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With the July 20th update of Goddess of Victory: Nikke, the new Nikke Mast has been added. Mast is a Nikke belonging to Elysion, and is a 2-burst SMG. As a support-type Nikke, she specializes in strengthening the entire party with powerful buffs rather than crushing enemies with her own firepower.

Rather than increasing the survivability of allies, Mast is a support type that enhances the party's firepower. In particular, she has various options related to critical hits. When using the burst skill, the 1st skill is activated, and the critical damage of herself and 2 allies is greatly increased by the burst and skill effects. The value of this ability is further enhanced as the 2nd skill also increases critical hit chance.

Another notable ability is the HP increase burst. Mast increases the maximum HP of herself and 2 allies with the highest ATK through her burst skill. There have been several Nikkes that increase maximum HP, and this ability has been used as a means of HP recovery. However, Mast only increases the maximum HP and has no recovery effect. Therefore, this ability has good synergy with Nikkes who receive bonus effects the lower their HP is.

In addition, she has the ability to reduce the enemy's defense with her 1st skill, and inflict damage proportional to the final ATK by stacking.

Compared to other buffers, Mast's versatility is somewhat lacking. However, she performs well in certain situations. In particular, she has good synergy with Nikkes that are considered Tier 1.

Hongryeon is a representative self-harm dealer. Her firepower increases the lower her HP is. Mast only increases the maximum HP with her burst skill, so you can quickly see the maximum effect without penalty. Guillotine can also benefit from this in the same context. And Mast, Hongryeon, and Guillotine are all of the same electric code, so you can build an attribute party.

The combination with Modernia is also not bad. Modernia has critical-related skills, so she can create synergy with Mast. In addition, it is good to combine her with Nikkes who have critical buffs or have a large number of bullets.

Supporter Mast with critical and HP-based buffs, and defense debuffs. From the perspective of firepower enhancement, she has many useful buffs, but there are also disadvantages. The value of critical-related options is not high due to Nikke's damage calculation formula. Skills such as 'Final Damage Increase' and 'Damage Taken Increase' are relatively more efficient, so the value of the buff is relatively lower.

In addition, the 2-burst buffer position is highly competitive with many excellent Nikkes. Mast's performance is not bad, but she is somewhat inferior compared to the Blanc-Noir combination, which boasts overwhelming performance. In addition, buffers such as Novel, who apply a 'Damage Taken Increase' debuff, can be used more flexibly because they are not conditional. Mast is receiving disappointing reviews in these areas.

For this reason, Mast is definitely a powerful buffer, but it is generally evaluated that it is difficult to use her as a first-team starter due to strong rivals. However, the performance itself is definitely not bad, so there is plenty of room to use her in solo raids that require multiple parties. In addition, she has good compatibility with Tier 1 Nikkes such as Hongryeon and Modernia, and it is expected that she will be used to build an electric code party in the future, so her potential is sufficient.

Goddess of Victory: Nikke InvenYang Ye-chan Reporter
2023-07-26