Pretty much what it says on the tin. I powered through Babylon in just three days due to the promise of 30 free Quartz, and now I only have five days left until Solomon opens up proper. With so many servants I have needing the same materials for upgrades, I can only pick one to upgrade. And so, who should I pick?
I have St. Martha ready for her job of cleansing, as she was one of my two starters servants along with Lancer Elly from the tutorial roll. However, due to her lack of damage or any use outside of her niche, I left her at L50 this whole time. I need to farm the full complement of 15 Dragon Fangs for second ascension, but I have the materials for the rest of her (although it pains me to give her Chaos Claws when Jack wants them more for skill levels, and I need to farm all the exp such a big level up requires).
Robin Hood is basically in the same boat, except instead of choosing not to level him, I just put him under Emiya in priority, and by the time I fully ascended the latter, I was out of Dragon Fangs for Robin's final form (downside is he's still only NP3 despite being a cheap 3*).
Lastly, my support quartet of Caesar, Andersen, Mozart, and Shakespeare have all been trapped at ascension level two despite being some of my original servants, due to the fact that they *all* need Pages and Gears to ascend, and I needed those materials for more primary servants (Gears are the worst thing ever). Each has immediate merit to pick to level, but who has more merit is up to debate, hence my looking for opinions.
Given these valuable assets in need of aid, and the fact that I can only choose to elevate one, who should I put my focus towards? (I don't plan to roll for Merlin or try to get Zhuge for New Years, as much as people will think me stupid for it, so farming for their materials to boost is out).
Edit: See below for a list of available combat-ready servants I already have.
Hmm, what are your main dps servants? And what raid-boss do you aim for ? You’ll have no problems with main quests since you could clear Camelot and Babylonia. For Pillars raid quest, i highly recommend you to invest in Ellychan, 60% party atk up is no joke, even > Waver. And then you can borrow some strong friend female dps, for example, Barbatos, you could borrow XuanZang or Illya + supp Mash or Shakespeare. It may take few turns, but still better than nothing. Gl
Well, Lancer Elly was my official starter servant from the tutorial roll, and she's been a cornerstone of all my teams ever since. I know how useful Sadistic Charisma and Torture Technique are for supporting, especially vs a boss, and her levels show it. I don't have the means to 10/10/10 her, but SC is already L7 and TT is L6, and I run her with 2030 so she can support my main carries like Jack, Mordred, Brave Elly, and so on. I have a decent helping of female servants, and even the few males I have still like half of SC and TT.
As for which pillar to farm, I'll be following the group and taking out Barbatos first and foremost. Not for the God Hearts (although I do need them), but specifically for the mentioned Gears and Pages that are a huge pain to farm.
After him is Flauros for the sheer amount of Chaos Claws and Hero Proofs I need.
Third is a tie between Forneus for materials for Saber Fran in the future, and Sabnock because I need a million Dragon Fangs still.
For taking out Barbatos, it’s recommended to build team around strong ST Berserkers and Casters. Their common point is Buster NP, so you may want to levelup Shakespeare cause high busterup and battery. But farming page is pain in the *ss :)). If i was you, i’ll prefer Mash or Leonidas, they still can supp dmg and protect carry and have cheaper ascension mats.
Replying to myself since it's probably a good idea to have a segment for servants I do have available and combat-ready. Note, that while I don't have a *lack* of leveled servants, I don't have a surplus either, so I'm still very limited. Also, outside of two skills total, none of my servants have L10 skills yet.
Saber - Brave Elly and Mordred.
Brave Elly has been my biggest ST NP carry since I got her, and Mordred has basically been a "back-up" Saber unless a large Lancer group needed to be lasered. As mentioned, Caesar is not properly leveled, as he is stuck at L50 due to lack of materials, and so he was not listed here.
Lancer - Lancer Elly, Jalter Lily, and Leonidas.
None of which are good in single target boss fights. Lancer Elly, as mentioned before, is primarily a supportive unit for me with 2030, and can deal some damage on the side of the target is an Archer or Berserker. Leo can do his job of tanking just fine, but not against a Demon Pillar that hits AoE. I also have a L40 Cu Chulainn, but needing Chaos Claws stops him from being useful.
Archer - Emiya
...yeah that's about it. I have Arash, Robin Hood, and Euryale leveled, but the latter two are stuck at third form L60 due to material problems, and Arash is Arash. He doesn't fight bosses. I pretty much rely on borrowing an Archuria support if I have a Saber-heavy fight.
Caster - Halloween Elly and Nitocris.
Again, neither of which are terribly useful in a boss fight aside from soaking resisted hits. Andersen, Mozart, and Shakespeare would all list here, if they weren't all stuck in second ascension from materials. I also have Nursery Rhyme, but she too is stuck behind materials at ascension two. Against Assassin bosses, I tend to struggle.
Rider - Santa Alter and Ushiwakamaru.
While AoE, Santa Alter at least fares pretty well in boss fights simply because Excalibur Morgan is stupid strong regardless. Ushi *would* be stronger, if she wasn't stuck at 4/4/4 for her skills due to Meteor Horseshoes. St. Martha isn't mentioned because she's L50 of 80 due to Dragon Fangs, and because she's only useful for her cleanse right now.
Assassin - Jack and Shuten,
Jack has been my other primary damage dealer choice along with Brave Elly, and as a half support as well with her constant spewing of stars. Shuten's utility is amazing, even in a boss fight, but she won't do too much of anything in the way of damage against a solid boss.
Berserker - Kiyohime
Just Kiyohime. RNG hates my guts and refused to let me have my Fran from the London rate-up banner a few days after I started playing, even with eight 10-rolls.
Extra - Mashu
And nobody else.
