Talk:Artoria Pendragon (Lancer Alter)/@comment-120.188.87.32-20160917052840/@comment-29887359-20161118221950

Regular Artoria Lancer is great for wave-clearing due to her NP charge and NP refund, but compared to Alter, she lacks burst and utility.

Don't get me wrong, i'm not saying that vanilla's NP is just outright weaker than Alter's, because having both GA'd, it's obvious that one's stats will be stronger than the others'

What i'm saying is that Alter's NP seal has infinitely more utility than vanilla's straight damage. You have no idea how much the NP seal is basically a free stun against most bosses with some form of NP spam.

That said, vanilla shines in the sense that she isn't reliant for having a team comp or CE to directly cater to her weaknesses, because she doesn't exactly have any. Alter's requires either a team to generate starts for her, and a CE that can either give her flat NP charge or bonus NP gain. Because her star/NP generation is by far the worst i've ever seen on any Lancer servant.