Quetzalcoatl, the South American bird deity is a very strong servant in the game that has the same power level as the highly sought after Jeanne d’Arc (Alter), performing well in almost any party setup but works the best within one that focused on critical stars and Busters. Even though she does lack a bit in terms durability where it was traded for higher damage output, it can be covered by pairing her with our beloved supports, Merlin and Waver (Zhuge Liang).
Pros
High attack power
Quetz is a very strong servant that has three offensive buffs packed within her skillset, not to forget her Goddess’ Essence EX passive skill that increases her damage dealt by 300. Her Charisma skill is the usual party’s attack increase skill while her Good God’s Wisdom skill increases the target’s Buster cards performance for three turns along with applying the Guts status on them, allowing it to be used either offensively or defensively. Onto her third skill, Fighting for Freedom is a one turn burst effect where it increases Quetz’s star absorption, critical damage and NP gauge which when used along with her NP is going to deal devastating damage onto the enemy.
Skills with defensive effects
As mentioned before, Quetz’s Good God’s Wisdom skill also comes with the effect of applying Guts status on its target, making it a flexible skill to be used according to situation. Besides that, her NP can also seals the target’s NP for a turn, giving you one extra turn to attack the enemy and possibly take them out especially if they have an AOE NP that can destroy your whole party if unleashed.
Cons
Long cooldown on skills
Except for Charisma which has the usual five turns cooldown at max level, the other skills all have a pretty long cooldown especially the Good God’s Wisdom skill that starts with a nine turns cooldown and only reduced to seven turns at max level. Therefore, it is appropriate to plan your skills’ usage carefully so that it would be available when you want to go for a one turn burst damage.
Strategies & Tips
Quetz’s main role in a party is a critical focused attacker that feasts on the critical stars generated by her allies and translating them into high critical hit numbers by using her Fighting for Freedom skill. Besides that, her base attack stat is also the highest among the Rider class servant pool and does not come with a lower HP value as demerit as her HP is still pretty average and not lowered by a lot.
Noble Phantasm
Quetz’s Noble Phantasm, Xiuhcoatl is a single target NP that deals huge damage especially when combined with her Good God’s Wisdom skill. Moreover, it also seals the target’s NP for a turn and applies Burn onto them which damages them for a fixed amount of damage for five turns.
Another Buster focused servant that has the same command card deck as Quetz along with a Buster type NP also. Besides that, Drake can also generate quite a bit of critical stars by herself due to her high hit counts Quick cards and Pioneer of the Stars skill that gives ten critical stars upon use.
One of the best critical stars generator in the game right now to supply Quetz with a continuous stream of critical stars which she can use to deal high critical damage.
Same usage as Jack the Ripper which works as a critical stars supplier to Quetz but focused more on generating critical stars using his skills rather than command cards.
Increases Buster cards’ performance and critical damage. As Quetz has a Buster type NP and high star absorption from her skill, it is a suitable CE to be equipped by her to improve her damage output.
As the nature of a Rider class servant, Quetz has a high star absorption rate even without using her skill, allowing her to make use of the critical stars generated every turn when equipped with this CE to deal critical damages onto the enemies.
Provides an increase in critical damage like the other recommended CEs along with a boost to critical stars drop rate. The additional NP charge provided at the start of the battle is also useful to enable Quetz to use her NP much faster.
When equipped to Quetzalcotl (Rider) and while she is on the field: Increase Arts & Buster Card effectiveness for all allies by 10%
Stats
Lvl
HP
ATK
Base
1,900
1,854
Lv50
7,983
7,434
Lv90
12,960
12,001
Lv100
14,198
13,137
Hidden Stats
NP Charge (ATK)
0.9%
NP Charge (DEF)
3%
Star Weight
205
Star Rate
9%
Death Resist
25%
Alignment
Lawful, Good
Attribute
Sky
Traits
Servant, Humanoid, Female, Divine, Riding, Weak to Enuma Elish, Earth or Sky
Noble Phantasm
Xiuhcoatl (Rank A)
Deal heavy damage to a single enemy Inflict NP Seal (1 turn) & Burn (5 turn) to the target [Overcharge] Increase Burn Damage
Rank
A
Classification
Anti-Army Anti-Fortress
Type
Buster
Hit-Count
1
Lvl
Damage +
Charge
Burn Damage
1
600%
100%
1000
2
800%
200%
1500
3
900%
300%
2000
4
950%
400%
2500
5
1000%
500%
3000
Skills
Upgrade Priority
3 > 2> 1 When choosing which skill to be raised first for Quetz, the third skill should be given the top priority as it provides a huge damage boost for a turn besides charging up her NP gauge. After that, we would like to turn our attention to her second skill that is very useful especially if you placed her within a party with other Buster focused servants. We leave the first skill for the last as even though it is pretty decent attack buff for the party but we have to give the priority to other skills that provide a higher increase in damage output.
Charisma A+
Available from the start Increase ATK for all allies (3 turns)
Lvl
Attack +
Cooldown
1
10.5%
7
2
11.6%
7
3
12.6%
7
4
13.7%
7
5
14.7%
7
6
15.8%
6
7
16.8%
6
8
17.9%
6
9
18.9%
6
10
21%
5
Good God's Wisdom A+
Unlocks after 1st Ascension Apply Guts for yourself (3 turns) (Revives with 1000 HP) (1 time). Increase your Buster Card effectiveness (3 turns)
Lvl
Buster +
Cooldown
1
20%
9
2
21%
9
3
22%
9
4
23%
9
5
24%
9
6
25%
8
7
26%
8
8
27%
8
9
28%
8
10
30%
7
Fighting For Freedom EX
Unlocks after 3rd Ascension Increase your C. Star Gather Rate (1 turn) Increase your Critical Strength (1 turn) Incrase your NP Gauge
Lvl
Absorption +
Crit Damage +
NP +
Cooldown
1
300%
30%
20%
8
2
330%
32%
21%
8
3
360%
34%
22%
8
4
390%
36%
23%
8
5
420%
38%
24%
8
6
450%
40%
25%
7
7
480%
42%
26%
7
8
510%
44%
27%
7
9
540%
46%
28%
7
10
600%
50%
30%
6
Class Skills
Magic Resistance A Increase your Debuff Resist by 20%
Riding Skill EX Increase your Quick Card effectiveness by 12%
Goddess' Essence EX Apply Damage Plus for yourself by 300 Increase your Debuff Resist by 30%
Command Cards
Card
Quick
Arts
Buster
Extra
Hit-Count
3
2
3
5
Quetz’s command card performance is pretty decent and should be used to aim for overkill due to the high number of hit counts on her cards. Besides that, her star generation and NP gain are higher than the average Rider class servants and should be taken advantage of to charge up her NP gauge quickly.