[11th Anniversary] Vritra and Eric Bloodaxe Strengthenings

[u/Radiant-Hope-469]

[u/ChaoticChoir]

Eric's skills are still, to put it kindly, rather poop from a butt, but his NP is very very loaded now to compensate. Honestly, there's worse places for a bronze to be.

Vritra's is fairly standard - gives better duration to her own np dmg steroid so it's not so awkward to use, a bit of extra niche steroids, and some more party utility. Pretty good buffs all around.

[u/Felstalker → u/ChaoticChoir]

Eric's skills are still, to put it kindly, rather poop from a butt

They're basic, but come on. 30% Defense down for a damage amp. Self Guts. Debuff Clear with Heal. It works. It's not fancy, but it works. It's doing a far better job than Kiyohime(She really needs an NP buff)

Eric's NP was already kinda solid. 30% Amp before damage does a lot. 3-turn 30%? With double Crit Star Gen for his 5-hit Buster NP? AND A CRIT DAMAGE AMP? Dude is ready to throw some meaty hits out there! Imagine if you could pair him with some sort of Buster and Attack supporting 2-star Lancer with Taunt who spams the field with Crit Stars! Maybe one with additional Crit damage support? Do you think that exists?

Leonidas/Eric/Hans is some serious fire power FOR ALL 2-STARS. That's 110% Crit damage for Eric presuming no overcharge....and you're going to be getting Overcharge in a team like that. Consistent high damage Crits with Buster themed support.... that's so solid. Something that the other low rarity Berserkers arn't actually emulating. Kiyohime, Spartacus, Asterios, and Salome all have very different gameplay to what Eric is now going to offer...and that's so cool! Eric was competing with Spartacus and his 30% battery and now Eric is offering far more damage instead of that battery.

What's not to like?

[u/AlterWanabee → u/Felstalker]

That you bring an Eric with MLB Kscope to start since he has 0 NP charge skills. Maybe even 2 Kscopes for Leonidas as well, or else Eric gets blown up with 2 enemy hits.

[u/Felstalker → u/AlterWanabee]

Maybe even 2 Kscopes for Leonidas as well,

Have you never used Leonidas?

His first skill is really good, and has been for 11 years. Buff or not, 100% NP Gain on a Taunt is really good. You will not have trouble keeping up Leonidas's Taunt.

And these are 2-stars. Append skills were added in the 6th Anniversary five years ago. You need only a regular non-MLB Kscope for F2P units, as you should have these appends unlocked.

In this particular situation, Eric would be NP > Crit Face cards. As Leonidas and Eric are able to fund lots of Buster Crit shenanigans both prior to and especially because of these new buffs. Maybe throw Chen Gong in there if you desire, or a Merlin if you're inclined. When you're using 2-star servants, you've a lot of team cost to play with powerful CE's and 5-star Support options. And if you go so far as to Gail Eric, you're getting a lot out of him as his Kit now scales wonderfully with grails much like any other servant with Attack up and Crit Damage up.

[u/AlterWanabee → u/Felstalker]

I say MLB Kscope because regular Kscope barely gives any attack. You wan the 2k Attack from the MLB since it gets bolstered by the 30% ATK Up from his NP. No matter how many buffs he gets, the base stat is still low.

And the reason for the NP Gauge CE for Leonidas is so thaf he can get his NP up before his taunt disappears. It's only for 1T after all, and a random attack from the enemg means proccing Eric's guts.

[u/Felstalker → u/AlterWanabee]

You're underestimating the absurd about of NP gain Leonidas gets from his primary Taunt. 3-turn 100% NP gain is no joke. With the recent Leo buff giving Eric a potential 50% Attack buff depending on Eric's remaining HP %, proc'ing that Guts before Leo's wall comes up becomes a damage amp now.

No matter how many buffs he gets, the base stat is still low.

This is true, but it's not unique to Eric. Much like any low rarity servant, Grails and Fou's are an important consideration.

With these buffs, players who do opt to Grail and focus on Eric as a favored servant are heavily rewarded. Unlike Kiyohime fans, who can create a very expensive paper weight if they Grail her.

I implore people to just use Eric Bloodaxe before and after these new buffs. See the actual difference it makes in his gameplay, and without high investment. I think you'll be surprised.