Rabbit's Reviews #243: Osakabehime (4* Archer)

Introduction

Osakabehime is a weird servant. With an awkward deck and a somewhat incoherent kit, she looks, at first glance, to be pretty bad. Fortunately, her total steroids are exceptionally high, and she has remarkably good bases, which means she largely overcomes her innate weaknesses and becomes a surprisingly workable unit. She’s something of a modernized Emiya in some respects, designed around unusually powerful cards in exchange for a mismatched deck and a weak NP.

Servant Data

Archer

QAAAB (Caster)

Quick Card

Arts Card

Buster Card

4

3

5

4

Attribute	Earth
Alignment	Neutral Summer

Stage 1
Stage 2
Stage 3
Stage 4

April Fool's

Max HP 12,476

HP Rank

Max ATK 8,895

ATK Rank

Base Atk	1,482	Base HP	1,996
Max Atk	8,895	Max HP	12,476
Grail Atk	10,770	Grail HP	15,127

Traits

Card Hits	4	3	3	5	4
Per Hit	0.62%	0.62%	0.62%	0.62%	0.62%

	NP per Hit (%)	0.62%
NP when Attacked (%)	3%

	Star Absorption	153
Star Generation per Hit	8.0%

Stage	Cost	Materials
2	50,000	x4 Archer Piece
3	150,000	x10 Archer Piece x12 Void's Dust
4	500,000	x4 Archer Monument x24 Reactive Gunpowder x4 Shell of Reminiscence
Max	1,500,000	x10 Archer Monument x8 Shell of Reminiscence x10 Eternal Gear

Level	Cost	Materials
1 → 2	100,000	x4 Gem of Archer
2 → 3	200,000	x10 Gem of Archer
3 → 4	600,000	x4 Magic Gem of Archer
4 → 5	800,000	x10 Magic Gem of Archer x12 Reactive Gunpowder
5 → 6	2,000,000	x4 Secret Gem of Archer x24 Reactive Gunpowder
6 → 7	2,500,000	x10 Secret Gem of Archer x8 Void's Dust
7 → 8	5,000,000	x16 Void's Dust x3 Dawn Core
8 → 9	6,000,000	x9 Dawn Core x20 Arrowhead of Atonement
9 → 10	10,000,000	x1 Crystallized Lore

Crit Dmg

Shooting (FPS) B

Increase own Critical Strength (3 times, 3 turns).
Apply Evade to self (1 time, 1 turn).

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Lvl	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
Crit Damage +	30%	32%	34%	36%	38%	40%	42%	44%	46%	50%
CD	7	7	7	7	7	6	6	6	6	5

Shooting is essentially an inferior version of Accel Turn. It provides the same crit damage buff, albeit lasting three hits instead of one turn (which is an improvement, albeit something of a marginal one). In exchange, the skill is on a longer cooldown and the dodge can be wasted, which forces more of a damage-survival trade than Accel Turn does. This is also Osakabehime’s only survival tool, which means she can’t push her crit damage without sacrificing her only innate source of NP protection, which is a bit irritating.

Taunt

Princess Summer Vacation (Fake) A

Apply Target Focus to a single enemy (3 turns). [Demerit]
Increase ATK for all allies (3 turns).
Apply Sure Hit to all allies (3 turns).

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Lvl	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
Attack +	10%	11%	12%	13%	14%	15%	16%	17%	18%	20%
CD	7	7	7	7	7	6	6	6	6	5

Princess Summer Vacation is a weird Charisma variant. On top of the typical attack buff, it also lets the whole party pierce evasion for 3 turns, which is kinda cool, albeit situational. In exchange, it picks up a rather annoying demerit in the form of a 3-turn enemy taunt. This is completely irrelevant in ST fights, of course—and Osakabehime is probably going to be generally more effective in ST contexts anyway—but it limits her flexibility in CQs, and especially in those with multiple enemies who have break bars, as you can’t easily wipe the taunted enemy off the field. The demerit is not inherently a deal-breaker—you can definitely work around it with planning—but the skill itself is not nearly powerful enough to need a demerit, so it’s a bit odd to see Osakabehime’s flexibility limited in this way.

Arts/Buster Up

Chiyogami Battalion Commander EX

Increase own Arts Card effectiveness (3 turns).
Increase own Buster Card effectiveness (3 turns).

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Lvl	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
Arts +	20%	21%	22%	23%	24%	25%	26%	27%	28%	30%
Buster +	20%	21%	22%	23%	24%	25%	26%	27%	28%	30%
CD	7	7	7	7	7	6	6	6	6	5

Chiyogami Commander is a simple skill, but it’s also exceptionally important to Osakabehime’s game plan. It boosts her Buster and Arts cards, helping with both her NP damage and her crit damage, but more importantly it boosts her effective NP gain, giving her the equivalent of 2.57% Arts cards for 3 turns. This makes it very easy for Osakabehime to gain access to her NP, further boosting the crit damage of herself and her allies.

Noble Phantasm

	Rank	Classification	Hit-Count
EX	Anti-Army (One Battalion)	4

Effect	Deal damage to all enemies.

Level	1	2	3	4	5
Damage +	300%	400%	450%	475%	500%

Overcharge Effect	Increase Buster Card effectiveness for all allies (3 turns). Increase Critical Strength for all allies (3 turns).

Charge	100%	200%	300%	400%	500%
Buster +	20%	25%	30%	35%	40%
Crit Damage +	30%	35%	40%	45%	50%

Usage Tips

Osakabehime is most notable for having insanely high total buff value assuming all of her tools are active. Assuming one usage of her NP without any overcharge, she can have 100% crit damage up, 50% Buster up, 38% Arts up, and 20% attack up, which allows her to reach deceptively high crit damage thresholds, especially with outside buffs. The catch here is that Osakabehime only has a single Buster card, which means she can’t really make good use of her “Hero-Creation-esque” crit potential, and 50% of that crit damage is limited in duration and tied to her only survival tool. This means Osakabehime has exceptionally strong crit potential but also has serious flexibility issues that will make it difficult for her to get the most out of that potential (on top of having to deal with a sub-optimal stat spread). Osakabehime also doesn’t have any innate star weight buff, which means she’s entirely reliant on Archer star weight to draw stars.

The long and short of it is Osakabehime is a strongly crit-oriented servant, but she’ll need a lot of help to really shine. Supports who can provide longer-lasting buffs and help to make her Arts cards hit harder will be particularly valuable here, with Lanling being a notable standout, as his tools synergize wonderfully with Osakabehime’s kit. Merlin is also a strong option, of course, and despite Osakabehime’s Buster NP, Tamamo (or even Bride) may be valuable for the purpose of amping Osakabehime’s Arts crits and facilitating NP spam.

Osakabehime also has some intriguing potential as a Buster crit semi-support, especially in ST fights where the demerit on her Charisma doesn’t matter. If you can let Osakabehime NP immediately (such as with a Kaleid in an Osakabehime/DPS/Merlin team) you’ll have a high level of Buster crit boostage to work with for the first three turns of the fight. Osakabehime can also continually reapply her NP so long as you’re willing to use her Arts cards when they’re available. Osakabehime’s limited survival tools may make this setup somewhat unreliable, but it might be workable for certain fights.

For a DPS Osakabehime, Hot Sands is an interesting CE choice, as it will make it far easier for Osakabehime to crit (which is a necessity if she’s to really shine). Summer Little is also a strong pick, amplifying Osakabehime’s NP gain while also pushing her damage. In a semi-support role, Kaleid is good for getting her moving faster, while 2030 can help keep the team critting consistently.

Grail Potential

Conclusion

Osakabehime is a neat experiment, but she doesn’t quite come together well enough to be particularly worthwhile. With an extra Buster, or with an ST NP, or with a better duration on her first skill, she might be a strong crit servant, but as-is I think she’s mostly a curiosity. She’s awkward to use and each of her strengths comes with some sort of caveat. As a whole she’s just kind of okay.

Rabbit's Arbitrary Ratings

Overall: 7/10
Single-Target DPS: 7/10
AoE DPS: 2/10
Survivability: 4/10
Offensive Utility: 6/10
Defensive Utility: N/A
Farming Usefulness: 5/10
Manuscript Progress: 0/10