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The well-rounded, acrobatic leader of theGotham Knightsteam, Nightwing uses his gymnastic ability to take down criminals and avoid their attacks while staying true to his team leader role by providing team-wide buffs and support.
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Nightwing’s skill trees consist of Raptor, Acrobat, Pack Leader, and Knighthood. Each tree offers fun mechanics that set Nightwing apart from the other heroes. Here’s what you can look for when playing the game and leveling your Nightwing.
Best Raptor Tree Abilities
Nightwing’s Raptor Tree grants him a variety of Critical chance and Damage increases while also providing him with one of his staple methods of taking down enemies. It offers an increase inCritical chance and Critical Damage.
The most fun addition to this tree is theTrampolineandAerial Bounceskills. After using Nightwing’sPounceability, Trampoline will allow him to leap high into the air,granting him an opening for an aerial attack. With the Aerial Bounce skill,landing an Aerial attack will allow Nightwing to jump back into the air and chain Aerial attacks on your opponents up to 3 times. This is a fun method of combat that allows Nightwing to bounce from enemy to enemy, dealing damage in a way no other character can.
Another unique addition to this tree is theAssassin’s Markskill, which will allow Nightwing to useAR scanningto mark an enemy and increase damage dealt against that enemy by 10% for himself and his allies. While it can be difficult to find time during ongoing combat to apply this mark, the damage buff to all allies is incredibly useful, so it’s worth picking up.
The final skill in the Raptor tree,Critical Distance, increases Nightwing’s Critical Chance and Damagewhen striking enemies from a long distance with a melee attack, which is surprisingly easy for Nightwing.
While the combination of Trampoline and Aerial Bounce is fun you should be wary of when to use it. Nightwing can be shot or hit out of the air by certain attacks and the Trampoline skill will not work in buildings with low ceilings.
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Best Acrobat Tree Abilities
The Acrobat Tree encourages you to use Nightwing’smomentum abilitiesas often as possible while granting him improved evasion and survivability to keep him flowing in combat.
The first skill of the tree isAerial Damage+, a skill that increases Nightwing’s Aerial damage by 20%,synergizing well with the Raptor tree. He also can gain anextra momentum barandincreased momentum gain,allowing him to dish out momentum abilities, such as the aforementionedPounce,more frequently.
This tree also offers him theEvade Chainskill, allowing Nightwing tocontinuously dodge by holding the evade button;this skill can be buffed further in the tree toadd a knockdown AoE at the end of the chain andrestore a portion of Nightwing’s momentum when he uses it in combat.
The tree’s final skill,Mind and Body, restores a portion of Nightwing’s health whenever he uses a momentum ability,further encouraging the frequent momentum ability play style.
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Best Pack Leader Tree Abilities
The Pack Leader tree gives Nightwing a more supportive role, allowing him to buff and support his allies when playing in co-op, in addition to bolstering his defenses.
The first skill in the tree,Family Ties,has Nightwing gain a10% increase in defense and resistance— and additional buffs depending on the other characters present:
Directly after this he gains theHealth Bolstered Defenseskill, which grants him a 5% defense bonus when over 70% of his health.This can scale up to a maximum of a 20% defense bonus.
Momentum Regenis a self-explanatory skill that will allow Nightwing’smomentum to regenerate up to one segmentbefore stopping. However,it can be activated again by gaining momentumby yourself; this skill can work well with the Acrobat tree to once again allow Nightwing to use and regain momentum abilities at an impressive speed.The regeneration speed is increased when playing with allies.
Nightwing can also improve his aimed ranged attacks using theElemental Smart Dartsskill, which will applyElemental Effect build-up to opponents(if the dart already has Elemental Effect build-up, the build-up will become faster)or heal allies over time.It can then be buffed withElemental Smart Darts+,which willreduce enemies defense by 10% and increase allies damage by 5% for 10 seconds. This pair of skills can be useful for both solo play and multiplayer to increase Nightwing’s own damage as well as that of his allies.
Nightwing can unlock skills likeShared Skillwhich willshare any of his passive bonuses to Damage, Critical chance, Defense, Momentum, and Cooldown with his allies at 50% of their original value. Another useful co-op skill isRevive darts,which will allow his darts to revive an ally once per night. These Skills are incredibly useful but will only contribute when playing in multiplayer.
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Best Knighthood Tree Abilities
After completing Nightwing’s Knighthood challengesthe Knighthood skill tree will become available and allow you to directly buff Nightwing’s combat abilities.
Strike distance+will pair well with theCritical Distanceskill from Nightwing’s Raptor tree, as it will allow him to strike enemies from farther away. Similarly,Triple Dartwill significantly increase Nightwing’s ranged damage, and when paired withElemental Smart Dart,it will allow him to quickly and efficiently apply elemental effects.
Nightwing’sNest Ultimategrants adefense buff and healing over time to allies while also dealing damage over time to enemies.The Knighthood tree will offer you a trio of skills to buff this Nest, making it bigger with Bigger Nest and reducing its cooldown by 15% with Guardian. TheNest Buffs+skill will then increase its damage 150% and healing by 100%,turning it into a large and effective ultimate that Nightwing will be able to use frequently with its reduced cooldown.
