I often throw 10 tickets at servants that I want to bait but aren't willing to save for, and I think that has only ever worked with Arthur lol. Though I've gotten a fair amount of SRs from that so it's not a total waste. It does mean I almost never have any tickets lying around, but summoning singles is annoying anyway (where's the 10x Summon ticket button, lasengle?). I've only rolled for King Hassan and my third copy of Morgan this year, but there are definitely a decent number of banners I'm interested in coming in the second half so I gotta prep for those. Going well so far.
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I did the CQ with a bunch of different teams out of boredom to test out some DPS and got the following results:
Morgan (6 turns, double Koyan + Castoria + Waver ) - Felt like cheating tbh due to Morgan's event damage bonus, I wish there was a way to turn it off. At any case, I've gone from "I don't need this servant, NP3 Junao 4lyf" to accidentally getting her while rolling for CasCu, to slowly warming up to her and now she's straight up one of my most used and heavily invested servants. Absurd versatility and return of investment. I'm sorry Arjuna bros, I've become a full on Morgan simp...
Muramasa (6 turns, double Cast + Tamamo + Waver) - I don't think Waver even came out for this one, Castoria and Mikon were more than enough to get the ball rolling. Once Muramasa starts he just never stops, and he started at turn 1. I guess these are the perks of having a highly invested arts DPS in this day and age. So anyway, absolutely unplayable unit, please buff him Lasengle 3 turns of rainbow mana burst thanks.
Gilgamesh (7 turns, DK + CastWaver) - Even with his basic bitch ass kit the king still got it. Could've probably done it in 6 with slightly better card rng. Can't wait for his buff man, that star bomb on skill 1 is going to help a lot with his arts cards crit refund.
Dantes ( 9 turns, DoubleSka + Waver + Merlin) - Maybe the most surprising result of all to me, even with relatively gimped supports compared to arts and buster. Really the biggest issue I had was clearing some damage thresholds with my NP1 copy, which would be a non-issue if I rolled for NP2 or managed to get an MLB Black Grail. He could definitely use a buff on his third skill to make both effects last three turns, but honestly I think people underestimate Dantes. He ramps up, refunds and crits as well as ever. Looking forward to trying him out with some Summer Skadi comps this summer.
Arjuna Alter (10 turns, DK + CastWaver + Mash) - So, Arjuna had the opposite problem of Dantes: his damage is overkill, but as soon as the batteries stop rolling he struggles getting his NP back up, which slowed him down significantly during the latter portions of the fight. You really gotta pray for that one arts card to crit, otherwise there goes your momentum in longer fights like this one. He's still my boy though, he's just a sprinter not a runner.
Melusine (10 turns, DK + CastWaver + Mash) - Ok so I said Dantes might've had the most surprising run to me, but I actually think that might really be Melusine. There were 6 Saber health bars just casually thrown in here, not the best CQ for her to showcase her stuff at all and she still managed to keep up with freaking Arjuna despite significantly lower investment (she is NP2, he is 2k Fou NP3). Absolutely batshit insane unit. She's just her.
Iskandar (15 turns lol, DK + Cast + Merlin + Mash) - Please give this man a battery, I beg you. My man ran into all the issues: inadequate damage thresholds AND trouble getting his NP up, the best of both worlds. TBF, he kept missing the breaks by like 1k to 20k, one time he missed it by freaking 500, so it's absolutely a low NP level problem that could be easily solved. Ain't nothing helping with that refund though, STOP IGNORING HIM YOU COWARDS BUFF MY BRO!!! Anyway he still did his best!!!!!! We love a scrappy underdog crying to get to the finish line and just barely getting by with medical assistance. Look at him go
Arthur (LMFAOOOOO) - I tried. I didn't succeed. Let's just leave it at that. Not even Castoria-Merlin could carry this absolute unit. For the love of god Lasengle give this man an NP interlude, that Excalibur hits softer than cotton candy. It failed to finish off a 70k HP Sakamoto with class advantage gtfo.
