#grail front

[oregoncoastfox]

My Grail Front team, drawn by the ever-amazing @wishem!

[lemonadehtwooh]

I remembered that they're besties in my AU and had to draw them XD

[melusineisthebestest]

BB: *at the last Sakura front* All right, Senpai! No more holding back, now it's ti- wait... why isn't my boss music playing anymore?

Me: *tired of this and slotting in my maxed out Melusine* As you said, no more holding back.

[nero-draco]

They change things a bit for Grail Front in this event, in that the enemy will continue to appears from the designated node and the way to clear the map is for the MC to reach the said node.

On the side note I tried to put servant instead of MC in that node it seems like it can stop enemy from appearing.

Though you still need to put MC in the node to clear the map but still its still useful tactic regardless.

[grailfinders]

Brute Grail Front Review #1

today on Fate and Phantasms we've got a special treat for y'all. since this event doesn't have any boosted servants, we're instead going to take a look at each grail front's roster, assess how well they work as a team (in D&D), and which servants I'd suggest taking to counter them. cool? cool.

The Enemy:

now I'm not including caesar himself in any of these since he's not really a "fighter", so our first lineup includes Robin Hood, Nero Claudius, Okada Izou, and Sakamoto Ryouma/Oryou. the first thing that jumps out at me about this party is simple- it's super unbalanced. three of the four servants are rogues, meaning they aren't the toughest bunch around, but they hurt when they hit.

the obvious synergy here is how Ryouma and Izou can team up to completely read an opponent in a minute, learning most, if not all, of their relevant stats and weaknesses. then it's just a matter of trapmaster Robin setting up traps to prey on said weakness. while Nero doesn't quite fit into this setup, she's actually the most dangerous one on the field, and not just because she's a level 20 caster with level 9 spells. okay that's mostly the reason, but hear me out.

Foresight is a very dangerous spell to be fighting against. on Nero it's not great for us, since anyone forcing disadvantage on all attacks against them and getting advantage on their saves and check and attacks is always bad, but remember- she's in a party with three rogues. if those rogues have Foresight, they have permanent advantage, meaning permanent sneak attack. that's terrifying, especially since that rogue will still be harder to hit thanks to the one spell.

Who to Bring?

first and foremost, we need someone who can take out the rogues' gallery fast, before they can sneak attack our team to death. rogues as a rule are tough to hit with regular attacks and anything with a dexterity save, but they do have one weakness- constitution saves. rogues don't get proficiency in those, and they're usually squishy besides, so the cold is one of the few things that can really bother them. that's why my suggestion for the caster slot of this grail front is Anastasia.

she comes packing with plenty of constitution-based spells to bring the hurt, as well as defense-piercing attacks to cut through whatever nonsense Nero conjures up. the one flaw here is she's not a tank. we need someone who can take those sneak attacks on her behalf, as well as shut down whichever rogue's been foresighted. there's plenty of berserkers who are physical tanks, but that latter part is pretty rare to come by, and since we already have one 5-star I'd like to keep the other servants on a budget.

with all that in mind, my pick for berserker is none other than Spartacus.

the man's got an obscene health pool, can rage to cut down on sneak attack damage, and specializes in taking one person out of the fight so his party can deal with the others. with him pinning down the foresighted rogue we've basically forced Nero to waste a ninth level spell, on top of whatever she uses to try and pry Sparty off her teammate.

finally, we need to end this fight in a timely fashion- we only get ten turns to finish this, after all. what we need is a roamer, someone who's fast enough to chase down stragglers and tough enough to fight a rogue or bard one-on-one. that's why my pick for lancer is Cu Chulainn.

he's fast, he's tough, he's so accurate even rogues have trouble avoiding his spear, and his Diamond Soul means he's unlikely to be swayed by Nero's tricks.

Now we've got a spicy grail war brewing! of course this is just talking about D&D- we were able to solo this fight with just Spartacus, so don't stress too hard about who you're taking to the front. still, we hope you've enjoyed this, and stay tuned for tomorrow's grail front!

[300iqprower]

Its a shame that PvE grail wars got so underdeveloped (probably cause they were too busy failing to make pvp ones work) because they’re genuinely great for making normally bad units shine gloriously.

For example, did you know accelerated cooldowns + blitzkrieg favoring design means glass cannons like caligula become top tier so long as you line up your positions right?

Triple buster with multiple attack buffs it turns out kills just about anything without retaliation so long as you can double tap in one turn.

[ingoldendreams]

I like how in this new event guda is able to fistfight caesar and win

[zmeyel]

I forgot that in this grail front we have support servants so I spent like 4 turns just inching my servants around waiting for Gawain to do something.

Once the board was him, Merlin, and Asclepius I finally decided to just attack him before I realized he was on my side when clicking on him lead to Orion swapping places with him rather than attacking.

[elstreem]

Any time Grail Front lets me put a Lancer in, it's an instant win with Gareth!

My awesome cinnamon roll didn't even have her first HP bar broken, not even with Mori's final attacks. Tristan was great as well, taking down Altera and Saber Diarmuid so Gareth can wreak havoc openly.

S0 far, this map was the hardest for me since the usable classes were Rider, Archer and Extra, which my most favorite units aren't (Bedivere, Gareth and Osakabehime, so Saber, Lancer and Assassin). Also the enemy Servants are fairly aggressive in this map, only Caster Nero won't move until the end.

...also it pitted me against Bedivere and that sucked since I don't wanna fight my boi D''': I won't forgive you for this Caesar

Luckily, I somehow squeezed in Tristan, Ryouma and Astraea (can't remember who got the CEs, I think Astraea and Ryouma had it). Tristan dealt with Bedivere (-I'm so sorry-), Ryouma was meant to counter Medea and Caster Nero, but ended up being more of a roadblock so Lancelot and Vlad III wouldn't be coming at me from two directions. Ryouma and Oryou did take down Medea eventually, when she was rushing in with the others.

And Astraea...wow, even with 1/1/1 skills this woman can seriously wreck someone. She nuked Vlad with her NP (it has bonus damage against Evil-aligned servants if I remember right), wrestled Lancelot, twisted Leonidas into pretzels and at the end, she threw some shiny rocks at Caster Nero for a win.

I should level up Astraea's skills sometimes, her damage potential is scary.

[kaiiihannn]

No way, I got all the treasure chests in the very first attempt, on the (supposedly) hardest map to boost?

The hardest part of this whole Grail Front to me, was always 'successfully claiming all mats chests before I win'. I only managed to do that thrice through all 7 maps, and yesterday's map in particular was absolutely nightmarish (I had to redo 3 times to claim all chests).

So maybe today's map being so damn convoluted was a great thing, it prevented enemies from collectively charging at you like moths to flame and dying all out before you got to the chests.

The big enemy number was also good. You've got the time to go for chests before you're forced to kill the last of them.

[frostywisp]

NO ONE TOLD ME AN ONGOING GRAIL FRONT DIDNT LET YOU CONTINUE AFTER THE EVENT WAS OVER

i thought it wld b like event battles... there goes my 7th grail tear ig... ;-;

tho tbf it makes sense cos the grail front is more like multiple nodes rather than one singular node

still my free grail... T~T

[chronologiical]

my traum mvps!

[oneemasan]

her outfit made my brain explode

miss oui no one does it like you

[nero-draco]

For this Grail Front I made my own special rule of equipping Nero with Hakuno CE whenever she can be deployed.

[grailfinders]

Fate and Phantasms' Brute Grail Front Review #6

hoo boy, looks like caesar's just completely ignoring the grail war format now. we'll make sense of this ridiculousness below the cut.

Know Thy Enemy

so right off the bat, we've got a big focus on mobility this time around, with Cu Chulainn and Summer Okita making a surprise face-heel turn, as well as Nagao Kagetora, Alexander, and Ushiwakamaru to really seal the deal. We've also got Assassin Emiya who feels kind of left out, though he can move in quick bursts.

this team isn't really defense-heavy, but they move fast, and thanks to Emiya and Alexander they can hit hard in quick bursts.

Who to Bring?

this time around we're at a serious numbers disadvantage, with only one assassin, two sabers, and an extra class to work with.

first things first, we need to get these fuckers to stay still for five goddamn seconds. that's why we're getting a helping hand from your favorite kaiju and mine, Kingprotea!

KP's got a massive reach, so even the speediest enemies trying to stay out of it will have their work cut out for them. on top of that, she can smash up the ground to slow down most enemies while using her big ol' bigby's hand to ground Okita. thanks to KP's size she can also move at full speed while grappling medium creatures- that means she can just pick up two enemies and hand deliver them to her allies for easy pickin's.

but we're still at a big disadvantage with numbers- the action economy is big in this game, and without any caster servants it'll be hard to summon any help...

unless you're Jason.

Jason relies on his friends a lot, and thankfully his build comes with a lot of ways to bring them to the battlefield. summoning Herc is probably a risky move, but the enemy has more people, so he's more likely to hit them! genius play, no notes.

but y'know, I'm still not sold on us having the numbers advantage. if only there was some servant who was actually a ton of people, and could deal burst damage to take out the enemy dpses quickly! oh hey Hundred Personas, didn't see you there.

if the enemy wants to play hard to get, that's fine! HP here can just create more copies to throw their way, no sweat. and of course having a sneak attack to match Alex's and Emiya's smites doesn't hurt either. I mean, it hurts them... you know what I'm saying.

finally, we need another cheap saber and our options are gilles de rais, the guy who we're fighting against, or Bedivere. that's not even a competition.

the good news is Bedi's another burst damage god, and he's great at helping out the rest of the team too! he's got multiple stackable smites, as well as a champion challenge to lock enemies in place!

[300iqprower]

I wanna see Scathatch try the sink or swim training approach with Abigail or Paris or some other child servant and be extremely confused on why everyone is suddenly trying to stop her

I REALLY need someone who knows how to edit/draw to combine these images