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Servants by Instant Death Rate

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This list gives the best Servants for resisting Instant Death attacks.

Instant Death is a relatively obscure mechanic in FGO, and much maligned by Masters because how sporadically it triggers. Unfortunately now on the receiving end of one particular fight, it happens way more often than one expects.

How Instant Death Works

The way Instant Death works is every instant death NP or skill has an associated activation chance, which is multiplied by each Servant's base Instant Chance %.

For example, if Cu Chulainn attacks Francis Drake with 100% Overcharge Gae Bolg:

  • Gae Bolg at 100% Overcharge: 60% Death Chance
  • Francis Drake: 50% base Instant Death Chance
  • Instant Death will trigger 60% x 50% of the time, or 30% actual trigger rate.

Servants Most Resistant to Instant Death

  • For Masters that obtained The Mature Gentlemen CE, it can be equipped to further reduce Death Rate by 60% (80% MLB)!
  • First Hassan is Death Immune

    The following is a list of current NA Servants most resistant to Instant Death (passive abilities included):

ID Sort descending Icon Servant Death Chance
2 Altria Pendragon 21.00%
3 Altria Pendragon (Alter) 19.20%
5 Nero Claudius 24.50%
6 Siegfried 28.00%
7 Gaius Julius Caesar 31.50%
8 Altera 24.50%
9 Gilles de Rais 31.50%
10 Chevalier d'Eon 28.00%
11 EMIYA 31.50%
13 Robin Hood 31.50%
14 Atalante 31.50%
15 Euryale 22.50%
16 Arash 45.00%
17 Cu Chulainn 32.00%
18 Elisabeth Bathory 24.00%
19 Musashibou Benkei 36.00%
20 Cu Chulainn (Prototype) 28.00%
21 Leonidas 32.00%
22 Romulus 32.00%
23 Medusa 35.00%
24 Georgios 45.00%
25 Edward Teach 45.00%
26 Boudica 45.00%
27 Ushiwakamaru 35.00%
28 Alexander 40.00%
29 Marie Antoinette 35.00%
30 Saint Martha 30.00%
31 Medea 34.50%
32 Gilles de Rais (Caster) 48.00%
33 Hans Christian Andersen 30.00%
34 William Shakespeare 45.00%
35 Mephistopheles 36.00%
36 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart 40.50%
37 Zhuge Liang (El-Melloi II) 34.50%
38 Cu Chulainn (Caster) 42.00%
39 Sasaki Kojirou 55.00%
40 Hassan of the Cursed Arm 44.00%
41 Stheno 27.50%
42 Jing Ke 55.00%
43 Charles-Henri Sanson 49.50%
44 Phantom of the Opera 49.50%
45 Mata Hari 55.00%
46 Carmilla 44.00%
47 Heracles 39.00%
48 Lancelot 52.00%
49 Lu Bu Fengxian 50.30%
50 Spartacus 65.00%
52 Vlad III 45.50%
53 Asterios 58.50%
54 Caligula 56.80%
55 Darius III 65.00%
56 Kiyohime 65.00%
57 Eric Bloodaxe 58.50%
58 Tamamo Cat 39.00%
59 Jeanne d'Arc 21.00%
60 Orion 27.00%
62 Tamamo-no-Mae 36.00%
63 David 36.00%
64 Hektor 28.00%
65 Francis Drake 50.00%
66 Anne Bonny & Mary Read 50.00%
67 Medea (Lily) 36.00%
71 Diarmuid ua Duibhne 36.00%
72 Fergus mac Roich 35.00%
74 Nursery Rhyme 36.00%
75 Jack the Ripper 44.00%
77 Nikola Tesla 31.50%
78 Altria Pendragon (Lancer Alter) 23.00%
79 Paracelsus von Hohenheim 36.00%
80 Charles Babbage 36.00%
81 Henry Jekyll & Hyde 55.00%
82 Frankenstein 58.50%
84 Arjuna 31.50%
85 Karna 28.00%
86 Mysterious Heroine X 38.50%
87 Fionn mac Cumhaill 32.00%
88 Brynhild 32.00%
89 Beowulf 58.50%
90 Nero Claudius (Bride) 35.00%
91 Ryougi Shiki (Saber) 24.50%
92 Ryougi Shiki (Assassin) 44.00%
93 Amakusa Shirou 21.00%
94 Astolfo 40.00%
95 Kid Gilgamesh 36.00%
96 Edmond Dantes 7.00%
97 Nightingale 56.80%
98 Cu Chulainn (Alter) 52.00%
99 Queen Medb 40.00%
100 Helena Blavatsky 36.00%
101 Rama 24.50%
102 Li Shuwen 40.00%
103 Thomas Edison 60.00%
104 Geronimo 40.50%
105 Billy the Kid 45.00%
106 Jeanne d'Arc (Alter) 5.70%
108 Iskandar 40.00%
109 EMIYA (Assassin) 44.00%
110 Hassan of the Hundred Personas 44.00%
111 Irisviel (Holy Grail) 34.50%
113 Xuanzang Sanzang 34.50%
114 Minamoto-no-Raikou 39.00%
115 Sakata Kintoki (Rider) 40.00%
116 Ibaraki-Douji 52.00%
117 Fuuma Kotarou 38.50%
118 Ozymandias 30.00%
119 Altria Pendragon (Lancer) 24.00%
120 Nitocris 36.00%
121 Lancelot (Saber) 28.00%
122 Tristan 31.50%
123 Gawain 21.00%
124 Hassan of the Serenity 44.00%
125 Tawara Touta 36.00%
126 Bedivere 28.00%
128 Tamamo-no-Mae (Lancer) 40.00%
129 Altria Pendragon (Archer) 25.80%
130 Marie Antoinette (Caster) 36.00%
131 Anne Bonny & Mary Read (Archer) 40.50%
132 Mordred (Rider) 35.00%
135 Saint Martha (Ruler) 21.00%
136 Illyasviel von Einzbern 42.00%
137 Chloe von Einzbern 36.00%
138 Elisabeth Bathory (Brave) 28.00%
139 Cleopatra 49.50%
140 Vlad III (EXTRA) 24.00%
141 Jeanne d'Arc (Alter Santa Lily) 28.00%
142 Ishtar 22.50%
143 Enkidu 28.00%
144 Quetzalcoatl 25.00%
145 Gilgamesh (Caster) 42.00%
146 Medusa (Lancer) 40.00%
147 Gorgon 7.00%
148 Jaguar Warrior 40.00%
150 Merlin 36.00%
153 Miyamoto Musashi 35.00%
154 First Hassan 49.50%
155 Mysterious Heroine X (Alter) 37.30%
156 Archer of Shinjuku 31.50%
157 EMIYA (Alter) 31.50%
158 Avenger of Shinjuku 10.00%
159 Assassin of Shinjuku 49.50%
160 Arthur Pendragon (Prototype) 24.50%
161 Hijikata Toshizo 65.00%
162 Chacha 52.00%
163 Meltryllis 30.00%
164 Passionlip 35.00%
165 Suzuka Gozen 21.00%
166 BB 0.60%
167 Sessyoin Kiara 25.00%
169 Caster of the Nightless City 48.00%
170 Assassin of the Nightless City 38.50%
171 Berserker of El Dorado 39.00%
172 Rider of Resistance 50.00%
173 Sherlock Holmes 24.50%
175 Nero Claudius (Caster) 42.00%
176 Frankenstein (Saber) 31.50%
177 Nitocris (Assassin) 33.00%
178 Oda Nobunaga (Berserker) 52.00%
179 Altria Pendragon (Rider Alter) 30.00%
180 Helena Blavatsky (Archer) 27.00%
181 Minamoto-no-Raikou (Lancer) 24.00%
182 Ishtar (Rider) 35.00%
183 Parvati 28.00%
184 Archer of Inferno 31.50%
185 Assassin of Paraiso 44.00%
186 Houzouin Inshun 36.00%
187 Yagyu Munenori 35.00%
188 Katou Danzo 44.00%
189 Osakabehime 31.60%
192 Caster of Okeanos 34.50%
193 Nezha 28.00%
194 Caster of Midrash 36.00%
201 Anastasia Nikolaevna Romanova 36.00%
202 Atalante (Alter) 45.50%
203 Avicebron 36.00%
204 Antonio Salieri 8.00%
206 Achilles 40.00%
207 Chiron 31.50%
210 Okada Izo 55.00%
212 Napoleon 45.00%
214 Valkyrie 23.00%
220 BB (Summer) 0.50%
223 Diarmuid Ua Duibhne (Saber) 31.50%
224 Sitonai 25.00%
226 Xiang Yu 52.00%
227 Prince of Lan Ling 31.50%
228 Qin Liangyu 36.00%
230 Yu Mei-ren 31.60%
231 Red Hare 40.00%
232 Bradamante 32.00%
234 Beni-Enma 24.50%
235 Li Shuwen (Assassin) 55.00%
237 Murasaki Shikibu 42.00%
238 Kingprotea 45.00%
239 Kama 31.60%
241 Sima Yi (Reines) 30.00%
242 Astraea 17.50%
244 Ganesha (Jinako) 0.70%
245 Lakshmi Bai 28.00%
246 William Tell 45.00%
247 Arjuna (Alter) 35.70%
248 Asvatthaman 31.50%
249 Asclepius 36.00%
250 Demon King Nobunaga (Oda Nobunaga) 7.00%
251 Mori Nagayoshi 65.00%
252 Nagao Kagetora 35.00%
254 Jason 31.50%
255 Paris 30.30%
256 Gareth 36.00%
257 Bartholomew Roberts 45.00%
258 Chen Gong 42.00%
259 Charlotte Corday 55.00%
260 Salome 58.50%
261 Miyamoto Musashi (Berserker) 52.00%
262 Osakabehime (Archer) 27.00%
263 Carmilla (Rider) 45.00%
265 Altria Pendragon (Ruler) 21.00%
266 Mysterious Alter Ego Λ 28.00%
267 Okita J Souji 49.50%
268 Space Ishtar 5.00%
269 Calamity Jane 40.50%
270 Astolfo (Saber) 24.50%
271 Nightingale (Santa) 39.30%
272 Super Orion 36.00%
273 Mandricardo 40.00%
274 Europa 35.00%
276 Sei Shounagon 36.00%
277 Odysseus 33.70%
278 Dioscuri 28.00%
279 Caenis 36.00%
280 Romulus=Quirinus 26.00%
281 Voyager 7.00%
282 Kijyo Koyo 45.50%
283 Utsumi Erice 32.00%
284 Altria Caster 36.00%
285 Sessyoin Kiara (Moon Cancer) 0.50%
286 Illyasviel von Einzbern (Archer) 31.50%
287 Brynhild (Berserker) 45.50%
288 Yu Mei-ren (Lancer) 24.00%
289 Abigail Williams (Summer) 6.00%
290 Archer of Inferno (Saber) 24.50%
291 Murasaki Shikibu (Rider) 35.00%
292 Himiko 21.00%
293 Saito Hajime 35.00%
294 Oda Nobukatsu 45.00%
295 Van Gogh 6.00%
296 Nemo 30.00%
297 Ashiya Douman 25.00%
298 Watanabe-no-Tsuna 28.00%
299 Ibuki-Douji 17.50%
300 Vritra 24.00%
301 Karna (Santa) 31.50%
302 Senji Muramasa 35.00%
303 Taira-no-Kagekiyo 7.00%
304 Kiichi Hogen 27.50%
305 Amor (Caren) 28.80%
306 Galatea 43.80%
307 Miss Crane 46.50%
308 Mysterious Idol X (Alter) 6.70%
309 Morgan 37.30%
310 Barghest 28.00%
311 Baobhan Sith 31.50%
312 Melusine 23.00%
313 Percival 36.00%
314 Koyanskaya of Light 33.00%
315 Habetrot 40.00%
316 Oberon 18.00%
317 Okita Souji (Saber Alter) 24.50%
318 Anastasia & Viy (Archer) 36.00%
319 Charlotte Corday (Caster) 45.00%
320 Leonardo da Vinci (Ruler) 21.00%
321 Kama (Avenger) 5.00%
322 Caenis (Rider) 45.00%
323 Sei Shounagon (Berserker) 65.00%
324 Jacques de Molay 5.00%
325 Zenobia 40.50%
326 Elisabeth Bathory (Cinderella) 35.00%
327 Izumo-no-Okuni 42.00%
329 Sakamoto Ryouma (Lancer) 32.00%
330 Saint Martha (Santa) 36.00%
331 Taigong Wang 25.00%
332 Dobrynya Nikitich 40.00%
334 Koyanskaya of Dark 6.00%
335 Hephaistion 17.20%
336 Manannan mac Lir (Bazett) 25.00%
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