NIKKE Overload Gear (OL) - Recommendations
Overload Gear (OL) recommendations for every character in NIKKE!
Last updated: 08/11/2024
Overload Gear - Recommendations
This Overload (OL) Recommendations and Priority guide unravels in detail everything you need about a character in terms of priority, overload targets (effects), and order of acquisition, alongside some notes to explain our thinking process.
For OL targets and order of acquisition, we decided to divide the target effects into several categories.
- Essential: With all gear combined, your unit must have the roll(s) prescribed as a minimum requirement. Example: Charge Speed on Alice. You cannot compromise on these rolls.
- Ideal: These rolls will improve your unit's performance significantly. Aim for 2 lines of Essential/Ideal per gear for maximum performance and the best Return on Investment (ROI). If you get 3, you are lucky. You can choose to only have 1 as well to save materials. Example: Elemental Damage on Scarlet.
- Passable: Low-priority line that has either limited value or the impact is not as strong as other rolls. Should this show up as a bonus together with a better line, you can choose to keep them. Example: Charge Speed on Red Hood.
Overload effects are ordered by importance from Left to Right, which means anything on the left provides more value than the right. Effects that belong to the same group generate too similar an impact to make a difference (and are sometimes interchangeable). Try to follow this order as faithfully as possible for maximum mileage.
Additional tips:
- Priority (PvE/PvP) isn't necessarily lower than Priority (Universal), which has no tag/label. It just indicates that this unit performs only in select types of content.
- If a suggested effect has the number ×2 next to it, that means you should get the effect on at least 2 gear. The same idea applies to other numbers.
- Focus on obtaining Essential(s) then you can start worrying about optimizing your rolls. Units require these to function, and the impact is too massive to ignore.
- If a unit has no Essential(s), that means their performance is not that dependent on OL, but they can still benefit from good effects.
- Remember that this is just a recommendation list, and attaining perfection is impossible. You will have to make some compromise, pick whichever rolls you desire the most, and conserve as much material as possible.
In terms of priority, we grade characters based on their performance in various content or game mode. Meta units should be prioritized because they hold a high amount of value; rerolling their effects is of the highest importance. Similarly, units of High priority should provide more value overall than units of Medium priority when it comes to to efficacy and return on investment. This does not necessarily mean units in lower categories are worse, but they might be less dependent on OL. For example, Dorothy is present in all Solo Raid runs and can be considered a staple, but she does not benefit from OL as much as Alice. On the contrary, Tove might not be seeing as much usage, but she would want OL to be less inconsistent.
The metrics are as follows:
- How dependent is the unit on OL?
- How much impact will she bring after OL?
- Are there drawbacks or repercussions?
The Priorities are as follows:
- Meta: Most Important Nikkes.
- High: Good in various content.
- Medium: Good in multiple situations in certain contents.
- Low: Can perform well but not as good as other units / Situationally Meta / Old Meta
- Very Low: Niche usage / Tribe Tower Units
- Priority with (PvE/PvP) written isn't necessarily lower than Priority (Universal), which has no tag/label. It just indicates that this unit performs best in select types of content. The PvE tag caters more to raid gameplay where multiple teams are required.
Sorting:
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Niche for Fire Weak Bosses in Solo Raids, benefits greatly from Crit Rate and Crit Damage since ATK is extremely diluted. 2B is also used in PvP as a nuker, where elemental damage can allow her to nuke high hp Wind Element units.
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Niche for Bosses with parts in Solo Raids, can also be used in Campaign. A2 is also used in PvP, mostly for Burst Generation, where Charge Speed OL can help her greatly.
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Cleanse Mechanic can come into play in Tribe Tower
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Essential
2× Charge Speed
2× Max Ammo
Ideal
3-4× ATK
1× Max Ammo
3-4× Elemental Damage
Passable
-
Priority
Meta
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Ideally reach >99% Charge Speed in total from her Skill1 + Burst Skill + OL rolls. Alice reloads a lot due to her high rate of fire during her burst, and to minimise this problem we need Max Ammo OL on her. If you use Alice in infinite reload comps such as one with Crown+Privaty or with Blanc+Noir, 2 Ammo rolls can suffice. However, if you plan to use Alice elsewhere, it is ideal to have 3 Ammo Rolls for Alice.
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Ammo OL for Alice helps increases uptime/consistency of Tove's S2.
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CP Padding
Essential
MUST NOT HAVE MAX AMMO
Ideal
4× Elemental Damage
4× ATK
Passable
4× Hit Rate, 4× Crit Rate, 4× Crit Damage
Priority
Meta
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Anis: Sparkling Summer has last bullet mechanics, which is why she should NOT have Max Ammo OL on any piece no matter what! Anis is also a PvP unit, where ATK is better than Elemental Damage.
Essential
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Ideal
4× Charge Speed
Passable
4× ATK, 4× Elemental Damage, 4× DEF
Priority
Low (PVP)
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CP Padding
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Essential
2-3× Max Ammo
Ideal
4× Elemental DMG
1-2× Max Ammo
4× ATK
Passable
-
Priority
Meta
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CP Padding
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Essential
1-2× Max Ammo
Ideal
4× Elemental Damage
4× ATK
2-3× Charge Speed
Passable
-
Priority
Medium
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Max Ammo rolls are required for Burst Gen. Biscuit is also a unit for PvP, hence she can benefit greatly from Charge Speed OL. Only OL if you plan to use her with S.Anis in Raids or for PvP
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CP Padding
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CP Padding. Elemental damage is highly appreciated on PvP Iron Units.
Essential
1× Max Ammo
Ideal
4× Elemental DMG
4× ATK
1× Max Ammo
Passable
1~3× Crit Rate/Crit Damage, 1~2× Max Ammo
Priority
Meta
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Her reload speed eases off pressure of needing Ammo
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1 Ammo helps stabilise her CDR rotations, since it takes 8 ammo for one CDR proc from her Skill 2 and she has 6 base ammo.
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Ammo buffer for MG Units in Raids. Diesel needs Bastion Cube lv 7 + 180% Ammo Bonus from Overload gear to ensure she never reloads. If the MGs running with her also have Bastion Cube lv 7 + 180% Ammo on their Overload gear, they also will never reload!
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Diesel only requires Max Ammo, the value of which depends on your Treasure's Phase. The amount of ammo will vary from 700 to 490, which is 133% ~ 88% ammo up. If we consider mid-value Ammo lines, with the help of a lvl7 Bastion cube, Diesel's ideal OL gear will need 2-3 Ammo.
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1 Max Ammo Roll can help with Burst Generation in Raids, but not recommended to reroll this character.
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Dorothy has last bullet mechanics, which is why she should NOT have Max Ammo OL on any piece no matter what!
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CP Padding + Small boost in ATK buff received
Essential
-
Ideal
4× Elemental Damage
4× ATK
1~2× Max Ammo
Passable
Max Ammo, Charge Speed, CRIT Rate, CRIT DMG
Priority
Medium
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Consider OL-ing her only after you finish building the meta ones.
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Niche for Electric Weak Bosses in Solo Raids
Essential
-
Ideal
2-4× Charge Speed
4× ATK
4× Elemental Damage
Passable
2-4× Max Ammo
Priority
High (PVP)
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Emilia is the only pvp unit which we feel all players should reroll on. It is a very critical gameplay change for PvP, since she can become the highest Burst Gen provider, even higher than jackal! Ideally reach >21% Charge Speed with her Skill 1 + OL rolls added together. Emilia is not only a unit for PvP, but also Niche for Bosses with parts in Solo Raids, or even Campaign. Hence, she can benefit from ATK and Elemental OL rolls. Max Ammo recommended to prioritize for when uptime is concerned.
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CP Padding + Small Boost in Survivability + Heals
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AoE for Missilis Tribe Tower
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Elemental Damage and ATK better her DPS performance. Niche DPS+Support for Electric Weak Raids. Last bullet effect means she does not want Max Ammo effect on OL gear! If she has Max Ammo on her gear, you cannot Full Auto her. Charge Speed is a passable effect that helps her if you want to auto her.
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Essential
3× Max Ammo
Ideal
4× Elemental Damage
4× ATK
1× Max Ammo
Passable
4x Crit Rate
Priority
Medium (PVE)
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Niche for Electric Weak Bosses in Solo Raids. Highly diluted ATK so aim for Ammo and Ele first
Essential
-
Ideal
4× ELE
2× Max Ammo
4× ATK
Passable
2× Hit Rate, 2× Max Ammo
Priority
Low (PVE)
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Extreme Niche for Wind Weak Bosses in Solo Raids
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Increased damage of AoE Nuke, however she is not widely used
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1 Max Ammo Roll can help with Burst Generation in Raids, but not recommended to reroll this character. Only go for Max Ammo if you do Manual Quick Scopes because she has last bullet ability.
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For Tribe Tower CP Padding
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CP Padding. Elemental damage is highly appreciated on PvP Iron Units.
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Small boost in HP and elemental rolls allow for increased damage of AoE nuke. Her nuke only benefits from Crit OL and Ele OL sadly.
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Can act as a mid tier DPS / PvP CP Padding / Missilis Tribe Tower
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Elemental Damage and ATK are the basic food of any good DPS in Nikke. 1-2× Max Ammo are good to reduce the number of Reloads Laplace does. Meanwhile, if you manage to obtain 21%+ Charge Speed through Overload Gear, she can provide extremely high Burst Generation for your team in PvP. This can possibly increase her rank in the Burst Generation up to the Top 5, right above Clip Shotguns!
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Max Ammo helps make S1 Damage Distance buff more consistent. Niche DPS for Water Weak Bosses in Solo Raids.
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CP Padding
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Essential
2× Max Ammo
Ideal
4× Elemental Damage
4× ATK
Passable
2× Max Ammo, 2× Crit Rate, 2× Crit Damage
Priority
Meta
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Ideally have a total of 120% Ammo from OL gear.
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Strengthens AoE Nuke Damage. Elemental DMG for PvP wipe.
Essential
0-1× Max Ammo
Ideal
4× ELE
4× ATK
0-1× Max Ammo
Passable
2-3× Charge Speed
Priority
Medium
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-
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For PvP CP Padding
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Niche DPS for Iron Weak Bosses in Solo Raid. Usually acts as a healer but does NOT need OL gear since she provides adequate healing already.
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1 Max Ammo Roll can help with Burst Generation in Raids, but not recommended to reroll this character. Does NOT need OL gear since she provides adequate healing already.
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Increases Base DEF stats, no rerolling needed
Essential
-
Ideal
4× Elemental Damage
4× ATK
1× Max Ammo
Passable
3× Crit Rate, 3× Crit Damage
Priority
Meta
Notes
1 Max Ammo Roll can help with Burst Generation in Raids.
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CP Padding + Small Boost in Survivability
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Essential
3× Max Ammo
Ideal
4× ATK
4× Elemental Damage
1× Max Ammo
Passable
1× Hit Rate, 1-2× Crit Rate
Priority
Meta
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Ammo is a must-have. Modernia doesn't want to reload, ever. Hit Rate is a niche roll for Modernia and can be ignored completely. There is only one situation where it comes into play and it is in Campaign, and only if you use Red Hood as Solo Burst 1 Unit, since there is a downtime between 2nd and 3rd Bursts where Modernia will not get the ATK buff from her Skill 2 otherwise. Crit Rate is also an okay roll but it is not ideal. It is ultimately better to get an Ammo, ATK, or Elemental roll for your Modernia.
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CP Padding + Small Boost in Survivability
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Increases Base ATK stats, no rerolling needed, can act as a sub DPS against Near Bosses.
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Essential
3× Max Ammo
Ideal
4× Elemental Damage
4× ATK
1× Max Ammo
Passable
-
Priority
Very Low
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Can act as a mid tier DPS
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Increased revenge damage if she reaches max stacks
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Can act as a mid tier DPS
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CP Padding
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CP Padding + Small Boost in Survivability
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Increases Base ATK stats, no rerolling needed, can act as a sub DPS against Near Bosses. Warning: May steal buff, highly advise against ATK roll
Essential
Preferebly do NOT have Max Ammo
Ideal
4× Charge Speed
Passable
4× ATK, 4× Elemental Damage
Priority
High (PVP)
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CP Padding + Small Boost in Survivability + Heals Also used in PvE content against Bosses, so elemental damage can help if team needs survivability and also needs Electric Element Unit in team.
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Allows Novel to reach max stacks faster, allowing for one extra burst with her Damage Taken Debuff on opponent.
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Cp Padding for PvP, 1 Ammo allows her to shoot for more time and provide burst gen for longer.
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Increased damage of Single Target Nuke
Essential
1-2× Max Ammo
Ideal
4× Elemental DMG
4× ATK
1-2× Max Ammo
Passable
2× Hit-Rate, 1-2× CRIT DMG, 1-2× CRIT Rate, 2× Ammo
Priority
Low (PVE)
Notes
-
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Cp Padding for PvP
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Increased damage of Single Target Nuke, however she is not widely used
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Privaty has a last bullet mechanic, hence she ideally does not want Max Ammo OL gear, but it isn't something critical to her kit in the current meta so it can be ignored. It is also suggested to avoid ATK on Privaty's OL gear since it can lead to Privaty being the target of enemy attacks which target Highest ATK stat unit. This especially comes into play when using Privaty with Anis: Sparkling Summer, who is a support type Nikke, and hence has lower base ATK. It is ideal that Anis gets targeted over Privaty since she can heal back up quickly, and hence Privaty is a very low priority unit to OL.
Essential
1-2× Max Ammo
Ideal
4× Elemental Damage
4× ATK
1× Max Ammo
Passable
2-3× Hit Rate, 2-3× Crit Rate, 2-3× Crit Damage
Priority
High
Notes
If Privaty reloads for any reason during Full Burst, she will lose her buffs (they will reset to 0 stacks). Max Ammo is important to shoot for 15s + 2s straight during Full Burst. If you only need to reload once every 20s, that's even better! Privaty: Unkind Maid is also used in PvP, where ATK > Elemental Damage. Only OL if you plan to build Meta SG Team or for PvP
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Essential
1-2× Hit Rate
1-2× Max Ammo
Ideal
4× Elemental DMG
4× ATK
1× Max Ammo
Passable
1-2× CRIT DMG, 1-2× CRIT Rate, 1× Hit Rate, 1× Ammo
Priority
High
Notes
-
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CP Padding + Small Boost in Survivability + Heals
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-
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CP Padding + Small Boost in Survivability + Heals. Elemental damage is highly appreciated on PvP Iron Units.
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Essential
-
Ideal
4× Elemental Damage
1× Max Ammo
4× ATK
Passable
3× Charge Speed, 3× Charge Damage
Priority
Meta
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Red Hood is the best unit for PvE, and is one of the top choices to use in PvP as well. 1 Ammo is needed for Burst Generation purposes in PvE content. Since she is Iron Element, Elemental Damage is highly appreciated in PvP as well.
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Essential
3× Max Ammo
Ideal
4× Elemental Damage
4× ATK
1× Max Ammo
Passable
4× Crit Damage
Priority
Medium (PVE)
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MGs want ammo. A lot of it
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Strengthens Nuke Damage
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Essential
-
Ideal
4× Charge Speed
Passable
4× ATK, 4× Elemental Damage, 4× DEF
Priority
Medium (PVP)
Notes
-
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Can act as a mid tier DPS
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1 Max Ammo Roll can help with Burst Generation in Raids, but not recommended to reroll this character.
Essential
-
Ideal
4× Elemental DMG
4× ATK
Passable
4× CRIT Rate, 4× CRIT DMG
Priority
Medium
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Essential
3× Max Ammo
Ideal
4× Elemental Damage
4× ATK
1× Max Ammo
Passable
1-2× Hit Rate, 1-2× Crit Rate, 1-2× Crit Damage
Priority
Meta
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Scarlet is an excellent choice for PvE, but she is at the top of the meta for PvP, where ATK is better than Elemental Damage. She scales the best with Ammo, since she only has 20 ammo and a huge reload time. Scarlet is an AR who cannot hit core shots well against enemies who are far away, hence she benefits from Crit Rolls more than others, as well as Hit Rate.
Essential
1x Max Ammo
Ideal
1× Charge Speed
4× Elemental Damage
4× ATK
Passable
2× Charge Speed
Priority
Meta
Notes
1 Ammo definitely makes it more comfortable to use SBS. Getting charge speed can allow SBS to hit 1-2 extra shots during Full Burst, but 1 roll of >5% is enough. SBS is one of the best unit for PvE, and is one of the top choices to use in PvP as well.
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Essential
-
Ideal
4× Elemental Damage
4× ATK
Passable
4× Crit Rate, 4× Crit Damage, 2-4× Charge Speed
Priority
Meta
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Can act as a mid tier DPS
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Essential
1-2× Max Ammo
Ideal
4× Elemental Damage
4× ATK
Passable
1-2× Hit Rate, 1-2× Crit Rate, 1-2× Crit Damage
Priority
High
Notes
Ammo is important to shoot for 15s straight of Burst and to make sure she reloads only once every 20s. It is very important for Soda to consistently shoot during Burst in order to stack her Skill 1. Soda is also used in PvP. Since she is Iron, Elemental Damage is appreciated on her. Only OL if you plan to build Meta SG Team or for PvP
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Can act as a mid tier DPS
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Extreme Niche for Iron Weak Bosses in Solo Raids. Also used in PvP, but OLing her is more or less for CP Padding.
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CP Padding
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Ammo OL increases uptime/consistency of Tove's S1 Only OL if you plan to build Meta SG Team.
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Can act as a mid tier DPS
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Burst Gen for Elysion Tribe Tower / CP Padding
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CP Padding
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For Tribe Tower CP Padding
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1 Max Ammo Roll can help with Burst Generation in Raids, but not recommended to reroll this character.
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