Why????????? Is my Zhuge Liang???????? So Sad???????
Do you have only a Zhuge Liang, Anon? It's an easy first time mistake, as they often appear okay as solo Servants at first, but they do best in the company of others.
In particular, if you can manage to find an Iskandar and a Hephaestion, they tend to naturally be drawn to Zhuge Liangs in the wild, often forming 3-way mating groups.
They'll also allow for additional enrichment for your Zhuge Liang as they also enjoy tactical exercises and the like.
If you can't manage to find an Iskandar or Hephaestion, some people instead keep their Zhuge Liangs with a pack of child servants, as Zhuge Liangs are natural caretakers. Just make sure yours doesn't overwork themself if you go with this option!
Lostbelt 3 is finished. Liked the villain more this time, in that sort of “knows when to fold them” sort of way. The weird Phoenix emperor really grew on me, as I speedran it.
Hardest fight for me was probably both rounds against consort Yu?
Shoutout to Sir Tristan, showing up to give a 1-turn evade against the horse man’s NP, then dying.
Here’s a list of my current progress in the Fate/Grand Order (#ad) (FGO) mobile game.
Lantern of Chaldea
This item is used to increase a Servant’s max Bond Level past 10. At the moment, I have very few Servants that have reached Bond Level 10. One of them is 5-star SSR Caster Zhuge Liang (Lord El-Melloi II) (also known as Waver Velvet). I can’t remember for sure now but he’s either the first or second Servant that I managed to get to Bond Level 10 (the other contender for the spot is 1-star Archer Arash). Unsurprising, really, because I’ve used Waver and kept him in my party basically ever since I got him.
I like him a lot, not just ‘cause he’s meta, which was why I decided to Grail him to Level 100. I even gave him the 4-star Fous to give his Attack and HP an additional 2k. He’s the first char I’ve done that for even though he didn’t need the stats increase. Also unlocked all of his Cards and gave him Command Codes.
Once I got Waver to Bond Level 10, I tried not to rely on him as often as I used to. So usually, I opted to borrow a friend support Waver instead. But there are times where I still end up using my own Waver anyway even if it might be a “waste”.
When we got our very first Lantern of Chaldea, there was no doubt in my mind who I’d give it to. That item already had Waver’s name written all over it. Gave it to him and, for a while, he was the first and only Servant I had with a Lantern of Chaldea. Much later, when I was able to acquire a second Lantern, I decided to give it to Arash. So far, I’ve yet to finish getting either of them to Bond Level 11.
Fate/Grand Order x Fate/CCC Revival: Abyssal Cyber Paradise SE.RA.PH Second Ballet
I remember the first time I started playing through the Abyssal Cyber Paradise SE.RA.PH event which featured 5-star SSR Alter Ego Meltryllis. Initially, I didn’t really like her, but as the story went on, I found my view about her changing. I ended up liking her a lot, so much so that I ended up throwing tickets on her banner although I wasn’t planning to do so at all. Naturally, I failed to get her.
I thought I would have to wait for the rerun of the SE.RA.PH event (which wasn’t set to happen for a long, long time) before I could try again, but then this banner that featured her showed up a few or so month later. Although I didn’t have a lot of resources, I still resolved to try pulling for her again anyway. To my complete and utter shock, one of the tickets I threw actually gave me my very first copy of Meltryllis. Hell, yes!
I leveled her up and maxed out all of her skills. Even ended up Grailing her to Level 100. I’ve started giving her 4-star Fous to further increase her Attack and HP. I’ve also unlocked all of her Cards and given her Command Codes. Since there’s currently not a lot of 4 and 5-star rarity Codes yet, she has more than a few of the 3-star and lower ones. I plan to switch these out as soon as better Codes show up.
Even though I already have a copy of Meltryllis and she’s perfectly fine even at NP1 (Noble Phantasm Level 1), I still found myself wanting to increase her NP Levels anyway, so I wanted to try rolling for her again the next time she was featured on a banner.
Now that time has finally come. After what felt like forever, the rerun for the SE.RA.PH event has finally arrived. The banner that featured Meltryllis also included the following Servants:
4-star SR Alter Ego Passionlip
4-star SR Saber Suzuka Gozen
4-star SR Archer Emiya (Alter)
3-star R Archer Robin Hood
To my relief, I was able to get my second copy of Meltryllis after using only a few tickets. I readily fused the copies together to get her to NP2.
I was supposed to be done with this banner after that, but I didn’t have a single copy of Passionlip yet. After playing through the SE.RA.PH event before, I also ended up liking her though not as much as Meltryllis.
Now I thought I wouldn’t mind having Passionlip too, especially since she’s an Alter Ego with an AoE Noble Phantasm so she doesn’t conflict with Melt. And I definitely wouldn’t say no to more copies of Meltryllis. So I tossed more resources into this banner. Should have waited for Lip’s solo rate-up but - well, what’s done is done. Thankfully, I actually managed to get a copy of her.
Melt didn’t show up for the third time, but that was fine, right? I now have NP2 Meltryllis and NP1 Passionlip. That was already more than good enough, right? Right? I still felt like pulling though. For some reason, I really wanted more copies of Melt.
And so, against my better judgment, I ended up throwing all the resources I could scrounge up on this banner. Used up all my currently available tickets and Saint Quartz (SQ). Even got the ones that were in my gift box. Also proceeded to exchange the Saint Quartz Fragments for more SQ.
Here are the results of some of my pulls:
5-star SSR Berserker Nightingale - my very first copy, not to mention my first SSR Berserker.
Was totally not expecting this at all. It’s a pleasant surprise since otherwise this would have been a pretty lousy draw.
Nevertheless, can’t deny that I’m a little bit disappointed anyway. I mean, this 5-star could have been Meltryllis. I wish it had been her instead. She’s the one on rate-up after all. But, as far as spooks go, this really wasn’t that bad at all. At least Nightingale’s a 5-star.
4-star SR Archer Emiya (Alter) - already have a copy of him from before though I can’t remember for sure now which banner I got him. Now, I’ve somehow ended up with like 2 more copies of him from this banner. Haven’t fused the copies yet though since I don’t get to use him much anymore.
4-star SR Saber Suzuka Gozen - already have a copy of her from before though I also can’t remember where and when I got her. Now, I’ve ended up with a second copy. Since I still use her even if not that often, I decided to fuse the copies together for NP2.
4-star SR Alter Ego Passionlip - she went from NP1 to NP5. Definitely not complaining, but I have to admit - every time I saw a golden Alter Ego card (with how many times Lip has shown up, I’ve basically memorized what the Servant card looks like), I couldn’t help but hope for Meltryllis to show up.
Then, when it turned into Passionlip instead, I couldn’t help but be disappointed. I really wish Melt had shown up a few more times as well. Unfortunately, she never showed up again. Every time I got an Alter Ego card, it always turned into Passionlip.
Multi-draw number I don’t remember anymore: this one was pretty good since I got 4 golds - 2 4-star CEs (they’re pretty bad though) and 2 4-star SR Servants (Passionlip and Suzuka Gozen). Still, I can’t help but wish that this Lip had been Melt instead.
Multi-draw number I also don’t remember: lots of golds although the CEs aren’t that good. Actually, I already have all of those MLB. And here we have yet another Passionlip. Meltryllis, doko da?
This multi-draw was just plain bad. Didn’t even get a single 4-star Servant. I already have the 4-star CEs that showed up fully MLB and none are all that good so meh.
The results of this multi-draw was also pretty bad. Once again, no Servant showed up, not even a 4-star. I’ve lost count of how many times I got the featured 3-star CE. I’ve been able to MLB that thing multiple times by now. I really don’t need anymore copies. Seriously. Please stop showing up.
The effects of the 4-star Waver CE aren’t that good. What I like about it is just the artwork, so I don’t really need another copy, especially since I doubt I’ll be using this anyway, not even if it’s MLB. The 5-star Gilgamesh CE is pretty good. I wouldn’t mind being able to MLB this, but at the rate things are going, I highly doubt I’ll be able to.
The results of this multi-draw were pretty good. Got 2 4-star SR Servants - Passionlip and Emiya (Alter). Also got 3 4-star CEs.
Fate/Grand Order Absolute Demonic Front Babylonia Blu-ray Box Set Release Pickup Summon (Daily) Banner
This banner features the following Servants and Craft Essences:
5-star SSR Lancer Enkidu
5-star SSR Archer Ishtar
4-star SR Caster Gilgamesh
4-star SR Lancer Medusa
3-star R Rider Ushiwakamaru
5-star SSR CE Dumplings Over Flowers
5-star SSR CE Starry Nights
5-star SSR CE Bitter and Sweet
5-star SSR CE Midsummer Moment
5-star SSR CE Conversation on the Hot Sands
5-star SSR CE Partake with the King
I wasn’t planning to pull on this banner. I mean, I like Enkidu well enough but he’s not limited so he could spook me anytime. I knew I was better off saving for future limited Servants that were coming soon.
But this banner also came with a ticket that let us have one copy of the featured 5-star CEs for free. I already have copies of Dumplings Over Flowers, Midsummer Moment, Starry Nights, and Partake with the King although none of them were MLB. I couldn’t decide which CE to get. And that’s how I ended up tossing some tickets on this banner. I was hoping to acquire one or more of the featured CEs to help me make a decision regarding the ticket.
As luck would have it, I actually managed to get a copy of Conversation on the Hot Sands. Welp, totally wasn’t expecting that at all. But definitely not complaining. So pick Bitter and Sweet via the ticket and be done with this banner, right? More like wrong.
See, the thing is I also ended up with like another copy of Starry Nights. I already have 1 or 2 copies from before, I think. Or maybe it was just one. I don’t remember the exact details anymore, but the point is that I thought I might actually be able to MLB Starry Nights, that is if I pull a few more copies from the gacha then use the CE ticket to get the last copy I needed.
Also, aside from snagging my first copy of Conversation on the Hot Sands, Enkidu graced me with his presence. Leveled him up and got his skills to 10/10/6. Got to use him a bit. He helped me deal with a pretty hard boss fight. So I definitely wouldn’t say no to a second copy of him. In fact, I was thinking about Grailing him though that’s gonna have to wait ‘cause I’m all out of resources.
I could barely get him to level 90. And my QP and other materials started going down by a lot as I leveled his skills. I actually didn’t max out his skills at first. It was only a bit later on that I got his first 2 skills to 10. The cooldown on his third skill is really long though, even at max level, and I’ve hardly used it so I opted to leave it at level 6 for now. I’ll try to max it once the lottery event happens and we get more resources.
Anyway, the point is that I wouldn’t mind getting more copies of Enkidu. Ishtar may not be a fave or anything, but she’s still an SSR and a pretty good one at that. Plus she’d be new so I wouldn’t say no if she came home as well. And Starry Nights may not be the best CE but since it seemed like I actually had the chance to MLB it, I wasn’t gonna say no to that either. Besides, it was a pretty good CE for Buster-type Servants.
So all this got me to pull some more on the Enkidu and Ishtar banner. Once again, ended up tossing all my currently-available resources on this banner.
Got my second copy of 4-star SR Lancer Medusa, which was very disappointing. When I saw the golden Lancer card, I thought I was gonna get another Enkidu. Too bad it was only her. I remember getting my first copy of her on the 5-star SSR Lancer Ereshkigal banner.
Incidentally, that particular banner also featured Enkidu. So when I got a gold Lancer card there, I was like what’s it gonna be? Enkidu? Ereshkigal? But no. Instead I got trolled by Medusa. Meh. She’s pretty lackluster from what I’ve heard, and I already have other Lancers so I basically just ignored her. Now that she’s trolled me for the second time, I’m so tempted to just burn her for a Rare Prism.
4-star SR Caster Gilgamesh also graced me with his presence. I have to admit that when I saw the golden Caster card, I got pretty hyped, wondering if I was gonna get my second copy of Waver or if another SSR Caster that was non-limited might spook me. Then the card turned into Cas Gil and I couldn’t be more disappointed.
Don’t get me wrong. I like Gil well enough. I actually have his 5-star SSR Archer version Grailed to 100 and at NP3 with maxed out skills and 4-star Fous. He’s even decked with Command Codes. The problem is that I already have a copy of his Caster version, and he’s already at NP5. His skills are maxed though I haven’t Grailed him.
So this Gil is nothing more than a Rare Prism now. Ah, well, at least this multi-draw also gave me another copy of Starry Nights. Yes! So I’m another step closer to being able to MLB said CE.
This particular multi-draw also gave me a golden Caster card. You’d think I might have learned not to expect too much by now, huh? After all, Caster Gilgamesh was on rate-up on this banner. But seeing a gold Caster card or well, seeing any gold Servant card just made me hope to get an SSR Servant.
Naturally, none showed up. Just got my 7th copy of Gil. Welp, if only this was his Archer version instead. Would love to NP5 Archer Gil. Too bad this draw was so bad. I mean, getting a 4-star SR Servant would have been pretty good, but seeing as this was nothing more than a dupe that I can’t even use anymore because my copy’s already maxed out - needless to say, was not at all pleased with the results of this draw. Starry Nights didn’t even show up.
Then I ran out of resources for pulling. We were set to get some summon tickets in a few days as part of some event campaign or other, and I was gonna throw those on this banner, but - well, it’s not like there was a guarantee I’d be able to get what I want since this game has no pity system.
Fused my copies of Starry Nights. Looks like I need 2 more copies to be able to MLB it. But considering my previous pulling session, I doubted I’d be able to get the last copy I needed. I was thinking of getting something else with my CE ticket.
In the end, I decided to just grab the Starry Nights CE so I could fuse it with the one I already have. It would mean less clutter in my inventory. I doubted I would have used Bitter and Sweet anyway. Well, I doubted I’d have used Starry Nights either unless I manage to MLB it since it only gives 40% NP charge unless it’s MLB, in which case it will give 50%.
Anyway, when I got the summon tickets, I tossed them on to this banner. The first few gave me nothing but crap, and I really lost all hope of ever getting the last copy of Starry Nights that I need to MLB it so I didn’t even bother looking at the screen anymore. Every time I glanced at it, I’d only see trash so whatever. Then I ran out of tickets so, yeah, it’s over.
Much, much later, I was trying to clear out my inventory when I noticed 2 copies of Starry Nights. I was like, huh? Didn’t I fuse all my copies already? Did I forget to fuse 1? So I went to fuse them together. It was then that I noticed that fusing them would let me MLB the CE. Welp, when’d I get the last copy I needed? This was a very pleasant surprise. Of course, I readily fused them together. Even started leveling it up.
Notes:
pics are from Amazon.com; links shown above
screenshots are from my Fate/Grand Order game account
learned after pairing all three up during the Vegas event on the JP server, this team
Is actually so unfair it's funny, they just rip up defenses, buff each other, Merlin heals, ups attack and helps up np , Waver ups defenses and Cú gets to rapidly set people on fire adding continuous damage to the mix, he didn't even have to use his evasion skill because he was healing too fast for damage to stick.
