Should You Pull?
Only if you want a fun fiery ride. Coming in to compete with Byakuren Hijiri to try and take pole position in motorcycling, this mutated variant of Wriggle Nightbug doesn’t waste time at all with bringing the heat. Whether it’s from getting fired up with Burn anomalies on herself and all foes, or a spammable skill that provides some Spirit Power, Agility and Evasion to her team every single turn, she proves that haste doesn’t always make waste. On top of that, she is also good with her Fire and Star breaks as they appear a lot in her Spell Cards, with her Solo-Targeting Last Word showing its Fire bias with 5 Fire breaks and only 1 Star break.
This sounds great so far, but having other Solo-Targeting Last Words that also happen to have Fire in them makes this specific niche rather competitive actually. If you have units like L1 Hecatia, Saki and A6 Sakuya, it might be difficult to find a way for our Firefly-Type Kaiju to stand out. On top of that, her Killers don’t have a collective wide range, making it tougher to reach her full potential in a good chunk of situations. That said, if you really like this speedy version of Wriggle Nightbug and want her to arrive in your Prayers, let’s hope she appears as fast as her vehicle can take her!
Quick Overview
H5 Wriggle Nightbug is a Speed-Class Friend who is capable of stepping on the gas by buffing the team’s Agility, Evasion, Spirit Power, and brings vast Burn anomaly utility.
Puts The “Fire” in Firefly
H5 Wriggle brings the heat with healthy access to Fire and Star breaks, leaning towards Fire overall. Having access to 3 Fire breaks via Focus Shot and first Spell Card, 4 breaks via 2nd Spell Card and 5 of them found in her Last Word.
Blaze Of Glory
Not only can H5 Wriggle buff her Yin ATK normally through Skill 1, but thanks to her ability, she can turn Burn anomaly inflictions on herself into offensive buffs, which means her Yin ATK (and by extension, CRIT ATK) will be buffed even more. By using Skill 1, both Spell Cards and her Last Word, she will have more Yin ATK buffs than meets the eye. Speaking of burning, H5 Wriggle bugs her enemies with Burn anomalies via both Spell Cards, and these anomalies can be broken with her Focus Shot, second Spell Card and Last Word.
Need For Speed
With a high Agility Stat at 1575, high Slice Scaling especially on her Last Word and constant Agility and Evasion buffs, H5 Wriggle likes her fair share of speedy action. Part of the above is achieved through her Skills which happen to have a low cooldown. Skills 1 and 2 may have a 4 Turn cooldown, but Skill 3 has a 1 Turn cooldown, making it usable every turn, and with 0.35 Spirit Power provided on top of its Agility and Evasion buffs, this will certainly have its benefits for H5 Wriggle’s teammates.
Support has its limits
The best of what H5 Wriggle has to offer in terms of teamwide support is in her third Skill. Being able to grant the team a quick burst of Spirit Power, Agility and Evasion every turn is not something to overlook. Unfortunately, the rest of her Support in her kit is just more Agility and Evasion buffs, with the latter not exactly having much of a use for most allies.
Can’t make a Killing
There may be 8 Killers that H5 Wriggle has (including Soul, Martial Artist and Lunar Capital), but their ranges are all very limited, showing an example of quantity over quality. When it comes to raw power, even with the Yin ATK buffs and all the ways to make Agility contribute to it, there are some unavoidable limits when Killers can’t be capitalized on a good portion of the time H5 Wriggle is in battle.
Burns Out Quickly
With no natural access to Barrier restoration, our rider in question will have to Wriggle her way out of some tight situations. If she Grazes, she increases the team’s Agility, but it may come at the cost of a layer of Burn per Graze, minimizing her benefit to self-inflicted Burn anomalies, and despite the extensive Evasion buffs and no Elemental weaknesses, that can only go so far against tougher enemies, forcing her to Graze in some situations.
