Karna

Karna boasts a high attack stat, which when coupled with his Mana Burst (Flame) skill makes him a powerful damage dealer. He also possesses a critical-enhancing skill in the form of Uncrowned Arms Mastery, which allows him to deal large amounts of critical damage as well as generate quite a lot of critical stars. Additionally, his first skill is a decent crowd control tool as it seals the target’s natural NP gain and NP usage for one turn.

However, his damage potential is severely limited by the fact that his third skill does not have a built-in critical absorption buff. As Lancers have an innately lower-than-average critical weight, this makes him unable to make the most of his otherwise-formidable set. Additionally, his Noble Phantasm is rather plain, and though it deals a good amount of damage against Divine opponents, being unupgraded, Vasavi Shakti will often find itself losing in the damage competition against other Servants’ Noble Phantasms.

• High base attack

• Great critical damage, decent critical star generation

• NP seal skill

• No critical absorption skill
• No survival function
• Low NP damage [Removed Post-Upgrade]

Karna can generally be used as a decent standalone Lancer; however, to make the most out of his set, it is best to use him with two low-critical weight Buster/critical supports, so that he is able to perform critical hits more consistently. A critical absorption Craft Essence is also recommended for Karna.

Vasavi Shakti gains increased damage against Divine opponents. However, aside from this, it has no other gimmick, and since most other Servants have gotten their Noble Phantasm upgrades, it makes Karna’s NP a rather weak one comparatively.

[Post-Upgrade] Thanks to the upgrade, Vasavi Shakti is no longer afflicted by its formerly low damage, bringing it to equal standing with other AoE NPs. The Buster Resist Down adds to Karna’s great offensive prowess, which is always a good thing.

Deals damage to all enemies.
[Overcharge]Deals extra damage against Divine enemies.For more details

• Discernment of the Poor A

  As the most important part of this skill - the NP seal - does not scale with increased skill level, this skill should only be leveled last, and only for the cooldown.

• Mana Burst (Flame) A

  As this skill has combined effects, it give slightly more bonus to Vasavi Shakti compared to normal Mana Burst due to how buffs of different types are multiplied. However, its effect is less on Karna’s other command cards. Still, this is his most reliable damage increasing skill, so it should be the first to be leveled.

• Uncrowned Arms Mastery

  Due to the NP gauge increase, this skill is an useful one even when Karna has no access to critical stars. However, due to the unreliability of this skill, it should be leveled after Mana Burst (Flame), unless a reliable way to make Karna perform a critical is readily available.

Available from the start
Reduces one enemy's debuff resistance for 1 turn.
Prevents them from using their NP for 1 turn (this also prevents the enemy from gaining NP charge).

Unlocks after 1st Ascension
Increases own Buster card performance for 1 turn.
Increases own NP damage for 1 turn.

Unlocks after 3rd Ascension
Charges own NP gauge by 25%.
Increases own critical star generation rate for 3 turns.
Increases own critical damage for 3 turns.

While Karna’s QQABB deck may present an NP gain problem for other Servants, Karna’s decent base gain coupled with his third skill makes him largely unaffected by this. Instead, it increases the effectiveness of Uncrowned Arms Mastery’s critical star gain bonus.

Rashoumon event (Ibaraki Douji event)

Murder at the Kogetsukan

Inheritance of Glory