Hephaestion is Pretty Good

Sorry, Emiya. There's a new Faker in town and this one's way hotter.
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[@braketbro2318]

"He only lost once, to hephestions thighs" Fino are you sure you didn't get some of your info from AO3

[@doriansookochoff9768]

You know, considering the lore, perhaps she's the reason why Iskander is never given how tall he is due in the Fate universe.

[@onepointsix3684]

Remove the perhaps. I remember that is stated in the novel that the image told in recording looks like faker to redirect curses.

[@uselesshero.official]

​@@onepointsix3684too bad Alexander still died off illness though lol.

[@guilhermegaspar752]

the wrinting is funky, or i don't understand english enough to understand this?

[@gilla2092]

​@@guilhermegaspar752 writing is funky

[@HellecticMojo]

So, with both Nobunaga and Alexander, the history lessoned learned is that if you want to be a legendary conquerer, you need a hyper loyal pretty femboi.

[@fahrenheit1522]

wait, hephaesteon is femboy?

[@hassanico9999]

@@fahrenheit1522 Keep in mind that Hephaesteon's class is Pretender. Who you see onscreen in the video and what Fino narrated for the History bit aren't necessarily 100% aligned. The ingame one is definitely a woman.

[@saltrxn]

@@hassanico9999I thought this hephaestion is his sister pretending to be him?

[@harryyang7928]

as far as I know, FGO hephaesteon is the old female Iskander design

[@BironBironBiron]

"Faker" is Hephaestion sister tho While his brother would be the King's right hand man by showing his military prowess, the sister would ward the king from any magic and mystical attack, excelling in Mystic arts. Together the bro-sis would be the King's "double" that cover both front and back

[@jakethereaper2060]

I mean with how much you described what Alexander did for Hephaestion after his death no wonder people thought they were lovers

[@Rgnarokk]

They were most likely lovers, Macedonian culture was pretty much the same as the Greek one so that kind of thing wouldn't be a rare occurrence (not saying it doesn't happened in other cultures, just that the Greek were specially notorious for it)

[@ShiraFuyu2022]

Upside, Her Damage is quite good with spamming potentials Downside: She's there to ruin your Vortigern or Proto Merlin summons

[@kamenraider1175]

If's she's anything like Lobo in my experience, then I'll get every other Pretender before getting her (I got him before Kama and Ranmaru were in NA, but after my Spishtar was np 2, Gorgon np 3, Mango at np 3 I think, and every other avenger at np1)

[@keroro407]

Shit, I can already feel the despair when the banner comes. Pretender card-> Hephaestion.

[@Jack_Rakan]

@@kamenraider1175 Same here. NP2 Jalter, NP1 Spishtar and Kama, NP4 Mango, and no dog yet. No gorgon because I never rolled on her banners due to timings.

[@kamenraider1175]

@@Jack_Rakan Finish the collection and he will come

[@dakotadoyle7573]

I was lucky to get 2 Oberon before Hephastion was released in NA... and I don't buy quartz and I don't have a fully established account

[@tcaz]

She's the best Single Target Pretender in the game!

[@keroro407]

The one and only.

[@tcaz]

To be fair she is also the worst ST Pretender in the game

[@matthewallen2273]

But she does have the highest number of class advantages with few vulnerabilities.

[@blurb9319]

Case Files spoilers but….. The Hephastion we summon in game is the fictional twin of the real life Hephastion who, in the world of Fate, acted as a body double for Iskander (somehow) and the target for any curses that others sent his way. This is why her third skill acts the way it does.

[@AusSP]

Magical shadow, not literal body-double. She doesn't have a name of her own, so she can be used to retarget curses.

[@AmandaFessler]

Probably a way to explain why Alexander's portrayals are all normal-sized instead of gigantic or something, haha. At least, that's how it makes sense to me.

[@NenorockStudios]

Surprisingly fate's depiction of Hephaestion only comes in second for most liberties taking by an anime. That honor goes to the version of Hephaestion that is literally a split personally of Alexander brought about from Olympias (Alexander's mother) being well Olympias.... This comes from a manga called Historie and despite the above description its a real good history manga about one of Alexander's main generals.

[@ShinHakumen]

Olympias was reaaally creepy in that manga. No wonder Alexander ended up getting touched in the head.

[@AusSP]

Mind you, Fate actually does have a male Hephaestion. Faker doesn't even really have a name of her own. (Though the Pretender class is the class of taking liberties with source material.)

[@PastaAivo]

These history segments are genuinely so good. I've never heard the stories relating to Hephaestion before, so it's nice to learn some actual history with Fate 😂 And I feel like having the historical context can add a lot to enjoying the game's story as well.

[@matthewallen2273]

It never feels like a waste to learn about any of the fate characters since they are pulled from real(ish) history. And it's easy to be introduced to since we all know at least a little history, but with a story like geshin impact I have no familiarity with it's lore.

[@matthewallen2273]

My family actually thinks I really like and am knowledgeable about history when I've just been reading about the characters.

[@TheStuffEnjoyer]

Nice story time! Blessing of the Nameless should give her the same poison niches that Molay and Gogh. At the very least she needs to deal bonus damage to poisoned enemies. And she can then synergies with poison damage CEs and CCs. Her Camouflage skill is basically a unique version of Presence Concealment. So this fits the poison niche perfectly.

[@sadang870]

Ah, Sweet Sweet 102% NP Charge. You can efficient door party with her and double habenyan, but maybe need high NP level (NP1 lacks damage)

[@QPDangerous]

I wasn't planning on rolling for her, but man those animations 👌

[@mythicalskeleton1546]

I swear they made her perfect for 90+ nodes and gave her insane value by making her, especially for camelot due to all the knights, and she can somewhat deal with the odd caster enemies

[@barneypurple3435]

Faker is what I am going to originally pick the free SR ticket for, but Pretender Liz Welfare is there in the future, so I'm going to pick the other Story Lock Servants that have a lot of Buffs and Interludes that I don't have for maximum Saint Quartz acquirement.

[@crypto66]

I like that she has a well-rounded, cohesive kit that also has a unique and useful gimmick. It's almost like lazdongle actually knew what they were doing with her. I also like her design. Even in her origin series, I already thought she was hot. Ascension 2 is particularly tasty with dem gams.

[@hrocxvid]

The thing about the thighs killed me

[@luis99tv]

Iskandar is one of my favourite Riders and I loved him on Fate Zero. Unfortunately, I only have his 3 star version on my Chaldea. So I will honor the King of Bros by Summoning Hephaestion.

[@nomletparti2622]

While the history lesson is interesting and much appreciated, I feel it necessary to mention, THIS Hephaestion isn't the actual Hephaestion. It's explained in El-Melloi II's Case Files, this Hephaestion is a fate-original character, the real Hephaestion's sister. She wasn't born with a name (but was later named "Faker" by Doctor Heartless), and was groomed by Iskandar's mother to act in his stead, as well as be a redirected target for any curses aimed at Iskandar. This is the reason her third skill has the name and effect it does. It's also why, in Fate/Zero, the historical descriptions of Iskandar are so inaccurate; his mother worked to create much discord around his physical appearance so it could be reasonably believed that Iskandar could be female, and Faker's lie could work. Iskandar himself, perhaps feeling quite guilty, tried to give Faker a name several times, but she always declined due to her fierce loyalty to him. At least... she was loyal, until she died, went to the Throne of Heroes, got the info-dump on what happened after her own death when Iskandar used the Ionioi Hetairoi, and declined in anger because of it. And yes, that is the reason she didn't appear in the Ionioi Hetairoi in Fate/Zero. Hephaestion did, but Faker didn't.

[@brocky4747]

Awesome video! Is there any chance of a Koyan Dark review? Always learn some cool gimic uses from your reviews.

[@crandor6]

So nice to see Faker finally winning his 4th

[@Goldfisher]

You roll for Hephastion for good mid game coverage. I roll for Hephastion to solo Alter Egos. We are not the same.

[@Ethonra]

Almost completely unrelated, but Sonic Adventure 2 Battle is one of my favorite childhood games.

[@lordtea]

Sorry to be rude but Don't care

[@Ethonra]

@@lordtea You cared enough to reply so...?

[@sou_r]

Hopefully this stays the top comment mate

[@Ethonra]

​​@@sou_r That'd be neat. I only made the comment because Fin literally references the game in his thumbnail. The game is fun and the part he is referencing is silly and leads to one of the most memed conversations in that game so I did what I did. Too bad hardly anyone picked up on that.

[@sou_r]

Dont see too many comments yet

[@CrowQQ]

Alexander the great was pretty fly for a thigh guy.

[@JakeMatthews-OnLo]

Probably just going to use the free SR Ticket for her.

[@Hakelous]

i have kept trying and she has been draining my funds

[@yellowdeceiver4818]

a fun comp you can do with hephastion is with double habetrot hephastion on the highest qp node, as long as both habetrots have append 2 maxed, you can do 6ce on that node

[@dakotadoyle7573]

the Pretender Hephastion is not the historical Hephastion but his sister. She was born not to be Iskander's best friend but his body double who used magecraft to draw all curses away from Iskander to her which is where her third skill came from.

[@Marcosantoniothebluecreator]

"For she is another iskangar" *has arts np* *adds (fake)

[@spmive]

Great vid thx

[@Headshooter309]

I’m still baffled at getting her from a single, I was going to go for some ces for the event but instead got her so I just decided not to roll anymore :p. So far she is quite fun and that 2nd skill for instant np is nice.

[@Iulznazi]

Went against my better judgment and decided to try and get Reines. With 10 tickets, I ended up with Hephaestion, so i'm happy with that!

[@lovingfool2060]

Two in one week? Hell yeah

[@ladybug2579]

Hephaestion is heat Hephaestion in heat

[@Setanta69]

I have her, and she is great. Crits like a psycho with arts. What better do you want?

[@wallycastagnir]

But she isnt hephastion but hephastions sister

[@AmandaFessler]

Fino's just sticking to the theme of Pretender, I suppose. Besides, unlike Oberon, her true identity is nameless in history. So in this case, all she has is her brother's story.

[@matthewallen2273]

She doesn't exist in history, in fate she was never given any name since that allows her to taken on the identity of another and take on the curse placed on them. Her brother was meant to be a body double for physical threats, herself for the mystical.

[@fujiwararei3800]

Today January 9 its my birthday, just before the day ended & finding this new video I gave her my last 2 grails for her, what a nice coincidence!

[@BironBironBiron]

Pull for Hepa, gets Percy instead which i always try to pull on all of his banner just to complete the KoTR yet with no avail Not sure how to feel about it

[@Res_me_plz]

I want to roll, but in times like these I know this freaking game is going to give me another Reines instead of this fairly powerful simp.....

[@Nearnface]

wowowowow

[@blazingstudios7781]

I have iskandar at NP2, I am totally going to summon them, I don't care if they are permanent I'm going for it.

[@lozer7011]

No Golden Carp. Do you think The New Years CE is worth or nah

[@Kona696]

I need them and Ptolemy in my life

[@Treasure_hunter_21]

She's a better ishakandar then ishkandar himself 😂😂😂

[@lordglitch4266]

I didnt manage to pull her 😢

[@philbourque9337]

I want them because I never got Iskandar... But I want to save for Charlemagne... But I don't have a pretender...

[@tranhuynh9909]

You can get them with this year's free 4 star ticket during the 22M Downloads Campaign in May.

[@JohnWick-rh1zz]

Now we can say emiya is the original faker, which is ironic

[@nurventilatoren]

Nice, another character for the Amogus Class.

[@SharpLCDTV]

Hephestion being hotter than Emiya is debateable icl (Shirou negs)

[@JohnWick-rh1zz]

its not even a debate, emiya is hotter

[@sou_r]

Both both is good

[@lordtea]

@@JohnWick-rh1zz who can argue about mamamia

[@lordtea]

Just sad i miss her event 😭

[@Ethonra]

Maintenance is on right now for the event. It starts in about 5 hours so you won't miss anything and you have I think 20 days to finish it. Or am I missing something else you meant?

[@theisyes6993]

@@EthonraThey probably mean for the JP side

[@Ethonra]

@@theisyes6993 Ah, I see. Thanks.

[@anotherrogue8371]

Wait, where koyan dark video?

[@Palpad100]

Did Fates just turn the person that Iskandar might have had feelings towards into a woman???

[@ProfessionalJake]

Not really because in the El Melloi II Case Files you actually learn that this "Hephastion" is actually the nameless sister of the actual male Hephastion we know from history.

[@uselesshero.official]

Proof Alex was actually bi and was into both Femboi and Tombois 😂

[@FurrySupportMain]

I’m kinda annoyed they happen to just turn Alexander’s boyfriend into a woman 🫤 same with how they turned Ranmaru who may or may not been fuckin Nobunaga into a girl as well 🙁

[@ProfessionalJake]

You've got to remember that this "Hephaestion" is actually a pretender class servant and not the real Hephaestion. In Case Files I believe it is revealed that she is Hephaestion's nameless sister.

[@FurrySupportMain]

@@ProfessionalJake true which is why it’s not the worst thing too me. plus the fact we both love iskandar means she has good taste 🥰

[@fearlessslayer341]

Wait really why?

[@FurrySupportMain]

@@fearlessslayer341 well the gender bending can get annoying I found it cute with Artoria. Tho they also gender bent Nero and Leonardo and while I love them both the fact both of them are gay/bi feels like gay erasure. Tho they both are still bisexual because they are both women it ends up feeling more like bisexual women being treated more like fetish fuel. Sorry for the long text I just had a lot to say as a gay “fate” fan.

[@ProfessionalJake]

@castergilgamesh5588 If it helps, it is implied in both Case Files and pretender Hephaistion's servant profile that the her brother, the real Hephaistion, still exists in the Fate universe and had the same relationship with Iskandar that he had in real history. He just hasn't actually shown up as a servant yet.

[@yamiliashirosia]

Me as someone who REFUSES, to get oberon and would more then rather burn oberon then keep him: "Its, beautiful" (but no in all seriousness i will be rolling for her as our next pretender were gonna get is, i cant actually remember if its pretender Lizbeth or prototype merlin, either way, I'm going for her as shes the only pretender ill actually be able to get)

[@arkaua]

But why?

[@yamiliashirosia]

@@arkaua because his demarits are way too steep for me, like, I get if you pair him with double Koyansya and him, you get easy 10 mil dmg but the fact that I just lose a character and all of there buffs the next turn after, is what pushes me away, especially his np where it makes all of the enemies immune

[@AmandaFessler]

@@yamiliashirosia This works perfectly for 3-turn 90++ farming. Swap him in on the third turn, fire off your 10M damage, and it doesn't matter if your main attacker freezes. The fight is over. That honestly seems to be his main job. Alternatively, use him for boss raids. Anything with stupid high HP and no break bars (or when the boss is down to the last HP bar). Mothboi is the definition of go big or go home one and done. He's not built for slugging matches.

[@arkaua]

@@yamiliashirosia The whole point is that you use the third skill on the last turn, you don't need to use it if you don't want to since it doesn't give charge anyway, the main point of Oberon is his unbeatable 70% charge.

[@yamiliashirosia]

@@arkaua it still doesn't change the fact that you have to play very meticulously just for him to be good, I like servants that are brain dead op, aka beast nero and ruler méusine, with ruler méusine, all I need to do is get her np and loop until everything is dead and with beast nero it's hit it till it dies, which most of the time, they will cause she has so much crit dmg