Talk:FGO Summer Festival 2016 ~1st Anniversary~/@comment-183.88.185.103-20160803005023/@comment-104.162.137.53-20160803042842

Locked servants are only locked in the story gacha. Event gachas that have rate ups like this don't have any prerequisites to fulfill.

Still, the London themed gacha has three different 4 star servants w/ rate up. Even if you get lucky and manage to roll a 4 star, you'll have three rate ups competing with each other. That being said, Nursery Rhyme and Fran are by no means bad servants (although Fran might need a CE like Vessel of the Saint to prevent self-stun from her NP).

...Realistically speaking, your best chance of getting a Lancer would be a gacha that boosts the rate of a 3 star Lancer. As Fuyuki is over, all that's left is Septem w/ Romulus and Okeanos w/ Hector. Unfortunately, neither are quite as good as Cu, but they have their own merits to some extent. Between the two, I would personally go for Hector. Although Romulus has quite some sustainability w/ two heals and guts, I feel Hector brings more to the table with Military Tactics and a chance to stun. Hector's NP also brings a larger % debuff to enemies' defense than Romulus' NP's buff to party's attack.

Ultimately, the choice is yours. Read up on their active skills and NPs and see which suits your team better. Both NPs are suited to be the first one to use in a full NP chain. Of course, since they're both silvers and relatively easy to obtain, you could split your amount of rolls between the two gachas and try to get both, although focusing on one in an attempt to get multiple copies to upgrade the NP level a few times is also a viable choice.

On a somewhat related note, some people believe the swimsuit event to be the 10th campaign for GO's 1st Anniversary. Though I'm not sure how likely this is, I've been stockpiling Lancer EXP just in case for the Lancer Kiyohime that's going to be in the swimsuit event. I honestly wouldn't recommend waiting to spend your SQ for this if you really need a good Lancer soon, esp. since we're not even sure how many stars she'll have, or even how useful she'll be in battle. Heck, some people are predicting she'll even be a free 4 star servant. Well, regardless of how you choose to spend your SQ, good luck, and hopefully the gacha won't troll you too hard.