If combos and finesse are your preferred approach to combat, then the always-snacking Nadia Cassel will always have a place on your team inMetal Slug Tactics.She doesn’t have the point-and-shoot efficiency of many of her teammates, but given enough time to prepare, her mines and drones will prove to be more than a match for all the firepower the other characters can bring to bear.

Keeping Nadia safe and letting her do her job are a top priority when she’s on your team. As long as she has the support she needs, she’ll pay you back in spades.

nadia’s gunbot and electric mines deloyed in argun palm desert in metal slug tactics.

Nadia’s Core Abilities - Bots And Electric Mines

Nadia deploys two unique types of gadgets in battle, giving her tactical options unavailable to the rest of the Peregrine Falcons.

Bots

As long as she has the correct Special Actions, Nadia can deploy two different bots;GunbotandIron Lizard.Gunbot borrows her handgun to fight remotely, and canplace Electric Mineson the battlefield.Iron Lizard can useMagnetic Grabto shuffle units around the battlefield, or detonate with a powerfulSelf-Destructexplosion.

You can have both Gunbot and Iron Lizard on the field simultaneously, but you can’t have more than one copy of each at a time.

Nadia’s skill screen in Metal Slug Tactics with Iron Lizard highlighted.

When using the bots, particularly Gunbot, it’s important to note that theydon’t have the Synchronization skill.That means that while human squadmates canperform Sync Attackstriggered by bot attacks,the bots themselves cannot make Sync Attacks by any means.

Electric Mines

Many of Nadia’s abilities let herdeploy Electric Mines, which remain on the battlefielduntil an enemy steps on them or a tile adjacent to them.There is no limit to the number of Electric Mines that can be on the field at a time, buteach tile can only have one Mine.

If Nadia or a bot attempts to deploy an Electric Mine on a space that already has one, nothing happens.

nadia’s loadout screen in metal slug tactics.

Enemies that trigger an Electric Mine sufferfour damage.If a hapless foe triggers multiple Mines at once, they take damage from all of them.

Most Electric Mines will be placed by theHypertensionPassive, which Nadia has in all of her loadouts. It allows both Nadia and her bots toplace an Electric Mine on their current tileany time they trigger or participate in a Sync Attack.

Nadia, Fio, and Rumi in the Herkhanet Tombs base in Metal Slug Tactics

Nadia’s Special Actions

Nadia’s skillset focuses on deploying and interacting with her bots and Electric Mines.

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Eri, Nadia, and Fio in the HQ base in Metal Slug Tactics.

Self

Deals 5 damage to every enemy that is adjacent to Nadia, Gunbot, or Iron Lizard.

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the jupiter king battle in metal slug tactics, with much of the battlefield on fire.

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Deals 2 damage to a single target within range.

Destroys every Electric Mine currently in play, dealing 2 additional damage to the target for each.

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1-4

Summons Gunbot to an empty tile within range.

Nadiacannot use her Handgunfor normal attacks or Synchronizations while Gunbot is in play.

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Targets a unit within range, then moves them onto or adjacent to any Electric Mine anywhere on the map.

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Deploys an Electric Mine on a tile within range, then deploys another one within range from the first.

Deals 3 damage to a single target within range and inflicts them withStun, forcing them to skip their next turn.

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Moves an Electric Mine within range to another tile within range.

Nadia gainsEnergizefor the rest of the turn, which grants her a Bonus Action if she uses a Special Action while on or adjacent to an Electric Mine.

Nadia gainsDynamizefor the rest of the turn, which grants her a Bonus Move is she performs any type of action while on or adjacent to an Electric Mine.

Nadia Classic Loadout

Nadia uses a pretty basic set of gear for her standard loadout; a no-frillsHandgunandCross Launcher.That’s because in most cases, she’ll be using her Special Actions instead to fill the battlefield with her destructive toys.

Once Nadia is in position, have her teammatestrigger a Sync Attackso that she can deploy an Electric Mine via Hypertension, then use Nadia’s action tosummon Gunbotand place more Mines. If Gunbot survives the enemy turn, you can have themSelf-Destructbefore Nadia takes her turn to repeat the process with no drawbacks.

This loadout has a lot of damage potential, provided that Nadia and Gunbotalways have an Electric Mine nearbyto power their weapons. Both theZapper HandgunandElectrifierLaserhave the Overload ability, which allows the user todestroy a nearby Electric Mineto increase the damage of the weapon by a whopping four.

This can be especially devastating with the Electrifier, which hitsevery target in a linethanks to being a laser weapon.

Explosive Duo Loadout

The Explosive Duo loadout hasNadia’s most powerful Handgun, a four-damage beast that enhances Sync Attacks with theImpressive trait built in.It’s meant to be combined with Iron Lizard, who can place enemies right in Nadia’s sights, but if youunlock Gunbot as wellyou can let them borrow the pistol and wreak some havoc with a more standard Nadia strategy.

Nadia’s special weapon in Explosive Duo is thePulsar, a Shotgun with a very short range buta potential damage of eightthanks to Overload. As with the previous loadout, always verify to have an Electric Mine nearby when firing this high-tech boomstick.

Ablaze Loadout

Ablaze offersa lot of utilitycompared to Nadia’s other loadouts, which is really saying a lot. TheBurning Pistolplaces fire tiles around Nadia or Gunbot whenever they score a frag with it, adding even more dangerous terrain for enemies to negotiate beyond what you manage with the Electric Mines. TheGlitter Bombis a Grenade Launcher with awide, loose AoEthatprevents units hit from using Cover.