Galatea: Betrayed by the Devs - FGO Servant Guide

Is Vlad about to get powercrept? Well . . .
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[@Finotaisen]

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[@ThatFateGuy69]

Also, Galatea card deck is a mismatch

[@JavierBFV]

Finotaisen, can I ask you a question? The first thing that I want to say is that English it's not my first language, so I apologize for that. My question. Context, I'm more focus on a buster teams because I'm preparing for Arcueid (yes, I'm playing the really long game). Thanks that Koyanskaya of Light is coming "soon" I have not been pulling that much, just when I'm stuck and, even then, I usually use 3 star servants. Right now, when it comes to supports and NP charge, I just have Hans, William, Cheng Gong, Mash, Jason, and a little more. So I was planning to pull for this class banner in the "Extra class" section, but a friend told me that it's better that I pull for Nero Bride. The thing is: - I'm a fan of stall teams, and Jeanne can be a really good acquisition for that purpose. - The Extra class banner has a small pool, and everything works for me (my only extra is Mash and Angra Mainyu). - I'm still low in good CE. Knowing that, it's worth pulling for Nero Bride? I don't have any other good support and, in the future, FGO it's gonna gift a 5 star servant (that I want to use to get Waver), so I don't know if it's worth it or I better wait. What do you think?

[@user-hh9eo5cr1x]

My pro gamer move, roll a 10 roll on Galatea's banner, got Vlad instead

[@characterthing9432]

gaming

[@JohnWick-rh1zz]

That's basically the better galatea

[@DrHughMonguscoque]

Oooof

[@crescent3273]

Lasengle Employee helped you out

[@Totemmu]

My even more pro gamer move: did a 10 roll in Vlad's banner, got Galatea instead

[@ShiraFuyu2022]

Galatea. A Servant that's for a time completely rollled over Vlad's existence in her debut event, only to get sided when the Devs finally gave him a proper NP Scaling

[@blurb9319]

Tbf, she has some niche utility Vlad lacks, but yeah, she’s usually slightly worse than him

[@changsiah2]

She still good though but yeah

[@yesugeikhan6784]

Don't have Vlad and got her in a Single Multi. TOday is good.

[@Bishop-bn9yf]

​@@yesugeikhan6784 don't worry you will get him if you like or not

[@ryanwest6035]

She's still stronger than Vlad in a MLB Black Grail Double Castoria Oberon comp lol. If she gets an np upgrade with zero extra damage her np2 shits over vlad np5 lol.

[@beamknight87]

Skip funny pants and wait for Kriem. On the other hand I like how Vlad went from zero to hero overnight when Castoria was released and his next buff makes him even better.

[@aredjayc2858]

Especially if you have Sumanai give him his wife

[@Finotaisen]

Special thanks to Kamfrye and Ryou Emerald for lending me their Galateas.

[@JaimeNyx15]

Welp. This video was a catalyst. I rolled for Galatea since I don't have an ST Arts Zerk and got Vlad and then Galatea in the same multi.

[@DoTheAstralPlane]

I'll be honest, I've always thought the debates between Galatea vs Vlad vs Kriem and Summer Musashi vs Spishtar vs Summer Kama are fun little distractions, but ultimately pointless. At the end of the day, they all do a job and they all do it well enough that they will fill that niche in your account just fine, no matter who you want to roll for. Just pick the ones you enjoy using. Personally I enjoy the spiffy pants.

[@ShadowAraun]

summer musashi v/s spishtar/kama is stupid for another reason: Summer Musashi is actually CQ viable with her face cards hitting hella hard under her s2, her ability to gain something like 300% charge in 1 arts card crit with her s2, her 1 hit 4 turn cd evade that synergizes disgustingly well with Castoria, her guts for when it hits the fan, and her disgusting s3 otherwise. she is a looper who can loop if needed, and perfectly viable cq unit if needed making her versatility a fair bit higher. I would never touch most CQ's with spishtar, so in this case I would only be comparing her to Kama who has some CC, a better evade with a worse cooldown that still synergizes well with castoria, no guts, and better np damage with worse face card damage in most cases. Spishtars main gimmick is options, you can loop her in 3 different parties so if you only got the quicks, no problem if you love buster, you good. they really each have their own merits and demerits that set them apart from each other outside of the narrow scope of just arts looping.

[@pUREsTORM9267]

You know you have a forgettable servant, when she has less than 100 art pieces on Danbooru and is only memorable because of the stupid 'pants'.

[@tsurugi5]

what a shame, really liked her as a concept and character too

[@seir5772]

Grailed her to 100 and I hate the pants jokes

[@trulymrword]

That's a shame...*opens Paint* can't expect God to do all the work.

[@blacklusternolegs]

One more issue thats not more "immediately" noticeable but DOES come up, is the fact that Galatea's deck has only a single arts card. This may not sound like much on the surface, but this does mean that for challenging content where you are not just killing the enemy in few turns, you run the slowly increasing risk of opening a hand that cannot arts chain, which depending on the current state, can leave you vulnerable, whether it be you left with not enough meter to utilize say... Castoria's NP to protect yourself against an incoming AOE NP, or giving your enemy more turns of the fight where they could just kill your servant. They really just set up this servant to fail didn't they...

[@HellecticMojo]

eh. I think most people just take that as a given when Berserkers are involved and need a non-buster card.

[@blacklusternolegs]

@@HellecticMojo That would be valid if her competition, aka Vlad and Kriemhild, did NOT come with 2 Arts cards, but they do. Like they had a template with Vlad, and hell even Nightingale. But they suddenly decided Galatea is where they hard focus a buster deck. the deck mismatch is why I think her buff specifically aimed to correct it, because atleast now even in arts comps if you have no choice but to press her buster card, you MIGHT get a return. (Doesn't change the loss of 20% Arts to everyone in the chain, but its something. Unless you have this issue when skills are on CD)

[@sonokawaray]

One idea I saw brought up elsewhere is running her with double KoyanLight to really amp up the NP gain on her triple buster cards. Still a trade-off of weaker NP's, but might be a more reliable way to loop than relying on that single arts card.

[@ThatFateGuy69]

Update Castoria Berserk is also a good option now that power creeps her

[@lovingfool2060]

I already have a np2 Vlad, so uh. Yeah, no fancy pants 4 me

[@TheTruestZero]

Galatea is split between two worlds: She is a triple buster berserker with an Arts NP, which means if you go Castoria, her NP will hit hard but she will still have vanilla berserker face card damage. If you go Koyanskaya route, she will murder the opposition with triple buster sweetness, but her NP will still be the usual scaling. While freedom of choice is good, you just come short at both because if you go Arts NP damage, you just forego her triple buster, and vice versa.

[@PlatinumKrown]

Unfortunate because Summer Skadi is the Quick-Buster combo support, but there isn't a arts-buster combo supporter other than I guess Chiron (rainbow buff and crit). You really do decide NP or facecards, not both.

[@Ashgrey0]

​@@PlatinumKrown a arts-buster crit support who can supply stars would be the lowest blow to quick lol

[@KiraAotsuki]

The solution is clearly give us Pygmalion as a arts buster supporter xD

[@Rye-Uh]

It took me this long to understand "wait for the cream" meant Kreimheild.

[@antomarty4099]

Would be nice if she's given an actual role in story before a rankup

[@drakelangham4412]

Thanks, Fino. I was sorely tempted. But I'm saving obsessively for Oberon and Vitch. So good to know Vlad basically already fills her role.

[@chewyhazerd3587]

This video is much clearer than other videos on the pros of Galatea and she is very appealing to me since I’m a new player, so I don’t have vlad, she’s a waifu, I really need a berserker so I can get Mebd on ticket cause I also need a good rider, looping is kinda fun, uh pretty defensive something didn’t listen, and I’ve never lost a 50/50 so not getting Vlad lol, swear down actually not lying, and my account is only waifu and sabers kinda not by choice

[@DoTheAstralPlane]

Fino is definitely a bit harsh here. When you put it in perspective, the mere fact that you could even compare Galatea to post-buff Vlad and Kriem means she's one of the best ST DPS servants in the game, and you will get a ton of use out of her if you don't have Vlad or Kriem. She's a great roll if you like her and you need the niche covered.

[@NeptuniaMorgan]

Did some Birthday rolls…got a Galatea, Europa and Stheno in 1 10roll. I’ll….take that.

[@theexecutioner5244]

Happy Birfmas

[@gonnacry3278]

I have her at lvl 100 in my NA account. She had helped me so much i kinda wish they would introduce a pygmalion servant so she can have her happy ending cause man the events ending was so unsatisfying.

[@WeedDigimon]

The problem with Galatea is that I can just buy a mecha musume kit and make my own.

[@mayonotes9849]

Kriemhild has been the Arts ST Berserker I've been waiting to get for a while. She's just that good, especially with the fact that she removes all defensive skills before attacking with her NP paired with very solid skill set just makes her ridiculously good for a 4 star Berserker.

[@Egavans]

Idk man, seems like all that defensive utility gives her some niches other than "Vlad but worse." That buff removal resist alone counters my number one least favorite enemy mechanic in challenge content. The thing preventing ME from rolling on her is that she shares a banner with Nero Bride, who I want even more.

[@GothJedi]

He’s just saying that there are more sensible reasons to invest in Vlad in the bigger scheme of things. Defensive utility? Don’t we have supports for that? As much as I didn’t want to like Vlad they gave him 4 buffs. The only other servant with that kind of come up is Tesla

[@Shinekage]

She was cute so I gave her the 10 tickets. she came on the free roll. The desire sensor is real.

[@Dumpster_diving_Raccoon]

Galatea and Vlad are temporary…. Morgan is Forever…

[@Saplingbat]

FINO THAT DRYCLEANING JOKE I'M IN PAIN

[@hotstuffdesu]

She's just need an NP upgrade, her defensive utility is way too good and save me from some annoying figths in LB 6-7.

[@Emiya491]

I'm so tempted to get her

[@juliansoria7733]

I actually tried to summon her because I really adored how adorable and cute she was even when she dress sexy, just used 30 tickets and 60 SQ before leaving and well expecting her to return... only to find out that she was, indeed, not a limited servant :D Well Lobo is home at least

[@12IrateGamerFan21]

Galatea spooked me during the morgan banner

[@KiraAotsuki]

Yknow I hear what you are saying but Greek Gundam noises go BRRRRRRR

[@Slayerofall21]

6:03 That's me. My only 5 stars Zerker was friggin' Nightingale, so she definetly fills an empty role in my team (especially since I've Tammy and Castertoria)

[@StargazingCeres]

In practice on my JP account, I still used her as my primary ST damage dealer long after I got Koyan (basically until Kriemhild), so she was worth a couple multis in NA. I don't have or like Vlad though, and Kriemhild is *over a year away*.

[@stevegroff6829]

I've been waiting to roll for Galatea for a while, saving massively after getting NP2 Muramasa with only 80SQ. I think everyone is way too focused on the meta, getting the absolute optimal servants in arts, buster or crit. But she breaks the meta, excelling as both a buster and arts dps, and even brings incredible utility to the table. There are so many interesting team comps you can fit her into ranging from double Castoria to Reines to Himiko, etc. For me, she seems way more interesting and fun to use than either Vlad or Kriemhild, and also more potential going into the future with buffs.

[@joshuakim5240]

Personally i like Galatea for being one of the extremely few zerkers who doesn't have to be babysat with tons of Taunt fodder and/or nonstop team invul spam to survive.

[@redkenpachi4748]

She carried me through most of the story fights in jp

[@ryojimata3708]

I dont regret getting her

[@shotasatellite796]

That moment when a Berserker has Mad Enhancement EX but a non-Buster NP

[@drunkfarmer5106]

Already working on 120 Super Vlad, so no Greek Statue for me.

[@SonicMegamanFan]

Meh, guess I'll keep saving for Morgan, best Zerker queen of Camelot and the Lostbelts.

[@theweirdo9838]

It sucks because I did five tickets to get CEs because I got vlad when the game first came up but I got her somehow and only one 4 star CE! Well I guess I can use her for a bit of making the tower a bit streamlined

[@AmelliaKyusei]

also, also~ Morgan is kinda around the corner keeping an eye on everyone~ untill her grand release~

[@Rogue-Mike]

Good thing I already have old man Berserker Vlad so I can take it easy and just go for mats. GL for the pullers though.

[@PlatinumKrown]

Got her in 30 rolls, barely any CE's for the event. Now I have both Vlad and her at NP1, meaning neither really has a nuke advantage, but now I can save the rest of my rolls for LB6 because I have every mat to max out both Morgan and Koyan of Light. Part of me wants to NP2 Galatea, but it's a trap, I can feel it in my wallet.

[@gonnacry3278]

Both zerk can spook if your get extremely lucky you can get a copy on youre future rolls. Might as well save up for the good supports coming soon for na instead of wasting SQ on non-limited servants that you might not even need.

[@PlatinumKrown]

@@gonnacry3278 I forgot they were both permanent, but now the banner is over so I can't roll anyway. I guess it's a good thing I saved the rest. I want Ms. Crane and then nothing else until LB6.

[@l.s.herrera1411]

She spooked me today and I came here to find out what to do with her

[@Sprite-Cranberry]

did a 10 pull for fun and got her lol i’m just focused on barghest rn

[@webster9359]

I made a few rolls just wanting event CE's. Wind up with NP4 Galatea somehow. I don't have Vlad, so I guess that works out for me?

[@zapan9643]

I knew it was a bait banner. Must.. not.. roll.. until.. Mothman

[@solitare4602]

My favorite Galatea is the DCAU Power Girl.

[@skilledwarman]

Rolled 30 SQ for the hell of it Np2

[@kienphucnguyen2001]

at least i got her with 5 tickets and 10 rolls

[@durandus676]

And then Lancelot came out whose better against everything except sabers.

[@JaimeNyx15]

I will say, she's only a buff or two away from being right up there with Vlad and Kriem. But yeah, for the next couple of years at least she isn't a necessary pull unless you're trying to complete the Greek Mythology set.

[@ShiraFuyu2022]

an NP Upgrade with NP Gain Buff would do

[@aredjayc2858]

If you have Sumanai you need to throw at least a ticket at Kriemhild... Thems the rules

[@SenjouAkashi]

I don't have Vlad sooooooooooo, Welcome to my Chaldea Galacoffee :D

[@TheXBladeist]

Rip marble lass, got broken like glass not once but twice, Lasengle truly knows how to grip like a vice.

[@karnaarjunarama8308]

Just wait for Kriemhild

[@Res_me_plz]

I rolled for her and didn't get her. I got Liz, which is something, but I am hoping to get all my bad luck out of the way before the Summer banners come along.

[@AtelierGod]

More than likely the teams making Galatea and Vlad’s upgrade were 2 separate teams that didn’t talk much.

[@daddyblickmans7441]

I've decided to go all in for osakabehime and wont regret it(hopefully)

[@Wendygiraffe]

How’d it go?

[@daddyblickmans7441]

@@Wendygiraffe after 30 multis I finally got her I almost flipped my computer!

[@gonnacry3278]

@@daddyblickmans7441 i wasted my 90 SQ with no batty to show for it. On the otherhand i got NP2 hokusai wirh just 30 SQ.

[@daddyblickmans7441]

@@gonnacry3278 RIP but atleast you got hokusai

[@gonnacry3278]

@@daddyblickmans7441 got both TAMAMO and HELENA in the spring break banner 💀 (also chiyome i guess) in the 30 SQ multi-roll. Its like the game is apologizing to me. I just used all the luck i have for this month on that one roll pray for me 😭

[@Eyeshield11721]

Then Castoria Zerk’s debut just screwed over Galatea even more. She truly cannot win.

[@Peperulix-wp2vm]

I just got galatea and I'm thinking about whether to sell her to buy the 2004 mystic code, should I do it?

[@tratamarack441]

fgo's themis trap...

[@rikkucrowe]

Well I got gala In a multi qnd and before her my berserker were tamo cat and fran so it's a win

[@gasaiyuno6021]

I got Gala with one ticket and my Vlad is at NP1. You're damn right I'm gonna keep using her over Vlad.

[@yopoxikeweapescai9066]

Am not rolling shit, cause percival is almost here

[@nurventilatoren]

I actually love her Design (not the Base Design tho). But do I need her? I mean, I already have many ST Berserkers... like Ecchan, Nyalter, Ibaraki, Beowulf, Achilleshater and even Nightingale... I swear I am oversaturated with Serks.

[@jamesblack893]

When I first saw her I was like "wow she looks like a low effort Humida girl" when I look up her artist my sides went nuclear. Still kinda want her though.

[@Haiphong778]

I horny rolled for the cute girl serbant with jets ._. Already have an NP2 Vlad. I wish my brain wasn't smooth =w=

[@GothJedi]

I couldn’t in good conscience recommend Kriemhild because of her skill mats. I wouldn’t grind that much just to fill a couple of niches. She’s one of those servants that, unless you’re like Touhou Sniper and you have nothing else to do then go for it. If not, you got bigger fish to fry

[@gonnacry3278]

This is one of the things i don't see much on fgo servant reviews. Mats farming is so important like i get if you put enough effort you might get to max their skills months after you got the servant unless you already have the mats for them. but not everyone is drowning in mats and we all know farming outside of events is not really worth the time and AP wasted. Of the three Kriem the fourstar is somehow the hardest to max out if you don't already have the mats for her and shes not even that useful outside her niche. This video is kind of a miss for me.

[@imtoolazyforaprofilepic4961]

Pulled a single multi. This banner is only worth that. Not even a 3* event ce

[@kawaiipotato8131]

Kriemhild is the primary reason I was gonna pass on Galatea. Seemed more reasonable to get NP levels on so long as you save for the banners, and to reunite Sumanai with his screamy gothic wife. Little more appealing than miss Big Pant.

[@copenhagen430]

I just decided to roll for my 2nd vlad on the cb banner last week I got him quick so I guess I’ll have to wait til she spooks me one day

[@Hakelous]

i got her on my first ticket

[@changsiah2]

Well she's doing fine nowadays but yeah I do hope she get some decent before they sell reworking her

[@justamanofculture7]

She got released on the worst Year and Months lol What's coming up next is a bunch of Monster again and again. Next is Merlin (for those who still doesn't have him), Morgan, Melusine, Koyanskaya, Oberon, Summer Events 😂 And before her is also a bunch of Broken Servants like Spishtar, Taira, Muramasa. People doesn't have a Quarts left or doesn't want to waste it on her Banner.

[@supayambaek]

Lmao, I still don't understand why chose to buff Vlad just a week after her event ends.

[@SquareoftheLightOnes]

If they made her look more robotic or model kit like I bet she'd be more popular.

[@nea3875]

I pulled Galatea on jp recently But i never use her over Kriemhild

[@Tennyson999]

damn looks like fino has made it since he has his own bot spammer lurking the comments section now

[@vrath3653]

Not me spending 8 Multis to get her DRAINING MY SQS for LB6 hehe XD it's okay she's hot

[@FBread-xj8qk]

Hmm...white haired women. I know what to do

[@kevinsie6506]

Well, I got her with only 30 sq and I don't have vlad, so yeay?

[@Kiraidi720]

Hilarious and unfortunate that she's not even given a month to breathe and forge her own identity before her other GENPOOL 5* competition (the only other one at that) gets an NP upgrade that effectively slots him into the proper upgraded NP gang, where they both would've otherwise shared the standard ST formula. Her skillset's far more awkward than his too imo, they tried to damage control it with that skill buff but it really doesn't solve anything for her in the kind of scenarios you'd use her on. She could've swapped one Buster for one Arts card and she'd be in a much better spot, but no, let's give that to the 4* ST Zerker powercreeping them both instead.

[@flareless6713]

Your right Krem should of been a 5* smh

[@Kiraidi720]

@@flareless6713 Outside of survivability issues she's pretty nuts for a 4*, yeah she's technically limited but even one copy does a lot of work.

[@flareless6713]

@@Kiraidi720 Hey Iplan to roll for her... juast not sure which banner.... I ain't lucky and would probably see NP2 Char and NP5 Rol before a single copy..... I kid you not I wanted Summer Bryn.... got NP3 Illya and NP1 Summer Kiara.. 0 Bryn.. I even got spooked out of Fujino and Miyu... on both banners.

[@Kiraidi720]

@@flareless6713 Your best bet is on November 2024 when Britomart drops, when Brynhildr and Kriemhild have a banner for themselves, her debut banner is really bad if you wanna pull her.

[@flareless6713]

@@Kiraidi720 I have Bryn.......thus the dilemma but ya probably the best time..sadly... Tho I will throw tickets the first time.

[@thefool8224]

one note about Kriems NP. she removes ONE defensive buff, probably the latest applied. so dont expect her NP to fully strip enemies. thats more of a roland thing

[@thefool8224]

@@RyouEmerald .if only she wasnt so hard to get.

[@ACertainMan]

​@@RyouEmeraldwait what?

[@lhv2k]

No, Kriem NP removes ALL defensive buffs from ONE enemy, not one defensive buff. But either way it still doesn't matter since that effect is completely useless nowaday, because every boss now all has unremovable buffs

[@thefool8224]

@@lhv2k .must have remembered wrong then

[@maskedheretic9629]

I'm happy with my Vlad, so I skipped. Krem though in the future? I'm sorry Sumanai, she will be mine 😏 Shame about Galatea though.

[@aablanco48]

Honestly after playing both, they perfom remarkably similar. There is deffinitly some difference, with vlad getting the advantage in dmg, while Tea has better sustain and cq performance. The difference is mostly negible, if 1 can work 95% of the time the other can de the same work. Again this is all subjective and personal experience based

[@Hasan-95]

I really liked galatea and rolled 500SQ+46 tickets for her and didn't get her 😂 i hate this game bro

[@TheStuffEnjoyer]

I made a mistake... I wasted 1 multi on Galatea's banner. I should've just gone for Vlad in the last event or I should wait for his next banner...

[@ThatFateGuy69]

Yep the four star is better, then her

[@lhv2k]

Nah, Galatea > Vlad easily, she's underrated while Vlad is overrated, he powercreeps no one. Even after his NP buff and stacking multiple of his Arts resist down, at max stack on turn 3 he'd only deal ~10% more damage than Galatea against a single boss with a 2xCastoria setup, but if you use atleast 1 Castoria NP during that, which you will always, the gap become ~5%, which is basically the same, not to mention Galatea damage are guaranteed since they're all buffs, while Vlad debuffs can miss, and his damage would be worse, and these damage are calculated in realistic scenario aka in team with supports, not just base on that garbage NP damage chart that is useless for anything but solo. Vlad star bomb is also irrelevant since he has no absorb, and his 10% bigger battery are the only things he has on Galatea, which are mostly negligible, cuz she smokes him in everything else. When it comes to fighting boss, which is what ST mainly used for, Galatea completely steamrolls Vlad. Her massive defense makes her the most durable ST berserker, with a guts on top so she's much safer to use. Her buff removal resist is extremely rare and super handy since it's the most annoying thing about bosses, so when Vlad needs another support for it, Galatea can use a better one since she already has it, makes her much more flexible. Her AoE buff cleanse for 3 turns is also super useful since it last to turn 4, making the entire team very safe from debuffs, especially against drain boss that makes Castoria harder to NP. Even with triple buster deck she can gain very decently, if not better than Vlad since everyone knows his cards are terrible. She's also compatible with Vitch for a buster crit playstyle, who can make her gain 30% battery for each buster card, this is when crit matters, unlike Vlad's useless star bomb. And that's not to mention her NP, while Vlad is known for his NP looping, Galatea NP can refund even BETTER, and since her NP drain is tied to this, she can effectively lock a boss from NP by looping and draining them every turn, unlike Vlad only has 1 drain in his skill. The better looping NP also makes her comparable to Vlad in farming, if not better since she easily outdamages him in this case due to her ramping NP damage, especially with Oberon. So overall she is just way better than Vlad most of the time if you actually look at them and not just blindly follow other people opinions, especially in cq since her utilities and durability make her the safest berserker to pick. As for Kriem, she's mostly a sidegrade to Vlad, with noticeably worse damage but higher ceiling depend on niche and a bigger battery, that's it. Her buff removal is essentially USELESS nowaday, it might as well doesn't exist since no half decent boss today wouldn't have unremovable buffs.

[@owo4288]

From my experience, I just slap George onto the team with Kriemhild and any problem that I have with damage go away, it's also helped that George is an universally good servant. As for case of unremovable buff, I usually see the damage one and the gut one more than the defense one for the fight that I should bring her instead of someone in my roster that is either full class advantage or at the very least isn't fragile like a Berserker, not to mention even with box buff the emeny can still spamming defensive skill or use it by NP.

[@Jortmeme]

Alright but can Ushi Loop

[@ThatFateGuy69]

It sad that even at np1 kriem is more useful