Nanally Best Arc: Ready-Ready vs Oraora! F2P Comparison

The Weapon Decision: BIS vs F2P

Nanally, NTE’s strongest Cosmos DPS, scales differently from other characters. Her damage doesn’t come from raw ATK multipliers; it comes from CRIT Rate stacking and passive reaction triggers.

This creates an interesting dynamic: her Best-In-Slot (BIS) Arc (Ready-Ready) adds +50% more damage than her F2P option (Oraora!), but the F2P option is viable for 90% of Abyss content.

Let’s break down which Arc you should actually build.

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Arc Stats Comparison: The Numbers

Stat	Ready-Ready (BIS)	Oraora! (F2P)	Song of the Whale (Alt)
Base ATK	742 (5-star)	512 (4-star)	578 (4-star)
Substat	+CRIT Rate 33.1%	+CRIT Rate 27.8%	+ATK 27.6%
Passive (Ult)	+30% damage, triggers Redirect	+25% damage, triggers Redirect	+30% damage, resets cooldown
Passive (Ability)	+40% CRIT Damage	+20% CRIT Rate (stacking)	+ATK (stacking)
Total CRIT Rate	87.1% (with substat)	81.8%	60% (needs substats)
Damage Multiplier	1.5x (optimized)	1.35x	1.4x

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Ready-Ready: The BIS Arc

How to obtain: Pull on weapon banner (5-star Arc, ~90 pity guarantee).

Ready-Ready is designed specifically for Nanally’s kit:

Stats at Lvl 90:

• ATK: 742 (+33.1% CRIT Rate)
• Passive: +30% damage on Ult, grants Redirect buff (next ability bypasses cooldown)
• Ability passive: +40% CRIT Damage (per CRIT hit)

How it synergizes:

1. Nanally applies Lakshana (passive)
2. Ready-Ready Ult → +30% damage + grants Redirect buff
3. Next Cosmos attack triggers Redirect (no cooldown, instant)
4. +40% CRIT Damage stacks per hit
5. Redirect hit counts as “bonus” damage, triggering reaction again

Damage breakdown at pity 90:

• Base ATK: 742
• Passives: +45% ATK (Nanally) + 30% damage (Ult) = 1.75× multiplier
• CRIT: 87.1% Rate × 160% Damage = 139% CRIT boost
• Total scaling: 2.14× base damage

Best teams:

• Nanally + Daffodill (Chaos enabler for Charge reaction)
• Nanally + Fadia (Stain DEF shred stacks with CRIT Damage)
• Nanally + Hotori (Blossom healing + Redirect loop)

Verdict: This is the damage ceiling for Nanally. Use Ready-Ready if you’ve already pulled Nanally and have pity to spare for her Arc.

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Oraora! (F2P Arc): The Honest Choice

How to obtain: Free 4-star Arc (story reward at Chapter 1, Level 10 City Tycoon, or event gacha).

Oraora! is the F2P weapon most new players will use. It’s not a “downgrade”; it’s a different scaling strategy.

Stats at Lvl 80:

• ATK: 512 (+27.8% CRIT Rate)
• Passive: +25% damage on Ult, grants Redirect buff
• Ability passive: +20% CRIT Rate per stack (caps at 5 stacks = +100% CRIT Rate)

How it synergizes:

1. Nanally primary attack #1 → +20% CRIT Rate (total 60%)
2. Primary attack #2 → +20% CRIT Rate (total 80%)
3. Primary attack #3 → +20% CRIT Rate (total 100%, guaranteed CRIT)
4. Ult → +25% damage + Redirect buff
5. Next Cosmos attack at 100% CRIT Rate (guaranteed hit + high CRIT Damage from substats)

Damage breakdown at level 80:

• Base ATK: 512
• Passives: +45% ATK (Nanally) + 25% damage (Ult) = 1.70× multiplier
• CRIT: 100% Rate (stacked) × 140% Damage = 140% CRIT boost
• Total scaling: 1.98× base damage (only 8% behind Ready-Ready)

Best teams:

• Nanally + Sakiri (Blossom healing, sustain-focused)
• Nanally + anyone (Oraora! is flexible, doesn’t require specific reaction chains)

Verdict: This is the best F2P choice. You lose 8% damage vs Ready-Ready, but you avoid 90 pity (saves 160 Annulith for next character).

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The DPS Comparison: Side-by-Side

Let’s model actual team damage output in a realistic Abyss scenario (single target, 20-turn rotation):

Team	Arc	DPS (avg)	vs F2P	Notes
Nanally + Daffodill	Ready-Ready	8,640	+22%	Charge reaction enabled
Nanally + Daffodill	Oraora!	7,080	Baseline	Charge reaction enabled
Nanally + Sakiri	Ready-Ready	8,200	+18%	Blossom healing
Nanally + Sakiri	Oraora!	6,950	Baseline	Healing-focused
Nanally solo	Ready-Ready	7,400	+15%	No reactions
Nanally solo	Oraora!	6,430	Baseline	No reactions

Key insight: Ready-Ready’s advantage is 8–22% damage boost, depending on your team composition. Against Abyss tier 7 (most common for F2P), both clear within time limits.

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Song of the Whale: The Underrated Alt

How to obtain: Event-exclusive weapon (rotation basis, ~80 pity or F2P gacha)

Song of the Whale is a cooldown-reset Arc that benefits Nanally differently:

Stats at Lvl 80:

• ATK: 578 (+27.6% ATK)
• Passive: +30% damage on Ult, resets next character’s cooldowns
• Ability passive: +ATK per stack (similar to Oraora!)

Why use it? If you’re running Nanally + two enabler characters (like Daffodill + Fadia), Song of the Whale lets you chain:

1. Nanally Ult (cooldown reset for Daffodill)
2. Daffodill Ult (instant cast)
3. Fadia Ult (instant cast)
4. Nanally primary again (no cooldown penalty)

This enables infinite rotation windows against single-target bosses.

Damage comparison:

• Ready-Ready: +30% damage + Redirect bypass = 2.14× scaling
• Song of the Whale: +30% damage + rotation reset = 2.05× scaling (but enables extended duration)

Best for: Advanced players optimizing tri-element rotations (Discord/Charge). F2P players should skip.

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The Decision Tree: Which Arc Should You Pull?

Do you own Nanally?
├─ NO → Skip Arc farming. Pull Nanally first (pity 90).
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└─ YES → Do you have 90+ pity saved for Arc?
   ├─ NO → Use Oraora! (F2P)
   │  └─ You'll clear all Abyss content. DPS loss: 8%
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   └─ YES → Pull Ready-Ready (BIS)
      └─ +22% damage ceiling. Worth it if you're planning to stay.

The honest take: If you’re F2P with Annulith (~3,500/month), you’ll reach 90 Arc pity around month 4–5 after Nanally. By that time, you might want to save for the next limited character instead.

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Leveling Priority: Arc Ascension vs Nanally Leveling

If you choose Oraora!:

1. Level Nanally to 80/80 first (priority #1)
2. Ascend Oraora! to Lvl 80 (cheap ascension mats, huge damage boost)
3. Level Oraora! to 80 (takes ~1 week, +50 ATK)

If you choose Ready-Ready:

1. Ascend Nanally to 80/80 first
2. Level Ready-Ready to 90 ASAP (5-star weapons have higher scaling)
3. Ascend Nanally to 90/90 later (cosmetic, minimal damage gain)

Timeline: Oraora! ready in 2 weeks. Ready-Ready ready in 3–4 weeks (higher level cap).

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Substat Optimization: Making Oraora! Competitive

Ready-Ready has innate +33.1% CRIT Rate. Oraora! has +27.8%. To match it, you need 5.3% more CRIT Rate from substats.

This translates to:

• 1 artifact with +6% CRIT Rate substat
• OR 2 artifacts with +3% CRIT Rate substat each

Easy way to check: In your character screen:

• Ready-Ready: 87.1% CRIT (from Arc alone)
• Oraora! + 1 CRIT substat: 81.8% + 6% = 87.8% (matches Ready-Ready)

By farming just 1–2 decent artifacts, you close the CRIT Rate gap entirely. The remaining 8% DPS difference becomes pure ATK scaling (harder to close).

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Special Synergy: Nanally + Hotori + Ready-Ready

If you’re planning to pull both Nanally AND Hotori, Ready-Ready gets a hidden benefit:

Hotori’s Blossom chain triggers Ready-Ready’s Redirect passive. This creates:

1. Nanally Ult → Redirect buff
2. Hotori Blossom triggers → Nanally gets instant next attack (Redirect)
3. Instant attack applies Cosmos → triggers Blossom again
4. Loop repeats (Blossom → Redirect → Repeat)

Result: With Hotori, Nanally’s DPS with Ready-Ready jumps to 2.5× baseline (highest ceiling in the game).

But this requires pulling both limited characters (~200 pity), which most F2P won’t do in year 1.

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The Bottom Line

Arc	Cost	DPS	Best For	Timeline
Oraora!	Free	1.0x baseline	90% of F2P players	Day 1
Ready-Ready	90 pity	1.22x baseline	Dedicated players	Month 4–5
Song of the Whale	Event (80 pity)	1.18x baseline	Advanced rotations	When available

My recommendation: Start with Oraora!. You’ll clear Abyss tier 7–8 comfortably. Once you’ve saved pity for other characters, circle back to Ready-Ready if you’re still playing.

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Learn More: Nanally Mastery

• S-Class Selector Decision Guide — Choose Nanally or another DPS
• Esper Cycle Reactions Guide — Maximize your Arc’s reaction synergy
• Tier List: May Edition — See where Nanally ranks with different Arcs

Pick your weapon, level it with patience, and watch Nanally’s damage soar. Both roads lead to Abyss tier 8.

Now let’s go break some pity.