Talk:Artoria Pendragon (Santa Alter)/@comment-128.12.252.4-20170910163042/@comment-26207246-20170911185106

Saber Alter is certainly better at damage optimally since she has Charisma E and a slightly stronger Mana Burst so at the same NP level she will be outdamaging Rider Alter by good amount solo.

Rider Alter however appears to have a lot more utility as a unit then Saber Alter, Saint's Gift EX being a 3500 heal with a 5 turn cool down is pretty amazing IMO the additional star gen to the healed unit is just icing on the cake, and as you said most people aren't going to have a an NP 5 Saber Alter but will have an NP5 Rider Alter so she will get the 650% bonus while most peoples Saber Alter's are only gonna have 450% - 600%

Overall they are about the same but I personally find Rider to be a little more well rounded and easily placable on a team at the cost of a bit of damage he biggest draw back is she has two crit star gen skills and that doesn't really feel like it benifits her Buster playstyle that much.

Saber is usually the main damage dealer and needs support since her kit is purely made for damage so optimally with characters that can keep her alive and buff up her damage like Jeanne and Merlin/Waver she will probably get more done overall then Rider.