Nakano Maaya Overview
Nakano Maaya is designed around pairing with Louis: her formation description states outright that her skill increases his ATK and damage. Her rage skill deals a large burst of damage while boosting troop ATK for a few seconds, and her passives layer on Ranged ATK and march speed bonuses, a chance at bonus damage on basic attacks, and an extra ATK/speed boost when troop HP drops below 50%.
Her awakening, Special Technique - Kiai, is a brand-new skill rather than an upgrade: it increases damage dealt to Infantry troops by 10%, giving her a clear matchup advantage against Infantry-heavy compositions. Skill priority should focus on Skill 1 first to hit harder against Infantry troops once awakened.
Strengths & Weaknesses
Strengths- Explicitly buffs Louis' ATK and damage as her official pairing partner.
- Rage skill combines a large direct damage hit with a troop-wide ATK boost.
- Stacks ATK and march speed bonuses, including a low-HP emergency boost.
- Awakening adds a straightforward 10% damage bonus against Infantry troops.
Weaknesses- Kit is built around pairing with Louis, so solo value outside that pairing is less clear.
- Bonus damage on basic attacks is chance-based (10%).
- Low-HP ATK/speed bonus only kicks in once troops are already below 50% HP.
- Infantry damage bonus from her awakening is a hard matchup counter, less useful against non-Infantry armies.
Skills
Rage SkillSpecial Technique - Retribution
Requires 1000 Rage. Deals a large amount of damage to the enemy and increases troop ATK by 12%. Lasts 3s.
Rage: 1000Direct Damage Factor: 2400 / 3200 / 4000 / 5600 / 8000ATK Increase: 8% / 10% / 12% / 17% / 24%
Passive SkillSpecial Technique - Eagle Dance
Increases Ranged troop ATK by 4.5% and march speed by 4.5%.
ATK Increase: 4.5% / 6% / 7.5% / 10.5% / 15%March Speed Increase: 4.5% / 6% / 7.5% / 10.5% / 15%
Passive SkillSpecial Technique - Storm Row
Basic attacks have a 10% chance to deal additional damage to the target.
Direct Damage Factor: 1200 / 1600 / 2000 / 2800 / 4000
Passive SkillSpecial Technique - Talisman
When troop HP is below 50%, increases Ranged troop ATK by 8% and march speed by 6%.
ATK Increase: 8% / 10% / 13% / 18% / 26%March Speed Increase: 6% / 7% / 9% / 13% / 18%
Awakening
Special Technique - Kiai
New Skill. Increases damage dealt to Infantry troops by 10%.
Recommended Pairings
π¦ Official
Louis
Leader Β· Official In-Game PairingExplicitly named in Nakano Maaya's in-game formation description ("Nakano Maaya's skill increases Louis' ATK and damage").
Hero Story
She is constantly vigilant - like a great, silent cat. Even before she encountered the survivor group "Spider Lily," who sought refuge in the shrine, she had already survived for a long time in the "Fallen Territory" - a place ravaged by zombies. There, she hid together with her sister Mayuri, who later became a zombie herself.
As an ordinary high school girl, Maaya's ability to survive seems almost like a miracle - made possible only by her unwavering will and strong survival instinct. She fights with a .20-caliber rifle that she recovered from the corpses of self-defense force members.
Even more astonishing, however, is that Mayuri, although now a mindless zombie, has never attacked Maaya. It even seems as though Maaya has learned to communicate with zombies to some degree.
Maaya is firmly convinced that there is a cure for the zombie infection - and that her sister can one day be healed. This hope is her greatest obsession.
