Servant First Impression - Takasugi Shinsaku

Not that he has a lot of competition I suppose
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00:00 Ascensions & Aesthetics
02:52 Stats, Passives & NP
07:22 Skills & Looping Numbers
12:44 NP Animation Reaction
13:46 Final Thoughts
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[@Gabe-sp8ml]

Remember when ST servants existed?

[@julianadams3710]

I got Jalter and that’s all I need.

[@gluebreeza1999]

They can't hear you over all this farming lol

[@changsiah2]

Yeah we know but yes I do feel like we could single targets a bit thank you very much

[@Luca-yb4sh]

I wouldn't if I wasn't grailing my archer Artoria to 120... Seriously they should put some 1-1-1 90++ nodes alternating with other formats, like one event you have a 2-1-2 or whatever and the next you have a 1-1-1. That would make STs relevant for farming and more useful.

[@lookingforlove839]

Remember that SSR st quick archer we have in the game?

[@geminialice3218]

Another addition to my quick husbandos, I really need a Skadi 🙏. I said it before and I'll say it again, I'm so incredibly happy we got a new servant for white day instead of just a costume. Hopefully they do this for summer too, even if it's just one servant I'll be happy.

[@arthurvinicius2821]

His arts passive have the same name as Ryouma's (rider) third skill except for the word between parentheses. Interesting that they have some sort of connection in the gameplay.

[@justpassingby2930]

"Interesting that they have some sort of connection in gameplay" because both are closely lore accurate (if not heavily lore accurate) to their real life figures which were involved in Bakumatsu against Edo Bakufu and later brought a new era to Japan (the Meiji Restoration). Katsura Kogoro pretty much sure will have the same skill/passive title if he's summonable since his real life figure was also in the same boat with the other two mentioned.

[@weedgoofy4323]

@@justpassingby2930 Joui 4 are coming along greatly

[@pingufan1239]

Kind of easy to be the best Quick SRR Archer when your competition is Sei Shounagun lol

[@aredjayc2858]

True, Especially when the best AoE Quick archer has been Nyanta

[@_n9913]

​@@aredjayc2858 I feel like santa nightingale is uironically better then atalante because she can actually buff her damage for 3 turns unlike the toomfoolish 1 turn quick up

[@Liolaeusu]

​@@_n9913 Santa Nightgale is a better support, Nyarcher is a better farmer

[@aredjayc2858]

@@_n9913 Fair, I was thinking in terms of farming but I guess Nurse's semi-support niche is also very good.

[@dstreetz91]

@@Liolaeusu Yeah, sadly Santagale was released during the period where they were "oh no we have to watch quick servants because Skadi system" so she doesn't loop. Then they said heck it, Castoria and then Koyanskaya + Oberon.

[@astridparungao4971]

I just checked Takasugi's NP numbers. Not only does he generally outdamages Sei without hitting niches (at NP1-5), he outdamages a lot of SSR AoE Archers and is only behind Gilgamesh. All of these without even needing to hit on specific units, with Overcharge being Takasugi's main selling point for more damage boosts.

[@alispeed5095]

He has no niche, worse, he is quick. Thats ademerit

[@nknown3982]

His crit buffs stack real fast too

[@negate4828]

@@alispeed5095 cry about it my Skadi is having a field day

[@astridparungao4971]

@@alispeed5095 Ishtar and Summer Jeanne has proven that you don't need a niche, just heavy damage and loops are enough.

[@Noisemaze1]

It's like he was originally intended to be a 4-Star, but when they didn't have a 5-Star ready for White Day, they just bumped him to SSR.

[@Azure70]

His passives did look 4 starish for me

[@badendersgame]

that's what how i've always felt about Bradamante and he still looks better then Bradamante so i don't know

[@treebush]

He also has alot of recycle animation too

[@TheKazuma410P]

​@@treebushWat.

[@fbihere2]

​@@TheKazuma410P all of them is recycled, but the funniest part is.. if you look at the notice board above his banner, his animations isn't finished and they will "fix" him later

[@gamalielquinones9196]

just got him and now im gonna roll for skadi summer to use him i love his art

[@crimsonlapin8543]

He is the reason why I got back into JP

[@maxtech23]

Pretty interesting servant, i don't like that they are still adding passives to servants that only affect 1 card, kinda usless most of the time but atleast it has extra crit damage so his crit damage is pretty crazy, all in all i like him.

[@krismarshall3803]

Seriously waiting for an arts/quick hybrid support servant. They really want to avoid that card combo like the plague. Like I'm tired of servants kinda of just revolving their lives around S.Skadi support now if they're quick. Like give us a quick support that does the abnormal and focuses on npgen and defensive skills. Quick doesn't have to always be shoe-horned into the "OTK" builds. Also getting tired of Mighty chain buffs thrown randomly on servants now, especially if they're only 1 turn. Mighty chain buffing is becoming the new Np charge I swear-to-god. 100% the copy of mine I got will just end up being an e-sports plug suit support

[@krismarshall3803]

Sipping coffee* Saying it louder for those in the back, the kit on S.Skadi was a mistake and super lazy. You can't just address an issue by pumping up the mana burst higher than it's usual 50% and giving us so many stars that we just crit all the time, without even using the 50+ stars we go over.

[@krismarshall3803]

Will also throw out a controversial statement. Reines is actually better than double OG skadi when I comes to quick farm support. One skadi and a Reines and you can 3turn farm zerk modes without the need of plugsuits with quick servants. Like Achilles for example. You just need her np to go off first and the quick servants needs a quick or np gen buff in their overcharge.. I see people complain "it doesn't count if she uses her np" Counter point, people don't bat an eye when it comes to plugsuiting. Tbh it's bias in their side talking cuz you take the same amount of time plugsuiting your 3rd support as you do sitting through Reines np.

[@AtomicSwagsplosion]

​@@krismarshall3803 If we're talking about efficiency then having to use Reines NP just to farm is incredibly inefficient. How are you going to charge Reines NP? Bringing 2 kscopes is worse than bringing only 1. You can't tell me that events nowadays have charge in them since that's inconsistent. Quick is generally inferior to Buster and Arts due to the strict requirement of 3 enemies to farm... Also needing to rely on OC effects just for farming is pretty bad lmao

[@pingufan1239]

Foreigner Abe-No-Semei better be that defensive Quick support

[@brichards71993]

To be fair, unless my numbers are wrong, Summer Illya can also black grail loop with triple skadi, just not quite as reliably.

[@Ushiwakamaru_BAU_BAU]

I love this character thanks to Gintama but man I wanted him to be ST kinda a letdown

[@lookingforlove839]

Remember when Okuni was unpopular, due to this guy being a npc back in guda? It's funny to me that he has exactly the same problem as Okuni: having a cooldown reduction effect in their kit that doesnt make them stronger, but only compensates for the otherwise longer cooldown on skills

[@facuperez8417]

PLEASE LASAÑA SINGLE TARGETS AND SUPPORTS NPS SOOOOOOON, WE JUST CANT TAKE THIS ANYMORE

[@lunrey1319]

Dude... the last 5 star ST Servant Was Super Bunyan...

[@astridparungao4971]

Aside from the AoE deluge, the cooldowns and DPS units trying to be "jack of all trades" are my main problem with recent SSR servants. It's rare to see SSRs with max 5 turn cooldown skill now, and their skills trying to be supportive (party-wide, ally target), and yet they don't do well in supporting that it's better to use it on themselves instead, not to mention it being party-wide or targeted ally will make the numbers gimp thus a way to nerf a character. I get it that its for balance reasons, but FGO is primarily a single player game, and while there is competition among other units, it's not that focused either. Plus, him being "solid" overall after a streak of super powerful Servants released recently, makes him feel underwhelming by comparison, considering he's a hyped and highly requested character after all.

[@belial4327]

stupid question: but when are the NA version gonna get a better chaldea gate for farming gems cause i seem to be stuck at 42 berserker gold gems for the last 5 hours farming. Meanwhile japanese version has a chaldea gate we don't yet have. Why update only the extra money and exp but not the daily gem farm missions. :X am losing too many golden apples man started with 80 now 20 left

[@MystFGO]

I think it might be this upcoming anniversary, not sure.

[@TheNightofWalpurgis666]

FGO players: We want a Archer ST Servant! Lasagna: "Ok, here's Moriarity" FGO Players: 🙁🙁

[@Asdsassin]

You know, when they don't release any of significant servants (ST for this instance), you most likely go back to look old stuff. In my case I would happily pull Morti over the new stuff that don't have much going for them.

[@ReigoShirofficial]

Looks like a JJK character if I ever see one

[@badendersgame]

at this point I'm convinced the best anti-saber boss strategy is to double merlin Tomoe

[@justamanofculture7]

When the last time we got SSR ST?

[@MystFGO]

Super Bunyan in April of last year so almost a year ago

[@kirayoshikage8007]

His skills and passives seems very vanilla. Overall decent but there’s nothing unique about it

[@julianadams3710]

First stage looks like a K-pop star and that makes me hate him deeply. I’ll have to see his later ascensions and him in story before I decide how I feel.

[@itsmel9390]

Not the biggest fan of his art but overall pretty good. HIs kit looks solid

[@azaangeorge9552]

Got him on 1st ticket while watching nuxanor

[@kiryuukomh]

Archer class deserves better

[@gwyndodrich]

Love his design but a bit disappointed on his kit.

[@user-blood.type.O.negative]

Let's just say he is a fake 5 star