Your first team in NIKKE

Written by Sefhi

Published on: 2023-02-24

Updated on: 2026-05-06

Useful SR units early on

SR units are good when you are starting out, but they scale a lot worse than any SSR, even if they are of the lowest tier.

N102 N102 MissilisWaterBurst 1Rocket LauncherSupporter will buff your team with ATK and Crit and can be placed in any team until you get a healer or, best scenario, a cooldown reduction burst 1 character.

Anis Anis TetraIronBurst 2Rocket LauncherDefender will provide one of the best energy burst generations in the game early on for your team and also take damage away from your DPS while increasing her own DEF.

Rapi Rapi ElysionFireBurst 3Assault RifleAttacker is one of the initial SR Nikkes you will get for free, she can taunt enemies and boost her own ATK but long term she scales poorly compared to Burst III SSR units.

Anis

N102

Rapi

Free units

Alice Alice Tier 2TetraFireBurst 3Sniper RifleAttacker is a free SSR unit that you will get by completing missions for 14 days and is a Burst III that can be played on any team without issues. She’s also one of the strongest damage dealers in the game, so it’s nice she’s now given for free.

Nowadays new players will also get a copy of Privaty Privaty Tier 4Treasure: Tier 0ElysionWaterBurst 3Assault RifleAttacker and Drake Drake Tier 4Treasure: Tier 2MissilisFireBurst 3ShotgunAttacker for completing different beginner events, and 100% you should use them in your team.

Privaty Privaty Tier 4Treasure: Tier 0ElysionWaterBurst 3Assault RifleAttacker provides reload speed and some nice buffs while stunning enemies on burst, and Drake Drake Tier 4Treasure: Tier 2MissilisFireBurst 3ShotgunAttacker will buff your team further while having nice damage early on.

Alice

Drake

Privaty

You also get one guaranteed SSR unit on your first multi, so you can fill the last spot in your team with that unit (depending what you get).

Bonus Recruit System

This new system introduced on the second anniversary makes rerolling a lot easier, so we have to include a section here for new players.

• Every 100 Recruit Voucher Recruit Voucher Description Voucher used by Commanders to recruit Nikkes. Used in Ordinary Recruit (Cannot be used in other recruits). you will be able to receive, for free, a copy of the character you select
• You can use this system up to 10 times
• Available characters are Alice Alice Tier 2TetraFireBurst 3Sniper RifleAttacker , Liter Liter Tier 1MissilisIronBurst 1SMGSupporter , Tia Tia Tier 3MissilisIronBurst 1Rocket LauncherDefender , Helm Helm Tier 3Treasure: Tier 0ElysionWaterBurst 3Sniper RifleAttacker and Naga Naga Tier 3MissilisElectricBurst 2ShotgunSupporter which all are amazing for new players
• You should get one copy of each one and, of course, you should not reroll for any of these units

When it comes to priority after getting base copy, I would give priority to Helm Helm Tier 3Treasure: Tier 0ElysionWaterBurst 3Sniper RifleAttacker so you can start preparing for Helm Helm Tier 3Treasure: Tier 0ElysionWaterBurst 3Sniper RifleAttacker (Treasure). If you have enough copies for her treasure, you can switch to more Alice Alice Tier 2TetraFireBurst 3Sniper RifleAttacker dupes instead.

All of these characters are great for new players to start building their accounts. Make sure you use this system to include these units in your team as you progress.