Operator overview: Nian

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Nian is a 6★ Protector Defender who specializes in Defense and Support, and only available from Festival limited headhunting banners starting from Earthborn Metals. Being limited headhunting banners, the "pity" system from other banners are not carried over to every Festival banner, but to compensate that, Nian has a 70% chance in Earthborn Metals and its rerun, and a 30% chance in Hidden Moon, Unstrained Liquor, Pellucid Heart, and Solitude Universal to be the 6★ Operator that appears in a pull, and can be purchased at the Certificate Store for 300 while a Festival banner starting from the rerun of Earthborn Metals is up.

As a Protector Defender, Nian can block up to three enemies and has high HP and DEF, allowing her to last longer than other Operators. Similar to Hoshiguma, Nian has a range of one tile in front of her, like that of most melee Operators, and a surprisingly good ATK, balanced with her DEF.

Talents

1. Tectonic Armor buffs the maximum HP of Defenders while Nian is in the squad.
2. Clairvoyance grants Nian three Shields in each deployment.

Skills

1. Tin Burning buffs Nian's ATK and DEF with the latter being higher than the former, and causes her attacks to deal Arts damage while active.
2. Copper Seal disarms Nian but buffs her DEF, increases her block count by one, and causes enemies that attacked Nian to take Arts damage equal to a portion of her ATK and be temporarily Silenced while active.
3. Iron Defense greatly buffs Nian's ATK and buffs the DEF of other friendly units in the surrounding tiles with a 3-tile extension to the four cardinal directions, as well as increasing their block count by one and applying Status Resistance on them while active.
   • Iron Defense is one of the best defensive support skills not only because of the significant DEF buff which improve Operators' survivability by a sizeable margin, but also the Status Resistance and increased block count it bestows; when Iron Defense is combined with Cuora's Shell Defense or Vulcan's Guardian Mode, they will be able to block five enemies and their DEF are boosted further to near-invincible levels. The same can also be said with Centurion Guards, where the increased block count allows them to attack four enemies simultaneously (at Elite 2).
   • Keep in mind that Nian herself does not benefit from the DEF buff, block increase, and Status Resistance.

Operator Modules

1. The PRO-X Module, The Array of Chaos, increases Nian's DEF by 20% while she is blocking enemies in addition to increasing her max. HP, ATK (from Stage 2), and DEF. Once upgraded, Nian's ATK and DEF is increased, and she gains some SP when a Clairvoyance Shield is expended.
2. The PRO-Y Module, "Don't Disturb", increases Nian's block count to 4 in addition to her max. HP, ATK, and DEF. Once upgraded, Tectonic Armor's max. HP buff is increased and it buffs Nian's max. HP further as well as amplifying the healing she receives for every Defender deployed, up to a limit.

Base skills

Nian's base skills improve upgrade material processing while she is assigned to the Workshop.

1. Rare Metal Identification doubles the byproduct rate of upgrade material processing.
2. Reckless increases the morale drained whenever an upgrade material is processed by 2.

Summary

Nian is one of the best Protector Defenders. Her extreme rarity is counteracted by her indomitable defense that allows her to withstand any sort of attacks, even those which can easily bring down the sturdiest of Operators. Truly an irresistible force to be reckoned with.