Abigail Williams

Abigail’s main feature is her NP, which removes the target’s buffs before dealing damage. This niche alone, combined with her high ATK and Buster-type NP, means that she starts off with considerable edge compared to most other Servants. Aside from possessing a good skillset (her first skill in particular), her high critical absorption means that she is a candidate to be used in critical-oriented teams. She also has a notably high hitcount, meaning that she can generate a decent amount of stars, especially on her Quick and Extra cards - a boon further enhanced by her passive skill, which generates 2 stars per turn.

Unfortunately, there are three major weaknesses which should be considered when looking at Abigail’s set. The first is her low NP gain. Even with her high number of hits, it only brings her total NP gain to slightly below average. Fortunately, her triple Arts deck and 1st skill’s NP gain somewhat makes up for this. This brings us to her second major weakness, which is her skills’ long cooldown. With a base cooldown of 9 turns, and 7 when maxed on all skills, this makes her skills somewhat unreliable in extended fights. By extension, this means that she doesn’t have access to her buffs as often, which amplifies her last weakness; that is, she has little buffs on her normal cards’ damage (bar her second skill and her passive Buster Up), which means that she has limited damage potential.

• Capable of dishing decent NP damage
• Buff removal is highly useful in harder stages
• High critical absorption
• High hit number facilitates star generation
• Powerful skill effects

• Subpar NP gain
• Long skill cooldowns cause performance inconsistencies
• Limited amount of buffs on normal cards
• Needs considerable support to be effective

Abigail is best used with a solid supporting team, in order to patch her NP gain and provide critical stars for her use. With a good enough team, all her weaknesses can be largely ignored. Caster is her preferred ally class, as the low critical weight means that they won’t interfere with her star absorption. In battle, it is best to reserve her skills for crucial points in battle due to the long cooldown, and focus on Arts chains to help her in gaining NP. With sufficient buffs, she can occasionally perform high-damage critical Brave chains, but outside of those turns, do not expect her to deal exceptional damage.

Qliphoth Rhizome is Abigail’s main cannon, and the buff removal built-in to it is the most important part of her tool. When her first and second skills’ effects are active, she is able to achieve a decent amount of damage, but without them, she has to rely on external buffs.

With Abigail’s playstyle revolving around her NP, this CE type maximizes that potential by significantly increasing her NP damage. NP buffs are also calculated multiplicatively against more easily found buff types, meaning that Abigail’s NP damage scales well against external buffs.

Due to Abigail’s poor NP gain, these CEs are ideal for shorter stages - especially with a more diverse party - as they can guarantee Abigail’s ability to unleash her NP, even if her Arts cards are largely ignored. The starting NP can also be used to guarantee an early NP in parties with slower starts.

When lacking good supports, this CE type helps Abigail to perform her NP more often and more consistently.

As Abigail possesses no critical damage buff of her own, these CEs help increase her overall damage. A secondary effect of NP damage is preferred, in order to boost her NP damage further. The Buster performance up effect is also a possible alternative.

Due to her unique deck, Abigail benefits more from Arts/Buster combined effects, instead of single-card effects. CEs of this type may also include other beneficial effects.

Remove all Buffs for a single enemy
Deal damage to the target
[Overcharge] Decrease Critical Rate for the target (1 turn)

Priority: 2>1>3 (effect-focused)
or 1>2>3 (cooldown-focused)

• Prayer of Creed C

  This skill’s party-wide NP generation is the cream of her skillset, giving a total of 30% NP gauge to each party member. While this skill’s overtime generation means that it cannot be used in immediate need, it also minimizes the amount of wasted NP charge. Aside from this, it also has a 3-turn NP damage buff for Abigail. Although only the NP damage buff increases with additional levels, this skill’s long base cooldown means that it has a high leveling priority.

• Loss of Sanity B

  The defense down contained in this skill acts as Abigail’s only damage buff for normal cards. The terror effect’s low percentage early on means that this skill will be unreliable until it reaches higher skill levels. It is important to time the skill usage so it won’t mess with the opponents’ NP timing.

• Witch Trial A+

  While the ATK debuff is nice, it is not an integral part of Abigail’s skillset. Additionally, while NP drain is a much welcomed effect, this skill’s long base cooldown means that it cannot be used consistently enough.

Increase NP Gauge by 10% every turn for all allies (3 turns)
Increase NP Strength for all allies (3 turns)

Unlocks after 1st Ascension

Inflict Terror to all enemies for 3 turns.
Reduces Defense of all enemies for 3 turns.
(Terror: Chance to Stun every turn. Dispels once the enemy is stunned)

Unlocks after 3rd Ascension

Reduces one enemy's NP gauge by 1.
Reduces target's attack for 3 turns.

Abigail’s QAAAB aims to mitigate her poor base NP gain by allowing her to create more Arts chain. In exchange, she only has one Buster card, thereby decreasing her damage potential. Due to her cards’ high hitcount, she is a good target for star rate increasing skills.

Rashoumon event (Ibaraki Douji event)

Murder at the Kogetsukan

Inheritance of Glory