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Vesti — Stats, Skills, Best Teams

Q: Should you pull?

YES. Extremely strong scaling damage (up to 302.19% ATK AoE at full stack) plus a rare Full Burst Time reduction make Vesti well worth investing in for long raids; pairs well with Emma to survive long enough to reach the highest Instinct tier.

Q: Skill Investment Priority

4/4/4 (playable) → 7/4/7 → 10/4/10 (final). Prioritize the burst and Skill 2 since both directly scale damage through Instinct tiers; Skill 1 only gives a small explosion-radius boost, so leave it last.

30-second summary of Vesti

Vesti is a Water Nikke in the Attacker class, manufactured by Elysion. Stats and skill text below come straight from the game's data.

“Watching her heft up and firing a rocket launcher the size of her body at the enemy with reckless abandon, it's questionable if her cowardice is a facade.”

Updated: 2026-08-02

Should you pull?

YES. Extremely strong scaling damage (up to 302.19% ATK AoE at full stack) plus a rare Full Burst Time reduction make Vesti well worth investing in for long raids; pairs well with Emma to survive long enough to reach the highest Instinct tier.

Review & Analysis

Vesti is a Water Attacker with an RL, built around a unique "Survival Instinct" stacking mechanic from Skill 2: casting her Burst repeatedly upgrades her stage, boosting ATK first, then Critical Damage, then Critical Rate. Her Burst "Justifiable Defense" is the main AoE damage source, and its bonus damage scales up sharply with each Survival Instinct stage reached, while also shortening the time to Full Burst for the whole team. Skill 1 "Dreams Do Come True" slightly increases explosion range on a Full Charge hit. She rewards a playstyle of chaining Bursts to climb her stacks quickly.

Base Stats

HP583,734

ATK25,554

DEF4,071

Max Ammo6

Reload Time2s

Skills

Normal Attack

■ Affects target(s).
Deals 61.3% of ATK as damage.
Charge Time: 1 sec.
Full Charge Damage: 250% of damage.

Dreams Do Come TrueSkill 1

■ Activates when hitting a target with Full Charge. Affects self.
Explosion Range ▲ 15.01% for 10 sec.

Survival InstinctSkill 2

■ Activates when using Burst Skill. Affects self.
Survival Instinct 1: ATK ▲ 5.35% for 30 sec.
■ Activates when using Burst Skill during Survival Instinct 1. Affects self.
Survival Instinct 2: Critical Damage ▲ 22.34% for 30 sec. Previous effects trigger repeatedly.
■ Activates when using Burst Skill during Survival Instinct 2. Affects self.
Survival Instinct 3: Critical Rate ▲ 15.51% for 30 sec. Previous effects trigger repeatedly.

Justifiable DefenseBurst Skill

■ Affects all enemies.
Deals 15.56% of ATK as damage.
Effect changes according to the caster's status. Previous effects trigger repeatedly:
Survival Instinct 1: Deals 210.62% of ATK as additional damage.
Survival Instinct 2: Deals 247.25% of ATK as additional damage.
Survival Instinct 3: Deals 302.19% of ATK as additional damage.
■ Affects all allies.
Full Burst Time ▼ 5 sec.

Skill Investment Priority

Prioritize Burst (main AoE damage, scales with Survival Instinct stage) → Skill 2 (the stacking mechanic that fuels Burst) → Skill 1 (minor explosion-range buff, least important).

4/4/4 (playable) → 7/4/7 → 10/4/10 (final). Prioritize the burst and Skill 2 since both directly scale damage through Instinct tiers; Skill 1 only gives a small explosion-radius boost, so leave it last.

Strengths & Weaknesses

Strengths

Skill 2 stacks 3 tiers of Survival Instinct across Burst Skill uses, each tier adding Critical Damage/Critical Rate — the longer the fight, the stronger she gets.
Her burst's AoE damage scales sharply by Instinct tier, from 210.62% up to 302.19% ATK at tier 3, formidable once fully stacked.
Her burst also cuts the whole team's Full Burst Time by 5 seconds, a rare buff that speeds up the entire squad's burst cycle.

Weaknesses

She needs 3 consecutive Burst Skill uses to reach the highest Instinct tier — a short fight means never reaching full power.
RL normal attack deals only 61.3% ATK with a 1-second charge, so her out-of-burst DPS is weak like most RL Attackers in the data.
Her entire power depends on holding onto her Instinct stacks — being forced to retreat or swap out mid-fight resets all progress.

Overload Priority

Overload priority by weapon type — applies to every Nikke using this weapon.

Sub-stat	Priority	Rolls
Max Ammo		2-4x
ATK		2x
Charge DMG		2-4x
Charge Speed		2-4x
Elemental DMG		1-2x

Gear →

General Info

Meta Tier

D

Class

Attacker

Element

Water

Weapon Type

RL

Manufacturer

Elysion

Squad

Absolute

Voice Actors

Yoo Bo-ra · Ratana · Rie Kugimiya

Illustrator

Hyulla

Release date

4 nov 2022

Recommended Build

Cubes

Resilience Cube / Wingman Cube

Overload (OL) Priority

Increase Max Ammunition Capacity › Increase Charge Damage › Increase ATK

Suggested by role & weapon. See: Gear · Cubes

Recommended Teams

Vesti (Attacker, Water element) anchors every team below and holds a slot in all five.

Campaign

Fast-Clear Team: Vesti · Dorothy · Anis: Sparkling Summer · Naga · Scarlet. Dorothy cuts cooldown so Vesti can burst again sooner; Anis: Sparkling Summer boosts both crit rate and reload speed; Naga increases damage dealt on core hits; Scarlet is a secondary damage dealer, carrying output while Vesti is off burst.
Breakthrough Team: Vesti · Liter · Blanc · Privaty · Modernia. Liter cuts cooldown so Vesti can burst again sooner; Blanc raises the whole team's damage taken during burst; Privaty buffs Vesti's ATK right before the burst window; Modernia is a secondary damage dealer, carrying output while Vesti is off burst.

Arena / PvP

Counter Team: Vesti · Noah · Rouge · Maxwell · Laplace. Noah raises a shield that reduces incoming damage; Rouge adds another ATK buff for the whole team; Maxwell is a secondary damage dealer, carrying output while Vesti is off burst; Laplace is a secondary damage dealer, carrying output while Vesti is off burst.
One-Shot Team: Vesti · Scarlet · Blanc · Noir · Centi. Scarlet is a secondary damage dealer, carrying output while Vesti is off burst; Blanc raises the whole team's damage taken during burst; Noir refills ammo and raises magazine size for the team; Centi soaks up hits, extending the squad's survival time.

Raid & Interception

Anti-Aggro Team: Vesti · Moran · Mast · Naga · Drake. Moran purely tanks aggro without cutting team damage; Mast adds extra critical damage for Vesti; Naga increases damage dealt on core hits; Drake is a secondary damage dealer, carrying output while Vesti is off burst.
Long-Sustain Team: Vesti · Noise · Helm · Naga · Modernia. Noise holds aggro almost the entire fight while self-healing; Helm has strong lifesteal, offsetting HP lost in long fights; Naga increases damage dealt on core hits; Modernia is a secondary damage dealer, carrying output while Vesti is off burst.

Costumes

Ark Mage

Lore & Trivia

“Watching her heft up and firing a rocket launcher the size of her body at the enemy with reckless abandon, it's questionable if her cowardice is a facade.”