Nao

Nao
Gameplay
Difficulty	★★★
Cost	50,000
Lore
Aliases	Director of Special Projects
Affiliation	Clarion Corp. Kazan Rasmus
Birthday	September 2nd
Likes	Dark Chocolate, Fountain Pens, Photography
Physical Description
Height	172cm
Development
Release Date	October 19, 2023
Voice Actor	(EN) Suzie Yeung (JP) Yuzuki Shoko
Theme Song	Order of Business - James Landino

Abilities

Strike

Strike
	MELEE Melee A type of hit that scales with the striker's size. Strikes, dashes and most short-ranged abilities are considered MELEE hits
	Knock the Core in a direction with a LIGHT MELEE hit.
Cooldown	0.9s
Core Knockback	1230 + 125%
Player Knockback	150 + 75%
Damage	75 + 37%
Range	250 (diameter)

Energy Meter

Evade
	When not fully charged, spend Energy to briefly become ELUSIVE, avoiding all incoming damage and knockbacks. Casting an ability ends this effect early. Gains additional effects if cast with 100% Energy.
Cooldown	3s
Notes
Requires and uses 25 Energy (1 bar). Elusive duration: 1.5s. Using any ability cancels the effect early. Automatically uses Energy Burst instead when used with 75 Energy (3 bars).

Energy Burst
	Spend all of your Energy to EVADE and unleash an additional burst of power. This knocks back and stuns enemies momentarily, briefly grants you exclusive control of the Core, and dramatically increases the power of your next hit against it.
Cooldown	3s
Player Knockback	200 + 100%
Damage	200 + 100%
Notes
Requires and uses 75 Energy (3 bars). Elusive duration: 1.5s. Using any ability cancels the effect early. Hitting the Core while it is under your exclusive control increases the Core Knockback of the hit by 50%.

Primary

Sentry Drone
	PROJECTILE Projectile a type of Striker ability that launches a ranged object into the game world CREATION Creation a player-generated object that persists in the game world for a limited time
	Launch a drone that hits the first enemy struck. At max range or upon recast, it halts and creates unstable energy that increases in power and size over time, hitting the first enemy struck in the direction cast.
Cooldown	6s
Core Knockback	1260 + 140%
Player Knockback	160 + 80%
Damage	160 + 80%
Notes
Minimum Charge/Projectile Core Knockback: 834 + 90% Fully Charged Core Knockback: 1668 + 180% Fully charged PvP Knockback and Damage: 320 + 160% Reaches maximum strength after 2s, regardless of duration. Minimum recast time 0.1 seconds. Duration: 3.5s

Secondary

Proximity Drone
	HASTE Haste a type of MOVEMENT ABILITY that increases a Striker's Speed stat. Hastes usually have a duration IMPACT Impact A type of hit that is capable of affecting 2 or more targets simultaneously. Commonly referred to as "area of effect" or AOE CREATION Creation a player-generated object that persists in the game world for a limited time BUFF Buff a positive effect a Striker can grant themselves or an ally. Buffs usually have a duration
	Deploy a drone at a target location that lasts up to 15s and detonates on contact with a friendly player, hitting enemies away. Nearby allies restore 20% max stagger and gain a 50% Haste BUFF for 1.5s. Enemies can disarm the drone by briefly standing on it.
Cooldown	10s
Core Knockback	1180 + 100%
Player Knockback	100 + 50%
Damage	100 + 50%
Range	875 (deploy range), 650 (explosion diameter)
Notes
Deploy takes 0.25 seconds. Disarm takes 0.5 seconds. Counts as 1 LIGHT hit for each ally affected for the purposes of Awakenings, including Nao herself.

Special

Lifeline
	BLINK Blink a type of MOVEMENT ABILITY that causes the player to teleport to a predetermined location. BLINKS can have a cast time, but the Striker does not physically travel to their destination
	Become ELUSIVE and BLINK to a target location near yourself or an ally, restoring 40% of nearby allies' missing stagger on arrival. Within the next 3.25s, recast to BLINK back to your starting position.
Cooldown	45s
Notes
Range: 1500 Blink duration: 0.4s

Stats

Level	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
Stagger	1100	1127	1155	1183	1211	1239	1266	1294	1322	1350
Power	90	90	90	90	90	90	90	90	90	90
Speed	460	460	460	460	460	460	460	460	460	460
Cooldown	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Lore

Nao's an enigma on the Corestrike fields. Her appearance and demeanor would lead you to believe her playstyle would be straight business—knocking out opponents and scoring goals—but she instead focuses on healing her allies. These abilities are a welcome sight for teammates that have suffered onslaughts of magic, tech, and raw physical might.

Nao was adopted at a young age by a loving father who nurtured her talents and interests as she grew. From the time she could speak, Nao displayed an outstanding intelligence and a shrewd entrepreneurial streak. She would develop all manner of business ventures, usually alongside a new technology or invention she had recently thrown together. Unlike with other children her age, these weren't idle ventures or lemonade stands; Nao treated them seriously and managed to make healthy profits by the time she was a teenager.

Naturally, she idolized the work of Clarion Corp. She was awestruck by its ingenuity and the sheer scale of impact its technologies had on the world. She believed it to be a force for good and the pinnacle of entrepreneurial achievement. She would spend countless hours with her father, poring over every last detail of Clarion's quarterly reports or intently watching and rewatching the keynotes of the organization's scion, Rasmus, at its yearly developer conferences.

Indeed, by the time Nao was a teenager she became particularly enamored with Rasmus. He was the head of Clarion Corp's R&D department and his public addresses were always filled with bold visions for humanity's future fueled by the harnessing of Omega energy. He spoke of journeys to distant galaxies, providing for the world's fundamental needs, and curing devastating disease.

This feeling was intensified when her father became seriously ill and ended up joining a test program at Clarion Corp that was aimed at remedying previously incurable ailments. But after a few weeks away, Nao's father returned home a shell of his former self. Not only were his physical ailments still present, but his mind was gone as well. Nao was distraught and believed there must be some mistake, some corruption, at Clarion Corp that had caused this.

Idealistic as ever, she resolved to discover what had happened to her father and root out the corruption at Clarion Corp. A few years later, her talents landed her a job in the company's R&D division. She still believed in the organization's mission and in Rasmus' vision for the future and worked tirelessly to develop new technologies that utilized Omega energy. In time, her work was noticed by Rasmus himself and, in characteristically bold fashion, he made her the Director of the secretive, yet prestigious, "Special Projects" division.

Before she joined, Rasmus told her a few important things: the projects she would witness in this division were his life's work and could change the world if given proper care, but the work was not without difficulty and she must remember that any sacrifices they would make, of themselves or others, would benefit the world many times over in the future. While unsettled by this framing, Nao agreed and took on the new role.

As she gained more and more exposure to the work of the Special Projects division, her idolized image of Rasmus and Clarion Corp began to fray. Rasmus was callous—he treated their test subjects, and his employees , as expendable. She wondered if this callousness was what had led to her father's deterioration and if it wasn't so much a bug as a feature of Clarion Corp's operations.

Amidst these revelations, Nao put on a bold face and made a resolution to herself. She became increasingly confident that the corruption at Clarion Corp was Rasmus himself. She knew that to bring him down she would need to compile an airtight case against him. She would need to become Rasmus' most trusted confidant and gain full exposure to his plans and projects. To aid her, she developed an assistant bot, which she named VIGIL, that secretly documents every interaction and every bit of information she finds within the Special Projects division.

A feeling of despair nestled itself in Nao's mind alongside this resolution—to take down Rasmus she would need to become complicit in his acts and, in so doing, lose a part of herself. But like Rasmus had said, sometimes we must make sacrifices to benefit the world many times over.

Gallery

Skins

• 

  Nao

• 

  Splash

Concept Art

Quotes

See: Nao/Quotes

Trivia

See: Nao/Trivia

Patch History

Omega Strikers - April 12th Update - Season 3! - Update Notes

• Base Stats
  • Speed :: 450 → 460
  • Power :: 100 → 90
  • Stagger :: 1200 → 1100

2024-02-14

• Stagger growth Tier :: 250 → 125

• LIFELINE [SPECIAL]
  • Cooldown :: 40s → 45s
  • % Missing Health Healed :: 50% → 40%
  • Range :: 1600 → 1500

• PROXIMITY DRONE [SECONDARY]
  • Disarm Time :: 0.6 → 0.5

2024-01-10

• Proximity Drone [SECONDARY]
  • Cooldown :: 12 → 10
  • PvP damage and knockback :: 110 (+55% Power) → 100 (+50% Power)
  • Core knockback :: 1200 (+110% Power) → 1180 (+100% Power)

2023-11-30

• Stagger growth :: 375 → 250
• PROXIMITY DRONE [SECONDARY]
  • Cooldown :: 10 → 12
  • PvP Damage and Knockback :: 140 (+70% Power) → 110 (+55% Power)
  • Core Knockback :: 1260 (+140% Power) → 1200 (+110% Power)
  • Disarm Time :: 0.8 ->0.6

2023-11-16

• SENTRY DRONE [PRIMARY]
  • Cooldown :: 7s → 6s
  • Drone Duration :: 3.25 → 3.5
• PROXIMITY DRONE [SECONDARY]
  • Cooldown :: 12s → 10s
  • Explosion radius :: 575 → 650

2023-11-02

• SENTRY DRONE [PRIMARY]
  • Minimum recast time :: 0.2 → 0.1
  • Cooldown :: 8 → 7
  • Duration :: 3.0 → 3.25
  • Knockback & Damage :: 150 (+75% Power) → 160 (+80% Power)
  • Core Knockback :: 1220 (+125% Power) → 1260 (+140% Power)

• PROXIMITY DRONE [SECONDARY]
  • Time to Destroy (How long enemies need to step on it) :: 0.65 → 0.8

• LIFELINE [SPECIAL]
  • Range :: 1250 → 1500
  • Blink duration :: 0.5 → 0.4

2023-10-19

• Released