
Rarity: SSR
PVE: B
PVP: B
Skills
Grants CRIT DMG +8% to all ally Snipers and Rangers for 16 seconds. This skill can't be canceled.<br/>'Baba Yaga' advances forward from the ally ship and inflicts AoE damage equivalent to an Ultimate Skill to and around the target before retreating (4 Valid Hits, does not damage ships in Gauntlet). Enemies damaged by the last hit are inflicted with Unavoidable◇ for 8 seconds.
Grants CRIT DMG +50% to all ally Snipers and Rangers for 16 seconds. This skill can't be canceled.<br/>'Baba Yaga' advances forward from the ally ship and inflicts AoE damage equivalent to an Ultimate Skill to and around the target before retreating (4 Valid Hits, does not damage ships in Gauntlet). Enemies damaged by the last hit are inflicted with Unavoidable◇ for 8 seconds.
Sniper > Ranger
Stats
Review
Natalia Risova is a damage-boost operator that provides rangers and snipers with high value CDMG% buff. On top of that she summons Baba Yaga helicopter (counts as ENV-type ground ranger for damage calculations) that performs a single attack against the frontmost enemy before retreating. This attack hits 4 times for 3.75x damage multiplier each (15x total) in a small AoE around the target, has 4 Valid Hits (deals no damage past valid hit count) and applies Unavoidable debuff after the final hit. It is worth noting that only buff scales with Command Skill level, making Natalia one of the stronger lvl1 options.
In PVE, stronger damage boosting operators for both rangers and snipers already exist (Vivian Rashford, Sasha). Natalia carves a small niche by combining relatively weaker buff with Unavoidable debuff. This is especially relevant against some Danger Close bosses that have Perfect Evasion or even just high evasion in general (e.g. Replacer King, Regenerated Bishop). Unfortunately this utility is diminished as many stronger Rangers / Snipers already have Sure Fire in their kits (e.g. Curian, Mavka).
In PVP, Natalia applies high pressure on enemy fronline by combining Baba Yaga burst with damage-oriented utility. Unfortunately, older operators already excel at this role (e.g. Wandering Sword Jisoo, Sasha). Operators remain extremely expensive to invest and while Natalia is relatively playable at Command Skill lvl1, Side Skills are still a thing.
Applies rare unavoidable debuff.
Rad helicopter summon.
Usable on level 1 Command Skill.
Narrow niche.