Christmas 2020 + Lostbelt 3 - Tier List Change Log

Tier B

Bradamante represents another addition to the AoE Quick Lancer roster, and as is common for the archetype, she is capable of looping her NP with Skadi. Butt, she does it with a bit more difficulty than lower rarity options, while costing more to place in the team by merit of being higher rarity. She does make a place for herself by bringing a targetable 20% NP charge, along with a chance of Stun on her NP, rounded out with self Quick/Arts buffs and a DEF and Guts buff of decent value. As a package, she is a useful addition to teams even without Skadi, and also acts as a NP looper alternative for Masters who do not have access to the other Lancers capable of looping.

Tier B

The Samba Santa version of Quetzalcoatl is an AoE Buster damage dealer with a bit of offensive support built in. Being Ruler-class, as she reaches NP5 easily due to Welfare status, she can hit high enough damage values even without class advantage to clear a wave for farming. She does lack an NP Gauge charging skill, however, so she will need to be supported properly to farm efficiently. Otherwise, her kit provides ATK buffs to all allies, stars per turn, a targetable Star Gather + Star Drop buff, and a self Buster and Buster Star Gather buff, with her NP providing a Star Drop buff to herself and Critical Damage buffs to all allies. The sum of her kit gives her very respectable performance as a Crit Buster Servant, also providing support for other allies in Crit-based teams. Despite rarely being the pick of choice for damage due to her classing, her solid kit and respectable damage make her a great Servant to have in the roster.

Tier A

The Ruler-class Servant, Qin Shi Huang, has a well-balanced kit with a non-damaging Arts NP. He has a 50% self NP Gauge charge that comes with a heal and debuff cleanse, a skill that decreases NP Gauge and DEF of all enemies, and a chance-based Stun for all enemies with a self ATK buff of decent value lasting three turns. The crowning element of his kit is his Noble Phantasm, which grants himself Invincibility, Taunt, Critical damage boosts, an ATK boost, and a Critical Star gather rate boosts, making his subsequent hits highly damaging while protecting allies. However, as would be for the First Emperor, he excels in solo situations when only his cards are present, and with a proper juggling of his self-sustain and stalling moves, along with the Invincibility on his NP, he is capable of handling many difficult encounters by himself, making him a great Servant to have in the roster.

Tier C+

Xiang Yu is a Berserker-class Quick type AoE damage delaer, with a straightforward kit consisting of selfish Quick/Buster/Crit Strength buffs, the ability to Ignore Invincible and generate Stars per turn, and a 1-turn Evade with a further Crit Strength boost. He can notably reach +100% Critical Damage buffs (or +150% post-upgrade), although he also lacks any way to increase his own Star Gather Rate, which works poorly with his base Berserker class star weight. Having a Quick AoE NP is also attractive for owners of Skadi, however he has trouble looping reliably without extra setup, and his card deck only has a single Quick card aside from his NP, making it somewhat more difficult to take full advantage of Quick support. Even so, being an AoE Berserker means he will likely decimate the battlefield of most any type of enemy aside from Foreigners, and makes for an effective wave-clearer who is applicable to many situations.

Tier A

The Prince of Lan Ling, Saber class, primarily acts as an excellent damage and critical support Servant, with a support Arts type NP. He has a two-time, 3 turn invincibility skill that also acts as an ATK boost for all allies for three turns, can fill an ally's NP Gauge by up to 20% while increasing their buff success rate, as well as providing Arts, Star Drop Rate, and Critical Strength support to all allies for three turns at decent values. To top off his arsenal, his NP will further increase ATK for allies for three turns based on overcharge, provide some damage cut to all allies, decrease NP Charge of enemies by 1, and decrease critical rate of all enemies. All told, he can provide ATK +50%, Crit Damage +50%, and Arts +20% for all allies with all skills and NP active, making his damage support extremely noteworthy. His presence is welcome in most any team composition, with his primary weakness being a lack of truly effective party sustenance and damage mitigation options (with damage cut being only a flat 500 at NP1).

Tier D

A self-support oriented Lancer from the SIN Lostbelt, Qin Liangyu has an Arts-type NP that grants her a myriad of interesting, if somewhat unwieldy on-hit, on-critical, on-receiving damage, and on-receiving critical damage effects. She has a Quick/Arts/Critical Strength buff of modest values, a Star Gather / Debuff Immune / Buff Removal Resist buff, and most notably a 2-time Guts lasting 3 turns that comes with a small NP charge. Her kit is largely selfish, and given her abilities are strongest when her cards are available (for her to land a normal or critical attack so that she can stack debuffs from her NP effects), or when she receives damage from the enemy, along with her 2-time Guts, she works best in solo situations. However, she suffers from low damage, and in comparison to other "Last Stand" options available, can end up lacking. Despite these shortcomings, it is possible for Masters to make her work, and the gimmicks of her kit can be fun to see in action.

Tier E

Yu Mei-ren presents herself as an Assassin-class Servant with an AoE Buster NP. Her NP is notably unique for removing both buffs and debuffs on herself before granting a Buster buff for herself and dealing damage and Curse. The buff removal can make it difficult for Masters to support her, however, although this can be mitigated by her second skill's Buff Removal Resist effect. She also has HP regeneration, NP regeneration, debuff immunity, NP drain, and a self NP charge of 27%, rounding out her kit of mostly selfish effects. Unfortunately, her damage is far on the low end, and she suffers from a low ATK stat, which compounds with her Assassin class damage modifier, giving her trouble killing even daily farming waves at low NP levels. After her skill upgrade, she becomes more effective, although before then it is as if she purposefully makes herself difficult to use (perhaps as a grudge against the Master's deeds in her Lostbelt chapter).

Tier C

Not-Lu Bu, Red Hare, is an AoE Quick NP-bearing Rider class Servant who notably can perform 3-turn NP looping with Skadi, but is also unfortunately Story-locked. He comes with a solid self Quick and Star Drop Rate buff, a self-Evade that also has a chance to increase Star Gather Rate and apply Ignore Invincible, and finally a Critical Strength and self ATK buff of humble values. His NP, Imitation God Force, will ignore DEF and can Skill Seal enemies, giving him a bit of bonus utility outside of farming applications. He makes for a decent addition for Masters in need of a Rider-class Servant with farming capability.