Thank you for the list. I re-rolled, and got 3 3* and 3 4*, but none of them were Heracles.
For the 4* i got Sigfried, Stheno, and Deon. Also, the picture you linked says for Stheno, " Just smile...really". What does that mean? Just smile because she is a joke of a character, or just smile because you should be happy you pulled her?
Thanks
Sig and Deon are pretty situational and Stheno apparently doesn't become useful for a long while.
Sig's main deal is that he has buffs against dragons and... that's it. That's well and good for Orleans, but after that, Dragon enemies are not that common. His fandom nickname is "Sumanai" (I'm sorry), indicating that he didn't turn out as cool as he probably should be.
Deon is probably your most useful roll and their thing is tanking damage. They have pretty good HP and start out with a handy Evade skill, but their most valuable skill is only available when you ascend them a third time. (Looks of Loveliness) This skill will draw all attacks from enemies towards them, and paired with their Evade skill, they can really hang in there.
"Just smile" is a reference to Stheno's Noble Phantasm: "Smile of the Stheno", which causes the charm status effect on and lowers the defense of male units. It does no damage and since some of your tougher enemies will also be female, it's not that great of a special. She comes into her own later, but when starting out, you just don't have the resources to make it happen.
Thanks for the information. I'm playing through the game and it's been interesting, but I doubt I would have been able to really do anything without people's overpowered units. I wonder how folks could beat those wyverns in Orlands without them. My little crew gets thrashed hard if I do it myself. They do a shit-ton of damage and only one heal for 1000 HP is insane.
As for my favorite servants, from Fate/Stay Night it would be Artoria and Emiya, which is why I kept playing after I got him in my first pull. It's funny, my first pull was only two servants...Robin Hood and Emiya. All the rest were cards and I don't know what to do with them. Emiya seems cool, but he feels weak. Maybe I need to level him, but I have so few level cards, I can't really do that either. So I've been using him and the starting lady but they're made out of paper.
I was hoping to get Artoia and Nero as well since I really liked them in Fate/Extella.
My initial pull was Emiya and Robin Hood. I saved a bunch of things to get another 10 pull and ended up with some Caster (I think the one from Fate/Stay Night), Caesar (I sold him because he looks dumb as hell and as fan of Julius Caesar, I don't want to see him), and that's it. A bunch of other cards I have no idea what they do, but they were all cards I have already, so nothing new there. It was a wasted pull with nothing of value gained. Made me want to give up pulling entirely. What a waste.
Gotta figure out how to level characters, because at the moment I don't think they're high enough to move on with the story without being carried.
Go to the Chaldea Gate and look at the Daily Quests. Ember gathering quests will net you experience cards. Grinding Ember gathering quests will also rank up your character very quickly, which will replenish your stamina and even give you a stamina surplus. The 30 and 40 AP quests are the most lucrative, so look for a strong Heracles to carry you through them for huge gains. Clearing each quest the first time every day will also net you Mana Prisms, which can be traded in the Shop for nice things like free rolls in the gacha. (Summon Tickets)
Emiya gets better as you Ascend him. When a servant reaches max level, they can evolve and increase their level cap, provided you have the proper items to do so. Ascension requires Monuments and other unique items that you can get by playing through the story or by farming Training Field Daily Quests. The option to ascend a servant in is the Enhance menu. By the time I took on Orleans, my party were all Ascended at least once. (Except for Mash, her progression is story locked. But she was at max level, so it's all good.)
Wyverns are Rider class, so you should keep an eye out for a good Assassin class servant to raise to take them on. Beserkers can also be handy. Good servants of both classes can be found in the Friend Point Gacha, in which you get a free 10-pull every day. Using it, I raised a Kojiro and a Minotaur and Orleans is practically a cakewalk.
Robin Hood and Medea (FSN Caster) are pretty good. RH has a nice single target NP, which makes blasting bosses his specialty. Medea is pretty well known for being able to spam her Noble Phantasm because of her skill, Rapid Words of the Divine. Equip her with a Craft Essence (Formal Craft, Projection, Heaven's Feel, etc.) that boosts Arts and go to town.
If you get dupes of a character, you can fuse 'em all together to improve the card's Noble Phantasm; allowing it to be charged up past 100% for a stronger effect. With all those Caesars, he would have been maxed out...but he's sure to pop up again. The process generally goes: when you get dupes of a servant, go to the Noble Phantasm section in the Enhance menu and fuse them until their NP can't level up any more. Then sell any other dupes you get.
