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Nanally Guide NTE: Best Build, Skills, and Teams

As the debut limited S-Rank character in the neon-soaked world of Hethereau, Nanally has quickly established herself as the gold standard for sustained damage and vertical mobility. This guide provides everything you need to master her high-frequency follow-up kit and dominate the current meta.

Nanally Guide NTE: Best Build, Skills, and Teams

Nanally is the centerpiece of the version 1.0 update in Neverness to Everness (NTE), released on April 29, 2026. As an Anima-element Main DPS, she specializes in “follow-up” mechanics, where her damage output scales exponentially based on the hit frequency of her team. Beyond her raw combat prowess, she offers unparalleled exploration utility through her ability to manipulate gravity, allowing her to sprint up the sides of skyscrapers and across ceilings during her combat state.

Overview

Nanally is more than just a brawler; she is the “Ichi-daime” (first-generation leader) of her gang and brings that authoritative presence to the battlefield. Her playstyle revolves around maintaining her unique buff state, Ichi-daime’s Authority, which transforms her from a standard melee fighter into a whirlwind of Anima energy and coordinated strikes.

Key Strengths:

  • High-Frequency DPS: Her kit is designed to trigger constant follow-up attacks, making her the best user of reaction-based teams.
  • Vertical Mobility: Her Redirect Skill allows her to ignore gravity, which is as useful for dodging ground-based boss AoEs as it is for reaching hidden chests in Hethereau’s rooftops.
  • Exceptional Scaling: With massive innate Crit DMG buffs, she scales harder with endgame gear than almost any other character in the current Neverness to Everness tier list.
  • Autonomous Summon: Her Ultimate summons the “Underboss,” a spectral entity that mirrors her attacks, effectively doubling her hit count for a burst window.

Skills and Combat Mechanics

To play Nanally effectively, you must understand the rhythm of her basic attack branching and the importance of her buff uptime. She is not a “burst and swap” character; she requires field time to stack her damage modifiers.

Basic Attack: Colucci Secret Skill

Nanally performs a 5-hit combo dealing Anima DMG. While the standard combo is reliable, the core of her ground game is the Heavy Hitter! charged attack.

  • Heavy Hitter!: By holding the attack button after the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, or 5th hit of her basic string, Nanally performs a powerful 3-hit combo. This derivation deals significantly higher Break damage and is essential for staggering elite enemies.
  • Colucci Secret Gundo: Her aimed shot allows her to pick off flying enemies or trigger distant environmental puzzles.
  • Grand Entrance!: Her plunge attack deals increased damage based on fall height (up to 200%). This is especially potent when dropping from a ceiling run.

Redirect Skill: Colucci Howling Technique

This is Nanally’s most important utility tool. Upon activation, she deals 5 instances of Anima DMG to nearby enemies and enters the Ichi-daime’s Authority state for 12 seconds.

  • Combat Buff: Increases Crit DMG by 30% for the duration.
  • Gravity Adhesion: Allows Nanally to walk and run on walls and ceilings using electromagnetic adhesion. This state is maintained as long as the 12-second timer is active.
  • Cooldown: 16 seconds (leaving a 4-second downtime that must be managed with team rotations).

Ultimate: Colucci Ultimate Technique

Nanally deals 7 instances of Anima DMG and summons the Underboss for 6 seconds.

  • Coordinated Offense: The Underboss performs follow-up attacks whenever Nanally attacks.
  • Crowd Control: The Underboss’s attacks create a small vacuum effect, pulling enemies toward Nanally to ensure her melee strikes hit multiple targets.

Passive Abilities

  1. Blossom Enhancement: Specifically buffs the Blossom reaction (Anima + Cosmos). It fires 10 Vita Pistils with Vita Bud, reducing the interval between shots to 1s when a Blossom reaction is triggered.
  2. Fair Duel: This is her “hidden” damage engine. While in the Ichi-daime’s Authority state, Nanally performs a follow-up attack dealing 60% ATK as Anima DMG whenever any team member deals Esper Cycle DMG.
Skill NameTypeKey Effect
Colucci Secret SkillBasic5-hit combo; branches into “Heavy Hitter!”
Colucci Howling TechniqueSkill12s Authority state; +30% Crit DMG; Wall-running
Colucci Ultimate TechniqueUltimateSummons Underboss for 6s coordinated attacks
Blossom EnhancementPassive 1Improves Blossom reaction frequency and Vita Pistil count
Fair DuelPassive 260% ATK follow-up on Esper Cycle DMG

Ascension and Talent Materials

To keep Nanally competitive against high-level Anomalies, you will need to farm materials primarily found in the industrial districts and Anima-rich zones of Hethereau.

Ascension Requirements:

  • Fading Silhouettes: These are dropped by Anima-type world bosses and elite Anomalies. You will need a significant amount of these for every ascension tier.
  • A Page from Delusion’s Shore: A rare drop from weekly boss encounters.
  • Fons: The standard currency used for all character progression.
LevelMaterials RequiredFons Cost
20Fading Silhouette x525,000
40Fading Silhouette x12, A Page from Delusion’s Shore x250,000
60Fading Silhouette x24, A Page from Delusion’s Shore x4100,000
80Fading Silhouette x40, A Page from Delusion’s Shore x8200,000

Talent Priority:

  1. Passive 2 (Fair Duel): This provides the highest DPS increase in team play.
  2. Basic Attack: Since the Underboss and her general loop rely on basic strings, this is her primary source of active damage.
  3. Passive 1 (Blossom Enhancement): Essential if running her with Cosmos characters like Zero.
  4. Ultimate / Skill: These are important but function primarily as enablers for her passives.

Best Build: Arcs and Cartridges

Nanally’s build focuses heavily on Critical stats. Because her Redirect Skill provides a flat 30% Crit DMG buff, your goal with gear is to push her Crit Rate as close to 100% as possible to ensure every hit of her high-frequency combo is a critical strike.

  1. Ready-Ready (S-Rank): Her signature Arc and undisputed Best-in-Slot. It provides a massive Crit Rate secondary stat and grants the Tiger Talisman buff. When Nanally uses her Skill and Ultimate within 15 seconds of each other, she gains a 10% damage bonus against Bosses, perfectly aligning with her burst window.
  2. Fluff of Fortitude (S-Rank): The premium Battle Pass option. It offers ATK% and a generic 22% DMG increase, which jumps to 28% when the enemy is below 50% HP. It is a fantastic “stat stick” if you missed her signature banner.
  3. Oraora! (B/A-Rank): The best low-investment option. It increases Basic Attack damage by 2% per hit, stacking up to 10 times. Given Nanally’s high hit count, she reaches max stacks almost instantly.

Cartridge Sets and Stats

The Fireflies and the Forest set is designed specifically for Anima DPS characters who hit frequently.

  • 2-Piece Bonus: Anima DMG +10%.
  • 4-Piece Bonus: Increases the wearer’s Crit DMG by 8% whenever a nearby enemy takes Anima DMG from the team, stacking up to 7 times (56% total). This effect persists even when Nanally is off-field.

Recommended Main Stats:

  • Head: Crit DMG (to capitalize on her high Crit Rate).
  • Chest: Anima DMG%.
  • Sub-stat Priority: Crit Rate > Crit DMG > ATK% > DMG%.

Console Optimization: To reach the Crit Rate “sweet spot,” players should utilize the remaining 8 slots in the Console UI for Type II Modules. These provide an additional 3% Crit Rate each, totaling a 24% increase. This, combined with the Zero best weapons often found on her supports, ensures a consistent damage floor.

Team Compositions and Synergies

Nanally shines brightest when paired with characters who can trigger rapid Esper Cycle reactions. Because her “Fair Duel” passive triggers a follow-up attack whenever a teammate deals Cycle damage, you want allies with high off-field application.

1. Premium Blossom Comp

  • Main DPS: Nanally
  • Sub-DPS: Jiuyuan
  • Sub-DPS/Support: Zero
  • Support/Utility: Sakiri

This is the current “meta” team for Nanally. Zero provides instant Esper Cycle gauge fills and triggers the Blossom reaction (Anima + Cosmos). Jiuyuan is critical here because she increases the maximum number of Blossoms allowed on the field simultaneously, effectively doubling the reaction damage. Finally, Sakiri provides the Hexed reaction, which records a percentage of Nanally’s damage over a short window and then “detonates” it for a massive burst. For more on her best partner, see our Jiuyuan build guide.

2. F2P Friendly Cycle

  • Main DPS: Nanally
  • Sub-DPS: Zero
  • Support: Hathor
  • Healer: Mint

This team utilizes the free characters provided at launch. Zero remains a staple for his synergy with Nanally’s Anima element. Hathor provides the Charge reaction, which helps Nanally generate Ultimate energy faster, allowing for more frequent Underboss summons. Mint provides necessary healing and minor Anima resistance shred.

3. Discord/Burst Comp

  • Main DPS: Nanally
  • Sub-DPS: Sakiri
  • Support: Haniel
  • Utility: Adler

This team focuses on the Discord enhancement. By layering Sakiri’s grouping with Haniel’s massive ATK buffs, Nanally can clear entire waves of enemies during a single Underboss window. Adler provides shields, ensuring Nanally isn’t interrupted while performing her long “Heavy Hitter!” animations.

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