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Drake: Great Villain, the 200th Nikke to be released, is about to arrive, like the fashionably late but terribly glamorous leader she is!

And the Pre-release analysis is ready to roll, now hosted completely on Nikke.gg! And the guys there (myself included) have been working behind the scenes to make sure everything is not only back to speed but better than ever, stay tuned.

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== Intro ==

Drake: Great Villain is the new DPS Matis unit that completes the Wind triad for Missilis. Despite her inconspicuous and simple-looking kit, Drake is sporting the second-highest self-ATK buff in the entire game because she's Fashionably Late, and together with her constant HP-buffs make her a very consistent damage dealer for her element and, surprisingly, PvP.

Not unlike Absolute the year before, Drake is part of a triad, and pulling for her is either highly advisable if you have Laplace: Ultimate Hero or other HP-scaling units. There is one incognita about her kit that could make or break her into the upper echelons on PvP gameplay, but it's time for analysis now. We'll update the guide after release.

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== Kit Breakdown ==

Start of Battle:

• Fashionably Late: ATK▲ 6.23% of the skill user's final max HP continuously.

When FB ends, to all Allies:

• Max HP ▲ 10.5% of the skill user's max HP (without restoring HP) continuously. Stacks up to 4 times.

When entering Full Burst:

• Change Weapon to Super Duper Overdrive. Lasts for 6 shots.

Burst:

• Self buff: ATK DMG +27.5% for 25 sec.
• Deals 1350% of final ATK as Burst Skill damage.

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== Key Takeaways ==

1. Second most potent Self-ATK buff. Only surpassed by E.H., but in a better shell.
2. Lots of Potential Synergies. Not just with Matis, but also with Velvet, Rouge, FloraT, Cinderella and Trina.
3. Extreme ATK load makes other buffers better. Specially good with Damage Taken and Crit-buffers. Her own ATK DMG buff is low, so they could work too. Try to avoid pure ATK buffers and ATK Overload Lines if possible.
4. Her continual single target damage is very high. Her skill damage is low.

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Welcome back Commanders.

With the Persona collaboration ongoing, we will welcome very soon Yukiko Amagi, the 199th Nikke and a DPS character with a unique mix of damage, utility and sustain. She’s elegant, potent, and her kit is deceptively strong: the blend of periodic healing with multiple layers of buffs make her worth of a pull - and doubly so, if you have Makoto already.

Unlike pure attackers such as Neon: Vision Eye or Laplace: Ultimate Hero, Yukiko’s design leans into a supportive offensive style with respectable damage together with a plethora of buffs. She’s not a straightforward DPS, but rather a hybrid DPS who can keep allies alive while laying waste to Raptures alongside Makoto or other teammates.

She's still a Duo unit, and pulling her with her collaboration partner is your best bet. But if you're willing to gamba, start with Yukiko. She's the Mint to Makoto's Prika, so to speak.

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== OVERVIEW ==

Machine Gun Burst 3 Fire Attackers are not uncommon for the game, having powerhouses like Rapi:Red Hood and Mihara: Bonding Chains among them. But Yukiko brings two unique tools to the lineup: permanent healing pulses and a duo partnership.

Her strength lies in the combination her kit has: healing pulses over stacking multiplicative buffs is very rare. Imagine if Cinderella: Crystal Wave healed your allies. This duality makes her a lot more versatile than a pure healer. Sadly she doesn't have the numbers to be on Cinderella's level, but she's not weak at all, just less explosive than a dedicated DPS.

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== KIT BREAKDOWN ==

• Start of Battle: Persona: Media - heals 5.7% of her max HP as heal to everyone.
• Attack Damage +55.31% continuous.

Start of the Battle and When FB ends:

• ATK 65.37% for 15 sec.

When entering Burst Stage 3:

• Elemental Adv. Attack: +48.15% for 10 sec.

When Bursting:
Scarlet Flower - Ends with Full Burst

• Mediarama: Heals 5.7% of her max HP as heal to everyone.
• Fire Amp: Distributed Damage +90% continuous.
• Scarlet Protection: Reduce Water damage by 18%.

Burst:

• Distributed Damage 1258.79% of Final ATK to all enemies.
• If Wind-Coded Enemy, activate 1More: +45.33% ATK for 10 sec. Then deal 400% of final ATK as Distributed Damage. Then activate Follow-Up: Other Burst 3 Persona Allies get +80.25% ATK-share.

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== KEY TAKEAWAYS ==

1. She’s a self-reliant attacker first with a secondary healing identity.
2. Persona synergy matters. Preliminary calculations show she loses about 30% of her damage without Makoto.
3. Yukiko has multiple steroids. Commonly, DPS units buff themselves in 2 multiplicative layers, like Ark Ranger Black with her ATK and Sustained Damage buffs. Very good DPS units buff themselves in 3, like Cinderella:Crystal Wave. Yukiko buffs herself in 4: ATK, Elemental Advantage, Distributed Damage and Attack Damage.
4. Her Skill Damage is low. You want to keep shooting with her at all times.

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== RATINGS ==

Campaign
Yukiko works here a little better than the average, her hybrid identity being a boon to team compositions. Her healing is important because it will keep Crown's Royal Attire Attack Damage buff with a 100% uptime, for example. She can stabilize teams as long as you don't get one shot while contributing respectable damage, and particularly against enemies with core she's nasty.
Score: 3/5 stars.

Bossing
Her best placement. Consistent sustain gives her an automatic spot in the famous Hyper Rapi composition against some bosses, and together with Makoto, Little Mermaid and the Maid duo she forms a new, capable team that won't mess up with the existent Fire Meta teams too much.
Score: 4/5 stars.

PVP
Likely weak. As a healer she's too slow here, the distributed damage won't be enough to nuke, and her weapon seals the deal as its energy generation is very lacking. Unreliable. Don't expect testing to improve her placements here.
Score: 1/5 stars.

Tower
Being a Limited unit, she can only be used in Tribe Tower and that's it.
Score: 2/5 stars.

Deficit
Her healing scales poorly at very high deficits, but her buffs kinda keep her not entirely useless. Not a priority unit, but also not completely dead.
Score: 2/5 stars.

Bonus points for being one of the few B3 healers and for being the core of a new team together with Makoto. She's also more flexible than the other Persona user.

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== SHOULD YOU PULL FOR HER? ==

• Waifu rule applies. If you love her design, she’s worth it.
• For meta chasers: she’s supportive, not essential. She won’t replace top DPS units but will stabilize weaker teams and will form the core of a new team for Fire raids.
• She's worth for new players if they got Makoto or lack every other Fire Collab unit.
• Limited banner means she won’t return soon, so one copy is safe if you want her. MLB is not mandatory.

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== TEAM SUGGESTIONS ==

Unlike Makoto, Yukiko is a natural fit in more than 2 teams. All we need to do is to figure out which one is going to be her optimal setup.

The promising ones are Hyper-Rapi and Siren2x2.

TEAM 1: Hyper-Rapi Yukiko Variation
Anis: Star + Crown + Rapi:Red Hood + Yukiko + HelmFI/PrivatyFI

This team is already well known among Fire Raiders. Previous team incarnations were based on the FireMG team that spawned from Siren + Crown + RRH + MMast + HelmT/PrivaT, used to great success in the previous SR Season 35 (Crystal Chamber).

However, back then we didn't have access to Anis:Star, which is one of the biggest contributors to RRH's damage.

If using HelmFI, you'll get her Burst Generation and Critical Rate, but will lose the extra Reload Speed, 25% ATK and 26% Atk Damage. The Reload loss does change Yukiko to Resilience Cube.

If using PrivatyFI, you'll get her Reload and buffs, but will lose on Helm's Critical Rate and Burst Generation. This team prefers to have Yukiko on Diffusion Cube.

TEAM 2: Siren2x2
Little Mermaid+ Maid:Romantic Maid + Yukiko + Anchor: Innocent Maid + Makoto

From the same original shell we have a setup that allows us to run both HyperRapi and the Persona core in different teams.

This composition should be absolutely disgusting against bosses with Core, but that's not the real reason to run the team.

The entire concoction is two matches made in heaven, there's not a single stat that goes to waste: Distributed Damage, Attack Damage, Reload Speed, Increased Healing, both Critical stats, almost 180% of ATK-share between all 3 supports, and even Anchor's Hit Rate and her Storage mechanic combo together with Yukiko and Makoto to perfection.

Siren2x2 is a perfectly oiled machine where everyone is contributing to the Persona duo as if they were made for each other. Expect to see some variation of it among the top performers in the concurrent Luxurious Spider raid.

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== GEAR & SKILLS ==

Cube
Resilience Cube (to avoid downtime).
Note: If your teammates give you over 90% reload speed, then the new Diffusion Cube is a DPS improvement.
Siren2x2 should use Diffusion on Makoto (tests pending).

Overload Lines

Prioritize 4x Elemental Adv., then any combination of Criticals(either)/ATK. Aim for 1x Max. Ammo too.

Thanks SxS for the data on this and the previous section. 8/12'ing is recommended.

Doll & Skills
Purple Doll 15, focus on Skill 2 (Scarlet Flower). Aim for 7/10/7.
Further investments are not completely necessary.

The doll is mid-priority, but Skill 2 at 10 is almost non-negotiable if you have Makoto. Minimum 7/7/7.

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== CONCLUSIONS & VERSION HISTORY==

Yukiko Amagi is a hybrid healer‑attacker who blends sustain with distributed damage. She’s not a meta‑defining carry, but she’s versatile and powerful enough with and without her duo to have a spot for multiple Fire Raid teams. Expect her to settle around Tier A: useful, but not dominant.

Out of 25 stars, Yukiko earns around 17. Tier A. Supportive hybrid, situationally strong, Raids material, not a must‑pull.

That said, she's a better solo pull than Makoto.

This guide is still under construction.

V1.5 - Aug 20th. Added Team section, expanded previous ones.
V1.1 - Aug 19th. Minor editions.
V1.0 - Aug 19th. Release version.