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Nightingale

Skydriver Nightingale

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“…A fast, flying support robot that can repair nearby allies while in flight.…” – in-game description

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Purchase Information
In-Game Cost	Real Value	Exp Level
10,000	$100	20
Robot Information
Class	Ability	Faction
Medium	Air Support	DSC
Base Statistics
Level	Durability	Speed
1	97,000	44 kph
Armaments			Standard Paint Jobs
Hardpoints	1x Light + 2x Medium
Default Weapons	1x Punisher + 2x Punisher T
Module Slots			Legendary Paint Jobs
Active	Yes
Passive	3
Other			Legendary Pilots
Tier	IV
Wiki Class	Medium

Workshop Production Information
1 Day Cost	3 Day Cost
290,000	950,000
Components	Components
60	170

Introduction 

The Nightingale is a medium robot with 1 light and 2 medium hardpoints.

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Ability

The Nightingale's ability is named Air Support. Upon activation the Nightingale takes flight in stealth mode, gaining a 30% speed boost (71.5 km/h at max speed) along with the ability to heal ally robots below it in a 75m 'cone'. During flight the Nightingale's weapons fold back and are temporarily unavailable, however the bot activates a built-in suppression weapon (similar to the Rayker) that automatically fires at manually targeted enemies up to 500 meters away. The suppression gun fires one beam every 1.5 seconds and deals very low damage to enemies, however any target hit will have their weapon damage lowered by 70% for five seconds.

The Nightingale's healing radiates downward from the bot in a fashion similar to a cone, different from the Weyland, Mender, Tyr and Nodens. Any ally within the radius of the Nightingale's cone (along with the Nightingale itself and bots flying above it) will be healed at a set rate. The Nightingale cannot heal through roofs like the one on Dreadnought. Nightingale can fly for a maximum of 16 seconds, but the flight can be terminated at any time by pressing the ability button a second time. Cool down is for 18 seconds.

Strategy

The Nightingale is a great support bot with its ability to heal allies and suppress enemies. The Nightingale also performs well as an ambusher and skirmisher.

Some commanders use Nightingale as the opening bot to take advantage of the healing and attack power at the beginning of the battle to quickly charge the Titan meter. This gives the commander more options as to when to drop the Titan into the battle, either early on in the game to push further into enemy territory, or later in the game to counter enemy Titans. Using Nightingale mid to late battle is also effective to support allies pushing or defending beacons, to suppress Titans, and to cover ground quickly for ambushing targets or turning beacons. However, due to the presence of Titans late-game the Nightingale's fairly average firepower won't be able to do much damage. Regardless of the stage of the battle, the commander should always stick with robots vital for your success (support bots like Rayker or Typhon or tanks like Bulwark) and restore any lost HP and suppress enemies trying to eliminate them.

Thanks to the Nightingale's suppression it can afford to remain flying and take fire from enemies using Quantum Radar during its ability, so long as it has managed to suppress the targeted enemy. This should also be exploited when any enemies are targeting other stealthed allies, such as the Ao Jun. However, there are rare cases when the enemy has both a physical, Absorber or Aegis barrier or is cloaked and has Quantum Radar at the same time. In this case, provided the enemy has sufficient firepower to damage you noticeably, it is recommended to terminate flight early and land somewhere in cover where it will be harder for the enemy to hit you as you will not be able to suppress them due to their cloak/shields.

If functioning as an ambusher it is advised to have quick-unload weapons like the Cryo & Rime, Orkan & Pinata and Havoc & Scatter so you can unload and engage stealth as quickly as possible, taking minimal damage. It requires quick timing to be effective and it isn't the most useful way to exploit Nightingale's abilities. For this role, useage of Phase Shift and Last Stand are effective as they can provide a failsafe if you accidentally engage in combat without your ability at the ready. Other active modules for consideration are Death Mark to maximize damage output and Shieldbreaker or Quantum Radar to destroy enemies that deploy shields/stealth when you engage with them. Other passive modules for consideration are Thermonuclear Reactor or Overdrive Unit to maximize firepower (when using the latter the commander must be especially careful when the Overdrive Threshold is activated) or Balanced Unit to provide both a damage boost and some extra defence in case of emergency.

As a skirmisher the Nightingale relies on its fairly-elevated hardpoint integrity and nearby cover to function well. Using cover it is possible for the Nightingale to covershoot over buildings while taking minimum damage in return. If the enemy somehow gains an elevated angle by any means, it is recommended to activate Air Support at once to activate stealth and to suppress them so they cannot use their vantage point against any of your other teammates. In this role, Overdrive Unit is useful to maximize damage (the Nightingale will inevitably sustain some damage from splash weapons or robots with an elevated hardpoint integrity so Thermonuclear Reactor is not advised) and Heavy Armor Kit to improve its defence. Death Mark can help maximize damage output when skirmishing and Jump Unit can allow the Nightingale to hop behind another building while still allowing the robot to fire at the enemy.

Possible Setups

Close Range (350m or less)

Slot Types →	Medium Slot ↓	Light Slot (Opt. 1)↓	Light Slot (Opt. 2)↓
#Slots →	x2	x1	x1	Name ↓
Setup 1 →				Death Button (Opt. 1)
Setup 1 →				Inferno (Opt. 1)
Setup 2 →				Plasma Death Button
Setup 3 →				Leadhose
Setup 4 →				Shotgun (Opt. 1)
Setup 5 →				Nuke
Setup 6 →				Energy Shotgun (Opt. 1)

Mid-Range (500-600m)

Slot Types →	Medium Slot↓	Light Slot (Opt. 1)↓	Light Slot (Opt. 2)↓	Light Slot (Opt. 3)↓
#Slots→	x2	x1	x1	x1	Name ↓
Setup 1 →					Flytrap (all options)
Setup 2 →					Lightning Death Button (Opt. 1), Bugzapper (all options)
Setup 3 →
Setup 4 →					Russian Death Button (Opt. 1)
Setup 5 →					Hornet (Opt. 1)
Setup 6 →
Setup 7 →					Mobile Rocket Turret
Setup 8→					Energy Machine Gun (Opt. 1)

Mark I Statistics

Purchase Information

Level	Durability	Repair (Per Second)	Speed	Cost
1	97,000	3,250	44	10,000

Upgrade Information

Level	Durability	Repair (Per Second)	Speed	Cost	Time
2	104,000	3,550	45	100,000	2 hours
3	111,000	3,900	46	200,000	5 hours
4	119,000	4,300	47	400,000	14 hours
5	127,000	4,750	48	2,000,000	1 day 4 hours
6	136,000	5,200	50	4,000,000	2 days 18 hours
7	145,000	5,700	51	6,000,000	4 days 6 hours
8	155,000	6,300	53	11,000,000	5 days 4 hours
9	165,000	6,900	55	17,000,000	5 days 20 hours
10	176,000	7,600	55	36,000,000	6 days 4 hours
11	188,000	8,300	55	52,000,000	6 days 12 hours
12	200,000	8,460	55	70,000,000	6 days 20 hours

	Cost	Time
Totals	198,700,000	39 days 13 hours

Mark II Statistics

Purchase Information

Level	Durability	Repair (Per Second)	Speed	Cost
1	200,000	8,460	55	500

Note: Level 12 Mark I is required to enhance (purchase) to Mark II.

Upgrade Information

Level	Durability	Repair (Per Second)	Speed	Cost	Time
2	204,000	8,652	55	2,500,000	1 day
3	208,000	8,844	55	5,000,000	2 days
4	212,000	9,036	55	10,000,000	3 days
5	216,000	9,228	55	22,500,000	4 days
6	220,000	9,420	55	22,500,000	4 days
7	224,000	9,612	55	22,500,000	4 days
8	228,000	9,804	55	22,500,000	4 days
9	232,000	9,996	55	22,500,000	4 days
10	236,000	10,188	55	22,500,000	4 days
11	240,000	10,380	55	22,500,000	4 days
12	244,000	10,572	55	22,500,000	4 days

	Cost	Time
Totals	197,500,000	38 days

Built-in Suppression Beam Weapon

The Nightingale's built-in weapon system fires up to 10 beams per ability duration (one shot every 1.8 seconds), with a maximum range of 500 meters.

Each beam is guaranteed to suppress the enemy's weapons. It is worth noting that the beams can bypass Ancile shields, but not physical shields.

Mark I Statistics

Level	Damage	Cycle Damage	Burst DPS	Cycle DPS
1	1615	16150	897	475
2	1775	17750	986	522
3	1955	19550	1086	575
4	2150	21500	1194	632
5	2365	23650	1314	696
6	2600	26000	1444	765
7	2860	28600	1589	841
8	3145	31450	1747	925
9	3460	34600	1922	1018
10	3805	38050	2114	1119
11	4185	41850	2325	1231
12	4690	46900	2606	1379

• The damage column shows the damage of each individual beam (out of 10 beams)

Mark II Statistics

Level	Damage	Cycle Damage	Burst DPS	Cycle DPS
1	4690	46900	2606	1379
2	4780	47800	2656	1406
3	4870	48700	2706	1432
4	4960	49600	2756	1459
5	5050	50500	2806	1485
6	5140	51400	2856	1512
7	5230	52300	2906	1538
8	5320	53200	2956	1565
9	5410	54100	3006	1591
10	5500	55000	3056	1618
11	5590	55900	3106	1644
12	5680	56800	3156	1671

• The damage column shows the damage of each individual beam (out of 10 beams)

Gallery

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Nightingale official poster

Phase Shift NERF 🐦 Ravana and Nightingale - War Robots Update 5.7 Overview

Nightingale official overview

Nightingales as seen in one of Update 6.0's official posters

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Update History

Version	Changes
6.8.0	Speed in flight: 83kph → 60kph Ability repair zone: 50m → 75m Flies higher upon ability activation
6.0.0	New skin: Surgeon (6th Anniversary)
5.7.0	Robot was added to the game

Poll​

Note: Each role listed above is different with a unique strategy. While the majority of these are self-explanatory, it should be noted that 'Support' means to provide an additional presence and more firepower to one's team where needed.

Trivia

• One of the most complex robots in the game as its ability has many changes to bot when active.
• This robot was added on January 20, 2020.
• Its name could either be a reference to the bird sharing the same name, or the Victorian-era field nurse Florence Nightinagle.
• This is the only robot to change its camera angle with ability (Aside from the natural camera angle change when ascending and descending)