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>They always put a 4* shitter to throw a bone to the unpopular servants, the Russian cat got one last year

NTA but this case was a bit different.
According to interviews with Robina (Nikki's illustrator) the main reason why Nikki was made in the first place is because he got married with a person from the TypeMoon staff, who later referred him to Nasu and Takeuchi.
Since Robina had a good relationship with TM he was also asked to do a swimsuit for her.
This was more of a case of
>This illustrator was easy to work with and he is easy to contact since his wife works here, so let's ask him to do more stuff
And less of throwing a bone at shitter 4*s