History RescuedFromTheScrappyHeap / FateGrandOrder

** It also helped that the new voice lines and flavor text introduced with his playable form shed some extra light on him as a character. He may have been an egotist, insufferable asshole, and borderline abusive toward Medea, but he did have some positive traits mixed in. He was disgusted by Medea's lack of regard for human life, honestly believed that he could make the world a better place, and speaks nothing but praise for his old crew. And in Lostbelt 5(A), [[TookALevelInBadass his capability jumps across the whole Atlantis]] and reminds everyone why [[Myth/ClassicalMythology he's a famous Greek hero]], with his jerkass-titude toned down significantly.

** It also helped that the new voice lines and flavor text introduced with his playable form shed some extra light on him as a character. He may have been an egotist, insufferable asshole, and borderline abusive toward Medea, but he did have some positive traits mixed in. He was disgusted by Medea's lack of regard for human life, honestly believed that he could make the world a better place, and speaks nothing but praise for his old crew. And in Lostbelt 2.5, [[TookALevelInBadass his capability jumps across the whole Atlantis]] and reminds everyone why [[Myth/ClassicalMythology he's a famous Greek hero]], with his jerkass-titude toned down significantly.

** It also helped that the new voice lines and flavor text introduced with his playable form shed some extra light on him as a character. He may have been an egotist, insufferable asshole, and borderline abusive toward Medea, but he did have some positive traits mixed in. He was disgusted by Medea's lack of regard for human life, honestly believed that he could make the world a better place, and speaks nothing but praise for his old crew. And in Lostbelt 2.5, [[TookALevelInBadass his capability jumps across the whole Atlantis]] and reminds everyone why [[ClassicalMythology he's a famous Greek hero]], with his jerkass-titude toned down significantly.

** It also helped that the new voice lines and flavor text introduced with his playable form shed some extra light on him as a character. He may have been an egotist, insufferable asshole, and borderline abusive toward Medea, but he did have some positive traits mixed in. He was disgusted by Medea's lack of regard for human life, honestly believed that he could make the world a better place, and speaks nothing but praise for his old crew.

** [[VideoGame/FateExtra Gawain]] wasn't well liked for being a dick to most of the characters back in ''Fate/Extra'' as well as how he lacked much HiddenDepth like many of the other Knights of the Round Table had in their works. Here, he was given more time to be fleshed out and now he's more well liked for being a lot kinder and chivalrous to both the player and other servants.

* Mysterious Heroine X was always a decent Quick-based beatstick, hampered by the weaknesses of the Quick meta and an atrocious skillset for many, many years. However, after four years of extensive upgrades, including upgrading her Instinct skill to also grant a turn of invulnerability and attaching an immediate, three-turn Defense down debuff to her timed Stun skill, she is now considered effective and useful, and can outdamage some of her competitors, even if she's still not necessarily top-tier.

** [[VideoGame/FateExtra Gawain]] wasn't well liked for being a dick to most of the characters back in Fate/Extra, whereas here he's more well liked for being a lot kinder and chivalrous to both the player and other servants.

* Jason was pretty close as a HateSink when he debuted at first, being a high caliber {{Jerkass}} and having a ton of AdaptationalWimp treatment where nobody liked him. When he was PromotedToPlayable into a 1-Star Saber, those who hated him quickly warmed up to him where he was turned into a ButtMonkey extraordinary, where the Argonauts he commanded had no problems in inflicting him harm as part of his attacks. In other words, his fighting style and Noble Phantasm is a positive riot and while he's never going to be viewed as badass, he has already won the hearts of the fans.

** Siegfried actually gets a Rank Up Quest that buffs his third skill, giving a hefty increase to his attack and buster card effectiveness. At level one it gives a nice 50% attack up and 30% up to his booster effectiveness, and it scales up to 80% attack and 50% buster card effectiveness at max skill level. This means that it strengthens his Noble Phantasm, giving him a much higher tier ranking...[[NoExportForYou in the Japanese servers at least.]] This means that Siegfried won't be relevant until later for other servers.

* The Caster of Nightless City ([[spoiler: Scheherazade]]) was widely disliked upon release for her petty motives for her role in her Singularity, misunderstanding of a beloved character's HeroicSacrifice, and often one-note [[IDontWantToDie thanatophobic]] characterization. Years of CharacterDevelopment have fans appreciating her and her growth more and more over time, from befriending Nitocris, to revisiting the protagonist's old adventures and gaining new appreciation for [[spoiler: Solomon / Roman's sacrifice]] and her own role as an heroic spirit, and finally culminating in the Ooku Labyrinth, where she willingly risks her life because letting the friends she's made die would hurt her more than dying again.

* Initially, Waver's buffs were ineffectual and his NP merely reduced enemies' NP gauge and Cursed them. This is what led to such a negative reception and his incredibly large update to upgrade all his skills and NP. Now he's considered one of the game's best Servant and is highly sought after by many players for his sheer utility.

** In particular, these buffs greatly benefited Dantes. Dantes as a servant has always been sub-par, with a focus on Quick cards making consistent performance with him difficult. Compared to the other Avengers ([[JokeCharacter except Angra]]) Edmond's kit is all over the place. While this made him a great servant for solo'ing since his kit covers a wide variety of areas and his crit stars will feed back into himself, allowing him to charge his NP startlingly fast, it ultimately caused him to fall behind the more specialized Avengers like Jeanne Alter and Gorgon. Now, Dantes is a terrifyingly strong servant, able to more consistently deal damage and provide stars for his team as well as dish out a ''very'' strong AOE NP quite quickly (especially with his Rank Up Quest for his Noble Phantasm, which makes him even viable in challenge quests that involve a BossRush setup).

* Like Altria, the most derided Lancer, Fionn also received a NP charge in his skillset alongside cooldown reduction in New Years 2019 campaign. With 30% NP charge, an ARTS buff and newly upgraded Arts supports such as Tamamo or Paracelsus, Fionn became a reliable farming Lancer. It proves that for many Servants, their biggest problem is how to reliably fills NP gauge...

* The poster girl of Fate series, Altria Pendragon is long considered the worst SSR Saber, as she has vanilla Day 1 skillset containing the derided Instinct. She has abysmal damage and almost none utility, so most players let her stay in storage. Then the 3rd Anniversary came and Altria's Instinct are upgraded to contain 30% NP charge. This ''instantly'' rocketing her utility as a farming unit. With innate 30% NP charge, you can use a starting 50% NP gauge CE (Golden Sumo is recommended) and borrow a Merlin, enabling Altria to burst a wave of enemies easily as her AOE damage is actually quite high with Charisma and Mana Burst. Nowadays she's a very reliable farming unit.

** The poster girl of Fate series, Altria Pendragon is long considered the worst SSR Saber, as she has vanilla Day 1 skillset containing the derided Instinct. She has abysmal damage and almost none utility, so most players let her stay in storage. Then the 3rd Anniversary came and Altria's Instinct are upgraded to contain 30% NP charge. This ''instantly'' rocketing her utility as a farming unit. With innate 30% NP charge, you can use a starting 50% NP gauge CE (Golden Sumo is recommended) and borrow a Merlin, enabling Altria to burst a wave of enemies easily as her AOE damage is actually quite high with Charisma and Mana Burst. Nowadays she's a very reliable farming unit.
** Like Altria, the most derided Lancer, Fionn also received a NP charge in his skillset alongside cooldown reduction in New Years 2019 campaign. With 30% NP charge, an ARTS buff and newly upgraded Arts supports such as Tamamo or Paracelsus, Fionn became a reliable farming Lancer. It proves that for many Servants, their biggest problem is how to reliably fills NP gauge...
** Karna was also considered a mediocre SSR unit. When 2nd Anniversary came, he received a NP upgrade, which increases the multiplier and adds an unique debuff of Buster resistance reduction. This means that after NP, Karna can burst a surviving enemy with hilariously high critical damage boosted by his third skill and the debuff, so he can even be used in Challenge Quests!

* Initially, Waver's buffs were ineffectual and his NP merely reduced enemies' NP gauge and Cursed them. This is what led to such a negative reception and his incredibly large update to upgrade all his skills and NP. Now he's considered one of the game's best Casters and is highly sought after by many players for his sheer utility.

** Jeanne's NP upgrade removed her self stun and adds a party debuff removal, making her one of the best supports in the game (especially in an Arts team), being able to actually complete Brave Chains without the stun getting in the way.

** Similarly, Berserker Lancelot was considered very average for a Quick based [=AoE=] Berserker since his kit is considered subpar or average for an [=AoE=] Berserker. Not to mention, he was completely outclassed by Raikou, who does the same job as an [=AoE=] Berserker, but with more consistent NP charging due to her having 2 Arts cards and having a more consistent CriticalHitClass kit. With the introduction to Skadi, Berserker Lancelot becomes one of the most fearsome [=AoE=] Berserkers in the game, and if the player manages to get a team of two Skadis to support him, his kit becomes incredibly overloaded, allowing him to be just as good as, if not ''even better'', than Raikou, thanks to the increased NP refund he gets from the Quick boosts, potentially allowing him to use his NP again the next turn.

** Amakusa's role in the Christmas 2016 event storyline increased his stock in the eyes of the fanbase substantially. Given that he acted like a [[Manga/SailorMoon Tuxedo Kamen]] wannabe, ''complete with rose-hilted Black Keys'' and incredible theatricality, all for the sake of [[spoiler:helping an innocent little girl get to the sea and fulfill a deep, unrealized wish, so that she wouldn't disappear in a PuffOfLogic]], it's not too surprising. Even people who disliked him in ''Apocrypha'' have gained new respect for the man. And when his Rank Up Quest was introduced, he became the MVP of several challenge battles due to its new effect of removing buffs before dealing damage. Additionally, most people agreed that he's written more competently here than in his home light novel. Since Amakusa's appearance in FGO was long before the ''Apocrypha'' anime aired, fans warmed up enough to him thanks to this game that they were more looking forward to his appearance in the anime.

Several Servants who were considered bad, whether from a [[TierInducedScrappy gameplay]] standpoint or a character standpoint, were eventually redeemed them in the fans' eyes.

** [[VideoGame/FateExtra Gawain]] wasn't well liked for being a dick to most of the characters back in his source material, whereas here he's more well liked for being a lot kinder and chivalrous to both the player and other servants.

** [[VideoGame/FateExtra Gawain]] wasn't well liked for being a dick to most of the characters, whereas here he's more well liked for being a lot kinder and chivalrous to both the player and other servants.

** Mysterious Heroine X (Alter) was considered to be a rather mediocre SSR Berserker as she had relatively low attack, a Quick-centered card set without the star generation for it, and very weak skills that did little for herself or others. During the Second Anniversary, however, the infamously terrible Instinct was replaced with a Quick buff that also happens to generate more stars than her old skill did. With the advent of Scathach-Skadi, however, she became very much RescuedFromTheScrappyHeap, becoming an insanely powerful alternative to the more Buster-oriented Berserkers.

* Fionn is widely despised among the fandom for various reasons, and one of the problems is his bad skills (as mentioned in the TierInducedScrappy subpage). The New Year 2019 event, on the other hand, greatly improves his reputation by making him TheLeader of the team, allowing him to use his full potential to solve the event; his badmouthed second skill also receives ''vast'' improvements, by adding NP charge into the skill and significantly reducing the cooldown, going from a painful 10 turn cooldown at max level to a ''much'' more respectable 7 turns, making him a much more viable Servant.

** Several upgrades are released via interludes to help boost Servants who were suffering from PowerCreep:
*** Berserker Vlad's Transformation skill was turned into Legend of Dracula - Succession of Fresh Blood, increasing the value of his defense buff and adding a new attack buff on top of that. If he was usable when teamed up with Tamamo-no-Mae, his utility when teamed up with her increased exponentially.
*** Jeanne's NP upgrade removed her self stun and adds a party debuff removal, making her one of the best supports in the game (especially in an Arts team), being able to actually complete Brave Chains without the stun getting in the way.
*** Medb's Charisma was buffed tremendously. It was changed to Queen's Admonition, giving a bonus ATK buff to male Servants on the field and also healing herself. She's considered a solid support Rider, especially in male-focused teams, and when fighting male bosses.
*** Astolfo received a skill upgrade on July 2017, which gave his third skill a 50% NP gauge fill to compensate for his low NP generation.
*** Siegfried actually gets a Rank Up Quest that buffs his third skill, giving a hefty increase to his attack and buster card effectiveness. At level one it gives a nice 50% attack up and 30% up to his booster effectiveness, and it scales up to 80% attack and 50% buster card effectiveness at max skill level. This means that it strengthens his Noble Phantasm, giving him a much higher tier ranking...[[NoExportForYou in the Japanese servers at least.]] This means that Siegfried won't be relevant until later for other servers.
*** Osakabehime got both a 30% Buster buff and doubled the Max Health bonus from her NP during the 2017 Halloween rerun, which while not exactly fixing her problems, has made her into a niche Quick medic, especially considering that Scathach-Skadi doesn't have any Healing skills or any defensive options.
*** Paracelsus is mostly considered to be a MasterOfNone Caster that is rarely used in many team compositions (not to mention, he isn't even that popular among fans due to his NeverLiveItDown moment) and his noticeable quirk is his third skill that grants an ally member Guts. While his skillset is relatively decent, he is completely held back by the long cooldowns of his skills (most of them being 7-8 turns when they are max ranked). Not to mention, many of what he does is OvershadowedByAwesome by Irisivel (who can apply Guts more consistently than him, and can apply it to the ''entire team'') and Helena (another Caster with a well-rounded supportive kit with a more powerful [=AoE=] Noble Phantasm). He was later given a Rank Up Quest that buffs his third skill that not only grants the party member Guts, but also bestows them NP generation with a total of 50% NP generation at max rank. Combined with his 2nd skill that improves Arts performance for the entire team, this allows Paracelsus to fill a niche for NP spamming for various Arts servants (i.e. Fionn, Nitocris, Sieg, Nursery Rhyme, Rider Mordred, etc.) and serve as a viable budget alternative to Tamamo. With the right setup, he can even allow an Arts servant to fully regain their NP bar ''after using their Noble Phantasm'', this allowing the said Arts servant to use their NP again in the next wave.
** With the second anniversary, Instinct skills began slowly being upgraded, as Mysterious Heroine X Alter had a Quick buff on top of the skill's regular effects and Mysterious Heroine X had one-turn invincibility added to her Instinct. Their names were also changed. By the time of the third anniversary, the original Saber Altria had her Instinct upgraded to Road to Victory, which generates up to 30% NP charge alongside its previous effect on a 5 turn cooldown. While it's not an insanely huge buff, it's still an incredible improvement.
** The Quick meta as a whole was revived from the grave in the wake of the Merlin and Buster-oriented meta, with the release of Scathach-Skadi during the third anniversary, whose first skill is a huge Quick card boost and boosts its critical damage immensely. In addition, many popular Quick servants such as Meltryllis, Medusa, Cú Chulainn, Cursed Arm Hassan, Edmond Dantes, and Sasaki Kojirō, were given Rank Up Quests that put them in the same level with Arts and Buster servants. As a result, Quick teams have gained more popularity and have given powerful Quick based servants their time to shine. In fact, Scathach-Skadi easily rivals Merlin when it comes to appearing on the Caster support tab, thanks to her kit massively benefitting farming, which is considered to be more than half the gameplay.
*** In particular, these buffs greatly benefited Dantes. Dantes as a servant has always been sub-par, with a focus on Quick cards making consistent performance with him difficult. Compared to the other Avengers ([[JokeCharacter except Angra]]) Edmond's kit is all over the place. While this made him a great servant for solo'ing since his kit covers a wide variety of areas and his crit stars will feed back into himself, allowing him to charge his NP startlingly fast, it ultimately caused him to fall behind the more specialized Avengers like Jeanne Alter and Gorgon. Now, Dantes is a terrifyingly strong servant, able to more consistently deal damage and provide stars for his team as well as dish out a ''very'' strong AOE NP quite quickly (especially with his Rank Up Quest for his Noble Phantasm, which makes him even viable in challenge quests that involve a BossRush setup).
*** Similarly, Berserker Lancelot was considered very average for a Quick based [=AoE=] Berserker since his kit is considered subpar or average for an [=AoE=] Berserker. Not to mention, he was completely outclassed by Raikou, who does the same job as an [=AoE=] Berserker, but with more consistent NP charging due to her having 2 Arts cards and having a more consistent CriticalHitClass kit. With the introduction to Skadi, Berserker Lancelot becomes one of the most fearsome [=AoE=] Berserkers in the game, and if the player manages to get a team of two Skadis to support him, his kit becomes incredibly overloaded, allowing him to be just as good as, if not ''even better'', than Raikou, thanks to the increased NP refund he gets from the Quick boosts, potentially allowing him to use his NP again the next turn.

** [[VisualNovel/FateStayNight Hassan of the Cursed Arm]], who was previously often thought to be the least liked Servantsin ''Stay Night'' due to only appearing in one route, killing off several fan favorite Servants despite weak stats and being the Servant of [[HateSink Zouken Matou]]. Him introducing the now-defunct rule of 'all Assassins must come from the Hassan-i-Sabbah group' was a turn-off for those looking for flexibility of the Assassin class during his time. The Camelot Singularity greatly fleshed out his character, revealing his more honorable side, and as a result, he gained his own following; this, along with the introduction of First Hassan at the same time, also lightened people about the Hassans as a group overall.

* EMIYA has an Arts-focused skillset but a Buster NP that deals very low damage. With his unique Bond CE that gives him a flat chance of dropping critical stars per hit (which makes his NP good for next-turn critical attacks) and a Rank Up Quest which changes his third skill's effect to giving all attack types a buff, he was finally seen as useful. Furthermore, he received another Rank Up Quest in October, turning his Clairvoyance skill into Hawkeye, which increases his star generation and critical damage. Now he's considered a top-tier 4* Servant. And the ''Fate/EXTELLA'' event finally gave him an upgrade to his animations, including firing actual arrows for his attacks, and using Crane Wing Three Realms (with Overedge) for his Extra attack, making him visually interesting and replacing his bland, generic attack animations that were considered unfitting for him.

* Mash is [[ZigZaggingTrope a complicated example]]. She's the starting Servant and is supposed to slowly grow stronger as the story progresses. However with the long gap between chapter releases and level cap, Mash was almost [[JustForPun fated]] to fall behind everyone else. By the London update, she had unlocked all her skills and the 6 Million Downloads Campaign had raised her level cap, making her a decent tank but she was still outstripped by other Servants because of her low stats. But with the Camelot chapter came a slew of new buffs, including another level cap raise and [[spoiler: an upgrade to her rarity, giving her an extra boost in stats]], a buff to her first skill which includes a huge, one-time damage cut, and most importantly, an upgrade to her Noble Phantasm that lets it give a very powerful attack buff to her other party members.

*** Medb's Charisma was buffed tremendously. It was changed to Queen's Admonition, giving a bonus ATK buff to male Servants on the field and also heals herself. She's considered a solid support Rider, especially in male-focused teams, and when fighting male bosses.

*** Paracelsus is mostly considered to be a MasterOfNone Caster that is rarely used in many team compositions (not to mention, he isn't even that popular among fans due to his NeverLiveItDown moment) and his noticeable quirk is his third skill that grants an ally member Guts. While his skillset is relatively decent, he is completely held back by his long cooldowns his skills (most of them being 7-8 turns when they are max ranked). Not to mention, many of what he does is OvershadowedByAwesome by Irisivel (who can apply Guts more consistently than him, not to mention, she can apply Guts to the ''entire team'') and Helena (another Caster with a well-rounded supportive kit with a more powerful [=AoE=] Noble Phantasm). He is later given a Rank Up Quest that buffs his third skill that not only grants the party member Guts, but also bestow them NP generation with a total of 50% NP generation at max rank. Combined with his 2nd skill that improves Arts performance for the entire team, this allows Paracelsus to fill a niche for NP spamming for various Arts servants (i.e. Fionn, Nitocris, Sieg, Nursery Rhyme, Rider Modred, etc.) and serve as a viable budget alternative to Tamamo. With the right setup, he can even allow an Arts servant to fully regain their NP bar ''after using their Noble Phantasm'', this allowing the said Arts servant to use their NP again in the next wave.
** With the second Anniversary, Instinct skills are slowly being upgraded, as Mysterious Heroine X Alter now has a Quick buff on top of the skill's regular effects and Mysterious Heroine X has one-turn invincibility added to her Instinct. Their names are also changed. By the time of third Anniversary, the original Saber Altria has her Instinct upgraded to Road to Victory which generates up to 30% NP charge alongside it's previous effect on a 5 turn cooldown. While it's not an insanely huge buff, it's still an incredible improvement.
** The Quick meta as a whole was revived from the grave in the wake of the Merlin and Buster-oriented meta, with the release of Scathach-Skadi during the third Anniversary, whose first skill is a huge Quick card boost and boosts its critical damage immensely. In addition, many popular Quick servants such as Meltryllis, Medusa, Cú Chulainn, Cursed Arm Hassan, Edmond Dantes, and Sasaki Kojirō, were given Rank Up Quests that put them in the same level with Arts and Buster servants. As a result, Quick teams have gained more popularity and have given powerful Quick based servants their time to shine. In fact, Scathach-Skadi easily rivals Merlin when it comes to appearing on the Caster support tab, thanks to her kit massively benefitting farming, which is considered to be more than half the gameplay.

*** Similarly, Berserker Lancelot was considered very average for a Quick based [=AoE=] Berserker since his kit is considered subpar or average for an [=AoE=] Berserker. Not to mention, he was completely outclassed by Raikou, who does the same job as an [=AoE=] Berserker, but more consistent NP charging due to her having 2 Arts cards and having a more consistent CriticalHitClass kit. With the introduction to Skadi, Berserker Lancelot becomes one of the most fearsome [=AoE=] Berserkers in the game, and if the player manages to get a team of two Skadis to support him, his kit becomes incredibly overloaded that allows him to be just as good as, if not ''even better'' than Raikou, thanks to the increased NP refund he gets from the Quick boosts, potentially allowing him to use his NP again the next turn.

** The upcoming NA release of Epic of Remnant also gave EMIYA Alter a simple visual redesign that made him look a lot more like an altered EMIYA than before.
* Fionn is widely despised among the fandom for various reasons, and one of the problem is his bad skills (as mentioned in TierInducedScrappy section). The New Year 2019 event, on the other hand, greatly improves his reputation by making him TheLeader of the team, allowing him to use his full potential to solve the event; his badmouthed second skill also receives ''vast'' improvements, by adding NP charge into the skill and significantly reducing the cooldown, going from a painful 10 turn cooldown at max level to a ''much'' more respectable 7 turns, making him a much more viable Servant.

** [[VisualNovel/FateStayNight Hassan of the Cursed Arm]], who was previously often thought to be the least liked Servants in ''Stay Night'' due to only appearing in one route, killing off several fan favorite Servants despite weak stats and being the Servant of [[HateSink Zouken Matou]]. Him introducing the now-defunct rule of 'all Assassins must come from the Hassan-i-Sabbah group' was a turn-off for those looking for flexibility of the Assassin class during his time. The Camelot Singularity greatly fleshed out his character, revealing his more honorable side and as a result, he gained his own following and the singularity, along with introduction of First Hassan in the same time also lightened people about the Hassans as a group overall.
** The same can be said to his fellow assassin, [[LightNovel/FateZero Hassan of the Hundred Personas]], who previously existed as merely CannonFodder to show off the awesomeness of Iskandar and making sure their Master, Kirei Kotomine, can begin his StartOfDarkness by contacting with Gilgamesh a lot more. After Camelot gave her a prominence, Hundred Personas started receiving a lot of following on her own (and it also helps that her 'main face' is the ponytailed muscular woman).