@@EbullientSMPI remember buying an account with 3000 SQ starting JP around the Summer 8 hype! And man did that stash run dry requiring an additional 1000 SQ to NP5 Summer Melu after split rates hit me like a truck going for her alongside a 120 Summer Kuro on the first banner!
Let's go kuku 120 gang. I've also been prepping mats. 300+ tickets, 290 sq worth in fragments. And I've got all materials to max skill + max append when I get the coins from bond (including the 2 extra appends for whenever they release those), 2000/2000 fous and even all 125 fou paws that will be needed to max out all her face cards. So excited and the end of January won't come soon enough.
It’s already that time of the year!! Happy to see this annual video release as it always both entertaining and informative! Thank you! Also, since the last video, I’ve been playing the OG Tsukihime (per your recommendation, thank you) and completed a few endings. It is absolutely fantastic! I’ve been taking my time with it trying to complete all routes and so far it is super worth!
Awesome video once again! Love seeing these every year! This coming year is going to be nuts! I won't argue over rankings since this year is honestly pretty open since there isn't a meta breaking support that would indisputably take the top spot! My fully focus is definitely on Summer Melusine. It's Melusine so that was the case anyways. But she really is a well built arts looper. Will throw however many quartz I can save at her to get that NP level up! Let her launch those missiles as often as she'd like. Beyond her the focus will be on Draco. I've wanted this Nero in the game since hints at Beast Nero were a thing. Now she's almost here! Hopefully I can get Summer Castoria and Kuro as well. Both are favourites and if I can get them I absolutely will!
Yay! I was looking forward to seeing this video! Good to see the tradition is going strong. I'm definitely rolling for Summer Castoria and Aesc next year and hope to get them to at least NP3. I do feel Aesc is underappreciated and should be in the top 10 given how versatile her kit can be.
@@Kuragi_Tutu Thank you! I'm not going to disagree with Aesc being good, I think she is too. like I said it's mainly just cuz she's a bit tricky and takes a bit to get used to, but everyone has their own preferences. I'll be rolling for her myself anyways
Summer Castoria clears Draco imo. Draco folds as soon as she faces an extra class servant which are only getting more common with ordeal calls. Draco's supereffective doesn't work on big mob enemies either and when she doesn't hit that supereffective her damage really falls off. The survivality Draco's class offers is also not that valuable since she is a arts servant and OG Castoria can even keep a summer ibuki alive on CQs who is berserker with 0 survival skills.
Hmmmmmm. Very good to know. As a big Castoria fan, I'd rather get her summer unit. Though, I also love Melusine, so that makes this upcoming summer tough. I dropped a decent bit of cash last summer to get np5 Ibuki, a couple copies of Skadi, and a Proto Merlin. I'd prefer to avoid doing that again lmao
as seen in those new super recollection quest castoria was one of the best min turners draco can't even compete since a lot of bosses in those recollection quest are extra classes not that shes unusable but her disadvantage is really glaring and lets not forget ordeal stall is basically extra class fest she really lose in the late game story
Draco can be stopped by just making more extra class bosses while Summer Castoria can't. Foreigners the one weakness of Berserkers folds against Summer Castoria due to her scaling.
1,300+ SQ saved for my beloved Fake Priest--like you said, I've been WAITING FOR THIS! Heck, I'm glad he actually managed to crack your top 10 list, because I still see many calling him disappointing gameplay-wise, but that ain't gonna stop me from going all-out for my favorite Type-Moon character! 🙏⛪
Man great video!! Production value is awesome!!! Showing the characters because some of us are new and dont know whos who. Thank you very much. Please .ore frequency on fgo videos!!!! Happy holidays
With how inactive and busy most FGOtubers now, I'm glad to see this one is still an annual tradition, keep it up man! Here's for more years and I hope more FGOtubers do this list, it's really nice.
Respect your opinion and did really enjoy your video, but Aesc not being top 3 is a huge disservice. She is amazing for players just starting out and is a huge participant in higher end farming. She is relevant throughout all stages of the game. Having even Rasputin above her is kind crazy since his farming sucks and only has a niche gimmick which if it fails, literally kills uou
Did you even watch the first 1:30 of the video? We get it she’s a popular character that doesn’t mean she’s a top tier servant gameplay wise and I guarantee if she had a different face and name no will be coping for her this hard. This coming from someone who has her np 5 btw.
"She is amazing for players just starting out..." - really? l recall her needing supports to even use her massive battery. How this good for newbies? Imo, newbie units are like Arc or other 100% chargers without strings attached, not this. Aesc is an endgame player unit. As for rasputin, he is Kirei, all FSN fans will want to have him unlike Aesc whom l dont even know besides looking like castoria.
@@alispeed5095 rasputin is actually a worse for beginners as AE is a trash class having 3 disadvantage makes him a bad omni loopers as newbs need those omni loopers cuz they have low roster at the start aesc is a fantastic unit both can act as a dps and a support which is something a newbs needed as they struggle to get those meta supports for a long time aesc can do both those roles and she can work fine without double koyan most newbs won't be able to farm 90++ in a long time anyway so having a future invest like her isnt bad rasputin is a inferior servant even at a lategame unit its fine if you like him cuz of nostalgia but gameplay wise aesc is a top servant of this year rasputin is like ok~ish servant
@@Jay-n8e4wYou have NP5 and can't use her properly? She is easily top 5 in this list. Append 5 allows her to Black Grail and she is great at multicore due to her S3. My only problem with her is that she is a Late Game Servant. And what I meant by this is that she functions more if you have the supports necessary unlike some DPS where you can effectively use them with few supports.
I'm ok with almost all choices except for Duryodhana (yes a AOE arts berserker is good but I think rng hit him too much) I will say (and I'm really biased here) Cait Cú Cerpriestess is more unique and consistent (also cutter) and Medusa Saber Is worth to be included in the top. Excellent video btw!!
2025 is the year to save for 2026. Aoko, Ciel, Space Eresh...Like this year we do have Aesc and Summer Castoria and Draco and even Tiamummy, but come on. Ciel alone is np5 candidate for any TM fan, yet alone Aoko and even Hibichika. I personally in 2025 will roll only for 1 unit and I'm torn between Draco and Bakatoria. But I'm going all in in my f2p poverty power. But 2026 I'm getting NP5 120 2k/2k Ciel to join my Arc of the same power level.
I disagree with some picks in here, like Duryodhana and Kuro (the 4 stars huh…), also I think that Kenshin is unfortunately an honourable mention alongside Wandjina, also I don’t put that much emphasis in the rarity of the banners, with my top ten in order would be: 10. Medusa Saber, Top tier damage with chance of stuff in NP and skill 1 with solid survivability. 9. Rasputin, Solid dps suffers from lack of synergy and lacklustre nieches, still incredible if invested in.(also has a buff in 2 years.) 8.Ptolemaios, Solid Aoe and Single target dps, the main problem is that the transformation gimmick isn’t 1 way like Melusine’s so you probably don’t want to be a single target buster with an arts team or an Aoe arts in a buster team, and lacklustre card damage outside crits. 7.Bhima, He is the second best Lancer dps only behind Melusine because of her versatility, Bhima has a single target Arash np that doesn’t kill him, also solid crits. 6.Larva Tiamat, she is just incredible damage, but she lacks any nieches, and that is became extremely important in jp a while ago, she is solid still would recommend for a majority of players. 5. Aesc the savior, She is the one of the best Buster dps in the game, she has some of the best skills in the game, and on top of that her third skill is stupid even if you can’t spam it all the time thanks to her np she can use it pretty often, this isn’t asking anymore roll for Aesc. 4.Tezcatlipoca, has np damage ramp up, Better Merlin skill 2 only lacks card damage, stupid servant the only thing holding him back is being in the worst class in the game. 3 and 2. Bacastoria and Draco, Bacatoria has no enemies that she can’t hit for solid damage and does stupid damage in crits and np, but Draco has one of the best classes in the game with some of the best coverage for enemies, I don’t think one goes over the other, actually Bacatoria is better for farming because she can help Aesc with skill 2. 1.Kukulkan, I have all the bias against her, but I cannot deny that Kuku is the best Buster dps, her damage is stupid with crits and np, she may be a bit overrated on farming before append 5, after that I think she might be one of the best, I recommend her for gameplay without a question.
@ Kuro Isn’t bad, she works very well for what she does I just wouldn’t say she is very necessary, in jp people stopped using her very fast, she really isn’t very cost effective, although she still is the second best dps 4 star avenger.
Idk i definitely think kenshin should be there over rasputin, doesnt even deserve an honorable mention tbh, or at least medusa saber cause they are extremely similar in usage and i think kenshin edges it out because better class and better damage type and repeated buff purge is more valuable then stun chance imo.
@@lordradiance2530 I agree Idk why I mantained Rasputin, On seccond thought I think that the order should be:Medusa, Ptolomaios, Larva Tiamat, Kenshin, Bhima, Draco, Aesc, Tez, Bacatoria and Kuku. with the only honorable mention going to Wandjina.
@@justanothershrimp1908 no summer meluko? shes very much in the new standard of arts loopers with her, summer eresh and summer ibuki. Imo if I were to make a top 10. 10)wandjina and instead bhima is my pick for honorable mention 9)Medusa Saber 8)ptolemy 7)tiamat 6)draco 5)tez 4)summer meluko if you arent a player with an invested summer ibuki already 3)aesc 2)Bacatoria 1)Kuku secret number 0) qin shi huang rerun might be underrating bhima but i hardly see anybody use him, have no experience with him and i generally do not think highly of single target buster characters. Whereas wandjina has a lot of value when you use her with gogh, who got even stronger this year. Shes very underrated in that sense
Welcome back! I do hope everything is going well now. This year is jammed packed and a really hard one. Kuku and Mel Summer are my top picks. Well do have a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!
@@dagobertobobadillajr7670 Thank you. We're doing our best, but I'm looking forward to the next year. My big wishlist is already on this list so...yeah 🤣
Saving for summer ereshkigal so draco is a skip for me. But I may use tickets for Chloe I love that kit it could be fun for farming buster before the append upgrade
Very informative video. Skipping every banner until April (already have 655 SQ saved for Draco Nero), after that: every ticket will go to Saber Medusa. With luck there will be enough resources left for the 8th Anniversary (Aesc) and Summer 8 (Melusine, Barghest & Baobhan).
I can't really say Draco is number 1. Berserker Castoria is easily better. Draco' survivability is questionable because she doesn't have anything that can save her from an NP, and they would still kill her most of they time, regardless of the class affinity. She also speeds up the enemies NP gauge with her 2nd skill, which doesn't help either. Some would say that it doesn't matter since she will be paired with Castoria and that way she would be protected anyway, but that means her defensive affinity is pointless and she is just a Berserker with less classes she can be effective against. Her NP overcharge is great for damage, but that's all it does: damage. No buff removal, no invul pierce, no heal, no stars, no protection. Just plain damage. It should also be noted that her deck is annoying, triple Buster with an Arts NP shouldn't exist. At this rate I would have preferred either a standard double Arts/Buster deck or a Buster NP so she could do great Mighty Chains. It makes it awkward to support her since you don't really know which of her card types to support between Arts and Buster. Compared to her, Berserker Castoria is really simple. As a Berserker she can fight anyone, even Foreigners because she deals great damage against Threat to Humanity enemies (and normal Castoria buffs that damage even more). Her deck is double Buster/Arts with Arts NP which makes it clear that she wants Arts supports. Her survivability is superb with her own 1-turn invul and a party-wide 1-hit Solemn Defence every NP, which can save your entire team from being wiped by an NP. Her NP is great even without hitting her niches, and her crits are powerful and most importantly consistent when her skills are active. Her 2nd skill is really great for helping normal Castoria get more overcharge. Make a team of her, normal Castoria and Reines/Lady Avalon/Tamamo and you can kill nearly any boss. Don't get me wrong, I have both Draco and Berserker Castoria and they are both very strong, but Draco simply can't give anything aside from great damage and her unique class affinity, and her crits aren't very consistent either. Draco is probably better at solos, but that's kinda niche.
What about the np refund aspect? Most recollection quests are single boss battle so I find Draco to be more viable since my Percival already got that AoE department.
Considering skipping Draco, but she is hella rare. Gotta grab -Melussy- Undine for reasons, also Summer Bao is on there. Going after at least 1 Summer Kuro for pseudo-Meta. I've tested Kukulkan with Black Grail using KKO and Summer Chloe, seeing her hit like 1M damage neutral on a single enemy on Oxford. Nice, but that trying to NP2 her interferes with Draco and Summer rolls. We'll have to see.
It’s already been a year, crazy I still remember replaying your 2024 list just for the description of characters and glazing Ibuki Douji. I was just here for Tez and Kuku glaze I forgot about Draco, also I’m surprised Johanna would have made the list but oh well. Anyways thanks for being very active in 2024.
I NEED Kuku, Bakatoria, Aesc, Kenshin AND Draco!! 😱 And next year brings Aoko, Alice, Count, Ciel AND summer Eresh?!?! So I can't even afford to save for a rerun 💀
Kukulkan, Draco and Castoria, that's my holy trinity for next year. Would love to add Kama as well, but I am f2p so probably not gonna happen. And then finish with Tiamat on New Year banner.
I'mma save for Kuku during the Pre-OC release but I just aim for NP 2... Aoko's the big deal for 2026 and I'm not gonna use my 91 (currently) tickets until it's her debut banner
I’m so glad to see you recognizing Summer Chloe and Summer Melusine’s greatness! I absolutely 120’d both of them when starting my account to role for them on JP, alongside Draco, and I never looked back! Chloe is my go to meta support, she helps farming! She cooks 90++ nodes! And her hit and run gameplay works great, for me either 3 turning a boss with her, or getting the heck out of dodge and saving her buffs to avoid an NP or major hit, if I’m out of hard defense that turn! Even having most the games strongest meta supports, since I don’t have an MLB Black Grail, there have been recollection quests where Chloe gave me better results, especially with buff stacking shenanigans!
SCastoria is not nearly as strong as Draco though? While Draco hits harder vs Servants, she deals significantly less damage vs non-servants and extra classes kill her usefulness. Draco also can't compete vs 70% charge in multicore comps, and Castoria is much easier to use in general+her two scaling pmods are genuinely absurd
The problem that personally all I need is a solid servant who will Melt my godd@mned challenge quests therefore I really am torn between Zerkertoria and Draco-Nero...
@uselesshero.official SCastoria will melt CQs just fine while also being able to handle all extra classes besides Foreigners. Draco hits harder vs main class Servants, but SCastoria's flexibility gives her the edge imo.
@@Founder_of_Morgans_Fanclub Both are top tier servants and have a bunch of usefulness, if you don't have Caster Castoria they both have their draws. However, as I said was the main point in the video, Draco is notably rarer thanks to lacking any GSSR chances. So point.
@@EbullientSMPWhile being rarer can affect your priority to pull. I don't think that matters when we are talking about Summer Castoria. Easily the best ST Arts DPS. She has 70 charge meaning she is more flexible than Draco. You will use Summer Castoria more than Draco. I think prioritizing who is better is more worth than prioritizing who is rarer.
-tiamat and draco at the same time -castoria zerker, aesc, melusine and chloe a few weeks after -tez, kukulcan and kirei almost at our doorstep hahah... yes, of course... the servants to "save" for, not to "choose one" from... pain peko...
Rolling is always fun! I am still waiting for Proto Gilgamesh. If Nero was considered impossible from possible, than Gilgamesh surely will eventually obtain his proto type 😢
Rolling for a NP6 Draco since there are 120 plans layed out for her. Will also be trying for a NP5 Tezcatlipoca since i like him. I might not have SQ but there is nothing money can solve.
My targets: - Kukulkan (possibly Tenotchtlan) - Tiamat (possibly Draco) - Saber Medusa (maybe Durga/Kali IF I can afford it) - Tonelico/Aesc and... pretty much all the Fairy Summer Servants (also Suzuka, if possible) - Takeda Shingen (MAYBE Uesugi Kenshin)
Well, I got my Nitocris Alter. She technically came out early last year, but she was my goal and I got her. Next up, maybe get Draco, definitely get Wandjina!
Probably gonna get 1 copy of Draco or skip her entirely lol. Going for np5 Melu summer and Castoria summer, not to mention I’m already going for np5 Rasputin in a few days… Was also going to go for np5 Tez but I think np2 or 3 works just as good
rolling plans for the year: January: Tezca/Tlaloc. Mainly NP5 Tlaloc. if i somehow, _somehow_, get NP2 Tezca before NP5 tlaloc, i'll also roll on Kuku's banner for the remaining copies. april/may: Tiamat/Draco. August: NP5+ UDK BARGHEST! I WILL GET ENOUGH COPIES TO 120 TO COMPLEMENT MY 120 OG BARGHEST ON JP! IT WILL HAPPEN!
I'm a bit confused about the Draco stuff. You said she is only available through Destiny Order summoning, but then right after you said she gets 2 banners. So...is that just a mistake in the script? Or did you mean that after her 2 banners, then you can only get her in the Destiny Order? Just curious so I can plan my pulls.
Draco was a servant who hadn't had any re runs outside of.lucky bag summons until the arcade event got a rerun this past year. She was viewed as a big 'get her while you can' because she hadn't had anything till recently (like with Arcrueid). So she has a banner this upcoming year, is only available in lucky bag summons, and then 2 some years out she gets 1 more banner Editing for clarity: actually nevermind I'm not sure she's even in lucky bag summons. She has 2 confirmed banners and the destiny order summon chance and that's it.
I'm going for Draco and I'm confident on that, maybe I'd throw some sq at Castoria but if I got Draco...sure she's good for extra classes, but I kinda want summer Baobhan Or I could get her with the ticket Or I could say f*ck it all and go for Oberon instead
This year is going to be a pain to go through. The arcade collab servants are super good and I might try to get Draco if I can. But my highest priority will be Berserker Castoria, Aesc/Tonelico, Chloe, and Uesugi Kenshin. Everyone else will be a really nice bonus to have.
The kuro pick is weak, kuro is a gimmick character at best (a cool gimmick tho). If ur not a slacker, tez at np2 can be replaced for valks. Kuku is hands out the best of next year, then meluko, and next castoria. And then draco is cool, but nowadays most of the stuff u would use her, she has disadvantage.
Im probably gonna focus on getting some st servants because i got summer ibuki (Im probably gonna get f*cked on the ort raid since almost all of my strong servants are AOE)
@EbullientSMP If it's Summer Castoria it doesn't matter. She is the strongest ST Arts DPS in the game. Even Foreigners means nothing to her. The only time Draco banners scarcity matters is if you like her so you pull for her. Otherwise Summer Castoria is more of a must pull than Draco.
I'm targeting Draco, Tonelico, Summer Castoria and Summer Melusine next year. hopefully Draco would come home via tickets. hopefully I could get Tonelico and summer melusine early so I can roll for multiple copies of Berserker Castoria
Artoria Caster Berserker, and yeah summer because these characters are peak. Tbh though 2025 looks like chaos so much so I need to only choose one thing to save for…. Yeah summer and 8th anni but wait isn’t beast Nero coming???? Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh shiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii that’s not long after summer fuuuuuuuuuccccccccccccc😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭
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almost 1800 sq ready for Kukulkan, she's also drawn by the Black Lagoon artist. i love her so much. Thanks for the video!
@@terraemiya8448 A fantastic choice, respect, and good luck for the np levels!
@@EbullientSMPI remember buying an account with 3000 SQ starting JP around the Summer 8 hype! And man did that stash run dry requiring an additional 1000 SQ to NP5 Summer Melu after split rates hit me like a truck going for her alongside a 120 Summer Kuro on the first banner!
My first goal this year is Kirei, then Draco! I’m really hoping between April and Summer I don’t end up spending the cost of a gaming PC!
Let's go kuku 120 gang. I've also been prepping mats. 300+ tickets, 290 sq worth in fragments. And I've got all materials to max skill + max append when I get the coins from bond (including the 2 extra appends for whenever they release those), 2000/2000 fous and even all 125 fou paws that will be needed to max out all her face cards. So excited and the end of January won't come soon enough.
@@MultiMrDrago you came prepared for war! God speed, 300 tickets, my god! I’ve seen what a 120 Kuku can do, it’s monstrous nuclear fire from space!
I hate how rare it is that Manpig makes videos, but when he does, they are insanely awesome.
I try to, life is tough sadly
It’s already that time of the year!! Happy to see this annual video release as it always both entertaining and informative! Thank you!
Also, since the last video, I’ve been playing the OG Tsukihime (per your recommendation, thank you) and completed a few endings. It is absolutely fantastic! I’ve been taking my time with it trying to complete all routes and so far it is super worth!
@@ioyosho2268 Comments like this make my day. Thank you so much for watching and giving Type Moon a chance!
COVID be damned, I will not miss the upload!
Anyways, time to brace for summer.
Awesome video once again! Love seeing these every year! This coming year is going to be nuts! I won't argue over rankings since this year is honestly pretty open since there isn't a meta breaking support that would indisputably take the top spot!
My fully focus is definitely on Summer Melusine. It's Melusine so that was the case anyways. But she really is a well built arts looper. Will throw however many quartz I can save at her to get that NP level up! Let her launch those missiles as often as she'd like. Beyond her the focus will be on Draco. I've wanted this Nero in the game since hints at Beast Nero were a thing. Now she's almost here! Hopefully I can get Summer Castoria and Kuro as well. Both are favourites and if I can get them I absolutely will!
My melusine warrior in arms, I apprreciate a fellow ally.
@@EbullientSMP Best of luck to us this summer!
Thank you for returning I needed this video ! You are the GOAT !
Always looking forward to these vids, love them as always!!!
Thank jesus that Clairvoyance EX has allowed me to save over 2k quartz (as of currently) for this year.
Yay! I was looking forward to seeing this video! Good to see the tradition is going strong. I'm definitely rolling for Summer Castoria and Aesc next year and hope to get them to at least NP3. I do feel Aesc is underappreciated and should be in the top 10 given how versatile her kit can be.
@@Kuragi_Tutu Thank you! I'm not going to disagree with Aesc being good, I think she is too. like I said it's mainly just cuz she's a bit tricky and takes a bit to get used to, but everyone has their own preferences. I'll be rolling for her myself anyways
asec only being an honorable mention... ho boy.
It's like Aesc-ing for trouble.
@@someoneelse4939 Hi dad, what are you doing here?
thanks you for this upload. super excited for the summer units specifically!!
Summer Castoria clears Draco imo.
Draco folds as soon as she faces an extra class servant which are only getting more common with ordeal calls. Draco's supereffective doesn't work on big mob enemies either and when she doesn't hit that supereffective her damage really falls off.
The survivality Draco's class offers is also not that valuable since she is a arts servant and OG Castoria can even keep a summer ibuki alive on CQs who is berserker with 0 survival skills.
SCastoria also fits seamlessly in tons of multicore comps that Draco doesn't work in
Hmmmmmm. Very good to know. As a big Castoria fan, I'd rather get her summer unit. Though, I also love Melusine, so that makes this upcoming summer tough. I dropped a decent bit of cash last summer to get np5 Ibuki, a couple copies of Skadi, and a Proto Merlin. I'd prefer to avoid doing that again lmao
as seen in those new super recollection quest castoria was one of the best min turners draco can't even compete since a lot of bosses in those recollection quest are extra classes not that shes unusable but her disadvantage is really glaring and lets not forget ordeal stall is basically extra class fest she really lose in the late game story
Draco can be stopped by just making more extra class bosses while Summer Castoria can't. Foreigners the one weakness of Berserkers folds against Summer Castoria due to her scaling.
1,300+ SQ saved for my beloved Fake Priest--like you said, I've been WAITING FOR THIS!
Heck, I'm glad he actually managed to crack your top 10 list, because I still see many calling him disappointing gameplay-wise, but that ain't gonna stop me from going all-out for my favorite Type-Moon character! 🙏⛪
Man great video!! Production value is awesome!!! Showing the characters because some of us are new and dont know whos who. Thank you very much. Please .ore frequency on fgo videos!!!! Happy holidays
After getting Meluko to 120 and NP5, I'm saving for Ruler - Melu ;D
With how inactive and busy most FGOtubers now, I'm glad to see this one is still an annual tradition, keep it up man!
Here's for more years and I hope more FGOtubers do this list, it's really nice.
Its an annual tradition!
A much needed and awaited video. TYSM
Ptolemaios looks so damn cool.
I think I'll save everything for Beast from now til then.
Respect your opinion and did really enjoy your video, but Aesc not being top 3 is a huge disservice. She is amazing for players just starting out and is a huge participant in higher end farming. She is relevant throughout all stages of the game. Having even Rasputin above her is kind crazy since his farming sucks and only has a niche gimmick which if it fails, literally kills uou
Did you even watch the first 1:30 of the video? We get it she’s a popular character that doesn’t mean she’s a top tier servant gameplay wise and I guarantee if she had a different face and name no will be coping for her this hard. This coming from someone who has her np 5 btw.
@@Jay-n8e4wAesc’s kit is actually insane especially for future fgo content like the most recent Christmas cq
"She is amazing for players just starting out..." - really? l recall her needing supports to even use her massive battery. How this good for newbies? Imo, newbie units are like Arc or other 100% chargers without strings attached, not this.
Aesc is an endgame player unit. As for rasputin, he is Kirei, all FSN fans will want to have him unlike Aesc whom l dont even know besides looking like castoria.
@@alispeed5095 rasputin is actually a worse for beginners as AE is a trash class having 3 disadvantage makes him a bad omni loopers as newbs need those omni loopers cuz they have low roster at the start
aesc is a fantastic unit both can act as a dps and a support which is something a newbs needed as they struggle to get those meta supports for a long time aesc can do both those roles
and she can work fine without double koyan most newbs won't be able to farm 90++ in a long time anyway so having a future invest like her isnt bad
rasputin is a inferior servant even at a lategame unit its fine if you like him cuz of nostalgia but gameplay wise aesc is a top servant of this year rasputin is like ok~ish servant
@@Jay-n8e4wYou have NP5 and can't use her properly? She is easily top 5 in this list. Append 5 allows her to Black Grail and she is great at multicore due to her S3.
My only problem with her is that she is a Late Game Servant. And what I meant by this is that she functions more if you have the supports necessary unlike some DPS where you can effectively use them with few supports.
I was waiting for this
I've been waiting for this one!
yayyy I'm a new player so this is great, thanks for the video! Very entertaining and funny
I'm ok with almost all choices except for Duryodhana (yes a AOE arts berserker is good but I think rng hit him too much) I will say (and I'm really biased here) Cait Cú Cerpriestess is more unique and consistent (also cutter) and Medusa Saber Is worth to be included in the top.
Excellent video btw!!
2025 is the year to save for 2026. Aoko, Ciel, Space Eresh...Like this year we do have Aesc and Summer Castoria and Draco and even Tiamummy, but come on. Ciel alone is np5 candidate for any TM fan, yet alone Aoko and even Hibichika. I personally in 2025 will roll only for 1 unit and I'm torn between Draco and Bakatoria. But I'm going all in in my f2p poverty power. But 2026 I'm getting NP5 120 2k/2k Ciel to join my Arc of the same power level.
I disagree with some picks in here, like Duryodhana and Kuro (the 4 stars huh…), also I think that Kenshin is unfortunately an honourable mention alongside Wandjina, also I don’t put that much emphasis in the rarity of the banners, with my top ten in order would be:
10. Medusa Saber, Top tier damage with chance of stuff in NP and skill 1 with solid survivability.
9. Rasputin, Solid dps suffers from lack of synergy and lacklustre nieches, still incredible if invested in.(also has a buff in 2 years.)
8.Ptolemaios, Solid Aoe and Single target dps, the main problem is that the transformation gimmick isn’t 1 way like Melusine’s so you probably don’t want to be a single target buster with an arts team or an Aoe arts in a buster team, and lacklustre card damage outside crits.
7.Bhima, He is the second best Lancer dps only behind Melusine because of her versatility, Bhima has a single target Arash np that doesn’t kill him, also solid crits.
6.Larva Tiamat, she is just incredible damage, but she lacks any nieches, and that is became extremely important in jp a while ago, she is solid still would recommend for a majority of players.
5. Aesc the savior, She is the one of the best Buster dps in the game, she has some of the best skills in the game, and on top of that her third skill is stupid even if you can’t spam it all the time thanks to her np she can use it pretty often, this isn’t asking anymore roll for Aesc.
4.Tezcatlipoca, has np damage ramp up, Better Merlin skill 2 only lacks card damage, stupid servant the only thing holding him back is being in the worst class in the game.
3 and 2. Bacastoria and Draco, Bacatoria has no enemies that she can’t hit for solid damage and does stupid damage in crits and np, but Draco has one of the best classes in the game with some of the best coverage for enemies, I don’t think one goes over the other, actually Bacatoria is better for farming because she can help Aesc with skill 2.
1.Kukulkan, I have all the bias against her, but I cannot deny that Kuku is the best Buster dps, her damage is stupid with crits and np, she may be a bit overrated on farming before append 5, after that I think she might be one of the best, I recommend her for gameplay without a question.
Say what you will... Kuro slaysssss!!!!!!!!❤
@ Kuro Isn’t bad, she works very well for what she does I just wouldn’t say she is very necessary, in jp people stopped using her very fast, she really isn’t very cost effective, although she still is the second best dps 4 star avenger.
Idk i definitely think kenshin should be there over rasputin, doesnt even deserve an honorable mention tbh, or at least medusa saber cause they are extremely similar in usage and i think kenshin edges it out because better class and better damage type and repeated buff purge is more valuable then stun chance imo.
@@lordradiance2530 I agree Idk why I mantained Rasputin, On seccond thought I think that the order should be:Medusa, Ptolomaios, Larva Tiamat, Kenshin, Bhima, Draco, Aesc, Tez, Bacatoria and Kuku. with the only honorable mention going to Wandjina.
@@justanothershrimp1908 no summer meluko? shes very much in the new standard of arts loopers with her, summer eresh and summer ibuki. Imo if I were to make a top 10.
10)wandjina and instead bhima is my pick for honorable mention
9)Medusa Saber
8)ptolemy
7)tiamat
6)draco
5)tez
4)summer meluko if you arent a player with an invested summer ibuki already
3)aesc
2)Bacatoria
1)Kuku
secret number 0) qin shi huang rerun
might be underrating bhima but i hardly see anybody use him, have no experience with him and i generally do not think highly of single target buster characters. Whereas wandjina has a lot of value when you use her with gogh, who got even stronger this year. Shes very underrated in that sense
Welcome back! I do hope everything is going well now. This year is jammed packed and a really hard one.
Kuku and Mel Summer are my top picks.
Well do have a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!
@@dagobertobobadillajr7670 Thank you. We're doing our best, but I'm looking forward to the next year. My big wishlist is already on this list so...yeah 🤣
Kuku's banner, Draco's banner, 1st summer banner (Summer Kuro and Summer Castoria... damn) These will take priority... and all of my SQ lol
Saving for summer ereshkigal so draco is a skip for me. But I may use tickets for Chloe I love that kit it could be fun for farming buster before the append upgrade
Draco i am getting you
I wish you luck
People salt when they're pulled
@@haroldnecmann7040not me got Oberon, Koyanskaya and Skadi this month.
Going in witb 1400 sq, that if I don't fall in and throw sq at Kukulcán
Draco is my NP5 servant for this year. Summer Melu and Kuku I will get to NP2 at least.
They nerfed Kirei by not letting him use Necromancy
All character with Guts buff that is present cannot use necromancy CE guts as I recall (there are exceptions such as Leonidas ofc)
Very informative video.
Skipping every banner until April (already have 655 SQ saved for Draco Nero), after that: every ticket will go to Saber Medusa.
With luck there will be enough resources left for the 8th Anniversary (Aesc) and Summer 8 (Melusine, Barghest & Baobhan).
I can't really say Draco is number 1. Berserker Castoria is easily better.
Draco' survivability is questionable because she doesn't have anything that can save her from an NP, and they would still kill her most of they time, regardless of the class affinity. She also speeds up the enemies NP gauge with her 2nd skill, which doesn't help either.
Some would say that it doesn't matter since she will be paired with Castoria and that way she would be protected anyway, but that means her defensive affinity is pointless and she is just a Berserker with less classes she can be effective against. Her NP overcharge is great for damage, but that's all it does: damage. No buff removal, no invul pierce, no heal, no stars, no protection. Just plain damage.
It should also be noted that her deck is annoying, triple Buster with an Arts NP shouldn't exist. At this rate I would have preferred either a standard double Arts/Buster deck or a Buster NP so she could do great Mighty Chains. It makes it awkward to support her since you don't really know which of her card types to support between Arts and Buster.
Compared to her, Berserker Castoria is really simple. As a Berserker she can fight anyone, even Foreigners because she deals great damage against Threat to Humanity enemies (and normal Castoria buffs that damage even more). Her deck is double Buster/Arts with Arts NP which makes it clear that she wants Arts supports. Her survivability is superb with her own 1-turn invul and a party-wide 1-hit Solemn Defence every NP, which can save your entire team from being wiped by an NP. Her NP is great even without hitting her niches, and her crits are powerful and most importantly consistent when her skills are active. Her 2nd skill is really great for helping normal Castoria get more overcharge. Make a team of her, normal Castoria and Reines/Lady Avalon/Tamamo and you can kill nearly any boss.
Don't get me wrong, I have both Draco and Berserker Castoria and they are both very strong, but Draco simply can't give anything aside from great damage and her unique class affinity, and her crits aren't very consistent either. Draco is probably better at solos, but that's kinda niche.
What about the np refund aspect? Most recollection quests are single boss battle so I find Draco to be more viable since my Percival already got that AoE department.
@@MArkusHuerles Castoria did WAY more Recollection Quests than Draco, even minturns she's way ahead
@@MArkusHuerles refund from NP alone? Draco has better refund, but Castoria still has higher numbers on her battery, it's a 70%
so in the end, it's not really an advantage of hers
He said earlier in the video that scarcity is a criteria and draco is one of the most rare servants in the game to get so yea
Considering skipping Draco, but she is hella rare. Gotta grab -Melussy- Undine for reasons, also Summer Bao is on there. Going after at least 1 Summer Kuro for pseudo-Meta. I've tested Kukulkan with Black Grail using KKO and Summer Chloe, seeing her hit like 1M damage neutral on a single enemy on Oxford. Nice, but that trying to NP2 her interferes with Draco and Summer rolls. We'll have to see.
It’s already been a year, crazy I still remember replaying your 2024 list just for the description of characters and glazing Ibuki Douji. I was just here for Tez and Kuku glaze I forgot about Draco, also I’m surprised Johanna would have made the list but oh well. Anyways thanks for being very active in 2024.
The DRIIIIP this year 🤯 every single one of Zerkertoria and Kenshin's outfits are 🔥 + Kuku and Tez 1st and last ascension?! 🥵
I NEED Kuku, Bakatoria, Aesc, Kenshin AND Draco!! 😱 And next year brings Aoko, Alice, Count, Ciel AND summer Eresh?!?! So I can't even afford to save for a rerun 💀
2023 batch of SSRs is possibly the best year in terms of DPS and hybrid cores.
Been waiting for this video for a few days now. How have you been MP? Staying healthy? Doing well?
Kukulkan, Draco and Castoria, that's my holy trinity for next year. Would love to add Kama as well, but I am f2p so probably not gonna happen. And then finish with Tiamat on New Year banner.
Thank you for keeping making updates re: FGO NA~!
I'mma save for Kuku during the Pre-OC release but I just aim for NP 2...
Aoko's the big deal for 2026 and I'm not gonna use my 91 (currently) tickets until it's her debut banner
2025...Imma bust out really hard for servants. Went on a drought until Ibuki, but now...we're gonna be high rollers this year.
I’m so glad to see you recognizing Summer Chloe and Summer Melusine’s greatness! I absolutely 120’d both of them when starting my account to role for them on JP, alongside Draco, and I never looked back! Chloe is my go to meta support, she helps farming! She cooks 90++ nodes! And her hit and run gameplay works great, for me either 3 turning a boss with her, or getting the heck out of dodge and saving her buffs to avoid an NP or major hit, if I’m out of hard defense that turn! Even having most the games strongest meta supports, since I don’t have an MLB Black Grail, there have been recollection quests where Chloe gave me better results, especially with buff stacking shenanigans!
SCastoria is not nearly as strong as Draco though? While Draco hits harder vs Servants, she deals significantly less damage vs non-servants and extra classes kill her usefulness. Draco also can't compete vs 70% charge in multicore comps, and Castoria is much easier to use in general+her two scaling pmods are genuinely absurd
The problem that personally all I need is a solid servant who will Melt my godd@mned challenge quests therefore I really am torn between Zerkertoria and Draco-Nero...
@uselesshero.official SCastoria will melt CQs just fine while also being able to handle all extra classes besides Foreigners. Draco hits harder vs main class Servants, but SCastoria's flexibility gives her the edge imo.
@@Founder_of_Morgans_Fanclub Both are top tier servants and have a bunch of usefulness, if you don't have Caster Castoria they both have their draws. However, as I said was the main point in the video, Draco is notably rarer thanks to lacking any GSSR chances. So point.
@@EbullientSMPWhile being rarer can affect your priority to pull. I don't think that matters when we are talking about Summer Castoria. Easily the best ST Arts DPS. She has 70 charge meaning she is more flexible than Draco. You will use Summer Castoria more than Draco.
I think prioritizing who is better is more worth than prioritizing who is rarer.
Excelent List, though i personally disagree deeply with Zerktoria placement when taking in account whos the number 1.
-tiamat and draco at the same time
-castoria zerker, aesc, melusine and chloe a few weeks after
-tez, kukulcan and kirei almost at our doorstep
hahah... yes, of course... the servants to "save" for, not to "choose one" from...
pain peko...
@@OpXarxa Have strength friend
@@EbullientSMP my strength holds steadfast, but my bank account is not
Meanwhile, I'm going all in on saving for....
Kintoki of all Servants. Lord help me.
Rolling is always fun! I am still waiting for Proto Gilgamesh. If Nero was considered impossible from possible, than Gilgamesh surely will eventually obtain his proto type 😢
Rolling for a NP6 Draco since there are 120 plans layed out for her.
Will also be trying for a NP5 Tezcatlipoca since i like him.
I might not have SQ but there is nothing money can solve.
she isnt even that good bro do u just like nerofaces or sm?
2025 is going to destroy my wallet. I’m going for Kukulkan and Draco.
My targets:
- Kukulkan (possibly Tenotchtlan)
- Tiamat (possibly Draco)
- Saber Medusa (maybe Durga/Kali IF I can afford it)
- Tonelico/Aesc and... pretty much all the Fairy Summer Servants (also Suzuka, if possible)
- Takeda Shingen (MAYBE Uesugi Kenshin)
The story made me realy want to get Draco. Shes unironically on castorias Level regarding fgo/guda heroines.
Playing 10+ gacha games is crazy, I need to sabe for so many pulls, I just got Agata in Sword of Conballaria.
25:11 You're my friend broooo!!! I'm sub you and promise to follow you always !!!!
Well, I got my Nitocris Alter. She technically came out early last year, but she was my goal and I got her.
Next up, maybe get Draco, definitely get Wandjina!
Nice vídeo, that said i will spend everything in Medusa Saber
good ranking only gripe is you placed castoria too low while aesc basically the best multicore servant right now as honorable mension is weird
Probably gonna get 1 copy of Draco or skip her entirely lol. Going for np5 Melu summer and Castoria summer, not to mention I’m already going for np5 Rasputin in a few days…
Was also going to go for np5 Tez but I think np2 or 3 works just as good
if you care about true endgame multicore farming, aesc + castoria are the top 2 servants of the year no question
I'm so curious about what the Five Star Stories is now haha
rolling plans for the year:
January: Tezca/Tlaloc. Mainly NP5 Tlaloc. if i somehow, _somehow_, get NP2 Tezca before NP5 tlaloc, i'll also roll on Kuku's banner for the remaining copies.
april/may: Tiamat/Draco.
August: NP5+ UDK BARGHEST! I WILL GET ENOUGH COPIES TO 120 TO COMPLEMENT MY 120 OG BARGHEST ON JP! IT WILL HAPPEN!
Ha dps jokes but great see you again with 2025 servant recommendations and merry Christmas MP🎉
I'm a bit confused about the Draco stuff. You said she is only available through Destiny Order summoning, but then right after you said she gets 2 banners. So...is that just a mistake in the script? Or did you mean that after her 2 banners, then you can only get her in the Destiny Order? Just curious so I can plan my pulls.
Draco was a servant who hadn't had any re runs outside of.lucky bag summons until the arcade event got a rerun this past year. She was viewed as a big 'get her while you can' because she hadn't had anything till recently (like with Arcrueid). So she has a banner this upcoming year, is only available in lucky bag summons, and then 2 some years out she gets 1 more banner
Editing for clarity: actually nevermind I'm not sure she's even in lucky bag summons. She has 2 confirmed banners and the destiny order summon chance and that's it.
Macross fan as well, thanks for the video
I'm saving for tiamat! great video
All I can afford is saving up at least 4 months for Draco. I can't let her pass me by
my money's flying away next yr i see
Going ham on draco nero and summer fairy's. Got 300sq and 27 tickets saved.
This is crazy, I need Tiamat, Melusine and Draco!, how the hell am i going to pull that off 😭😭, me with my 330 SQ bum ass.
Unfortunately I missed Oberon. Don’t really need any more dps I think so I’ll only pull if essential.
with chloe being ridiculous hopefully we get some crane buffs
1000 sq ready for Draco. Hope to get a few more before April.
I'm going for Draco and I'm confident on that, maybe I'd throw some sq at Castoria but if I got Draco...sure she's good for extra classes, but I kinda want summer Baobhan
Or I could get her with the ticket
Or I could say f*ck it all and go for Oberon instead
This year is going to be a pain to go through. The arcade collab servants are super good and I might try to get Draco if I can. But my highest priority will be Berserker Castoria, Aesc/Tonelico, Chloe, and Uesugi Kenshin. Everyone else will be a really nice bonus to have.
Koyanskaya for kuku....nah man,the true big brain connoisseur playbis bringing himiko along
I want them all, no chance I can get them all. Send help.
What is your opinion about Popess Johanna? I see her as a pretty good support.
Another year, another try for Oberon. If I get him then I'll look for Kenshin.
The kuro pick is weak, kuro is a gimmick character at best (a cool gimmick tho). If ur not a slacker, tez at np2 can be replaced for valks. Kuku is hands out the best of next year, then meluko, and next castoria. And then draco is cool, but nowadays most of the stuff u would use her, she has disadvantage.
Wait, where's bhima?
after Kuku
IM GOING ALL IN FOR DRACO
On my way to get Tez and Kuku with 100ish pulls 😎(😭)
Good luck!
Holy July/August is going to destroy all of our SQ ;-;
7 quartz and one month till Kukulkan im ready 😃
I got 23 tickets let's gooo
Ive been summoning for the units i see that are regarded really good on tierlists now i have an Oberon And Koyanskya Of Light 😅
Not even mentioning Durga in craaaaaazy lol
why would he? she’s unremarkable in every way except aesthetic design
Im probably gonna focus on getting some st servants because i got summer ibuki
(Im probably gonna get f*cked on the ort raid since almost all of my strong servants are AOE)
I want durga archer, aesc savior caster and ruler uesugi kenshin next year
why is medusa art st?
@@edward-gh7gq human error
you still make video !?
If all of us have valkiries summer why roll for tez?
I will put out a call to Draco and hope she will respond
The Definitive Guide
For me it's either mama Tiamat or Kuku
Summer Kuro also allows Dps characters like Kuku to run Black Grail.
Draco at 1 is crazy when Summer Castoria exist 😂
But I even explained the rate up system and everything...
Twice...
@EbullientSMP If it's Summer Castoria it doesn't matter. She is the strongest ST Arts DPS in the game. Even Foreigners means nothing to her.
The only time Draco banners scarcity matters is if you like her so you pull for her. Otherwise Summer Castoria is more of a must pull than Draco.
I want to rollbfor saber medusa and summer sith (NP5) and those banners are basically back to back, I'm finished
okay i .......i just gotta know what's the OST playing when you introduce Uesugi
It's her theme!
im ready for kenshin and summer castoria i need Strong ST servants im full of AOEs now T_T
I'm targeting Draco, Tonelico, Summer Castoria and Summer Melusine next year. hopefully Draco would come home via tickets. hopefully I could get Tonelico and summer melusine early so I can roll for multiple copies of Berserker Castoria
Artoria Caster Berserker, and yeah summer because these characters are peak. Tbh though 2025 looks like chaos so much so I need to only choose one thing to save for…. Yeah summer and 8th anni but wait isn’t beast Nero coming???? Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh shiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii that’s not long after summer fuuuuuuuuuccccccccccccc😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭