Near Death

Near Death is a Neutral, Diamond Valentine variant.

ROUTINE EXECUTION

SA 1	Transfer 1 DEBUFF from yourself to the opponent and inflict GUARD BREAK for 15 seconds after every 7/6/5 seconds while not suffering a HIT (including blocked HITS).
SA 2	While the opponent is suffering from a DEBUFF, grant DEADEYE for 10/12/15 seconds when using a BLOCKBUSTER. Also while the opponent has 3 or more stacks of GUARD BREAK, BLOCKBUSTERS deal 50/75/100% bonus damage.

Tips and Tricks

Near Death is an offensive fighter who excels at breaking guards to chain combos. She is rewarded with DEBUFF transfers, DEADEYE, and increased blockbuster damage, making her highly effective at dismantling defensive strategies.

Valentine is a multi-hit character who excels at trapping opponents in long combo chains, making it easy to activate her first Signature Ability. She can reset ground combos using COUNTERVENOM blockbusters or VIAL HAZARD special moves between hits.
- Note: This strategy works against non-heavy characters like Peacock and Marie
- For heavy characters such as Big Band, Near Death can spam MORTUARY DROP until GUARD BREAK stacks are applied
- COUNTERVENOM: DETOX and VIAL HAZARD: TYPE B is particularly noteworthy because of its ability to remove opponent's BUFFS since Near Death is countered heavily by IMMUNITY

DEADEYE provides Near Death the means to ignore the opponent's DEFENSE and also ignores BUFFS such as AUTO-BLOCK, UNFLINCHING, EVASION, or THORNS, allowing her to keep her long combo chain to deal with defensive opponents.

Marquee Ability: ICU is the recommended Marquee Ability to provide Near Death easy access to healing while on the offensive.

General Investment: As an offensive Valentine, Near Death is best built with Attack, Piercing, Meter Gain and Special Cooldown.
Special investment: Accuracy will ensure that her GUARD BREAK is not resisted by enemies. Crit Rate and Crit Damage will also increase her overall damage.

This variant's color palette is a reference to YoRHa No.2 Type B from NieR:Automata, with the caption being both a direct quote from Prince Hamlet in William Shakespeare's Hamlet, and a pun on 2B's name.

Change Log

SA2 (Old): While the opponent is suffering from a DEBUFF, grant DEADEYE for 10/12/15 seconds when using a BLOCKBUSTER. Also while the opponent has 3 or more stacks of GUARD BREAK, BLOCKBUSTERS deal 50% bonus damage.
- SA2 (New):While the opponent is suffering from a DEBUFF, grant DEADEYE for 10/12/15 seconds when using a BLOCKBUSTER. Also while the opponent has 3 or more stacks of GUARD BREAK, BLOCKBUSTERS deal 50/75/100% bonus damage.

NEAR DEATH Valentine showcase, skullgirls mobile