GODDESS OF VICTORY: NIKKE Red Hood Build and Skill Priority Guide

To build Red Hood effectively in GODDESS OF VICTORY: NIKKE, invest skill materials toward a 10/10/10 endgame baseline, prioritizing her Burst Skill and Skill 1 before Skill 2. As an Iron-code Pilgrim sniper, Red Hood provides universal squad flexibility by activating Burst I, II, or III. Her piercing sniper shots punch through multi-part bosses like Chatterbox, Alteisen, and Modernia, allowing teams to clear campaign stages even under severe Combat Power deficits.

Skill Investment Priority

Level Red Hood's Burst Skill and Skill 1 together first. Her Burst Skill scales both her team-wide offensive support and her solo damage, while Skill 1 accelerates her charge rate and amplifies personal Pierce damage. Leave Skill 2 at level 7 during early progression, then raise it to level 10 once your primary abilities are maxed.

• Red Beast (Burst): When used at Burst I, it grants a 10-second squad-wide ATK buff and resets the Burst step once per battle. When used at Burst III, it equips an anti-materiel cannon with high pierce multipliers.
• Tear Through (Skill 1): Higher charge speed shortens the delay between sniper shots, generating burst energy faster and sustaining DPS during vulnerability windows.
• Wild Fang (Skill 2): Enhances charge damage passively and rewards shots that pierce multiple targets, rounding out total burst output.

Opening Burst Rotation

Red Hood features a unique passive trait that resets the Burst cycle back to Step 1 the first time she triggers Burst I in an encounter. Take manual control at the start of a fight to execute a self-contained opening burst:

1. Activate Red Hood at Burst I: Trigger her Burst skill immediately to grant your entire squad a massive 10-second ATK buff.
2. Trigger your standard Burst II: Select a 20-second Burst II defender or buffer, such as Crown or Blanc.
3. Select Red Hood again at Burst III: Because her Burst I reset the phase counter once, Red Hood remains available to trigger Burst III. Aim her transformed cannon directly at overlapping boss parts or exposed cores to stack multiple pierce hits.
4. Resume standard cycling: After the first 10-second Full Burst ends, Red Hood's once-per-battle reset is consumed. Let your primary Burst I support (such as Liter or Dorothy) and secondary Burst III attacker handle subsequent rotations while Red Hood acts as your main damage dealer.

Overload Gear Substats

Upgrade Tier 9 Manufacturer Pilgrim attacker gear to Overload equipment using Custom Modules. Prioritize the following offensive rolls:

• Charge Speed: The top priority. Reducing charge time smooths out shot cadence and allows Red Hood to fire more rounds during her 10-second cannon transformation.
• Attack Up and Elemental Damage: These stats scale her raw damage directly, giving her an advantage against Iron-weak raptures and high-tier interception bosses.
• Max Ammo Capacity: Helpful during non-burst phases to maintain sustained fire and charge the burst gauge without frequent reloading.
• Stats to Avoid: Critical Rate and Critical Damage yield lower returns because of the heavy additive ATK buffs already built into her kit. Avoid locking defensive stats like DEF or HP.

Squad Compositions and Synergies

Pair Red Hood with 20-second cooldown reduction units and core-damage buffers to ensure rapid burst cycling and maximum pierce damage.

• Core Meta Squad: Run Liter (B1), Crown (B2), Red Hood (B3), Naga (B3 flex), and Alice or Modernia (B3). Liter shortens burst cooldowns to maintain 20-second rotations. Crown provides attack and reload buffs, while Naga amplifies damage dealt to enemy cores, allowing Red Hood's piercing cannon to shred boss HP pools.
• Sustain Variant: Run Liter (B1), Blanc (B2), Red Hood (B3), Noir (B3), and Modernia (B3). The Blanc and Noir combination provides heavy healing, shield utility, and continuous damage vulnerability debuffs, giving Red Hood the survivability needed to clear high-deficit hard campaign stages.