Da Vinci is defined by her survival-oriented kit - with Guts, defense up, heals, and debuff immunity, she is able to be highly survivable even in more trickier fights. Being an Arts-oriented Servant, she is also able to spam her Noble Phantasm to some extent, and she also has an Invincibility Pierce as well as defense ignore, making her a reliable damage dealer for all situations.
However, as a Caster, she suffers from the 0.9x modifier and lower ATK stat, meaning that her damage potential is less when compared to similar Servants from other classes. This is made even worse with her AoE-type NP, and her NP’s buff which is rather small in percentage. Additionally, the buff from her skill is chance-based, making it unreliable at times.
Pros
Highly survivable.
Debuff immunity.
Invincibility Pierce and Defense Ignore.
Cons
Low NP damage with a kit focused on it.
No team support functions.
Strategies & Tips
Da Vinci should only be used in battles where her survivability is needed; or where her defense ignore and invincibility pierce properties would be beneficial (and if Sherlock Holmes is not available). She should be paired with a good damage supporting Servant, such as Tamamo no Mae, in order to somewhat cover her greatest drawback.
Noble Phantasm
Uomo Universale is an Arts-type AoE Noble Phantasm, which possesses a built-in NP damage buff. This is Da Vinci’s primary source of damage; while its damage itself is not notably high, it has a defense-ignoring property, something that can be highly useful in trickier fights.
With a major Arts buff as well as healing, cooldown reduction and NP gauge fill, Tamamo is an obvious choice for Da Vinci. To be noted, however, is that the team lacks any kind of hard defensive skill, which makes a third Servant providing such things important.
Shielder’s defense buffs provide means of damage mitigation for Da Vinci, complementing her defensive functions. Her Taunt and Invincibility buff also helps Additionally, she makes reaching 100% defense up possible for Da Vinci, though there is still 20% needed from external buffs.
Jeanne provides extra healing and an AoE Invulnerability for the team; meaning that with another support, the team will be highly survivable. However, it has to be noted that Jeanne’s defense buff is rather minuscule at low NP level, and her healing ability is not as potent as Tamamo or Merlin.
This type of Craft Essence is arguably the best for Da Vinci, as the high buff percentage allows her to somewhat overcome her low NP damage. Additionally, external NP buffs are rather rare, meaning that the Craft Essence’s scaling would be generally decent.
Increases the damage from Da Vinci’s normal Arts cards as well as her NP. In a vacuum, the Arts buff scales better with Da Vinci’s damage compared to NP buffs as she already has some of the latter; however, most compatible supporting Servants provide Arts buffs as well, meaning that damage-wise, NP buffs still have the edge.
A combination of the above Craft Essence types, these should be used as an alternative to NP damage up Craft Essences.
Max Bond Level CE
Servant
Explanation
Omnipotent Wisdom, Founding Knowledge When equipped to Leonardo Da Vinci (Caster) only, increase NP Strength for all allies by 20% while on the field
Stats
Lvl
HP
ATK
Base
2,091
1,637
Lv50
8,953
6,691
Lv90
14,259
10,598
Lv100
15,621
11,601
Hidden Stats
NP Charge (ATK)
0.54%
NP Charge (DEF)
3%
Star Weight
50
Star Rate
10.8%
Death Resist
34.5%
Alignment
Lawful, Good
Attribute
Star
Traits
Female, Humanoid, Servant, Weak to Enuma Elish
Noble Phantasm
Uomo Universale (Rank EX)
Deals DEF-Ignoring damage to all enemies Decrease Critical Rate by 10% for all enemies (3 turns) [Overcharge] Increase your NP Strength (1 turn)
Rank
EX
Classification
Anti-Army
Type
Arts
Hit-Count
1
Lvl
Damage
Charge
NP Damage +
1
450%
100%
30%
2
600%
200%
40%
3
675%
300%
50%
4
712.5%
400%
60%
5
750%
500%
70%
Uomo Universale (Rank 'EX')
Deals DEF-Ignoring damage to all enemies Decrease Critical Rate by 30% for all enemies (3 turns) [Overcharge] Increase your NP Strength (1 turn)
Lvl
Damage
Charge
NP Damage +
1
600%
100%
30%
2
750%
200%
40%
3
825%
300%
50%
4
862.5%
400%
60%
5
900%
500%
70%
Skills
Upgrade Priority
Natural Born Genius EX
Grants a Guts status for three turns, as well as having a high chance to apply a defense buff and an NP damage buff. As Da Vinci’s only direct buff among her three skills and due to her ease of NP spam, this skill should be leveled first, both for the percentage and the cooldown.
Golden Rule (Body) B
Grants a 2-turn debuff immunity to Da Vinci, as well as sustained heals and NP gauge increase. For general usage, this skill is generally more of a bonus, as it is too slow to be significant. However, the cooldown may be rather important in harder fights, not only due to the heal, but especially for the debuff immunity. Generally, this skill should be leveled last.
Pioneer of the Stars EX
Although the 50% NP gauge increase might be a great gift for other Servants, due to Da Vinci’s three-Arts deck and weak NP, it is less significant to her. A notable part of this skill is the Invincibility Pierce; on the other hand, Da Vinci is unable to make an effective use of the critical stars due to the low Caster star weight. This skill should be leveled second.
Natural Born Genius EX
Available from the start Apply Guts for yourself (3 turns) 85% Chance to increase your DEF (3 turns) 85% Chance to increase your NP Strength (1 turn)
Lvl
Revives with
Defense +
NP Damage +
Cooldown
1
1000 HP
20%
20%
7
2
1200 HP
21%
21%
7
3
1400 HP
22%
22%
7
4
1600 HP
23%
23%
7
5
1800 HP
24%
24%
7
6
2000 HP
25%
25%
6
7
2200 HP
26%
26%
6
8
2400 HP
27%
27%
6
9
2600 HP
28%
28%
6
10
3000 HP
30%
30%
5
Golden Rule (Body) B
Unlocks after 1st Ascension Apply Debuff Immune for yourself (2 turns) Restore your HP each turn (3 turns) Increase your NP Gauge by 10% (3 turns)
Lvl
HP Regen
Cooldown
1
500
8
2
550
8
3
600
8
4
650
8
5
700
8
6
750
7
7
800
7
8
850
7
9
900
7
10
1000
6
Pioneer of the Stars EX
Unlocks after 3rd Ascension Increase your NP Gauge Apply Sure-Hit for yourself (3 turns) Gain 10 C. Stars
Lvl
NP +
Cooldown
1
30%
8
2
32%
8
3
34%
8
4
36%
8
5
38%
8
6
40%
7
7
42%
7
8
44%
7
9
46%
7
10
50%
6
Class Skills
Territory Creation A Increase your Arts Card effectiveness by 10%
Item Construction A Increase your Debuff Success Rate by 10%
Command Cards
Card
Quick
Arts
Buster
Extra
Hit-Count
4
3
1
4
Da Vinci’s QAAAB deck aids her NP spam, and can be considered the best deck for her, as she neither benefits from extra Buster cards nor Quick cards. Still, it means that the damage her normal cards do will be rather weak, so she should generally focus on NP charging instead.