Helm
헬름 · ヘルム

Tiers by mode
Source: prydwen.gg tier list
Skills
Frontline Command
PassiveActivates when the last bullet hits the target. Affects all allies. Critical Rate of normal attack ▲ 14.64% for 5 seconds
Fire Away
PassiveAffects all allies. Damage to interruption part ▲ 3.08% permanently. Activates when entering Full Burst. Affects all allies. ATK damage ▲ 11.85% for 10 sec.
Aegis Cannon
Active · Cooldown 40sAffects the enemy with the highest ATK. Deals 1237.5% of final ATK as damage. Affects all allies. Restores 54.45% of attack damage as HP for 10 sec.
Skill descriptions are the official in-game text (global server).
Investment & usage
Treasure: Her Treasure is effectively mandatory. Before it released she saw only occasional Solo Raid use, but afterwards her evaluation flipped completely — both her utility and her damage are now top class. Investing in her on the assumption that you will not get the Treasure is not recommended.
Investment profile: With the Treasure assumed, she is very strong across the whole range from low to high investment. Skills 1 and 2 are the core and her Burst Skill is comparatively less urgent (minimum 7/7/4; 10/10/7 is enough if you only use her as a totem).
Skill priority: Skill 1 >= Skill 2 > Burst Skill
Overload priority: Elemental Damage >= ATK > Charge Speed (Max Ammo is not recommended — her Skill 1 triggers on hitting with the last bullet, so more ammo actually delays it)
Totem usage: If another unit at the same burst stage with a shorter cooldown already covers the Burst 3 slot reliably, Helm is the classic totem whose value holds up even when she rarely gets to use her own Burst Skill ("Aegis Cannon", 40s cooldown). Skill 1 ("Frontline Command") grants all allies +8.65% normal-attack crit rate for 5 sec on hitting with the last bullet, Skill 2 ("Fire Away") grants all allies +11.7% ATK for 10 sec on entering Full Burst, and her Burst Skill itself heals all allies for 32.17% of the damage dealt over 10 sec each time it goes off. Treasure stage 3 only strengthens the Burst Skill itself, so the community consensus is that stage 2 is enough if you only use her as a totem. She pairs especially well with Crown (whose Skill 2 requires "when affected by a healing effect"), because Helm's sustained healing keeps Crown's buff triggered at all times. (Source: Inven, 2025-07-24, "Tier 1 Water totem! The limited swimsuit NIKKE Elegg: performance and setup" — the definition "a totem is a NIKKE you put in the fifth slot without using her Burst" and its recommendation list) and Treasure Helm is used in that slot in prydwen's Vesgod meta team.
Versatile enough to work either as a totem (holding her Burst) or as a Burst 3 damage dealer. Her best pairing is Crown — she keeps Crown's Skill 2 condition, "when affected by a healing effect", satisfied at all times.
Appears in 92 teams
Showing 6 representative teams.
Elysion Tower recommended team
TowerRapi: Red Hood· Helm· Anchor: Innocent Maid
An auto-battle-focused team that adds Treasure Helm's healing and Anchor's stored-HP buff on top of wide-area damage (Rapi and Vesti).
Blaze-ing Through Campaign ft. Rapi
CampaignCrown· Little Mermaid· Rapi: Red Hood· Helm· Modernia
[Source: prydwen.gg Team Database] A very basic team for Campaign. Rapi provides high single target and AoE DPS, while Mod and Helm are used according to the situation. Since both of the Fire DPS are MG units, they can hunt down any rapture with ease because MG units can easily lock on to core. If you need AoE support, burst with Modernia, but otherwise just burst with HelmT to ensure the team lives through anything. If your Modernia is not well built, but your Rapi has great OL gear, you may sub her out for Naga. This way, you basically funnel all buffs into Rapi and allow her to showcase why she is the best unit in the game. This team is usable accross any element! Substitutions: HelmT can be replaced with Maid Mast or Naga if Siren is B1. Siren may be replaced by other B1-CDR units if HelmT is in the team for burst generation. Modernia can be replaced by Naga if you have a well invested Rapi.
Blaze-ing Through Campaign ft. Solohood (CDR + RH Variant)
CampaignCrown· Little Mermaid· Rapi: Red Hood· Red Hood· Helm
[Source: prydwen.gg Team Database] A very strong contender for the easiest to use Campaign team for players who prefer bossing modes over others, and are not looking to invest into the likes of VestiTU for example. Red Hood's burst generation ensures that the team can get to next burst before Siren's cooldown time. Not just that, but the addition of HelmT as a B3 support means you can do a special combo for players looking to push into higher deficits. While for the first few bursts you would be following the usual pattern of RRH->RH->RRH.., you can break this pattern by bursting with Helm once to heal the team to full (especially useful against Bronchus (farter)), and then using RH-B1 with Rapi's B3 to deal devestating damage to the final boss of the stage. This ensures that the team doesn't die to chip damage and confirms the kill. Substitutions: - [The same team described by another source — "Surf-ing Through Campaign ft. Rapihelm (CDR + RH Variant)"] [Source: prydwen.gg Team Database] The Red Hood variant of the Rapi: Red Hood + HelmTr team. Substitutions: - (Element: Water)
Blaze-ing Through Campaign ft. Alice
CampaignCrown· Rapi: Red Hood· Alice· Little Mermaid· Helm
[Source: prydwen.gg Team Database] A fully built Alice is a beast for Fire-Weak campaign. She scales well with basically every buffer, but this specific combo of Alice paired with Rapi has everything: Burst Generation with Alice, Helm and Siren, AoE Damage with Rapi and Alice's pierce, Single Target Focus DPS with Alice piercing through shields even! A very strong team and probably the best if not the best if not for Vesti's AoE being so useful in later stages where clearing a few small mobs such as Volleyballs becomes a neccessity. HelmT can even be replaced with Red-Hood or Maid Mast for making use of ATK buffs to counter higher CP Deficits! Substitutions: HelmT can be replaced with Maid Mast for her reload and ATK buffs, or Red-Hood for her B1 stage. Siren may be replaced with any other B1-CDR if you do not have her yet. (Element: Fire)
Blaze-ing Through Campaign ft. Asupi (CDR Variant)
CampaignCrown· Asuka Shikinami Langley· Little Mermaid· Rapi: Red Hood· Helm
[Source: prydwen.gg Team Database] Asuka is a strong DPS for fire, especially for stages without any shielders. No shields = no one to stop Asuka's teammates from making use of Asuka's core damage bonus for fire allies. Even if there are shields, Asuka deals higher damage to them, making them break early allowing for faster wave clearing. Not to mention, she can even hit raptures through shields thanks to her pierce! Substitutions: HelmT may be replaced with Red Hood's B1 or Maid Mast. Make sure at least one burst gen assist unit is in the team before replacing Siren for another CDR. (Element: Fire)
Blaze-ing Through Campaign ft. Asulice (Rapi as B1)
CampaignCrown· Asuka Shikinami Langley· Alice· Rapi: Red Hood· Helm
[Source: prydwen.gg Team Database] Well, we've seen enough about Rapi B3. It is now time to discuss Rapi as B1. Rapi doesn't buff a lot as B1, but she really doesn't need to considering the damage she dishes out. A manaul intensive Alice for burst generation gets all the assist she needs from Asuka and Rapi that she needs to ensure that the stage is cleared! Fire mains can try using this team to achieve high deficit clears for the leaderboards. With both main B3s and the B1 being core focused units (with the B3s having pierce as well), Naga can also assist this team well. ATK buffs and reload speed from Maid Mast also allow for heavily improved DPS. Substitutions: HelmT may be replaced with Maid Mast, Naga or RH-B1. (Element: Fire)
Real usage data
Source: enikk.app · as of 2026-09-13 — transcribed from the site and tallied by us.
Appears in 39 of the 214 real-usage teams we transcribed. (Solo Raid 21 · Tower 9 · Campaign 4 · PvP 5)
Usage-based rating
Ratings enikk derives from tracked usage. Its scale tops out at S over 6 steps, unlike the tier table above (prydwen, 9 steps topping out at SSS).
Most frequent teammates
Rapi: Red Hood 18×· Crown 16×· Nayuta 11×· Mast: Romantic Maid 10×· Snow White: Heavy Arms 9×
Representative real teams
Solo Raid 39 · Island Eater · Weak to Iron
711 samplesMiranda· Nayuta· Marciana: Marine Study· Helm· Helm: Aquamarine
Tower · Elysion
77487 uses · 38.1% of clearsD: Killer Wife· Mast: Romantic Maid· Anchor: Innocent Maid· Rapi: Red Hood· Helm
Campaign
8694 uses · 3.5% of clearsAnis: Star· Rapi: Red Hood· Helm· Snow White: Heavy Arms· Crown
PvP
63.2% win rate · 10.6% adoptionSolo Raid sample counts are per-server, so they cannot be added up across teams.
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