EMIYA

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Tier

2

QAAAB (Caster)

Quick Card

Arts Card

Arts Card

Arts Card

Buster Card

Rarity	4
ID	11
Cost	12
Class	Archer
Attr.	Mankind

• Stage 1
• Stage 2
• Stage 3
• Stage 4

Stat Ratings

Overview

The Counter Guardian. The Wrought Iron Hero. The Faker. The Hero of Justice. He is a man of many titles. But above all, he is the original and iconic Archer of Fate/Stay Night. His name is EMIYA, and he’s here to ask: Do you have enough weapons in stock?

Heroic Spirit EMIYA has been around since FGO’s launch as one of the release Servants, though he is a much different beast now that two of his skills have been buffed. Sporting a triple-Arts card deck with an upgraded Buster NP, the ability to buff all three card types, and one of the most obscene Critical Damage skills in the game, EMIYA is a versatile damage dealer with strong performance in multiple different areas. Even though FGO usually plays to the strengths of Servants who are very specialized in their roles, the knight in red carves out a spot for himself with his adaptability in any situation.

Strengths

Weaknesses

Craft Essence Recommendation

Kaleidoscope

The Imaginary Element

Golden Sumo: Boulder Tournament

Another Ending

Heaven's Feel

The Black Grail

Because of EMIYA’s slightly mismatched card set (three Arts cards, but a Buster NP), Craft Essence recommendations tend to be a bit more nuanced. However, the general things EMIYA likes include Starting NP Gauge, to quickly access the star generation from his NP, and NP Damage and Attack buffs for multiplicative buff stacking.

Kaleidoscope/The Imaginary Element

Starting NP gauge will allow EMIYA to quickly use his first NP and, depending on the strength of the enemies, either farm waves quickly or put out a hefty sum of stars to get the critical train rolling.

Golden Sumo

Golden Sumo gives a pure attack buff, which stacks multiplicatively with EMIYA’s card type and crit buffs for his basic cards, and also boosts the damage on his NP. It also makes his first NP quicker to access.

Another Ending

One option for buffing his arts cards that also focuses on his critical performance. One perk of using this CE is that it has a higher bonus attack stat than most other CEs in the game, as well.

Heaven’s Feel/Black Grail

Though these options don’t provide any card performance buffs, they stack multiplicatively with his Projection to supercharge his moderately spammable NP. This is a strong option if you’re using EMIYA to farm multiple high health enemies.

Level Up Skill Recommendation

Because EMIYA is such a different servant before and after his buffs, we will primarily be analyzing him at full potential, once his strengthening quests are complete. Given the strength of his buffed skills, we highly recommend maxing both Hawkeye and Projection quickly.

Mind’s Eye (True) is an ever-useful survival tool, granting a turn of dodge and a small three-turn defense buff. This is a skill to pop on an enemy NP turn, and it does its job of bailing EMIYA out in that situation just fine without being maxed. If resources allow, you can max this third to improve the defense buff as well as lower the cooldown, but leaving this skill at rank 6 won’t be too limiting for EMIYA’s performance.

Hawkeye is what allows EMIYA to run with the big dogs in terms of sustained damage output. Its synergy with his NP as well as the absurd DPS it allows him to put out make it the centerpiece of his post-buff skill set. Maxing it is vital for the large benefit from ranks (doubles in strength from rank 1 to rank 10) but more importantly the reduced cooldown, allowing it to reach 50% uptime. Max this first if you want to focus on EMIYA’s critical potential. Otherwise, max it second.

Projection serves as EMIYA’s more standalone self-buff, not requiring critical stars to work, and also being available to buff his NP. Due to its versatility and fairly strong values at rank 10 (40% to all card types) on a reasonably low cooldown, having it maxed goes a long way towards achieving EMIYA’s very high performance peak. Max this first if you want to focus on strong AoE damage from his NP. Otherwise, max it second.

Interlude Quests

Quest	Ascen.	Bond	Reward
✔ Interlude 1 Chapter Completion: Fuyuki	1	2
✔ Interlude 2 Chapter Completion: Fuyuki	2	4
✔ Rank Up 1 Chapter Completion: Chaldea Gate	4	0
✔ Rank Up 2 Chapter Completion: Chaldea Gate	4	0

Servant Skills

Dodge

Mind's Eye (True) B

Grants self Evasion for 1 turn.
Increases own defense for 3 turns.

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

Available from the start

Critical Star Generation Up

Clairvoyance C

Increases own critical star generation rate for 3 turns.

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Lvl	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
Star Rate +	16%	17.6%	19.2%	20.8%	22.4%	24%	25.6%	27.2%	28.8%	32%
CD	8	8	8	8	8	7	7	7	7	6

Unlocks after 1st Ascension

Critical Star Generation Up

Hawkeye B+

Increases own critical star generation rate for 3 turns.
Increases own critical damage for 3 turns.

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Lvl	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
Star Gen+	50%	55%	60%	65%	70%	75%	80%	85%	90%	100%
Critical Dmg+	50%	55%	60%	65%	70%	75%	80%	85%	90%	100%
CD	8	8	8	8	8	7	7	7	7	6

Replaces Clairvoyance C after 2nd Rank Up Quest

Arts Up

Magecraft C-

Increases own Arts performance for 1 turn.

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Lvl	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
Arts +	21%	22.4%	23.8%	25.2%	26.6%	28%	29.4%	30.8%	32.2%	35%
CD	7	7	7	7	7	6	6	6	6	5

Unlocks after 3rd Ascension

All Type Up

Projection A

Increases own Arts performance for 1 turn.
Increases own Quick performance for 1 turn.
Increases own Buster performance for 1 turn.

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Lvl	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
Arts +	25%	26.5%	28%	29.5%	31%	32.5%	34%	35.5%	37%	40%
Quick +	25%	26.5%	28%	29.5%	31%	32.5%	34%	35.5%	37%	40%
Buster +	25%	26.5%	28%	29.5%	31%	32.5%	34%	35.5%	37%	40%
CD	7	7	7	7	7	6	6	6	6	5

Replaces Magecraft C- after 1st Rank Up Quest

Class Skills

Magic Resistance D

Increases debuff resistance by 12.5%.

Independent Action B

Increase Critical Strength by 8%.

Noble Phantasm

Unlimited Blade Works

Infinite Creation of Swords

Buster Card
	Rank	Classification	Hit-Count
	E~A	????	10

Effect	Deals damage that ignores defense to all enemies.
Overcharge Effect	Reduces the attack of all enemies for 3 turns.

Level	1	2	3	4	5
Damage +	300%	400%	450%	475%	500%
Charge	100%	200%	300%	400%	500%
Attack -	10%	15%	20%	25%	30%

Unlimited Blade Works

Infinite Creation of Swords

Buster Card
	Rank	Classification	Hit-Count
	E~A++	????	10

Effect	Upgrade after 2nd interlude. Deals damage that ignores defense to all enemies.
Overcharge Effect	Reduces the attack of all enemies for 3 turns.

Level	1	2	3	4	5
Damage +	400%	500%	550%	575%	600%
Charge	100%	200%	300%	400%	500%
Attack -	10%	15%	20%	25%	30%

Ascension Materials

Stage	Cost	Materials
2	50,000	x4 Archer Piece
3	150,000	x10 Archer Piece x18 Proof of Hero
4	500,000	x4 Archer Monument x8 Eternal Gear x2 Heart of the Foreign God
Max	1,500,000	x10 Archer Monument x4 Heart of the Foreign God x20 Void's Dust

Skill Enhancement Materials

Level	Cost	Materials
1 → 2	100,000	x4 Gem of Archer
2 → 3	200,000	x10 Gem of Archer
3 → 4	600,000	x4 Magic Gem of Archer
4 → 5	800,000	x10 Magic Gem of Archer x4 Eternal Gear
5 → 6	2,000,000	x4 Secret Gem of Archer x8 Eternal Gear
6 → 7	2,500,000	x10 Secret Gem of Archer x12 Proof of Hero
7 → 8	5,000,000	x24 Proof of Hero x4 Phoenix Feather
8 → 9	6,000,000	x12 Phoenix Feather x40 Void's Dust
9 → 10	10,000,000	x1 Crystallized Lore

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