[20.7B] Solo Raid Season 26: Providence (Goddess of Victory: NIKKE)

Описание: Thanks to ‪@falcon890421‬ for their video showcasing Snow White team (    • スノホワシステムエラー　ソロレイドプロビデンス   ). I was able to better understand how the Pause Shooting technique works after watching that video.

TEAMS 1 & 2

There were two units that I couldn't use well in this Solo Raid. They are Rosanna: Chic Ocean and Maxwell. Both of them were so underinvested that I couldn't make effective use of them. So instead, I used Crown+Naga for Team 1 and Mast+Anchor for Team 2. They were were comfy to use too, since they had adequate healing to tank through boss mechanics.

TEAM 3: Snow White, Grave, Helm P3, Miranda P3, Helm: Aquamarine

The aim of this team was to fire Snow White's Burst at every Blue Parts that appeared, piercing both of them at the same time. Naturally, it's almost impossible to do this normally, because the parts break very easily. If I aim Full Burst in their direction, a few stray bullets from my team will immediately destroy them.

9:57 That's where Pause Shooting technique comes in. Whenever Blue Parts appeared, I paused the game twice. The first pause was to ascertain whether the Blue Parts were arms or legs, and move my crosshair away from them. The second pause was for firing Snow White's Burst. Even when the game is paused, you can aim Snow White's Burst and fire it by letting go of the shoot button. And as long as Sync Cursor is on, the laser sights from other team members will move during Pause Screen as well, further helping with aligning the shot.

As mentioned before, the Blue Parts could either be arms or legs. Arms were significantly easier to hit, but weren't worth as much damage as legs. Legs could be attacked for more damage, but were more difficult to hit. I needed at least a good mix of both if I wanted to meet my target score.

I observed during my runs that the laser sights from other team members behave in an interesting manner. When they hover over a target, they become a little brighter. When they're not lined up with a viable target, they're less bright. I thought to myself that I could use that to aim my shots even better and hit Legs with greater certainty. But unfortunately, I couldn't come up with a reliable system for finding the right spot to hit.

So instead, I went with gut feeling: I aimed downwards at the spot where I thought Providence's ankles were crossed and fired there. It was a surprisingly reliable way to hit them, so I stuck with it.

It should be noted Burst skills had to be used ASAP–and every coloured part had to be destroyed ASAP as well. I cannot emphasize that enough. If boss mechanics didn't progress fast enough, the final shot at the last second could have been impossible (13:16). Everything had to be done FAST to make it possible.

10:35 🎲 It was possible to encounter unfortunate RNG after the 2nd set of Blue Parts. If the boss fired missiles at Snow White, she would not be able to survive the following boss mechanics. To some extent, it was possible to take cover–but most of the time I just had to retry the fight if that happened.

For me to consider the run successful, two things had to happen:
My score had to be at least 4.4B around the 8 second mark (13:10). In other words, around 88% of my target score.
The last set of Blue Parts had to be Arms. This was purely for video recording purposes. I can hit Arms very easily, but if the last Blue Parts were Legs and I missed them, this run would have been ruined. So for consistency's sake, it had to be Arms.

If one of those conditions wasn't fulfilled, I had to retry. So it took quite a few runs and practice to get it right!

EDIT 2025/07/08: If shotgun team doesn't work well for you, consider using Alice & Scarlet: Black Shadow. They're available too.

Timestamps:
0:00 Overview
0:20 TEAM 1: Crown, Little Mermaid, Rapi: Red Hood, Red Hood, Naga
4:31 TEAM 1 Results: 6335M
4:46 TEAM 2: Liter, Mast: Romantic Maid, EVE, Raven, Anchor: Innocent Maid
8:53 TEAM 2 Results: 5402M
9:09 TEAM 3: Snow White, Grave, Helm P3, Miranda P3, Helm: Aquamarine
13:22 TEAM 3 Results: 4979M
13:36 TEAM 4: Anis: Sparkling Summer, Mari, Cinderella, Rouge, Maiden: Ice Rose
17:47 TEAM 4 Results: 2411M
18:01 TEAM 5: Blanc, Soda: Twinkling Bunny, Tove, Drake P3, Noir
21:50 TEAM 5 Results: 1635M
22:05 Total Score: 20.7B
22:10 TEAM 1 Equipment & Skills
22:14 Crown
22:30 Little Mermaid / Siren
22:46 Rapi: Red Hood (+92.81% Elem. DMG)
23:01 Red Hood (+94.21% Elem. DMG)
23:17 Naga
23:33 TEAM 2 Equipment & Skills
23:37 Liter
23:52 Mast: Romantic Maid
24:13 EVE (+92.83% Elem. DMG)
24:30 Raven (+87.21% Elem. DMG)
24:47 Anchor: Innocent Maid
25:03 TEAM 3 Equipment & Skills
25:08 Snow White (+81.60% Elem. DMG)
25:24 Grave
25:41 Helm P3
25:57 Miranda P3
26:13 Helm: Aquamarine
26:28 TEAM 4 Equipment & Skills
26:33 Anis: Sparkling Summer
26:50 Mari
27:05 Cinderella
27:22 Rouge
27:42 Maiden: Ice Rose
27:57 TEAM 5 Equipment & Skills
28:02 Blanc
28:17 Soda: Twinkling Bunny
28:33 Tove
28:50 Drake P3
29:06 Noir