Rabbit’s Reviews #379: Saika Magoichi (4* Archer)

Article by 22whiterabbit22

Table of Contents

Introduction
Servant Data
Overview
Material Requirements
Servant Skills
Noble Phantasm
Usage Tips
Grail Potential
Conclusion
Rabbit's Arbitrary Ratings
More Servant Reviews

Introduction

Saika is a remarkably generic ST Archer. She has one notable feature—a taunt-plus-dodge skill—but aside from that she’s just a straightforward Quick DPS. This isn’t a bad thing, per se—she’s fine and all—but it does mean she doesn’t really stand out aside from being free.

Servant Data

Archer

QQABB (Lancer)

Quick Card

Arts Card

Buster Card

Attribute	Human
Alignment	Lawful Good

Stage 1
Stage 2
Stage 3
Stage 4

Max HP 12,005

HP Rank

Max ATK 8,996

ATK Rank

Base Atk	1,499	Base HP	1,920
Max Atk	8,996	Max HP	12,005
Grail Atk	10,892	Grail HP	14,556

Traits

Card Hits	5	3	3	5	10
Per Hit	0.75%	0.75%	0.75%	0.75%	0.75%

	NP per Hit (%)	0.75%
NP when Attacked (%)	3%

	Star Absorption	148
Star Generation per Hit	8.0%

Stage	Cost	Materials
2	50,000	x1 M51 Ticket
3	150,000	x1 M51 Ticket
4	500,000	x1 M51 Ticket
Max	1,500,000	x1 M51 Ticket

Level	Cost	Materials
1 → 2	100,000	x4 Gem of Archer
2 → 3	200,000	x10 Gem of Archer
3 → 4	600,000	x4 Magic Gem of Archer
4 → 5	800,000	x10 Magic Gem of Archer x8 Void's Dust
5 → 6	2,000,000	x4 Secret Gem of Archer x16 Void's Dust
6 → 7	25,000,000	x10 Secret Gem of Archer x3 Claw of Chaos
7 → 8	5,000,000	x5 Claw of Chaos x15 Mystic Gunpowder
8 → 9	6,000,000	x45 Mystic Gunpowder x20 Soundless Bell
9 → 10	10,000,000	x1 Crystallized Lore

Level	Cost	Materials
1 → 2	100000	x4 Gem of Archer
2 → 3	200000	x10 Gem of Archer
3 → 4	600000	x4 Magic Gem of Archer
4 → 5	800000	x10 Magic Gem of Archer x4 Serpent Jewel
5 → 6	2000000	x4 Secret Gem of Archer x7 Serpent Jewel
6 → 7	2500000	x10 Secret Gem of Archer x3 Tearstone of Blood
7 → 8	5000000	x5 Tearstone of Blood x15 Ashes of Forgetfulness
8 → 9	6000000	x45 Ashes of Forgetfulness x60 Obsidian Knife
9 → 10	10000000	x1 Crystallized Lore

Target

Eye of the Yatagarasu B

Apply Sure Hit to self (3 turns).
Increase Critical Strength for all allies (3 turns).
Gain Critical Stars.

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Lvl	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
Crit Damage +	20%	21%	22%	23%	24%	25%	26%	27%	28%	30%
Stars +	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	30
CD	8	8	8	8	8	7	7	7	7	6

Eye of the Yatagarasu is… fine? It doesn’t actually do much of value for Saika. Ignoring evasion is nice, but if you need a free Archer who can deal with dodges, Tell is right there. The skill buffs the whole party’s crit damage, but only by 30%, which isn’t super noticeable. For Saika herself, further crit buffs will be mostly wiped out by Skadi buffs, and Saika’s allies won’t be hitting for much even with a small crit damage buff. The skill does generate 30 critical stars all at once, which is cool-ish and can let Saika crit pretty reliably on the turn you use this.

Quick/Buster Up

Saika-style Iai Technique A

Increase own Quick Card effectiveness (3 turns).
Increase own Buster Card effectiveness (3 turns).
Increase own Critical Strength (3 turns).

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Lvl	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
Quick +	20%	21%	22%	23%	24%	25%	26%	27%	28%	30%
Buster +	20%	21%	22%	23%	24%	25%	26%	27%	28%	30%
Crit Damage +	20%	21%	22%	23%	24%	25%	26%	27%	28%	30%
CD	8	8	8	8	8	7	7	7	7	6

Iai is a standard card-type buff, strengthening Saika’s Quicks and Busters, along with providing yet another minor 30% crit damage buff. The Quick/Buster split is kinda nice since Caster Skadi amps Quick crits and Ruler Skadi amps Buster crits, but aside from that this is a forgettable skill.

Evade

Hotaru B

Apply Evade to self (1 turn).
Apply Target Focus to self (1 turn).
Increase own NP Gain when taking damage (1 turn).
Increase own NP Gauge by 20%.

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Lvl	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
NP Gain (Taking Damage) +	30%	32%	34%	36%	38%	40%	42%	44%	46%	50%
CD	8	8	8	8	8	7	7	7	7	6

Hotaru is the only interesting part of Saika’s kit. It’s a dodge and a taunt in one, so assuming whoever you’re fighting doesn’t hit in AoE and doesn’t have a way of removing or piercing defensive buffs, this can protect the whole team for a turn. It’s also a small 20% battery, and it amps Saika’s defensive NP gain for the turn she’s taunting, which can add up to a fair bit of additional NP gain for the next turn. Taunts are always useful and taunts paired with defense are very strong. I don’t know that this is reason enough to use Saika, but it’s there at least.

Noble Phantasm

	Rank	Classification	Hit-Count
C	Anti-Personnel	10

Effect	Deal damage to a single enemy. [1200-2000%] Decrease Critical Rate for an enemy by 20% (3 turns).

Level	1	2	3	4	5
Damage +	1200%	1600%	1800%	1900%	2000%
Crit Chance -	20%	20%	20%	20%	20%

Overcharge Effect	Increase own Quick Card effectiveness (1 turn) [Activates first]. [20-40%] Increase own Buster Card effectiveness (1 turn) [Activates first]. [20-40%]

Charge	100%	200%	300%	400%	500%
Quick +	20%	25%	30%	35%	40%
Buster +	20%	25%	30%	35%	40%

Usage Tips

Grail Potential

Conclusion

Saika is an extremely boring unit. She’s fine? She’s automatically NP5, she has an acceptable level of steroids, and she has some defensive utility. We have a lot of great free ST Archers, though, so Saika’s addition is a little confusing. She’s really just kinda there.

Rabbit's Arbitrary Ratings

Overall: 7/10
Single-Target DPS: 7/10
AoE DPS: N/A
Survivability: 5/10
Offensive Utility: 2/10
Defensive Utility: 6/10
Farming Usefulness: 1/10
Inheritance: 10/10