Enemy Layout
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Boss Statistics
| Altria Pendragon (Alter) | ||
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 HP | 648,477 |
| LVL | 80 |  HP | 939,965 |
| LVL | 85 |  HP | 1,537,986 |
| LVL | 90 | |
| Class |  Saber | |
| NP Bar |  | |
| NP Type | AoE | |
| Actions | 3 per turn | |
| Traits | Female, Humanoid, Servant, Evil, King, Dragon, Saberface, Arthur, Weak to Enuma Elish | |
| Skill 1 |  | Mana Burst A: Increase own Buster effectiveness (1 turn). |
| Skill 2 |  | Intuition B: Increase own Critical Rate (2 turns). |
| Skill 3 |  | Charisma E: Increase own ATK (3 turns). |
| Break |    | Defender of Humanity: Charge NP gauge by 1, Inflict DEF down to self (5 turns), and adds Debuff on ATK: Chance to inflict DEF down during normal attacks (3 turns, can stack). Can delay this if Altria Pendragon (Alter) is stunned on the same turn as her HP Bar is broken. |
| Break | | Defender of Humanity: Charge NP gauge by 1, Inflict DEF down to self (5 turns), and adds Debuff on ATK: Chance to inflict DEF down during normal attacks (3 turns, can stack). Can delay this if Altria Pendragon (Alter) is stunned on the same turn as her HP Bar is broken. |
| NP | | Excalibur Morgan: Deals AoE damage and charges own NP gauge by 1. |
Overview
- Alter is back again for another go with the Chaldea Masters! Masters had the opportunity to fight Altria before during the FGO USA Tour, and again last year during the 2nd Anniversary.
- This time, the global server has access to an improved Servant roster and a myriad of Rank Ups and Interludes.
- Teams will have to sustain the high damage Altria can dish out and must tank or drain her NP.
- Altria will focus on Caster Servants first as if they had a taunt skill active. Using taunt skills can override this and fielding multiple Casters will make them share Altria's aggression.
- Altria will attempt to pre-cast Mana Burst before her NP.The resulting damage is often enough to wipe out a team even if some defense buffs are active.
- The NP charge on Break cannot be avoided, only delayed. Stunning her will cause a delay, but she will cast her NP charge at a later time (usually at a most inconvenient time). Instead, try to time breaking her HP bar when she is about to NP.
- The defense down is brutal in single Caster teams - it can nullify defense-based support and even lead to death by critical hits.
- If all else fails, use command seals to claim the Summon Ticket.
Team Recommendations
- Below are four potential options that can be even be mixed:
- Full support teams with no DPS, which aim to simply grind Altria down slowly (Merlin, Jeanne, Mash, Tamamo, Waver).
- Arts-based Drain/Sustain, focused on avoiding NPs entirely by draining her gauge and grinding her HP down (Key DPS: Altria Pendragon (Archer), Orion, EMIYA (Alter)) (Supports: Tamamo, Waver).
- Arts-based Tanking, focusing on teamwide Invincibility via Merlin or Jeanne (Key DPS: Any Arts DPS) (Supports: Jeanne, Merlin, Mash, Tamamo, Waver, David/Tristan).
- Merlin-based NP tanking with Buster DPS. In this setup, focus on keeping Merlin alive. This setup can achieve high damage due to Buster buffs from Merlin, but may eventually fall as Altria will overwhelm defenses due to strict skill cooldowns (DPS: Any Buster DPS/Archer) (Supports: Merlin, Mash, Jeanne, Waver, David/Tristan).
- In general, a double defensive support is basically a necessity. Any teamwide Invulnerabilities are a commodity here,
- Because Casters will soak up all the damage until there are none left, any other class will only be affected by Excalibur Morgan for as long as Casters exist on the frontline. This is extremely exploitable!
- Some highly durable Casters can be used as Tanks - Nursery Rhyme, Caster Cu Chulainn, Marie Antoinette (Caster), Charles Babbage, and Tamamo are all very durable with additional support.
- David and Tristan are darkhorse options and can fit into almost any composition. As Harp of Healing is hit-based, it can be used proactively to get the cooldown going and an Evasion active on non-Casters.
- Short tips: Berserkers will not be targeted with Casters on the field (immortal Cu Chulainn (Alter)), Altria has a ton of exploitable traits (MHX/MHXA!), and Mash can protect extremely well and draw fire/buy time.
- Overall, focus on rotating skills to survive while grinding her HP down.
- The best Mystic Codes are Atlas Academy Uniform / Chaldea Combat Uniform / Chaldea. Chaldea Combat Uniform provides Stun / Order Change, while the others provide 1-turn protection for Casters and either healing or cooldown reduction.
- Typically, the Atlas Academy Uniform is the most versatile option and can cleanse excessive defense down debuffs.
- Make full use of CE options. Volumen Hydrargyrum on a DPS as well as additional defense(Iron-willed Training) on a main Caster support are highly effective.
Video Links
- Note that these videos are not affiliated with GamePress, but showcase some lineups that are effective in clearing the final challenge. These can serve as a good reference for how to rotate skills during this quest or simply to have a look at the encounter before diving in.
- Altria (Archer) setup - Altria Archer (Support, NP2) + Tamamo + Gil Caster + Backline Waver + Chacha (can sub for other debuff caster)
- Chloe + Mash + Jeanne(Support)
- 3* setup - David + Cu Caster + David Support (Backline: Gilles Caster, Babbage, and Tawara Touta).
- Arash setup - Merlin + Arash + Support Merlin (Backline Mash + Irisviel + Chloe)
- Memelin setup - Jalter + Merlin + Support Merlin
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