Contents
Introduction
This is going to be a top 10 List of the servants who I think you should be on the lookout for this year in FGO based on their rarity, but most importantly, their power.
I’ll be going into the pros and cons of each servant as well as when they’re expected to be released so that you can get a good picture of who you want to roll for depending on your circumstances and who you should save for. So with all that said, let’s get right into the list.
Ivan
Rounding out the top of our list of Top 2020 servants is a servant I consider to be one of the most underrated in the game Ivan the Terrible Ivan is a five star rider who’s going to be released alongside the Rust Belt one gatcha in early April.
Pros
What sets Ivan apart from most writers is that he is extremely high utility he’s able to remove his own debuffs as well as provide the team with crit star generation
cluster card resist down on enemies, and the ability to remove all buffs from all enemies. And that last one is Of particular note because the ability to remove all buffs from every enemy is exceedingly rare and extremely valuable, especially in high difficulty content, which is abundant in the lost belt era.
He provides utility that even most dedicated supports can’t. But even on top of that, he’s recently received a buff to his noble phantasm, which allows him to put out some decent damage in his own right, so he works very well as an offensive support hybrid servant, where he can provide damage to the team, while also providing them with unique benefits, like being able to remove buffs from enemies and weaken their resistance to Buster damage.
Cons
On the downside, though his banner is very close to another very prominent writer in 2020, that being Achilles and while he does provide excellent utility and decent damage, he isn’t by any means a hard carry, though. Expect them to do the job of an Ozymandias or Kensal colossal he’s there to be more of a supporting piece.
I consider Ivan ideal for people who are in need of strong Buster support to run along with servants like Merlin Nightingale and Shakespeare to support their main damage dealer as he can provide benefits that those servants cannot he’s also perfect for running in the Big Boy meta, alongside johnyou and Dareus.
Asagami Fujino
At number nine we have a servant that I have a feeling of most of you are looking forward to already anyway actually got me, Fujino, is a four-star Archer who’s going to be releasing with the Kara no Kyokai rerun in the mid-February and Fuji knows claim to fame in FGO is going to be that of the rarest servant ever.
Pros
In fact, Fuji not only has one rate up and that’s going to be her first one in February, which means if you don’t pull her then you have no chance of getting her for at least another two years, if not longer.
Aside from being exceedingly rare Fujino is also just a good single target Archer. She has a great mix of offense and defense alongside some very unique utility. For example, She has a good mini Manta burst in her first skill, but it also allows her to ignore defense and apply short hits so that she can hit through evade.
She also has some decent tankiness in her third skill, which applies damage cut and applies guts to herself as well. And that skill has excellent synergy with certain supports like mash and waiver. This good mix of authentic tankiness and utility makes her an excellent choice for challenge quest.
She also has one of the most badass NPC animations in the game.
Cons
However, on the downside, her damage is subpar compared to most of the other single target archers just due to her lack of an NPC interlude. She’s also difficult to use without the proper support because of that I think Fujino know is ideal for people who are looking for a strong Archer that’s capable of tackling Difficulty challenge quest and also ideal for people who have good taste.
Jeanne Alter (Summer)
Who says welfares can’t make the list?
Coming in at number eight we have john the ark altar summer is on the ark altar is going to be a four-star Berserker releasing with the summer event in August and although she is a welfare servant, don’t overlook her power.
Pros
I consider her to be the best welfare servant of 2020. And for good reason, namely that she is a free single target Buster Berserker that we get an NP five, which means she’s going to be capable of some huge damage and maybe easy for us Wales with our NP five coulters and Kentucky’s to overlook but most players aren’t going to have access to this type of nuke in their cardia and she’s absolutely going to revolutionize the game for a lot of free to play and new players.
She has two excellent damage buffing skills along with men’s enhancement x. So even without much support hurdles Phantasm is going to be leagues above what most other servants are capable of unless they’re also NP five.
And on top of that good damage. She also has good survivability for class due to her first skill which applies evade one time every turd for three turns, basically allowing her one free hit from an enemy every turn.
Cons
So even without much offensive or defensive support, Jeanne Alter is capable of being an excellent servant, but don’t expect her to revolutionize the mechanics of the game. At the end of the day, she is just a giant beat stick Nothing more, nothing less.
So if you need something other than great damage look elsewhere. I think that everyone should grab her anyway because she is a free NP5 Berserker but she’s going to be especially great with those of you who need a servant capable of big burst damage and those of you who are free to play and may not have a strong Berserker and of course also great for those Tunis out there.
Chiron
For those of you that don’t know, 2020 is going to be a great year for the Greeks.
Coming in at number seven we have Kira on he is a four-star Archer who’s going to be released in late April during the Apocrypha event, Chiron often goes overlooked just due to the banner that he shares with a certain other Greek but don’t make that mistake because Chiron has a lot to offer in his own right.
Pros
He is an excellent crit support capable of giving your entire party a 50% buff to crit damage for three turns on a very short cooldown. He’s also capable of providing crit stars on his own, and he has extra utility in the form of his noble phantasm, which removes defensive buffs from an enemy making it good for leading off an NPC chain.
If an enemy is stacking defense buffs or has evaded or invincibility when it comes to supporting quick teams. Chiron is one of the best that there is the quick damage buff he provides is massive and the extra stars are very good too. But what really puts them over the edge is history.
Third skill much like Helenus third skill, it’s a targetable multicart buff, it busts arts quick and busts the current effectiveness for an ally by 30%. This skill along with his quick and arts leading deck makes Kairos versatile enough to fit into any kind of critique. Whether it’s an arch crit team, a quick crit team or even a Buster crit team Karen can find this place provide the stars provide the buffs and provide a little bit of extra utility.
Cons
His only major weaknesses are his low damage output and his tendency to steal stars due to his Archer class, but even so, I recommend them for anyone trying to build any kind of crit team as he’s excellent support.
He’s also a horse in one of his sprites. So for those of you who are into that sort of thing, FGO has you covered this year.
Jeanne Archer
What you thought there’d be just one Jeanne on this list. Nope.
Coming in at number six we have Jeanna Archer, she oh is a five star Archer who much like her predecessor on this list will be dropping with the summer three event in early August.
Pros
However, unlike her predecessor is on the arc, Archer can feel many different roles most notably is her ability to NP loop for days. She has great natural NP gain, as well as a strong NP charge and a high tendency to crit since she’s an archer.
She also has an AoE arts Noble Phantasm. All of this means that it’s pretty easy for her to Noble Phantasm on back to back turns with not much setup and that makes her without a doubt one of the best farming servants in the game, but she can do more than just farming. In addition to being an NP spammer.
She also has a very high health pool and a skill that grants or invincibility for two hits on a low cooldown, making her very tanky as well. She also packs one of the best charisma is in the game with servant cheer, which gives a 40% attack buffs to allies who have good alignment which includes a lot of playable servants in the game.
So whether you need an efficient arming servant, a tank or general support. Zonda arc Archer can pretty much do it all. And she fits right at home into most arts teams since she’s so self-sufficient. If there are any downsides to her, it’s that unless she’s NP looping, her damage is subpar. So you need to make sure that you have someone who can juice her NP game and she also has one of the worst third essential Arts in the game. However, I do highly recommend her for anyone trying to build an efficient farming strategy, whether it be for lottery events or just quick farming. She also works as a perfect tag for any site.
Summer BB
Starting off the top five we have a servant who I’m sure most people are looking forward to this year, summer. Summer BB is a five-star moon cancer who was another summer servant which means he’s going to drop during the summer three events in late August and she’s a unique servant to be sure her inclusion in the top five for me is a bit controversial because she is a bit RNG dependent and she operates in a very specific niche.
Pros
However, that niche is insanely exploitable, she has what I consider to be the most unique skill in the game, which is the faceless moon, it freezes your hand for three turns locking in place all the command cards that you get. This can set up some absolutely insane strategies. You can set it up so that you have nothing but Buster’s brave chains or arch chains. Or you can even exploit certain servant gimmicks like Hoku sighs defense down on arts attacks, there’s really no limit to what this skill can do and it’s really fun to work around.
But even aside from her card locking ability, some of you be also can shine as a farming servant. Her second skill is a 50% and P charge battery that also increases their Buster cart effectiveness and her NP strength which gives her just enough power to be a pretty decent farmer if you give her something like golden Sumo or aerial drive.
In particular, I use her as part of my XP farming team if you want you can even set her up as a crit servant thanks to her strong self-modification rank x ability which is one of the better question skills in the game. Her third skill also generates quick stars per turn, which makes her decent crit support as well.
Cons
As I mentioned, though, her use is very niche and heavily dependent on RNG. So it’s not always going to work out in your favor. I do consider her ideal as crit support or for anyone who wants to experiment with fun and different team comps, as well as for anyone looking to replace Marsh as their number one co Hi.
Achilles
Well, I’ve been hinting at him since this list started so you knew he was coming at number four we have Achilles Achilles is a five-star writer who’s going to be releasing with the Apocrypha event in late April, and he makes a serious case for being the strongest writer in the game. Achilles possesses really strong and P gain and looping capabilities, especially in the right team, aka Skadi which allows him to output some serious DPS despite having an eerie Noble Phantasm not unlike archers on the ark.
Pros
He also has incredible defensive utility possessing both a taunt and a very strong invincibility that acts as mini protection from arrows. This strong mix of high DPS due to his noble phantasm gain, as well as his defensive capabilities and farming capabilities makes him well suited for pretty much any role on the battlefield. So no matter what fight you’re headed into Achilles is an excellent option to bring along as your main writer.
Cons
The only real con i can think of on Achilles is that he does need Skadi to reach his full potential. However, even without her he’s still a damn great servant. And I highly recommend him for anyone looking for a great farming servant or just a strong writer overall, he’s also a quick servant that can absolutely carry you through anything to last about has to offer and he makes a great best friend for Skadi.
Hokusai
And topping off the peak of the top three servants is a servant that’s actually out right now Hocus I hope this is a five-star foreigner that you can actually roll for right now.
If you’re watching this video early, she’s on the banner for the new year’s event, and I highly suggest you do so because she’s an incredible art servant.
Pros
But to summarize it the reason why Hocus is so incredibly strong is because of her third skill, which applies defense down to all of her arts cards, including her Noble Phantasm.
This allows her to stack defense down on enemies to no end, she can easily decrease an enemy’s defense by 60% or even 100% with certain setups, so naturally, this is an incredibly exploitable skill, because it’s going to increase damage for your entire party by that much. On top of that, she also has the privilege of being the best foreigner in the game pretty much bar none, which is already a strong and rare class as it is for NP gain is also pretty solid.
She has good survivability and an NP charge, which allows her to NP pretty frequently, so she’s solid for all phases of the game, whether it be farming Boss killing or challenge quest she can do it all, and I highly consider her to be one of the best art servants in the game period.
Cons
Her only real cons are the fact that she can be a bit over-reliant on her third skills defense down effect and her damage can be subpar if you’re not making full use of the bonus damage effect on her Noble Phantasm. Still, though I highly recommend her for anyone building any sort of arts team as well as any technical art enthusiast.
Shi Huang Di
So you may be asking yourself if the focus is so strong, why is she just number three? Well, that’s because she comes out in a year where we have the number two servant she long D she won.
Pros
He is a five-star ruler who drops in early December during the last about three banner and the best way to describe him is genre arc ruler on steroids. She won he is absolutely one of the most busted broken insane servants in the game just to go over his skills.
He has the ability to decrease the NP charge of all enemies, as well as decrease their defense and inflict stun on them. He also has the abilities to increase his own attack, heal himself remove all his debuffs and has a 50% and P charge battery. And those are just two skills. His Noble Phantasm is somehow even more busted as it applies invincibility to himself for one turn, as well as cast taunt on him for one turn, while also increasing his attack by 50% and increasing his crit strength and crit start gathering.
It feels like she longed he has damn near every buff in the game. As a ruler, class servant, he also takes reduced damage from most enemies as well. All of this makes him in my opinion, the best defensive servant in the game with unparalleled utility, but thanks to his attack buffs and crit buffs, he’s also capable of pulling out high DPS if he has a star generator. So what you’re left with is a servant who’s damn near immortal but also Capable of high damage output. Needless to say, he’s also a monster in challenge quests and any kind of high difficulty content as well as a great solar.
Cons
The only real con that he has is that if you’re using him in a team, he may need to start the generator to set him up for his crits. But other than that he’s completely broken. I highly recommend them for anyone looking for a servant that can tackle challenge quest can do solo content, as well as anyone looking to set up a really strong stall team. And he of course also gets bonus points for being loose.
Skadi
And coming in at number one for 2020 is well you know it, I know it we all know it Skadi. Skadi is a five-star caster who’s going to be released with the anniversary event which should be sometime in July.
Pros
If you don’t know who Skadi is by now you must be living under the biggest rock in Cambodia. She is the best quick support in the game bar none. She’s basically Merlin but for quick servants. She passed an unbelievable 50% and P charge battery that’s targetable as well as a targetable quick manner burst.
These two skills alone allow her to turn any quick servant into an overpowered NP spamming monster. She also trivializes most of the difficult content in the game, whether it be challenge quest or story chapters that np changeability also makes farming a breeze and enables a whole sub-genre of NP looping servants. And she also has some good defensive capabilities in her Noble Phantasm, which grants evade to the whole party.
Cons
If I were to give any kind of mark against Skadi, it would be that she’s better in quick battles than she is in longer battles. But given that her buffs are so powerful that she can reduce any battle to three turns. That hardly matters.
I highly recommend that everyone roll for Skadi when she releases during the anniversary, especially since we’ll be getting a whole bunch of state courts to roll her with. I specifically recommend her if you’re building an Any sort of quick team as she’s almost essential, plus you get to have Skadi as a waifu without the downside of having to be a great warrior. And those are my top 10 servants of 2020.
