Line #2 Characters/FateGrandOrderRiders


1	[[WMG:[[center: [- ''VideoGame/FateGrandOrder'' '''[[Characters/FateGrandOrder Main Characters Index]]'''\
2	''Three Knight Classes:'' [[Characters/FateGrandOrderSabers Sabers]] ([[Characters/FateGrandOrderSabersAToF A-F]] \| [[Characters/FateGrandOrderSabersGToM G-M]] \| [[Characters/FateGrandOrderSabersNToR N-R]] \| [[Characters/FateGrandOrderSabersSToZ S-Z]]) \| [[Characters/FateGrandOrderArchers Archers]] ([[Characters/FateGrandOrderArchersAToC A-C]] \| [[Characters/FateGrandOrderArchersDToM D-M]] \| [[Characters/FateGrandOrderArchersNToZ N-Z]] \| [[Characters/FateGrandOrderTamLinTristan Tam Lin Tristan]]) \| [[Characters/FateGrandOrderLancers Lancers]] ([[Characters/FateGrandOrderLancersAToF A-F]] \| [[Characters/FateGrandOrderLancersGToM G-M]] \| [[Characters/FateGrandOrderLancersNToZ N-Z]])\
3	''Four Cavalry Classes:'' '''Riders''' ([[Characters/FateGrandOrderRidersAToF A-F]] \| [[Characters/FateGrandOrderRidersGToM G-M]] \| [[Characters/FateGrandOrderRidersNToZ N-Z]]) \| [[Characters/FateGrandOrderCasters Casters]] ([[Characters/FateGrandOrderCastersAToF A-F]] \| [[Characters/FateGrandOrderCastersGToM G-M]] \| [[Characters/FateGrandOrderMerlin Merlin]] \| [[Characters/FateGrandOrderCastersNToZ N-Z]]) \| [[Characters/FateGrandOrderAssassins Assassins]] ([[Characters/FateGrandOrderAssassinsAToF A-F]] \| [[Characters/FateGrandOrderAssassinsGToM G-M]] \| [[Characters/FateGrandOrderAssassinsNToZ N-Z]]) \| [[Characters/FateGrandOrderBerserkers Berserkers]] ([[Characters/FateGrandOrderBerserkersAToF A-F]] \| [[Characters/FateGrandOrderBerserkersGToM G-M]] \| [[Characters/FateGrandOrderMorgan Morgan]] \| [[Characters/FateGrandOrderBerserkersNToZ N-Z]])\
4	''[[Characters/FateGrandOrderExtra Extra Classes]]:'' [[Characters/FateGrandOrderRulers Rulers]] \| [[Characters/FateGrandOrderAvengers Avengers]] \| [[Characters/FateGrandOrderMoonCancers Moon Cancers]] \| [[Characters/FateGrandOrderAlterEgos Alter Egos]] \| [[Characters/FateGrandOrderForeigners Foreigners]] \| [[Characters/FateGrandOrderPretenders Pretenders]] ([[Characters/FateGrandOrderOberon Oberon]])\
5	''Unplayable and Arcade Exclusive:'' [[Characters/FateGrandOrderUnplayable Unplayable]] \| [[Characters/FateGrandOrderArcadeExclusive Arcade Exclusive]]\
6	''Other Notable Characters:'' [[Characters/FateGrandOrderChaldeaSecurityOrganization Chaldea Security Organization]] ([[Characters/FateGrandOrderProtagonist Protagonist]] \| [[Characters/FateGrandOrderMashKyrielight Mash Kyrielight]]) \| [[Characters/FateGrandOrderVillains Villains]] ([[Characters/FateGrandOrderBeasts Beasts]] \| [[Characters/FateGrandOrderBeastI Beast I]] \| [[Characters/FateGrandOrderObserverOnTimelessTempleVillains Observer on Timeless Temple Villains]] \| [[Characters/FateGrandOrderEpicOfRemnantVillains Epic of Remnant Villains]] \| [[Characters/FateGrandOrderCosmosInTheLostbeltVillains Cosmos in the Lostbelt Villains]] ([[Characters/FateGrandOrderCrypters Crypters]] \| [[Characters/FateGrandOrderForeignGodAndForces Foreign God and Forces]] \| [[Characters/FateGrandOrderLostbeltKings Lostbelt Kings]] \| [[Characters/FateGrandOrderORT ORT]]) \| [[Characters/FateGrandOrderOrdealCallVillains Ordeal Call Villains]] \| [[Characters/FateGrandOrderEventVillains Event Villains]] \| [[Characters/FateGrandOrderInterludeVillains Interlude Villains]]) \| [[Characters/FateGrandOrderOtherCharacters Other Characters]] ]]-]]]
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10	[[caption-width-right:250:Heroic Spirit of the Mount]]
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12	Rider is one of the seven normal Servant classes summoned for the Holy Grail War and is also one of the Four Cavalry Classes. Servants in this class are known for riding mounts or vehicles. Military commanders also often appear in this class. They generally have lower attributes compared to the Three Knight Classes, but the mounts described in their legends can grant them powerful Noble Phantasms or abilities. They have Magic Resistance and Riding, allowing them to fully utilize the abilities of their mounts. Depending on rank, they can ride everything from simple horses, to modern machinery like motorcycles and planes, or even Divine Beasts. Dragons are an exception, as very few Heroic Spirits have the skill or legend to do so.
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14	!!Shared Tropes
15	Tropes which apply to most members of the class besides the exceptions should go here.
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17	* AnachronismStew: Not on the Servants or the class itself but on the class card. It depicts a fully armored soldier on a chariot, however full plate armor is only used by the time that chariot warfare had been already replaced by the cavalry.
18	* AntiMagic: From their Class Skill, Magic Resistance, though it's weaker than the Three Knight Classes.
19	* CoolHorse: One of the prerequisites for a Heroic Spirit to be classified in the Rider class is having a mount, be it animals, phantasmal species, or vehicles. Or in the case of Medb, [[UnusualEuphemism men]]. It's taken even further with Red Hare, who ''is'' a Cool Horse.
20	* CriticalHitClass: In-game, as their Class Skill, Riding, can increase the power of Quick cards, which indirectly increases the chance of getting stars (which determine critical hit chance). They also have high star attraction values, meaning that their cards are more likely to have a higher crit rate, although they tend to suffer from slightly lower base stats than normal compared to other classes.
21	* FourStarBadass: Rider as a class tends to include a fair few heroic generals or rulers of nations, as many of them can be defined by "riding" an army and often had specialized mounts they used on the battlefield or are famous for innovating warfare via transportation. A number of them (like Iskandar, Ozymandias and Medb) also tend to be quite powerful due to the breadth of their accomplishment and legend.
22	* GameplayAndStorySegregation: Nominally, the Rider class's Magic Resistance in the {{Franchise/Nasuverse}} is supposedly weaker than the Knight classes. In-game, however, Magic Resistance is a passive skill shared by many Servants and applies only to debuffs, not to magic usage altogether (which means they are equal to the Knight classes in this aspect). Furthermore, due to the Rider class's collective resistance to Casters, their actual resistance to magic use is far stronger than the Knight classes (who still receive neutral damage).
23	* HorsebackHeroism: Their class card depicts an armored knight driving a chariot.
24	* MoneyGrinding: The in-game currency (Quantum Piece/QP) needed to power up all Servants (be it levels, Noble Phantasms and/or skills) is best farmed via defeating Caster-type "door" enemies in Daily Quests. Basic TacticalRockPaperScissors shows it's best to deploy wave-clearing capable Riders specifically for this purpose.
25	* NonIndicativeName: Much like Archers, it's something of a joke in the fandom that while the name "Rider" calls to mind a classical cavalier fighting on horseback, this only covers a fairly small number of Riders. The vast majority of Riders fight on foot--a surprising number don't utilize any kind of mount or vehicle at all in combat, and the ones that do often only make use of it in a handful of attacks or maybe their Noble Phantasm. Pretty much the only ones you could tell are Riders at first glance are Iskandar, Europa, Habetrot, and Dobrynya Nikitich (ironically, the first Servant to ''actually'' stay on horseback all the time was a ''Lancer''). Much of this is because the qualifications for Rider can be pretty loose; not only do cavaliers and charioteers qualify, but also ship captains, vehicle pilots, beast tamers, people who rely on bodyguards or troops, and people with animalistic aspects (and then there's Medb who "rides men"). Plus, showing off the nature of your ride represents a pretty big clue to your true identity and eats a lot of mana, so most of them save it for their trump card.
26	* PlanetOfHats:
27	** A bit like Lancers and Irishmen, a good number of Riders tend to come from the Mediterranean and the "Near East". This makes sense, as a ''lot'' of the innovation and famous conquests involving horses and vehicles occurred in this area of the world. In addition to all the ones on this page, ''Fate'' lore says that Perseus is primarily this Class as well.
28	** Furthermore, if a Heroic Spirit is from the [[WoodenShipsAndIronMen Age of Sail or the Golden Age of Piracy]] (as well as having [[UsefulNotes/HistoryOfNavalWarfare anything naval/marine-related]] to their legend and achievements), it is ''very'' likely they will be a Rider because of how closely they're associated with ships.
29	** Many of Lancer-class Servants or those qualifies there also qualifies as Rider and vice-versa, as polearms are usually associated with cavalry.
30	** Around the start of the game's life, earlier Riders tended to have QQAAB deck with either Quick or Arts NP. Nowadays, their card layouts are a lot more varied, to the point that, unlike the other classes, there really isn't a "standard" Rider card layout.
31	* TacticalRockPaperScissors: In terms of the game, Riders have an advantage against Casters and a weakness against Assassins. They also have the common strength and weakness against Berserkers, reduced damage dealt to Rulers, a weakness to Alter Egos (but not reduced offense) and an offensive advantage against Demon God Pillars.
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33	!!Characters
34	* [[Characters/FateGrandOrderRidersAToF A through F]]
35	* [[Characters/FateGrandOrderRidersGToM G through M]]
36	* [[Characters/FateGrandOrderRidersNToZ N through Z]]

Context Characters / FateGrandOrderRiders