Learning With Manga Collab - Tier List Change Log

Tier C+

Super Bunyan is a single target Buster Alter Ego with a special "Likes" mechanic tied to her passive, as well as an array of party supportive effects. With every attack or hit that Super Bunyan sustains, she will gain a "Like" stack that lasts for three turns. Up to 10 of these stacks can boost the damage of her NP up to a total of +50% damage, which encourages utilizing her Cards to give her trait stacks, as well as encouraging taking damage for even more stacks. However, she doesn't have any hard defensive skills or damage mitigation, with her only defense-related effects being an AoE Crit Rate debuff and NP Seal effect, so she will need support from allies to survive multiple hits from the enemy. She does have several helpful effects for party members, including a party Buster buff, Overcharge buff, and Buster Star Gather rate buff. For herself, she also has an ATK buff of above-average value, along with a self NP charge of up to 30%. Her NP also can decrease DEF for the enemy for three turns in addition to the damage it deals. Overall, she has a rather unique playstyle, although setting her up to perform at her peak requires some Card luck as well as a few turns for her to gain stacks. As a result she can be somewhat unwieldy to use, and some of her supportive effects can be niche although she functions decently well with Buster allies.


Super Bunyan: x -> C+ (Avg Score: 7.58) - [NorseFTX - C+][WhiteRabbit - B][Meliran - C][Rathilal - B]


Tier B

Daikokuten is the first AoE Quick Caster to join the roster, with a combination of helpful offensive and defensive buffs for allies. Her NP decreases Quick Resist for all enemies before dealing damage, and has a supereffective multiplier against Earth attribute enemies, which are decently common. Additionally, it provides a small Crit damage buff to all allies. Additional supportive effects she provides include Critical Stars each turn, both healing over time and up to 10% NP gauge each turn for all allies, a decently valued party NP Gain buff, and a 1-time Evade for all allies, all of which are quite useful. For herself, she has a Quick damage buff and a self NP charge of up to 30%. All of her skills contribute to her ability to loop quite effectively with Quick support such as Skadi, making her a great choice for Masters who have Quick Support in the roster and are in need of a Caster class farmer. Even outside of farming, her plethora of supportive effects make her an asset in most parties, providing both sustain and NP support while also giving the party access to a hard defensive option.


Daikokuten: x -> B (Avg Score: 8.08) - [NorseFTX - B+][WhiteRabbit - C+][Meliran - B+][Rathilal - B+]


Tier B

Mary Anning is an AoE Arts Lancer available from the Friend Point pool for a limited time during the Learning With Manga collaboration. Her NP gives her an Arts buff before dealing damage, and applies the relatively rare Nullify Buff debuff to enemies, which can come in handy during some encounters. She has excellent supportive effects, with ATK, Arts, and NP Gain buffs that work only on female allies, and 10% NP charge with a crit damage buff for all allies regardless of trait. She can also drop up to 30 stars on demand, and drain the enemies' NP gauge. Taken together, she works as an excellent budget farming option since she is a 1-star Servant with relatively easy access to NP5, and is also an excellent low cost support option to keep in mind, particularly for female allies.


Mary Anning: x -> B (Avg Score: 8.08) - [NorseFTX - B][WhiteRabbit - B][Meliran - B][Rathilal - B+]


Tier C -> C+

Sigurd's latest upgrade with the Road to 7 Lostbelt 2 campaign extends the duration of his Buster buff from 1 turn to 3 times, 3 turns, greatly improving the consistency of his damage over a longer period of time. With the upgrade, it was generally agreed to give him a bump in tier.

Tier C+ -> A

Altera's rank up that came with the Learning with Manga prerelease campaign gives her the coveted 30% NP charge, along with a Crit damage buff for three turns. With the new NP charge, she can now loop effectively in double Koyanskaya / Oberon setups, and is among one of the most powerful Saber class options capable of doing so. She was given a generous tier upgrade as a result.

Tier B -> B+

Tamamo Lancer also receives an NP charge effect, while also extending the turn durations of her Crit damage and Star drop buffs. The NP gauge buff Is welcome and greatly improves her ease of use, and it was agreed to give her a tier bump.

Tier B+ -> A

Assassin of the Nightless City received a skill upgrade with the Water Monsters Crisis event, providing new effects that include a party Crit damage buff for three turns, and a small +10% NP charge for the entire party. Given her other strong supportive effects, this buff further solidifies her position as an excellent secondary supportive option especially for Quick teams. She was given a small tier bump as a result.

Tier C -> B

As with the theme, Anne & Mary's Archer version also receives a self NP battery with her skill upgrade. It helps her greatly due to her otherwise middling Card NP Gain, and she was given a small tier bump as a result.

Tier D -> B+

Helena's Archer version has had multiple issues including low NP Card gain and poor skills. This upgrade improves her NP by buffing its damage and adding a party NP Gauge restoration effect after the NP, boosting its refund to a point where it is now possible to loop with her more effectively, increasing her usability for farming greatly. She was given a relatively large tier bump as a result.

Tier C -> C

Anne & Mary's original Rider form recieves an additional star bomb with her upgrade, which helps her better deal critical hits on demand. However, it was agreed this change does not hugely impact her overall gameplay, so her tier remains the same.