Cait Cu MikoCer

“Wow, I came reluctantly because you kept calling me, but you look very happy. I will form a contract with you out of respect to those covetous eyes.”

Cait Cu MikoCer, or Summer Baobhan Sith is what happens when a peak Servant design puts on some classy swimsuit outfit with lore justifications, something all Fate/Grand Order players can get behind. Unlike her Archer version, Cait Cu MikoCer is an AoE Buster Damage Dealer, with a focus on utilities and team support, and the capacity to do some interesting NP loop setups.

Unlike most Servants, Summer Baobhan Sith has a highly interesting set of passives. If she is in Ascension 1 or 2, she gets 4% Critical Damage against [Human] attribute enemies and increases NP Gain of her teammates with [Chaotic] or [Good] alignment by 5%. If she is in her third ascension, the Critical Damage increase is 20% and NP Gain buff is 4%, so it is always worth keeping her in the third ascension. In either case, while she is on the field, they gain a buff called [Wrath of the Enshrined God] whenever an ally gets attacked, which plays into her third skill effect.

Mikonos☆MikoCer EX - her first skill is a teamwide Attack and Defense buff over 3 turns. It also extends all HP Regen, Star Regen, or NP Regen effects on all allies and all Poison, Curse, or Burn effects on all enemies by 3 turns. Successor of the Rain Clan EX is another stacked skill. It removes all buffs from an enemy, reduces their Debuff Resist and Critical Rate on that target for 3 turns, reduces said enemy’s NP Bar by one every turn, and increases her NP Gauge. Priestunnos Hammer B increases all allies’ NP Damage for 3 turns and grants a good amount of Critical Stars. Furthermore, it will increase the NP Damage and NP Gauge of all allies with [Wrath of the Enshrined God] buff.

Following her skills’ theme, Summer Baobhan Sith’s Noble Phantasm - Easter Failnaught has a multitude of effects. It is an AoE Buster attack that increases her Buster cards’ effectiveness before dealing damage and also deals supereffective damage against enemies with [Human] attribute. Afterward, it grants her 3 buffs: a HP Regen, a NP Regen, and a Critical Stars Regen for 3 turns. This Noble Phantasm also inflicts a Curse and Poison debuff on all enemies for 3 turns, and lowers their Attack by 50% for 1 turn.

Cait Cu MikoCer has a lot of tricks up her sleeves that allow her to shine best in lengthier battles. Buff extension is a very unique mechanic that no other Servant possesses, and some powerful Support such as Merlin or Proto Merlin can leverage this ability to great effect, extending their powerful teamwide buffs. Her other utilities are not to be scoffed at either, ranging from teamwide NP Gauge charge, teamwide buffs, buff removal, attack debuff, enemy NP Bar stall, and Critical Star generation. And while her damage may not be the best, when the right condition aligns (such as against [Human] attribute enemies and/or against Knight-classes enemies), she can deal respectable damage with repeated Noble Phantasm use, especially when her NP Gauge Charging shenanigan kicks in.

All in all, while she is not a top-tier Servant, Cait Cu Mikocer is a highly unique and fun Servant to play around with. In the right conditions, she can be an effective pick thanks to the large amount of utility she provides, and can function as both a farmer and a challenge quest Servant.

Provides A Lot Of Team Utility

Cait Cu MikoCer packs a lot of neat tools in her skill set that can help her contribute in many situations. Ranging from buff removal, enemy’s NP Bar control, teamwide buffs, and NP charge, she is a joker unit that can surprise many Masters with how much she can do when built around.

Strong NP Charging Capacity In Lengthier Battles

Cait Cu MikoCer has a very unique buff extension ability that allows her to extend any form of “Regeneration” buffs - being NP Regen, HP Regen, and Critical Star Regen. This gives her extremely strong synergy with units that provide these buffs, such as Proto Merlin or Merlin. Her passive and her third skill altogether also provide further NP Gauge charging capacity in lengthier battles where her allies have more chances to get hit to get the [Enshrined Deity's Anger] buff.

Lackluster Damage

Being a Pretender, Cait Cu MikoCer can cover the three Knight classes (Saber, Lancer, and Archer). Her Noble Phantasm also has super effective modifier against [Human] enemies, which are quite abundant in nature. However, despite these strong points, her damage can feel quite lackluster most of the time due to her lack of powerful, high-value self-buff as most of her power budget lies in her utilities and teamwide support.

Not The Best In Short Battle

A lot of Cait Cu MikoCer values are spread over multiple turns, rather than frontloading like many Damage Dealers. Her NP Gauge charging, as well as other tools in her kit, are great when she can take the time to accumulate them as well as pick the right opportunity to utilize them. Furthermore, her mediocre damage also extrapolates this issue, thus she is not the best pick for fast clear strategies.

It is hard to decide which skill takes precedence when it comes to Cait Cu MikoCer skills, as her effectiveness is spread over all of these skills rather equally. Bringing them all to an acceptable level (being 6/6/6) should be fine for most Masters, and then maxing them is entirely up to preference. Skill 2 > Skill 3 > Skill 1 is probably the most generic skill leveling order for her, as NP Gauge Charge will always be influential regardless of context.

• Mikonos☆MikoCer EX - The attack and defense buff both scale with level, but the powerful effect of this skill lies in the buff extension for the team. While this effect does not scale with level, lowering its cooldown is highly valuable in the context of long, grindy Challenge Quests.
• Successor of the Rain Clan EX – This skill is a bit counterintuitive as the buff removal as well as debuffs require good timing to use, while the NP Gauge effect often demands it to be used as much as possible. Regardless, this is a very powerful skill for both of its components, so it is recommended to max this skill early for as much uptime as possible.
• Priestunnos Hammer B – This skill mainly shines when there are ample opportunities for the teammates to get hit and get her passive buff. But even just for the Critical Star bomb and NP Damage buff it is still quite useful and has good value from level up.

Cait Cu MikoCer is not a typical looping Damage Dealer, she wants to pair with teammates that can make good use of her buff extension and form a core that can repeatedly provide value to the entire team. As such, she does not truly require Starting NP Gauge like most Damage Dealers, while NP Regen Per Turn is highly useful for her since she wants to stay on the field as much as possible, so it will guarantee to provide good value over time. Since she has all three forms of common offensive buffs in her kit, any out of Buster Up, Attack Up, or NP Damage Up are viable options for her.

• Holy Maiden of Winter / Therapeutic Spa / Dance of the Thunder God / Idle Chatter: These are Craft Essences that provide NP Regen effects in combination with strong offensive buffs that perfectly synergize with Cait Cu MikoCer’s gameplay.
• The Black Grail / Inverted Rain of Mud / Heaven’s Feel: When there is time to set up, Cait Cu MikoCer can unleash her Noble Phantasm very often. As such, improving her NP Damage will yield fantastic returns in such scenarios.