Follie vs Nova
Same Support / Healer fantasy — which support kit fits your squad and mission rota?
TL;DR — Quick Pick
Pick Follie if…
- You're sold on Follie's fantasy (Follie, the merry, macabre Shadowgrapher, brings ink to life) more than another Support / Healer option.
- Nova's pitch (“Harness antimatter”) isn't what you're missing — Self Portrait is.
- You value Follie's orb-efficiency passive for longer ability spam on dense holds.
Pick Nova if…
- You're sold on Nova's fantasy (Harness antimatter) more than another Support / Healer option.
- Follie's pitch (“Follie, the merry, macabre Shadowgrapher, brings ink to life”) isn't what you're missing — Wormhole is.
- You value Nova's orb-efficiency passive for longer ability spam on dense holds.
Verdict
Both fill the Support / Healer lane. Lean Follie for orb economy and Self Portrait; lean Nova for orb economy and Wormhole. Mission Usefulness is a wash — decide on kit feel and passive, not the rating table.
At a Glance
Follie
Stat
Nova
Support / Healer
Role
Support / Healer
VazarinAura
NaramonMatch the priority to your main ability
Mod Priority
Match the priority to your main ability
Forced Perspective
Kit Opener
Null Star
Mission Usefulness
Mission
Follie
Nova
Steel Path Survival / Defense / Disruption
Mobile Defense / Excavation
Exterminate / Capture Speed Runs
Spy / Rescue / Nightmare
Open World / Bounties
Long-Range Gunplay / Eidolon-Style Content
When Each Shines
Follie
- Self Portrait carries mid-mission casts; Plein Air is the density payoff.
- Long holds where energy comfort matters — Follie's loop stays online without babysitting orbs.
- Dense spawns where Follie's cast cadence outpaces gun-only clears.
Nova
- Wormhole carries mid-mission casts; Molecular Prime is the density payoff.
- Long holds where energy comfort matters — Nova's loop stays online without babysitting orbs.
- Nova shines on tile clears where ability damage — not just weapons — carries the pack.
Mod Scaling Focus
Follie
Match the priority to your main ability — Strength or Duration first for most kits, then Efficiency, then Range.
- STR
- Raises damage and effect potency across Follie’s Strength-scaling abilities.
- DUR
- Extends channeled / timed effects — often comfort on Follie if the kit leans on buffs or zones.
- RNG
- Helps radius / targeting tools. Dump it if Follie is mostly self-buff or exalted weapons.
- EFF
- Keeps ability uptime comfortable, especially on longer Steel Path missions.
Nova
Match the priority to your main ability — Strength or Duration first for most kits, then Efficiency, then Range.
- STR
- Raises damage and effect potency across Nova’s Strength-scaling abilities.
- DUR
- Extends channeled / timed effects — often comfort on Nova if the kit leans on buffs or zones.
- RNG
- Helps radius / targeting tools. Dump it if Nova is mostly self-buff or exalted weapons.
- EFF
- Keeps ability uptime comfortable, especially on longer Steel Path missions.
Who Should You Pull?
- Energy / health orb rooms are common in your rota and Follie gets more mileage out of every pickup.
- Your favorite clear starts on Forced Perspective and ends on Plein Air — Follie is built for that arc.
- Nova's Wormhole loop asks for a different muscle memory than you want to practice.
- Vazarin on the aura slot matches the school you're already building weapons around.
- Potato + Forma budget this month has Follie's name on it.
- Energy / health orb rooms are common in your rota and Nova gets more mileage out of every pickup.
- Squad comps where someone has to own tile clear alone — Nova is the frame you trust for that job.
- Follie can stay on the shelf; Nova is the one you'll actually Forma twice.
- Even after Helminth, Antimatter Drop and later abilities are still the reason Nova earned potato.
- Your endgame loadout screen should show Nova before it shows another same-role experiment.