A Support who is well-versed in enchantments that can ensure allies remain helpful in the field in spirit form.
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Niru profile has been last updated at: September 18th, 2024.
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Profile
Review
Guides
Profile
Skills
Ultimate
Spirit Salvation
Unlocks at level 1
Cooldown: 1s
Range: Global
Initial Energy: 0
Niru casts the spell to protect an ally from a fatal blow, turning them into a Spirit and restoring their HP to 45% of max HP. The Spirit cannot be attacked and will be defeated when its HP runs out. The Spirit can only deal 45% of its original damage while losing an increasing amount of HP every second. This skill prioritizes the weakest ally.
Unlocks at level 51: For every (up to 5) non-summoned enemy defeated, the blessed ally restores an extra 10% of max HP when entering the Spirit form.
Unlocks at level 111: For every non-summoned enemy defeated, the ally in Spirit form restores 10% of max HP (up to 5 times for each character).
Unlocks at level 171: Ally in Spirit form deals 55% of the original damage.
Unlocks at level 231: Ally in Spirit form deals 65% of the original damage.
Skill I
Soul Reaping
Unlocks at level 11
Cooldown: 12s
Range: Global
Niru attacks the weakest enemy, dealing 120% damage plus damage equal to 0.3 times the target's lost HP. The additional damage cannot exceed 450%.
Unlocks at level 71: Increases additional damage to 0.35 times of the target's lost HP, up to 525%.
Unlocks at level 131: Increases additional damage to 0.4 times of the target's lost HP, up to 600%.
Unlocks at level 191: Increases additional damage to 0.45 times of the target's lost HP, up to 600%.
Skill II
Soul Drain
Unlocks at level 31
Cooldown: 8s
Range: Global
Niru drains the life force of all enemies, dealing 150% damage to each enemy, plus 3% of the target's max HP, up to 70% of his ATK. He then restores an equal amount of HP to the weakest ally.
Unlocks at level 91: The damage dealt to each enemy is increased to 160%, plus 3.5% of the target's max HP, up to 80%.
Unlocks at level 151: The damage dealt to each enemy is increased to 170%, plus 4% of the target's max HP, up to 90%.
Unlocks at level 211: The damage dealt to each enemy is increased to 180%, plus 5% of the target's max HP, up to 100%.
Hero Focus
Hero Focus
Unlocks after reaching Legendary+
Cooldown: -
Range: 1 tile
Increases HP by 17% during battle.
Level 2: Increases HP by 23% during battle.
Level 3: Increases HP by 29% during battle.
EX. Skill
Soul Sponge
Unlocks after reaching Mythic+
Cooldown: -
Range: 3 tiles
Niru casts Ultimate on the nearest ally without consuming Energy when a battle starts, prioritizing the ally behind himself.
Unlocks at Ex. Weapon +5: The Spirits will not lose HP over time until all allies enter Spirit form for 8s.
Unlocks at Ex. Weapon +10: Until all allies enter Spirit form for 10s.
Unlocks at Ex. Weapon +15: Until all allies enter Spirit form for 12s.
Enhance Force
Enhance Force
Unlocks after reaching Supreme+
Affects: Skill 1
Soul Reaping prevents the enemy's HP recovery in 8s.
Season 2 Charm
To check the Charm's set bonus for Niru go to our Season 2 Charms guide.
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Review
Review
Niru is an A-Level Support of the Graveborn faction. His kit revolves around forcing his allies to stay alive beyond death in the form of spirits.
The way he accomplishes this is through the use of "Spirit Salvation", his Ultimate, which causes him to target the weakest ally and protect them from fatal damage. Upon dying, they are revived as a Spirit that continues fighting and cannot be targeted (though they're constantly losing HP). At higher levels, the fewer enemies remain on the field when affected allies turn into Spirits, the more HP they start with.
His other two skills are simple. "Soul Reaping" is a single-target damage skill that deals increased damage to low-HP targets while "Soul Drain" absorbs HP from enemies to restore an equal amount to the lowest HP ally, resulting in surprisingly high single-target burst healing especially into tanky comps.
Niru's Exclusive Weapon "Soul Sponge" causes him to apply "Spirit Salvation" once immediately when the battle starts, prioritizing the ally right behind him. At +5, this also prevents Spirit allies from losing HP until all allies are in Spirit form, greatly improving their survivability.
Initially believed to be niche, Niru found a spot in one of the most annoying team comps to date that pairs him with Thoran (EX) and Igor (EX) to create a set-up that is virtually impossible to kill without some very sleek crowd control or burst rotations. Even then, Niru's immediate Ultimate cast has a high chance of throwing a wrench into those strategies.
Pros & Cons
Pros
Very good at keeping allies alive even beyond death, especially after EX.
Can be remarkably tanky under certain teambuilding circumstances.
Cons
Doesn't provide anything besides healing and Spirit gimmick.
Can feel lackluster in damage due to being melee and being prone to getting blown up by accident.
Ratings
General Ratings
B
AFK Stages
C
Battle Drill
B
PVP
C
Dream Realm (Overall)
Dream Realm Ratings
C
Skyclops
C
Croaker
C
Necrodrakon
C
Snow Stomper
C
Lone Gaze
C
Alpha Bear
C
Orson
C
Crystal Beetle
Guides
EX Investment
The EX investment information were created with the help of Seas0n, the creator of the
AFK Analytica community that supports AFK Arena and AFK Journey.
You can find their website here and their discord here.
Since the
Temporal Essence
and
Twilight Essence
are very hard to obtain, you have to be really careful with the using them to upgrade the EX weapon. And in this guide we ordered all characters by the priority when it comes to how much they need investment in their EX weapon to work well and where should you stop to get the best bang for your buck.
Why does the +8 breakpoint appear so often?
Because the raw stats you get from upgrading the EX weapon help you more than the passive in some cases. Also, to upgrade the EX from +5 to +8 you need only 30x
Temporal Essence
, while the remaining two levels require additional 45x
Temporal Essence
. So you get the best bang for your buck stopping at +8.
Color explanation:
+0 - the base investment for the character,
+5/8 - the next step that you should do when investing into that character,
+10/15 - the final step you should do when investing into that character - you can go beyond that later though once you have the Essences to spare.
