User blog comment:FgoMinami/Servant Reviews/@comment-4802891-20170403152238

Name : Bedivere ・ Class : '' ・ Rarity : ★★★



Max ATK / Grailed ATK : 7627/10322

Max HP / Grailed HP : 9595/13009

Growth Curve : S

Attribute : Star

Star Absorption : 100

Star Generation : 10.2%

NP Charge ATK : 1.11%

NP Charge DEF : 3%

Death Resist : 28%

Traits: Male・Servant'・Humanoid'・Weak to Enuma Elish・Brynhildr's Beloved

Deck : QQABBQ = 2 A = 2 B = 1 Extra = 5

Character Description :  The character that definitively got me to play FGO. A handsome knight in shining armor with a compensionate and calm attitude, a soft voice (so soft you can't hear it in My Room sometimes...), a badass silver arm, coupled with a magestic yet simple Noble Phantasm, and a devotion to his duty I wish I had. If a certain Assassin is my waifu, this Saber is definitively my role model -- although such otherwordly devotion is basically impossible to achieve, at least to me. But that's not why I am here : as a character, Bedivere is pretty strong for a silver Servant, one of the better ones actually. His skillset is unique and his stats somewhat balanced, but his forte is without a doubt his Noble Phantasm... and that ARM, man!

Active Skills : 

'''1. Military Tactics C・Effect :'''  Increases party's NP performance for 1 turn

<p style="font-weight:normal;font-size:14px;">Description : One of the basic team buffs. At the average rank of C, it's a 8%~16% increase in NP damage every 7~5 turns. Bedivere's NP being his truest trump card, this skill is essential to his moveset and teams that are built around him (more on that later). Other than that, it's nothing special.

<p style="font-weight:normal;font-size:14px;">'''2. Calm and Collected B・Effect :'''  Increases NP gauge by 30%, and mental debuff resistance for 3 turns

<p style="font-weight:normal;font-size:14px;">Description : One of Bedivere's Personal Skill. Its main function is to charge your NP gauge every 8~6 turns, but you can't increase that value. The secondary function is supposed to be what you level the skill up for and, quite frankly, I never used it for that. While not totally situational, you shouldn't keep this skill for that. As soon as the battle begins, use it -- by the time you may need it to counter a mental ailment it will probably be recharged anyway.

<p style="font-weight:normal;font-size:14px;">'''3. Oath of Protector B・Effect :'''  Increases party's defense by 30% and debuff resistance for 1 turn

<p style="font-weight:normal;font-size:14px;">Description : Bedi's second Personal Skill. The less useful of the two, it is still a useful ability you can use at pretty much anytime. Despite its short cooldown period of 7~5 turns I wouldn't recommand spamming it because it only lasts for one turn. Also, with its second effect lasting one turn too, this skill is best used to counter debilitating NP with low damage output. Based on your team composition, it can end up being a good back-up tool to other Servants tho.

<p style="font-weight:normal;font-size:14px;">Passive Skills : 

<p style="font-weight:normal;font-size:14px;">'''1. Magic Resistance  B ・Effect :'''  Increases own resistance to debuffs by 17.5%

<p style="font-weight:normal;font-size:14px;">Description : Saber's main stay. Rank B is good enough for him. Nothing special to say about that.

<p style="font-weight:normal;font-size:14px;">'''2. Riding  A ・Effect :'''  Increases own Quick cards performance by 10%

<p style="font-weight:normal;font-size:14px;">Description : Bedivere never die phantasmal creatures as far as I know BUT it doesn't matter. That rank A on the skill is for a decent Quick buff. Nothing note-worthy, but it allows to be slightly better damage when doing any Q-Q chains. Yeah.

<p style="font-weight:normal;font-size:14px;">Noble Phantasm :  <p style="font-weight:normal;font-size:14px;">===================================================================
 * Name : Switch On Airgetlam・Type : Buster
 * Effect : Increases own Buster cards performance for 1 turn (Overcharge) and deals damage to a single target
 * Description : "The Silver Arm that Gets Sh*t Done", Bedivere's main stunt and what you are most likely going to use him for. I could spend a few lines describing how awesome this attack is, but it wouldn't help anyone understanding the fundamentals of its mechanism. Bedivere is one of the Servants who can increase the damage of his NP during the NP itself. The buff can't fail (as far as I know), making it more reliable than some DEF debuffs. At level 1, there are 2 reliable ways to use this NP to its full potential : Either use it in a solo NP-B-B chain (+30% Buster on every attack but Extra), or at the tip end of a NP chain (+50% Buster damage). The higher the level of course, the better the damage and accessibility to a more destructive NP-B-B chain... but Bedivere is a story-locked Servant, which means you will have to keep your quartz for Story gacha (or Class-specific gacha) if you want to have him even at level 2. I would just recommend to use this at the end of a NP chain, preferably with characters who can impede the target's defense first.

<p style="font-weight:normal;font-size:14px;">Character Usage : Bedi is a very nice Saber, especially against bosses because of his self-empowering single target Noble Phantasm (that's a mouthful...), and he can provide defensive back-up at times. His deck allows him to be effective in any kind of teams. I have mainly used him in Arts and Buster teams, against Lancers, where he was the DPS and, with proper settings, I was able to easily do more than 150k damage at NP1.

<p style="font-weight:normal;font-size:14px;">Recommended Craft Essences : Anything that increases NP charge and NP performance if you want to make him the tactical nuke of the team. If not, go for Buster-buffing cards. Avoid Taunt CEs, he isn't meant to be a tank (even if he can take the job for a few turns, at least against Lancers)

<p style="font-weight:normal;font-size:14px;">I personally use a Kaleid Ruby, Heroine Eli-chan's Adventure or Heaven's Feel with him, but I'm not yet set on what I want to use for him.

<p style="font-weight:normal;font-size:14px;">Suitable Party team members : I have never used him as anything less than my main attacker, so I can't really provide suggestions for other situations BUT, if you want to use him that way, you have: <p style="font-weight:normal;font-size:14px;">
 * Merlin : as obvious as it sounds, Merlin have the skill to turn him into heroic-fantasy main character material with his 3rd skill.
 * Quetzalcoatl : Same reason as for Merlin, but with any defense thrown out of the window. If you can afford both Merlin and Quetzy in your team... please do.
 * I like to pair him with Artoria for obvious reasons, but she is unfortunately just a "ok" choice (like any characters with Charisma and/or Military Tactics)
 * Mash : Nothing can go wrong with Mash, right? Bedi's 3rd skill works best as a supplementary tool to her NP. Once I used them at the same time, and survived a very damaging NP... it was all kind of awesome lol
 * Zhuge Liang + anyone with a DEF down NP effect : I have tried that once and, while not the most optimal combination, it can help with damage in a NP chain.

<p style="font-weight:normal;font-size:14px;">Character Score : 7.5/10 (The score would probably be higher if I could test him out NP5 lol)

<p style="font-weight:normal;font-size:14px;">Favorite quotes : "Compared to the light of my King's sword...!" (The line in itself I don't really care... but just LISTEN to it when he gets smack by a NP... It's so intense xD)

<p style="font-weight:normal;font-size:14px;">"Devour my soul and take flight! Silver Meteor! Dead End Airgetlam!" (I can't resist kiai and chants. Special attacks are awesome, not matter what!)