Avicebron

Despite being an amazing aid in the story, Avicebron sadly does not perform that well ingame. While his skills may have a few interesting gimmicks, he sadly has neither enough damage not utility to shine well--- one can even note that his kit is rather old-fashioned and improperly made.

• Can boost both his Buster and Arts cards
• Can charge NP gauge by 80%
• 3rd skill can act as a clutch save for his allies
• NP increases team’s NP gain upon use

• Lacks any sort of survival skill
• NP damage is low
• NP’s NP gain buff scales for only a meager 10%
• Skill cooldowns are rather long
• 3rd skill requires him to die to be of use
• NP gain is below average without his buffs

It’s rather hard to find use for Avicebron. At a glance, his skillset seems to revolve around using his NP. The problem is the fact that his NP barely does anything--- it hits for very unfortunate damage, and grants only an abyssmal increase in NP gain. While the increase in NP gain may suggest that he is able to use his NP often, that is only at the surface. With his below-average NP gain, long skill cooldowns, and Buster NP, Avicebron is unable to actually cycle his NP frequently, and is limited only to a back-to-back every 8 turns.
Even if one was to use his NP back-to-back within 2 turns, the overall amount of benefit it does through its damage and effects are comparable to what other AoE Casters can do in a single turn.

Still, his 3rd skill is rather interesting however, although it doesn’t argue much for his place in a team. His 3rd skill can act as somewhat of a clutch save for his allies, but since it requires his death to activate, it’s not exactly something one would invest in him for.

Golem Keter Malkuth sadly does a small amount of damage, hitting for 14,886 damage against all enemies at NP5. It also grants a secondary effect that boosts the entire team’s NP gain by 10% at 100% overcharge. Its frankly quite small and disappointing, as a 10% boost won’t really be noticeable in the long run. While one can argue that Avicebron is able to use his NP twice for a 20% total boost, it’s somewhat offputting that he requires 2 usages of his NP and two turns to accomplish an amount considered average by most.

An increase in NP damage would grant Avicebron at least some use for his NP, making it a bit more worthwhile to use him.

Deals damage to all enemies
[Overcharge] Increases party NP Generation rate for 3 turns

Skill Priority: 2/1/3 or 1/2/3

• Numerology B

  An increase in his Arts and Buster cards’ performance works very well for Avicebron, as it allows him to improve both his overall damage and NP gain. It also goes for a decent 30% at max, and can be activated for half of the time he’s on the field.

• Rapid Casting B+

  An increase in NP gauge is a great effect that can allow Avicebron to cycle his NP consecutively. Sadly, with the amount of damage he does and with the skill’s cooldown, there isn’t much to look forward to even if he’s able to use his NP twice. The skill’s long cooldown also prevents it from being use on demand, preventing him from truly spamming his NP. Still, it’s not as if it’s without use, as with it one can at least use him to farm weak enemies without relying on a NP starter CE.

• Fig Tree of Tranquility EX

  A somewhat interesting gimmick, if nothing else. Unlike skills like Battle Continuation which act as insurance for the user against death, this skill acts as insurance for the rest of the team instead. It’s a rather interesting save for difficult moments, but it doesn’t really add much to Avicebron’s performance overall, as one can argue that using another Servant to aid the team’s survival without the cost of their own death can be much more beneficial in the long run. If the rest of Avicebron’s kit was noteworthy then perhaps this skill would be of more worth, but it’s not exactly delightful to have a Servant that does very little while he’s on the field, and brings benefits only with his death.
  It’s also rather difficult to time outside of AoE Noble Phantasms, but one can argue that the 5 turn duration makes it at least a little flexible to use. The effects themselves are great, although the 3 turn duration of the invulnerable buff leaves more to be desired for something that requires his death to activate.

Available from the start
Increase your Arts Card Performance (3 turns)
Increase your Buster Card Performance (3 turns)

Unlocks after 1st Ascension
Charges own NP gauge.

Unlocks after 3rd Ascension
Grants On-Death-Activation buff on self for 5 turns
If Servant dies when buff is active, grant all allies Invincibility for 2 attacks (3 turns, 3 attacks at Level 10)
If Servant dies when buff is active, heal party HP.

A QAAAB deck allows Avicebron to charge his NP quite quickly through frequent Arts chains. It’s rather conflicting though, as a QAABB deck would have improved his damage and given him more opportunities to use his Buster buff. His hitcounts on his Quick, Busters, and Extra card are quite nice, though.

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