MrSmokestack SSR Support Tier List (June 2019)

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SSR Support Tier List
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Total SSRs: 10

EX (3)
Merlin
Scathach-Skadi
Zhuge Lijang (Lord El-Melloi II)

S (2)
BB (Summer)
Tamamo-no-Mae

A (3)
Jeanne d'Arc
Sherlock Holmes
Sima Yi

B (2)
Florence Nightingale
Osakabehime

C (0)

D (0)

E (0)

--EX--
Merlin- Merlin does a little bit of everything. He gives a damage amp, hard survivability, sustain, and NP charge. Having a free 60% net NP charge every 5 turns alongside a long-lasting, stackable NP, Merlin is the best NP enabler in the game. He loses out to Skadi for raw offense, but in return his sustain game is much better.

Scathach-Skadi- With a massive buff value for Quick servants and a targetable 50% battery, Skadi is arguably the best support Caster in the game. She's not only useful for farming, but is also among the most commonly used supports for blitzing CQs. Compared to Waver and Merlin, she's much weaker on the defensive; however, her ability to enable a DPS to shutout fights is unmatched.

Zhuge Lijang (Lord El-Melloi II)- Waver is one of only two targetable 50% NP batteries in the game. Despite his long cooldowns, he continues to find use in blitz strategies for topping off NP gauge for the DPS, as well as boosting damage. He's also been the best farming support since the beginning of time, though Skadi gives him some competition there.

--S--
BB (Summer)- BB is an excellent flex support for when reaching damage cap is less important than setting up brave chains for a DPS. While Quick teams benefit the most from having card RNG eliminated, Formless Moon is generic enough to find use in any team. She isn't half bad as a point servant either, with a giant NP battery, Self-Modification, and an NP with charge drain.

Tamamo-no-Mae- Tamamo is one of the few servants who frontloads all of their value onto the NP while having a functional if bland kit. Post-buff, she flat-out doubles the NP damage of any Arts servant for three turns, giving her some much-needed versatility. In fights where blitzing is all but prohibited, Tamamo shines brightest.

--A--
Jeanne d'Arc- The game's first Ruler has aged heavily since release time, and she often gets a bad rap due to how slow and unfun her playstyle is. However, invulnerability tied to NP is still one of the most mechanically broken effects in the game after taunt and NP charge. For that reason alone she will always be a viable pick for CQs, even if she forces you to play by a different rulebook.

Sherlock Holmes- Defense buffs? Invulnerability? NP charges? Sherlock shuts them all down. He is obnoxiously difficult to kill due to his class and innate dodge + debuff immune, and his damage amping makes him a solid candidate for secondary DPS. He won't help the team last longer like other Arts supports, but he'll make exploding the enemy before it gets to that point far, far easier.

Sima Yi- Very controversial support servant due to her class. She works best supporting Berserkers that either don't care about critting, or who can easily set up crits for themselves. While Berserkers like Raikou and Arjuna have better options to choose from, Reines can be an interesting flex pick depending on the quest.

--B--
Florence Nightingale- Against enemies that remove buffs before NP, Night is one of your few lines of defense. She also works well as a support due to having debuff clear, debuff immune, and a massive Buster buff that is active more turns than not. She's no Merlin, but she's an solid support in her own right.

Osakabehime- NEET-hime is a mess. While buff removal and targetable NP battery can be very useful, having most of your utility frontloaded on NP isn't. Tamamo gets away with it specifically because of how her NP works, but NEET is pretty terrible as a damage amp. She's definitely in a better position post-buff, but there is rarely a reason to bring her due to how poorly her kit meshes with Skadi's playstyle.