Ada, the new character from the Resident Evil collaboration, has arrived in Goddess of Victory: NIKKE. She comes equipped with her iconic explosive crossbow, staying true to the source material—costume and all. Much like the recently re-evaluated Vesti: Tactical Up, her kit is packed with 'ignore defense damage' skills. With the upcoming Solo Raid boss boasting high defense stats, any player chasing top-tier scores should take note. KookminTree has broken down her skills and combat performance for you.

Q. What is Ada's core mechanic?
A. She supports allies as a Burst III unit capable of dealing ignore defense damage.

Ada is a Burst III Attacker, wielding the Electric code and a launcher. All her damage output revolves around ignoring defense, and she serves to buff other Burst III allies who share this trait.

Her Skill 1, 'Covert Support', triggers at the start of Full Burst, buffing the Burst III Nikke who used their skill just before her. This buff—lasting 10 seconds—grants an attack boost scaled to Ada’s own, an increase in ignore defense damage, and life-steal proportional to attack damage. Note that the ignore defense boost only applies to units that already possess such abilities. At level 10, this provides a 60% attack boost, 50% ignore defense damage, and 10% life-steal.

Skill 2, 'Flash Grenade', adds some extra spice to her offensive kit. While in Full Burst, she targets the enemy closest to her crosshair every 2 seconds, dealing ignore defense damage based on her final attack power. When she uses her Burst skill, the cooldown for this grenade is reduced by 1 second. Essentially, she attacks every 2 seconds during other allies' Full Burst, and every 1 second during her own.

Her Burst skill, 'Secret Agent', grants a self-buff and modifies her weapon for 10 seconds. It boosts her attack and ignore defense damage, trading charge speed for a single-shot weapon that hits significantly harder on charge. At level 10, the buffs sit at 40% attack and 42% ignore defense damage.

Q. How should I build a team around Ada?
A. Pair her with other ignore-defense dealers.

To test her performance, we ran trials in a 3-minute Union Shooting Range simulation against Electric and Fire code-weak bosses. Our Ada was at base copy status with skills at 10/7/6. She was paired with Vesti: Tactical Up and Ein to test her synergy.

The results? Ada’s individual damage was solid, and the output of her ignore-defense teammates climbed accordingly. In the fire-weak environment—where she lacked element advantage—she still put up respectable numbers during her Burst. She isn't quite a 'tier 0' must-pull compared to the absolute meta giants, but she is expected to shine in Solo Raids or specific content featuring high-defense bosses. Given the current Solo Raid boss has high defense and is weak to Electric, her utility here is quite promising.

We then conducted a second test pairing her with a tier-0 team. Without her Burst, the team dealt 900 million damage; with her Burst active, that jumped to 2.3 billion—a 2.5x increase. Comparing her to our main dealer Ein, Ein hit 3.6 billion in the same Burst-active test. The difference in elemental advantage was marginal (84.42% for Ein vs 76% for Ada). Considering Ein was at 3-core enhancement while Ada was at base copy, it’s safe to say Ada’s damage potential is on par with, if not better than, Ein’s.

Finally, we tested them in the Interception 'Mirror Container' challenge. Both Ada and Ein reached stage 7 individually, though Ein’s total damage was higher. This was expected, given the elemental and core-enhancement gaps. The fact that a base-copy Ada didn't lag far behind a 3-core unit is impressive enough. If you’re missing Ein, Ada serves as an excellent substitute.

Q. How much should I invest in her?
A. Remember the golden rule of collaborations: at least secure one copy.

Limited collaboration characters in Goddess of Victory: NIKKE rarely return, so we recommend grabbing at least one copy of Ada while you can. It’s not just for Solo Raid scoring; you’ll want her ready in case more ignore-defense Nikkes are released in the future.

Additionally, the second Resident Evil banner featuring Jill Valentine launched on October 2. She is a pure dealer specialized in ignore defense damage, and the community is already buzzing about her. For the sake of your Solo Raid scores and your team's synergy, secure at least one Ada, save your gems, and go for Jill Valentine. If you’re a newcomer who joined for this collaboration, don't miss out on these units for the long haul.