Talk:Nyx/@comment-82.30.253.245-20190727130806/@comment-922163-20190727201057

Her damage is actually really good, Psychic Bolts + Arcane Avanger wrecks anything with a decent weapon (you don't even need the former for most things anyways, but it can be applied extremely fast and without disturbing other actions). She does absolutely need Assimilate to function though, so you have one mod less to build with, but since she doesn't really scale with str or tanky mods it doesn't matter much. Chaos existed before PB, so it wasn't build with the armor reduction in mind, it's purpose is disabling auras, and turning everything aggressive (it won't even slow down the mission more than the initial stun because the enemies will still flood to high priority points). Mind Control is hot garbage and it's only purpose is to cast it on enemies then to dash through them with Vazarin so you can be the Limbo for bosses.

My view is that her kit wont help you early in the game when you still have perks to unluck (she won't kill the enemies on her own), so she looks like she doesn't have anything at all going on, but works really well when you gather up some equipment (a _good_ gun with primed mods + operator). She is like THE support for your gun.