Nobunaga

Oda Nobunaga

Overview

Type Attack 8 Defense 4 Speed 7 Luck 5 Item Slots 3 Mission Traits

Pros: Strong offensive stats High damage linear AoE skills Rifle types have long range

Cons: Can only attack people in the same file Builds Hate quickly Rather fragile hero

Skills

Passive Base Skill Skill Two Skill Three Hero Skill Foresight Rifle Volley Piercing Rounds Consecutive Volley Devil's Ambition --- 0 Cost 2 Cost 3 Cost 5 Cost --- 120% Damage 100% Damage 100%x3 Damage 400% Damage --- 0 Wait 0 Wait 50 Wait 50 Wait --- 100 Delay 100 Delay 120 Delay 120 Delay Atk +1 while there's no ally in front panel No Effect Cancel Wait Friendly Fire No Effect Target Range Range Range Range Targets Self AoE AoE AoE AoE AoE

Oda Nobunaga is the first glass cannon you get in the game, and she remains one of the best gunners even into the late game. With her basic stats, right combination of gun items, and powerful skills, she'll be dropping enemies one file at a time. Unfortunately, she's rather fragile, so a stray early hit can easily cripple her. When you couple that fragility with the massive amount of Hate she builds as a result of her damage output, you'll notice that she will die quickly and often. Placing her further into the back of your unit can help keep her in relative safety, but if you want to maximize her skillset, it's necessary to keep her in the front two rows. Thankfully, that works in favor of her passive, which boosts up her attack if there's no allies in front of her.

Nobunaga is of the rifleman variety of gun heroes, which is given away by her base attack. Reflecting the major differences between the two types of gun heroes, Rifle Volley has longer range and higher base damage than its faster, more flexible pistol-slinging cousin. Piercing Rounds allows Nobunaga to get cheap, quick AoE damage while also canceling out any charging skills. It's fantastic in the early-game, before you get better gun items to boost up her natural crit rate. It also gets a lot of use strictly for being a cheap AoE without wait time, which can be great for either damage or meter generation, depending on the enemy types you're up against.

Consecutive Volley, on the other hand, is much more specific in use. It has a sizable wait time, can damage allies, and has an unusual AoE that requires some foresight in how you position your team. On the positive side, if you couple the gun's wealth of type advantage with a reliable crit chance, this 3 cost skill easily turns an entire file of enemies into a fine red mist. Devil's Ambition is basically just paying two more Brave for a stronger Consecutive Volley without any worries of Friendly Fire. Couple these two skills with Wait reduction (especially Sampo Quern), and Nobunaga starts to truly live up to the name of her hero skill.

Items

Nobunaga's most important items either let her capitalize on her high damage output or help her reduce wait time to utilize her stronger skills with ease. The only other items I could recommend would be movement enhancing items, as riflemen require a lot of shifting between files on the field. You could opt to fix her poor defense, but keep in mind that most units that will end up hitting her will likely have type-advantage against her, making it easy for her to fall victim (regardless of Def) after racking up lots of Hate.

Good Item Synergy:

1. Gun items
   • All gun items raise key offensive stats nicely, but Agneya Astra has a 40% damage boost to gun skills and Nobunaga is one of only two heroes with lots of AoE attacks that are exclusively gun type
2. Wait reduction
   • Sampo Quern perfectly clears all wait time from both of her strongest skills, making Nobunaga a good candidate for it
3. Movement enhancers
   • Aetite allows for faster Move actions and Heidrun grants a brand new skill that works exactly the same as Tadataka's Shukuchi skill.
4. Resting items
   • These reduce the financial impact of Nobunaga's troop losses, saving you potentially a nice chunk of money over the long term
5. Defense boosts
   • Even Phobos Mail can only bring her up to average defenses, but sometimes that can be enough to keep her alive

Missions

Location	Mission	Requirements	Rewards	Notes
Yamatai	天下人の香り (Ruler's Fragrance)	x1 2000 gold	+1 equipment slot	-
Yamatai	天下人の菓子 (Ruler's Confectionery)	x2 1000 gold	Passive Skill: Foresight (先見)	After conquering Salt Lake City
Sendai	天下人の射撃術 (Ruler's Shooting Technique)	x1 x2 2000 gold	Skill: Consecutive Volley (三段撃ち)	After conquering 26 cities
Paris	天下人の味付け (Ruler's Seasoning)	x3 8000 gold	+1 equipment slot	After the Dark Realm is completely conquered
Edo	天下人の名器 (Ruler's Excellent Article) ★H	x2 x3	Hero Skill: Demon King of the Sixth Heaven (第六天魔王)	After clearing Da Vinchi's first mission

Gallery

Nobunaga Sprite

Nobunaga Troops