NIKKE Tier List

Which characters are worth investing in, in Goddess of Victory: NIKKE.

Updated: 2026-08-07

About this list

Community meta tier list for NIKKE (60% Boss / 40% Campaign), updated each patch. Check each character page for builds + teams.

Each element beats the one its arrow points to (+10% damage): Fire›Wind›Iron›Electric›Water›Fire.

Anis: Star — SS-tier characters — the anchors of the strongest current teams.

Crown — SS-tier characters — the anchors of the strongest current teams.

Attacker

Supporter

Defender

Three classes: Attacker (DPS) · Supporter (buff/heal) · Defender (shield/tank).

NIKKE Tier List

Burst

SSRI

Anis: Star Anis: Star is an Electric Defender, Burst I, RL user, focused on acc…

SSRII

Crown Crown is an Iron Defender, Burst II, MG user, built more as a shield…

SSRIII

Liberalio Liberalio is a Wind Attacker with an SR, burst stage III, from house…

SSRI

Little Mermaid Little Mermaid is a Wind Code Supporter made by Pilgrim, belonging t…

SSRI

Moran Moran is an Electric Defender in burst slot I, a durable taunt tank…

SSRII

Nayuta Nayuta is a Wind Supporter (SMG, Burst II) who builds Memory Absorpt…

SSRIII

Rapi: Red Hood Rapi: Red Hood is a Fire Attacker in burst slot I/III, functioning a…

SSRIII

Snow White: Heavy Arms Snow White: Heavy Arms is a Water Attacker (SR, Burst III) built as…

SSRIII

Vesti: Tactical Upgrade Vesti: Tactical Upgrade is a Fire Attacker (RL, Burst III) built aro…

SSRIII

Ada Wong Ada Wong is an Electric Attacker, Burst III, RL user, geared toward…

SSRII

Ade: Agent Bunny Ade: Agent Bunny is an Iron Supporter using an SR, burst slot II, fo…

SSRIII

Alice Alice is a Fire Attacker manufactured by Tetra, ranked SS — a corner…

SSRII

Anchor: Innocent Maid Anchor: Innocent Maid is a Water Supporter using an RL, burst slot I…

SSRIII

Cinderella Cinderella is an Electric Defender, Burst III, RL user, combining de…

SSRIII

Cinderella: Crystal Wave Cinderella: Crystal Wave (Squad Old Tales) is a flexible weapon-swap…

SSRIII

Helm Helm is a Water Attacker who doubles as a squad buffer.

SSRI

Liter Liter is an SSR Iron Supporter ranked tier SS, appearing across the…

SSRII

Mast: Romantic Maid Mast: Romantic Maid is a Water Supporter (MG, Burst II) who builds "…

SSRIII

Milk: Blooming Bunny Milk: Blooming Bunny is an Iron Attacker with an SR, burst stage III…

SSRIII

Neon: Vision Eye Neon: Vision Eye is an Electric Attacker using an RL, with her burst…

SSRIII

Privaty Privaty is a Water Attacker wielding an AR with Burst III, a corners…

SSRΛ

Red Hood Red Hood is an Iron Attacker manufactured by Pilgrim, wielding a Sni…

SSRIII

Scarlet: Black Shadow Scarlet: Black Shadow is a Wind Attacker, Burst III, RL user, built…

SSRIII

Anis: Sparkling Summer

Arcana: Fortune Mate

Ark Ranger Black

Brid: Silent Track

Chisato Nishikigi

D: Killer Wife

Dorothy: Serendipity

Ein

Emma: Tactical Upgrade

SSRII

Eunhwa: Tactical Upgrade

SSRII

Grave

SSRIII

Laplace

SSRIII

Ludmilla: Winter Owner

SSRIII

Maiden: Ice Rose

SSRIII

Mihara: Bonding Chain

Mint

Naga

Prika

Raven

Rosanna: Chic Ocean

Rouge

Takina Inoue

Tove

Asuka Shikinami Langley

SSRIII

Asuka Shikinami Langley: WILLE

SSRII

Blanc

SSRIII

Bready

SSRIII

Diesel: Winter Sweets

SSRI

Dorothy

SSRIII

Drake

SSRII

Elegg: Boom and Shock

Emilia

EVE

Jill Valentine

Label

Mana

Mari Makinami Illustrious

Maxwell

Miranda

Modernia

Noir

Phantom

Quency: Escape Queen

Rei Ayanami

Rei Ayanami (Tentative Name)

SSRIII

Scarlet

SSRIII

Snow White

SSRIII

Soda: Twinkling Bunny

Soline: Frost Ticket

Tia

Trina

Velvet

Alice: Wonderland Bunny

Arcana

Avistar

Chime

Crust

Delta: Ninja Thief

Dolla

E.H.

Exia

Guillotine

Guillotine: Winter Slayer

Helm: Aquamarine

Isabel

Marciana

Mica: Snow Buddy

Poli

Rapunzel

Rem

Snow White: Innocent Days

Soline

Volume

Zwei

Ade

Admi

Anchor

Anis

Anne: Miracle Fairy

Aria

Bay

Belorta

Biscuit

Brid

Centi

Claire Redfield

Clay

Cocoa

Crow

Delta

Diesel

Elegg

Emma

Epinel

Ether

Eunhwa

Flora

Folkwang

Frima

Guilty

Harran

Himeno

iDoll Flower

iDoll Ocean

iDoll Sun

Jackal

Julia

Kilo

Kurumi

Leona

Lily

Maiden

Makima

Mary

Mary: Bay Goddess

Mast

Mica

Mihara

Milk

Misato Katsuragi

Mori

N102

Neon

Neon: Blue Ocean

Nero

Neve

Nihilister

Noah

Noise

Novel

Pascal

Pepper

Power

Privaty: Unkind Maid

Product 08

Product 12

Product 23

Quency

Quiry

Ram

Rapi

Rapunzel: Pure Grace

Rei

Rosanna

Rumani

Rupee

Rupee: Winter Shopper

SSRI

Sakura

SSRI

Sakura: Bloom in Summer

Sakura Suzuhara

Signal

Sin

Snow Crane

Soda

Soldier EG

Soldier FA

Soldier OW

Sora

Sugar

Trony

Vesti

Viper

Yan

Yulha

Yuni

Boss / Raid Tier

Ranked for Interception, Solo Raid and Union Raid (boss-weighted). Complements the Story tier above.

SSRII

Crown Crown is an Iron Defender, Burst II, MG user, built more as a shield…

SSRIII

Rapi: Red Hood Rapi: Red Hood is a Fire Attacker in burst slot I/III, functioning a…

SSRII

Nayuta Nayuta is a Wind Supporter (SMG, Burst II) who builds Memory Absorpt…

SSRIII

Liberalio Liberalio is a Wind Attacker with an SR, burst stage III, from house…

SSRIII

Snow White: Heavy Arms Snow White: Heavy Arms is a Water Attacker (SR, Burst III) built as…

SSRI

Anis: Star Anis: Star is an Electric Defender, Burst I, RL user, focused on acc…

SSRI

Liter Liter is an SSR Iron Supporter ranked tier SS, appearing across the…

SSRII

Naga Naga is an Electric Supporter with an SG, burst stage II, from house…

SSRIII

Alice Alice is a Fire Attacker manufactured by Tetra, ranked SS — a corner…

SSRIII

Scarlet: Black Shadow Scarlet: Black Shadow is a Wind Attacker, Burst III, RL user, built…

SSRIII

Ein Ein is an Electric Attacker with an SR, burst stage III, from house…

SSRI

Rouge Rouge is an Electric Supporter in burst slot I, a Max HP buffer buil…

SSRIII

Cinderella Cinderella is an Electric Defender, Burst III, RL user, combining de…

SSRII

Mast: Romantic Maid Mast: Romantic Maid is a Water Supporter (MG, Burst II) who builds "…

SSRII

Anchor: Innocent Maid Anchor: Innocent Maid is a Water Supporter using an RL, burst slot I…

SSRIII

Vesti: Tactical Upgrade Vesti: Tactical Upgrade is a Fire Attacker (RL, Burst III) built aro…

SSRII

Ade: Agent Bunny Ade: Agent Bunny is an Iron Supporter using an SR, burst slot II, fo…

SSRIII

Milk: Blooming Bunny Milk: Blooming Bunny is an Iron Attacker with an SR, burst stage III…

SSRIII

Diesel: Winter Sweets Diesel: Winter Sweets is a Fire Attacker, burst III, using an RL — h…

SSRIII

Neon: Vision Eye Neon: Vision Eye is an Electric Attacker using an RL, with her burst…

SSRIII

Scarlet Scarlet is an Electric Attacker wielding an AR with Burst III, a pre…

SSRI

Volume Volume is a Wind Attacker with an SMG, ranked Tier S and a pillar of…

SSRIII

Anis: Sparkling Summer Anis: Sparkling Summer is an Electric Supporter manufactured by Tetr…

SSRIII

Quency: Escape Queen Quency: Escape Queen is a Water Attacker using an SMG, burst slot II…

SSRIII

Maiden: Ice Rose Maiden: Ice Rose is an Electric Defender in burst slot III, working…

SSRII

Trina Trina is an Electric Supporter using an RL, burst slot II, an HP/ATK…

SSRIII

Bready Bready is a Water Attacker using a sniper rifle, burst slot III, rev…

SSRIII

Mihara: Bonding Chain Mihara: Bonding Chain is a Fire Attacker, burst III, using an MG — h…

SSRIII

EVE Eve is an Iron Attacker using an AR, burst slot III — a crit-focused…

SSRIII

Raven Raven is an Iron Attacker using an RL, burst slot III — a sustained-…

SSRIII

Dorothy: Serendipity Dorothy: Serendipity is a Water Attacker in burst slot III, a shotgu…

SSRIII

Ada Wong Ada Wong is an Electric Attacker, Burst III, RL user, geared toward…

SSRII

Brid: Silent Track Brid: Silent Track is a Fire Supporter, burst II, using an SG — she…

SSRII

Velvet Velvet is a Wind Supporter using an SR, burst slot II, built around…

SSRII

Arcana: Fortune Mate Arcana: Fortune Mate is a Fire Attacker using a shotgun, burst slot…

Modernia

Blanc

Noir

Maxwell

Dorothy

Emilia

Snow White

Privaty

Dolla

Helm: Aquamarine

Isabel

Phantom

Mana

Elegg: Boom and Shock

Jill Valentine

Soline: Frost Ticket

Label

Centi

Helm

Mica: Snow Buddy

Noise

Drake

Biscuit

Rapunzel

Pepper

Miranda

Guillotine

Mary: Bay Goddess

Poli

Soline

Sakura: Bloom in Summer

Harran

Rupee

Admi

Laplace

Anne: Miracle Fairy

Power

Mast

Moran

Quency

N102

Sugar

Quiry

Guilty

Yulha

Noah

Novel

Rumani

Viper

Nihilister

Jackal

Milk

Epinel

Makima

Soda

Vesti

Maiden

Diesel

Yuni

Folkwang

Cocoa

Frima

Neon: Blue Ocean

Exia

Aria

Emma

Neve

Nero

Sin

Himeno

PvP (Arena) Ranking

Ranked by PvP relevance from community PvP priority data — complements the Story/Boss table above. Check both for the mode you play.

SSRI

Anis: Star

SSRIII

Cinderella

SSRIII

Snow White: Heavy Arms

SSRI

Label

SSRIII

Vesti: Tactical Upgrade

Scarlet

Noah

Noise

Nero

Jackal

Biscuit

Moran

Emilia

Blanc

Scarlet: Black Shadow

Liberalio

Rosanna

Trina

Quiry

Nayuta

Anis: Sparkling Summer

SSRIII

Ark Ranger Black

SSRIII

Dorothy: Serendipity

SSRIII

Mihara: Bonding Chain

Anis

Centi

Soda

Rumani

Rapunzel

Mast: Romantic Maid

Ada Wong

Anchor: Innocent Maid

Brid: Silent Track

Maiden: Ice Rose

Neon: Vision Eye

Mica: Snow Buddy

Poli

Soline: Frost Ticket

Ein

Quency: Escape Queen

Mana

Sakura: Bloom in Summer

Crown

Rapi: Red Hood

Alice

Ade: Agent Bunny

Arcana: Fortune Mate

Diesel: Winter Sweets

Mint

Naga

Prika

Raven

Pepper

EVE

Phantom

What this tier list assumes

This ranking assumes characters are well-invested (skills leveled, decent gear, a Harmony Cube equipped) and is judged on general PvE Story progression. Placements shift with game mode and team comp — a unit that is weak in Story can still be top tier in bossing or PvP.

Special markings

Favorite Item: the unit has a bond item that boosts stats — the ranking assumes it is unlocked.
Limited: only from limited banners, not in the standard pool.
Heavy investment: needs high skill levels or dupes to reach its rated power.
Team-dependent: only strong in specific team comps.
High manual skill: the score assumes good manual burst timing and aiming.

Rankings differ by game mode

NIKKE has several modes and a unit can rank very differently across them: Story (PvE stage clearing), Bossing (Solo Raid / Union Raid — sustained single-target damage), and PvP Arena (burst-generation speed and quick kills). Read the tier for the mode you actually play.

The 5-unit Burst-tier team formula

A NIKKE team fields 5 units, but only 3 of them fire the Full Burst chain (I → II → III — see the Burst Calculator above); the other 2 are secondary Burst I/II units that buff or support. The most common way the community fills the remaining slots is Burst I + Burst I + Burst II + Burst III + Burst III, or Burst I + Burst II + Burst III + Burst III + Burst III. The two Burst III units are usually the main damage carries; the leftover Burst I/II slots buff, heal, or shield them. This isn't a hard rule — Full Burst only needs an unbroken I → II → III chain — but it's the most efficient way to fill all 5 slots if you don't know where to start.

How much investment is enough?

The NIKKE community usually splits how much investment (skills, gear, dupes) a unit needs into 4 tiers, low to high: useful — already helps even before much investment; notable — moderate investment, starts pulling its rated weight; required — the minimum needed to hit the power level this list ranks it at; ideal — near-max investment, only worth it once resources are spare. A practical rule: get the whole team to required first, then spend leftover resources pushing your two main carries to ideal — don't max one unit to ideal while the rest of the team is still below required.

Ranking by game mode

A combined table hides the truth: the same Nikke can be mandatory in Solo Raid yet useless in Tribe Tower.

S S - mandatory pick for this mode A A - performs well in elemental-advantage raids, main team slot B B - usable in a secondary team (team 2-3) C C - pushed out by the current meta, still usable occasionally — - - not usable in this mode

Nikke	Solo Raid	Stage (Campaign)	Anomaly Interception	Tribe Tower
Anis: Star	S	S	S	S
Crown	S	S	S	S
Nayuta	S	S	S	S
Mast: Romantic Maid	S	S	S	S
Snow White: Heavy Arms	S	S	S	S
Helm	S	S	S	S
Neon: Vision Eye	S	S	A	A
Liberalio	S	S	A	S
Vesti: Tactical Upgrade	S	S	B	A
Rapi: Red Hood	S	A	S	A
Anchor: Innocent Maid	S	A	A	S
Privaty	S	A	S	A
Maiden: Ice Rose	S	A	A	A
Mihara: Bonding Chain	S	A	A	A
Ada Wong	S	A	A	—
Scarlet: Black Shadow	S	A	A	A
Cinderella	S	A	A	A
Ein	S	A	A	A
Dorothy: Serendipity	S	B	A	A
Drake	S	B	B	A
Elegg: Boom and Shock	S	B	A	B
Raven	S	B	—	—
Mint	S	B	B	A
Ade: Agent Bunny	S	C	B	A
Milk: Blooming Bunny	S	C	B	A
Arcana: Fortune Mate	S	C	—	—
EVE	S	C	—	—
Miranda	S	—	—	—
Isabel	S	—	—	—
Alice	A	A	A	A
Noir	A	A	A	A
Soline: Frost Ticket	A	B	A	A
Liter	A	B	B	A
Mana	A	B	A	B
Laplace	A	B	B	A
Rouge	A	B	B	A
Blanc	A	B	B	A
Quency: Escape Queen	A	B	B	A
Bready	A	B	A	B
Prika	A	B	B	A
Ark Ranger Black	A	B	A	C
Modernia	A	B	C	C
Naga	A	B	—	B
Snow White	A	C	A	—
Julia	A	C	—	B
Rei	A	C	C	—
Diesel: Winter Sweets	A	—	—	C
Helm: Aquamarine	A	—	—	—
Maxwell	A	—	B	C
Brid: Silent Track	A	—	—	—
Volume	A	—	—	—
Jill Valentine	A	—	—	—
Centi	B	B	—	B
Sakura: Bloom in Summer	B	C	B	C
Dolla	B	—	—	—
Guilty	B	—	—	—
Viper	B	—	—	B
Noise	—	—	B	—

What are the ranking criteria?

PvE campaign values combat-power deficit penalty resistance first, then clear speed, then survivability. PvE boss values core-hit accuracy first, then elemental-advantage damage, then part-break capability. PvP values burst charge speed first, then survival skills, then opening burst damage. Burst charge speed depends on weapon type: fastest are RL and SG, medium are SR and AR, slowest are SMG and MG. Attack buffs are rated higher than critical-hit buffs at the same percentage value. If the attacking side's combat power is below 84.6% of the defending side's (a gap over 15.4%), the team takes a heavy penalty, sharply reducing ATK, DEF and HP.

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NIKKE Tier List

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Boss / Raid Tier

PvP (Arena) Ranking

What this tier list assumes

Special markings

Rankings differ by game mode

The 5-unit Burst-tier team formula

How much investment is enough?

Ranking by game mode

What are the ranking criteria?

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