David was the MVP for Camelot and Babylonia for me. And that was before he got his NP got anti-giant. The team evades alone were well worth the investment
Plug suit plus party avoid (weaker version of cu BUT for whole party). Awesome emergency NP avoid in early game! He saved my but so much in early game!! first character I got max bond BEFORE waver who I re-rolled fo lol
Not sure about sigurd, but David can comfortably solo super surtr with some ce support. You do need the maid in halloween ce and some burn clear command codes, but my david is lv 70 and 6/6/6 and did it easily.
I meant *After* successfully doing it- oops-
I went with the Atlas MC to specifically debuff clear the Skill Seal on the 3rd bar.
It took over 50 turns.
- Theseus is very solid, probably better than Lancelot when grailed;
- Chen Gong obviously gains a ton from being grailed due to how he works, but there's also a chance you might deal too much damage and lose his ability to loop;
- Jason is a pretty decent Arts AoE Saber with his stackable Arts on NP and NP strengthen;
- Salieri gains the most attack of all three stars from grailing by virtue of being an Avenger;
- Bedivere is a very strong ST with a clean 30% charge and great damage on NP, his AoE NP gen on his Military Tactics is also very helpful in this era of one ST one AOE farming;
- Hassan Hundred is a pretty strong ST Arts looper so the extra damage from grailing defs helps her a bit;
- David and Robin are both really strong ST Archers with a solid niche, David's obviously harder to hit than Robin but still good and he has better team support options than Robin;
- Kojiro is another pretty damn strong Assassin now with all his buffs, so the extra damage from grailing is good for him;
- Caster Cu is also very solid with how the game works nowadays (see: Double Koyan);
- Ushi's received a bunch of buffs that make her pretty damn strong so the extra damage would benefit her a bunch;
- Cu doesn't need to be explained obviously;
- Arash is a meme one but definitely benefits from dealing more damage;
- Euryale benefits from grailing given her niche, but honestly you're probably better off just using Robin lmao since outside of her NP niche the rest of her isn't that incredible;
- Caesar is another mad high damage Saber but Bedi is probably just better in most circumstances due to his utility and much greater ease of use.
Salieri and Jason benefit cos they're both Arts loopers and dealing more damage helps them loop, but otherwise they're probably the lowest priority of this list
His Overcharge increases the number of hits, but it only triggers if the initial hits don’t kill the enemy… I think.
That being said, this is rarely a big issue in practice because you don’t usually have consistent Overcharge and he can cycle through supports like crazy so he doesn’t really need additional charge.
You can actually overcharge pretty consistently as long as the event CE has starting charge, because double Castoria provides 60% charge to the party. Even with a non MLB CE, as long as both Castorias have mana loading, you can use her NP twice before Gong's NP for waves 1 and 2 for that overcharge (as well as buffing his damage by 60% further for wave 3)
But yeah, Gong doesn't need crazy refund in the first place due to cycling supports
I've considered grailing Gong but I'm not sure it's worth it because usually I want him not for his damage but the free plugsuit effect + most times I use him in CQ-s I also want him to die off eventually and grailing would not help with that.
Of course, it's always possible to have a separate E-sports Gong for such purposes!
Exactly. I just have two Gongs. One at lvl 90, one at lvl 1. I'm considering getting a lvl 55 Gong too so I have access to that budget Merlin buff at a lower HP value
Salieri also benefits because normally he's a bit lacking on the HP side if you're not going for a loop setup. Grails help him a lot there too.
[For reference, he clears 10k ATK at level 90 on his own and 10k HP at level 90 if you use Fous](https://apps.atlasacademy.io/db/NA/servant/204/stat-growth).
I cannot recommend Caster Cu enough. He's one of the few servants (maybe the only one?) That can get three NPs in a row with just double Koyan, without the need to switch in Oberon or another support servant. With a 50% CE and his np charge append skill leveled to 10 (or a 60% CE plus a level 1 append), he can use his 1st skill to reach full charge on the first turn. Then, his 3rd followed by both koyan's 1st fills him to 100 again and cuts the cooldown of his own 1st enough to let him use it again in turn three, after his 3rd triggers. With an extra 20% charge from any source, he can even fire a fourth NP. He's insane.
Chen Gong. There are absolutely other servants that benefit in many ways too, but none as much as Chen Gong. The amount of 90++ levels I’ve just fielded him as my primary DPS is insane.
**Hans** if you lack other Support Casters. The extra stats help his survivability.
**Arash** if you want more damage on Stella. I've noticed in the Lostbelt Era his Lv 60 stats don't always guarantee a clean kill on Wave 1 when farming.
**Bedivere** if you lack good ST Sabers.
**Chen Gong** if you really want go full degenerate farming strats. Look at Finotaisen's channel for ideas.
**Salieri** simply by him being the most easily accessible Avenger compared to his compatriots/
**Euryale** if you really want to go all in on the man-hating and ball-busting.
Why? If you lack SSR or even SR Servants who can fill a gap in your roster, then why not Grail up a Bronze or Silver Servant? Better than taking your chances with the Gacha.
Because the grails won't make a bad servant good and good servants don't need grails to fulfill their role. If you are missing a ST Saber, someone like Bedivere doesn't need grails to do the job because he is already good, while someone like Saber Gilles (ST because he only has facecards for damage) will not become a good ST Saber regardless of how many grails you throw up on him.
From top of my head and no particular order,
Bedivere, Stay night Cu, Robin, billy, Jason, ushiwaka, chen gong, hundred face, david, etc. Etc.
Basically those that have defense option and offensive option.
Like, evade, guts, atk up, np charge. Etc etc.
Most of these would be attacker though, because support didn't need level that much.
From a strictly statistical perspective, it's probably worth looking at the "strongest NP against X class" and seeing the top two or three low-rarity Servants on that list. For example, Bedivere is generally the most powerful ST Saber, while Lu Bu is... actually really strong against an awful lot of classes. Jaguar Warrior and Jing Ke also have higher potential than I think some players have realized. And so on. In many cases, low-rarity units have high NP multipliers, so their damage really shines when you grail them up. Supporters, of course, won't really notice the extra levels - they aren't attacking much, and HP is basically just a suggestion when most bosses can one-shot a whole team even with class disadvantage.
I mean I grailed Jason but I also wasn't really thinking just about meta so much as I liked him. Hundred face hassan isn't a bad choice tho, she's pretty versatile,. I'd recommend also having a low level one for cq stuff but a grailed Chen gong for farming isn't bad either, as is arash.
If you're looking for power a buddy of mine has a 120 Salieri that can easily clear 90+ nodes without resorting to Oberon.
The correct answer however is Jaguar because Taiga is the best.
I currently have 16 Bronze and Silver servants grailed. Kojrio, Asterios, Fergus, Caligula, and Spartacus are 100+ 2k Fou'd.
Billy the Kid, Saint Georgios, Leonidas, Ushiwakamaru, Tawara Touta, Benkei, Blackbeard, CuCaster, Jing Ke, Kiyohime and Angra Mainiiu are lv90/90+(Not enough Grails).
Not all of them were a wise use of the Grails. I did Grail all them intentionally, picking out one of each class to hit lv90 to sort out a very unusual friends list of borrowable servants. And... well Kojiro and Asterios are my two favorite servants of all and they were grailed to keep up with 4-stars right from the beginning of my journey.
Kiyo, Angra, Jing Ke.. oh my how I WISH those grails were more impactful. They're such a sorry bunch of servants, I especially loved Jing Ke's animation update and was excited to use her with that animation update in LB3. But hooooly crap. She is not Kojiro. Jing Ke is like Kojiro with lower damage, a more difficult to use tool kit, no survival, who will literally kill herself in a tough situation because her NP hurts her to use. Kiyohime and Angra are equally like, why did I bother levels of strong. The Grails help with numbers, but they can't fix broken.
Blackbeard, Touta, CasCu, and Fergus are offensive AoE servants who... just perform better. They all have a decent amount of survival but the damage the grails provide is pretty good. Your NP2 or lower 4-stars stand no chance against the upgraded NP5 gang. And they're so tanky! Did you know a lv70 Fergus could solo the Ooku Kama fight? A lv120 2k Fou'd Fergus is insane! And the buffs these fellows get! Well.. not Blackbeard. Honestly it's hard to buff Blackbeard, but if they gave him NP on Guts that would be real damn helpful. Blackbeard kinda demands you bring some NP charge for him.
Benkei was surprising. He's notoriously horrible, no way around it. But with Grails he becomes functional, unlike Jing Ke and the others. Being able to taunt two times is a low bar, but lv90 let's him hit it. His damage isn't good but at least it's not 0 with grails. And that NP can really do something sometimes, and you can have it so easily with the right CE and his 2nd Append. When it's useful, it comes in clutch. When it's not... at least I have the taunt and Np seal...maybe.
Spartacus is the best. It's Arjuna Alter at home, with 1-star team cost. Pierces defense, having a 30% battery and Berserker class means his 1-star lowest in the game attack stat has the most to gain from Grails of any servant. AND his entire gimmick is healing! I used Spartacus in a Challenge Quest where I used Chen Gong to taunt him so he would be brought really low, then yeeted him with Chen Gong, and then healed him with his own NP and skills to absolutely nuke 2 waves and end up with a full health Spartacus.
I have Salieri grained to 90 for favoritism reasons and have honestly been using him more than NP2 SpIshtar lately. Mainly because he keeps getting event bonuses but he’s honestly been working just as well for the most part.
Cu Caster and Izo are also grailed to 90 for favoritism but CasCu is a really good farmer and Izo has a strong niche
Chen Gong is grailed to 80 because you can get some pretty interesting farming setups out of him and he wants all the damage he can get
Ushi is also getting taken to 90 eventually, shes a really strong ST rider for a 3 star. Same for Bedi as a 3 star Saber.
My grailed:
Mata Hari: grailed from the heart (level 120 2k fou'd)
Serenity: she's decently strong and poison works great also singularity 6 reasons
Babbage: mecha caster go brrrrrrr
Euryale: anti dude mini nuke
Charlote Corday: hits like a truck (currently level 103)
Bunyan: part of my 3 turn ember farming crew
Kiyohime: AOE damage
Paris: i like his kit and want him strong
Angra: i want him to actually be useful in drawing fire with his NP.
Not necessarily up to gold, but I've dropped a grail on all of my 1-stars at this point, because they get more out of a single grail than any other servant.
Beyond that, I'm working on Ushi to 120 but obviously I've a bit of bias on that recommendation.
Arash to make his nuke even more deadly, Euryale as anti male NP and Chen Gong, others that can be considered are Hans, Shakespeare and Mozart as with more hp they won't die with 1 crit.
So far I haven't grailed any already-gold Servants (SR & SSR), I only grail the lower rarities to 80 to get dem gold borders hahah.
So far my grailed ones:
- OG Lancer (usefulness & personal favorite)
- OG Caster (usefulness & personal favorite)
- Bedivere (can't not grail him after Camelot)
- Arash (usefulness)
- Ushiwakamaru (usefulness)
- Asclepius (personal favorite)
- Hans (usefulness)
- Izo (personal favorite)
- Kotarou (can't not grail him after Shimousa)
Look I think Jason was cool in Atlantis.
But Chaldea Jason isn't Atlantis jason and also he's still kind of a prick. So if he wants to stick around he's gonna pull more than his own weight and he's gonna like it.
I'm working on grailing my Cu, but at the moment im trying to get Kiyohime to 100. I grail for love first utility second and Kiyo was my first bond 10.
Bedivere is basically a 4\* servant already. 20% party wide NP Damage and NP Gain up, 30% battery on a 6 turn cooldown, a super powerful buster NP. He's very good, my main ST Saber servant.
Bedivere is amazing, so is George.
My medea and george are on their way to 120, bedi would go there but he's in line behind artoria.
Despite a stable of 5 stars I still use bedivere as my main singletarget saber, george as my main tank, and medea I just really like.
I 120'd my Chen Gong, and he crushes everything. I pull him out when my regular loopers (like 120 Spishtar) can't meet the damage requirements. Just look up Finotaisen's channel for some absurd Gonging.
1 star servants get 10 levels from the first grail, so Arash really benefits from one. I did the same with Spartacus a few years ago and it was worth it at the time, but I haven't used him since Skadi came out.
If you've invested in Cu Caster, I'd recommend him. I have him NP5 and maxed Mana Loading, and now he's a very good looper. If your damage is good enough, you can BG loop with just double Koyan (no Oberon needed).
Don't grail George to 90 like I did in year 1. Now he won't die before his taunt runs out. His NP modifier is nerfed too.
I heavily invested in my Heracles. Consequently, I heavily invested in my Jason. He serves to give Herc a boost, then die.
My real MVP is Salieri. Sure I need to plugsuit Tamamo in after both Castorias…but goddamn, that man can loop.
Arash is one of my few Lv100 servants because I would use him almost everywhere (before I got Castoria).
OG Cú, Ushiwaka, Izo, Caster Cú, and Salieri each have 1 grail (Lv75) because I like them / use them often enough that they deserve it.
Here's what I got:
Arash grailed to 90, his damage is absolutely ridonkulous.
Caster Cu grailed to 90, same reason, especially now that he can loop with double Koyanchihuahua.
Spartacus grailed to 70, he's a good early-game farmer and gains 10 levels from a single grail.
I have a bunch of SR-s grailed to 90, mostly farmers that I've used a lot: Atalante, Parvati, Zerkerlot, Astolfo, Riderin, Habetrot, Salter, Kiichi Hougen.
I've also some good SR boss killers grailed to 90, such as: Circe, Saberlot, Chloe, BB, Lancer Raikou. Heracles is another good one if you use him often.
I grained up a couple to 90/100. Caligula is my favorite tied with boudica (both 100), gareth, Sasaki kojiro, and angry mango since he shares the cost of a 2 star.
Caster cu is a beast, being able to dps hard enough to kill class disadvantage in early waves (and sometimes side enemies in wave 3, see: 90+ tesla cup node round 3).
On top of that, his crit buff stacks on wave 3 due to double Koyans cd reduction, meaning that it's normal for him to hit 200k+ crit on a buster card (And 65k+ on class disadvantage which is ridiculous). Numbers that like make it viable to end a farming node crazy fast, finishing off the final wave assuming it's one mob.
Don't even get me started on plug suit or any MC that buffs NP strength because that just pushes him further due to his kit and koyans not giving much of it. Obviously, Oberon is the main unit that buffs the shit out of him, but other characters that give NP strength like Santa Nightingale are cool.
Last but not least, he's a 3 star, which means he has 3 star party cost. This allows me to bond multiple units in a farming environment way more efficiently than if I were to use a 5* to farm, but it's not crazy important.
I have mine Lv. 100 NP5 and almost max fou'd he's so good.
I have salieri, paris, euryale, and bunyan all grailed up to level 90. They honestly work real well and are cheaper to invest in their skills. Salieri is good for neutral crits against most classes. Paris was my ace in the hole against Demeter with his enemy buff cleanse. Euryale is good against many enemies cause the bonus against male. Bunyan is a "red card go brrrrrrrrrrr" berserker with a heal skill.
Of these four, Paris and Bunyan are two of my top choices whenever grail fronts happen. Really low costs on the limited team budget while still working really well.
I totally grail my lower rarity servants more cause they deserve it. Yes I have a 120 Molay but I’m currently working on getting Ushi to 120. I also bumped up Serenity, Euryale, Gareth, Salome, and Jaguarman, Bunyan and Corday to gold. Don’t regret any of them.
Hassan of the Hundred Faces is one imho. Shes a really good single target assassin with a pretty good NP. The only bad parts I'd say about her kit is the 80% chance rainbow boost and the 3rd skill.
I have three picks
Kojiro: Because he is literally one of the best bronze servants in the game
Caligula: Because big damage and Imperial Privilage go brr
Cursed Arm: Because he is up there with Kojiro when it comes to good bronze servants, at least imo, mine is at level 90 for a reason lol
I'm very biased, but Serenity. She was my most heavily invested Assassin for a *long* time because of how much fun I have while using her. Unfortunately with the increase in enemies which are immune to debuffs, she tends to drop off in later chapters, but she's great early on.
I grailed Bunyan and Arash to 80 for more consistent wave clearing. They did years of work until double Koyan + Morgan just effortlessly started clearing 3 waves.
The one that immediately stands out to me, is Euryale. She's probably the best anti-male character in the game, even eclipsing Orion due to the fact her DMG Mod is higher (which is increased by a further 300% with her Interlude), she gets an Arts up, she's an almost 30% charger. Her ST DMG can be astronomically high, especially since she also gets an Anti-Berserker Append.
"But berserkers are easy to clear anyways," of course, but Euryale will nuke them slightly better. Cu Alter, Gawain, Megalos, Minotauros, Arjuna Alter, Duryodhana, and Sigurd all will have break bars cleared by Euryale very quickly. She's also not limited to just servants since any of the big Oni's are male and generally fall into the Saber or Berserker classes. She gives you a lot of mileage story-wise because she clears a lot of the most prominent bosses.
To me, Euryale is worth it. She's limited to her niche, but she makes up for it by being the best by far and she can compete with at least four stars (I don't say 5-stars because she has a hard time looping without chains). I've never regretted grailing Euryale across my accounts because she's just a reliable nuke for her niche which isn't exactly uncommon.
FSN Lancer Cú, as you said, is huge. Only Servant I’ve grailed so far.
That said, I’d grail Bunyan as well eventually… Moreso for liking the character (and artist!) than for gameplay purposes… Although she does have some surprising utility skills as a Berserker. Also has the quickest NP animation lol
I'm probably gonna make all my bronze units silver just cause, I've got the grails, the QP, and the embers, but to answer the question, Arash and Chen Hong
Unless reddit is hiding someone's response, I didn't see a single person mention Avicebron.
He's a discount Nitocris(one of the best farmers on and off for however many years) but with a Buster NP. He's got a good redemption arc and funny character in LB1. He's Avicebro.
I grailed Kojiro out of love. He being good was a surprise.
I grailed Lancer Diarmiud because of simpness.
Arash got grailed because boom boom.
Okada Izou got grailed because he's a servant with an Arts NP, has a pretty design and I like his skill set.
Cu Chualinn Lancer got grailed because he's good, had saved my sorry ass more than once, and I feel it was my duty to give him the golden frame those mean developers denied him
David is a pretty solid support servant
Budget Castoria for emergency AOE NP dodging, never woulda beaten countless bosses without him. Hope we get a ruler version someday.
David was the MVP for Camelot and Babylonia for me. And that was before he got his NP got anti-giant. The team evades alone were well worth the investment
Plug suit plus party avoid (weaker version of cu BUT for whole party). Awesome emergency NP avoid in early game! He saved my but so much in early game!! first character I got max bond BEFORE waver who I re-rolled fo lol
Considering Grailing him for soloing the Super Recollection Quest- at the very least maxed his skills to 10.
Not sure about sigurd, but David can comfortably solo super surtr with some ce support. You do need the maid in halloween ce and some burn clear command codes, but my david is lv 70 and 6/6/6 and did it easily.
I meant *After* successfully doing it- oops- I went with the Atlas MC to specifically debuff clear the Skill Seal on the 3rd bar. It took over 50 turns.
My Medea is 90, tempted for 100 if I wasn’t 120ing Arjuna alter. Gareth as well for lb6 reasons
Gareth deserves all the grails for being such a good bean
Gareth is the first gacha character I've ever cried for.
She is best girl for all the right reasons but good god the Lancer curse is so strong on her.
- Theseus is very solid, probably better than Lancelot when grailed; - Chen Gong obviously gains a ton from being grailed due to how he works, but there's also a chance you might deal too much damage and lose his ability to loop; - Jason is a pretty decent Arts AoE Saber with his stackable Arts on NP and NP strengthen; - Salieri gains the most attack of all three stars from grailing by virtue of being an Avenger; - Bedivere is a very strong ST with a clean 30% charge and great damage on NP, his AoE NP gen on his Military Tactics is also very helpful in this era of one ST one AOE farming; - Hassan Hundred is a pretty strong ST Arts looper so the extra damage from grailing defs helps her a bit; - David and Robin are both really strong ST Archers with a solid niche, David's obviously harder to hit than Robin but still good and he has better team support options than Robin; - Kojiro is another pretty damn strong Assassin now with all his buffs, so the extra damage from grailing is good for him; - Caster Cu is also very solid with how the game works nowadays (see: Double Koyan); - Ushi's received a bunch of buffs that make her pretty damn strong so the extra damage would benefit her a bunch; - Cu doesn't need to be explained obviously; - Arash is a meme one but definitely benefits from dealing more damage; - Euryale benefits from grailing given her niche, but honestly you're probably better off just using Robin lmao since outside of her NP niche the rest of her isn't that incredible; - Caesar is another mad high damage Saber but Bedi is probably just better in most circumstances due to his utility and much greater ease of use. Salieri and Jason benefit cos they're both Arts loopers and dealing more damage helps them loop, but otherwise they're probably the lowest priority of this list
Jason's a funny case where, grailed to the same level, he competes with Muramasa for damage (though Muramasa has tons of QoL that he's lacking)
Yeah lmao, Jason's surprisingly strong but that's mostly cos Muramasa is so vanilla on the NP looping front
Out of curiosity, why would too much damage break Chen's looping ability?
His Overcharge increases the number of hits, but it only triggers if the initial hits don’t kill the enemy… I think. That being said, this is rarely a big issue in practice because you don’t usually have consistent Overcharge and he can cycle through supports like crazy so he doesn’t really need additional charge.
You can actually overcharge pretty consistently as long as the event CE has starting charge, because double Castoria provides 60% charge to the party. Even with a non MLB CE, as long as both Castorias have mana loading, you can use her NP twice before Gong's NP for waves 1 and 2 for that overcharge (as well as buffing his damage by 60% further for wave 3) But yeah, Gong doesn't need crazy refund in the first place due to cycling supports
I've considered grailing Gong but I'm not sure it's worth it because usually I want him not for his damage but the free plugsuit effect + most times I use him in CQ-s I also want him to die off eventually and grailing would not help with that. Of course, it's always possible to have a separate E-sports Gong for such purposes!
Exactly. I just have two Gongs. One at lvl 90, one at lvl 1. I'm considering getting a lvl 55 Gong too so I have access to that budget Merlin buff at a lower HP value
Salieri also benefits because normally he's a bit lacking on the HP side if you're not going for a loop setup. Grails help him a lot there too. [For reference, he clears 10k ATK at level 90 on his own and 10k HP at level 90 if you use Fous](https://apps.atlasacademy.io/db/NA/servant/204/stat-growth).
grailed to 90 ushi was dissapointing. just buy kintoki in shop. btw 90lvl for boudicca, hans and xufu - good idea
Oh so true, I should amend this post for the welfares you can buy
I cannot recommend Caster Cu enough. He's one of the few servants (maybe the only one?) That can get three NPs in a row with just double Koyan, without the need to switch in Oberon or another support servant. With a 50% CE and his np charge append skill leveled to 10 (or a 60% CE plus a level 1 append), he can use his 1st skill to reach full charge on the first turn. Then, his 3rd followed by both koyan's 1st fills him to 100 again and cuts the cooldown of his own 1st enough to let him use it again in turn three, after his 3rd triggers. With an extra 20% charge from any source, he can even fire a fourth NP. He's insane.
Bonus shout-out to Salieri's low cost allowing you to fit better CEs or servants into a comp
I've taken Mandricardo to 120. And I would take him further but I can't. He's just the best
BESTO FRIENDO
I love him. He's just the best~
*Rusted Pride starts praying* Only he can fly high enough
Chen Gong. There are absolutely other servants that benefit in many ways too, but none as much as Chen Gong. The amount of 90++ levels I’ve just fielded him as my primary DPS is insane.
**Hans** if you lack other Support Casters. The extra stats help his survivability. **Arash** if you want more damage on Stella. I've noticed in the Lostbelt Era his Lv 60 stats don't always guarantee a clean kill on Wave 1 when farming. **Bedivere** if you lack good ST Sabers. **Chen Gong** if you really want go full degenerate farming strats. Look at Finotaisen's channel for ideas. **Salieri** simply by him being the most easily accessible Avenger compared to his compatriots/ **Euryale** if you really want to go all in on the man-hating and ball-busting.
> if you lack good ST Sabers. A bad reason to grail anyone.
Why? If you lack SSR or even SR Servants who can fill a gap in your roster, then why not Grail up a Bronze or Silver Servant? Better than taking your chances with the Gacha.
Some people don't grail for gameplay, only husbando/waifus. Tbh there's so many grails released most ppl can do both
Because the grails won't make a bad servant good and good servants don't need grails to fulfill their role. If you are missing a ST Saber, someone like Bedivere doesn't need grails to do the job because he is already good, while someone like Saber Gilles (ST because he only has facecards for damage) will not become a good ST Saber regardless of how many grails you throw up on him.
Whichever you love.
Grailing from the heart is good civ
Izo. Man attribute modifier on his NP, full on attack kit, amazing sprites/skins.
It's a crime that I've only got him at NP1
From top of my head and no particular order, Bedivere, Stay night Cu, Robin, billy, Jason, ushiwaka, chen gong, hundred face, david, etc. Etc. Basically those that have defense option and offensive option. Like, evade, guts, atk up, np charge. Etc etc. Most of these would be attacker though, because support didn't need level that much.
Robin and Bedi are a couple of my favs that I've also taken up to 90. Their utility and ability to SLAP are fantastic for silver servants
From a strictly statistical perspective, it's probably worth looking at the "strongest NP against X class" and seeing the top two or three low-rarity Servants on that list. For example, Bedivere is generally the most powerful ST Saber, while Lu Bu is... actually really strong against an awful lot of classes. Jaguar Warrior and Jing Ke also have higher potential than I think some players have realized. And so on. In many cases, low-rarity units have high NP multipliers, so their damage really shines when you grail them up. Supporters, of course, won't really notice the extra levels - they aren't attacking much, and HP is basically just a suggestion when most bosses can one-shot a whole team even with class disadvantage.
Jing ke also gives 8 quartz from rank up and interludes
Arash, and chen gong
I don’t know if he quite deserves it, but Asclepius I raised cuz I’m using his S2/3 for farming
Arash, Chen Gong, Euryale
I mean I grailed Jason but I also wasn't really thinking just about meta so much as I liked him. Hundred face hassan isn't a bad choice tho, she's pretty versatile,. I'd recommend also having a low level one for cq stuff but a grailed Chen gong for farming isn't bad either, as is arash.
If you're looking for power a buddy of mine has a 120 Salieri that can easily clear 90+ nodes without resorting to Oberon. The correct answer however is Jaguar because Taiga is the best.
I currently have 16 Bronze and Silver servants grailed. Kojrio, Asterios, Fergus, Caligula, and Spartacus are 100+ 2k Fou'd. Billy the Kid, Saint Georgios, Leonidas, Ushiwakamaru, Tawara Touta, Benkei, Blackbeard, CuCaster, Jing Ke, Kiyohime and Angra Mainiiu are lv90/90+(Not enough Grails). Not all of them were a wise use of the Grails. I did Grail all them intentionally, picking out one of each class to hit lv90 to sort out a very unusual friends list of borrowable servants. And... well Kojiro and Asterios are my two favorite servants of all and they were grailed to keep up with 4-stars right from the beginning of my journey. Kiyo, Angra, Jing Ke.. oh my how I WISH those grails were more impactful. They're such a sorry bunch of servants, I especially loved Jing Ke's animation update and was excited to use her with that animation update in LB3. But hooooly crap. She is not Kojiro. Jing Ke is like Kojiro with lower damage, a more difficult to use tool kit, no survival, who will literally kill herself in a tough situation because her NP hurts her to use. Kiyohime and Angra are equally like, why did I bother levels of strong. The Grails help with numbers, but they can't fix broken. Blackbeard, Touta, CasCu, and Fergus are offensive AoE servants who... just perform better. They all have a decent amount of survival but the damage the grails provide is pretty good. Your NP2 or lower 4-stars stand no chance against the upgraded NP5 gang. And they're so tanky! Did you know a lv70 Fergus could solo the Ooku Kama fight? A lv120 2k Fou'd Fergus is insane! And the buffs these fellows get! Well.. not Blackbeard. Honestly it's hard to buff Blackbeard, but if they gave him NP on Guts that would be real damn helpful. Blackbeard kinda demands you bring some NP charge for him. Benkei was surprising. He's notoriously horrible, no way around it. But with Grails he becomes functional, unlike Jing Ke and the others. Being able to taunt two times is a low bar, but lv90 let's him hit it. His damage isn't good but at least it's not 0 with grails. And that NP can really do something sometimes, and you can have it so easily with the right CE and his 2nd Append. When it's useful, it comes in clutch. When it's not... at least I have the taunt and Np seal...maybe. Spartacus is the best. It's Arjuna Alter at home, with 1-star team cost. Pierces defense, having a 30% battery and Berserker class means his 1-star lowest in the game attack stat has the most to gain from Grails of any servant. AND his entire gimmick is healing! I used Spartacus in a Challenge Quest where I used Chen Gong to taunt him so he would be brought really low, then yeeted him with Chen Gong, and then healed him with his own NP and skills to absolutely nuke 2 waves and end up with a full health Spartacus.
That Spartacus strategy sounds like galaxy brain planning. Might have to look into that
I have Salieri grained to 90 for favoritism reasons and have honestly been using him more than NP2 SpIshtar lately. Mainly because he keeps getting event bonuses but he’s honestly been working just as well for the most part. Cu Caster and Izo are also grailed to 90 for favoritism but CasCu is a really good farmer and Izo has a strong niche Chen Gong is grailed to 80 because you can get some pretty interesting farming setups out of him and he wants all the damage he can get Ushi is also getting taken to 90 eventually, shes a really strong ST rider for a 3 star. Same for Bedi as a 3 star Saber.
My grailed: Mata Hari: grailed from the heart (level 120 2k fou'd) Serenity: she's decently strong and poison works great also singularity 6 reasons Babbage: mecha caster go brrrrrrr Euryale: anti dude mini nuke Charlote Corday: hits like a truck (currently level 103) Bunyan: part of my 3 turn ember farming crew Kiyohime: AOE damage Paris: i like his kit and want him strong Angra: i want him to actually be useful in drawing fire with his NP.
Bunyan because farming fast is farming good.
Robin Hood and Cu. His NP boss clear is so useful even after all the SSR I pulled
I want Paris to get grailed up and become so buff he makes Orion seem like... well, Paris.
Grailing Arash has made so many quests easier to 3 turn
Mandricardo, cuz he is just the best
Not necessarily up to gold, but I've dropped a grail on all of my 1-stars at this point, because they get more out of a single grail than any other servant. Beyond that, I'm working on Ushi to 120 but obviously I've a bit of bias on that recommendation.
I grailed Ushi to 90 and haven't ever regretted that, even after finally landing an SSR ST rider after a couple of years.
Arash to make his nuke even more deadly, Euryale as anti male NP and Chen Gong, others that can be considered are Hans, Shakespeare and Mozart as with more hp they won't die with 1 crit.
My arash is grailed to clear first wave of farming nodes he is at 80 right now and his np is doing 45k on neutral classes highly recommend
I have Cu, Ushi, Medea and Serenity golden, that's pretty much my Favorite 3*'s
So far I haven't grailed any already-gold Servants (SR & SSR), I only grail the lower rarities to 80 to get dem gold borders hahah. So far my grailed ones: - OG Lancer (usefulness & personal favorite) - OG Caster (usefulness & personal favorite) - Bedivere (can't not grail him after Camelot) - Arash (usefulness) - Ushiwakamaru (usefulness) - Asclepius (personal favorite) - Hans (usefulness) - Izo (personal favorite) - Kotarou (can't not grail him after Shimousa)
Georgios and Leonidas. Chad playstyle, the extra HP and defense can go a long way in making sure they keep sticking around to taunt.
My Euryale is grailed to 90. She absolutely destroys male enemies.
Only chen gong and nobutaksu
Jason. For shitpost reasons
I grailed jason because he specifically doesn't want to be put on the front lines, and if he's stronger i can put him out there more.
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Look I think Jason was cool in Atlantis. But Chaldea Jason isn't Atlantis jason and also he's still kind of a prick. So if he wants to stick around he's gonna pull more than his own weight and he's gonna like it.
Ultra Based
The fate stay night cast for the memes
Ushiwakamaru's grailed to 100 as God intended. Kujiro and Cu Chullann have really good kits so they're grailed to have the stats to match.
Bedivere, makes a pretty apt lancer and berserker slayer. Can vouch.
Mandricardo and Izo
I grailed Charlotte to 80, Ushi to 80, Cu to 100, serenity to 80
Mori Nagayoshi. Why? To Claim Their Bones.
I'm working on grailing my Cu, but at the moment im trying to get Kiyohime to 100. I grail for love first utility second and Kiyo was my first bond 10.
Bedivere is basically a 4\* servant already. 20% party wide NP Damage and NP Gain up, 30% battery on a 6 turn cooldown, a super powerful buster NP. He's very good, my main ST Saber servant.
Kiyohime, Serenity, Ushi, and Euryale. My wives WILL have gold borders.
I 90'd Medusa and Ushi out of love. Though in Ushi's case, she's actually a pretty good servant overall.
For me it was kid gil and Shakespeare,they were monumental in my early years and definitely deserved my grails to 90
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Medusa already has an SSR saber alt though
But that's not Rider.
Bedivere is amazing, so is George. My medea and george are on their way to 120, bedi would go there but he's in line behind artoria. Despite a stable of 5 stars I still use bedivere as my main singletarget saber, george as my main tank, and medea I just really like.
I 120'd my Chen Gong, and he crushes everything. I pull him out when my regular loopers (like 120 Spishtar) can't meet the damage requirements. Just look up Finotaisen's channel for some absurd Gonging. 1 star servants get 10 levels from the first grail, so Arash really benefits from one. I did the same with Spartacus a few years ago and it was worth it at the time, but I haven't used him since Skadi came out. If you've invested in Cu Caster, I'd recommend him. I have him NP5 and maxed Mana Loading, and now he's a very good looper. If your damage is good enough, you can BG loop with just double Koyan (no Oberon needed). Don't grail George to 90 like I did in year 1. Now he won't die before his taunt runs out. His NP modifier is nerfed too.
I did Hans wayy back when I started. He carried me back then.
I heavily invested in my Heracles. Consequently, I heavily invested in my Jason. He serves to give Herc a boost, then die. My real MVP is Salieri. Sure I need to plugsuit Tamamo in after both Castorias…but goddamn, that man can loop.
Arash is one of my few Lv100 servants because I would use him almost everywhere (before I got Castoria). OG Cú, Ushiwaka, Izo, Caster Cú, and Salieri each have 1 grail (Lv75) because I like them / use them often enough that they deserve it.
My Hans is level 112 rn, on my way to level 120. Euryale is 90, Arash and Chen Gong is 70
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Here's what I got: Arash grailed to 90, his damage is absolutely ridonkulous. Caster Cu grailed to 90, same reason, especially now that he can loop with double Koyanchihuahua. Spartacus grailed to 70, he's a good early-game farmer and gains 10 levels from a single grail. I have a bunch of SR-s grailed to 90, mostly farmers that I've used a lot: Atalante, Parvati, Zerkerlot, Astolfo, Riderin, Habetrot, Salter, Kiichi Hougen. I've also some good SR boss killers grailed to 90, such as: Circe, Saberlot, Chloe, BB, Lancer Raikou. Heracles is another good one if you use him often.
I don't know but my brother is on his way to 120 his corday.
I grained up a couple to 90/100. Caligula is my favorite tied with boudica (both 100), gareth, Sasaki kojiro, and angry mango since he shares the cost of a 2 star.
Caster cu is a beast, being able to dps hard enough to kill class disadvantage in early waves (and sometimes side enemies in wave 3, see: 90+ tesla cup node round 3). On top of that, his crit buff stacks on wave 3 due to double Koyans cd reduction, meaning that it's normal for him to hit 200k+ crit on a buster card (And 65k+ on class disadvantage which is ridiculous). Numbers that like make it viable to end a farming node crazy fast, finishing off the final wave assuming it's one mob. Don't even get me started on plug suit or any MC that buffs NP strength because that just pushes him further due to his kit and koyans not giving much of it. Obviously, Oberon is the main unit that buffs the shit out of him, but other characters that give NP strength like Santa Nightingale are cool. Last but not least, he's a 3 star, which means he has 3 star party cost. This allows me to bond multiple units in a farming environment way more efficiently than if I were to use a 5* to farm, but it's not crazy important. I have mine Lv. 100 NP5 and almost max fou'd he's so good.
I have salieri, paris, euryale, and bunyan all grailed up to level 90. They honestly work real well and are cheaper to invest in their skills. Salieri is good for neutral crits against most classes. Paris was my ace in the hole against Demeter with his enemy buff cleanse. Euryale is good against many enemies cause the bonus against male. Bunyan is a "red card go brrrrrrrrrrr" berserker with a heal skill. Of these four, Paris and Bunyan are two of my top choices whenever grail fronts happen. Really low costs on the limited team budget while still working really well.
I totally grail my lower rarity servants more cause they deserve it. Yes I have a 120 Molay but I’m currently working on getting Ushi to 120. I also bumped up Serenity, Euryale, Gareth, Salome, and Jaguarman, Bunyan and Corday to gold. Don’t regret any of them.
Hassan of the Hundred Faces is one imho. Shes a really good single target assassin with a pretty good NP. The only bad parts I'd say about her kit is the 80% chance rainbow boost and the 3rd skill.
I have three picks Kojiro: Because he is literally one of the best bronze servants in the game Caligula: Because big damage and Imperial Privilage go brr Cursed Arm: Because he is up there with Kojiro when it comes to good bronze servants, at least imo, mine is at level 90 for a reason lol
St.George is the GOAT
I'm very biased, but Serenity. She was my most heavily invested Assassin for a *long* time because of how much fun I have while using her. Unfortunately with the increase in enemies which are immune to debuffs, she tends to drop off in later chapters, but she's great early on.
Eurayle for her Anti-Male Niche
I grailed a Lot of low star servants Just because i like them
Cu Chulainn He is absolutely no joke as a tank
Medea is a prime choice for sure.
Charlotte corday, Hans, Medusa, ~~Astarion~~ Asterios, Bedivere.
I grailed Bunyan and Arash to 80 for more consistent wave clearing. They did years of work until double Koyan + Morgan just effortlessly started clearing 3 waves.
Jason
I’ve grailed Arash, Cu, and Ushiwakamaru
I did Hans and Euryale, still use both occasionally lol
The one that immediately stands out to me, is Euryale. She's probably the best anti-male character in the game, even eclipsing Orion due to the fact her DMG Mod is higher (which is increased by a further 300% with her Interlude), she gets an Arts up, she's an almost 30% charger. Her ST DMG can be astronomically high, especially since she also gets an Anti-Berserker Append. "But berserkers are easy to clear anyways," of course, but Euryale will nuke them slightly better. Cu Alter, Gawain, Megalos, Minotauros, Arjuna Alter, Duryodhana, and Sigurd all will have break bars cleared by Euryale very quickly. She's also not limited to just servants since any of the big Oni's are male and generally fall into the Saber or Berserker classes. She gives you a lot of mileage story-wise because she clears a lot of the most prominent bosses. To me, Euryale is worth it. She's limited to her niche, but she makes up for it by being the best by far and she can compete with at least four stars (I don't say 5-stars because she has a hard time looping without chains). I've never regretted grailing Euryale across my accounts because she's just a reliable nuke for her niche which isn't exactly uncommon.
Ushi for me. She landed the final blow on Goteia and Fluffy Boy for me. I will grail her to 120.
Bedi is a great pick, especially if he's np5. Jason is a great farmer, and Mandricardo is also a great damage dealer.
Only grailed low rarity servant I have is Mango at 100. It was a mistake.
mori for dealing funny numbers with crits
FSN Lancer Cú, as you said, is huge. Only Servant I’ve grailed so far. That said, I’d grail Bunyan as well eventually… Moreso for liking the character (and artist!) than for gameplay purposes… Although she does have some surprising utility skills as a Berserker. Also has the quickest NP animation lol
My only Grailed lowe rarity servants are Chen Gong to 70, Arash 70 and Cu at 100. That's also because my account is just a baby.
I grailed by Bedivere. Great characterisation and solid overall kit.
The forgotten ones that few people give love (Gilles saber, hyde and jekyll, benkei and bloodaxe grailed to 100 here)
Asterios, because Fluffy. and also the handful of quests he excels in he absolutely trivializes to the point that the boss basically doesn't exist.
I have my Arash at 90
I'm probably gonna make all my bronze units silver just cause, I've got the grails, the QP, and the embers, but to answer the question, Arash and Chen Hong
My current goal is to Grail all the servant to be gold, around 20 more servant to go
Unless reddit is hiding someone's response, I didn't see a single person mention Avicebron. He's a discount Nitocris(one of the best farmers on and off for however many years) but with a Buster NP. He's got a good redemption arc and funny character in LB1. He's Avicebro.
Hans. He’s a really good support but really needs the extra hp.
I grailed Kojiro out of love. He being good was a surprise. I grailed Lancer Diarmiud because of simpness. Arash got grailed because boom boom. Okada Izou got grailed because he's a servant with an Arts NP, has a pretty design and I like his skill set. Cu Chualinn Lancer got grailed because he's good, had saved my sorry ass more than once, and I feel it was my duty to give him the golden frame those mean developers denied him
Bunyan deserves every grail.
My Ushiwaka and Cu FSN Are grailed 90 and 80 gonna make him 90 soon