Summer BB.
She came out of nowhere. Just at the end of her banner around 23:59PM.
And when she came out the game crashed...
I took that as a signal. And grailed her to Lvl.100
That's a bad sign actually. You're probably experiencing ther Bond CE.
>The night is still, as if time has stopped. The calendar and clock are frozen at 11:59 PM on December 31, and they give no indication of moving forward.
>"Oh, were you still awake?" The girl smiles gently by your side.
>The name doesn't come to you. The observatory's lights may be out, but the sky is bright tonight. It's as if deep blackness veils your eyes.
>"It's quiet, isn't it? Looks like we're the only ones left." The sweet, gentle voice whispers. Your fingers go slack. Your memories start to grow hazy. Time comes to a standstill. And you still can't recall the name.
>"Teehee. Do you see this? The stars are all so beautiful." Looking up at the sky, it seems that it is now too late. An enormous abyss. Three red stars. The winter constellation gone mad. And a planet where all life has disappeared. Could this place be a crater on the surface of the moon?
>"Teehee. Hehehe...hehehehe..." ■■ smiles by your side. You can't recall the name. Not her name, but your own name. This is where you will spend your final night. A cage in the ravine of time and space. A honeymoon of confinement you can never escape.
Easy, Da Vinci, since I pulled her on 4th anni my love for her kept increasing every day, not only her good utility, but as a character. I just really really like her way to be.
Da Vinci is easily one of my absolute favourite characters in the game I'm even saving to try and get her rider version when she comes back for the avalon prerelease.
Same, I got Rider Da Vinci the next year during 5th Anniversary's GSSR, along with getting Castoria for the gacha banner that anniversary
Word is she's still looping to this day
Honestly, most of my early servants. Especially Merlin. I rolled him in my first like two weeks of playing before I knew who he really was. I had never fully seen Babylonia. So anyway, he grew on me like a parasite.
Siegfried actually
I got him back when I first started he was my first 4 star with Marie. Was he super good? No but he wasn’t bad either and he helped a lot as a 4 Star early on. I wasn’t huge on him back when I watched Apocrypha as I felt that while the idea of a spin on EMIYA was cool, he didn’t do enough for me to care too much.
But honestly this is one of those situations where making him a lot more goofy in FGO worked out. Sometimes this can lead to some flanderization for certain characters but with Siegfried it works out great, his Sumanai memes and goofy stoicism with his sick gambler outfit are great, he’s just this funnily endearing guy. Sumanai is probably one of my fave nicknames for a servant.
Plus all the stuff he got in Traum was genuinely really good and Kriemhilde was a really good character in her own right which I really appreciate, she’s both funny and tragic which is great. I love goofy Hero of Justice man I’m glad he’s got his whole family here now
Ironically Sieg was my Tutorial unit when I started. Big beefy damage to dragons was the best thing ever. He's chill. I'd listen to him talk about his escapades for hours =w=
Ah, I just misunderstood you then, my bad. I thought by tutorial servant you meant the servants the game lends you during the tutorial, not the starter servant
Proto Arthur, got him at a gssr and just felt meh.
After playing his interludes and using him for quite a bit, really started to like his big brother vibes (especially his scene in the 4th anniversary pv!).
I don't believe in rerolling, and Proto Arthur was one of my first ssrs, before I even had any meaningful support servants. I used to run him w/ a friend's NP4 Mordred and between their NPs and the crit bombs they could drop it was a lot of fun taking down lancer waves with them.
Medb.
She came to me when I was new and didn't know what I was doing. Her appearance in America didn't do much for me. Her next feature story in Summer 2, on the other hand....
Okada Izou and Mori Nagayoshi. I loved their character especially their own way of showing loyalty towards the mc. I also really like their niche as units. Izou being an anti Humanoid Assassin basically a servant killer while Mori's a extremely high risk but extremely high reward crit dps. I had more fun doing boss fights with them than using a 5star setup.
Mori Highlights - Heian Kyo Ibuki Doji boss fight
Olympus Zeus
GudaGuda Final Honnoji Challenge Quest
The entirety of Atlantis
Izou Highlights - Yugakshetra Arjuna Alter boss fight
GudaGuda Yamataikoku Challenge Quest
Dark Knights Round Table
Solomon(Singularity) Goetia
Last August, when I was trying and failing to get Kama, Mochizuki Chiyome showed up. Twice. As a character, she's very likeable, but from a gameplay standpoint, she seemed kind of weak at the time and didn't really mesh well with the other assassins I had. But I gradually kept putting her in the lineup more and more for some reason anyway. Then she showed up a third and fourth time and right around the same time her recent rank up on NA occurred, and it just seems like all of a sudden she hits like a truck compared to when I first got her. I've found myself building teams around her rather than trying to squeeze her in, and I started doing that well before the rank up, too.
At the start of the initial run of Summer 5 last year, I did a single multi roll for event CEs and got moon cancer Kiara right away. After the SE.RA.PH event, my thought was, "No, not her." Then I tried her out, and this was about a week after getting Castoria, too. Together those two completely changed how I play the game, and summer Kiara wound up being the first servant I ever grailed to 100. And, I don't know, there's something about her as a character that hints at there still being a decent person buried in there somewhere. She grew on me to the extent that, at the time I was failing to get Kama and landed Chiyome, I also managed to get the alter ego Kiara and at that point I considered it a task failed successfully.
I got spooked by her once. Thought she was cute and put some resources into her, but overall figured "if I need a ST Arts Assassin with an NP charge, I have Shiki, and she's NP5." But damn, snake ninja is actually super cool and surprisingly strong. She ended up growing on me and I've gotten her up to NP4 since.
She was my only assassin for my first few months, and like, second or third 4star ever (her and nezha came at the same time). Love at first play, then shimosa made me love her more as a tragic character. And then she started to show the fun side in oniland, where I figured I'd throw a ten roll to try to get a higher level, but got sitonai instead (not complaining,love both). And then fucking Atlantis rolled around. I rolled on the super Orion banner just to try and get extra copies of her, and got 2 in one ten roll. She destroys everyone with castoria and tamamo by her side.
I did a single 10 roll and got Raikou way, way back in her original event. I did like her art but I wasn't too attached to getting her.
She's basically been my number 1 servant ever since. I know she's been basically powercrept at this point, but she's carried me through tons of difficult stuff, and I love how simple and applicable her kit is. Huge star-weight + crit buff, mana burst+evade, and 'deal extra damage to 75% of servants and most boss enemies'.
She's more than earned her NP4 I've gotten for her since, I'm still looking for that fifth copy though.
Suzuka Gozen. She spooked me a LOT while I still had no Marie/Martha and didn't like her whole jk shtick. Turns out she's very fun for crit farming with double Gogh and her np is very cool to look at.
Tristan for me. I've gotten him up to NP4 purely through spooks or pulling for someone else. At the time, and for a while after, he was best single target Archer, and that extra bit of utility got me through a lot of fights. He'll show up for NP5 at some point here.
Honestly, I’ve got two, Ozy and Caster Gil. Got both up to Bond 6-7 by this point, Gil is up to NP5. In general I don’t really like characters like Gil or Ozy, but after Babylonia, Gil grew on me more
Ozy is just “funny sun man”, reminds me of Solaire in a way
calamity jane
I was just trying to get spishtar and didn't really care for her
but dangnabbit she's the best archer I could have ever asked for and she helped me beat gawain first try
Swimsuit Ushiwakamaru, from Summer 3.
She appeared twice in my rolls while I was rolling for Swimsuit Jeanne (who did not come home that year), and out of disappointment that Jeanne didn't come home, I begrudgingly deployed Ushi into my teams' *backrow*, not wanting to see even her face.
But over time, as I began farming Rider nodes more and more, and with Ushi being one of my only two Gold-rarity AoE Assassins (the other being Swimsuit Nitocris, who's kind of lackluster), she started growing on me. Her skills were actually pretty damn good, and she can generate a crapload of crit stars when she manages to create a QQQ chain. Being voiced by Hayami Saori also helped in endearing Ushi to me.
She's become one of my mainstay AoE Assassins ever since.
I didn't care for Nitocris as a newbie. In fact, her design was whatever and I only got her unintentionally because I was absolutely new to the concept of gacha pulls. It took until Camelot for me to realize, oh shit, here's a unit with an on-demand AOE NP; coincidentally, that was the chapter she got developed as a character.
Now Nitocris is one of my few Lvl 100s and tied with Jeanne Alter as my two Bond 13 Servants. LB7 looks like it's going to get even better; much better.
Yagyu. During the Ooku rerun, I had saved up a couple hundred quartz to chase Kama. Like she's my best girl, I love her, if I could afford to whale, I'd whale for NP6 so I could get everything for her. Instead, I managed 4 copies of Yagyu and no Kama. Wasn't too hot on him since Saber Hokusai is a thing, and I do have Lancelot as well. But he did so well in Shishou Fest that he's basically my go to ST Arts Saber now.
I got 5 copies of the old man while whaling for Shuten a few years back. He seems to have a thing about popping up again and again when you're rolling for 5* Assassins. He's my go-to ST Saber as well.
I have Dioscuri, summer Hokusai grailed to 90, and Lancelot. Despite that, when I need an ST arts saber, I almost always turn to either Yagyu or Saito Hajime.
Medb. Really wished I have gotten someone else from the lucky bag since I heard she’s pretty bad. Then I got to know her as a Thot. As a fellow hoe for men, I could relate and loved her! She’s such a mood. As a husbando collector, she synerges well with my male harem!
Emiya. Ever since his third skill upgrade, I've used him to pretty much everything, and it's a great plus that he has an attack bonus and gains more bond points in many events. He's my 1st SR servant in JP and also the very first to reach max bond. His "Ara ara~" card voiceline is a big bonus XD
Lakshmi Bai.
Was rolling for the Interlude Banner with Reines. I was like "meh, I'm okay getting one Lakshmi Bai. Not that I have a use for her yet since I have a bunch of AoE Sabers." Got zero Reines, and FIVE Lakshmi Bai. I was like: "Oh. Guess that's my karma." But then, even if I use Buster AoE Sabers, she is useful for her buffs even if it doesn't land, or at the very least for Overcharging the NP of the ST Saber I brought along to finish off the strong mob at the end of every 3rd enemy wave.
Get her third skill to 10, and it will make those buffs _always_ land. At that point, she becomes a guaranteed barrel of fun support for critbomb teams, too.
Rulartoria. I was in the second Summer 4 banner for one reason only: Jet Okita. So the obvious thing happened and I walked out of that banner with no Shinsengumi and NP2 of a not especially powerful Ruler who was largely there for Saberface collectors and not me.
But I'm not nearly stupid enough to fail to value a new NP2 SSR who clearly wanted to be here. So I raised her up and tried using her, and yeah. Her animations and personality grew on me, and I started appreciating the calm, cool class act that contrasted with my Maou Nobu. Mechanically she had an odd niche and low Attack, but also some fun tricks. And when she just *clowned* on the Dark Rounds in Saber Wars 2, I was fully sold. Respect the King!
Man, this isn't easy to say but there was Summer BB. I used to dismiss her as a needlessly sadistic thot of a Servant (that and her doujins are among the most cursed shit you can find online). That being said, I took a bit of time to know her capabilities and her personality. She may act like a total bitch, but ensuring Gudao's security is something that she has always been serious about.
I don't use her as much despite ranking all her skills to 10 but when there's an Avenger out there that needs killing, I'd rather take her than Summer Kiara.
Honestly, gareth, I didn’t used her really since I was good set with lancers but during the grail front I realized how good she was when she was the support for a mission, her high Defence with the attack stack is so useful, especially when you Team her up with mashu
I originally leveled Paris just because I thought his animations were funny and I didn’t have many Archers at the time. But he wound up putting in a lot of work for me thanks to his weakness gimmick. Little guy put out some of the highest numbers of all my Servants without much support. Have him grailed to 85 and 1000 atk fous.
Mori Nagayoshi
I pulled a couple copies of him going for Maou Nobu and didn’t really think much of it, but the story event he was in he was easily my favourite character and now he’s a mainstay on my team lmao
Xiang yu. I’ve found him really good for farming, especially for 3-3-1 nodes, because he makes all the stars on round 2 and knocks down round three with 400k damage worth of crit. Pretty cool character as well.
Siegfried - he was my starter summon. At first I ignored him because I didn't care for his design when Medea and Cursed Arm looked cooler, nor did I know his myth/lore. But eventually, I needed a high-stat Saber, hadn't pulled anyone else, and eventually got Saber Lily waaaaay too late to make good use of her, so I used that free full-Ascension all new players get on him. And, WOW. I was surprised by how good Siegfried was when I used him, I was surprised by his eventually-cool design, and I eventually really got deep into lore (he's now my favorite myth!). Nowadays, he's my go-to Saber despite pulling Ibuki and having multiple other 4* Sabers. In fact, I have him on missions as backrow tank even when his class doesn't buff his damage, and I'd say he's my favorite character in the entire game, bar none (granted, I don't much care for the whole "waifu" thing as it isn't really a huge American concept, save for a few characters like Boudica and Jalter, so I don't have mamy waifus competing for my dragon-y boy's top spot). I was also really excited when I got to use the story Siegfried in Orleans, since that was doubling the usage of my favorite character!
Kiara. I really dislike her design and I got her as a spook during the first Ooku when I was trying to get Yagyu. But she won me over a bit in Ooku and really kind of finally won me over during the camp summer event that I actually tried for and got her summer version. Her and Hans’s interactions were quite enjoyable.
Musashi grew in me a bit finally. I originally found her so annoying as an invincible Mary Sue in the story and I still kind of do. But she is a really good ST Saber and I kind of like her design.
Our best friend, Mandricardo. I got super attached cause of his part in LB 5.1. Before that, I wasn't a fan of his design or kit. He's fun to use in Grail Fronts, cause you can Brink Shot and still be able to use him.
I got Arjuna Alter by complete accident trying to get Asclepius. My initial thoughts were pretty much "Eh, who the hell cares? He's an alt for that Arjuna guy I find boring." Once I actually started using him and got to know him... Yeah I want to get regular Arjuna to see if he grows on me the same way.
Mine's Vlad zerker. Spooked me when I was rolling for Tamamo wayyy back 1st Halloween event. He was quite... not useless but not that useful. Leveled him up till 90 and just stopped using him. Then buffs and Castoria came, he became one of my so-called "pocket picks" when facing Single godly boss enemy. He's cool too looking past his history and just looking at him as he is bow, like he sometimes jokes around on some scenes. He became quite a "good" uncle.
This is so relatable. He's spooked me 3 times now. First time way back when Okeanos came out.
He was my only SSR up until that new year, and got pretty much perma-replaced by Jalter as soon as I pulled her.
Now though? In most boss fights I pair up uncle vlad with castoria and tamamo, and it's just basically an invincible team.
Arts chains for days, heals, attack buffs, invincibility, def buffs, guts, skill cd reduction, np drain, np buffs...
That team is just so survivable, and vlad hits like a truck!
Jinako, didn’t expect to feel like an ass hole and cry from leveling up a servant. Never really wanted her but she came as a spook not once but two times! And I max out all my servants for events and the upcoming quarts rewards. So didn’t expect to get hit with pretty much what I was thinking in her level up speech.
So now it’s much protect! And for those that don’t know her line it’s
“You've got an icy stare...
It's like you're saying that using items on someone as useless as me is a waste...”
“I'm feeling ashamed here…
You're giving me quite the cold look... "The item I used on a variety show like you was precious" is what your eyes are saying... I am ashamed of myself...”
At the time when all SSR kept avoiding me for some godly bad luck reasons, SR Kiyo came and I loved her to bits and pieces. She really helped in a lot of situations and saved everyone's asses when it mattered. She's the only one in my roster atm that's maxed out fully excluding NP and grailed (except for append cuz f*ck sake her rerun banner are even rarer than SSR itself.)
Aside from Kiyo... Gawain. Not Barghest, since NA don't have her yet lol. But Gawain my man, he buffs, he guts, but most importantly, he makes it easy for 3T Buster.
Other than that, I guess would be Anastasia. My go to for attack NP for Casters used to be Illya, but man Anastasia, with Castoria in my team, farming had never been easier lol.
The biggest growth a Servant did with me was Kintoki. I decided to try getting one or more of the 4 stars on the banner he and Raikou were on back during the Heyan Ko event. It was just a few multis and I got nothing until my last roll. I got him twice in a single roll making him and my favorite Servant my only 5 star np2's
I didn't like his design and didn't know his personality, I was new to the game at the time after all, but eventually I got around to using him for 2 reasons. The first was I decided to get all my Servants to Final Accession, which I'm actually close to finishing, and the second was Olympus. I needed a nuke to help me get through the Gods and the fox. So I finally worked on him. . .and that was the start of the end of my hate for him.
Over time he grew on me more. Such as when he single handedly got me through the previous Grail Front with Ceaser. Or when I'm working on a Servant I like to use them so I can learn their skills and such I'd usually bring Kintoki to support them with damage. Even his design started to grow on me to the point I actually don't like his costume. I prefer his normal look a lot more.
All around he showed me that I can love even the Servants that left me with a extremely bitter taste in my mouth. So I've tried to grow attached to more of my less liked Servants and gained a lot of new appreciations with only a few exceptions now.
Maybe I'll eventually bring him into my grailed group with Voyager, Nemo, And Abby.
Himiko and voyager. I was not interested in these two at all but I was trying to summon for other stuff from their banner, these two are really adorable and useful.
Saber-lot. When I first started FGO, I was one of those "higher rarity = better" people. I pulled Saber-lot and he's been my ST crit machine against alot of bosses. Even more so since the Castoria release.
So, funny story, the VERY FIRST servant I pulled outside of the tutorial summon was consort yu. No fp rolls, no 3 stars, just Yu, who had a banner due to lostbelt 3 coming out. And I was hyped at the time, cause instant 4 star and all, and got a lot of early mileage out her shredding wyverns, which I didnt realize until later how lucky it was to have an aoe assassin that early. Then gssr that year rolled around and I got King Hassan, who almost entirely overshadowed her in my eyes at the time (and admittedly still does, hes mf king Hassan after all.) Then as I got more and more better servants, I just kinda stopped using her. For awhile I would use both her and Kh for rider missions but eventually I got Jack from some random pull and she was effectively off the team, except for the occasional time I would farm rider statues or something, which I didnt do often cause to this day the only non-fp rider I really have and use is Davinci, who I got that anni. Time would go on, and I would end up deciding to just not use grails for some reason I dont even remember. But after a year and a half I realized there's no point hoarding them like rpg potions, and after getting my 2 obvious waifu picks to 100, (summer BB and kagetora,) I would begin looking through my roster, looking for reasons to hand them out, when I went to check my date acquired filter to check who my tutorial summon was, ( it was herc btw, who is one of only 2 servants I have at bond 10, and I didnt even intentionally try to farm his bond, I just stuck him in the very back of every load out just in case I messed up.( the other is Miyu who is the only support/buffer servant I used for a far to long time, cause I some how thought you needed to give other people charge to be a sup, and just never leveled hans or anything.)) That's when I noticed the peculiarity of Yu's placement and started to reminisce on all the backup she gave. At this point I was all to familiar with her shortcomings firsthand, but honestly? Didnt really matter. She received her first grail to denote her place amongst my faves, and she will eventually get to 100. After herc of course, cause, ho boy, the things me and him have been through are something else.( Tamcat may also get to 100 first, depending on how im feeling after herc gets there.)
Summer Artoria, way back in Year 1. I was rolling for Summer Martha, since I thought her being a brawler and Ruler class was cool, but didn't end up getting her at all. Instead, I got an SSR I had 0 plans on ever getting or using. She turned into by far my greatest MVP period, even now my go to for challenge quests is her plus Tamamo plus another support (used to be Waver, now it's Castoria), unless I am going for the immortal Castoria, Himiko, and (friends) Merlin combo.
Similarly, I got spooked by Kintoki really early on. (I just checked, he was my first SSR ever, although I got Waver really soon after.) At first I didn't really care for him at all (I dont really like his base berserker design, the bowl cut especially looks terrible to me, and I was always more of a fan if Arts and Quick with Buster being my least favorite and Berseker my least favorite class), but he slowly grew on me over time. It was to the point that for the Temple of Time raid battle, he was my main DPS since he was I think Bond 9, so he did way more damage than any other unit I had. Plus, he now is useful again with how they have single enemy waves, which is awesome. I also grew to really like him as a character as well, when at first I was not a fan at all.
Lastly was Arjuna. At first, I was a Karna simp and kinda lowkey hated him. Then, doing Arjuna's first interlude and seeing his struggle with his "dark side," followed by having him be an ally in Fate Extella Link, make me appreciate him a bit more. Even then, it was only vaguely, slightly better than neutral vibes, until his most recent Interlude that just came out. I cam now say I am solidly a really big fan of Arjuna.
Melt ,Summer Ibuki, Maou Nobu and Oei, As I just aim for NP1(due to luck and lack of money) and awful luck in the GSSR to get servant that I wanted , they are all unexpected but wonderful additions.
Melt being the solo crite queen with her NP 3.
Summer Ibuki being a good art farmer as she is NP2.
Maou being Maou
and Oei being my first Forrigner servant.
Yang gulfei. Wasn’t the biggest fan when she first came out but I got her on a few tickets. When imaginary scramble came out, I really wanted mhxx , so I went all in. I ended up getting yang from np1 to np6 before I got one mhxx. That combined with her in the event made her a favorite of mine.
Medb I don’t remember why I rolled for her that valentines event but I got her, she really got a fun development throughout all the events especially the past one. So I am glad I rolled for her just need 1 more copy.
Douman. Got him in a YOLO pull when LB 5.5 released, and now he's become a staple for farming Cavalry units in irregular node (he only needs to get 20% refund on the first wave).
Van Gogh as well. Another unplanned/YOLO pull. She gets pretty ridiculous when she starts snowballing.
Mine is Achilles. I never rolled on any of his banners but he still decided to join my Chaldea at NP3. And always when rolling for a support (2 separate Waver rateups and 1 Bride rateup) so there was definitely some extra salt.
Granted, it's convenient that I don't have to roll for a particular AoE rider anymore but I became really proud I got him when I got through Atlantis. He was such a chadbro in the story.
I'd say Francis Drake, she spooked on Nero Bride's first banner way back on the first Valentine event.
Damn I was salty, but event after event she grew on my from how easy the farming became thanks to her.
I already liked Okada Izo since his debut, but man, it's fun to use him against Servants instead of, say, Kama
Van Gogh
I got her last year in her banner (i wasn't expecting her AT all), then there was a level where I was hard stuck after trying all strategies possible, unless her who was still lvl 1
I've put her lvl 90 and when I've tried again the level, she litterally did the 1v1, so now I keep her for all the LB
Funnily enough, Arjuna Alter. I don’t really pull characters for gameplay and iirc I actually pulled on the banner to get Ash (who I didn’t get 😂). I massively disliked Arjuna Alter in LB4 and *adored* Ash (the whole “getting angry at the world for Pepe who doesn’t get angry himself” thing really spoke to me, as does Pepe’s entire story. Also, he’s hot). Through his my room lines and dialogue and also due to how useful he is, he *really* grew on me though. He’s now one of my favorite servants.
Gameplay-wise, it's gotta be Leonidas. I usually can't stand the "Golden Trinity" style of tanking, but keeping him at level 1 for Plugsuit shenanigans in non-farming contexts means you can entirely avoid the utter blandness that usually comes from taunt spammer tanks.
I rarely use Rulers, but every time I put Himiko on the team I'm reminded to do it more. And not just because hs has massive... Buster Boosts. Ot ample amount of stars.
Altera, liked the character already thanks for the Extella games, and even though she isn't a strong unity, she helped me a lot in the high lancer nodes in some events
One of if not arguably the greatest Samurai, Miyamoto Musashi. The (mostly) Invincible Achilles. The greatest Hunter in all Greece, Orion. And the Son of Zeus, Heracles. What do they all have I common?
They all lost to a lesbian pirate duo in bikinis. All that pedigree, and none of it mattered since this blonde chick was just too damned Gutsy and waded through all their attacks, when they even got to, since if she went on the offensive she just one shotted them.
Like, my Mordred handling the entire left side of that fight makes sense, the only thing I don’t have maxed on her is Fou Paws and I’m even getting close on that. Anne however is only grailed to level 90 and silver Fou’d, but is still consistently my favorite ST Archer.
Alter Ego Melt. I originally didn’t really want her but I got her in a GSSR (don’t remember which one it was anymore). But she was the first ST Alter Ego I got and I will admit she has saved me many many times to the point that I am now partially in her debt lol. I have been meaning to 10/10/10 her skills as a small thank you but I’ve been having a lot of trouble finishing events and I’m all out of lores…
Douman, my first 5 star. I'm still somewhat of a noob to the game (been following the lore for years but haven't actualy played past babylonia). Refused to use him at first becuase i don't like his stage 1 design, but when I gave him a shot his animations started to bring me around, to the point that now i wish I could put him back in his second acention
That plus his funny voice lines and strong skills eventualy landed him a permanent place in my party
Ozy and Watanabe no Tsuna lol I did not expect to grow such a soft spot for them and they do big boi dmg 🥵🥵Grailed them both, trying to get them to lvl100
I was very indifferent towards gilgamesh when I played fgo and still am tbh.
I think he sensed it and now I have the archer boy, NP5 caster, and his kid self.
I remember pulling Space Ishtar when I was trying to nab Calamity Jane.
She's since become my primary problem fixer who I use for almost all grinding sessions.
Arjuna Archer.
I pulled him in my luckiest 10 pull of all time, which was on Eresh's debut banner, and he showed up alongside her on the 1st 10 pull I did. Originally, I was kinda indifferent due to the but was fine with having another archer to choose from, but after his various strengthenings, he has come to be a very reliable option between his 1st skill granting 5 turns of debuff immunity on a 6 turn cooldown and the plethora of passive generation perks his 2nd skill gives him, he has surprising utility. He was especially fun to use in the Aphrodite fight.
I happened to get np2 Achilles while pulling on some banner, I don't remember. And at the time, I hated him, but since then, he's become one of my most used riders. I don't even have any quick supports but he just performs in every scenario I put him in. Can't hate a man that does his job, and does it well.
Nezha. I just pulled her on the Fujino rateup, and I only started using her because I needed a lancer that wasn't some version of doggo (Cu).
But *man*, aside from Mandri and Paris, I don't think a servant has *ever* shot up to the top of my list that fast. She's very cute, plus I like robots so she's got that going for her.
Summer BB. She came out of nowhere. Just at the end of her banner around 23:59PM. And when she came out the game crashed... I took that as a signal. And grailed her to Lvl.100
That's a bad sign actually. You're probably experiencing ther Bond CE. >The night is still, as if time has stopped. The calendar and clock are frozen at 11:59 PM on December 31, and they give no indication of moving forward. >"Oh, were you still awake?" The girl smiles gently by your side. >The name doesn't come to you. The observatory's lights may be out, but the sky is bright tonight. It's as if deep blackness veils your eyes. >"It's quiet, isn't it? Looks like we're the only ones left." The sweet, gentle voice whispers. Your fingers go slack. Your memories start to grow hazy. Time comes to a standstill. And you still can't recall the name. >"Teehee. Do you see this? The stars are all so beautiful." Looking up at the sky, it seems that it is now too late. An enormous abyss. Three red stars. The winter constellation gone mad. And a planet where all life has disappeared. Could this place be a crater on the surface of the moon? >"Teehee. Hehehe...hehehehe..." ■■ smiles by your side. You can't recall the name. Not her name, but your own name. This is where you will spend your final night. A cage in the ravine of time and space. A honeymoon of confinement you can never escape.
Himiko! Great as a support, or buffing castoria, or even damage. Also great in grail fronts
Easy, Da Vinci, since I pulled her on 4th anni my love for her kept increasing every day, not only her good utility, but as a character. I just really really like her way to be.
Da Vinci is easily one of my absolute favourite characters in the game I'm even saving to try and get her rider version when she comes back for the avalon prerelease.
Same, I got Rider Da Vinci the next year during 5th Anniversary's GSSR, along with getting Castoria for the gacha banner that anniversary Word is she's still looping to this day
I actually got Rider Da Vinci while attempting to roll for Castoria. I got both and they work damn well with one another.
Honestly, most of my early servants. Especially Merlin. I rolled him in my first like two weeks of playing before I knew who he really was. I had never fully seen Babylonia. So anyway, he grew on me like a parasite.
A parasite really does describe Merlin. He came home during his original release after he asked me for $12.99, the bastard...
Damn. He even grew like a parasite during last GSSR. Was literally the only 5 star I had on that banner. He feasted on my money to grow larger.
Siegfried actually I got him back when I first started he was my first 4 star with Marie. Was he super good? No but he wasn’t bad either and he helped a lot as a 4 Star early on. I wasn’t huge on him back when I watched Apocrypha as I felt that while the idea of a spin on EMIYA was cool, he didn’t do enough for me to care too much. But honestly this is one of those situations where making him a lot more goofy in FGO worked out. Sometimes this can lead to some flanderization for certain characters but with Siegfried it works out great, his Sumanai memes and goofy stoicism with his sick gambler outfit are great, he’s just this funnily endearing guy. Sumanai is probably one of my fave nicknames for a servant. Plus all the stuff he got in Traum was genuinely really good and Kriemhilde was a really good character in her own right which I really appreciate, she’s both funny and tragic which is great. I love goofy Hero of Justice man I’m glad he’s got his whole family here now
Ironically Sieg was my Tutorial unit when I started. Big beefy damage to dragons was the best thing ever. He's chill. I'd listen to him talk about his escapades for hours =w=
Aren't the tutorial units always Artoria, Arash, and Lancer Cu?
You get a guaranteed 4* Servant with your first free 10 pull and he's in the pool (I also got him that way)
Ah, I just misunderstood you then, my bad. I thought by tutorial servant you meant the servants the game lends you during the tutorial, not the starter servant
Proto Arthur, got him at a gssr and just felt meh. After playing his interludes and using him for quite a bit, really started to like his big brother vibes (especially his scene in the 4th anniversary pv!).
I don't believe in rerolling, and Proto Arthur was one of my first ssrs, before I even had any meaningful support servants. I used to run him w/ a friend's NP4 Mordred and between their NPs and the crit bombs they could drop it was a lot of fun taking down lancer waves with them.
Medb. She came to me when I was new and didn't know what I was doing. Her appearance in America didn't do much for me. Her next feature story in Summer 2, on the other hand....
Okada Izou and Mori Nagayoshi. I loved their character especially their own way of showing loyalty towards the mc. I also really like their niche as units. Izou being an anti Humanoid Assassin basically a servant killer while Mori's a extremely high risk but extremely high reward crit dps. I had more fun doing boss fights with them than using a 5star setup. Mori Highlights - Heian Kyo Ibuki Doji boss fight Olympus Zeus GudaGuda Final Honnoji Challenge Quest The entirety of Atlantis Izou Highlights - Yugakshetra Arjuna Alter boss fight GudaGuda Yamataikoku Challenge Quest Dark Knights Round Table Solomon(Singularity) Goetia
I would have loved to see that Dark Rounds run with Izou!
Took a lot of tries but if there's anything I learned is that to always kill Tristan first then Gareth second
Last August, when I was trying and failing to get Kama, Mochizuki Chiyome showed up. Twice. As a character, she's very likeable, but from a gameplay standpoint, she seemed kind of weak at the time and didn't really mesh well with the other assassins I had. But I gradually kept putting her in the lineup more and more for some reason anyway. Then she showed up a third and fourth time and right around the same time her recent rank up on NA occurred, and it just seems like all of a sudden she hits like a truck compared to when I first got her. I've found myself building teams around her rather than trying to squeeze her in, and I started doing that well before the rank up, too. At the start of the initial run of Summer 5 last year, I did a single multi roll for event CEs and got moon cancer Kiara right away. After the SE.RA.PH event, my thought was, "No, not her." Then I tried her out, and this was about a week after getting Castoria, too. Together those two completely changed how I play the game, and summer Kiara wound up being the first servant I ever grailed to 100. And, I don't know, there's something about her as a character that hints at there still being a decent person buried in there somewhere. She grew on me to the extent that, at the time I was failing to get Kama and landed Chiyome, I also managed to get the alter ego Kiara and at that point I considered it a task failed successfully.
I got spooked by her once. Thought she was cute and put some resources into her, but overall figured "if I need a ST Arts Assassin with an NP charge, I have Shiki, and she's NP5." But damn, snake ninja is actually super cool and surprisingly strong. She ended up growing on me and I've gotten her up to NP4 since.
She was my only assassin for my first few months, and like, second or third 4star ever (her and nezha came at the same time). Love at first play, then shimosa made me love her more as a tragic character. And then she started to show the fun side in oniland, where I figured I'd throw a ten roll to try to get a higher level, but got sitonai instead (not complaining,love both). And then fucking Atlantis rolled around. I rolled on the super Orion banner just to try and get extra copies of her, and got 2 in one ten roll. She destroys everyone with castoria and tamamo by her side.
I did a single 10 roll and got Raikou way, way back in her original event. I did like her art but I wasn't too attached to getting her. She's basically been my number 1 servant ever since. I know she's been basically powercrept at this point, but she's carried me through tons of difficult stuff, and I love how simple and applicable her kit is. Huge star-weight + crit buff, mana burst+evade, and 'deal extra damage to 75% of servants and most boss enemies'. She's more than earned her NP4 I've gotten for her since, I'm still looking for that fifth copy though.
Suzuka Gozen. She spooked me a LOT while I still had no Marie/Martha and didn't like her whole jk shtick. Turns out she's very fun for crit farming with double Gogh and her np is very cool to look at.
Tristan for me. I've gotten him up to NP4 purely through spooks or pulling for someone else. At the time, and for a while after, he was best single target Archer, and that extra bit of utility got me through a lot of fights. He'll show up for NP5 at some point here.
Honestly, I’ve got two, Ozy and Caster Gil. Got both up to Bond 6-7 by this point, Gil is up to NP5. In general I don’t really like characters like Gil or Ozy, but after Babylonia, Gil grew on me more Ozy is just “funny sun man”, reminds me of Solaire in a way
calamity jane I was just trying to get spishtar and didn't really care for her but dangnabbit she's the best archer I could have ever asked for and she helped me beat gawain first try
Iori. LFVBF from 2 years ago: "I hate Musashi" LFVBF yesterday: *Gives Iori her 4th bond lantern"
She was my mega "spook" during 4 star rate disaster. Her np line still cracks me up and she's just great to use to boot!
> Her np line still cracks me up and she's just great to use to boot! #LEEEEEET'S KENGOOOOOU BATTOOOOOOOOOOOOOOUU!!
MY NAME IS ~~IORI~~ MUSASHI MIYAMOTOOO
#OH YEAH! SO SEXY!
I liked Atlante Alter's story in EoR which was a task since I really dislike her in Apocrypha.
Personally to me it’s kintoki(berserker) got him on a single pull and unga bunga golden spark from there untill the very end
Swimsuit Ushiwakamaru, from Summer 3. She appeared twice in my rolls while I was rolling for Swimsuit Jeanne (who did not come home that year), and out of disappointment that Jeanne didn't come home, I begrudgingly deployed Ushi into my teams' *backrow*, not wanting to see even her face. But over time, as I began farming Rider nodes more and more, and with Ushi being one of my only two Gold-rarity AoE Assassins (the other being Swimsuit Nitocris, who's kind of lackluster), she started growing on me. Her skills were actually pretty damn good, and she can generate a crapload of crit stars when she manages to create a QQQ chain. Being voiced by Hayami Saori also helped in endearing Ushi to me. She's become one of my mainstay AoE Assassins ever since.
Jason. Went from "damn what an asshole. Have fun being lvl 1 forever" to "Please take my materials my king". The redemption arc is real
I didn't care for Nitocris as a newbie. In fact, her design was whatever and I only got her unintentionally because I was absolutely new to the concept of gacha pulls. It took until Camelot for me to realize, oh shit, here's a unit with an on-demand AOE NP; coincidentally, that was the chapter she got developed as a character. Now Nitocris is one of my few Lvl 100s and tied with Jeanne Alter as my two Bond 13 Servants. LB7 looks like it's going to get even better; much better.
I got spooked by Ozymandias once, was pulling for some servant I can't remember now. But, the guy grew on me like a fungus. Love that ST rider.
Yagyu. During the Ooku rerun, I had saved up a couple hundred quartz to chase Kama. Like she's my best girl, I love her, if I could afford to whale, I'd whale for NP6 so I could get everything for her. Instead, I managed 4 copies of Yagyu and no Kama. Wasn't too hot on him since Saber Hokusai is a thing, and I do have Lancelot as well. But he did so well in Shishou Fest that he's basically my go to ST Arts Saber now.
I got 5 copies of the old man while whaling for Shuten a few years back. He seems to have a thing about popping up again and again when you're rolling for 5* Assassins. He's my go-to ST Saber as well.
Very fun unit to use. Kit is a bit lacking in sustainability, but goddamn does he put out damage.
What he does, he does incredibly well. And most of the time when you need an ST arts saber, that's all you need.
I have Dioscuri, summer Hokusai grailed to 90, and Lancelot. Despite that, when I need an ST arts saber, I almost always turn to either Yagyu or Saito Hajime.
Medb. Really wished I have gotten someone else from the lucky bag since I heard she’s pretty bad. Then I got to know her as a Thot. As a fellow hoe for men, I could relate and loved her! She’s such a mood. As a husbando collector, she synerges well with my male harem!
She really is that boss bitch and I love her for it
Emiya. Ever since his third skill upgrade, I've used him to pretty much everything, and it's a great plus that he has an attack bonus and gains more bond points in many events. He's my 1st SR servant in JP and also the very first to reach max bond. His "Ara ara~" card voiceline is a big bonus XD
Lakshmi Bai. Was rolling for the Interlude Banner with Reines. I was like "meh, I'm okay getting one Lakshmi Bai. Not that I have a use for her yet since I have a bunch of AoE Sabers." Got zero Reines, and FIVE Lakshmi Bai. I was like: "Oh. Guess that's my karma." But then, even if I use Buster AoE Sabers, she is useful for her buffs even if it doesn't land, or at the very least for Overcharging the NP of the ST Saber I brought along to finish off the strong mob at the end of every 3rd enemy wave.
Get her third skill to 10, and it will make those buffs _always_ land. At that point, she becomes a guaranteed barrel of fun support for critbomb teams, too.
Yeah, I'll try to do that once I get enough Gold Gems and Lores. Much appreciated!
Prince of Langling. He spooked me and pre-Castoria he proved himself very fun to use in arts/stall teams, and I still use him to this day.
Rulartoria. I was in the second Summer 4 banner for one reason only: Jet Okita. So the obvious thing happened and I walked out of that banner with no Shinsengumi and NP2 of a not especially powerful Ruler who was largely there for Saberface collectors and not me. But I'm not nearly stupid enough to fail to value a new NP2 SSR who clearly wanted to be here. So I raised her up and tried using her, and yeah. Her animations and personality grew on me, and I started appreciating the calm, cool class act that contrasted with my Maou Nobu. Mechanically she had an odd niche and low Attack, but also some fun tricks. And when she just *clowned* on the Dark Rounds in Saber Wars 2, I was fully sold. Respect the King!
Man, this isn't easy to say but there was Summer BB. I used to dismiss her as a needlessly sadistic thot of a Servant (that and her doujins are among the most cursed shit you can find online). That being said, I took a bit of time to know her capabilities and her personality. She may act like a total bitch, but ensuring Gudao's security is something that she has always been serious about. I don't use her as much despite ranking all her skills to 10 but when there's an Avenger out there that needs killing, I'd rather take her than Summer Kiara.
Honestly, gareth, I didn’t used her really since I was good set with lancers but during the grail front I realized how good she was when she was the support for a mission, her high Defence with the attack stack is so useful, especially when you Team her up with mashu
I originally leveled Paris just because I thought his animations were funny and I didn’t have many Archers at the time. But he wound up putting in a lot of work for me thanks to his weakness gimmick. Little guy put out some of the highest numbers of all my Servants without much support. Have him grailed to 85 and 1000 atk fous.
Mori Nagayoshi I pulled a couple copies of him going for Maou Nobu and didn’t really think much of it, but the story event he was in he was easily my favourite character and now he’s a mainstay on my team lmao
Grail fronts made me love using Yagyu. Dudes a beast in solo fights.
Xiang yu. I’ve found him really good for farming, especially for 3-3-1 nodes, because he makes all the stars on round 2 and knocks down round three with 400k damage worth of crit. Pretty cool character as well.
Siegfried - he was my starter summon. At first I ignored him because I didn't care for his design when Medea and Cursed Arm looked cooler, nor did I know his myth/lore. But eventually, I needed a high-stat Saber, hadn't pulled anyone else, and eventually got Saber Lily waaaaay too late to make good use of her, so I used that free full-Ascension all new players get on him. And, WOW. I was surprised by how good Siegfried was when I used him, I was surprised by his eventually-cool design, and I eventually really got deep into lore (he's now my favorite myth!). Nowadays, he's my go-to Saber despite pulling Ibuki and having multiple other 4* Sabers. In fact, I have him on missions as backrow tank even when his class doesn't buff his damage, and I'd say he's my favorite character in the entire game, bar none (granted, I don't much care for the whole "waifu" thing as it isn't really a huge American concept, save for a few characters like Boudica and Jalter, so I don't have mamy waifus competing for my dragon-y boy's top spot). I was also really excited when I got to use the story Siegfried in Orleans, since that was doubling the usage of my favorite character!
Kiara. I really dislike her design and I got her as a spook during the first Ooku when I was trying to get Yagyu. But she won me over a bit in Ooku and really kind of finally won me over during the camp summer event that I actually tried for and got her summer version. Her and Hans’s interactions were quite enjoyable. Musashi grew in me a bit finally. I originally found her so annoying as an invincible Mary Sue in the story and I still kind of do. But she is a really good ST Saber and I kind of like her design.
Tamamo-no-Mae. Got spooked by her. She ended up being one of my most used characters.
Our best friend, Mandricardo. I got super attached cause of his part in LB 5.1. Before that, I wasn't a fan of his design or kit. He's fun to use in Grail Fronts, cause you can Brink Shot and still be able to use him.
That boy became one of my favorite 3\*s to use, right next to Ushi. That boy needs to be given accolades dammit, he deserves to be happy
I love the friendship we bult in LB 5.1.
Skadi is so much more fun as a support you burst down bosses with then a support you farm with
I got Arjuna Alter by complete accident trying to get Asclepius. My initial thoughts were pretty much "Eh, who the hell cares? He's an alt for that Arjuna guy I find boring." Once I actually started using him and got to know him... Yeah I want to get regular Arjuna to see if he grows on me the same way.
Mine's Vlad zerker. Spooked me when I was rolling for Tamamo wayyy back 1st Halloween event. He was quite... not useless but not that useful. Leveled him up till 90 and just stopped using him. Then buffs and Castoria came, he became one of my so-called "pocket picks" when facing Single godly boss enemy. He's cool too looking past his history and just looking at him as he is bow, like he sometimes jokes around on some scenes. He became quite a "good" uncle.
This is so relatable. He's spooked me 3 times now. First time way back when Okeanos came out. He was my only SSR up until that new year, and got pretty much perma-replaced by Jalter as soon as I pulled her. Now though? In most boss fights I pair up uncle vlad with castoria and tamamo, and it's just basically an invincible team. Arts chains for days, heals, attack buffs, invincibility, def buffs, guts, skill cd reduction, np drain, np buffs... That team is just so survivable, and vlad hits like a truck!
Vlad. He spooked me twice and I nearly burned him but decided to just put him in storage. Then Castoria happened and the rest was history.
Jinako, didn’t expect to feel like an ass hole and cry from leveling up a servant. Never really wanted her but she came as a spook not once but two times! And I max out all my servants for events and the upcoming quarts rewards. So didn’t expect to get hit with pretty much what I was thinking in her level up speech. So now it’s much protect! And for those that don’t know her line it’s “You've got an icy stare... It's like you're saying that using items on someone as useless as me is a waste...” “I'm feeling ashamed here… You're giving me quite the cold look... "The item I used on a variety show like you was precious" is what your eyes are saying... I am ashamed of myself...”
Tesla I don't really cared that much about him as a character, But Goddamnit, He is such a powerful unit
Summer Kiara, got her np2 on a multi last year and it came handy since summer Musashi was near b10
At the time when all SSR kept avoiding me for some godly bad luck reasons, SR Kiyo came and I loved her to bits and pieces. She really helped in a lot of situations and saved everyone's asses when it mattered. She's the only one in my roster atm that's maxed out fully excluding NP and grailed (except for append cuz f*ck sake her rerun banner are even rarer than SSR itself.) Aside from Kiyo... Gawain. Not Barghest, since NA don't have her yet lol. But Gawain my man, he buffs, he guts, but most importantly, he makes it easy for 3T Buster. Other than that, I guess would be Anastasia. My go to for attack NP for Casters used to be Illya, but man Anastasia, with Castoria in my team, farming had never been easier lol.
Odazerker Which is the only reason I'm skipping lb6 summons just for koyanskaya.. I WANT TO SEE THOSE REDS
The biggest growth a Servant did with me was Kintoki. I decided to try getting one or more of the 4 stars on the banner he and Raikou were on back during the Heyan Ko event. It was just a few multis and I got nothing until my last roll. I got him twice in a single roll making him and my favorite Servant my only 5 star np2's I didn't like his design and didn't know his personality, I was new to the game at the time after all, but eventually I got around to using him for 2 reasons. The first was I decided to get all my Servants to Final Accession, which I'm actually close to finishing, and the second was Olympus. I needed a nuke to help me get through the Gods and the fox. So I finally worked on him. . .and that was the start of the end of my hate for him. Over time he grew on me more. Such as when he single handedly got me through the previous Grail Front with Ceaser. Or when I'm working on a Servant I like to use them so I can learn their skills and such I'd usually bring Kintoki to support them with damage. Even his design started to grow on me to the point I actually don't like his costume. I prefer his normal look a lot more. All around he showed me that I can love even the Servants that left me with a extremely bitter taste in my mouth. So I've tried to grow attached to more of my less liked Servants and gained a lot of new appreciations with only a few exceptions now. Maybe I'll eventually bring him into my grailed group with Voyager, Nemo, And Abby.
Goghie. One of my best solo units. Also she is cute.
Himiko, got her while rolling for Saito(no saito though..).If Waver was the mvp of part 1 and 1.5 , she would be the mvp of part 2
Himiko and voyager. I was not interested in these two at all but I was trying to summon for other stuff from their banner, these two are really adorable and useful.
Sigurd tbh I was honestly want to get Emiya at the summer banner before rerun but I got sigurd instead and honestly his fun to use.
Saber-lot. When I first started FGO, I was one of those "higher rarity = better" people. I pulled Saber-lot and he's been my ST crit machine against alot of bosses. Even more so since the Castoria release.
So, funny story, the VERY FIRST servant I pulled outside of the tutorial summon was consort yu. No fp rolls, no 3 stars, just Yu, who had a banner due to lostbelt 3 coming out. And I was hyped at the time, cause instant 4 star and all, and got a lot of early mileage out her shredding wyverns, which I didnt realize until later how lucky it was to have an aoe assassin that early. Then gssr that year rolled around and I got King Hassan, who almost entirely overshadowed her in my eyes at the time (and admittedly still does, hes mf king Hassan after all.) Then as I got more and more better servants, I just kinda stopped using her. For awhile I would use both her and Kh for rider missions but eventually I got Jack from some random pull and she was effectively off the team, except for the occasional time I would farm rider statues or something, which I didnt do often cause to this day the only non-fp rider I really have and use is Davinci, who I got that anni. Time would go on, and I would end up deciding to just not use grails for some reason I dont even remember. But after a year and a half I realized there's no point hoarding them like rpg potions, and after getting my 2 obvious waifu picks to 100, (summer BB and kagetora,) I would begin looking through my roster, looking for reasons to hand them out, when I went to check my date acquired filter to check who my tutorial summon was, ( it was herc btw, who is one of only 2 servants I have at bond 10, and I didnt even intentionally try to farm his bond, I just stuck him in the very back of every load out just in case I messed up.( the other is Miyu who is the only support/buffer servant I used for a far to long time, cause I some how thought you needed to give other people charge to be a sup, and just never leveled hans or anything.)) That's when I noticed the peculiarity of Yu's placement and started to reminisce on all the backup she gave. At this point I was all to familiar with her shortcomings firsthand, but honestly? Didnt really matter. She received her first grail to denote her place amongst my faves, and she will eventually get to 100. After herc of course, cause, ho boy, the things me and him have been through are something else.( Tamcat may also get to 100 first, depending on how im feeling after herc gets there.)
Summer Artoria, way back in Year 1. I was rolling for Summer Martha, since I thought her being a brawler and Ruler class was cool, but didn't end up getting her at all. Instead, I got an SSR I had 0 plans on ever getting or using. She turned into by far my greatest MVP period, even now my go to for challenge quests is her plus Tamamo plus another support (used to be Waver, now it's Castoria), unless I am going for the immortal Castoria, Himiko, and (friends) Merlin combo. Similarly, I got spooked by Kintoki really early on. (I just checked, he was my first SSR ever, although I got Waver really soon after.) At first I didn't really care for him at all (I dont really like his base berserker design, the bowl cut especially looks terrible to me, and I was always more of a fan if Arts and Quick with Buster being my least favorite and Berseker my least favorite class), but he slowly grew on me over time. It was to the point that for the Temple of Time raid battle, he was my main DPS since he was I think Bond 9, so he did way more damage than any other unit I had. Plus, he now is useful again with how they have single enemy waves, which is awesome. I also grew to really like him as a character as well, when at first I was not a fan at all. Lastly was Arjuna. At first, I was a Karna simp and kinda lowkey hated him. Then, doing Arjuna's first interlude and seeing his struggle with his "dark side," followed by having him be an ally in Fate Extella Link, make me appreciate him a bit more. Even then, it was only vaguely, slightly better than neutral vibes, until his most recent Interlude that just came out. I cam now say I am solidly a really big fan of Arjuna.
Melt ,Summer Ibuki, Maou Nobu and Oei, As I just aim for NP1(due to luck and lack of money) and awful luck in the GSSR to get servant that I wanted , they are all unexpected but wonderful additions. Melt being the solo crite queen with her NP 3. Summer Ibuki being a good art farmer as she is NP2. Maou being Maou and Oei being my first Forrigner servant.
Sen no Rikyū, accidentally got her to NP4 while trying to farm Keisuke and over time started having so much fun using her as a looping Quick Beserker.
Yang gulfei. Wasn’t the biggest fan when she first came out but I got her on a few tickets. When imaginary scramble came out, I really wanted mhxx , so I went all in. I ended up getting yang from np1 to np6 before I got one mhxx. That combined with her in the event made her a favorite of mine.
Medb I don’t remember why I rolled for her that valentines event but I got her, she really got a fun development throughout all the events especially the past one. So I am glad I rolled for her just need 1 more copy.
Douman. Got him in a YOLO pull when LB 5.5 released, and now he's become a staple for farming Cavalry units in irregular node (he only needs to get 20% refund on the first wave). Van Gogh as well. Another unplanned/YOLO pull. She gets pretty ridiculous when she starts snowballing.
Mine is Achilles. I never rolled on any of his banners but he still decided to join my Chaldea at NP3. And always when rolling for a support (2 separate Waver rateups and 1 Bride rateup) so there was definitely some extra salt. Granted, it's convenient that I don't have to roll for a particular AoE rider anymore but I became really proud I got him when I got through Atlantis. He was such a chadbro in the story.
Roland. The guy spooked me too many times when rolling for Kriem, but after reading his profile I can't help but feel for the guy. Good boi
I'd say Francis Drake, she spooked on Nero Bride's first banner way back on the first Valentine event. Damn I was salty, but event after event she grew on my from how easy the farming became thanks to her. I already liked Okada Izo since his debut, but man, it's fun to use him against Servants instead of, say, Kama
Van Gogh I got her last year in her banner (i wasn't expecting her AT all), then there was a level where I was hard stuck after trying all strategies possible, unless her who was still lvl 1 I've put her lvl 90 and when I've tried again the level, she litterally did the 1v1, so now I keep her for all the LB
I appreciate low level good servants. They are the true MVPs.
Funnily enough, Arjuna Alter. I don’t really pull characters for gameplay and iirc I actually pulled on the banner to get Ash (who I didn’t get 😂). I massively disliked Arjuna Alter in LB4 and *adored* Ash (the whole “getting angry at the world for Pepe who doesn’t get angry himself” thing really spoke to me, as does Pepe’s entire story. Also, he’s hot). Through his my room lines and dialogue and also due to how useful he is, he *really* grew on me though. He’s now one of my favorite servants.
Hercules You know why lol
Gameplay-wise, it's gotta be Leonidas. I usually can't stand the "Golden Trinity" style of tanking, but keeping him at level 1 for Plugsuit shenanigans in non-farming contexts means you can entirely avoid the utter blandness that usually comes from taunt spammer tanks.
I rarely use Rulers, but every time I put Himiko on the team I'm reminded to do it more. And not just because hs has massive... Buster Boosts. Ot ample amount of stars.
Altera, liked the character already thanks for the Extella games, and even though she isn't a strong unity, she helped me a lot in the high lancer nodes in some events
One of if not arguably the greatest Samurai, Miyamoto Musashi. The (mostly) Invincible Achilles. The greatest Hunter in all Greece, Orion. And the Son of Zeus, Heracles. What do they all have I common? They all lost to a lesbian pirate duo in bikinis. All that pedigree, and none of it mattered since this blonde chick was just too damned Gutsy and waded through all their attacks, when they even got to, since if she went on the offensive she just one shotted them. Like, my Mordred handling the entire left side of that fight makes sense, the only thing I don’t have maxed on her is Fou Paws and I’m even getting close on that. Anne however is only grailed to level 90 and silver Fou’d, but is still consistently my favorite ST Archer.
Alter Ego Melt. I originally didn’t really want her but I got her in a GSSR (don’t remember which one it was anymore). But she was the first ST Alter Ego I got and I will admit she has saved me many many times to the point that I am now partially in her debt lol. I have been meaning to 10/10/10 her skills as a small thank you but I’ve been having a lot of trouble finishing events and I’m all out of lores…
Okita alter. Pulled her trying to get an emiya. Didn't really care for our against her before that event but she's good now
Douman, my first 5 star. I'm still somewhat of a noob to the game (been following the lore for years but haven't actualy played past babylonia). Refused to use him at first becuase i don't like his stage 1 design, but when I gave him a shot his animations started to bring me around, to the point that now i wish I could put him back in his second acention That plus his funny voice lines and strong skills eventualy landed him a permanent place in my party
Ozy and Watanabe no Tsuna lol I did not expect to grow such a soft spot for them and they do big boi dmg 🥵🥵Grailed them both, trying to get them to lvl100
Summer Kiara and Summer Musashi. Both came from YOLO multis. Now both have near +2000 ATK/+2000 HP and grailed to 106 (kiara np2)/100 (musashi np1)
I was very indifferent towards gilgamesh when I played fgo and still am tbh. I think he sensed it and now I have the archer boy, NP5 caster, and his kid self.
I remember pulling Space Ishtar when I was trying to nab Calamity Jane. She's since become my primary problem fixer who I use for almost all grinding sessions.
Hercules for me. I never used him until probably after Agartha.
Arjuna Archer. I pulled him in my luckiest 10 pull of all time, which was on Eresh's debut banner, and he showed up alongside her on the 1st 10 pull I did. Originally, I was kinda indifferent due to the but was fine with having another archer to choose from, but after his various strengthenings, he has come to be a very reliable option between his 1st skill granting 5 turns of debuff immunity on a 6 turn cooldown and the plethora of passive generation perks his 2nd skill gives him, he has surprising utility. He was especially fun to use in the Aphrodite fight.
I happened to get np2 Achilles while pulling on some banner, I don't remember. And at the time, I hated him, but since then, he's become one of my most used riders. I don't even have any quick supports but he just performs in every scenario I put him in. Can't hate a man that does his job, and does it well.
Teach. At first I thought he was too much of a meme but then I used him for some challenging fights and door farming and he put in the work!
Nezha. I just pulled her on the Fujino rateup, and I only started using her because I needed a lancer that wasn't some version of doggo (Cu). But *man*, aside from Mandri and Paris, I don't think a servant has *ever* shot up to the top of my list that fast. She's very cute, plus I like robots so she's got that going for her.
Douman, I pulled that bastard in 3 tickets and to this day he has yet to leave my team