Is Nekopara World Connect Worth Rerolling? The Smart Way to Use Your 220 Free Pulls

First, let's cut to the chase: For Nekopara: World Link, rerolling on the beginner summon—you *can* do it, but it’s totally not necessary. After all, the game hands out way more free summons at launch than most gachas. These days, rerolling isn’t like the old days where skipping it leaves you way behind right out the gate—instead, it’s more like: “Reroll and you’ll have a smoother go, but even if you don’t, you can still play all the way through no problem.”

But wait, that brings up a question: With a launch bonus of 220 free summons total, should you even bother seriously rerolling for that beginner pull?

Today, I’ve put together all the info you need: how to reroll efficiently, which characters to aim for, how to build teams with different types, how to use those 220 summons best, the pity system you need to know about, and even the differences between the Steam and mobile versions. After reading this, you’ll absolutely figure out: whether to reroll at all, how far to go with it, and how to use your summoned characters without wasting resources or making mistakes.

I. Is Rerolling Worth It in Nekopara: World Link

A. How Important Is Rerolling in the Launch Meta

In most gacha games, the beginner summon is taken super seriously mostly because early-game resources are tight, and your team options are limited. A strong main DPS character doesn’t just speed up your stage clears—it affects event efficiency, and even whether you’ll keep playing the game long-term.

But Nekopara: World Link is different. Beyond combat, the core experience of this game includes:

• Interacting with the catgirls and enjoying fully voiced dialogue and story scenes
• The rhythm of running a shop and training characters
• Rhythm-based gameplay challenges
• Event stories, limited skins, and the joy of collecting characters

So the value of a beginner pull isn’t just about how strong the character is—it also ties into how much you like them, and whether you’ll feel like logging in daily to hang out with them.

B. Does the 220 Summon Bonus Make Rerolling Less Necessary

This big launch perk means that even if your beginner pull isn’t perfect, the free summons you get later can make up for it.

But wait! Here’s a key point many players miss: Having more summons doesn’t guarantee you’ll get the character you want. Summons are random, after all. If you don’t have a clear priority list and know when to stop, those 220 summons can easily end up:

• Blindly pulling on the standard banner and wasting valuable summons
• Pulling on limited banners for characters you like, only to realize you don’t actually need them
• Getting a bunch of characters or items you can’t use right now
• Never actually building the main team you want

So the point of rerolling shifts to: Getting a core character that can carry you through the early-game at the lowest cost. That way, with those 220 summons left, you have space to go after the characters you love, limited skins, or collectable content you care about.

C. Which Players Should Reroll

I’ll break it down into three categories—just pick based on which you fit:

1) Best candidates for rerolling: Players who care about efficiency, don’t want to get stuck on stages, or want to rush event progress

• Don’t want to spend time researching complicated team builds
• Want a reliable main team character right from the start
• Would rather spend stamina farming resources than waste time replaying stuck stages

2) Can reroll, but don’t go overboard: F2P players or low-spenders who plan to play long-term

• Reroll for at least one versatile main character to start
• No need to aim for harsh standards like dual or tri-core teams that’re hard to get

3) Actually not

Rerolling Style: Character-Lover / Casual Story Enjoyers

 

• Use any character you love, no strings attached!

• Log in daily to chat with the catgirls, play rhythm mini-games, and collect cute outfits—this is the fun part!

• Rerolling till you’re frustrated out of your mind is just wasting time and energy—totally not worth it!

II. Nekopara World Link Reroll Guide Overview

A. How Long Does One Reroll Take?

Based on my play habits, here’s a rough rule to keep in mind:

• From launching the game to unlocking pulls, it takes around 10 to 20 minutes

• If you keep rerolling nonstop, it depends on how well you master optimizing your process—the more skilled you get, the faster it goes

• Don’t overcomplicate things—picking a pace that fits your playstyle is the most important thing

Don’t think moving fast is everything. The real key is sticking to a fixed routine for rerolls. If you don’t, every restart will waste time on deciding “what to tap, skip the story or not, grab rewards first?” It’s super inefficient!

B. What Login Rewards & Pull Resources Do You Claim Before Rerolling?

The core rule for grabbing early resources is super simple:
Claim everything that can turn into pulls right away.

Common resources to grab:

• Login rewards

• Inbox

• Newbie quests

• System announcements / Event pages

Always follow the same “resource-grabbing order” every reroll—this way you won’t miss out on important pulls.

C. Basic Tips to Get to Rerolling Fast

My go-to “lazy SOP” is as follows:

1. Finish the tutorial until the gacha (pull) function is unlocked

2. Immediately collect inbox items, login rewards, and newbie quest rewards

3. Pull from the specific banner you decided on beforehand

4. Right after pulling, decide “keep this or restart”

5. If not, restart immediately without hesitation

III. What Can You Get From Rerolls?

A. Launch Banners & Featured Gacha Contents

Usually, there are two main banners at launch:

• Newbie/Featured Banner: Perfect for early-game progression, often has pity systems or guaranteed pulls

• Limited-Time Pick-Up Banners: Usually for popular characters or outfits—made to make you dump all your resources here!

First, you need to decide for your reroll: are you going for “steady early-game progression” or “chase the current popular character first”?

B. Difference Between Permanent & Limited Banners

A common mistake players make: dumping all their pulls on limited banners the second they see one... then getting stuck on the main story.

A safer, more balanced approach is:

• Use your resources to get a “core unit that helps with map progression” first

• Use the remaining pulls to go for limited characters

C. Best Character Types to Target for Rerolls

If you’re not deep into character analysis yet, here’s a universal rule for rerolls: only focus on these types:

The 3 most worth going for in rerolls:

1. Versatile Main Damage Dealer: Works on any stage, great for clearing maps quickly

2. Strong Support/Buff Unit: Boosts your entire team’s damage—super valuable late game

3. Reliable Survival Unit: Lets you clear stages even with low-leveled characters

IV. Reroll Recommended Characters

 

Character Tier List

I’m not gonna write some clickbait tier list claiming “X character is definitely T0” — instead, I’ll rank based on “comps that feel super comfortable to get on your first pulls.”

A. T0 Starter Character Recommendations

T0 = “Versatile Main DPS” + “Survival Support”

If your first roll gets you:

• A main DPS that can reliably clear mobs and still hold up well against bosses

• Plus either a shield, healer, or damage reduction skill
  Then your early game will be a total breeze.

B. Versatile Meta Characters & High CP Value Characters

What does “high CP value” mean?

• They can fit on any team without needing specific teammates

• You don’t need their signature weapon or gear to make them perform well

• You’ll see clear upgrades even from minor leveling, so you won’t feel like you wasted resources mid-training

These characters usually have:

• Simple, straightforward skill sets

• Built-in damage boost or self-survival capabilities

• Or provide obvious buffs to teammates

C. Characters That Work Well For Early Game Questing, Events, And Long-Term Development

Long-term value usually comes in two forms:

1. Support Type: Become even more important later game, since your main DPS will rotate out often, but “reliable supports” rarely get phased out

2. Utility Type: Things like crowd control, defense break, speed boost,

Energy regain mechanics often become a critical gap when you face high-difficulty stages later on.

V. Should You Prioritize Pulling Popular Catgirls Like Chocola And Vanilla?

A. Introduction To Key Characters & Popular Catgirls

At the end of the day, the core appeal of the Nekopara series is those catgirls you already know and love like the back of your hand.
Chocola and Vanilla aren’t really about whether they’re strong enough — it’s a core choice: will you regret pulling them?

Plus, the game usually drops limited content during launch or event periods:

• Uniform or limited-edition skins

• Pick-Up gacha banners

• Exclusive event storylines

These events are made purely for fans’ love of the series, designed specifically to feed your catgirl fan energy — that urge to pull characters you adore.

B. How To Balance Popular Characters vs. Practical Combat Strength

My super simple decision formula:

If you’re a “fan-first” player: Prioritize pulling your favorite characters — after all, playing to have fun is what matters most.
If you’re an “efficiency-focused” player: First build your core quest-clearing team, then pull for characters you like later.

The worst thing you can do is:
You try to chase both efficiency and your favorite characters, and waste resources randomly — ending up with no satisfying results on either front.

C. The Difference Between “Waifu Starter” And “Efficiency Starter”

• Waifu Starter: You can start playing as soon as you get a character you love — even if questing is a bit slower, it doesn’t matter at all

• Efficiency Starter: First build a “solid core team that can clear content” before slowly filling in your favorite characters

If you want the best of both worlds, here’s a strategy I recommend:

• Roll for at least one core quest-clearing character in your first pull session

• Treat limited or event pulls as your “fan budget”

• Pulling them is a win, and if you don’t get them, you won’t lose much

VI. How To Evaluate First-Pull Standards

A. Can A Single-Core Starter Work?

Yes — and in games that give you a ton of pull opportunities early on, a single-core starter is actually a totally reasonable choice.

You only need to meet these conditions:

•  

  This core character will help you breeze through stages.

  • You won’t constantly wipe because they’re too squishy.
  • Or you can use SR/starting characters given by the system to boost your survivability.

  That’s how you start the game strong.

  B. How Many High-Value Characters Do You Need to "Graduate" (Get a Good Start)?

  I’ll share three practical player-focused pull benchmarks for you:

  Standard "Grad"

  • 1 Main DPS for stage clearing
  • 1 Support character

  Premium "Grad"

  • 1 Main DPS + 1 Support + 1 Utility character

  "Hellish Grad"

  • You must pull 2+ of your favorite characters at the same time
    Even if you grind for that, it’s probably not worth it since the time cost is way too high

  C. Which Combos Are Best for Starting Off Right Away?

  If you don’t want to memorize a bunch of character names, just remember this key point:
  Deal damage + Don’t die = Perfect start

  • Deals damage but too squishy → This will make grinding stages super frustrating
  • Tanks a lot but no damage → Your stage clear speed will be way too slow
    The most comfortable setup is a combo of both

  VII. New Player Starting Team Recommendations

  A. Most Reliable Early Game Team After Gacha Pulls

  Generally, early game teams just need to cover three roles:

  1. Main DPS
  2. Sub-DPS or Break DPS
  3. Survival/Support role

  If you only have a Main DPS at the start, you can use these for the other two spots first:

  • SR characters given by the system
  • Characters from new player quests
  • Or characters that clearly look like support roles to hold you over first

  B. Budget-Friendly Starting Team That Works

  The key to a budget-friendly start is: Make the most of free resources and characters the game gives you—you don’t need to spend big to build a stable stage-clearing team

  Don’t spread resources to three "resource-hungry" characters all at once—this will waste everything!
  Focus your resources on your Main DPS first, and just get the core functions of other characters up and running for now:

  • Characters with shields should be used first to deploy shields
  • Characters with healing skills should focus on healing first
  • Characters that can boost damage can just be "utility tools" for now—level them up slowly when you have more resources later.

  C. How to Adjust Your Team When You Pull Different Core Characters

  If your core character is one of these types, here’s how to fill out the team:

  • Single-Target Burst Main DPS: Add a character that can clear minions quickly to your team
  • AOE Clear Main DPS: Pair with a character good for beating bosses or breaking enemy defense
  • Utility-Focused Main DPS: This type doesn’t have enough damage, so you need to add a real damage dealer fast—otherwise, your clear speed will be way too slow.

  VIII. How to Use Your 220 Pulls and Launch Bonuses Most Efficiently

  A. How to Allocate Login Rewards, Gacha Tickets, and Free Resources

  When you get tons of free pulls, the most annoying part isn’t "not getting what you want"—it’s the urge to pull randomly and waste resources.

  I recommend planning this with three "pull wallet" concepts:

  1. Early Game Wallet

   

  1. Event Wallet: Only use this for limited characters or skins you definitely want right now—don’t blow it on random stuff.

  2. Pity Wallet: Set aside a fixed number of pulls in advance—never touch these, so you can save for a better limited banner later if you want.

  B. Should You Pull Standard or Limited Banners After Your First Roll

  Here’s the general planning rule for this:

  • Get your team stable enough to consistently clear stages → THEN think about limited characters
    How fast you progress stages directly ties to how much resources you earn, which in turn speeds up your pulls and character leveling.

  C. How To Avoid Wasting Resources On The Wrong Banners

  Here are 3 common pitfalls tons of players run into:

  1. Thinking the “Rate-Up” label means you’ll definitely get that character

  2. Forcing pulls halfway just because you’re close to a limited character

  3. Not setting a clear pull limit or stop time from the start

  IX. What Order To Level Up Your First Pulled Characters

  A. What Character Types To Prioritize Early Game

  Here’s the early game priority order for leveling:

  1. Main carry’s level, ascension, and key skills

  2. Tank/Healer roles that keep the team alive

  3. Sub-DPS or utility support roles

  B. Leveling Order For Main DPS, Supports, And Utility Roles

  Remember this analogy:
  Main DPS is the gas pedal that gets you through stages, supports are the navigation, and survival roles are the brakes.
  Early game, the gas pedal is super important—but without brakes, you’ll totally crash in fights.

  C. When Stuck On Stages: Should You Level Characters Or Farm Resources

  When I get stuck, here’s how I decide:

  • If you’re stuck on time limits or not enough damage → prioritize upgrading your DPS.

  • If your team keeps dying and can’t stay alive → beef up your survival roles first.

  • If you’re stuck on tricky monster mechanics or enemy traits → go for utility roles.

  X. What To Know About Pull Mechanics And Pity Systems

  A. Pull Rates And Banner Rules You Need To Know

  You don’t need to memorize complicated pull rates—just remember two things:

  1. First, check what the highest rarity on the banner is and who the rate-up character is

  2. Then, check if the banner has a pity system and what its trigger conditions are

  Most players get frustrated pulling not because of bad luck, but because they didn’t read the banner rules carefully from the start.

  B. How Pity Systems Affect Your First Pull Plan

  For a banner that:

  • Has a clear pity system
    You can plan more confidently, like “I’ll save X pulls for this banner” — it’s way easier to stick to a rhythm like that.

  If the banner has no clear pity system, play it safer:

  • Make sure you have enough saved resources before even thinking about pulling on it.

  • As long as your team has good builds and enough leveling, you can clear the game even without limited banner characters—don’t fixate too much on them.

  • Limited characters are just extra boosts for your start—don’t treat them like a game-saving fix.

   

  C. Gacha Planning Tips for F2P or Light Spenders

  To sum up:
  Treat gacha pulls as part of your long-term plan—never waste resources on random pulls just because you’re feeling impulsive today.

  Here’s a clear set of rules you can set for yourself:

  • Stop after you get your first gold-tier (or high-rarity) character

  • Stop pulling after X pulls, right before the pity counter kicks in

  • Only use gacha resources from events—never touch your reserved backup resources

  These rules might seem strict, but they’ll save you from so many unnecessary resource wastes—total game-changer, trust me.

  11. Starter Roll FAQs

  A. Can I Reroll My Starter Roll?

  Most mobile gacha games let you reroll by clearing game data, reinstalling, or using guest accounts, but every game’s settings are different. My simple advice:
  Don’t link a permanent account until you’re 100% sure you want to keep this starter account.

  B. Should I Link an Account Right After My Starter Roll?

  My recommendation:

  • If you’re sure you want to keep this account → Link it ASAP

  • If you’re still deciding between accounts → Hold off on linking, or switching later will be a total headache

  C. Is It Worth Keeping a Popular Non-T0 Character From My Starter Roll?

  If you’re a collector who only goes for characters you love (aka a fan favorite type): Absolutely keep them.
  If you’re an efficiency-focused player who prioritizes stage clears: It depends on whether you have a strong core main DPS that can take hits and deal big damage.
  The worst scenario: You pull a character you adore, but they’re support or utility-focused, and you don’t have a main DPS—stage clears will be such a pain. The fix here is usually:
  Keep this account, and prioritize pulling for a main DPS in future gacha runs.

  D. Are Starter Roll Strategies Different Between the Steam and Mobile Versions?

  From a player’s perspective, the main differences between versions are:

  • How fast you can perform actions

  • Whether you can have multiple accounts open or switch between them quickly
    But the core gacha strategy stays the same: You still need to decide early if you want an efficiency-focused start or a start based on your favorite characters.

  12. Starter Alternatives If You Hate Rerolling

  A. Play Through Launch Bonuses Without Rerolling

  If you don’t want to spend time rerolling, use that time to do these three things instead:

  1. Burn through the main story until you can reliably get in-game resources

  2. Claim all gacha resources from daily quests and events

  3. Put together a solid core team structure first

  You’ll realize later that sometimes, pushing through the main story gives you more gacha resources than rerolling ever would!

  B. Get Characters With Event Resources

  In-game events usually give you:

  • Extra gacha pulls

  • Exchange shops for characters or resources

  • Rewards for completing event quests
    As long as you join and grind events regularly, you’ll build up your character roster naturally over time!

  C. Tips for Casual and Collector Players

  If you’re a casual player or a character collector, here’s my honest advice:

  • Pick one character you absolutely love and set them as your home screen character

  • Treat the game as a casual experience where you interact with catgirls, collect characters you love, and occasionally play rhythm games
    This way, you’ll have more fun and play for way longer!

  13. Nekopara: World Connect Starter Roll Cheat Sheet

  A. Top Starter Roll Targets

  Best Targets for Rerolling:

   

  A main DPS unit that can help you breeze through stages, OR a main DPS + a support/defensive unit that can protect your team

  Don’t go overboard chasing "hell double-gold" or "perfect triple-gold" pulls—you’ll end up hating the game before you know it, and it’s just not worth the frustration.

  B. The Most Practical Early-Game Reroll Standards

  If an account meets ANY of these, you can use it right away:

  • A versatile main DPS that works in every stage

  • A main DPS + ANY unit that can protect your team (supporter or defender)

  • A beloved popular character you adore, and you’re willing to prioritize pulling their main DPS later

  C. 3 Common Reroll Mistakes Newbies Make

  1. Spending way too much time rerolling until you’re tilted and quit the game entirely

  2. Resetting pulls over and over when you don’t get what you want, wasting tons of resources for no gain

  3. Obsessing over T0 characters so much that you sleep on the ones you love, making the game feel like a drag

  Not setting a pull order first, then wasting all 220 pulls on a messy, unbuilt team

  If you need help, I can plan two paths based on your preference and make a simple "cheat sheet" that you can follow exactly:

  • Efficiency-Focused Reroll Path
  • Waifu/Husbando Collector Path

  Just hit me back with whether you lean more toward efficiency or waifu/husbando collection, and I’ll turn the strategy into a step-by-step guide you can use right away.