Any of the 5 stars currently avaliable will get you very far into the game, and all of them can be used in some way shape or form. The rate for 5 stars is 1%, please keep this in mind when rerolling / spending money on this game.
Tier List Rating System
We are applying a new tier list rating system right now. The list is more focused on how a servant performs more in neutral situations rather than advantageous or disadvantageous situations.
If you have any opinions on this, we'd like to hear your feedback so we can continue to improve this list.
Tier
Criteria
S
Can fill a wide variety of roles, class disadvantage is negligible, has an easy 50-50 chance in 1v1 or better
A
Can fill a wide variety of roles, has an easy 50-50 chance in 1v1 or better
B
Can fill multiple roles
C
Has a specific role
D
Cannot find a role, can only be good for stats
E
Needs strengthening
EX
Does not fit in any category
Adding "+" means the servant's rank increases by 1 step given certain conditions: purpose, combo, role, team synergy. Best applied only to notable servants. Can be applied multiple times
Expected result of re-evalution: Rank B --> B+ Brynhildr received a powerful buff to her third skill. Hero's Bridesmaid C --> C++ -Max Critical Star Absorption increases from 600% to 3000% -Healing ability remains the same. -New Critical Damage Up effect added, up to 40%. The skill is still targetable, making this ability powerful from a flexibility standpoint as well.
Expected result of re-evaluation: Rank C+ --> C+ New interlude strengthens Da Vinci's NP. Uomo Universale EX --> 'EX' - Improved damage multiplier from 750% Max to 900% - Introduces Critical Attack Chance debuff from 10% to 30%.
Expected result after re-evalution: Rank A --> A Sceherazade received a strengthening to her third skill after her new interlude. Counter Hero A --> Counter Hero (Speech) EX - Same Guts effect and Attack debuff against enemies with King trait. - Added new effect to grant other party members Guts status for 2 turns, reviving for 500HP.
Waver is an amazing support Servant who will be useful even into the later game, as he can provide the most NP charge to other members of the party, in addition to good buffs on attack, defense and crit damage. His own NP has to ability to stall by stunning and decrease the enemy's NP charge while also inflicting a defense down. Keep in mind that he is a support servant, and will do just that. He won't be dealing a huge amount of damage.
NP deals extra damage against most servants, and he also has an NP gain up skill. His NP gain is further enhanced by his ability to use stars (star absorb skill), and the standard Independant Action allows him to deal huge amonts of crit damage. Keep in mind that he is only avaliable on a limited Gacha, so he isn't the best reroll target.
Jeanne is an amazing servant in the early to mid game, as she resists damage from all classes except Berserker. She also provides party-wide invincibility for a turn, which can be used to absorb the damage from enemy NPs when the battle goes long. In the later game she starts to fall off because her NP stuns her for two turn and she has low damage potential, combined with the introduction of enemies with invincibility piercing abilities. However when she recieves her interlude, the stun demerit is removed from her NP, which makes her useful once again.
Currently, Kintoki's NP Brave chains are able to deplete a significant portion of most enemies' HP, making him a highly effective Servant. His performance, however, will continually decrease as opponents' HP amounts are increased later on in the game.
The Flagship Saber, can provide benefits to the team with her Charisma and has Prana Burst to enhance her Noble Phantasm. She has high HP and her NP has an overcharge effect of gaining NP charge. However as it is not a single target NP it will not burst down bosses quickly.
At launch he likely one of the strongest servants in the game, due to being the only 5 star Berserker (with stats to match). However be will truly shine when Tamamo no Mae is released, who will allow him to repeatedly use his NP to great effect. For now, he can do well just from his stats and class.
Altera is a powerful Saber class servant, with selfish skills that enable her as an attacker. Her NP has the capability to obliterate waves, especially when paired with her buffs. An important thing to note is her final skill unlocks with her third ascension which is currently hard to obtain. With the highest attack stat in the current state of the game, and her divinity passive she can and will obliterate targets, even more so with a brave chain and/or crits.
High ATK and a skillset that promotes offense, Dantes is a great offensive servant to have. Wether as the center of your team or as support, he plays a well-rounded role. He plays into quick and critical centered teams as per his command deck and Noble Phantasm. Due to his average star generation and abyssmal NP gain rate, he is not suited to operating alone or expected to carry any battles. The lack of survivability tools enforce this even more.
Possessing a very high ATK stat and the most damage-focused skillset among virtually all ingame Servants, Jeanne Alter's offensive capabilities in a critical team is unmatched, though due to her Avenger class, she will deal neutral damage most of the time.
Having most of the kit needed for hard quests (damage buffs, healing, star generation, party Invulnerability, and NP charge), Merlin allows players to clear challenges way more easily. His notable weaknesses are that he is unable to provide a defense buff, and that his Invulnerability skill has a rather long cooldown.
Providing a significant on-demand NP charge as well as performance boost for a certain duration, Zhuge Liang is most suited for fast-paced battles. As he lacks healing and significant defensive skills, however, he is somewhat unsuited for drawn-out fights.
With her NP's stun no longer in the picture, Jeanne is now a highly consistent defensive Servant, providing a teamwide Invulnerability, healing, and the coveted party debuff removal. These factors place her as one of the most sought after Servants for harder content.
Possessing a very high ATK stat and the most damage-focused skillset among virtually all ingame Servants, Jeanne Alter's offensive capabilities in a critical team is unmatched, though due to her Avenger class, she will deal neutral damage most of the time.
While Ereshkigal possesses notable support capabilities, these are not exactly what we would call 'decisive', especially given Protection from the Underworld's only 50% uptime. While she can also be used offensively, her lower NP damage and lack of critical absorption leaves her in an awkward spot, where her QQABB deck compromises her mainly supportive role.
I left due to time restraints and disagreements in terms of the content I was producing. I love the team, everyone was really passionate, but I simply wasn't happy with the work I put out. I've started from scratch writing my own content and I'm relatively happy with how it's going. I don't think I'll come back anytime soon.
I do like the skill recommendations to upgrade first in the way you explain things.
Anonymous
Why is Waver now A tier? I understand that you are now beginning to factor in survivability but in that case why is Gilgamesh, someone with no survival skills ranked A+? The buffs Waver offers vastly boosts the survivability of your whole team along with along with massively buffing their damage. He is a unit second only to Merlin.
Placing him lower on the list due to a slight lack of survivability is like judging a gun to be bad based on its ability to make pizza. He does his job to an undoubtedly "S" tier standard. So why deduct points based on something he's not meant to achieve?
Guys this tier list is based on survivability, so just because a servant I low on it doesn’t mean they are trash, like mama raikou, she can tactical nuke like a pro and throw out damage like there ain’t no tomorrow, she’s just not the most durable cause of her class and skills focusing on damage. Honestly, I would look at the rating the website owners gave the servants in their respective pages, not the tier lists.
I would think that Achilles belongs in somewhere in the A section because he's an absolute beast in Quick attack, and his NP is pretty great when you're wiping out a crowd of enemies (well I guess Casters in particular)