Nagu (Blade Trickster) Unit Guide - Anime Crusaders

Rarity and Placement

• Rarity: Secret
• Placement Cost: 1800.0
• Total Cost: 59000.0
• DMG: 331.2
• SPA: 6.0
• RNG: 18.0

Rarity and Acquisition

• Rarity: Rare or Epic (depends on summon pool rotation)
• Availability: Obtainable from standard summon banners
• Accessibility: Easier to acquire than the evolved form, Nagu (Blade Trickster)

Abilities and Skills

• Quick Slash: Executes a fast sword strike that deals single-target damage.
• Blade Dash: Short-range attack that hits multiple enemies in a line.
• Trickster’s Instinct (Passive): Increases attack speed slightly after several waves.

These attacks combine light area and single-target damage, making Nagu useful in both close combat and light crowd control situations.

Strengths

• Easy to obtain and evolve early on.
• Good early-game performance against mobs and mini-bosses.
• Attack speed buff allows minor scaling during longer fights.
• Simple and effective unit for new players learning game mechanics.

Weaknesses

• Lower total damage compared to evolved Nagu (Blade Trickster).
• Lacks strong crowd control or team-support features.
• Falls off during late-game and Infinite Mode.
• Gets outclassed by Mythic and Secret units quickly.

Best Uses

• Story Mode: Reliable for completing early and mid-level missions.
• Early Infinite Mode: Helps handle lower waves effectively with quick attacks.
• Beginner Raids: Functions well as an additional DPS unit but not as a main carry.

Tier Placement

• Early Game: A-Tier
• Late Game: C-Tier
• Reason: Nagu performs reliably early on but struggles against stronger enemies as difficulty increases.

Evolution

Nagu evolves into Nagu (Blade Trickster) after collecting the following materials:

• Air Stone x20
• Earth Stone x4
• Water Stone x5
• Fire Stone x7
• Fear Stone x7
• Divine Stone x2
• Gambler’s Dice x1

Evolution

• Doppelganger's Trick
• Nagu can Disguise as a selected unit for 30 seconds.
• He copies the target's current move, 5–50% of their Damage (Scales up based on Nagu's upgrade level), and 100% of their SPA.
• Cannot copy Farm, Buff, or Summoner units.
• Must disguise as a different unit before reusing the same Disguise.
• While Disguised, each of Nagu's attacks increases his Damage by +25% (up to 100%). Resets when the Disguise ends.
• Breaking the Disguise early inflicts -10% Damage for 15s.
• Nagu doesn’t copy Traits, Passives, Levels, or Stat Potentials but instead uses his own.

Passive

• Seven Faces
• If Nagu Disguises as 5 different units in a single match, he permanently gains +25% Critical Chance.
• Passive
• Deceptive Criticals
• Nagu gains +25% Critical Chance and +50% Critical Damage.

Passive