Nioko Glassfang guide: skills, build and team roles
Overview
Nioko Glassfang is a Rare Wind Melee Attacker from the Freeborn Faction in Invokers: Titan Legacy. He picks one enemy and takes it out of the fight. Prismal Fade casts Disable on it, Vitric Curse hits for 930% ATK at Max Level and casts Hex, and Shattered Fortune opens with extra damage against healthy targets.
His damage scales from ATK. Fully Awakened and before Gear, Nioko has 719 ATK, 578 DEF and 6,430 HP, with 23 Accuracy and 37 Mana Gen. His HP is low for a Melee Attacker, so he needs a Tank to keep enemies off him.
Only five Invokers cast Disable, which blocks the target from using its Active Skills, so a team that wants to stop one enemy's Skills has few choices, and he is a good candidate. Hex makes an enemy that dies under it gain Block Revive, so it cannot be revived.
Every Skill he has hits one target, so he is a poor pick against waves. Disable and Hex both need Accuracy to land.
Skills To Prioritize
Prismal Fade hits one enemy and casts Disable: eight seconds at Level 1, ten at Level 4, 12 at Level 8 and 13 at Level 10. The cooldown falls from 29 seconds to 25 at Level 10 and 23 at Max Level, and the damage rises from 275% ATK to 517% at Level 10 and 550% at Max Level. It needs Accuracy.
Shattered Fortune hits one enemy twice. Its damage increases by 15% against targets with HP above 80% at Level 1, 25% above 70% at Level 7 and 30% above 60% at Level 10. The cooldown falls from 28 seconds to 25 at Level 10 and 23 at Max Level.
Vitric Curse, his Ultimate, hits one enemy and casts Hex: five seconds at Level 1, eight at Level 7 and ten at Level 10. If the target dies under Hex, it gains Block Revive. The damage rises from 465% ATK to 874.2% at Level 10 and 930% at Max Level, and the cost falls from 900 Mana to 850 at Level 8 and 800 at Max Level. It needs Accuracy.
If you want Nioko to lock down a dangerous enemy, upgrade Prismal Fade first, as Level 10 holds Disable for 13 seconds and Max Level shortens the cooldown to 23. If you want him to stop revives, upgrade Vitric Curse first, as Level 10 doubles Hex to ten seconds from five at Level 1. If you want him to open with more damage, upgrade Shattered Fortune first, as Level 10 lowers its bonus threshold to targets above 60% HP.
Build And Team Support
Build Crit Rate to 75-80%, then as much Crit DMG as the build allows, because all his damage comes from a few heavy hits, so every critical hit matters. His debuffs need Accuracy to land, so put Accuracy on your Chestplate and your Flask, then keep stacking it. Mana Gen on your Talisman gets him to Vitric Curse sooner, and Skill RECOV brings back Prismal Fade.
For Relic Sets, Crit Rate Relics make his big hits crit more often, Crit Damage Relics and Predator raise how hard they land, and Accuracy Relics help Disable and Hex land. Mana Relics help him reach Vitric Curse, and Fury Relics bring back Prismal Fade sooner.
Pair him with a Tank and a healer, and with Invokers that deal area damage, since he only handles one target.
Arena, Bosses And Spires
In Arena, Prismal Fade blocks a key enemy's Active Skills, and Vitric Curse's Hex stops a reviver from bringing a fallen ally back. Be wary of enemy Invokers with Immunity or Skills that cleanse debuffs, as they remove his Disable and Hex.
Against Althar, who sends out minions, Vitric Curse's Hex gives a minion Block Revive when it dies, so it stays down. Against Pentiax, his native Mindfog Tolerance covers one of Pentiax's Corruptions, and it also covers one of Water Omnissi's.
Against Sedula, Vitric Curse's 930% ATK at Max Level and Shattered Fortune's two heavy hits deal big single-target damage in her 60-second window. He has no area Skill, so bring a teammate to clear her Tentacles. Sedula changes Element every day, and Nioko has Elemental Advantage on the days she is Water.
In the Wind Spire, Prismal Fade is best saved for the most dangerous enemy in a wave. Pair him with Invokers of a similar Rarity: Ganbuku of the Mask, a Rare Wind Tank, purges debuffs and casts Heal Reduction, Hallea, a Rare Wind Support, heals, casts Shields and ATK Down, and Professor Orielle, a Rare Wind Support, gains Ultimate Mana, purges debuffs and casts Shields.
Awaken
Awakening boosts an Invoker's stats significantly. Bonuses from Relics, Accessories, the Trophy Room, Tactics and Titan leader bonuses apply to base stats and Awakening stats alike, so unlocking the Awakening nodes is critical to maximise Nioko's potential.
Unlocking each Titan node at Star 2, 4 and 6 adds a second to Titan Invokation, taking the total from 12 seconds to 15.
Review the Awakening guide for more detail.
