GODDESS OF VICTORY: NIKKE: Scarlet: Black Shadow Team and Build Guide

To maximize Scarlet: Black Shadow's damage output in GODDESS OF VICTORY: NIKKE, run her as your primary Burst III boss attacker paired with charge speed buffers, particularly Alice. While Modernia provides unmatched sustained fire for dense campaign waves, Scarlet: Black Shadow delivers higher concentrated burst damage against solo bosses when supported by charge acceleration and cooldown reduction.

Scarlet: Black Shadow vs. Modernia

Scarlet: Black Shadow and Modernia serve distinct offensive roles. Deploying them effectively depends on whether an encounter requires sustained area-of-effect wave clear or rapid single-target burst.

Combat Feature	Scarlet: Black Shadow	Modernia (Marian)
Weapon Type	Rocket Launcher (RL)	Machine Gun (MG)
Elemental Code	Wind	Fire
Burst Duration	Standard 10 seconds	Extended 15 seconds
Primary Specialty	Concentrated single-target burst and elite deletion	Sustained screen-wide mob clear
Key Limitation	Output depends heavily on external charge speed	Personal burst lowers single-target focus on solo bosses

Modernia's 15-second Burst III window grants unlimited ammunition and a wide targeting reticle, clearing multi-target enemy swarms easily. However, this extended burst reduces her single-target damage concentration against solo raid targets unless left unactivated.

Scarlet: Black Shadow uses a Rocket Launcher that triggers secondary damage procs based on regular attack counts. Reducing her charge time increases the number of attacks she can land during the 10-second Full Burst phase, triggering her damage scaling faster and yielding a higher damage ceiling against solo bosses.

Key Team Synergies

Scarlet: Black Shadow requires charge speed, burst cooldown reduction, and attack buffs to maintain rapid firing cycles.

Charge Speed Amplifiers

Alice: Acts as Scarlet: Black Shadow's strongest partner. Alice's Skill 1 grants charge speed and charge damage buffs to the two highest-attack allies during Full Burst. This reduction allows Scarlet: Black Shadow to fire near-instantaneous rocket rounds during active burst rotations.
Rem: Serves as a supportive alternative, providing targeted offensive reinforcement and charge utility tailored to Rocket Launcher users.

Support Duos

Tia and Naga: Provide the highest damage ceiling against bosses with exposed cores. Naga amplifies core damage while Tia supplies shield-activated attack enhancements to maximize single-hit numbers.
Blanc and Noir: Offer stability in encounters without exposed cores or where incoming damage is high. Blanc applies a universal damage-taken debuff to targets and grants healing and invulnerability, while Noir passively boosts attack and restores ammunition.

Burst I Cooldown Reduction

Liter: The top-tier Burst I choice, providing squad-wide attack buffs, cover repair, and necessary Burst cooldown reduction to maintain continuous rotations.
Dorothy: An offensive alternative that provides cooldown reduction, bonus part damage, and distributed countdown damage procs.

Recommended Squad Compositions

Core-Target Bossing Lineup

Burst I: Tia, Liter
Burst II: Naga
Burst III: Scarlet: Black Shadow, Alice

This composition reaches peak single-target DPS on Solo Raid and Union Raid bosses that feature exposed cores. Tia and Liter cycle Burst I skills, Naga triggers Burst II, and Alice and Scarlet: Black Shadow alternate Burst III activations. When Alice bursts, Scarlet receives passive charge speed buffs, drastically accelerating her attack frequency.

Universal Progression and Survival Lineup

Burst I: Liter
Burst II: Blanc
Burst III: Scarlet: Black Shadow, Noir, Flex Attacker (such as Modernia)

Use this setup for non-core bosses or high-damage campaign stages. Noir activates Blanc's reduced burst cooldown, Blanc ensures survivability through healing and temporary invulnerability, and Scarlet: Black Shadow handles elite targets while a flexible secondary attacker manages standard waves.

Overload Gear Priorities

When modifying Tier 9 Manufacturer gear into Overload equipment for Scarlet: Black Shadow, prioritize the following attributes:

Charge Speed: Aim for at least one to two Charge Speed lines across your gear. Stacking gear charge speed with Alice's active skill buffs allows Scarlet to approach the charge-time floor during burst phases.
Elemental Damage: Scales her base damage significantly against Fire-coded encounters.
Attack Percentage: Directly increases the output of her high skill multipliers and attack-count procs.

Unlike the standard electric Scarlet, Scarlet: Black Shadow does not rely critically on Max Ammunition capacity to function. Treat Critical Rate and Critical Damage as secondary rolls after securing Charge Speed and raw offensive stats.