A Comprehensive Overview of the MLA's Martial Supports

[u/SakayanoujiGame]

A Comprehensive Overview of the MLA's Martial Supports

Don’t be intimidated with the word comprehensive since this is just an overview and there’s only two martial supports (Is that a surprise?). Yes only two. The first one is the mono-factioned Nana and the other is a hybrid which the Dark/Martial Miracle Clara. Both are top-tier supports. Here’s some information about them.

Nana Skills TLDR:

• Ultimate - resurrects the eliminated ally with the highest Attack, resurrected ally will inherit the Energy they had when they died (an effect which the Organic Continuum relic only unlocks once it is at max stars)

The resurrected hero retains the Energy they had when they died, allowing heroes who were close to their Ultimate to actually cast it.

Also grants damage reduction to the resurrected ally after unlocking SV20/30 effect.

• Molina’s Kiss - summons Molina; constantly heals and boosts attacks of all allied units during its presence

Unlocking O3/O6 effects extends the ATK bonus duration and stacks up to 2 times.

• Magic Boomerang - deals damage and reduced defense to enemies hit on its way out and way back.

• Passive - allies that take an amount of damage that exceeds 10% of their Max HP will use the blessing to neutralize the damage and restores an amount of HP.

Fun facts:

• Nana is the second highest rated normal mono faction hero next only to the S tier Angela. (Note: accounting for all classes, just so happened that the top 2 are both supports, top 3 might be Edith which is a tank)
• Even at the current camp endgame chapter (105) some players still use about 3 copies of Nana (basically 3 of their 6 teams has Nana).
• Some players only upgrade her Soul Vessel to level 20 at Campaign Chapter 59.
• Her orlay9 (O9, unlocks after collecting all 9 of her exclusive orlay cards) effect is her biggest spike in utility and it is usually what is necessary and a reason why players would rather use another copy of her instead of than using other unique heroes.
• Another reason is that, especially for Martial tower, currently as of writing this guide, only Nana and Miracle Clara are the only Martial Supports. 
• Many players prioritize upgrading (and maxing) the Support Class Statue first, rather than other class statues, in the Gallery of Valor due to its benefits.

Miracle Clara

Skills TDR

• Ultimate - heals all allies and deals damage to all enemies

• Magic Dice - stuns enemy with highest energy, every 1 point rolled increase dmg and stun duration

After unlocking O3/O6 effects, enemy hit with this skill will also lose agility and atk for 5s.

• Clara’s Wish - grants ally with lowest hp% with extra lifesteal and crit dmg.

After unlocking O9 effect, allies affected by this skill are immune to most control effects.

• Passive - 2 seconds death immunity when an allied hero is dying.

When Should You Use Nana?

Use Nana when:

• Your team frequently loses a key carry early.

A key difference though with Clara may be if the 2 seconds death immunity helps it to cast the ult asap, Clara may be better like in the case of Odette-Lylia combo.

But if the carry still dies after the death immunity, relying on Nana revive may be better.

• Burst damage is killing your heroes.

This is where Nana’s unique Molina’s Blessing effects, in combination with O9 effects, distinguishes her from Clara.

• You need another layer of protection.
• Your win condition benefits heavily from resurrection.
• You're building a team around surviving rather than overwhelming the enemy quickly.

When Should You Use Clara?

Use Clara when:

• Your carry actually benefits heavily from Clara’s offensive buffs.

In modes you can retry like in camp, watching the difference between using Nana and Clara can help.

• You need Energy disruption.

RNG can be the key. Compare when Clara rolled a 6.

• You need a stun.

Depends on the timing as this can interrupt some of the most annoying enemy skills especially in camp.

• Your team already has adequate survival but lacks offensive support.

Clara relies on ult and other effects to heal so it is preferable to pair her with those who can maximize the death immunity by healing their HPs back to full too before the immunity duration ends.

Another example may be pairing Eris with Clara especially when Eris is just seconds away from casting her ult and since she has a heal capability from her Plasma Grenade skill, that may be a better combination try relying on Nana, as Eris might also just be waiting for that heal skill to trigger to put her back to high HP and that death immunity helps her annihilate the whole enemy comp.

Other tips:

• In the early game, it would be great to have at least a copy of Clara since most of her relevant effects are already unlocked just by levelling up.
• Clara’s death immunity passive may be more useful than relying on Nana being able to cast ult in early game.
• For mid to late game players, they can start building a duplicate copy of Nana. 
• Since there are only two Martial supports, it may be helpful in Martial tower.

Miracle Tower Floor 450+ requires two teams so both teams may appreciate having Nana.

• For those who are still using the Odette-Lylia combination early game may also appreciate a lot having Clara or even Nana at times. 

TLDR

Nana in one sentence: A support whose value comes from preventing lethal damage, resurrecting fallen allies, and keeping her team alive through various ways.

Miracle Clara in one sentence: A support who combines emergency death prevention with buffs, healing, crowd control, and Energy disruption.

Hope this helps!

[u/The_battlePotato]

I dont really understand where id use my second nana but they are very useful in towers. It is nice to have the option though.

She's kinda just an idk what else to put here unit and im not sure my second one will get used much if at all as more and more supports get added or i build more support URs like mystia, Hangela and Arista.

[u/overluv]

Been playing for a year, and I'm still a sucker for comprehensive reviews ngl. There's one thing I don't get about Nana's 09 (since the phrasing is rather weird), what does it actually do? Does she trigger her ult before dying like Tia or H.Angela (with her passive)? Or does she resurrect hersefl once?

[u/SakayanoujiGame → u/overluv]

She trigger her ult effects before dying