SSR ST Tier List (September 2021)

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SSR ST Tier List
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Total Servants: 39

EX (2)
Galatea
Vlad III

S (10)
Artoria Pendragon (Archer)
Dioscuri
Himiko
Jeanne d'Arc (Alter)
Kama
Mysterious Heroine X (Alter)
Orion
Ozymandias
Sakata Kintoki
Sitonai

A (14)
Abigail Williams
Astolfo (Saber)
Benienma
Cu Chulainn (Alter)
Enkidu
Taira no Kagekiyo
Meltryllis
Miyamoto Musashi
Mysterious Heroine X
Qin Shi Huang
Scathach
Superhuman Orion
Yang Guifei
Van Gogh

B (10)
Brynhild
Hijikata Toshizou
Illyasviel von Einzbern
Jack the Ripper
Li Shuwen (Assassin)
Nemo
Okita Souji
"Old Man of the Mountain"
Sanzang Xuanzang
Sigurd

C (2)
Artoria Pendragon (Rider Alter)
Quetzalcoatl

D (1)
Tamamo no Mae (Lancer)

E (0)


--EX--
Galatea- With her closest competition being Vlad, Galatea trades some offense for much better survival and gimmick protection. Other than that they perform about the same; both achieve nuclear damage with Caster Artoria and are near-immortal in her teams.

Vlad III- Multiple significant buffs have propelled Vlad to the top of the meta. With Caster Artoria, his proper post-lude damage, and in-kit NP gain boosting abilities, Vlad has the highest damage of any Arts servant (or any servant, really) over three turns in the game. He embodies the holy trinity in ST servants: immortal, consistent, and hella strong.

--S--
Artoria Pendragon (Archer)- Hilariously broken Arts spammer with Caster Artoria, who fixes her damage issues. Also a viable 90+ option due to having absurdly high NP refund.

Dioscuri- While their damage is somewhat lacking, Castor and Pollux are remarkably consistent ST point servants. Stars of the Chief God offers flat regeneration buffs for both their Quick and Arts cards, making them highly resilient against debuffs, as well as gimmicks that nerf NP gain. Their NP also pierces both invulnerability and defense, letting you invest entirely into damage.

Himiko- Her spammable OC buff on NP gives Himiko a unique synergy with Caster Artoria, allowing the latter to stack hits on Solemn Defense without CEs. This core is essentially an updated Jeanne zombie team, with much better damage, consistency, and gimmick resistance.

Jeanne d'Arc (Alter)- Recently got an absurd NP buff that ties her whole kit together. Use her with Koyanskaya and watch everything burn.

Kama- Remains one of the top ST servants despite Quick falling out of the meta. Kama has respectable damage output while also providing the CC that Quick teams sorely lack.

Mysterious Heroine X (Alter)- With an interlude granting bonus damage vs Good alignment enemies, MHXA remains a top ST Quick nuke. Despite the meta shift her usability hasn't changed much.

Orion- Scales stupidly hard with Caster Artoria. The latter fixes Artemis' atrocious NP gain and lets her fully leverage all the CC from her NP.

Ozymandias- Fantastic point servant for zombie teams with his recent buffs. Skill cooldown reduction has great synergy with his first and third skills, letting his teams get going much quicker than previously. Awesome servant overall.

Sakata Kintoki- A bit of an underrated servant who gets to shine much more with Koyanskaya. He hits like a truck at base, which is elevated further by his NP buff. This plus his fat battery makes him a solid 90+ candidate.

Sitonai- Archer Artoria Syndrome (tm) servant who gets completely broken by Caster Artoria. With damage that ramps up over three turns, Sitonai has a similar playstyle to Vlad, though she is locked to Cavalry and Foreigners.

--A--
Abigail Williams- With her skill buff, Abigail is still a decent choice for zombie teams. She packs a lot of CC and gimmick piercing, making choice fights a lot easier.

Astolfo (Saber)- Kama sidegrade. Sports much better damage, especially over three turns, and packs CC that doesn't restrict his team comps. However, his NP gain, especially on cards, is worse.

Benienma- Has low damage, but a lot of utility. Beni's best teams appreciate the buff removal res, and she can even go nuclear with the right alignments on the enemy side. For raw offense though, there are better ST Arts to choose from.

Cu Chulainn (Alter)- This cockroach has much better bite, post-buff. While still the best anchor in the game by a long shot, it's still Cu's only notable role. Amazing servant for new players in particular.

Enkidu- Enkidu smashes just about every story quest thrown at him these days. Very few servants, self-buffed, can keep up with Gae Clay's damage if the target is a Threat to Humanity. Much like Cu Alter, Enkidu is largely self-sufficient; he doesn't scale well with supports, but also doesn't need them in order to do his job.

Taira no Kagekiyo- With a penchant for massacring Genji foes, Kagekiyo is a new ST Quick facing stiff competition in MHXA and Kama. However, her defining trait is, quite literally, never dying. With the shortest Guts CD in the game, each mortal blow she suffers is a lesson to herself and a warning to her enemy. She's most effective when enemies are focusing all their attacks on her, as this leverages her ability to do significant, unmitigated damage.

Meltryllis- MHXA sidegrade. Worse damage, restricted to cavalry, and has better NP gain.

Miyamoto Musashi- Musashi's NP upgrade gave her the Enkidu treatment. Adding Alter Ego and Mooncancer to the list of enemies she gets bonus damage against improves her use case substantially. Awesome servant overall.

Mysterious Heroine X- With better options to handle enemy Sabers nowadays, MHX has fallen off a bit. Her damage and CC, while excellent, don't make up for the loss of consistency compared to her Arts competition, or even Kama.

Qin Shi Huang- Qin Shi Huang teams, while near-immortal, are generally inferior to newer zombie compositions featuring Morgan and Himiko. It doesn't help that he doesn't have synergy with the new stall hotness in Caster Artoria, nor does he benefit at all from newer supports like Oberon and Koyanskaya.

Scathach- Scathach is generally at her best in story content, which has a plethora of Divine enemies for her to nuke. Outside of that, her damage and CC are both great considering all the battery supports available nowadays.

Superhuman Orion- Orion is a very nonstandard ST nuke, stacking crit buffs to hit meme levels of damage with his red cards. He's both self-sufficient and resilient to gimmicks, so all he needs from supports is moar damage. 9/10 would hit the crit cap again.

Yang Guifei- Capable of getting SE vs any enemy with her burn gimmick, Yang is much improved with Caster Artoria around. She needs at least a turn to get rolling though.

Van Gogh- Gogh's gimmick, in its most simplified form, is to generate and absorb Curse stacks for lots of buffs and CC. This is best demonstrated in a team using double Van Gogh, as the pair can generate 12 curse stacks per cycle (yes, that's 2 guaranteed NPs every 6 turns ignoring cards and other skills), spamming terrors, dodges, and crits in the process. Van Gogh strategies, while not as straightforward as braindead Arts spam, are both unique and powerful.

--B--
Brynhild- Brynhild's main value lies in her targetable Self-Modification. Other than that, her damage when matching trait is solid, and mediocre otherwise.

Hijikata Toshizou- Hijikata is a powerful albeit gimmicky crit Berserker. He attempts to take advantage of his Berserker class by having a double damage NP and quadrupled crit damage if he hits 1 HP. This gives him an enormous ceiling that he can leverage against almost any class. However, he has a hard time getting everything lined up for that ideal burst, and he is usually done after pulling off his gimmick once anyway.

Illyasviel von Einzbern- Early drafts were projecting a much worse placement for our 5th grade heroine. However, her recent buff was a big help. She's a usable 90+ option too!

Jack the Ripper- With Quick's glory days in the past and no new buffs in the six years she has been in the game, Jack's situation is looking bleak. She lacks both an NP battery and a reliable steroid, which limits her damage significantly; her competitors outstrip her even against females over multiple turns. The defense ignore and absurd Quick cards are huge points in Jack's favor, at least.

Li Shuwen (Assassin)- There's a problem when your former self can Ignore Defense but you can't. Inconsistencies aside...Li is a simple point servant to run, just like his Lancer self. He bursts every few turns, hitting very hard in the process. Li is one of the few competent Arts Assassins, but unfortunately he doesn't stand out.

Nemo- Nemo is a thoroughly unimpressive ST Rider, even with Caster Artoria compatibility factored in...unless you're Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea. A simple change in battlefield turns his steroids from an above average 1.6 to an utterly ridiculous 2.8. That is three turns of nearly tripled damage (quadrupled against Super Large enemies) without factoring in additional supports. With how painful it is currently to field servants that can bring the Waterside field buff (of which there is exactly one), Nemo will almost never reach this potential in general gameplay. As a non-limited SSR, this is probably for the best. Do keep an eye out though, as any increase in stage buffs can skyrocket his power level significantly.

Okita Souji- Another Jack situation. Okita arguably has things worse though, lacking an interlude while also being outperformed by a 3* Saber.

"Old Man of the Mountain"- King Hassan has rejected the meta and become fully invested in solo ability...which, unfortunately, doesn't mean much these days. His deck is quite stacked though, posessing an absurd 3% Arts card and 1% base. Of note is that he scales incredibly well with EX Attack append skill because of this.

Sanzang Xuanzang- Excellent servant for 90+ with Mana Loading, and not much outside of that. She can do some work with her second and third skills as a point servant, but there are stronger options for that nowadays.

Sigurd- Dragon SE paired with Interlude lets Sigurd go nuclear against certain enemies (St. George anyone?), especially in the story. Other than that though...yikes his skills are undertuned. DW pls buff.

--C--
Artoria Pendragon (Rider Alter)- If Maid Alter was as good as she looked, she'd be EX. Easily the one servant in most need of a buff right now.

Quetzalcoatl- Being Buster is a hard life. Her usefulness against gimmicks is next to none, and unlike other Buster points she lacks the damage and survival to make up for that.

--D--
Tamamo no Mae (Lancer)- You know what? I take back what I said about Maid Alter. I'm actually stunned that a character as popular as Tamamo hasn't recieved anything in nearly 5 years.  DW pls buff.

--E--