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Archer
Billy the Kid
# 105
CardType
2
CardType
3
CardType
4
CardType
4
CardType
NP
3
Attribute
Alignments
Chaotic Balanced
NPGainNP Gain
0.56%
NPGainNP when Attacked (%)
3%
NPGainStar Absorption
150%
NPGainStar Generation per Hit
8%
NPGainInstant Death Chance
45%
Attack
Base1,279
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Max6,890
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Lv 1009,325
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Lv 12010,952
HP
Base1,711
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Max9,506
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Lv 10012,889
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Lv 12015,149

Traits

Humanoid
Servant
Riding
Weak to Enuma Elish
Male
Hominidae

Tags

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Self Crit Damage Up
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Self NP Gauge Up
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Self Evade
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ST Quick NP
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Self Sure Hit
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Crit Rate Down
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Marksmanship A++
Increase own Critical Strength (1 turn).
Available at the start
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Quick Draw A+
Increase own NP Gauge.
Unlocks after 1st Ascension
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Mind's Eye (Fake) C
Apply Evade to self (1 turn). Increase own Critical Strength (3 turns).
Unlocks after 3rd Ascension
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The Young King of Rascals EX

Apply Evade to self (1 turn). Increase own Critical Strength (3 turns). ▲ Increase own Quick Card effectiveness (3 turns). ▲ Increase own Critical Star Gather Rate (1 turn). ▲ Gain Critical Stars. ▲

Upgrades after Rank Up 2. (Not available, ETA 8/2026)

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-Rider (ATK Up)
Deal extra Special ATK damage to [Rider] 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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Independent Action A
Increase your Critical Strength by 10%.
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Riding C+
Increase your Quick Card effectiveness by 7%.

Noble Phantasm

ThundererC++
Apply Sure Hit for yourself (1 turn). Deals damage to a single enemy.
<Overcharge>
Decrease Critical Rate for a single enemy (3 turns).
Thunderer (Upgrade 1)C+++
Unlocks after Rank Up Quest 1

Apply Sure Hit for yourself (1 turn). Deals damage to a single enemy. ▲

<Overcharge>

Decrease Critical Rate for a single enemy (3 turns). ▲

Ascension
QP
x1,330,000
Skill
QP
x13,600,000
Append Skill
QP
x13,600,000
Ascension + Skill
QP
x14,930,000
Total
QP
x28,530,000

“Well, I might be good at nothing but shooting. But if that’s what you want, I’ll do my best. I swear on this gun.”

Considered to be one of the fastest gunslingers of America’s Wild West, iconic outlaw Billy the Kid lives up to his quick draw legends thanks to a Quick-focused deck, with a Quick NP and skills designed for immediate burst damage in multiple forms.

Billy’s strength lies in his Critical Damage and NP Damage potential, making him useful in both challenging and farming content. His Critical Damage potential is extremely impressive for his rarity, as he can reach up to 162% Critical Damage Up from Marksmanship, Mind’s Eye (Fake), and Independent Action. This is one of the largest general-purpose damage buff stacking available to any single Servant, and only very few niche opportunity damage buffs can match or beat it. Apart from his critical potential, Billy can also rapidly fire off his ST Quick NP, Thunderer, on a moment’s notice thanks to a maxed Quick Draw providing him a solid 50% NP gauge. Between his easy NP5 and NP Upgrade Rank Up, Thunderer can easily shut down anything that could survive his crit bonanza.

Most of Billy’s weaknesses reside in his QQAAB deck. While this allows him to form a Quick Brave Chain when using his NP and charge his NP, Billy won’t often have a Buster led Brave Chain to improve the damage found on his 2nd, 3rd, and Extra cards, especially on a turn when Billy is in full crit mode. Also, for a crit-oriented Servant, Billy’s regular Quick cards are subpar when it comes to Critical Star and NP Generation, making him reliant on external sources of either active or passive Critical Star Generation for his major crit turn.

All things considered, Billy the Kid’s  weaknesses are easily remedied by Servants/CEs that provide him the Critical Stars he needs to function on his burst turn, alongside any extra Attack Up or Quick Performance buffs.. With the right setup, Billy will end fights before they become drawn-out slugfests. He’s not the fastest gun in the West for nothing.

🟢 Strengths

Good Challenging Content and Farming Potential

As mentioned earlier, Billy is a firecracker when it comes to dealing damage. His Archer class’ passives and high base star weight synergize well with his Critical Damage skills, and he can lay the hurt down with a speedy Thunderer. Thus, Billy is a strong Servant to counter Berserker and Saber boss enemies, both of which are fairly common now and in the future.

Amazing Critical Damage Potential

When the situation presents itself in the form of 20+ Critical Stars and a Brave Chain draw, few can match Billy when it comes to raw Critical Damage, even in the SR and SSR rarities.

On-Demand NP

Because Quick Draw is such a large NP battery skill, Billy can NP practically the turn he uses the skill all the while using stronger CEs than most Servants that don’t have an NP battery.

🔴 Weaknesses

Low Damage Deck

QQAAB does not lend itself to many strong Brave Chain situations due to a lack of Buster cards for Billy to ready a strong Brave chain. In many cases, Billy will need to use someone else’s Buster card to piggyback off of to empower Billy’s cards when Billy is going for some strong crits.

Poor Critical Star Generation

Due to the low hit counts on Billy’s 2 Quick Cards and having 2 Arts Cards, Billy has it rough when it comes to preparing Critical Stars outside of Quick Chains. This often means Billy will look towards the other 2 members of the party, along with their CEs, to supply him with the Critical Stars he desires.

Level Up Skill Recommendations

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Marksmanship A++
Increase own Critical Strength (1 turn).
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Quick Draw A+
Increase own NP Gauge.
LowSkillIcon
Mind's Eye (Fake) C
Apply Evade to self (1 turn). Increase own Critical Strength (3 turns).

Billy is all about pumping out oodles of damage in a small time frame, and 2 out of his 3 skills in particular help Billy to do this: Marksmanship and Quick Draw. Both skills are good options to raise to 10, though which to raise to 10 first will depend on how a Master values Billy’s Critical Damage Potential versus Billy’s NP Potential. Billy’s 3rd skill, Mind’s Eye (Fake), is not as important to raise to 10 compared to his other 2 skills, though getting it to 6 for the first cooldown reduction is a good idea.

  • Marksmanship A++ is Billy’s main damage buff. It has a great starting and ending value, making it a skill worth leveling to any level independent of the cooldown reductions at 6 and 10. The only downside is its one turn duration, so the skill should be saved for when Billy has plenty of Critical Stars to use. Level 6 is a good minimum starting point, with 10 being an ideal goal after maxing out Billy’s 2nd skill and getting his 3rd skill to 6.

  • Quick Draw A+ is a solid battery skill, with level 10 providing enough NP gauge to make taking Quick Draw to 10 an immediate priority. Generally level this first!

  • Mind’s Eye (Fake) C is Billy’s only defensive skill, though it also contributes to Billy’s Critical Damage Potential thanks to its scaling Critical Damage Up. Since this skill will normally be used for defensive purposes, it’s best raised to 6 or 10 for the cooldown reduction than for the improved Critical Damage Up. This skill can be leveled last.

🖼️ Craft Essence Recommendations

Due to his already impressive Critical Damage Up potential from self-buffs, Billy is better off using CEs that provide Attack Up, Quick Performance Up, and/or NP Damage Up more than anything else. In addition, Billy’s Quick Draw gives Billy a wider selection of CE options by being able to forgo Starting NP Gauge for more raw damage buffs and still NP in the same period of time as Servants lacking a battery skill like Quick Draw.

  • The Black Grail: The best choice for Billy when it comes to maximizing NP damage outside of events with bonus damage CEs due to its very large NP Damage Up modifier.

  • Heaven’s Feel: While not as strong as The Black Grail in terms of NP Damage Up and Attack stat, it has the advantage of no -500 HP/turn demerit.

  • Imaginary Around / Gandr: Good for boosting both Billy’s NP and regular Quick Cards, and making his Quick cards a little more likely to generate 2 more Critical Stars than normal.

  • Golden Sumo / Holy Night Supper / Knight of Marines: While Billy doesn’t need the starting 50% NP gauge these CEs provides as much as other Servants to NP in a timely fashion, they still provide useful buffs for Billy when it comes to his crits and NP. Not to say that Billy is unable to use that starting 50% NP gauge well, immediate NPs are always a delight.

  • Conversation on the Hot Sands / Seal Designation Enforcer: Both of these CEs allow Billy to crit more reliably without a large influx of Critical Stars, though the additional Critical Damage Up provided Sands is only a minor damage boost on Billy’s main crit burst turn.

  • Dragon’s Meridian: If all that’s needed is Billy’s NP, this CE, when MLB, gives him just enough starting NP gauge to unleash it when combined with a maxed Quick Draw. Useful for when either Cost limits or needing to save a support’s Waver’s skills for other Servants.

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Interlude Quests

QuestRequirementsReward
Chapter Completion:Fuyuki
Ascension:4
Bond:0
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Chapter Completion:America
Ascension:3
Bond:4
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Chapter Completion:Fuyuki
Ascension:4
Bond:0
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Skill 3
Cost7
GrowthLinear
Instant Death Chance45
Damage Distribution Quick33,67
Damage Distribution Arts16,33,51
Damage Distribution Buster10,20,30,40
Damage Distribution Extra9,18,27,46
Damage Distribution NP16,33,51

Bond

Bond Lv12345678910
Bond EXP4,00012,0003,00013,0003,000145,000310,000300,000310,000290,000
Extolling The Revolver
Extolling The Revolver
When equipped on Billy The Kid, Increases party's Critical Damage by 25% while he is on the field
IllustratorShimaudon
Seiyuu (CV)Urara Takano
Country/Place of OriginUnited States of America
SeriesFate/Grand Order
Release Date (NA)3/15/2018

Parameters

STR
D
END
E
AGL
B
MP
E
LUK
B
NP
C

Valentine's CE

Silver Bullet
Silver Bullet
Non-Limited -Available in the general summoning pool.

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