Altria Pendragon

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Servant Skills

Dmg Up

Charisma B

Increase ATK for all allies (3 turns).

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Lvl	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
Attack +	9%	9.9%	10.8%	11.7%	12.6%	13.5%	14.4%	15.3%	16.2%	18%
CD	7	7	7	7	7	6	6	6	6	5

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Available from the start

Buster Up

Mana Burst A

Increase own Buster Card effectiveness (1 turn).

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

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Unlocks after 1st Ascension

Buster Up

Dragon Core B

Increase own Buster Card effectiveness (1 turn).
Increase own NP Strength (1 turn).
Change all Command Cards to [Buster] Cards (1 turn).

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Lvl	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
Buster +	30%	32%	34%	36%	38%	40%	42%	44%	46%	50%
NP Damage +	20%	21%	22%	23%	24%	25%	26%	27%	28%	30%
CD	7	7	7	7	7	6	6	6	6	5

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Upgrades via Rank Up 2 (Not available, ETA: 8/2022)

Critical Star Gain

Intuition A

Gain Critical Stars.

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Lvl	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
Stars +	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	15
CD	7	7	7	7	7	6	6	6	6	5

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Unlocks after 3rd Ascension

Start Np

Shining Path EX

Increase own NP Gauge.
Gain Critical Stars.

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Lvl	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
NP +	20%	21%	22%	23%	24%	25%	26%	27%	28%	30%
Stars +	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	15
CD	7	7	7	7	7	6	6	6	6	5

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Upgrades after 1st Rank Up Quest

Class Skills

Magic Resistance A

Increase your Debuff Resist by 20%.

Riding B

Increase your Quick Card effectiveness by 8%.

Noble Phantasm

Excalibur A

Deals damage to all enemies.

<Overcharge>

Charges own NP gauge.

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Excalibur

Sword of Promised Victory

	Rank	Classification	Hit-Count
	A	Anti-Fortress	1

Effect	Deals damage to all enemies.

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

Overcharge Effect	Charges own NP gauge.

Charge	100%	200%	300%	400%	500%
NP +	20%	27.5%	35%	42.5%	50%

Excalibur (Upgrade 1) A ++

Upgrades via Interlude 2.

Deals damage to all enemies.

<Overcharge>

Charges own NP gauge.

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Excalibur (Upgrade 1)

Sword of Promised Victory

	Rank	Classification	Hit-Count
	A ++	Anti-Fortress	1

Effect	Deals damage to all enemies.

Level	1	2	3	4	5
Damage +	400%	500%	550%	575%	600%

Overcharge Effect	Charges own NP gauge.

Charge	100%	200%	300%	400%	500%
NP +	20%	27.5%	35%	42.5%	50%

Assorted Info

Attack / HP Growth

Stat Ratings

Interlude Quests

Quest	Requirements	Reward
✔ Interlude 1 Chapter Completion: Fuyuki	Ascension: 1 Bond: 3
✔ Interlude 2 Chapter Completion: Septem	Ascension: 2 Bond: 5
✔ Rank Up 1 Chapter Completion: Fuyuki	Ascension: 4 Bond: 0
✖ Rank Up 2 (ETA: 8/2022) Chapter Completion: Fuyuki	Ascension: 4 Bond: 0

Ascension Materials

Stage	Cost	Materials
2	100,000	x5 Saber Piece
3	300,000	x18 Dragon Fang x12 Saber Piece
4	1,000,000	x4 Phoenix Feather x29 Proof of Hero x5 Saber Monument
Max	3,000,000	x8 Phoenix Feather x5 Dragon's Reverse Scale x12 Saber Monument

Skill Enhancement Materials

Level	Cost	Materials
1 → 2	200,000	x5 Gem of Saber
2 → 3	400,000	x12 Gem of Saber
3 → 4	1,200,000	x5 Magic Gem of Saber
4 → 5	1,600,000	x12 Magic Gem of Saber x15 Proof of Hero
5 → 6	4,000,000	x5 Secret Gem of Saber x29 Proof of Hero
6 → 7	5,000,000	x12 Secret Gem of Saber x12 Dragon Fang
7 → 8	10,000,000	x24 Dragon Fang x4 Claw of Chaos
8 → 9	12,000,000	x11 Claw of Chaos x10 Dragon's Reverse Scale
9 → 10	20,000,000	x1 Crystallized Lore

Total Materials Required

Costume Dress Materials

Bond CE

Crown of the Stars

When equipped on Altria Pendragon,
Increases attack of all allies by 15% while she is on the field.

Table of Contents

• Status
• Analysis
• Profile

Overview

“I ask of you, are you my Master?”

Of all the flavors of Altria, the original's skill set is best described as "vanilla": nothing fancy, but enduringly reliable. Sporting one of the strongest self-buffed AoE Buster NPs and some team support, Altria can fit on a variety of teams with her strong wave clear ability.

While her skills aren't loaded with multiple effects, Altria's claim to fame is her straightforward strong Saber NP damage. Her Mana Burst-boosted NP and SSR stats are great for handily clearing waves, as well as providing the team with a decent Attack up from Charisma and perhaps a critical hit with Intuition. In addition, after her Rank Up Altria continues to be an even stronger farming Servant with access to a potent 30% NP charge.

In terms of generation stats, her launch-era hit counts and average generation stats are abysmal for generating critical stars despite the presence of a Riding passive, but offer reasonable uptime on her NP. Altria's balanced BBAAQ deck thus fits her kit well, helping her gain NP gauge through Arts Chains and enabling NP-Buster Brave chains for more damage. It is only after her Rank Up that Altria's NP up-time comes alive, as the combination of a 30% NP Charge on a 5-turn cooldown and a scaling 20% base NP refund makes her a potential NP-spamming juggernaut with support.

Unfortunately, while Altria has one of the higher HP stats in the game, in return her attack stat is on the lower side for an SSR Saber. Furthermore, Altria lacks powerful long-term boosts to her damage performance, nor does she carry any effect in her skill set that provides utility or grants her additional survivability. As a result, her performance during challenge quests often is highly dependent on the support of others.

Until her Rank Up, the King of Knights will find it difficult to outperform specialized Servants during challenging encounters for Masters with expansive rosters. However, once her Intuition is upgraded Altria will become a highly capable Servant that not only farms exceedingly well, but also turns up a stellar performance during challenge quests with her NP spam potential.

Gameplay Tip

Altria's farming ability and challenge quest capability greatly improves after she receives her NP Charge Rank Up. Not only can she run a wider selection of Craft Essences for farming, but at max level her NP Charge combined with the NP refund from Excalibur’s Overcharge grants at least 50% NP gauge. Indirectly, the Rank Up enables Altria’s kit more NP usage options, granting her a potent niche in using her powerful upgraded AoE NP frequently with the right supports.

Strengths

Weaknesses

Level Up Skill Recommendation

Skill	Priority
Charisma B Increase ATK for all allies (3 turns). Show Info Lvl 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Attack + 9% 9.9% 10.8% 11.7% 12.6% 13.5% 14.4% 15.3% 16.2% 18% CD 7 7 7 7 7 6 6 6 6 5
Mana Burst A Increase own Buster Card effectiveness (1 turn). Show Info Lvl 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Buster + 30% 32% 34% 36% 38% 40% 42% 44% 46% 50% CD 7 7 7 7 7 6 6 6 6 5
Intuition A Gain Critical Stars. Show Info Lvl 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Stars + 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 15 CD 7 7 7 7 7 6 6 6 6 5

As an offense-oriented Servant specifically focused on her NP, Altria benefits most from maxing out Charisma and Mana Burst for stronger NP turns and card damage. Of these two skills, Mana Burst is usually leveled first for the greatest NP damage increase, but Charisma first is also viable for a more supportive option. Intuition is typically leveled last due to its weak effect, but becomes a powerful investment after Altria's Rank Up due to the added NP Charge effect.

• Charisma is a solid skill on a reasonable cooldown. As the performance increase per level is lower than Mana Burst, this skill is usually leveled second. However, since it is a more enduring buff that affects the entire team, some Masters may elect to max it first.

• Mana Burst is the signature skill of Altria-kind (or at least it used to be), and provides the greatest damage increase per level at the cost of being a card-specific one-turn buff. Due to providing the highest NP performance increase per level, it is recommended to level this up first.

• Intuition traditionally gets a bad reputation due to being a weak skill with the amount of stars it generates. However, post-Rank Up it becomes a worthy investment due to the 30% NP battery on a short cooldown, which makes Altria better at both farming and challenge quests. Will become the most important skill to level post-Rank Up.

Craft Essence Recommendation

Kaleidoscope

The Imaginary Element

Aerial Drive

Holy Night Supper

Golden Sumo: Boulder Tournament

Partake with the King

First Sunrise

The Black Grail

Hero Elly's Adventure

Heaven's Feel

Limited/Zero Over

Verdant Sound of Destruction

Typically Altria focuses on unleashing her Buster NP and increasing its damage. This makes Starting NP Gauge, NP Damage Up, and Buster Up Craft Essences ideal. Starting NP Gauge not only allows for instant NP deployment, but also provides quicker access to potential NP looping post-Rank Up due to her NP refund. NP Damage Up works especially well to efficiently boost Altria's NP damage further through multiplicative buff stacking, while Buster Up Craft Essences not only buff her NP but also the damage on her Buster Command Cards as well.  

• Kaleidoscope / The Imaginary Element: Kaleidoscope and MLB Imaginary Element allow Altria to NP immediately after her Rank Up or with the help of external support.

• Aerial Drive / Holy Night Supper / Golden Sumo / Partake with the King / First Sunrise: Hybrid CEs work well if Altria has a short time to charge her NP or receives additional NP charging support. These options are an excellent mix between performance and and launching an NP quickly.

• Black Grail / Heaven’s Feel / Hero Elly’s Adventure: Pure NP Damage like Black Grail will improve Altria’s damage the most and can work well given Altria's high base HP. It becomes more effective after her Rank Up as she will be able to charge her NP faster.  

• Limited/Zero Over / Verdant Sound of Destruction: Despite Buster Buffs stacking additively with Mana Burst, Altria still benefits from Buster buffs outside of NP turns to increase her command card damage.  

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