Talk:Ishtar (Rider)/@comment-104.32.101.200-20170810052032

This is just my own first impressions,  but so far, Ishtar honestly feels really, really damn strong. Her first skill is hands down one of the best skills in the game, and she's not even a 5* Caster for it, and if you can supply her with Stars and get a chain with her, she crits hard with her third skill and generates a lot of NP while she's at it. Didn't think it was very good when using TamaLancer due to how hard it is to make good use of it and leading me to mainly just use it as invincibility, but it's less situational on Ishtar since she can naturally make and attract stars more easily, and she has a backup evasion skill that makes me less hesitant about using up the invincibility. On account of her actually supporting her team with her first skill and the fact that she can protect herself from enemy NPs, I'm liking her even more than Kintoki, whom I've been making frequent use of.

All in all, aside from the differences in their NP types, I find that while Rider Kintoki has a very noticeable edge in NP and star generation, Ishtar has a significantly more dynamic and useful skillset.

So far I think that she pairs especially well with my Sherlock Holmes. Both are quite durable against most enemies, he complements her crit-oriented playstyle by making it even stronger, and Holmes can still steal the stars when he needs to with his star absorb skill. The rare times when I can stack one or two NPs with Holmes and then get a crit chain with Ishtar is just so satisfying. Very much looking forward to upgrading her NP soon and looking for more opportunities to use her going forward; thus far I've found her to be the most 'fun' of the welfare Servants to use and I'm really glad DW decided to give her to us for free!