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