Rabbit's Reviews #251: Calamity Jane (4* Archer)

Introduction

With Calamity Jane, we get yet another interesting Quick semi-support. She fills roughly the same role as Lakshmibai and Summer Carmilla in that she helps low-to-mid Quick teams move faster, and she has a lot of very nice tools that can help her do this. She isn’t hugely different from the prior two, but she has some nice synergy with Berserkers and Avengers in particular and she can be a nice pull if you don’t yet have anyone who matches her niche.

Servant Data

Archer

QQAAB (Archer)

Quick Card

Arts Card

Buster Card

3

2

4

5

Attribute	Human
Alignment	Chaotic Balanced

Stage 1
Stage 2
Stage 3
Stage 4

April Fool's

Max HP 12,495

HP Rank

Max ATK 8,996

ATK Rank

Base Atk	1,499	Base HP	1,999
Max Atk	8,996	Max HP	12,495
Grail Atk	10,892	Grail HP	15,150

Magic Resistance C

Increase your Debuff Resist by 15%.

Riding A

Increase your Quick Card effectiveness by 10%.

Presence Concealment A

Increase your Critical Star Drop Rate by 10%.

Independent Action A+

Increase your Critical Strength by 11%.

Card Hits	3	3	2	4	5
Per Hit	0.71%	0.71%	0.71%	0.71%	0.71%

	NP per Hit (%)						0.71%
	NP when Attacked (%)						3%

	Star Absorption	153
	Star Generation per Hit	8.0%

Overview

Material Requirements

Stage	Cost	Materials
2	50,000	x4 Archer Piece
3	150,000	x10 Archer Piece x12 Void's Dust
4	500,000	x4 Archer Monument x24 Reactive Gunpowder x4 Phoenix Feather
Max	1,500,000	x10 Archer Monument x7 Phoenix Feather x6 Claw of Chaos

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 x12 Reactive Gunpowder
5 → 6	2,000,000	x4 Secret Gem of Archer x24 Reactive Gunpowder
6 → 7	2,500,000	x10 Secret Gem of Archer x8 Void's Dust
7 → 8	5,000,000	x16 Void's Dust x5 Eternal Frost
8 → 9	6,000,000	x15 Eternal Frost x20 Arrowhead of Atonement
9 → 10	10,000,000	x1 Crystallized Lore

Servant Skills

Jane is a semi-support, and her skillset is primarily supportive in nature. Recommended skill order is 3>2>1.

Dmg Down

Sabotage B

Decrease ATK for all enemies by 10% (3 turns).
Decrease Critical Rate for all enemies (3 turns).

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Lvl	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
Crit Chance -	9%	10%	11%	12%	13%	14%	15%	16%	17%	19%
CD	7	7	7	7	7	6	6	6	6	5

Sabotage is a nice if unexciting defensive skill. Attack down and crit rate down are both great effects, but the values here are so low they aren’t likely to make all that much difference in practice. 10% attack down is pretty negligible unless you’re stacking buffs/debuffs, and 20% crit down is right about the point at which crit down becomes noticeable (and this skill caps out at 19% which… might as well be 20%). More survivability is always nice, especially for Quick teams, and this has good uptime and a short cooldown, but it’s not anything amazing.

NP Drain

Messenger of the Galaxy EX

Decrease NP Gauge for all enemies by 1.
Increase own ATK (3 turns).
80% chance to increase ATK of all allies except self (3 turns).
Increase NP Gauge for all allies by 10%.

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

Galactic Messenger is a loaded skill. It’s an AoE charge drain, a specialty Charisma, and a party battery. It both speeds the party up and grants a potential extra turn of survival, taking some of the pressure off Jane’s team. Really excellent skill for a Quick semi-support to have.

Debuff Res

O Polar Star, Shine My Way B

Increase Buff Success Rate for one ally (3 turns).
Depending on Crit Stars add the following effects:
(10+ Crit Stars) Increase Critical Strength for one ally (3 turns).
(20+ Crit Stars) Increase Critical Star Gather Rate for one ally (3 turns).
(30+ Crit Stars) Apply Evade to one ally (1 turn).
(40+ Crit Stars) Apply Ignore Invincible to one ally (3 turns).
(50+ Crit Stars) Increase NP Gauge for one ally.

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Lvl	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
Buff Rate +	20%	22%	24%	26%	28%	30%	32%	34%	36%	40%
Crit Damage +	20%	22%	24%	26%	28%	30%	32%	34%	36%	40%
C Star Gather Rate +	500%	600%	700%	800%	900%	1000%	1100%	1200%	1300%	1500%
NP +	10%	11%	12%	13%	14%	15%	16%	17%	18%	20%
CD	7	7	7	7	7	6	6	6	6	5

Show Me the Way is a weird skill that gains additional effects with every 10 stars you have. It does not consume your stars, so there’s no disincentive to use it unless you think you’ll have more stars available on a later turn. At base, the skill provides a 3-turn buff success boost, and unlike in the case of Lanling, Jane does not particularly need to use the skill on herself. While she’s best for Quick teams, this means Jane can also be a nice partner for servants like Cleo who have strong buffs locked behind fail chances.

At 10 stars, the skill grants a 3-turn crit damage buff, which is nice to have for a Quick DPS. With only 10 stars you are unlikely to get much use out of it, but at higher values this effectively turns into a pseudo-self-mod. There is some anti-synergy for a Self-Mod type skill in a low-end Quick team, as you want all three Servants to be contributing damage to the extent possible, but if you do have a DPS who is noticeably stronger than the semi-supports—MHXA or Xiang Yu, for instance—this can be quite valuable.

Speaking of the Berserkers, at 20 stars, this skill gains star weight up, completing the “Self-Mod-like” effect. The star weight buff is strong enough to give ‘Zerkers a decent chance to crit and Avengers a good chance to crit, which is probably Jane’s most unique trait. She is probably the best Xiang Yu enabler currently available outside of battery spam setups.

At 30 stars, the skill becomes a targeted dodge. If you consistently make 30+ stars, this skill is quite powerful, as a targeted dodge on a 5-turn CD is a rarity indeed. At 40, the skill also gains pierce invuln, which is a nice form of utility that means you are unlikely to waste a turn of nearly guaranteed crits.

At 50 stars, this skill is also a 20% battery. This is powerful in theory but tricky to make use of in practice, and at the point you’re able to consistently flood out stars you probably have better NP charge sources you could be using.

Noble Phantasm

Space Dead Man’s Hand D

Apply Sure Hit to self (1 turn).
Deals damage to a single enemy.

<Overcharge>

Decrease DEF for a single enemy (2 turns). [Activates first]
Decrease Quick Resist for a single enemy (2 turns). [Activates first]

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Space Dead Man’s Hand

The Black Hand that Brings Death

	Rank	Classification	Hit-Count
	D	Anti-Personnel	5

Effect	Apply Sure Hit to self (1 turn). Deals damage to a single enemy.

Level	1	2	3	4	5
Damage +	1200%	1600%	1800%	1900%	2000%
Sure Hit

Overcharge Effect	Decrease DEF for a single enemy (2 turns). [Activates first] Decrease Quick Resist for a single enemy (2 turns). [Activates first]

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

While none of Jane’s individual buffs is particularly strong, with her passives, skills, and overcharge thrown together she has slightly above-average NP steroids, which means she can hit decently hard even when operating in a support capacity. This is, of course, quite valuable for a Quick semi-support. The overcharge effects on Jane’s NP only last for two turns, which means Jane has little in the way of damage-snowballing potential, but her damage is quite consistent regardless and the debuffs will help Jane’s allies hit harder on average. The NP also pierces evasion by default, which is nifty.

Usage Tips

Grail Potential

Conclusion

Jane is a very good servant for a disadvantaged type of team. She’s not likely to boost the ceiling of what you can accomplish in general, but if you’re in need of more Quick tools she can be a valuable pull. She has a lot of good utility and her damage potential isn’t half-bad either. Solid servant overall.

Rabbit's Arbitrary Ratings

Overall: 8/10
Single-Target DPS: 7/10
AoE DPS: N/A
Survivability: 6/10
Offensive Utility: 8/10
Defensive Utility: 7/10
Farming Usefulness: 3/10
Space Texas: 10/10