Nitocris (Alter)

“Punishment to sin, guidance to death. Ah…your sins cannot be weighed. I will take them with me – to the beyond!”

Nitocris’s Alter form, in which her facet as an arbitrator of divine punishment is greatly magnified, first appears during the Lostbelt 7 chapter. She is an AoE Arts Avenger, and much like her other versions, has Instant Death tied to her NP, along with a powerful self NP battery.

Her kit contains a mix of offensive buffs and utility effects for the party. With Elegiac Text A, she can enhance Arts and Buster effectiveness while giving herself a healing-over-time effect. Her primary NP charger comes from God of the Underworld’s Judgement A, which at max level can fully charge her NP Gauge, giving her easy access to her NP. Additionally, the skill has many other effects to unpack. Firstly, it adjusts alignments for both allies and enemies, adding Good alignment to all allies and Evil to all enemies, giving her some niche synergies. Finally, it also improves Buff Success Rate for all allies while decreasing it for all enemies, which will come into play with her third skill, Desert Night Breeze A. Desert Night Breeze A provides an Arts buff to all allies, and three chance-based effects that apply to all Good alignment allies, including Evade, Debuff Immunity, and Instant Death Immunity. With her second skill maxed, all effects of her third skill are guaranteed. As a result, Masters will often want to use her second skill immediately before her third skill to obtain the maximum benefits.

Nitocris Alter’s NP, Neferu Swen Anubis, buffs her own NP Strength before dealing damage to all enemies with bonus damage against any Human attribute enemies. It also has a chance to inflict Instant Death, with a guarantee against any Evil alignment enemies, both of which apply after damage, which ensures NP refund occurs before Death is applied.

Nitocris Alter’s greatest claim to fame is her on-demand 100% NP charge skill, which allows her to quickly access her NP and clear out a wave with ease. Provided the enemy does not have Instant Death immunity, she is capable of all but guaranteeing Death by combining the Evil alignment application of her second skill with her NP’s anti-Evil Instant Death effect. However, her damage is otherwise somewhat on the lower side among AoE Avengers, and although this is somewhat helped with her anti-Human attribute niche, she may need Damage Support to clear waves with higher-HP enemies. With support, especially with her own large NP charge skill, she loops quite comfortably. Masters in need of an AoE Arts damage dealer capable of providing express divine punishment service need not look any further than Nitocris Alter!

Full NP Charge

Her maxed second skill gives her 100% NP charge on demand, giving Masters quick access to a wave clear option. This also makes her an excellent holder of CEs that have no starting NP Gauge, such as Black Grail, or other Event CEs. The convenience of a full NP charge skill cannot be understated.

Trait Adjustment

Nitocris Alter can apply Good alignment to all allies, and Evil alignment to all enemies. This can serve to bolster any other allies that have bonus effects for Good alignment enemies, or can provide a way to give further trait based damage to any allies that have anti-Evil damage bonuses. This makes her a good option to keep in mind when team building.

Defensive Utility Skills

Her third skill provides somewhat rare defensive utility to the party, including both Instant Death Immunity and Debuff Immunity, along with Evade, all of which last 1 time across 3 turns. Having all of those effects simultaneously makes the party temporarily impervious to many gimmicks that Masters might encounter in challenging quests.

Mediocre Damage

Given both her powerful NP charge and instant death effects, her NP’s damage is somewhat below average for her Class as a result. Nitocris Alter can clear smaller waves, but may need damage supports in order to reach damage thresholds necessary for healthier waves. This is somewhat offset if enemies have the Human attribute, in which she gains a 150% supereffective damage boost.

Instant Death is Niche

If Masters would bring Nitocris to a challenging encounter for her defensive utility, they may find themselves facing enemies in which her Instant Death effect is not applicable. Most bosses have instant death immunity, making a significant part of her NP’s effects irrelevant for some encounters.

Nitocris Alter is an offensively focused Servant, with arguably her most important ability being her 100% NP charge skill. As a result, generally Masters will want to focus on her 2nd skill first. In general, the suggested order is 2 >> 1 > 3.

• Elegiac Text A – This is Nito Alter’s self damage buff, which also comes with a HP regen effect. All three of Arts, Buster, and HP regen buffs scale with level, making this skill an effective investment. This can be leveled second.

• God of the Underworld’s Judgment A – Her claim to fame, leveling this skill to max is necessary to reach 100% NP charge. If Masters opt to max out her 2nd Append Skill, then they can get away with leveling this skill to only 7. However, at max level, this also maxes out the chance-based effects of her third skill, so either way this skill is ideally maxed. This should be prioritized first.

• Desert Night Breeze A – This skill generally has her defensive utility effects, along with a party Arts buff. Only the Arts buff scales with level. Masters may still wish to level this for the cooldown reduction as well, although this can be saved for last.

Since Nitocris Alter has a full NP charge skill, her CE choice is rather flexible. Masters may opt to use CEs that maximize her damage, including ATK Up, NP Damage Up, or Arts Up. Since her own kit has no innate source of ATK buffs, prioritizing ATK for better multiplicative bonuses is suggested.

• Golden Sumo: Boulder Tournament / Holy Night Supper / Star’s Day Off / Grand Puppeteer / Dive to Blue / Ocean Flier / New Beginnings / Battle Olympia – These hybrid NP starter skills actually work best if Masters charge her NP gauge with support Servants, and save her 100% charge skill for other turns with lower NP gain (such as waves with fewer than 3 enemies).

• GUDAGUDA Poster Girl / Code Cast / Red Love Child’s Dream – GUDAGUDA Poster Girl is a rather notable 60% ATK boost / 80% ATK boost if MLB, while the other two are budget options. The damage buffs only last for 3 turns, however, but can come in handy for farming situations with three waves.

• The Black Grail / Heaven's Feel – These CEs are pure NP damage boosts, and provide a large boost to Nitocris Alter’s damage. She has no issue with using these CEs as she can charge her NP on her own without any further help.