrim attackers. If the Player has Scarlet and/or Modernia, slot them in!

Late Game / Optimal Teams (High CP deficit)

Red Hood can be used either as a solo buffer or a DPS dealer. Preferably, she would be slotted as a DPS, but both are valid gameplay styles. This section doesn’t have team comps as flexible as Early game, if the player does not have the Nikkes below, refer to early game comps.

Buffer Playstyle

This playstyle needs hyper invested DPS’s as the main focus of this team is to finish the stage in under 3 full bursts. Any more than that, the timer runs out. Modernia can be replaced with Scarlet in some stages, but most preferably Modernia is preferred. If neither the school girls and Modernia are available, use Red hood as a DPS instead.

The Rotation is as follows:
Tia > Red hood > Naga > Modernia (1st full burst)
Tia > Red hood > Naga > Alice (Second full burst)
Leave 1 Fodder Rapture alive and wait until all cooldowns are refreshed
Destroy fodder rapture and enter boss wave.
Tia > Red hood > Naga > Alice, Full focus on boss.

DPS playstyle

Playstyle where most users would be using Red hood as. She’s able to clear elite raptures and bosses with ease.

Simple DPS rotation between Alice and Red hood. Alice also slightly increases Red hood’s damage by increasing her charge speed by 11% on full burst due to her passive. If the raptures are always targeting Tia due to her taunt, she can be used as a laser pointer instead during Red hoods burst. This relieves pressure from Tia as she won’t be taunting 24/7.

Note: Since core hits in this team is important, Aim assist is recommended so the players cursor would lock onto their cores easier.

Burst Hold Variant

Red hood can also inherit the play style of burst holding, more specifically when pairing her with Maxwell.

To learn more about burst holding, click here. Preferably you want to save her instant cooldown refresh proc before entering boss wave to massively buff Maxwell’s and Red hoods burst, most likely annihilating the boss quickly.

Arena

Red hood is a pretty great buffer for nuke comps such as Scarlet and Harran comps. Red hood is better than liter in that regard as she’s able to buff more and longer than she can.

She’s basically a better Alice in arena, dealing similar damage without she the need to reload, while also having buffing capabilities

Team 3 Set up

Noir/Drake can be replaced with Centi or Anis if not needed in Scarlet team for slightly faster burst generation.

Please check this document to know more about PvP burst generation: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/11KWYeyvef91A-vfFuqglJJ8-OhR90TcKFVpJ6Ny_5h4/edit#gid=1990278246

Note: The Player needs to position Red hood depending on what burst is preferred to be used.

Special Interception | Union Raid | Solo Raid

Special Interception

Red hood does well against all special interception bosses due to her damage capabilities. Plug her into any team and she’d excel as a DPS.

Union Raid

Solo Raid

Red hood will hog Tia and Naga in most scenarios in Solo raid due to the immense damage buffs both of the schoolgirls can give, it also greatly helps that she has unlimited ammo during burst. She’ll be a staple Nikke in almost all Solo raids for a long time.

Strengths

• Flexible Unit
• Deals Amazing damage, even more so against bosses with parts
• Campaign Pusher Goat
• Pilgrim Tower Chad
• Good skill scaling (Good out the gates + Skill investments also greatly increases her damage)
• Too cool to be alive

Weaknesses

• Burst II is very niche
• Would (accidentally) backflip over you and flex about it

Should You Pull?

Yes, you should definitely pull her, like, actually have to. She’s amazing. Mileage her if needed. 1 copy is perfectly fine for F2P’s but the more competitive players / spenders should definitely get more dupes for her as she will be a staple for union raids and solo raids to come.

Temporary Rating

Recommended Harmony Cubes

Resilience = Increased Reload speed
Bastion = Increased Ammo Count

Note: Resilience and bastion are still wanted as they are most likely your leveled cubes. This offsets the charge damage increase adjutant and onslaught cubes give via stat difference. However if your adjutant cube is equal to the level of your resilience and bastion cubes, equip that instead.

Skill Priority

Overload Gear Priority

Gear Priority = Head > Gloves > Chest > Boots

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