Talk:Artoria Pendragon (Lancer)/@comment-186.10.10.226-20170309151925/@comment-28209103-20170401025248

Well high stat doesn't really equal to higher firepower, nor it guaranteed her to be tankier. Personally I'm on the skill faction who put more emphasize on skill so...

As far as I concerned she's the ideal mob farming Lancer, definitely not the ideal choice for Boss battle, however to answer the question "is it a good idea to bring AoE to Boss Battle?" then I must say it depends on the servant, my low level (67) Alter Lancer give me a stellar performance during Moriarty-Baal battle due to her burst crit oriented skill, some AoE damage strong enough to justify their use on certain boss (Gil, SAlter, Mordred, Sieg) and like Alter Lancer some AoE skills are oriented towards burst damage (Raikou, Lancelot), and finally some AoE can be boosted to cloud 9 making them boss slayer weapon for limited times.

short answer, either the AoE damage are high enough, or their skill support burst damage are the key wtih team composition as additional factor. However I must say that as long as you know what are you doing it'll be fine.