Talk:Anastasia Chapter Release/@comment-27996510-20180404113635/@comment-29893250-20180404145655

Why shouldn't a servant be able to be judged by first impression? I didn't need to play Merlin and Tamamo to know they were good. I didn't need to play prefix Iskandar, Artoria prime, Angra, etc to know they were comparatively near the bottom of the pack.

Assuming lv 10 cooldowns to be 7/7/9 and if the translations haven't any hiccups, I'd say that she's a pretty reasonable AOE caster with some level of niche. Her numerical NP gain isn't great but it is alright and balanced by a high territory creation and the presence of a charge skill. Prana burst type skill, invincipierce, debuff game, good two ended charisma... She's plagued by very high cooldowns. The NP charge has a pretty steep cd and the stun on it isn't terribly reliable. So I wouldn't expect to get consistent value out of the stun aspect of it. Her NP can reasonably stack def downs which can play nicely with some servants. So probably team her with Tamamo and Hokusai(or some other debuffer servant) or the like for maximum def down stacking. You want Tamamo anyway to help ease Anastasia's cooldowns. Anway, if you're not going for a long haul debuff cycle, she is absolutely a "standard AOE caster" with nothing to make her particularly stand out in this role. If you are, she can act as one of your outlets. However, she's not totally self sufficient like Hokusai whose presence can strip defense down to basically nothing without any help. To make her stand out beyond being an AOE caster with a charge and a prana burst, I think she almost has to have Tamamo to help her cycle fast enough. Otherwise you won't be able to stack well enough to get full value out of her debuffs and you'd be better off focusing on some other mechanic.