Are Playable Bosses Still Strong?

H12-3 Enemyknights
This is a niche where you only use operators who have appeared as enemy units in stages. All the units were used in this clear. Despite being mostly boss characters, it currently lacks high DPS which made this stage pretty fun, since I had to leverage my survivability and optimize my mediocre damage to barely kill Damazti before all my ops die.
Vivianna is much stronger than any 5*, but her kit really does feel like a 5* one with higher numbers. We've had a bunch of defensive arts guards and she's really just a stronger version of those, which feels weak because the other 6*s are capable of way more than any of the 5*s of their archetype. If I had a real medic then she could easily tank Damazti, but then again, with a real medic with module, you can tank Damazti with anything, so it's a usually irrelevant tradeoff that I can use well in this niche because my best healer has less than 100 HPS.
That said since her shields depend on attacking she gets owned when Damazti turns invincible.
Music: IS3 Boss Theme 1 and 3

[@tumsYT]

I tried for a while without Minimalist but Damazti kept surviving with just enough HP. Here I was prepared to have Mudrock die and have Vivianna kill the last couple block 3 enemies, but it wasn't necessary (and likely wouldn't work because Vivianna is not a good helidrop)

[@yuujin8194]

This niche actually seems super fun. Also it cracks me up that IS3 makes up like a quarter of the operators. Edit: I'm assuming Skadi base form isn't included? That will also prevent Wis'adel from making the niche incredibly unfun in a year.

[@tumsYT]

@@yuujin8194 All the ops are in the squad atm Skadi base is not the boss we fight in IS3 so she doesn't count

[@yuujin8194]

@@tumsYT I just realized I have every playable boss e2 except Minimalist who's been on my e2 docket for AFKnights for ages anyway and most of them are at least m3 (their AFK skills). I'm going to start playing this niche, on god.

[@hendrihendri3939]

Everyone: "Viviana Bad." Tums: *My kind of Bad*

[@ddice626]

i guess you could say, Tums was down bad. HEHEHEHEHEHE

[@vonplackus527]

w8 a month and a certain goat will fill the "mid damage" gap

[@alifakbar4232]

Next side story will bless this niche with 2 new operators, one being medic and the other being a great dps dealer

[@tanaka-kun6220]

Huh... It never occurred to me that there were already this many playable bosses.

[@TheGentleeye]

In degenbreacher event, we will have Harold the wanderer medic as free op who is the boss in the event btw

[@billybob-ts2rt]

we also have degenbrecher who is also a boss and would probably make this clear way easier

[@ghgzcf700]

I hope i get her

[@user-uu6xz6lk6o]

Maybe a bit spoily idk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . IS#5 will have Kal'tsit as a boss

[@nestrior7733]

Now this is an unexpected but welcome niche. Also funny that Minimalist resisted being optimised out. One can probably argue that he's the "worst" of the units present, yet he was still required in the end. Very nice clear!

[@Zorgdub]

The minimal squad includes Minimalist! I wasn't expecting that.

[@wocky2297]

This niche will get a "Medic" by the time IS5 comes out, but she'll be a very selfish "Medic"...

[@lumsalo]

This niche will get a medic in just about a month, but he'll be a pretty situational medic :)

[@Only_Ameen04]

They will get medic in Degenbrecher event and free one at that

[@Vadikus2424]

Genuinely forgot that Harold became playable immediately

[@ghgzcf700]

Which selfish one

[@coreshift]

@@ghgzcf700 kaltsit

[@miraishinigami]

Man I really love this niche. Seems so fun. Also Phantom S1 holy shite Mizuki my boy did good.

[@tumsYT]

Outside of Classknights I think this is the most fun niche I play with 6*s

[@newbiefbi9415]

Lack of dps? After 6 months Wisadel / Walter: Miss me? KABOOOM! HAHAHAHA

[@user-ashborn16]

Man this niche looks absurdly fun to play! And we will have some interesting additions to the roster down the line as well for extra flexibility

[@neonayse8803]

Enemyknights forever changing because of one goat (not Viviana)

[@fathr3865]

amazing clear, mizuki taking the last hit is chef's kiss

[@Dr.SoloWing]

Really nice clear, and using the mines to reveal the civilians is down right impressive, damn!!

[@hezuka705]

Dorothy's trap made it look like Viviana has a tiny crown :)

[@Zorgdub]

Minimalist: "I actually contributed!"

[@zerotrig8331]

wait the first few mines are for vetting the sus civis? they can do that???

[@partyrocky]

woahh fun looking niche and awesome clear! :3

[@roar6756]

what? idk dorothy trap can be use to reveal civilian 😮

[@LurkyKyram]

W sweeping right lane as usual. :dalaobow:

[@Ikketton]

at least the lack of a decent healer is gonna get resolved later this year once IS5 gets released

[@luckystarplays1837]

Y’all be forgetting a Harold to quickly 😭😭😭

[@arks_knights]

Viviana needs nuke skill, minimalist needs better drone, highmore needs more damage and the rest are either buffed(getting alter) while others are beyond saving

[@etgamer16]

W S2 usage 😮 I haven’t seen it in Years

[@greasybreads9657]

i will nichenights every single stage except all the ones that feature this boss.

[@voltrixgames4375]

Vivi isn’t classified as a boss she’s an elite enemy 😭🫶 thank you for proving her usefulness to some degree though we need more vivi believers

[@wildfire_]

I’ve never though of using dorothy that way. Wow

[@dan-wiiu-killer]

OMG BossKnights. I wanna play them.

[@file17462]

Theresa/Civilight Eterna counts or not for this niche?

[@Tauposaurus]

Depends, do you get to deploy cartoon catgirls to shoot her in the face at some point?

[@tegrqbarv0510]

Technically yes

[@stef2337]

W: chillin

[@virgondust5562]

Bossknights

[@lucasleong8529]

This niche is just waiting for harold now (which im abit mad hes not a caster medic (ritualist?))

[@kholdstare90]

His boss kit screams cold based phalanx caster, how we got a wandering/elemental medic instead of a therapist/status medic is a mystery only known to the devs.

[@laudza]

@@kholdstare90 I think they just done with therapist medic after Lumen lol

[@kholdstare90]

@@laudza But not wandering after eyjaberry? Harold is just a big neon sign "whyyyyyyy *sigh*"

[@user-mg4rc1qw6w]

​@@kholdstare90 devs did that specially for me fr fr believe me (I didn't level up any other wandering medic)

[@tsurara6820]

Well, playable boss will be/is the strongest in global soon/cn sv. Red woman XD