Nikke Crown Review and Guide.

Rarity	Class	Weapon	Burst	Cooldown	Element	Manufacturer
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Crown build & priority

Skill priority

Skill 1	Skill 2	Burst
10	10	10

If low on resources, you can start with 7/7/7 and build her over time.

Best harmony cube

Like most machine guns, Bastion cube is the play if you have enough max ammunition lines. If not, Resilience or Quantum.

Stat priority

Max ammunition capacity & defense take priority. After that, you can fill with elemental attack, AKT and crit lines.

Skills

Skill 1: One For All
Passive
■ Activates at the start of Full Burst. Affects all allies who previously cast their Burst Skills.
ATK ▲ 64.51% of caster’s ATK for 15 sec.
Reload Speed ▲ 44.35% for 15 sec.
■ Affects all allies who did not previously cast their Burst Skills.
DEF ▲ 37.44% of caster’s DEF for 15 sec.
Reload Speed ▲ 44.35% for 15 sec.

Skill 2: Royal Attire
Passive
■ Activates after 43 normal attack(s). Affects self.
Relax: HP Potency ▲ 4.06% continuously, stacks up to 20 time(s).
■ Activates when Relax is fully stacked. Affects self after removing all the stacks.
Invulnerable for 5 sec.
Attract: Taunt for 5 sec.
Recovers 5.23% of the caster’s final Max HP as HP.
■ Activates when recovery effect takes place. Affects all allies.
Attack Damage ▲ 20.99% for 7 sec.

Burst Skill: Last Kingdom
Active – 20.00S
■ Affects all allies.
Attack Damage ▲ 36.24% for 15 sec.
Creates a Shield equal to 10.45% of the caster’s final Max HP for 15 sec.

Character traits

Pros

– Crazy damage buff. 65% of ATK and close to 60% of attack damage means a lot of extra damage for your DPS units

– Can survive through a lot of damage and one shot mechanics thanks to the taunt and invulnerability on skill 2

– Amazing synergy with units that can burst multiple times or go back to a previous burst state thanks to her skill 1 (Red Hood, Tia, etc.).

Cons

– Skill 2 can be hard to sustain depending on the healers you have available

– Skill 2 can be hard to proc with units like Naga since she only heals 2 units with the lowest HP, and Crown it’s a defender unit, meaning she will always be higher HP than your DPS units (check full review for more info)

Review

The queen is here, no long introduction today, so let’s get down to business with her review 👇

Skill 1 activates at the start of full burst, buffing everyone who previously cast their burst skills and everyone who didn’t differently. This has really good synergy with units like Red Hood, Tia and xRupee since they let you burst with another unit, allowing us for more team compositions.

Those who cast their burst skill will get 64% ATK and reload speed, while those who didn’t burst will get 37% defense and the same reload speed. Percentage numbers on Crown are crazy, so sadly this is a unit you want to invest 10/10/10 in the long run, at least 7/7/7 even if you are low on resources.

Skill 2 gives Crown increased HP potency that can be stacked up to 20 times after 43 normal attacks. This means around 15 seconds if we consider her 44% increased reload speed, and she’s shooting without interruptions. 19 seconds if we don’t include reload speed buff. Realistically, 18 to 25 seconds to reach full stacks.

After you reach full stacks, she will remove them, taunt the whole screen and gain invulnerability for 5 seconds while recovering her own HP. This allows her to not only save the team from incoming damage, but also cheese one shot mechanics if you can time it properly.

The most important part of skill 2, however, it’s that every time a recovery effect takes place, she increases attack damage by 20% for 7 seconds. This means you need a consistent healer on your team and there are multiple options, more on that below.

Lastly, her burst skill increases even more attack damage (36%, sheeesh) and creates a shield to help mitigate damage. All in all, Crown numbers are insane, and we finally have a standalone burst 2 unit that can compete with the duos.

If you can pull for one copy, I would recommend 100% doing so since she will be meta on all upcoming raids unless Shift Up decides to release something even more broken.

Recovery effect synergy options

Since skill 2 needs a healer to proc the attack damage buff, who can give you a good uptime?

Rapunzel

Yuni

Naga

Pepper

Marciana

Rapunzel is the best option since she heals on every shot and provides a resurrect every 60 seconds, finally our girl is getting some usage
Yuni sounds like a meme, but she gives lifesteal on every shot, meaning she can get 100% uptime on your Crown if you have no other options available
EDIT: Naga has been fixed, and it’s the best option with Rapunzel, but the problem is using Crown with Naga for raids since you would be separating the school girls team and, realistically speaking, we’re not doing that.
If you are not playing with units that increase max ammo and can manual her, Pepper is a good option that can also give you 100% uptime
Similar to Pepper (but easier to sustain) Ms. Marciana it’s a safe pick for a lot of people that do not have Rapunzel

There are probably more options available, but those are the most notable ones. Once again, a broken kit which was expected for a half anniversary unit. If you can pull one copy of the queen, go for it.

Should you reroll for Crown?

If you are playing while her banner is available, 100%. However, if you start playing afterward, I would recommend going for a DPS unit instead since that will help you a lot more with early progression in the game rather than getting a support unit.

If you are keen on rerolling, consider checking our guides to see what are the units you should be aiming for.

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