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Altria Pendragon (Santa Alter)

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Rider
Altria Pendragon (Santa Alter)
# 73
CardType
2
CardType
2
CardType
1
CardType
3
CardType
NP
3
Attribute
Alignments
Lawful Good
NPGainNP Gain
0.87%
NPGainNP when Attacked (%)
3%
NPGainStar Absorption
204%
NPGainStar Generation per Hit
8.9%
NPGainInstant Death Chance
35%
Attack
Base1,543
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Max9,258
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Lv 10011,209
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Lv 12013,161
HP
Base1,805
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Max11,286
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Lv 10013,684
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Lv 12016,083

Traits

Female
Servant
Humanoid
Dragon
Riding
Saberface
King
Arthur
Weak to Enuma Elish
Knights of the Round Table
Hominidae

Tags

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Heal Support
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Star Drop Rate Support
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Crit Stars Up
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Self Buster Up
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AoE Buster NP
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Self NP Gauge Up
SkillIcon
Saint's Gift EX
Recover HP for an ally. Increase Critical Star Drop Rate by 30% for an ally (3 turns).
Available at start
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Intuition A
Gain Critical Stars.
Unlocks after 1st Ascension
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Reindeer Drive A

Increase NP Gauge for all allies by 10%. ▲ Increase Overcharge Level by 1 for all allies (1 time, 3 turns). ▲ Increase Critical Strength for all allies (3 turns). ▲ Gain Critical Stars. ▲

Upgrades after Rank Up 1. (Not available, ETA 2/2026)
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Mana Burst A-
Increase own Buster Card effectiveness (1 turn).
Unlocks after 3rd Ascension

Append Skills

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Extra Attack Boost
Increase own Extra Attack Card effectiveness.
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Load Magical Energy
Begin battle with NP Gauge charged.
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Anti-Saber (ATK Up)
Deal extra Special ATK damage to [Saber] class enemies.
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Special Attack Technique Improvement
Increase own Critical Strength.
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Skill Reload
When using a skill, reduce the cooldown for the skill by 1 turn for the first time the skill is used per battle (Only 1 time per skill). Lv 1-5: 1 skill Lv 6-9: 2 skills Lv10: 3 skills

Class Skills

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Magic Resistance A
Increase your Debuff Resist by 20%.
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Riding A
Increase your Quick Card effectiveness by 10%.

Noble Phantasm

Excalibur Morgan (Santa Alter)A++
Deal very heavy damage to all enemies.
<Overcharge>
Slightly restore your NP Gauge.
Ascension
QP
x2,200,000
Skill
QP
x27,200,000
Append Skill
QP
x27,200,000
Ascension + Skill
QP
x29,400,000
Total
QP
x56,600,000

Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells, Excalibur Morgan all the way! In an effort to improve her image, Altria Alter has decided to become Santa Claus and spread holiday cheer (violently). Along with a class change to Rider, this seasonal counterpart roughly copies the skill set and AoE Noble Phantasm of the original. Most notably, Santa Alter has access to the powerful Excalibur Morgan, which boasts a higher damage multiplier than almost any other Buster AoE NP.

In terms of features, Santa Alter trades some of Altria Alter’s offense for a more balanced kit. With Saint’s Gift, Santa Alter can heal a target for a substantial amount and slightly buff their star generation for 3 turns. Intuition can instantly supply some critical stars, which her Rider-class star weight easily attracts to herself. Finally, the requisite Mana Burst is a welcome addition to power up her Noble Phantasm.

Sadly, the balanced nature of her skill set actually works somewhat against her, as her primary purpose is simply to blast the enemy with her superb Noble Phantasm. In the end, she only really has access to one additional short-lived steroid by herself for this purpose. Furthermore, Santa Alter’s NP generation is fairly average, which further limits her use during longer and/or challenging combat. Nevertheless, such a powerful Noble Phantasm makes her one of the best easily available farming Servants when pure damage is the key factor.  

🟢 Strengths

AoE Noble Phantasm Powerhouse

Santa Alter’s Excalibur Morgan can deal some terrifying AoE damage thanks to a higher NP damage multiplier than normal, Mana Burst and of course easily available additional copies during the event. Blasting the final wave of a quest is often her entire raison d’être.

Buster Critical Capability

Taking advantage of Santa Alter’s high natural critical star absorption rate and Intuition, Santa Alter can function quite well as a Buster critical Servant. With some additional critical stars from allies as well as critical damage steroids, Santa Alter’s Noble Phantasm Buster Brave Chain can deal some excellent damage.

Healing Support

Saint’s Gift heals for a rather substantial amount at higher levels and generally helps prevent any early casualties during farming sessions. The cooldown is also short enough that it can potentially be used twice depending on the strength of a team.

🔴 Weaknesses

Lack of Hard Survivability Tools

While Saint’s gift is useful for topping off allies, it does not help Santa Alter survive enemy Noble Phantoms or devastating enemy attacks. For challenging combat Santa Alter will need to rely on supports for her survival.

Unsuited for Sustained Combat

Santa Alter’s skill set lends itself to one turn of power through her Noble Phantasm and any subsequent (critical) damage chains. She does not offer any additional damage support outside of potentially Intuition for her allies. Her damage skills also only affect a single turn of combat. In essence, she does not excel in fights that require multiple turns of high damage.

Average NP Generation

Santa Alter’s NP generation is bog-standard. The ability to attract critical stars to her Arts cards does make it slightly easier to charge her NP, but she does not have any additional means of charging her Noble Phantasm quickly. As Santa Alter excels at farming, this is less than ideal and should generally be compensated for through Craft Essences or supports.

Level Up Skill Recommendations

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Saint's Gift EX
Recover HP for an ally. Increase Critical Star Drop Rate by 30% for an ally (3 turns).
LowSkillIcon
Intuition A
Gain Critical Stars.
HighSkillIcon
Mana Burst A-
Increase own Buster Card effectiveness (1 turn).
  • Saint’s Gift is Santa Alter’s healing skill, with a fairly low cooldown and a decent scaling. The Critical Star Generation buff is fixed and sadly does not directly benefit from additional skill levels. It’s useful for keeping allies alive during farming runs, but does not directly contribute to Santa Alter’s primary purpose. Level this second.
  • Intuition grants a single infusion of critical stars. Santa Alter’s Rider class actually enables her to extract a fair amount of value out of this skill, but it remains a fairly weak skill. Intuition does help make Santa Alter’s burst turns potentially more powerful, but it’s a lot of investment for a few extra stars and a shorter cooldown. Generally her weakest skill and can be leveled last.

  • Mana Burst is the standard single turn Buster steroid. It scales well and most importantly actually helps Santa Alter to be even better at farming. Level this first to be able to reach even higher damage benchmarks.

🖼️ Craft Essence Recommendations

Santa Alter benefits immensely from Starting NP Gauge to fully embrace her role as a farming powerhouse. If her base damage isn’t enough though, Santa Alter can boost her damage in various ways. To deal the most damage possible with Excalibur Morgan, NP Damage Up is ideal. Alternatively, Critical Damage Up will help exploit her Rider class star weight. Finally Buster Performance Up treads the middle ground, but does unfortunately stack additively with her Mana Burst.

  • Kaleidoscope/The Imaginary Element/Dragon’s Meridian: Given her already impressive NP damage, what she really needs is to get that NP out the door. Generally, the more Starting NP Gauge, the better.
  • Golden Sumo/Halloween Princess/Partake with the King: If a little more damage is required, try the hybrid Starting NP gauge options first. Golden Sumo scales particularly well with Santa Alter.

  • Black Grail/Joint Recital/Victor From the Moon/Limited/Zero Over: If her allies can take care of her NP bar, all of the standard Buster Critical Craft Essences can work with Santa Alter. It depends simply on which facet is ideal to boost in the set up Santa Alter will be fielded in, although Black Grail typically extracts the most damage.
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Interlude Quests

QuestRequirementsReward
Chapter Completion:Fuyuki
Ascension:4
Bond:0
Icon
Skill 2
Cost12
GrowthSemi S
Instant Death Chance35
Damage Distribution Quick33,67
Damage Distribution Arts33,67
Damage Distribution Buster100
Damage Distribution Extra12,25,63
Damage Distribution NP16,33,51

Bond

Bond Lv12345678910
Bond EXP3,5008,5007,0006,0002,500272,500330,000310,000290,000286,000
Llamrei Unit II
Llamrei Unit II
If equipped to Altria Pendragon (Santa Alter), Increase Critical Star Drop Rate of all allies by 20% while she's on the field.
IllustratorTakashi Takeuchi
Seiyuu (CV)Ayako Kawasumi
AKA/Alias/NicknamesSanta Alter, Salter, Santer
Release Date (NA)12/1/2017

Parameters

STR
A
END
C
AGL
D
MP
B
LUK
A
NP
A++

Valentine's CE

Christmas Memory
Christmas Memory
Welfare -A free Servant acquired from completing an Event.