Minamoto No Yorimitsu (Lancer, Summer 2017)

This servant is currently unavailable on the EN ver.
This limited servant is available only in Summer 2017 Deadheat Summer Race Pickup Summon.

Minamoto’s skillset is highly offensive at a glance, begging for a buster support to assist her. She functions as the typical crit-buster lancer, dealing devastating damage to archers. Her first skill ensures that she crits reliably, and crits hard. Her second makes sure no meddlesome debuffs get in the way of her damage, while further boosting her buster damage to an acceptable level. This can also be applied to other servants, allowing her to serve as a semi-buster support if required. Her last skill gives a flat damage increase to the party while also increasing stargen which helps Minamoto crit even more. With low cooldowns and slightly above average numbers, she is most definitely a lancer to roll for.

Her star and np generation stats are skyhigh, allowing her to tie with King Hassan in terms of NP generation. Her quick cards are also very usable, boosted by her passive skill Riding A+. With a pretty decent hit count, she can also generate a decent amount of stars.

Her skillset meshes extremely well with our favourite mage, Merlin. When paired together in a team she can most definitely dish out skyhigh damage. Minamoto is by far the best 4★ summer servant as well as being an amazing 4★ lancer. She sets the standard for future summer servants.

• Able to provide damage support to fellow servants.
• Has a skillset which ensures she will crit with high numbers.
• Her deck has 2 buster cards, allowing her to buster chain with her NP.
• High damage output due to her passive and active skills.

• She has no sustainability during long fights.
• She relies on either good team support or lucky card draws to fill up her NP gauge.

Minamoto likes to be paired with a support who can provide sustain while also boosting her damage. She focuses on a crit and buster based damage set. Her 3rd skill should be used to assist in generating stars and her first following that to ensure she gets to crit. Her 2nd skill should be used before either a buster chain or her Noble Phantasm.

Shaku Daikanin Vajra is a single target buster NP which ignores defense buffs. This can be extremely helpful against enemies who enjoy spamming defense buffs. Her damage multiplier is at a respectable level and her overcharge effect is situationally helpful, granting more crit stars which is incredibly helpful to her set.

Deal heavy DEF-Ignoring damage to a single enemy
[Overcharge] Gain a large amount of C. Stars

• Wrought Iron Handcart C

  This skill is Minamoto’s main source of damage, buffing up her NP and her most powerful cards. With this skill lasting 3 turns, at max level you will only have around 3 turns without this buff. Being able to be placed on other servants, this skill is highly flexible and should be leveled first.

• Summer catastrophe EX

  This skill gives a flat boost to the entire team’s damage while also ensuring that crit stargen does not slack. The attack reaches the standard 20% boost to the team while the stargen only hits around 30%. As such this skill should be levelled second.

• Public morals committee Chairman’s shadow A

  While this skill does boost Minamoto’s critical damage, at level 1 it already provides a very nice star absorption buff. However, these effects only last one turn, as such, it should be leveled last.

Available from the start
Increase your C. Star Gather Rate & Critical Strength

Unlocks after 1st Ascension
Increase Buster Card effectiveness (3 turns) & remove Debusfs for one ally

Unlocks after 3rd Ascension
Increase ATK (3 turns) & C. Star Drop Rate (3 turns) for all allies

Minamoto’s arts and quick cards have a pretty decent hitcount, ensuring a consistent amount of NP gen with a AQQEX chain. Her extra card has 5 hits, adding a nice amount of star and NP generation. Lastly, her NP has 6 hits, giving it decent generation capability.

Here is a list of servants & CEs that can be obtained for the duration of the Summer 2017 event part 1: Dead Heat Summer Race and part 2: Death Jail Summer Escape.

Rashoumon event (Ibaraki Douji event)

Murder at the Kogetsukan

Inheritance of Glory