After launching the game’s Kill the Lord update, SHIFT UP prepares a new Elysion Nikke, D: Killer Wife, to accompany Goddess of Victory: NIKKE‘s latest event, Kill the Lord. Today, we will discuss D: Killer Wife’s in-depth guide, focusing on her skills and team synergies. Let’s begin.
After several hours of maintenance, the Kill the Lord update commenced on March 7, 2024. Goddess of Victory: NIKKE is available on Windows, Android, and iOS.
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And Justice for All.
D: Killer Wife Combat Overview
Let’s look at D: Killer Wife’s Nikke Skills to start the guide. As a Supporter Nikke, D: Killer Wife brings a unique skill set that can help her teammates greatly.
First, we will discuss D: Killer Wife’s Skill 1, Calm Sniping. This Skill contains two effects; the first one grants D: Killer Wife a Pierce effect after she uses Full Charge three times. Meanwhile, the second effect of Calm Sniping happens when your team enters the Full Burst, where she grants all Sniper Rifle Nikkes bonus Pierce damage for 10 seconds.
As for D: Killer Wife’s Skill 2, Assault Formation, is perhaps the most important kit among her Skills, as this one not only grants Burst Cooldown reduction for 7 seconds, but it also generates bonus Attack Damage for all allies for 10 seconds, making her a perfect pair with many other Nikkes.
In addition to those Skills, D: Killer Wife also possesses a Burst Skill, Kill the Target, where, depending on the areas that her allies hit against the target, D: Killer Wife shall either provide them with bonus Core Damage or bonus ATK stat respectively.
Overall, D: Killer Wife is the perfect Support Nikke for Alice, Red Hood, or any other Sniper Rifle Nikke, though, with her Cooldown reduction ability, she is a very valuable character who fits any team to speed up their Burst rotations.
Strengths and Weaknesses
As with every Nikkes in Goddess of Victory: NIKKE, D: Killer Wife also has her strengths and weaknesses against different content types within the game, as we have curated in the next part of this guide:
| Strengths | Weaknesses |
|---|---|
| D: Killer Wife has her own Pierce ability, and she can provide bonus Pierce damage which will prove beneficial for Nikkes like Alice or Red Hood. | D: Killer Wife’s Burst Skill only affects the enemy that is nearest to her crosshair, so she needs more precision than other Nikkes, and in turn, that makes her auto-battle function slightly weaker as you can’t fully rely on the battle AI to aim correctly. |
| D: Killer Wife’s Burst Cooldown reduction is beneficial and huge, as this will enable her team’s Burst rotation to trigger faster and potentially clutch up against tough enemies. | |
| Without other Sniper Rifle Nikkes, D: Killer Wife’s Skill 1 is practically moot and rendered useless, as this Skill solely relies on the presence of a Nikke like Alice or Red Hood. | |
| D: Killer Wife’s Burst Skill is incredibly potent against most Bosses within the game, as it helps her allies penetrate the enemies’ core and increases other Nikkes’ ATK stat. |
Skills Priority
Once you know D: Killer Wife’s Skills, it’s time to move on to her Skills Priority. As she is a Supporter Nikke, here is the hierarchy of what you should upgrade first (in descending order):
- Assault Formation: Skill 2 is D: Killer Wife’s strongest point, as the Burst Cooldown reduction comes from this Skill. In addition, she can also grant her allies bonus Attack damage for 10 seconds, as long as you can keep using her Full Charge.
- Kill the Target: The next Skill to prioritize is her Burst Skill, Kill the Target. This Burst Skill allows D: Killer Wife to provide bonuses depending on which parts of the enemies’ body your team is targeting. Those who target the parts receive bonus Core damage, while those who target the body get bonus ATK stat.
- Calm Sniping: Skill 1 has the lowest priority among the three simply because it is restrictive, and it’s only useful if you are running D: Killer Wife with other Sniper Rifle Nikkes.
D: Killer Wife’s Skills.
Best Equipment Substats
D: Killer Wife is a Supporter-Class Nikke, so she can only use the corresponding equipment designated for that Class. As D: Killer Wife’s abilities require as much offensive output as you can give her, giving Overload Equipment to her will be beneficial in the long run.
As for the recommended sub-stats, I recommend you to look out for Increase Max Ammunition, Increase ATK, and Increase Charge Speed sub-stats for optimal pellets’ hits and damage output for D: Killer Wife.
D: Killer Wife’s Potential Team Composition
As for her potential teammates, D: Killer Wife is very versatile when it comes to which Nikkes works well with her. The obvious team composition for her will comprise mostly Sniper Rifle units, though she can still perform decently even without them. With that in mind, we will list down a potential team lineup where you can maximize D: Killer Wife’s Burst Cooldown ability in Goddess of Victory: NIKKE.
Sniper Team
As stated previously, D: Killer Wife’s true strength lies in her ability to maximize Sniper Rifle Nikkes’ potential, and pairing her with the correct DPS units will prove fruitful. Thus, this team will have D: Killer Wife, Tia, Naga, Red Hood, and Maxwell.
Tia and Naga are the schoolgirl duo that can help cover for D: Killer Wife’s inability to provide any defensive measures against the Raptures since Naga and Tia can provide Shield and other buffs for the entire team. Meanwhile, for the DPS spot, you’d want to bring the big gun here, and that Nikke is Red Hood. Given her nature as a Sniper Rifle Nikke, she will enjoy every aspect of D: Killer Wife’s kit, making her Burst Skill more potent than it ever was.
The final spot is reserved for Maxwell, who, just like D: Killer Wife, specializes in providing great buffs for Sniper Rifle Nikkes. For alternatives, you can swap out the schoolgirl duo for the bunny girl duo, Blanc and Noir, while replacing Red Hood for Alice, another top DPS Nikke who can maximize what D: Killer Wife brings to the table.
A Tranquil Night.
D: Killer Wife’s Overall Power Rank
Now that we’ve gone through D: Killer Wife’s Skills and her Team potential, it’s time to talk about her usability in every content within the game. In Goddess of Victory: NIKKE, there are many challenges that players must face, such as Interception, Arena, and Tribe Towers.
As stated before, D: Killer Wife will see many uses, both inside Sniper Teams or outside of that team composition, where you can practically pair her with anyone, as her Burst Cooldown reduction ability is simply too good to pass up, where every second matters in a battle of life and death against the Raptures.
And so, to close off this D: Killer Wife Nikke guide, we will provide a table that includes her usability against all game contents, including Interception and PvP Arena, to provide insight into what types of content she’s strong in and which are the ones you should avoid using her.
Power Rank Table
| Type of Content |
Usability Rank (E – SS) |
Explanations |
|---|---|---|
| Campaign Stages (Early) | A | If you’re still in the Early Campaign Stages (Chapters 1 – 16), D: Killer Wife can be your resident Burst 1 Nikke, as her overall kit, particularly Skill 2, is very useful to help your team burst down the Raptures at an incredibly fast rate. |
| Campaign Stages (Late) | S | Starting in Campaign Stages Chapter 17+, the Raptures become tougher, but D: Killer Wife does not falter easily, in fact, she’s more useful here as you’d have more units (potentially Alice or Red Hood) that can capitalize on D: Killer Wife’s Skills, showcasing her importance for your team. |
| PvP Arena | A | Having D: Killer Wife in one of your PvP lineups will not hinder your victory, as a faster Burst Cooldown means you can trigger your Burst rotation faster than your enemy’s lineup. However, keep in mind that she doesn’t provide any defensive capabilities, so you should pair her with a Nikke who can cover up for her, like Naga, Tia, or Jackal. |
| Interception | SS | Interception is practically D: Killer Wife’s best killing zone. Any Interception Bosses will be shredded at a quicker pace thanks to her Burst Skill’s effect, which, no matter how you hit them, your team will gain at least one of the two effects available, making D: Killer Wife a strong Nikke for Interception. |
| Tribe Tower | SS | Elysion Tower has always been the ‘forgotten son’ among the four Tribe Towers, and fortunately, with the arrival of D: Killer Wife, you can have more breathing room in already constrained Elysion lineups. Moreover, you can replace Miranda with D: Killer Wife, as her kit far outweighs Miranda’s kit. |
Should You Pull for D: Killer Wife?
It is undeniable that the landscape of Goddess of Victory: NIKKE is ever-expanding, with many new Nikkes coming out every few weeks. The latest ones came from the last Valentine’s event, Privaty: Unkind Maid, Ade, Elegg, and now it’s D: Killer Wife’s time to shine, but the question arises: How well will she fare within the game? Is she a must-pull Nikke?
The answer to the first question is that D: Killer Wife is here to stay and leave a mark in Goddess of Victory: NIKKE. The very fact that her overall kit helps Sniper Rifle Nikkes, who still don’t have that many Support units that cater to them specifically, is already a huge boost toward her favorability for Commanders to recruit her. Strong Skill 1, overpowered Skill 2, and incredible Burst Skill. Everything’s almost perfect, just like D: Killer Wife herself: Daring, and alluring, and can act her role as the docile and loving wife perfectly.
Overall, D: Killer Wife is suitable for players who both enjoy Sniper-focused teams and diverse teams, as she can be a Supporter Nikke to both sides just fine. Due to her nature as a non-Limited Time Nikke, you can try and skip her banner and hope that you can pull her in the Standard Banner, but pulling for her now is nonetheless a solid option to make, purely for the fact that she is a breath of fresh air for Elysion-based team compositions and the instant DPS boost you could gain by simply having her.
Therefore, we place D: Killer Wife as an S-Tier Nikke as our final verdict.
And that’s the character guide for D: Killer Wife for Goddess of Victory: NIKKE.
