The Single-Target Berserker Problem

Banger of a video

Hijikata for me is able to do unreasonable amounts of damage in 1 turn. This is good for things that require 1 turn to beat it. (Chen-gong+Hijikata) 😂

It sucks that they cant just rework bad characters, because they decided that all character buffs needed to happen in the lore of the game.

I am also a koyo fan but man do I love challenge quests with her

Vlad's typically the reliable and low-floor, high-DPS way to put a team together that can 3T any 90+ content with 6 drop CEs .....until some unreleased servants show up in the far future. Castoria-Vlad-Filler_Arts_AoE-Castoria is the simplest reliable option and veterans likely already have him at NP2. Worth pointing out damage niches usually can't apply to both single target enemies at once so servants that rely on that can end up lacking.

Whether it's 3-1-1 2-1-1 1-3-1 or 2-2-1, as long as you pick a good filler like Spish or S.Kama, this comp works for anything at the 90+ class.

So his niche is literally 'Entry level 90+ multicore team'. I think he really comes in handy for me. Thanks to him I can be so lazy when it comes to farming.

Their purpose is farming and versatility, multi-class fights, they're good for people who don't want to change teams and just brainlessly spam the same team against every boss fight. There is only 10 team options I rather just spam berserker against anything. And you frame the video in an extremely loaded ways, its not that big of a challenge compared to normal class advantage since defensive skills in the game today are insane, and challenge quests are completely optional anyway as is all content in game cause its casual, single player, and pve. They are extremely low investment and versatile to be used in 99% of situations, not everyone wants to micro manage their team for every fight or spend years building up a bunch of different servants just to use them for a couple of fights a year when they can just clear everything with less investment abusing berserker class advantage. I guess it just depends how much you play or care about the game but I don't think you're giving an accurate representation of the game for most players

Counter point, if my berserker worked one year ago for the challenge quest why would I literally ever waste quartz to roll for any saber,archer,rider,etc class who just does the same thing except is way more niche and you actually need to think about when you can use them or not. If I used castoria summer for that challenge quest why would I ever roll for any other class? And yes Vlad is worse but hes still functionally the same in farming and most other cases he just has less long term survivability than the power creep version of himself but still has master skills, merlin, and castoria to be immortal anyway.

You say its a challenge to use berserker but I find the effort saved in team select far outweighs the alleged difficulty of having class advantage against everything when you are invul every turn anyway. You save so much quartz, team swapping, brain power, sheer amount of characters you need to invest and therefore time spent playing and farming the game or atleast you can redirect your attention more towards characters you like than building a boss killer in every class, the game is just so damn easy when you just spam berserkers the way you frame the video is just completely wrong lol. I'm an old na player and when I started to play jp I just got meta supports and only roll for berserkers and extra class, its the best way to play the game by far I wish I did this from the start on na too rather than having a bunch of servants I barely use or build

When I'm against a lancer, I select my sabers, berserkers and extra classes.
When I'm against casters, I look into my riders, berserkers and extra classes.
I'm not Min Maxing... I'm having fun and sometimes, even if its not as effective, it's fun to send Vlad to Kazikli the Bey outta someone.
Or for my Grailed Bunyan to stomp on a mf.
Simple as.

Very informative. Buff Dinomom👍

best video u ever made now do a craft essence tier list

As a main Beowulf (Browulf, BeoChad, Gigawulf) i see no problem 🗿

I mean, Sabers arent't always viable

been playing the game for five years and just learned that berserkers only deal 1.5x damage from this video....

Really really great video, nice and simple information easy to digest!

Vlad's niche is being a cheap option that can reach even some 90++ caps at NP3 without relying on niche or a specific limited NP5 SR counter class

I clicked on this video not knowing what game it was about, I still don't even know \*the name of the game\*, let alone any of the technical stuff you mentioned, was thoroughly entertained throughout, good video

Maybe a bit of cope, but a friends Koyo was legit my best and only option to get through the Requiem event Challenge Quest so yay

Your edit on this video is so good! Great content as always <3

for me, vlad is my boss killer, him and castoria combined just does so much damage that i can 3 turn bosses i should not be able to

Didn't even talk about Astrea who, do we even need to mention?

I've been rocking Morgan and she's my favorite Servant now, she makes farming easy so I can grind events easier and she's great on most story quests that don't have a boss but even then if I can kill something in three turns then she is my best opinion. I understand that Berserkers may not be the Strongest but I still love Morgan despite the class weakness so while this video is correct I'ma stay on that Berserker train

Vlad is a very strong and consistent farming unit to this day, the emphasis on his competition having a bunch of CQ utility is a bit misplaced. Vlad is not, and will never be a CQ focused unit (unless if they buff him again). He will never be the best unit for any given situation, but unless if you are a leviathan with every unit in the game (or have a higher investment copy of another very powerful ST Arts looper), it's easy to find value for him.

Only berserkers I have are Lancelot and Frankenstein. I just wanna get Lancelot to level 100 and then ill probably stop leveling him (He's lvl 95 at the time of this comment). My strongest servant currently is basic Ishtar with my best Saber being basic Artoria from the special summon after clearing Fuyuki. The class I have most of is Lancer if you can believe it. I have so many of them I don't even know where to start.

This was the first video of yours I saw. Really enjoy your analysis. The pacing of the video is really good too.

This clearly had a lot of work put into it. Even the music/sound choices had clear thought put in. Using Donkey Kong music to score the initial overview was a particularly nice touch.

Hope you decide to do another vid like this in the future.

I will never regret grailing Kriemhild. She's the Best Wife (of another man)

Vlad carried my ass through a smack down fight with woodwose so he at least deserves credit for that.

only got krimhieldcause....well... crazy waifu collection lol

This is the sort of FGO video I wish existed in larger numbers

wtf did Vlad ever do to you man???

Pointless video with a lot of false claims.

Man isn’t the most common trait. It “is”, but in terms of enemy nodes, 99% of the time you fight against earth. Go into any node right now that isn’t super low level, and you’ll find earth enemies.
Earth enemies are any monster, man enemies are any human mobs, and sky is like doors and hands. That’s about it.

I use Mordred more, but before her I had Hijikata for a few months.

All other non-farming Berserkers I have have not been leveled up.

Edit: Leveled up 1 for the added SQ bonus.

this is me with Atalanta alter

Me playing with morgan. Im very lazy

you could have just named this "Vlad is not good" you know.

"When will you use that Berserker at all?"

When i need to hit a Rider really hard because most Assassins suck. Or i need to loop through a 1/1/1 90++ node that i dont have a good ST looper.

Great editing, solid music, and a meaningful essay I believe would be well examined by Lasengle. A sub well earned.

love this but still see kintoki and now summer castoria merking thing is cool althou would love have np st in every class having a np 3 st berseker feel better and a anti forenier st as well since have no weak spots

The way that i rolled on Charlemagne's banner just for Krimhild but instead i got him and no Krim 🤞😔

Ow looks hunt path ( especially 4 star ) from Honkai Star Rail

Nah…i still use my np5 lvl120 heracles to bully main story bosses

Nah I still use hercules

ibuki be like that cute hahahaha

I really enjoyed this type of fgo video essay content, paired with the high quality editing and entertaining commentary, this was a real fun to watch!

wrong go berserk unga bunga or go woke

Skill issue, NP5 Kreim has guid d me through so many 90++ quests

great vid
enjoyed it

Cause Krim is op?

Don't treat my NP6 Vlad that hard! Come on man!😂😂😂😂