Nita's attack can hit multiple enemies from a fair distance away. Take advantage of this when enemies gather close together.
Nita's Super can be thrown over walls, so it can come in handy for dealing with enemies that are hiding behind one. You can use the Bear Paws Gadget in these situations too to get more value off of Bruce and potentially defeat the enemies hiding behind a wall.
Bruce has moderately high health, allowing Nita to create her own tank. The bear distracts enemies and absorbs fire, protecting Nita and giving her a chance to deal damage.
Bruce can also detect Brawlers hidden in bushes and pursue them. This can help Nita and her teammate/s locate hiding enemy Brawlers, effectively making it a scouting tool.
Since Nita's Super is a thrown projectile like Barley's attacks, it will summon the bear quicker if thrown toward an area closer to Nita. This is convenient when you are being attacked by a shotgun-wielding Brawler such as Shelly or Bull since the bear can tank the projectiles, allowing Nita to escape and counterattack.
Nita's bear has a very short attack range, so it is best if supported or used in an enclosed area where the enemy will be unable to get past the bear.
Nita can use her Super to spawn the bear on a launch pad to ambush unsuspecting enemy Brawlers.
Avoid hiding behind her bear when facing a Penny or Jessie since the splash attack will have a huge effect on Nita.
Use Nita's Super to bolster an aggressive push on Gem Grab, allowing your team to take control of the mine. The bear can either take damage for your team, wasting the enemy's ammunition, or weaken the enemy.
The bear is useful in Heist where you can throw the bear past enemies and walls to attack the safe. Nita's Hyper Bear Star Power is especially useful in Heist.
If she ever gets too close to melee Brawlers, use her Super to distract heavyweights like Darryl or Bull so there is ample time to escape.
When facing a Brawler with non-piercing attacks, place Bruce a few tiles (or right in front of you) to make them waste their ammo on Bruce, while you and Bruce can effectively finish them off.
Nita's bear can effectively prevent the enemy it is chasing from healing up. The enemy will either have to attack, stopping or preventing natural healing, or get damaged, out of which the enemy will most likely choose the former. This can be used to pressure a weakened Gem carrier or other crucial opponent into getting easily defeated by Nita and her team.
Nita’s Bear Paws Gadget can come into great effect if you have her Hyper Bear Star Power. Nita will be able to stun enemies and charge her Super again extremely fast, which can be useful against high-health Brawlers. However, it also works with her Bear with Me Star Power, allowing the bear to catch up to enemies and heal Nita more.
When facing an enemy Frank, always have the Bear Paws Gadget ready to cancel Frank’s Super when he’s about to stun you, Bruce, and your teammates. This will not only cancel Frank’s Super in the process, therefore defusing it, but also give ample time for teammates to defeat Frank.
Faux Fur's shield greatly increases Bear with Me's effectiveness. In Heist, using it with her Hyper Bear Star Power may be more favorable. In general, only use Hyper Bear in non-Heist modes when she is using Bear Paws. Bear with Me provides more consistent value in these cases.
Changelog
20/06/17 The health decay mechanic from Nita's bear was removed. Nita's bear health was decreased to 1000 (from 1200).
27/06/17 Nita's reload time was increased to 1.25 seconds (from 1).
11/08/17 Nita's Super recharge rate was decreased by 25%.
07/12/17 Nita's main attack damage was increased to 680 (from 640). Nita's Bear With Me Star Power was added. She was given voice lines. The health and damage statistics of all Brawlers were multiplied by 4.
18/12/17 Nita's health was increased to 3400 (from 3200). Her Bear With Me Star Power healing was increased to 200 (from 180).
16/01/18 Nita's health was increased to 3800 (from 3400). Her Bear's movement speed was increased to 550 (from 500). Her Bear With Me Star Power healing was increased to 300 (from 200).
21/03/18 Every Brawler's movement speed was increased by 70 points, increasing Nita's movement speed to 720 (from 650). Nita's Bear's movement speed was also increased to 610 (from 550). All Brawlers' projectile speeds are increased by 9%.
23/03/18 Nita's main attack size was increased by 25%.
09/04/18 Nita's main attack damage was increased to 740 (from 680).
05/12/18 Nita and Panda Nita were remodeled.
20/12/18 The Red Nose Nita skin was added. It was featured as a Brawlidays 2018 skin.
29/01/19 Nita's Bear With Me Star Power healing was increased to 500 (from 300). Her main attack animation was reworked.
29/04/19 The Shiba Nita skin was added.
26/06/19 Nita's Hyper Bear Star Power was added.
18/09/19 Nita's Hyper Bear Star Power attack speed was increased to 60% (from 50%).
23/10/19 Nita's health was increased to 4000 (from 3800). Her main attack damage was increased to 800 (from 740).
23/01/20 The Koala Nita skin was added to raise money for Australian bush fires.
17/03/20 Nita's Bear Paws Gadget was added.
13/05/20 Nita's Bear Paws Gadget charges per match were decreased to 2 (from 3).
10/09/20 The number of hits necessary to charge Nita's Super was decreased to 6 hits (from 7). The number of hits for Nita's bear to recharge her Super was decreased to 10 hits (from 12). Her Bear Paws Gadget charges per match were increased to 3 (from 2). After activating her Bear Paws Gadget, her bear will have a one second delay before stunning an enemy.
22/10/20 Nita's reload time was decreased to 1.1 seconds (from 1.25). Nita's Bear can now move and attack while activating her Gadget.
11/11/20 Nita's Bear will now return to Nita if there are no enemies present on the battlefield.
13/11/20 Nita's Faux Fur Gadget was added.
15/12/20 Nita's main attack damage was increased to 880 (from 800). Nita's Bear With Me Star Power healing was increased to 800 (from 500). Nita's Bear With Me Star Power now does not heal Nita or her bear if they hit a pet or a spawnable.
27/01/21 Nita and her skins received facial animations.
07/04/21 Nita's True Silver and True Gold skins were added.
16/07/21 The Whale Watch Nita skin was added. It was featured as a Supercell Make skin.
27/10/21 Nita's class was changed to Damage Dealer (from Fighter).
17/11/21 Nita's main attack and Super animation was reworked.
17/01/22 The Nian Nita skin was added. It was featured as a Power League exclusive skin for Brawl Pass Season 10.
31/08/22 Nita's main attack damage was increased to 960 (from 880). The number of hits necessary to charge her Super was decreased to 5 hits (from 6).
12/12/22 Nita's rarity was changed to Rare (from Common).
02/01/23 The Gummybear Nita skin was added. It was featured as a Brawl Pass Season 16 exclusive skin.
28/02/23 Red Nose Nita's main attack visual effects and Super animation were reworked.
25/04/23 Nian Nita now costs 149 Gems (from 25000 Star Points).
05/09/23 All Brawlers' health and damage were increased from 5% to 10% with each Power Level.
24/10/23 Nita's Bear With Me Star Power healing was increased to 936 (from 800) and now scales with Power Levels. Nita's flavor text was changed from "Nita strikes her enemies with a thunderous shockwave. Her Super summons a massive bear to fight by her side!" to "Nita is a ferocious child who never backs down from a fight! The teddy bear on her head serves as a warning to others: don't poke the bear."
08/11/23 The Tusked Nita skin was added. It was featured as a Bizarre Circus skin.
12/12/23 Tusked Nita's bear eyes effects were reworked.
27/02/24 Nita's bear health was increased to 4300 (from 4000). Nita, Koala Nita, Red Nose Nita, Shiba Nita, Nian Nita, True Silver Nita, True Gold Nita, and Gummybear Nita's losing animations were reworked.