Mihara: Bonding Chain

Should you pull?

CONSIDER IT — Mihara: Bonding Chain doesn't yet have full skill data published, making precise power assessment difficult. Pull if you lack a Fire-element Machine Gun Attacker or want the full 3-unit Wardress lineup; if you don't need an MG dealer yet, wait for fuller community reviews before investing heavily.

Mihara: Bonding Chain is a Fire Attacker, burst III, using an MG — her whole kit revolves around stacking and spending Restraint Chains to lock down and burn a target.

• She starts with 10 Restraint Chains (max 10) and gains 10 more by using her Burst Skill before Full Burst ends; each hit consumes a chain to deal 50.06% final ATK and apply Ensnaring Chains.
• During Full Burst, every 40 normal attacks on an Ensnaring Chains target adds +1 stack; if she gets incapacitated while facing an Ensnaring target, she gains +20 stacks at once.
• Her burst Bonding Pain (40s cooldown) deals 50.05% final ATK as sustained damage per second to Ensnaring targets, mirroring their stack count for 10s before clearing the status.

Her damage is entirely gated by keeping Ensnaring Chains up and her Restraint Chain economy flowing — break that loop and her real DPS falls well short of her on-paper numbers.

Prioritize S1 (Body Contact): her core sustained-damage source — each consumed Restraint Chain deals 50% ATK instantly and applies Ensnaring Chains (25% ATK/sec, up to 20 stacks), so leveling it roughly doubles her total DoT output. Level S2 (Tighten Up) alongside it since it stacks extra Ensnaring Chains and adds +59.98% sustained damage on entering Burst Stage 3. Leave Burst Skill for last since it just mirrors her current Ensnaring Chains stacks rather than generating large new damage.

Skill investment roadmap (Skill 1/Skill 2/Burst): 4/4/4 (functional) → 7/4/7 → 10/4/10 (endgame). Why: for Machine Gun Attackers in general, Burst and Skill 1 typically carry most of the damage/buff value so prioritize them, while Skill 2 tends to be secondary support and can wait until fuller skill data is published.

Strengths

• An Attacker using Machine Gun (MG) — fast fire rate, large magazine, good for unloading continuous damage on one target or clearing adds.
• Part of the Wardress squad, pairing with Yuni/Mihara for squad stat bonuses.
• A new costume/variant of Mihara, usually bringing a fresher combat feel than the original.

Weaknesses

• Detailed skill data (damage coefficients, secondary effects) isn't fully published at time of writing, making it hard to rank precisely against the original Mihara.
• As an MG, each round's damage is low, needing sustained fire time to reach high total damage — easy to fall behind in short Arena matches.

“A Nikke who is part of Wardress, the Rapture Capture Squad. Mihara is shot in the head by a stray bullet fired by Yuni, leading to a memory wipe that erases all her previous memories related to Yuni. However, Mihara's past emotions begin to resurface after continued interactions with Yuni. After witnessing Yuni's blind affection for her, she decides to take pity on the unfortunate child and share the burden of her sin.”