History GameBreaker / FateGrandOrder

* '''Habetrot''' is one of the rewards for completing Lostbelt 6, and boy is she worth it. As a story support, the player only gets to see two of her skills, Lucky Spinning, which heals an ally Debuff Imunity and increased Star generation for a turn, and Quick Spinning, which drains a chunk of her HP in exchange for a 3 turn 30% Arts buff and a massive '''80%''' NP charge. Her Noble Phantasm, Bridal Spinning Wheel, which gives the party health regen and ton of crit stars while lowering her own crit star absorbtion, seems to place her as a support character. However, her playable version changes things up with access to her 3rd skill...and a ''different'' Noble Phantasm. Her 3rd skill, Protector of Brides, grants a Female ally invincibility, guts, health regen, and ailment cleanse, but most importantly, kills her at the end of the turn. That by itself means that she can kill herself and bring in a backline Servant on demand. What completes her kit though is her new Noble Phantasm, Spinster Habetrot, which transforms from a party buff Noble Phantasm to a damage-dealing AoE Arts Noble Phantasm that applies an NP buff before damage, which synergizes extremely well with her 2nd skill, and still keeps the star bomb and absorbtion reduction from her previous Noble Phantasm. Plus, extra copies of her are rarely available from the Friend Point Summoning, which makes her damage deceptively high for her rarity and statline. Her new Noble Phantasm basically turns her into a ''better Arash'' who can either clear out a wave or chunk of a boss's HP before leaving to let another Servant take her place, or just serve as the main damage dealer for the whole encounter, and her 2nd skill means that with max Mana Loading append skill, she's free to bring any CE since she doesn't need any additional starting charge. The only downside to her is that she's an 4-star Friend Point Gacha Servant, which means you'll be spending millions upon millions of Friend Points to max out her Noble Phantasm and get enough Servant Coins to unlock her Mana Loading Append Skill without the use of Bond farming.

* '''Habetrot''' is one of the rewards for completing Lostbelt 6, and boy is she worth it. As a story support, the player only gets to see two of her skills, Lucky Spinning, which heals an ally Debuff Imunity and increased Star generation for a turn, and Quick Spinning, which drains a chunk of her HP in exchange for a 3 turn 30% Arts buff and a massive '''80%''' NP charge. Her Noble Phantasm, Bridal Spinning Wheel, which gives the party health regen and ton of crit stars while lowering her own crit star absorbtion, seems to place her as a support character. However, her playable version changes things up with access to her 3rd skill...and a ''different'' Noble Phantasm. Her 3rd skill, Protector of Brides, grants a Female ally invincibility, guts, health regen, and ailment cleanse, but most importantly, kills her at the end of the turn. That by itself means that she can kill herself and bring in a backline Servant on demand. What completes her kit though is her new Noble Phantasm, Spinster Habetrot, which transforms from a party buff Noble Phantasm to a damage-dealing AoE Arts Noble Phantasm that applies an NP buff before damage, which synergizes extremely well with her 2nd skill, and still keeps the star bomb and absorbtion reduction from her previous Noble Phantasm. Plus, extra copies of her are rarely available from the Friend Point Summoning, which makes her damage deceptively high for her rarity and statline. Her new Noble Phantasm basically turns her into a ''better Arash'' who can either clear out a wave or chunk of a boss's HP before leaving to let another Servant take her place, or just serve as the main damage dealer for the whole encounter, and her 2nd skill means that with max Mana Loading append skill, she's free to bring any CE since she doesn't need any additional starting charge.

* '''Jeanne d'Arc (Alter)''' was, for quite some time, considered the best overall damage dealer in the game. With her Avenger class packing a natural 1.1 damage modifier that is currently resisted by only Moon Cancer class, consisting of five Servants (BB, Summer BB, Ganesha, Summer Kiara, and Arcueid Brunestud), Jalter can actually hit harder than some servants even without class advantage thanks to having ''the'' highest attack stat in the game at 13,244. Being an Avenger, Jalter has several passives like increased crit damage and natural NP generation to set herself up, meaning she's surprisingly self-sufficient. In terms of skills, Jalter is basically the textbook ideal offensive servant, having a Charisma to boost her damage output, Self-Modification a skill that massively improves her already solid critical damage, and a Mana Burst that doubles as a defensive skill, offering invulnerability for the turn it is used. Her cards have good hitcount, solid NP generation and respectable star generation, and her Noble Phantasm is Buster type with a nifty side effect of blocking the first buff applied to the target. At the time of her release, Jeanne Alter was the gold standard of offensive servants, being able to quickly nuke down bosses regardless of class. The release of Merlin made her even stronger, and Jeanne Alter stayed as one of the best offensive servants years after her release until better options for single target Class Counter caught up to her, and even then she outdamages many of her contemporaries thanks to her Buster critical hits. Jeanne Alter was the second Avenger released and the gold standard to which every other member of the class strives to live up to, with her insanely high damage output solidifying the direction the meta would take for several years. The 6th Anniversary campaign gave her not just a NP damage buff to ensure additional damage, but also generates critical stars as well, and it's just enough to ensure that she will crit hard on the next turn if her opponent isn't already dead. And when Ordeal Call 2 came by she got another strengthening by adding '''a monstrous 50NP battery''' to her third skill, giving her much more versatility as a Single-Target attacker in 90++ nodes and raids.[[labelnote:*]]Though note that her flat damage output from NP is still inferior to Kintoki (who is advantageous to all but Foreigner foes) in general.[[/labelnote]]

* '''Jeanne d'Arc (Alter)''' was, for quite some time, considered the best overall damage dealer in the game. With her Avenger class packing a natural 1.1 damage modifier that is currently resisted by only Moon Cancer class, consisting of five Servants (BB, Summer BB, Ganesha, Summer Kiara, and Arcueid Brunestud), Jalter can actually hit harder than some servants even without class advantage thanks to having ''the'' highest attack stat in the game at 13,244. Being an Avenger, Jalter has several passives like increased crit damage and natural NP generation to set herself up, meaning she's surprisingly self-sufficient. In terms of skills, Jalter is basically the textbook ideal offensive servant, having a Charisma to boost her damage output, Self-Modification a skill that massively improves her already solid critical damage, and a Mana Burst that doubles as a defensive skill, offering invulnerability for the turn it is used. Her cards have good hitcount, solid NP generation and respectable star generation, and her Noble Phantasm is Buster type with a nifty side effect of blocking the first buff applied to the target. At the time of her release, Jeanne Alter was the gold standard of offensive servants, being able to quickly nuke down bosses regardless of class. The release of Merlin made her even stronger, and Jeanne Alter stayed as one of the best offensive servants years after her release until better options for single target Class Counter caught up to her, and even then she outdamages many of her contemporaries thanks to her Buster critical hits. Jeanne Alter was the second Avenger released and the gold standard to which every other member of the class strives to live up to, with her insanely high damage output solidifying the direction the meta would take for several years. The 6th Anniversary campaign gave her not just a NP damage buff to ensure additional damage, but also generates critical stars as well, and it's just enough to ensure that she will crit hard on the next turn if her opponent isn't already dead.

* As befitting of his former title of [[spoiler:Grand Archer]], the aptly named '''Super Orion''' is without a doubt the strongest Archer in the game, and is the current contender for best Solo Servant in the entire game. His first skill is a monstrous 50% Buster buff for 1 turn that reaches 100% percent against a Wild Beast or Demonic enemy, of which there are many. His second skill is a powerful 3000 HP Guts coupled with a decent 20% attack buff and some crit stars, and his third skill is a Star Absorption skill mixed with a big crit damage buff and a special bonus for attacking with Buster cards, of which he has three. But what ''really'' pushes him over the edge is his extremely strong Noble Phantasm: Artemis Agnos. A self buff, Artemis Agnos gives Orion the following at Level 1 with 100% Overcharge: a 30% attack boost, Ignore Invincible, Debuff Immunity, ten crit stars per turn, and 100% crit damage buff all on three turns. That's more than some servants entire skillset, and since Orion has extremely good NP gain and hits like a truck with his crits, he's capable of rapidly stacking this buff ala Hozoin. With just two stacks, Orion can hit for close to '''500,000 damage with a single Buster Crit''' as demonstrated [[https://youtu.be/2FFD1_LOXu8 here.]] And that's ''by himself''- there's no telling what he can do with supports.[[note]][[https://appmedia.jp/fategrandorder/4276714 Testers]] estimate his output can hit ''seven digits'' with two Merlins on board[[/note]] While he needs to be Solo in order to really take advantage of his buffs (and he's quite a GlassCannon for that), along with the fact that his NP card is Arts, meaning no trying to start with a Buster NP to initiate a Buster Brave Chain for even bigger damage, there's no denying that the damage he outputs is going to be extremely high no matter the situation.

* '''King of the Cavern, Monte Cristo''', not to be confused with the earlier version of himself from above, is a genuine ''monster'' of an Avenger Servant, taking what his older self had done and cranking it up to 11. His first skill grants him a 2-hit Invincibility for 3 turns as well as a 3-turn, 30% buff to both Buster and Quick attacks, already a pretty hefty steroid out the gate. His second skill bolsters his Attack by another 30% grants Debuff Immunity for 3 times & 3 turns, a ''separate'' Poison Immunity debuff for 3 turns no limit, and a 3-Turn On-Attack debuff that inflicts a 500-damage Burn on the target each time he attacks. His third skill grants him a 50% battery as well as a 3-turn ''50% Crit Damage buff and 1000% star weight'' to further amp up the damage. That not enough? Well, say hello to his Noble Phantasm, '''Paradis Chateau d'If''', which has a whopping '''500% chance to stun''', ignores invincibility, deals more damage the more Burn stacks the foe has, and reduces their damage by 30% after...though at the cost of inflicting burn on himself, which can be mitigated by his 2nd Skill. All this together makes Monte Cristo what many agree to be a Jeanne Alter for Quick teams like with Kagekiyo, dealing insane amounts of damage in quick bursts to such a degree that a sufficient team could kill Kiara in short order. '''''[[HopelessBossFight The giant Kiara.]]''''' The only real downsides are that he reduces the debuff resistance of his allies on the field and the aforementioned Burn demerit from his NP. Aside from that, the King of the Cavern has truly earned his crown.

* '''King of the Cavern, Monte Cristo''', not to be confused with the earlier version of himself from above, is a genuine ''monster'' of an Avenger Servant, taking what his older self had done and cranking it up to 11. His first skill grants him a 2-hit Invincibility for 3 turns as well as a 3-turn, 30% buff to both Buster and Quick attacks, already a pretty hefty steroid out the gate. His second skill bolsters his Attack by another 30% grants Debuff Immunity for 3 times & 3 turns, a ''separate'' Poison Immunity debuff for 3 turns no limit, and a 3-Turn On-Attack debuff that inflicts a 500-damage Burn on the target each time he attacks. His third skill grants him a 50% battery as well as a 3-turn ''50% Crit Damage buff and 1000% star weight'' to further amp up the damage. That not enough? Well, say hello to his Noble Phantasm, '''Paradis Chateau d'If''', which has a whopping '''500% chance to stun''', ignores invincibility, deals more damage the more Burn stacks the foe has, and reduces their damage by 30% after...though at the cost of inflicting burn on himself, which can be mitigated by his 2nd Skill. All this together makes Monte Cristo what many agree to be a Jeanne Alter for Quick teams, dealing insane amounts of damage in quick bursts to such a degree that a sufficient team could kill Kiara in short order. '''''[[HopelessBossFight The giant Kiara.]]''''' The only real downsides are that he reduces the debuff resistance of his allies on the field and the aforementioned Burn demerit from his NP. Aside from that, the King of the Cavern has truly earned his crown.

* Sweet mother of Alaya, '''Sodom's Beast/Draco''' is just jaw-droppingly ridiculous: her first skill, '''Number of the Beast''' charges battery per turn and increases her Crit Strength by 30% and applies a 1000-HP damage cut...and the former two are for ''6 turns'' while the latter is ''6'' '''''times'''''. Her second skill, '''Aurea Poculum: Golden Grail''', seals all enemy skills for 1 turn, inflicts a 5000-damage burn for 3 turns on all enemies (Though it does charge their NP by 1 stage), then grants herself a 40% Attack buff and a new status called "Grail". Her third skill, '''Seven Beast Crowns''', by itself completely defends her from buff removal 1 time over 3 turns...but with the "Grail" status from before she gets, and stay with us for this one...a 40% buff against Dragon enemies, a 40% buff against Roman enemies, 10 crit stars per turn for 3 turns, a 1-time debuff immunity buff, Ignore Defense, increased healing, and ''another battery-per-turn'' buff, all for 3 turns (except the debuff immunity, which has no turn limit)! '''''WOW.''''' Still want more? Well, her Noble Phantasm, '''Babalon Domus Aurea''', only targets one enemy, but can deal at most 200% against the Seven Main classes! Now that NP seems simple enough, but here's another thing. She's a '''''Beast-class'''''. No, not an Alter Ego, not a Foreigner, not a terminal for a Beast, or any sort of fancy way. She's a Beast. '''Straight.''' '''''UP.''''' That means she does supereffective damage against and takes less damage from all seven Main Classes, almost as though she were a Berserker/Ruler combination, at the cost of being the inverse against Extra classes. So to summarize: we have an ST Arts Servant who's super-effective against a type of enemy that's more used than others, along with a loaded kit that ensures we're going to be clearing many 90++ Nodes with ease. Her weaknesses are her aforementioned weakness against Extra classes, two of her damage buff niches (Dragon & Roman) are not as common for her to exploit, and that her Noble Phantasm being Arts doesn't exactly help in her looping when she has a three-Buster Card kit, along with not very effective against anything not a Servant. Those aside, Draco proves that the power of a Beast is something to behold.

** The Infinite Miyu System. A funny comedy option is Voyager and, of all things, Double Miyu. With Voyager's Noble Phantasm upgrade as of September 2023, he can give 40% NP charge (20% base, 20% for Living Human allies) to the two Miyus every time his own NP fires. Meanwhile, Miyu's NP grants a buff that applies 10% NP charge every turn for 3 turns, and this can be stacked 3 times from ''both'' Miyus for 60% total. 40 + 60 = 100 -- with some Craft Essence finagling and help from a fourth teammate, all three party members can use their NPs ''every turn, potentially forever'', with Voyager and the Miyus having a separate NP charge skill in case Voyager comes up short. Stacking Miyu's NP buffs this way also results in multiple ATK buffs and ''massive'' amounts of party healing (up to 12,000 '''per turn''' if both Miyus are [=NP5=]), and Voyager and Miyu both have Debuff Immunity and survival for big hits that could potentially oneshot them (Evade for Voyager, Guts for Miyu). The only caveat to the strat (hence why it's a comedy option) is that it requires at least one Command Seal for NP charging to get the loop going, but so long as Buff Strip or NP Drain aren't in play, once the loop starts, it doesn't stop until the battle is over.

** The Infinite Miyu System. A funny comedy option is Voyager and, of all things, Double Miyu. With Voyager's Noble Phantasm upgrade as of September 2023, he can give 40% NP charge (20% base, 20% for Living Human allies) to the two Miyus every time his own NP fires. Meanwhile, Miyu's NP grants a buff that applies 10% NP charge every turn for 3 turns, and this can be stacked 3 times from ''both'' Miyus for 60% total. 40 + 60 = 100 -- with some Craft Essence finagling and help from a fourth teammate, all three party members can use their NPs ''every turn, potentially forever'', with Voyager and the Miyus having a separate NP charge skill in case Voyager comes up short. Stacking Miyu's NP buffs this way also results in multiple amounts of ATK buffs and ''massive'' amounts of healing (up to 12,000 '''per turn''' if both Miyus are [=NP5=]), and Voyager and Miyu both have Debuff Immunity and survival for big hits that could potentially oneshot them (Evade for Voyager, Guts for Miyu). The only caveat to the strat (hence why it's a comedy option) is that it requires at least one Command Seal for NP charging to get the loop going, but so long as Buff Strip or NP Drain aren't in play, once the loop starts, it doesn't stop until the battle is over.

* '''The Dioscuri Twins, Castor and Pollux,''' are one of the most potent single target Sabers in the game thanks to their incredibly synergistic kit. Their first skill, Stars of the Chief God, is one of their main selling points, which grants them a bonus 10% NP gauge when attacking with a Quick card, and 10 critical stars when attacking with an Arts card, which allows them to charge their NP gauge very quickly ''and'' generate loads of stars as long as they have an Arts or Quick card up. Their second skill, Guardians of Navigation, is a simple and effective NP damage and Attack boost for the party, as well as providing debuff immunity, giving them a good piece of utility. Lastly, while their third skill, Mana Burst (Light/Ancient) is a modest 20% boost to their Arts and Quick cards, it serves to add even ''more'' synergy to their playstyle, and also comes with an evasion buff to aid their survivability. Their Noble Phantasm, Dioscures Tyndaridae, is a powerful single target attack that ''ignores invincibility and also ignores defense buffs,'' letting them really bring the pain. And since it's Arts based, combined with their synergistic kit, this lets them easily build up more gauge to loop their NP over and over again! And as a little bonus, they have the Avenger's passive of Mana Replenishment (bonus NP gauge per turn) and a special type of Divinity that boosts their already great NP generation. And for the cherry on top, if their opponent managed to ''survive'' a hit from that souped-up NP, the victim suffers from a bare minimum 10% Quick ''and'' Arts Resistance down for three turns, making it even easier to finish them off with either further attacks or the second, nearly as powerful follow-up NP. Tellingly, no single target Arts Saber of their rarity has been released since, and the closest to them in design ended up being Mélusine, a Lancer. All of this power on the very first ''permanent'' single-target SSR Saber in the game!

* While dethroned as the best 4* Archer by Asagami Fujino up in the Buster section above, '''Chloe von Einzbern''' is still nothing to sneeze at, and can in fact be described as an Arts version of Fujino. Her first skill gives her an Evade that lasts for a whole turn and increases her Crit Damage by up to 36%, her second skill increases the effectiveness of all her card types by up to 35%, and her third skill caps out with a whopping 50% NP battery and a 100% increase her her Crit Star gain (and gives Illya-faces a 30% increase to their Buff Success Rate, but that's neither here nor there). And lest you wonder where her Sure Hit is at, worry not: it procs at the start of her NP, a 6-hit ST Arts nuke, and she will have very little trouble rapid-firing it even with just her own buffs. And the best part about her is that ''she's a Welfare'', which means she is very easy to [=NP5=]. Despite her rank and means of acquisition, Chloe was ''the'' go-to solution for Saber bosses and even a few neutral-damage bosses simply because her damage was so obscene for its time, and she has only continued to age like fine wine an Arts meta ran by Altria Caster and Lady Avalon.

* Summer 8 brought us '''Chloe von Einzbern (Summer)''', and she immediately solidified herself as a powerful support Servant. Her first skill grants everyone a standard 20% buff to Attack and Crit Damage for 3 turns, but the real meat comes with two effects: the first is the ability to grant all party members "Manuscript Completion", which not only bolsters Chloe's own Noble Phantasm but also grants 10% battery per stack when using her S3. The second is an extra 3-turn Crit Damage buff to herself every time she attacks with a Quick card. Her second skill grants any one ally a Guts and a delayed form-change status effect where Chloe will move herself to the last reserve slot after 1 turn. To put it simply, it's a Form Change in a skill. Her third skill will sacrifice all Manuscript Completion stacks to charge 10% NP per stack, as well as bolster her party's NP Damage by 20% for 3 turns. Should you decide to keep your Manuscript Completion stacks, however, they're used to bolster her Noble Phantasm, ''Monochrome Inverse'', which increases her own Quick performance by 10%-30% for 3 turns, deals heavy damage to a single enemy and decreases that enemy's NP Gauge by 1 charge. The fact that her Bond CE is also very useful, giving the frontline three stacks of Manuscript Completion to depend less on having three enemies on wave 1, as well as allowing even 30% charge servants to loop with Black Grail, is the cherry on top. With all that together, Chloe becomes an utterly bombastic support Servant and arguably the strongest SR Servant in the entire game.

* '''Mélusine''' a.k.a. Tam Lin Lancelot is what happens when you compress several different playstyles into one Servant and then overtune her. Her stats are fantastic, boasting above-average HP and Attack, and all her skills have average to low cooldown. Her first skill boosts her NP gauge by a decent amount while also giving her a ''40%'' attack boost, damage cut, and self-heal via max HP boost for 3 turns. Her second skill is a compressed version of Saber Lancelot's skillset with both a star bomb and a star generation rate with insane absorption that ensures all of it will go to her for the next three turns. Now, you're probably wondering why Mélusine is placed here and not in any of the three card types above. It's because she has the privilege of having ''two different'' Noble Phantasms, which ties into her third skill. In her first two Ascensions, her NP is a single target Arts attack that gives her more critical stars while also boosting her NP refund for three turns. Support her with the double Altria Caster system and she'll be spamming her NP all over the place thanks to her two Arts cards and critical hits, ensuring that bosses will drop dead. Her second NP which is 3rd Ascension only is a Buster [=AoE=] attack that ignores invincibility and boosts Buster card effectiveness before the NP hits for three turns, making it a nuke that hits everyone hard while increasing the damage every time she launches it. And how does this connect to her third skill? If you're in her first two Ascensions, using her third skill will instantly transform her into 3rd Ascension while boosting her NP gauge by ''100%'' at Lvl. 10, so she can fire off the nuke at will. And thanks to said NP Charge, she is one of the few Buster servants that can three-turn farm with ''any'' CE (including the Black Grail CE) while most other Buster servants need at least an 50% NP Charge CE to three-turn farm. And if she's already in 3rd Ascension? Then it makes the nuke even more explosive by trading the NP battery for NP damage up. Oh, and the skill always gives her 1-turn invincibility no matter what. Whether you want to make her an Arts boss killer by supporting her with Altria Caster and Tamamo, or a Buster omni-farmer with Merlin, Koyanskaya of Light, and Oberon, or even a mix of the two if you're feeling daring, this dragon faerie knight can do it all. [[spoiler:Anything less impressive for the left hand of the greatest dragon [[UltimateLifeForm Albion]] would be a disappointment.]] Her only downside is that her 3rd skill is a deadweight if you don't plan on using it for her first two Ascensions which is bad since her invincibility is tied to it, but if she's paired with Altria Caster then it won't even matter. Mélusine is generally considered the premier go-to Servant for farming 90+ and 90++ nodes in events thanks to her versatile skillset.

* Summer 8 brought us '''Chloe von Einzbern (Summer)''', and she immediately solidified herself as a powerful support Servant. Her first skill grants everyone a standard 20% buff to Attack and Crit Damage for 3 turns, but the real meat comes with two effects: the first is the ability to grant all party members "Manuscript Completion", which not only bolsters Chloe's own Noble Phantasm but also grants 10% battery per stack when using her S3. The second is an extra 3-turn Crit Damage buff to herself every time she attacks with a Quick card. Her second skill grants any one ally a Guts and a delayed form-change status effect where Chloe will move herself to the last reserve slot after 1 turn. To put it simply, it's a Form Change in a skill. Her third skill will sacrifice all Manuscript Completion stacks to charge 10% NP per stack, as well as bolster her party's NP Damage by 20% for 3 turns. Should you decide to keep your Manuscript Completion stacks, however, they're used to bolster her Noble Phantasm, ''Monochrome Inverse'', which increases her own Quick performance by 10%-30% for 3 turns, deals heavy damage to a single enemy and decreases that enemy's NP Gauge by 1 charge. With all that together, Chloe becomes an utterly bombastic support Servant and arguably the strongest SR Servant in the entire game.

* Summer 8 brought us ''Chloe von Einzbern (Summer)'', and she immediately solidified herself as a powerful support Servant. Her first skill grants everyone a standard 20% buff to Attack and Crit Damage for 3 turns, but the real meat comes with two effects: the first is the ability to grant all party members "Manuscript Completion", which not only bolsters Chloe's own Noble Phantasm, but also grants 10% battery per stack when using her S3. The second is an extra 3-turn Crit Damage buff to herself everytime she attacks with a Quick card. Her second skill grants any one ally a Guts and a delayed form-change status effect where Chloe will move herself to the last reserve slot after 1 turn. To put it simply, it's a Form Change in a skill. Her third skill will sacrifice all Manuscript Completion stacks to charge 10% NP per stack, as well as bolster her party's NP Damage by 20% for 3 turns. Should you decide to keep your Manuscript Completion stacks, however, they're used to bolster her Noble Phantasm, ''Monochrome Inverse'', which increases her own Quick performance by 10%-30% for 3 turns, deals heavy damage to a single enemy and decreases that enemy's NP Gauge by 1 charge. With all that together, Chloe becomes an utterly bombastic support Servant and arguably the strongest SR Servant in the entire game.