Talk:Astolfo (Saber)/@comment-27376746-20191129092239

It seems like the devs are trying to see if they can throw enough buffs on one attack card to make people want to make use of it even if the servant has only one of that card. The Buster-only absorbtion buff is still pretty unlikely to be good but he otherwise reminds me quite a lot of Saber Diarmuid.

Astolfo definitely has the supperior defensive capabilities in that his Evade is almost as good as Cu's and Diarmuid's is tied to offesive buffs while Astolfo's is not. On the negative side, Diarmuid's hit counts and NP gain rate are clearly superior to Astolfo's in everything but the Extra attack. Astolfo can also out-DPS Diarmuid even ignoring the stats advantage of being one-star higher than the Irishman as Astolfo's damage buffs last longer than Diarmuid's and unlike him, the One Lacking in Sense can also buff his critical damage. He also has more utility than the Knight of Fianna in that he can infict Terror on the whole enemy team and remove his own debuffs on a 5-turn cooldown.

My verdict so far - he's if Saber Diarmuid had 5-star stats but gained more tankiness, utility and damage in exchange for being a bit less self-sufficient.