MMM - Rero Rero Edition
Hello, Good Day, Good Evening and Goodbye.
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It's the MMM once again, and after a 2 week long (well, nearly) wait, we still haven't gotten a rate-up for the America story unlocks.
I mean, at this rate everyone's gonna roll them by coincidence and assess their own opinions on them before I can tell people what to think about [Redacted], Chinese Spear God and the Queen of S&M.
Speaking of S&M, though, that's why I'm here today. If Medb is the disappointing Queen of stepping on prospective Gacha rollers' balls with high heels, then Jeannu Orta is very much the Saint of Sadism.
...in the good way, of course. Her enemies are gonna be practically begging for another candle's worth of wax on their skin with the amount of delightful pain she can inflict.
They don't call 'em Delightworks for nothing, after all.
(Also, no Da Vinci-chan because presumably having a combined waifu and psycho inventor after getting the two individually from America would be too overbearing on our poor minds.)
#106 - Jeanne D'Arc (Alter)
5* Avenger
Max Atk: 13244 (14568 effectivewewlad )
Max Hp: 11761
Star Rate: 6%
Base NP gain: 0.83%/5% (Listing the damage taken NP gain cos it's high for Avengers)
Card Set: BBAAQ (4/2/3/7, 4th value is Extra)
Passive Skills:
Avenger B rank - Team Debuff Resistance Down 8% [Demerit] and defensive NP charge Rate Up 18%
Oblivion Correction A rank - Critical Damage Up 10%
Self-Restoration (Magic) A+ rank - Gain 4% NP per turn
Active Skills:
Self Modification - EX rank
Apply [Critical Damage Up] to self (20/23/26/29/32/35/38/41/44/50%) for 3 turns
Apply [Star Attraction Up] to self (400/440/480/520/560/600/640/680/720/800%) for 3 turns
7 turn cooldown
Dragon Witch - EX rank
Apply [Attack Up] to ally team (10/11/12/13/14/15/16/17/18/20%) for 3 turns
Apply [Attack Up] to ally team with [Dragonkind] trait (10/11/12/13/14/15/16/17/18/20%) for 3 turns
7 turn cooldown
Ephemeral Dream - A rank
Apply [Buster Up] to self (30/32/34/36/38/40/42/44/46/50%) for 1 turn
Apply [Invulnerable] to self for 1 turn
Reduce own Hp by 1000 [Demerit]
8 turn cooldown
Noble Phantasm:
Roar, O Rage of Mine, La Grondement Du Haine - A+ rank
Buster (150%)
Damage to Enemy (10 hits)
600% / 800% / 900% / 950% / 1000% Upgraded with NP Level
Apply [Buffs Blocked] to Enemy 1 instance
Apply [Curse] to Enemy 5 turns
500 / 1000 / 1500 / 2000 / 2500 Upgraded with Overcharge
I don't think it's wrong to ask where the hell this variation of Jeanne was during Orleans. Especially considering 4* Ruler Jeanne Alter hasn't been retconned out of the game (check it out for yourself in the Orleans hidden Free Quest).
With that in mind though, let's get cracking with her base stats. The big-ass number your eyes are immediately drawn to its dat face attack stat, sitting at an unbelievable 14568 effective attack. Although [Redacted] reaches higher with his passives and Kintoki can close the gap with his class and Monstrous Strength, that's still a completely unresisted throbbing mass of an attack stat that Orta can toss around, and not one to be taken lightly.
To compensate for this, however, she has a very dodgy Hp number, sitting even lower than the Hp stat for Dantes, which I admitted was a glass cannon. Unlike Dantes, Orta does have compensation for her low defences, so huzzah.
Her other base stats also stand to be very impressive. her 6% star rate combined with her high-hit buster makes her stargen reasonably good, producing 19 stars on a ABQ chain, and likely more with QBB. Though overall she can't really produce stars on a wide scale, her stargen is comparable with Scathach and Medb - Not incredible, but not average, either.
Finally, her NP gain is good. I mean, not Okita levels but still impressive. Her generation from attacks is about even with Brynhildr, though her 4 hit buster means she can generate a very reasonable amount of NP from an ABB chain, adding up to around 25% without crits. Her Self-healing passive only adds to this further, and the icing on the cake his her avenger skill, meaning she gains 6% NP from taking a single enemy hit.
To put it in a simpler way, if she gets hit 3 times by Americabots' normal attack, she's nearly got a full NP bar, at 94%. That's not even accounting the attacks on her turn. If you decide to pair her up with Dantes then that value rises to 119% I've been informed this isn't the case, the split Team / Non-Team effects of Avenger confused me, but the NP gain is still silly. You can see my point here, her NP gain is one of the best in the game without a single active skill supporting it.
Moving onto her skills, the compliments can't stop coming from your humble Orion cultist. Self-Modification EX almost feels like it solely exists to shit on Rhyme, with a low cooldown and very impressive and lasting effects. At base level this skill is still great, rising her star attraction to Saber levels for 3 turns. At max rank, it solidifies her as a crit damage dealer. The icing on the cake, of course, is that Orta can deal damage while also generating a reasonable sum of stars, which she can then suck up to deal more damage and gain even more NP.
Did I mention her NP gen numbers are silly high without critting? If she's critting on her Arts, Quick, or even Buster cards then you can probably expect her to get a full NP refund on a lucky turn, depending on how her enemies attack.
Moving onto Dragon Witch, the skill which makes Charisma A+ look like shit. At a price of -1% attack buff, you get a skill which essentially gives Saberfaces a free Monstrous Strength A rank for 3 turns. Ok, Saberfaces except Nero, Jeanne and Okita with Liz and Siggy strapped on for the ride. You get my point. Without a team of dragonkind it's a good skill, with dragonkind it's a goddamn incredible one. If only Alter herself counted as a dragon...or if George could target allies with his NP...
Lastly, we have a non-canon skill to round off and make the servant stronger than they typically would be.
...whoops, I meant Ephemeral Dream. At a small cost of 1k hp (I swear, if any of you try to tell me this is significant, please refer yourselves to my predecessor's rant on Assassin Shiki's Yin-Yang skill. Thank you.), you get a free Prana Burst AND a 1 turn invulnerability.
Back when Jack came out people were a little annoyed with a similar skill, since it's rare that you need to boost your NP and shield yourself in the same round. In the case of Orta, it's a little more useful, considering she kind of wants to get hit for more NP gain, and she's squishy from the start.
Regardless, this makes her capable of Buster NP chaining with a Buster boost, although single target, which already puts her in the big leagues. Speaking of NP chaining...
We have her NP. To be honest, on paper it isn't that impressive until you consider two things -
It's 10 hits with Buster modifier, meaning it gens a lot of stars compared to most NP's.
Orta can throw this thing out like, every other turn if she's lucky.
With that, you can see that both the curse damage and the Buff Block effect is gonna stack up. I'm not sure entirely how the Buff Blocking debuff works in practice, despite owning Orta myself, but I'm assuming it negates any buffing effects applied (E.g. The Hp Regen, Debuff invulnerability and NP generation effect from Golden Rule (Body)), for one time before fading.
So it's a little situational, but I can imagine in some cases (Say, versus one of those Beast final bosses like the one in America) it can be vital to ensuring annoying buffs stay off your foes, instead of having to react and use Jack or Shirou to remove them.
In conclusion, she has super-high damage, has some degree of survivability, has reasonable stargen, great NP gen, and, thanks to her skills and spammability, a great NP.
Orta is the first servant since the new MMM's establishment to win the RathTM Golden Star of approval.
This doesn't mean she's the best servant in the game, or even top 5. It does mean, however, that I would use her and love her to death, because she's got an amazingly erotic 4th Ascension artwork, amazingly erotic stats and amazing erotic expression on her first ascension.
The MMM is supposed to advise caution to gacha traps when DW wants your money, but in all honest if you want Jeanne Alter then go for her. She's great, and has plenty of potential for team synergy while also being strong without it.
With that said though, how long do I have to hold onto this other star for [Redacted]?
Yet again, full credit to Kyte from Beast's Lair and occasionally here for the datamine on Orta and Da Vinci, and to the Gacha gods for letting me roll this round's 5*.
I honestly have no idea what will come next, since this entire event has kinda thrown my predictions on DW's schedule out on a loop. If the next Gacha isn't a rate-up for the America unlocks I'll probably just write the evaluation in my own time, or something.
Peace out, and don't pop your cherry.