Skill Investment
How much you should invest into Skills on every character available in NIKKE.
Last updated: 08/11/2024
Skill Investment
Here's the explanation for all the numbers and colors used in the guide:
- 10/5/7 means upgrading Skill 1 to lvl 10, Skill 2 to lvl 5, and Burst Skill to lvl 7,
- Yellow means the immediate investment when u get the unit. There are 3 reasons for this:
- If the unit is Meta or High Priority, it will have a starting investment of more than 1/1/1 (such as 4/4/4) depending on what the unit provides.
- If the unit is Medium or Low Priority, 1/1/1 will be mentioned, meaning no immediate investment is required, and you can invest in this character if you need to use it according to the priority listed.
- If we deem that a unit does not have usable skills to be meta for any gamemode, no investment will be mentioned.
- Blue means minimum investment to take advantage of the Nikke's skills. There are 2 reasons for this:
- Sometimes, minimum investments are breakpoints such as for Noir or SAnis.
- Sometimes, minimum investments are just the ideal way to progress to upgrade that unit, before moving on to Recommended and High.
- Red means recommended investment for F2P players,
- Purple means maximum recommended investment, in order to get the best out of the unit. You should only try to reach these investments if you have a surplus of Skill Books leftover.
More info:
- The skill investment list below features a lot of Level 4 and 7 because they are easier to understand. Any higher levels will cost a new type of resource.
- However, you may choose to upgrade to Level 5 if you need a stronger effect instead of 4, as the increase in Blue Manual cost from Level 4 to 5 is still low. The leap only starts from Level 6 onward.
- There is also a leap from Level 3 to 4, so if you want to save a tiny bit of Blue Manuals, then leave at 3 instead of 4.
Priority explained:
- Meta: Most Important Nikkes.
- High: Good in various PvE content.
- Medium: Good in at least one PvE content.
- Low: Can perform well but not as good as other units / Situationally Meta / Old Meta
- Very Low: Niche usage / Tribe Tower Units
- Late Game: These nikkes need investments to reach their potential but are expensive to build. They should be invested after clearing Ch 23 Normal with mentioned priority.
- PvP: These units are more used for PvP.
PVE investment
1/1/1 → 4/7/7 → 7/10/10 (→ 10/10/10)
PVP investment
1/1/1 → 4/7/7 → 4/10/10 (→ 7/10/10)
Priority
Low
PVE investment
1/1/1 → 4/4/4 → 7/7/7 (→ 10/10/10)
PVP investment
1/1/1 → 4/1/4 → 7/4/7 (→ 10/4/10)
Priority
Low
PVE investment
1/1/1 → 4/4/4 → 7/7/4 (→ 7/10/4)
PVP investment
1/1/1 → 4/4/4
Priority
High (Late Game)
PVE investment
4/4/5 → 7/7/9 → 10/10/9 (→ 10/10/10)
PVP investment
4/4/5 → 7/7/9 → 10/10/9
Priority
High
PVE investment
1/1/1 → 4/4/4 (→ 4/4/7)
PVP investment
1/1/1 → 4/4/4 → 4/4/7 (→ 4/4/10)
Priority
PVP
PVE investment
1/1/1 → 4/4/7 → 7/7/7 (→ 10/10/10)
PVP investment
1/1/1 → 4/4/7
Priority
Meta
PVE investment
1/1/1 → 4/4/4 → 4/4/7 (→ 4/4/10)
PVP investment
1/1/1 → 4/4/4 → 4/4/7 (→ 4/4/10)
Priority
Medium
PVE investment
4/4/4 → 7/4/7 → 10/7/10 (→ 10/10/10)
PVP investment
4/4/4 → 7/4/7 → 10/4/10 (→ 10/7/10)
Priority
Meta
PVE investment
1/1/1 → 4/4/4 (→ 4/10/4)
PVP investment
1/1/1
Priority
Very Low
PVE investment
1/1/1 → 1/4/4 → 1/7/4 (→ 4/10/7)
PVP investment
1/1/1 → 1/4/4 → 1/7/4 (→ 4/10/7)
Priority
Low
PVE investment
1/1/1 → 4/4/4 → 7/7/7 (→ 10/10/10)
PVP investment
1/1/1 → 4/4/4 → 7/7/7 (→ 10/10/10)
Priority
Medium
PVE investment
1/1/1 → 4/4/7 → 4/7/7 (→ 7/10/7)
PVP investment
1/1/1 → 4/4/7 → 4/7/7 (→ 7/10/10)
Priority
Medium (PVP)
PVE investment
1/1/1
PVP investment
1/1/1
Priority
-
PVE investment
1/1/1 → 1/7/4 → 1/10/7 (→ 1/10/10)
PVP investment
1/1/1
Priority
Medium
PVE investment
1/1/1
PVP investment
1/1/1
Priority
-
PVE investment
1/1/1 → 1/4/4 → 1/7/7 (→ 1/10/10)
PVP investment
1/1/1
Priority
Medium
PVE investment
4/4/4 → 7/4/7 → 7/4/10 (→ 10/7/10)
PVP investment
4/4/4 → 4/4/7 → 4/4/10 (→ 4/7/10)
Priority
High
PVE investment
1/1/1 → 4/4/4
PVP investment
1/1/1 → 4/4/4 → 4/4/7 (→ 4/4/10)
Priority
Very Low (PVP)
PVE investment
1/1/1 → 4/4/4 → 4/4/7
PVP investment
1/1/1 → 4/4/7 → 4/4/10
Priority
Very Low (PVP)
PVE investment
1/1/1 → 4/4/4
PVP investment
1/1/1 → 4/4/4
Priority
Very Low
PVE investment
1/1/1 → 4/4/7 → 4/7/10 (→ 4/10/10)
PVP investment
1/1/1 → 4/4/7 → 4/7/7 (→ 4/10/10)
Priority
Medium
PVE investment
4/4/4 → 7/4/7 → 7/4/10 (→ 10/4/10)
PVP investment
4/4/4 → 4/4/7 → 7/4/10 (→ 10/4/10)
Priority
Meta
PVE investment
4/4/4 → 7/4/5 → 10/4/10 (→ 10/7/10)
PVP investment
4/4/4
Priority
High
PVE investment
4/4/4 → 7/4/7 → 10/7/10 (→ 10/10/10)
PVP investment
4/4/4 → 4/4/7 → 4/4/10
Priority
High
PVE investment
4/1/4 → 7/1/4 → 10/1/7 (→ 10/4/10)
PVP investment
4/1/4 → 7/4/4 (→ 10/4/4)
Priority
High
PVE investment
4/4/4 → 7/5/4 → 10/9/4 (→ 10/10/4)
PVP investment
4/4/4 → 7/5/4 (→ 10/5/4)
Priority
Meta
PVE investment
1/1/1 → 4/4/4 → 7/7/4 (→ 10/10/7)
PVP investment
1/1/1 → 1/7/7 → 1/10/10
Priority
Low
PVE investment
1/1/4 → 4/4/4 → 4/4/7 (→ 4/4/10)
PVP investment
1/1/4 → 4/4/4 → 4/4/7 (→ 4/4/10)
Priority
Low
PVE investment
1/1/4 → 4/4/4 → 7/7/4 (→ 10/10/7)
PVP investment
1/1/4 → 4/4/4 → 4/4/7 (→ 4/4/10)
Priority
High (Late Game)
PVE investment
4/4/4 → 4/7/7 → 7/10/8 (→ 10/10/10)
PVP investment
4/4/4 → 7/7/7 → 10/10/10
Priority
High
PVE investment
4/4/7 → 7/7/7 → 7/10/10 (→ 10/10/10)
PVP investment
4/4/7 → 4/7/10
Priority
High
PVE investment
1/1/1 → 4/4/4 → 4/7/10 (→ 7/10/10)
PVP investment
1/1/1 → 1/1/7 → 1/4/10 (→ 1/7/10)
Priority
Medium
PVE investment
1/1/1 → 4/4/4 → 5/7/7 (→ 7/10/10)
PVP investment
1/1/1 → 1/4/4 → 1/7/7 (→ 1/10/10)
Priority
Medium
PVE investment
4/4/4 → 7/4/4 → 10/4/7 (→ 10/4/10)
PVP investment
4/4/4 → 7/4/7 → 10/7/10 (→ 10/10/10)
Priority
Meta
PVE investment
4/4/4 → 7/4/7 → 10/7/10
PVP investment
4/4/4 → 7/4/7 → 10/7/10
Priority
Meta
PVE investment
4/4/4 → 4/7/7 → 4/10/7 (→ 7/10/10)
PVP investment
4/4/4 → 7/4/7 → 7/4/10 (→ 7/10/10)
Priority
High (Late Game)
PVE investment
1/1/1
PVP investment
1/1/1 (→ 4/4/4)
Priority
PVP
PVE investment
1/1/1 → 4/4/4 → 7/4/7 (→ 10/4/10)
PVP investment
1/1/1 → 4/4/4 → 7/4/7 (→ 10/4/10)
Priority
Low
