Strats and Tips for Kokona
By iZenPlaysGG
About Kokona and understanding her Kit and playstyle
- Kokona is a Bolt Action Sniper which is a high-risk, high return weapon.
- It will be good to consider Athena, Ignis, Emberspit as her secondary weapon (Applicable to all Bolt-snipers).
Skills
Passive Skill
First Aid – While out of combat, Kokona regenerates her HP. Also, Kokona can deploy a drone to revive downed teammates which allows her to provide cover fire while the teammate is being revived (Big Advantage if utilized properly).
(Q) Healing Drone
Deploys the Healing Drone to the target ally, or yourself to provide AoE HP Healing to the target and nearby allies. Can be further improved with her Awaken 2, which will be discussed later.
(X) Reconstruction
Allows you to revive a dead ally at your location. Keep in mind that this takes time to be completely cast. So, it’s best use case is to find a safe place and secure that there’s no nearby enemies. Hold X and click the teammate you want to revive.
Upgrades
I recommend getting Increase Charging speed for 1st round instead of +ADS Speed as Bolt Action Snipers can do 1 shot kill on body at full charge.
How? At Full charge, body shot deals 154 Damage, and since it’s first round, everyone has (100HP+40SP = 140), which means you can knock them in 1 body shot.
The next choices are pretty much based on your preference, though for me, my choices are as follows:
Heavy Armor, Armor Regen +2/s, +ADS Speed, Magazine Capacity (This unlocks her Guardian skill addition).
Followed by Stringified Damage Reduction, First Aid HP, +Stringified Damage (You can also choose switch scope if you prefer it).
Additional Skills
First, we have Guardian (Awaken 3)
- While Healing Drone (Q) is deployed, it absorbs up to 50 points of “projectile” damage. This is only effective for the agent being rejuvenated by the Healing Drone.
- Best use case is if you or your teammate wants to have a little more headroom for tanking damage.
Then, we have Lifesaver (Awaken 2)
- This allows the Healing Drone to have AoE Armor Restoration to allied agents close to the one being rejuvenated by the Healing Drone.
- Best use case is for better team play, just keep in mind that sticking close together makes your team prone to getting wiped by spam nading.
Now, what trait do you need to play Kokona?
Be confident – Sniper players need to be confident with their aim (trust yourself that you can hit your shots mindset)
Always check your teammates positioning – Kokona is a support agent, so while being a high-risk high return weapon, you also need to constantly read the situation and positioning of your teammates to provide immediate support when needed.
Headshot Pre-aim – This is very important for Sniper Players in Strinova. As the 2nd or 3rd round starts, there’s no more 1 hit body shot (full charge). So, you need to be consistent on aiming at the head.
How do you get those traits?
Use aim trainers – in my case, I use AimLab. Gridshot, Strafe Track, Spider Shot, Motion Shot. These 4 are very essential for basic training and can improve your aim and confidence in a short amount of time. Try giving it 1 month with 1-2 hours per day of playing in Aim Lab, and you’ll see the difference. (Make sure to set the sensitivity as close to yours in Strinova)
Never doubt yourself – have a mindset of (I’m better than anyone on the opponent side) in a positive approach. This will improve your confidence and will allow you to think of different approaches to deal with the enemy team.
Communicate with the team – you’re not playing solo, so communicate with your team, what’s your plan, or what’s their plan, and execute it. This allows you to provide better support to your team as Kokona.