Interlude Campaign: New Interludes for 10 Servants

Official News post can be found here.

Finally, the long-awaited batch of Interludes that a keen Master knows came out around a month ago if we were playing on the JP timeline. Instead, they bundled them up with what were originally Interludes to coincide with a Prisma Codes campaign. Devious indeed. 

Well, anyway, in terms of rewards, half of these Interludes are for Saint Quartz. Yet, some of these Interludes contain some key story beats and great progression of a Servant's personal story. Interludes are quite different from just Rank Up Quests after all. Nonetheless, some of these upgrades are rather important, and will have an effect on the Tier List come the 21st. 

Apart from that, a 1/2 AP Campaign for Interludes will also be available. Now is a prime moment to finish any Interludes that are yet to be completed.

Masters who have cleared the Fifth Singularity, ascended Billy the Kid three times, and raised his bond level to 4, can expect to receive an additional Saint Quartz. 

Masters who have cleared the Fifth Singularity, ascended Cu Chulainn (Alter) twice, and raised his bond level to 2, can expect to receive an additional Saint Quartz. 

Masters who have cleared the Final Singularity, ascended David twice, and raised his bond level to 2, can expect to receive an additional Saint Quartz. 

Tsago Degi Naleya B+: Geronimo, the Servant with only a single skill. A true shame really, because his base performance, and especially his NP, they're really not that bad. In fact, his NP will hit harder than Charles Babbage, if only slightly, and Charles' NP damage already outshines a fair few NP5 4* Casters.

The main issue on his old NP was that it inexplicably (as if his weird skill set wasn't enough), had a lower NP Damage multiplier than is usual for an Arts NP. Not only has that been resolved, it also has the normal Arts AoE Upgraded NP multiplier.

Either way, he's more solid, his NP is rather nice, but he's still hamstrung by his skills. 

Geronimo's Tier placement has improved from COOOOOOOL → 5.

Quintett Feuer EX: Sanzang and Illya, Illya and Sanzang. Whenever gameplay comes up, a comparison is not far off. Masters need to weight Sanzang's ease of use, immense flexibility in CE choices (she can always opt for a Black Grail vs Illya's Kscope) and team support, versus Illya's much more powerful base NP and access to better survival skills (Invincibility/guts). 

To say that Illya needed this upgrade badly after Sanzang got her's is an understatement. Sanzang also remains a better farmer, if one needs to deal with a massive Assassin enemy (such as Babylonia's Entrance to the Underworld, but Illya can keep herself alive a lot better and her pure damage output is far higher than Sanzang's if not compensated for with CEs. 

Indeed, after her NP Upgrade, Illya's NP damage is among the highest in the game especially against Assassins. And with new strong buffs on NP, an even stronger Overcharge, blasting and recharging her NP has only become better, especially as Illya has 3 Arts cards to draw on. Her performance is close enough at least to Sanzang, to warrant a Tier upgrade. 

Illyasviel von Einzbern's Tier placement has improved from 4 → 3.

Masters who have cleared the Seventh Singularity, ascended Jeanne d'Arc (alter) twice, and raised her bond level to 2, can expect to receive an additional Saint Quartz. 

Masters who have cleared Pseudo-Singularity 1 (Shinjuku), ascended Li Shuwen twice, and raised his bond level to 3, can expect to receive an additional Saint Quartz.