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Scarlet: Black Shadow

홍련 : 흑영 · 紅蓮:ブラックシャドウ

Scarlet: Black Shadow
RaritySSR
BurstBurst 3
ClassAttacker
ElementWind
WeaponRL
ManufacturerPilgrim
SquadGoddess
Release date2024-01-01

Tiers by mode

Campaign
SS
Boss
SS
PvP
A

Source: prydwen.gg tier list

Skills

Fleetly Fading Breakthrough

Passive

Activates when attacking with Full charge. Effect changes according to the number of attack time(s). Effect of each phase does not stack. Three times: Affects 1 enemy unit(s) with the lowest DEF. Deals 283.03% of final ATK as additional damage. Six times: Affects enemies within attack range. Deals 565% of final ATK as distributed damage. Nine times: Affects all enemies. Deals 848.03% of final ATK as distributed damage.

Fleetly Fading: Asura

Passive

Activates when entering Full burst. Affects Self. Max ammo Capacity increased by 60% for 10 seconds. Reload 100% of magazine.

Fleetly Fading Strike

Active · Cooldown 40s

Affects self Changes Full charge attack count required for Skill 1 to 1 time/2 times/3 times for 10 seconds. ATK ▲ 115.12% for 10 sec. Charge damage ▲ 169.63% for 10 sec.

Skill descriptions are the official in-game text (global server).

Investment & usage

Treasure: No dedicated Treasure is mentioned. As a damage dealer, Collection Item (weapon collection level) investment matters.

Investment profile: Minimum 4/4/4, cost-efficient 7/7/7, endgame 10/7/10 — at level 7 her Skill 2 already pushes the ammo charge rate past 100%, so investing further is inefficient.

Skill priority: Burst Skill > Skill 1 > Skill 2

Overload priority: Elemental Damage >= ATK > Max Ammo (with two or more Max Ammo lines she barely needs to reload)

A Wind code Burst 3 Attacker launcher dealer. She filled the Wind dealer slot that was thin at her release, and until Cinderella arrived she was the core dealer of the highest-ceiling teams. Running her with Alice (who grants charge speed to the two allies with the highest ATK) roughly doubles her attack speed and raises her output considerably. She handles both trash mobs and bosses well, so she is used across most PvE content — stages, Solo Raid, Union Raid and Tower — while she is rarely used in PvP unless you are overwhelming the opponent on raw combat power. She is named as Liberalio's new partner and is run alongside Crown, Rapi: Red Hood and Liter. [Added 2026-08-04] Many hold that she still keeps a top Wind element tier even after the balance buff patch (Gonyo, Kim Jinseo). The specific numbers need checking against the original sources.

Appears in 21 teams

Showing 6 representative teams.

Scarlet: Black Shadow (SBS) One-Woman Army

Campaign

Scarlet: Black Shadow

The strongest screen-clearing character in low-penalty brackets. The key is her wide-area transfer effect that wipes the whole screen once she hits a single target.

Breeze-ing Through Campaign ft. SBLice (RRH CDR Variant)

Campaign

Crown· Scarlet: Black Shadow· Alice· Rapi: Red Hood· Helm

[Source: prydwen.gg Team Database] For Low deficit players, there is nothing better than a good SBS! And who better to pair her with than Alice! Alice provides the single target focus damage that SBS does not have while there is a large number of mobs on the screen. Meanwhile, SBS with elemental damage is simply.. lovely! 2+ years since her release, and she is still probably the best low deficit DPS to exist in Nikke, even with all the new tech we have with units like Rapi etc. But who says no to using Rapi? If you lack Siren, just use Rapi to cover all your bases for wind weak content! She will assist not only Alice in focus target DPS, but also SBS by doing chip damage to mobs. All is well and easy in low deficit as long as you have SBS. You may take advantage of Maid Mast's Distributed Damage and ATK buffs to further buff your Scarlet, provided that you are able to properly burst gen with Alice. Substitutions: HelmT may be replaced by Maid Mast. [The same team described by another source — "Tornado Incoming"] [Source: prydwen.gg character page] Best Wind team for Campaign. Substitutions: Helm Treasure can be replaced with Naga.Rapi can be replaced by Red Hood as solo B1, Liter, or D:Killer Wife. (Element: Wind)

One-Nikke-Army-SBS

Campaign

Scarlet: Black Shadow· N102· Anis· Alice· Privaty

[Source: prydwen.gg Team Database] SBS is one of the best screen wipers + single target DPS in the game at a low level of penalty like this. Best part? She can hit a target and everyone else on the screen just dies. Completely automatically, perfect! Substitutions: -

Everyone (almost) is a DPS now

Boss

Nayuta· Anis: Star· Scarlet: Black Shadow· Liberalio· Mast: Romantic Maid

[Source: prydwen.gg Team Database] The jellyfish works as a cs buffer for sbs, and both of them dealing devestating damage to Kraken! Consider starting with Liberalio burst if you are using Crown. Burst Maid Mast every third burst (Crown → Crown → Mast). Cover Anis when necessary or she will die to Kraken. Substitutions: Anis: Star may be replaced with Siren. Nayuta may be replaced with Crown. Liberalio may be replaced with Mana or Alice or Helm (Treasure). Mast: Romantic Maid may be replaced with Crown or Naga (only used with Crown). (Element: Wind) [The same team described by another source — "Double Hit T1 Wind"] [Source: prydwen.gg Team Database] Burst Maid Mast with Scarlet Black Shadow. Substitutions: Maid Mast is replaeable by Privaty. (Element: Wind)

Maids vs Octopus

Boss

Mast: Romantic Maid· Anchor: Innocent Maid· Anis: Star· Scarlet: Black Shadow· Liberalio

[Source: prydwen.gg Team Database] No Crown? No problem! You can still do enough damage with Maids and reach Stage 9. Since they give a lot of distributed damage buffs, SBS performs super well here. Burst Maid Mast with SBS. Substitutions: Anis: Star may be replaced with Siren. Liberalio can be replaced with Asuka: Wille, Alice, Rapi: Red Hood, Snow White: Heavy Arms, or Cinderella: Crystal Wave. (Element: Wind) [The same team described by another source — "Triple Hit T1 Wind"] [Source: prydwen.gg Team Database] - Substitutions: - (Element: Wind)

AFK Kraken S7

Boss

Anchor: Innocent Maid· Rapi: Red Hood· Helm· Scarlet: Black Shadow· Crown

[Source: prydwen.gg Team Database] The team has it all: heals, shielding, damage and AoE (for shooting down missiles), which actually allows it to run full auto. This is made possible by Anchor: Innocent Maid storing the excess heals provided by Helm to survive the attack caused by failing the QTE (red circles). For this team to run properly it is very important that Helm is in the middle and Anchor: Innocent Maid is on the left side of Crown for burst rotations to line up. This team only works at high investments with SR collection items and high synchro level (recommended 381+) to be able to survive. Reaching Boss Stage 7 is also possible if your SBS is strong enough. Substitutions: - (Element: Wind) [The same team described by another source — "Fully Auto Stage 7 - Kraken is down!"] [Source: prydwen.gg character page] While we did indeed mention that Anchor's fate is destined to be to take care of a drunk Mast, we have news for you. Insane QoL update alert! By far the best team yet for an easy Kraken daily run. This team is able to comfortably stage 6 or stage 7 Kraken provided your DPS are decently invested into. With above average investments, players should be able to get to stage 7 on full auto with this comp. Players may need doll investments to survive the QTE on full auto. (Element: Wind)

Real usage data

Source: enikk.app · as of 2026-09-13 — transcribed from the site and tallied by us.

Appears in 8 of the 214 real-usage teams we transcribed. (Solo Raid 1 · Tower 5 · Campaign 2 · PvP 0)

Usage-based rating

Overall C · 14.7%Campaign B · 10.4%Solo Raid B · 22.2%Arena C · 8.7%

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

Crown · Anis: Star · Liberalio · Mast: Romantic Maid · Nayuta

Representative real teams

Solo Raid 38 · Annihilio · Weak to Wind

300 samples

Mast: Romantic Maid· Scarlet: Black Shadow· Anis: Star· Liberalio· Anchor: Innocent Maid

Tower · Tribe Tower

8861 uses · 4% of clears

Anis: Star· Mast: Romantic Maid· Liberalio· Scarlet: Black Shadow· Crown

Campaign

10477 uses · 4.22% of clears

Mast: Romantic Maid· Scarlet: Black Shadow· Anis: Star· Liberalio· Crown

Solo Raid sample counts are per-server, so they cannot be added up across teams.

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