Maestra NequitiaInformation and Guide

Character
Introduction

Maestra Nequitia is a ASSR Rarity character from the
Tower
Tower class and
Counter
Counter
Corrupted Object
Corrupted Object
type. They are part of the Elysium Philharmonic faction.

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Combat information
Rarity
ASSR
Deployment Cost
7 cost
Movement Type
Ground
Attack type
All
Specialties
Buffer
Crowd Control
Debuffer
Immortality
Skills
Basic

Requiem for the Dead

Valid hits: -

Cooldown: -

Maestra Nequitia is deployed near the ship and moves forward to the center of the battlefield while ignoring enemies. While at least one of her performers is on the battlefield, inflicts all enemies (bosses excluded) with 1 stack of [Requiem of the Dead] every 8 seconds. This effects stacks up to 10 times.

[Requiem of the Dead] applies following debuffs:

  • HP -0.1% per sec (0.3% in Gauntlet, bosses excluded)
  • ATK -1.8%
  • DMG Taken AMP +1.5%
  • Incoming Healing -5%

Level 2: SPD +20%

Level 3: SPD +20%

Level 4: SPD +35%

Level 5: Grants stacks every 6 s instead

Passive

Maestra

Valid hits: -

Cooldown: -

Summons one additional performer at a certain distance (Max 4). For each summoned performer, Elysium Philharmonic members gain CRIT +25. When applying [Requiem of the Dead], grants 1 additional stack of [Requiem of the Dead] per Elysium Philharmonic member on the battlefield.

Level 2: CRIT +50 per performer instead

Level 3: CRIT +100 per performer instead

Level 4: CRIT +150 per performer instead

Level 5: CRIT +200 per performer instead

Passive

Elysium Philharmonic

Valid hits: -

Cooldown: -

Can't be affected by Stun, Sleep, Confusion, Knockback, Hitstun, Decreased ASPD. Incoming Healing is decreased by 50%. Grants DMG Taken RDC +5% per Elysium Philharmonic member on the battlefield. Grants Elysium Philharmonic members on the battlefield Immunity to Hitstun from Special or lower skills (Cannot be canceled) and Sure Fire. Also, Elysium Philharmonic members gain the following individual effects (Cannot be canceled).

  • Shena: ASPD +30%, Special Skill's cooldown -5s ever 3 CRITs.
  • Carmen: ASPD +30%
  • Luna: HP +5% per sec for 10s when HP falls below 50%
  • Plaga: ASPD +30%, Ultimate Skill cooldown -8s every 1 CRIT

Level 2: DEF +5%

Level 3: DEF +5%

Level 4: DEF +10%

Level 5: Becomes immune to damage for 5s when HP drops to 50% or lower

Ultimate

Chapter of Apocalypse

Valid hits: -

Cooldown: 20 seconds

Can be cast in the center of the battlefield. Adds 5 stacks of [Requiem of the Dead] to all enemies and increases the effect by 1.6x. After casting, teleports near the ship, stops moving forward and stops granting stacks of [Requiem of the Dead] for 25 seconds. Additional stacks of [Requiem of the Dead] granted by Elysium Philharmonic members do not stop. When state of Immortality ends, [Requiem of the Dead] effect is canceled.

Level 2: Increases [Requiem of the Dead] effect by 2.2x instead

Level 3: Increases [Requiem of the Dead] effect by 2.8x instead

Level 4: Increases [Requiem of the Dead] effect by 3.4x instead

Level 5: Increases [Requiem of the Dead] effect by 4x instead, seals all enemy skills and nullifies all enemy buffs for 12 s when casting (Bosses excluded)

Stats

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Availability
KR Release Date
April 19th, 2022
GLOBAL Release Date
March 8th, 2023

Review

Ratings
D

PVE (Early)

D

PVE (Late)

B

PVP

Review
Summary

Maestra is a PVP-oriented ASSR whose kit lends her comps to a unique playstyle. She demands a dedicated Philharmonic team built around her to fully enable her kit. She also needs extremely niche gear to function. With enough investment, when played correctly and when the week allows her to function, she can be incredibly oppressive.

Maestra’s kit revolves around stacking [Requiem] debuff. Each stack applies a variety of harmful effects, which are amplified by her Ultimate Skill. She applies a stack of [Requiem] every few seconds and so does every other member of the Elysium Philharmonic while she is on the field. She can only be deployed on the ship and gradually moves forward, ignoring all enemies and stopping at the center of the map. Her Ultimate Skill, which can only be cast from the center of the map, amplifies all [Requiem] debuffs to truly crippling levels. While Maestra herself stops applying [Requiem] stacks for the duration, other Philharmonic members do not. Everything that isn’t completely immune to debuffs will die as soon as Maestra ults.

PVE Review

Maestra’s DMG AMP debuff can reach impressive values, but its abysmal uptime, coupled with her unwieldy cost, makes her too impractical to use in most situations. She can be shoehorned into Britra/ Inhibitor raid comps, but she is suboptimal in both. There is no reason to use her over other debuffers in any existing content.

PVP Review

Maestra applies a strong mapwide burn and, when supported by Elysium Philharmonic members, continuously kills all on-field enemies when she casts her ultimate. The premise is you would escort her to the middle, use her ultimate to kill everything and finish your opponent.

Maestra players leverage stall tools and her synergy with other Philharmonic members (mostly Carmen and Luna) to power through early parts of the match. She is most often seen during Awakened Esterossa weeks as the greediest possible win condition, winning every game that goes to distance. At the same

While Maestra’s ultimate strongly amplifies the debuff effects and acts as a board wipe, it also incurs a significant momentum loss, lowering her impact for a considerable amount of time. This means that in some situations, it is better to refrain from using her Ultimate Skill and maintain pressure. This is especially true for experienced players, as the timing of her ultimate is very readable. Opponents may hold their resources to redeploy afterwards, or use Olivie operator to cleanse all her debuffs. Given that Maestra comps are heavily stall-oriented, the inherent momentum loss may leave them without sufficient damage to push back against the enemy team if the ultimate isn’t able to close out the game.

While gear is usually covered in its own section, Maestra’s gearing is unique enough that it warrants some discussion. Maestra needs to be in the middle of the map as the prerequisite to casting her ultimate skill. Depending on the metagame, she can be forced to loiter in the middle of the map for some period of time. As such, it is important to strike a balance between her speed and her tank stats.

As a 7-cost defenseless ASSR, Maestra can easily become a liability to the team without adequate support. To this end, she is frequently paired with stall units, as teams built around her are inherently stall-heavy given the resources needed to keep her alive. Notably, she directly synergizes with other Philharmonic faction characters who benefit from the faction synergy integrated into their kits (i.e. Shena, Carmen, Luna). Maestra is typically paired with other strong ASSR damage dealers, both to serve as the follow-up to her ultimate and to provide pressure to split opponents’ attention between them and Maestra.

Maestra has several weaknesses that can be exploited:

  • Debuff immunity: Maestra’s debuffs can be cleansed by debuff immunity. Notably, Olivie Operator provides on-demand debuff immunity from her command skill.

  • New Ohio: New Ohio has cooldown-related debuffs, which can be used to delay Maestra’s ultimate. This delays the entire team’s win condition at a moment where Maestra is most vulnerable - in the middle of the screen.

  • Awakened Na Yubin: As a tower, Awakened Na Yubin’s %HP burn applies to Maestra.

Building Maestra comps involves juggling a number of objectives simultaneously, emphasizing the need for a well-balanced team composition.

Pros & Cons
Pros

  • Slowly strangling the life out of your opponents is a feeling of power and control few other ASSRs can replicate.

Cons

  • She needs a disproportionate amount of investment to get decent performance out of her.

  • Getting hard-countered feels miserable.

Other information

Gear recommendation
PVE gear

Set: Speed Gear


Ult Faster

PVP gear

Set: Incoming Heal Tank


Helps offset incoming healing penalty

The gear recommendations have been simplified and you should use them in combination with this guide (for PVP) and this guide (for PVE).