Rabbit's Reviews #237: Gareth (2* Lancer)

Introduction

Gareth is an interesting new Lancer who’s built around a very specific gimmick: drawing enemy fire and then firing back with an attack that gets more powerful the more she’s hit. She’s very much a one-and-done kinda servant, but taunters in general are nice to have and if she’s able to draw three hits Gareth gets surprisingly high NP damage.

Servant Data

Lancer

QQABB (Lancer)

Quick Card

Arts Card

Buster Card

4

3

1

5

8

Attribute	Earth
Alignment	Lawful Good

Stage 1
Stage 2
Stage 3
Stage 4

April Fool's

Max HP 9,537

HP Rank

Max ATK 5,413

ATK Rank

Base Atk	960	Base HP	1,795
Max Atk	5,413	Max HP	9,537
Grail Atk	7,844	Grail HP	13,764

Magic Resistance C

Increase your Debuff Resist by 15%.

Riding B

Increase your Quick Card effectiveness by 8%.

Card Hits	4	3	1	5	8
Per Hit	0.71%	0.71%	0.71%	0.71%	0.71%

	NP per Hit (%)						0.71%
	NP when Attacked (%)						4%

	Star Absorption	88
	Star Generation per Hit	12.1%

Overview

Material Requirements

Stage	Cost	Materials
2	15,000	x3 Lancer Piece
3	45,000	x6 Lancer Piece x11 Proof of Hero
4	150,000	x3 Lancer Monument x3 Warhorse's Young Horn x5 Great Knight Medal
Max	450,000	x6 Saber Monument x10 Great Knight Medal x3 Dragon's Reverse Scale

Level	Cost	Materials
1 → 2	20,000	x3 Gem of Lancer
2 → 3	40,000	x6 Gem of Lancer
3 → 4	120,000	x3 Magic Gem of Lancer
4 → 5	160,000	x6 Magic Gem of Lancer x2 Warhorse's Young Horn
5 → 6	400,000	x3 Secret Gem of Lancer x3 Warhorse's Young Horn
6 → 7	500,000	x6 Secret Gem of Lancer x8 Proof of Hero
7 → 8	1,000,000	x15 Proof of Hero x6 Great Knight Medal
8 → 9	1,200,000	x18 Great Knight Medal x12 Aurora Steel
9 → 10	2,000,000	x1 Crystallized Lore

Servant Skills

Gareth’s skillset is uniformly aimed at her tank-and-punish goal. Recommended skill order is 2>3>1.

Guts

Battle Continuation C

Apply Guts to self (1 time, 3 turns).

Show Info

Lvl	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
Revives with	500 HP	600 HP	700 HP	800 HP	900 HP	1000 HP	1100 HP	1200 HP	1300 HP	1500 HP
CD	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	7

Gareth has the weakest BatCon in the game. Fortunately for her, the short duration and low healing are kinda irrelevant in most practical situations, as Gareth is likely to proc the guts on her taunt turn regardless. The low HP just means she’ll get out of the way faster once she’s done.

Start Np

Gareth of the Beautiful Hands B

Increase own NP Gauge.
Increase own ATK (1 time, 5 turns) when attacked by an enemy (3 turns).

Show Info

Lvl	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
NP +	10%	11%	12%	13%	14%	15%	16%	17%	18%	20%
Attack +	10%	11%	12%	13%	14%	15%	16%	17%	18%	20%
CD	8	8	8	8	8	7	7	7	7	6

Gareth of the Fair Hands is Gareth’s centerpiece skill. It’s a small battery, which can help ensure Gareth gets access to her NP, but more importantly it gives Gareth a one-time attack buff every time she’s hit. In Gareth’s ideal case, she takes three hits while taunting and then uses her NP on the next time to burn the buffs. This gives her remarkably high NP damage—surpassing even some NP1 SR Lancers—though the buffs won’t carry over to her cards and are, of course, dependent on the enemies deciding to attack her.

Taunt

Ring of Transformation B

Apply Target Focus to self (1 turn).
Increase own DEF (1 turn).
Increase own NP Gain (1 turn).

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Lvl	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
Defense +	20%	22%	24%	26%	28%	30%	32%	34%	36%	40%
NP Rate +	10%	11%	12%	13%	14%	15%	16%	17%	18%	20%
CD	7	7	7	7	7	6	6	6	6	5

Ring of Disguise is a neat taunt skill that significantly raises Gareth’s defense and also buffs her NP gain slightly. With the 40% defense up in effect, Gareth can realistically survive the two hits she needs to reach her max damage (as the third can safely proc her guts). The NP gain buff is mostly helpful for defensive NP gain purposes, as high-hit-count enemies will charge Gareth’s NP significantly.

Noble Phantasm

	Rank	Classification	Hit-Count
C++	Anti-Unit	8

Effect	Apply Ignore Invincible to self (1 turn). [Activates First] Deals damage to a single enemy.

Level	1	2	3	4	5
Ignore Invincible
Damage +	600%	800%	900%	950%	1000%

Overcharge Effect	Decrease DEF for a single enemy (3 turns).

Charge	100%	200%	300%	400%	500%
Def -	10%	15%	20%	25%	30%

Usage Tips

Grail Potential

Conclusion

Gareth is a gimmicky servant, but her gimmick is both straightforward and useful. Having more taunt options is always a good thing, and even if you aren’t sold on Gareth’s offensive usefulness she can at least buy you a turn or two of survival.

Rabbit's Arbitrary Ratings

Overall: 7/10
Single-Target DPS: 7/10
AoE DPS: N/A
Survivability: 5/10
Offensive Utility: N/A
Defensive Utility: 7/10
Farming Usefulness: 1/10
Admiration for Lancelot: 10/10