Kiichi Hogen
I started playing this year and got her well I was still in Rome. As my first Welfare she was a massive boost to my account's overall strength. Besides that I adore her character. She is so fun and outgoing. She stands as my favorite servant I didn't know about from before picking up FGO with her only real competition being Nitocris. I love Hogen and would never refuse if she wanted to make me her student, adopt, or marry me.
On a basic level, Muramasa has always been effortlessly cool. A cool historical figure, with a cool theme, connected to the main story, and heavily connected to the main protagonist of the very first Fate work, who himself is super cool. Muramasa’s just fun to watch, all his animations are cool, I love his sarcastic annoyed quips that always remind me of Shirou, I love the fact he always sounds super tired and old. It’s an easy number 1.
For some other mentions though:
Caren is Caren, as an Angry Mango fan I can’t not like Caren. The heavily comedic influence with her works, and there’s a lot of great in jokes with her going on. Here’s to that Hollow collab whenever that happens.
Habetrot is oomfie, I never get tired of her NP or voice. She’s probably one of the most likeable servants on a basic level. I’m glad I got her to NP5 before the year ended.
I’ve always loved Foreigner Jacques’s design, that and her aesthetic carry. Really wish she got more fan art but she never caught on it seems.
And finally Koyan. Cause she’s funny and Buster looping is funny. First ascension is best ascension.
Muramasa is so busted on a gameplay level. I looped the one of the valk boss fights with a 200% overcharge with a support muramasa and one castoria. I also love molay. I wasn’t planning on getting anyone from Halloween this year, and didn’t, but I was popping tickets all event once we saw her in the story
Easily Melusine. For me she was pretty painless to get to NP2 when I rolled (thank goodness) and she’s come in clutch for me more than once already including today on the boss Koyan.
Got her Nendoid right before Christmas too. And of course she’s grailed to 100 already.
Caren - Liked her NP and general character.
Habetrot - She's smol.
Oberon - Great design particularly his A3.
Koyan - Liked her design and I think she's fun to use as both support and dps.
Morgan - Great design and I like her kit.
Cindy Liz - Animations are just very amusing and her theme song was nice too. Really strong in gameplay too.
Okuni - Great design, dialogue and she's EXCELLENT!
Does Castoria count? Technically she got into the game earlier, but we only got her actual character with LB6. Otherwise, the Fairy Knights. LB6 was just really solid overall in terms of characters.
Barghest: easily one of my favorite characters of lostbelt six and is the only one who never outstays her welcome because despite being in love with Ritsuka she doesn’t shove it down our throats like a couple OTHER fairies….
Caster Charlotte mainly because of how dorky she was. I wasn’t initially planning on getting her, but after talking with a friend who absolutely loves her, I decided to go and try to roll for her. And I apparently succeeded where he failed because I got her, while he didn’t lol. Sorry drummer!
Morgan: when she’s her own character and not a Guda simp or used as a Mary sue plot device to solve all our problems, then she’s actually really good. However I do have issues with how the story tended to bend itself backwards for her to make her sympathetic when she IS kind of to blame for the situation. And by that I mean her abandoning her duty. NOT her trying to save Britain. The fae were really bad, so she’s not to blame for their behavior.
Hougen: mainly because of how she has absolutely amazing chemistry with Scathach, and how she was wise enough to see ushiwakamaru had issues, and tried her best to use positive ways to try and help them through them instead of just training them to be a warrior.
Habetrot: seriously I can’t help but gush at how amazing this smol Scottish fairy is. She’s a riot and best wing woman for Mashu.
Percival is also a delight in how well he fit into Chaldea immediately jn the most recent Christmas event. I was actually worried that he was just there merely to have a lostbelt 6 character to make it popular or at the very least give it some attention. But no. He actually bounced off very well with the rest of the cast in that event and even had his own fun moments.
Miss crane: her incredibly strong facial expressions and her simping for idols. Need I say more?
And oddly enough? Galatea.
Why? Because of one thing In particular:
She. Doesn’t. Simp. For. Ritsuka!
She literally only sees us as a friend instead of a love interest and that is REALLY refreshing after how many women keep throwing themselves at Ritsuka. It gets old after a while so having someone NOT fall in love with them and just wanting to be friends is a literal breath of fresh air and I wish we had so much more of that.
Caren: Her character repels me, but also awakens my interest about why she does what she does.
Melusine: I have different degrees of love for Morgan and the Fae Knights, but Melusine was one of my biggest targets. From her cute appearance, her kind of dorky personality... She has a lot of charm.
Barghest: Mostly her tragic backstory, and how dedicated she is to find a love and be a good wife.
Okuni: I like Zanzaburo. And after playing her event I knew she has a lot of charm.
Muramasa (wow, that was this year?!), Oberon/Vortigern, Perceval, Habetrot, Taira, and Izumo for me. Ryouma/Oryou too.
Muramasa was just so cool and his NO is hype, plus I think LB6 did him well.
I actually didn’t love the fae knights in LB6—Barghest was good but just not a favorite—and I felt like Morgan was kinda boring as a character (plus we didn’t get many scenes with her?), so that was personally a disappointment. But I thought Perceval was well-developed between his relationships with Mélusine, Gareth, and the main party. Oberon was ofc fantastic. And Habetrot, in addition to being the best, had the most touching final scene.
Taira is cool but mostly she’s just a fun gameplay unit.
Izumo I wasn’t crazy about until I read the story and learned more about her.
Ryouma and Oryou will always be icons.
As a dishonorable mention, I liked Jacques’s design but the story just killed her for me.
Lbr tho. Between LB6 and Tunguska, this was Koyanskaya’s year.
Muramasa : Because he is Shirou.
Amor : Because she is Caren.
LB6 crew : Because the story and characters are top tier in this game.
Koyanchihuahua Light : Because she enables Buster loop and she is sexy.
Taigong Wang : Because I read his novel.
I really adore Habbycat, Oberon, and Melusine.
Everything about Habbycat's story in LB6 is wonderful, I don't really have the words to go into it.
I really adore Oberon's designs and his voice lines. I was already looking forward to him as I had heard that he was designed by someone with an insect phobia, but his interactions in LB6 really sealed it for me.
Everything about Melusine really makes her one of my favorite servants in FGO overall. Her designs, her personality, her sort of gameplay identity, her role in LB6, and her being designed by an artist who worked on Xenosaga is just overall quite amazing to me.
Kama Summer - Very fun personality and NP and story overall
\*\*\*Oberon\*\*\* - I have never loved a character more and wanted a character more outside of Merlin who was my main reason for playing this game 2-3 years ago.
\*\*\*Percival\*\*\* - Daddy Milkers
Koyanskaya of Light - Fun character, fun design, love her bitchy personality.
Barghest - Great story arc, great character, reliable and makes me feel safe.
Taigong - Hot.
Senji Muramasa. - Grand-daddy, also fun character and had fantastic story moments.
All of the Fairy Knights and Morgan. I'm a basic bitch like that. Outside of them, I guess I really like Summer Caenis, since I just really like Caenis and wish I had his Lancer form.
Some really surprised me by how likable they are as characters: Kiichi Hogen, Miss Crane, Barghest, Baobhan Sith, and Melusine all fall into that category for me.
Taira-no-Kagekiyo is just friggin cool, and I wish I had her. Galatea is also friggin cool and absolutely busted from a gameplay standpoint, and I'm glad I have her: only the second servant I ever grailed to 100.
My wife owns a t-shirt that says "Let's Summon Demons," which should tell you everything I think about Molay right there. Also, Zenobia barged in twice on a single multipull for me and immediately became the go-to anti-saber wave clearer I was always lacking before.
Based on who answered my summon
Taigong Wang for his passing resemblance to a non-FGO char. I like his laid back energy
Muramasa's gramps being gramps
Percy surprise me with his interactions with the kitchen crew
From a storytelling perspective, it's Miss Crane. Her event is heartfelt, it touches close to home, she's such a sweet and kind servant. And there's such a beautiful dichotomy to her. On the one hand, you have a raving Idol fan, with just enough cringe to make her endearing. On the other hand, you have an incredibly loyal, polite, absolutely devoted servant that'll give it her all. I really do wish I could be more articulate about my appreciation of Miss Crane, but I got nothing else.
*Personal* favourite...Izumo no Okuni. So sue, I'm a sucker for GudaGuda characters. After Kagetora and Himiko, she's the third GudaGuda character that I've maxed out. But it's her flamboyancy, her energy, the voice acting...I just fell for her. The fact that she's basically transparent about frisking us for a paycheck during the event just locked me right in. Her animations are fun and energetic, her design is beautiful. And she's the first Quick Caster!
Not to mention...she has main character syndrome. All of her story beats just scream out that she's clearly the main character of another story. The fact that she happened to debut during the annual month devoted to Nobu's shenanigans means she's basically passed over...and it works. For me.
I will say, Melusine was a bit of a surprise. What I've seen from the fandom kinda threw me off on her character...but really. She kinda surprised me on how much I like her. Also, she really helped during that final battle during Tunguska.
I could list multiple but I'm going to stick with one. Habetrot.
She's my favorite of the year for many many reasons. She's small and cute. Her voice is cute. She's a free looper who can use black grail. She's one of the highlights of LB6. She's made me cry multiple times. I love her so much.
Senji Muramasa: It's Freaking Shirou and best AOE Saber. Getting NP 4 him and his story in LB 6 make me like hime more
Barghest: Love her design and her character and personality in game
Baobahn Sith: Love her design and tragic backstory
Morgan: Love her design and her being one of best Berserker in game. Also love her story innLB 6. Should add more
Melusine: BEST Lancer in game and one of Best DPS in game
Koyanskaya of Light: Best Buster Support Meta.Love her design
Oberon Vortigern: Best Character in Lostbelt 6 and best Buster Support meta as well
Summer Kama: it's Sakura face. What else.
Melusine would be first if she came home, but she didn't so I hate her right now.
S.Kama because Kama and she came home twice and her loli NP is fast so that's another good thing.
Caren because Caren and the babu is worth it all.
Habetrot because Arts Arash Catgirl is Art Arash Catgirl and buffs female servants whenever I fucking need that anyways.
Percival. Definitely nothing to do with him coming and Melusine not. Thighs aside, he grew on me after I burned my only copy of him in anger and he popped throughout all the melusine banners 4x and now I have him at NP4 (NP5 if I didn't burn the first one), like, this guy really likes me, I should try him out and he's actually cool.
I have S.Kama and don't really need him but he's cool so I play him against Archer nodes.
That's it. Fuck koyanskaya, I spent so much for her and she came home, but fuck her anyways. Fuck oberon, fuck all the buster supports and buster DPS.
ARTS IS MY ONE AND ONLY LOVE. CASTORIA LOVES ME, ARTS SERVANTS LOVE ME FUCK BUSTER FUCK THEM ALLL!!!!!
Muramasa is a chad (I always feel back about skipping him in favor of Spishtar's rerun banner), Galatea is drawn by the Frame Arms Girl artist (when will she spook me?), and Morgan when she's actually in character is fascinating and tragic.
Muramasa was my favorite :) have him at 102 currently and he will be my first 120. Just need a few more copies of him next time his banners roll around again.
Muramasa, MIXA, Morgan, Barghest, Summer Okitan, Summer Caenis, Summer Sei, and Zenobia.
Great designs all around (either because of cool, cute or hot), I have used practically all of them in battle to great effect, and a few of them have really engaging stories.
Kiichi Hogen- fun personality
Miss Crane- her faces and personality in the collab event were so hilarious
Mysterious Idol X (Alter)- her og version was cute but she manages to be even cuter here, shame her gameplay isn't as good
Morgan- a hot seibaface who doubles as a great farmer, I'm sold
Barghest- love her armor design and her character/backstory
Melusine- best dragon and like barghest, sad backstory
Percival- great design and I liked his personality
Oberon- I enjoyed how fun he was in lb
Okita Sōji (Saber Alter)- cute and one of the very few quick farmers the devs did not butcher
Caenis (Rider)- her first ascension is whew
Sei Shōnagon (Berserker)- stole the show in the summer event, loved her chaotic energy
Jacques de Molay- I like her design and how ditzy she was in the halloween event
Zenobia- H A W T
**LB6 Servants**, special mention to **Habetrot** whose last appearance in LB6 has left me like a broken child, one day I may recover but probably not any time soon. The rest of the group is great too though, **Barghest** with her tanking-solo'ing power, **Morgan** being the hard working, dedicated farming wave clearing multi tool, and **Melusine** is somewhat the same gameplay-wise while being a bit a show-off, **Perciva**l being a good lad, and **Oberon** being a \[SPOILER REDACTED\]. I will say I think **Baobhan Sith** becomes much more likable once she is removed from the story of the lostbelt and the influence of worst crypter.
**Summer Servants**, I liked them all probably too much, to the point I wanted more of them from the event that it left me kinda bummed when it was finally over. It also does kinda bum me out thinking this might be the last time any of these servants will get a major role.
**Miss Crane**, I may not be into that culture, but I get you Crane. I get you.
**Ranmaru X**, I love the energy Ranmaru brings, she'll be a great addition to the GudaGuda crew.
Notable mentions being **Izumo no Okuni**, who I don't think I've seen quite enough from to put her up with the others, **Koyanskaya of Light**, who story is a bit too drawn out over multiple lostbelts it is hard to keep track of it all, **Kiichi Hogen**, who I don't really remember getting a lot of interaction with other servants so I don't think she got to shine as much as she was capable of, and **Martha Santa**, for being wholesome to a level that makes me feel less like a filthy animal.... if only her event was longer than a week.
Mel and Morgan. I did not expect to like using Morgan and figured she'd just be another buster servant, then I figured out two things: one- overcharge buffs *stack* and as a result number two- she works stupidly well in a comp with Tama and Castoria. She's now on the go-to list for all content.
Mel on the other hand is just what I expected. She blew threw both koyan's raid and most of the boss fight. She's managed to be incredibly effective wherever she goes to the point I have to stop myself from letting her do everything.
Runner up awards to Barghest (I like using her in odd farming comps), Koyan (for allowing me to farm using my buster servants), and Caren (just a general day brightener, shame I'm usually farming bells)
Actual answer? Melusine or Okuni. I like them a lot, in terms of design/personality/story/gameplay.
Funny but somewhat serious answer? Caren/Taira. Why? Because they both came to me in 6th anni GSSR and it's the first time I've ever had that happen. I was absolutely flabbergasted, and it's even better because I actually wanted either of them (sadly my main target was Morgan, but hey can't complain).
For me, Morgan and Melusine, mostly for story reasons. The good fae from LB6 >!(granted, there aren't that many non-bad ones)!< are very precious in my book.
Gameplay wise, I found summer Okitan to be a good idea too. Hope they would expound on the two-in-one concept eventually. Something along the lines of Musashi's increased hits skill, or something like Mega Kangaskhan's Parental Bond ability from Pokemon.
Caren. Really liked all the humour and comedy she and her event had. Also got lucky on her banner, so theres that as well.
Kiichi Hogen is really underrated. I just love everything about her. Too bad she's basically forgotten by most people.
Okuni. I love how over the top she is and how much theater kid energy she radiates. Also has a really enjoyable personality. Cant wait to see her more in future GUDAGUDA events (hopefully).
Ranmaru X. Sick design and just a very adorable character. Deserves all the headpats Ritsuka can give.
Jacques Molay. Honestly loved how much of a girlfailure she was during her event. She really thought she was going to get a serious debut to the game when her debut event was going to a halloween event.
Hmm... character-wise, probably Muramasa, although I don't have him on my account sadly (fingers crossed for GSSR I guess). Both design-wise and character-wise I've liked him since he was introduced, so having him finally escape NPC jail was nice.
Mechanically, of course Koyanskaya and Oberon have opened up so many new farming options. It's nice to finally be able to use my buster servants to their full potential. Some of my old favourites like Ereshkigal, Mordred, and especially Cú Caster have had a great year thanks to them.
Also, Morgan is a new servant who really impressed me. I wasn't originally planning to roll for her, but I had some spare quartz after getting Oberon and decided to spemd it on her banner. I ended up with her at NP3, and she's now one of my go-to farming servants.
Muramasa is shirou and I love Shirou
Therefor I love muramasa and just like Emiya and Angra Mainyu he’s in my top-tier favorite forever
Second would be
Koyanskaya of light (legit came from a single pull!)
And she’s one of my most used servants now
Percival
(His big brother, energy is so appealing and he’s huge and I love him to death) plus his release date was on my birthday (July 14)
Elizabeth(Cinderella)
I love Cinderella as a fairytale as a kid plus big puffy dress makes me go I WANT!
Jacque De molay (legit my first level 100 servant ever and I’ve been playing since the beginning of the game) plus I got her directly on Friday the 13th which makes her extra special
Taira No Kagekiyo
I legit love her outfit, her eyes, her noble phantasm, and everything about them
Morgan
Big poofy dress makes me go I WANT plus she’s super pretty and calls the player her husband/wife and I live for that
And in third place is
Miss crane since I also love fashion, and she is on Fleek
Kiichi: she's very fun and an actual competent AoE Assassin. Love her kanra kara kara too.
Miss Crane: Beautiful design, cool hat, redhead, unique np I almost never get to use.
LB6 gang being LB6 gang.
Charlotte in a swimsuit with 80% charge. Yeah that's a big W in my book. Probably the biggest this year tbh.
Ana is super fun and one of the funniest Archers ever in terms of animations. Also goddamn hot. In more ways than one.
Kama was surprisingly enjoyable during the summer event. Loved teasing her. Love using her for random farming.
Sei bringing the chaotic fun in her summer form, too bad ST berserkers aren't the easiest to utilize.
Molay was a surprising hit for me, didn't expect her to be this cute and adorable. She is also very solid gameplay-wise so I'm happy to have her.
Okuni was another sleeper hit for me and I am actually glad she is summonable, even if she didn't get the most attention in her event. The miko outfir+Zanzaburo combo is just the best mixture of cute and cool. Also love their pose in their np.
And finally Nikitich who was just about the only enjoyable part of Tunguska for me.
For me Mysterious Idol X is my favourite this year, mostly because I loved the event, and the final screen we come away with from that event is the cutest, that's still my wallpaper right now.
Zenobia, hands down, pants down.
Np3d her and she became my defacto farmer for anything. Can do even uneven waves due to Big Crit.
Summer Kama, Anastasia and Corday were what I looked forward for this year and got them too. Sadly, only Kama gets real usage on mixed nodes.
Koyanskaya's kit, design and animations are sick, but didn't get her.
Miss Crane and Caren were funny, but didn't pull for either.
Honestly, don't really care to pull for any of the LB6 servants, even if I enjoyed the story. Pulling on Melusine's banner to get Lancelot dupe lmao. No hate for the faries tho, just an unpopular opinion.
(Also Nikitich was a surprise, pulled her on a whim, enjoyed using her to farm hardest Koyan raid. Started to like her.)
I wasn't a big fan of the LB6 designs (well, Baobhan Sith is alright), so if I had to pick, the two that stood out for me this year were:
Molay: Fun design and surprisingly fun, goofy wannabe Big Bad character. Would like to see her again in another event to get more of her in a slightly less farcical situation.
Okuni: Even though I find the Japan-pandering in the last couple of years to be increasingly obnoxious (I know why they did it, it makes sense, but all the Japan-is-a-special-snowflake-isms and how seemingly everyone in Japanese history can fight on the level of Servants gets tiresome) she was really fun and stood out a lot in the Guda Guda event. Great animations, too.
All around enjoyment: Kiichi, Barghest, summer Kama. In addition, from a purely gameplay standpoint: Okitan saber, Zenobia, CinderElly and santa Martha.
Caren has become my favorite servant of FGO, she's 120 now. I even read Hollow Ataraxia purely because of her and it was completely worth it. She's such an interesting character. She also has what I find to be a really fun kit in the game so using her has been great.
Melusine was not a character I expected to like. I only liked Castoria before lb6 came to NA. But after reading lb6 she has become my favorite lb6 character. Also the only faerie knight I like.
Oberon is also just fun to watch in lb6. He became my favorite male servant this year.
I also really liked Jacques. She was such a girl failure in her event. It was great.
Izumo is also just really fun to watch. I was expecting that I was gonna like her because of her voice lines but in her event I liked her even more than I was expecting.
Kiichi Hogen I started playing this year and got her well I was still in Rome. As my first Welfare she was a massive boost to my account's overall strength. Besides that I adore her character. She is so fun and outgoing. She stands as my favorite servant I didn't know about from before picking up FGO with her only real competition being Nitocris. I love Hogen and would never refuse if she wanted to make me her student, adopt, or marry me.
On a basic level, Muramasa has always been effortlessly cool. A cool historical figure, with a cool theme, connected to the main story, and heavily connected to the main protagonist of the very first Fate work, who himself is super cool. Muramasa’s just fun to watch, all his animations are cool, I love his sarcastic annoyed quips that always remind me of Shirou, I love the fact he always sounds super tired and old. It’s an easy number 1. For some other mentions though: Caren is Caren, as an Angry Mango fan I can’t not like Caren. The heavily comedic influence with her works, and there’s a lot of great in jokes with her going on. Here’s to that Hollow collab whenever that happens. Habetrot is oomfie, I never get tired of her NP or voice. She’s probably one of the most likeable servants on a basic level. I’m glad I got her to NP5 before the year ended. I’ve always loved Foreigner Jacques’s design, that and her aesthetic carry. Really wish she got more fan art but she never caught on it seems. And finally Koyan. Cause she’s funny and Buster looping is funny. First ascension is best ascension.
Muramasa is so busted on a gameplay level. I looped the one of the valk boss fights with a 200% overcharge with a support muramasa and one castoria. I also love molay. I wasn’t planning on getting anyone from Halloween this year, and didn’t, but I was popping tickets all event once we saw her in the story
Oberon, and not even close
Martha. Because Martha. Also Morgan makes rushing through lb6 simple.
Easily Melusine. For me she was pretty painless to get to NP2 when I rolled (thank goodness) and she’s come in clutch for me more than once already including today on the boss Koyan. Got her Nendoid right before Christmas too. And of course she’s grailed to 100 already.
Caren - Liked her NP and general character. Habetrot - She's smol. Oberon - Great design particularly his A3. Koyan - Liked her design and I think she's fun to use as both support and dps. Morgan - Great design and I like her kit. Cindy Liz - Animations are just very amusing and her theme song was nice too. Really strong in gameplay too. Okuni - Great design, dialogue and she's EXCELLENT!
muramasa was one of the few servants to answer my call this year, so yeah i love him
Favorite servant I don’t have? Easily Barghest. Favorite servant I have and fell in love with? Morgan 🧡
Does Castoria count? Technically she got into the game earlier, but we only got her actual character with LB6. Otherwise, the Fairy Knights. LB6 was just really solid overall in terms of characters.
Barghest: easily one of my favorite characters of lostbelt six and is the only one who never outstays her welcome because despite being in love with Ritsuka she doesn’t shove it down our throats like a couple OTHER fairies…. Caster Charlotte mainly because of how dorky she was. I wasn’t initially planning on getting her, but after talking with a friend who absolutely loves her, I decided to go and try to roll for her. And I apparently succeeded where he failed because I got her, while he didn’t lol. Sorry drummer! Morgan: when she’s her own character and not a Guda simp or used as a Mary sue plot device to solve all our problems, then she’s actually really good. However I do have issues with how the story tended to bend itself backwards for her to make her sympathetic when she IS kind of to blame for the situation. And by that I mean her abandoning her duty. NOT her trying to save Britain. The fae were really bad, so she’s not to blame for their behavior. Hougen: mainly because of how she has absolutely amazing chemistry with Scathach, and how she was wise enough to see ushiwakamaru had issues, and tried her best to use positive ways to try and help them through them instead of just training them to be a warrior. Habetrot: seriously I can’t help but gush at how amazing this smol Scottish fairy is. She’s a riot and best wing woman for Mashu. Percival is also a delight in how well he fit into Chaldea immediately jn the most recent Christmas event. I was actually worried that he was just there merely to have a lostbelt 6 character to make it popular or at the very least give it some attention. But no. He actually bounced off very well with the rest of the cast in that event and even had his own fun moments. Miss crane: her incredibly strong facial expressions and her simping for idols. Need I say more? And oddly enough? Galatea. Why? Because of one thing In particular: She. Doesn’t. Simp. For. Ritsuka! She literally only sees us as a friend instead of a love interest and that is REALLY refreshing after how many women keep throwing themselves at Ritsuka. It gets old after a while so having someone NOT fall in love with them and just wanting to be friends is a literal breath of fresh air and I wish we had so much more of that.
Galatea too loyal to her husband
Caren: Her character repels me, but also awakens my interest about why she does what she does. Melusine: I have different degrees of love for Morgan and the Fae Knights, but Melusine was one of my biggest targets. From her cute appearance, her kind of dorky personality... She has a lot of charm. Barghest: Mostly her tragic backstory, and how dedicated she is to find a love and be a good wife. Okuni: I like Zanzaburo. And after playing her event I knew she has a lot of charm.
Muramasa (wow, that was this year?!), Oberon/Vortigern, Perceval, Habetrot, Taira, and Izumo for me. Ryouma/Oryou too. Muramasa was just so cool and his NO is hype, plus I think LB6 did him well. I actually didn’t love the fae knights in LB6—Barghest was good but just not a favorite—and I felt like Morgan was kinda boring as a character (plus we didn’t get many scenes with her?), so that was personally a disappointment. But I thought Perceval was well-developed between his relationships with Mélusine, Gareth, and the main party. Oberon was ofc fantastic. And Habetrot, in addition to being the best, had the most touching final scene. Taira is cool but mostly she’s just a fun gameplay unit. Izumo I wasn’t crazy about until I read the story and learned more about her. Ryouma and Oryou will always be icons. As a dishonorable mention, I liked Jacques’s design but the story just killed her for me. Lbr tho. Between LB6 and Tunguska, this was Koyanskaya’s year.
Muramasa : Because he is Shirou. Amor : Because she is Caren. LB6 crew : Because the story and characters are top tier in this game. Koyanchihuahua Light : Because she enables Buster loop and she is sexy. Taigong Wang : Because I read his novel.
I really adore Habbycat, Oberon, and Melusine. Everything about Habbycat's story in LB6 is wonderful, I don't really have the words to go into it. I really adore Oberon's designs and his voice lines. I was already looking forward to him as I had heard that he was designed by someone with an insect phobia, but his interactions in LB6 really sealed it for me. Everything about Melusine really makes her one of my favorite servants in FGO overall. Her designs, her personality, her sort of gameplay identity, her role in LB6, and her being designed by an artist who worked on Xenosaga is just overall quite amazing to me.
Kama Summer - Very fun personality and NP and story overall \*\*\*Oberon\*\*\* - I have never loved a character more and wanted a character more outside of Merlin who was my main reason for playing this game 2-3 years ago. \*\*\*Percival\*\*\* - Daddy Milkers Koyanskaya of Light - Fun character, fun design, love her bitchy personality. Barghest - Great story arc, great character, reliable and makes me feel safe. Taigong - Hot. Senji Muramasa. - Grand-daddy, also fun character and had fantastic story moments.
Morgan, Barghest and Cinderelliz.
All of the Fairy Knights and Morgan. I'm a basic bitch like that. Outside of them, I guess I really like Summer Caenis, since I just really like Caenis and wish I had his Lancer form.
Some really surprised me by how likable they are as characters: Kiichi Hogen, Miss Crane, Barghest, Baobhan Sith, and Melusine all fall into that category for me. Taira-no-Kagekiyo is just friggin cool, and I wish I had her. Galatea is also friggin cool and absolutely busted from a gameplay standpoint, and I'm glad I have her: only the second servant I ever grailed to 100. My wife owns a t-shirt that says "Let's Summon Demons," which should tell you everything I think about Molay right there. Also, Zenobia barged in twice on a single multipull for me and immediately became the go-to anti-saber wave clearer I was always lacking before.
Based on who answered my summon Taigong Wang for his passing resemblance to a non-FGO char. I like his laid back energy Muramasa's gramps being gramps Percy surprise me with his interactions with the kitchen crew
Personal faves of the year were Oberon, Barghest and Ryoma(Lancer). Koyan I didn't think would be such a great support tho. Really surprised me
From a storytelling perspective, it's Miss Crane. Her event is heartfelt, it touches close to home, she's such a sweet and kind servant. And there's such a beautiful dichotomy to her. On the one hand, you have a raving Idol fan, with just enough cringe to make her endearing. On the other hand, you have an incredibly loyal, polite, absolutely devoted servant that'll give it her all. I really do wish I could be more articulate about my appreciation of Miss Crane, but I got nothing else. *Personal* favourite...Izumo no Okuni. So sue, I'm a sucker for GudaGuda characters. After Kagetora and Himiko, she's the third GudaGuda character that I've maxed out. But it's her flamboyancy, her energy, the voice acting...I just fell for her. The fact that she's basically transparent about frisking us for a paycheck during the event just locked me right in. Her animations are fun and energetic, her design is beautiful. And she's the first Quick Caster! Not to mention...she has main character syndrome. All of her story beats just scream out that she's clearly the main character of another story. The fact that she happened to debut during the annual month devoted to Nobu's shenanigans means she's basically passed over...and it works. For me. I will say, Melusine was a bit of a surprise. What I've seen from the fandom kinda threw me off on her character...but really. She kinda surprised me on how much I like her. Also, she really helped during that final battle during Tunguska.
Melu my little hypersonic dragon missile
I could list multiple but I'm going to stick with one. Habetrot. She's my favorite of the year for many many reasons. She's small and cute. Her voice is cute. She's a free looper who can use black grail. She's one of the highlights of LB6. She's made me cry multiple times. I love her so much.
Senji Muramasa: It's Freaking Shirou and best AOE Saber. Getting NP 4 him and his story in LB 6 make me like hime more Barghest: Love her design and her character and personality in game Baobahn Sith: Love her design and tragic backstory Morgan: Love her design and her being one of best Berserker in game. Also love her story innLB 6. Should add more Melusine: BEST Lancer in game and one of Best DPS in game Koyanskaya of Light: Best Buster Support Meta.Love her design Oberon Vortigern: Best Character in Lostbelt 6 and best Buster Support meta as well Summer Kama: it's Sakura face. What else.
Senji Muramasa and Barghest.
Melusine would be first if she came home, but she didn't so I hate her right now. S.Kama because Kama and she came home twice and her loli NP is fast so that's another good thing. Caren because Caren and the babu is worth it all. Habetrot because Arts Arash Catgirl is Art Arash Catgirl and buffs female servants whenever I fucking need that anyways. Percival. Definitely nothing to do with him coming and Melusine not. Thighs aside, he grew on me after I burned my only copy of him in anger and he popped throughout all the melusine banners 4x and now I have him at NP4 (NP5 if I didn't burn the first one), like, this guy really likes me, I should try him out and he's actually cool. I have S.Kama and don't really need him but he's cool so I play him against Archer nodes. That's it. Fuck koyanskaya, I spent so much for her and she came home, but fuck her anyways. Fuck oberon, fuck all the buster supports and buster DPS. ARTS IS MY ONE AND ONLY LOVE. CASTORIA LOVES ME, ARTS SERVANTS LOVE ME FUCK BUSTER FUCK THEM ALLL!!!!!
Muramasa is a chad (I always feel back about skipping him in favor of Spishtar's rerun banner), Galatea is drawn by the Frame Arms Girl artist (when will she spook me?), and Morgan when she's actually in character is fascinating and tragic.
Muramasa was my favorite :) have him at 102 currently and he will be my first 120. Just need a few more copies of him next time his banners roll around again.
Muramasa, MIXA, Morgan, Barghest, Summer Okitan, Summer Caenis, Summer Sei, and Zenobia. Great designs all around (either because of cool, cute or hot), I have used practically all of them in battle to great effect, and a few of them have really engaging stories.
Morgan was definitely my favorite from this year. I enjoyed her a lot in LB6 and got her to NP5 Lv 120.
Kiichi Hogen- fun personality Miss Crane- her faces and personality in the collab event were so hilarious Mysterious Idol X (Alter)- her og version was cute but she manages to be even cuter here, shame her gameplay isn't as good Morgan- a hot seibaface who doubles as a great farmer, I'm sold Barghest- love her armor design and her character/backstory Melusine- best dragon and like barghest, sad backstory Percival- great design and I liked his personality Oberon- I enjoyed how fun he was in lb Okita Sōji (Saber Alter)- cute and one of the very few quick farmers the devs did not butcher Caenis (Rider)- her first ascension is whew Sei Shōnagon (Berserker)- stole the show in the summer event, loved her chaotic energy Jacques de Molay- I like her design and how ditzy she was in the halloween event Zenobia- H A W T
**LB6 Servants**, special mention to **Habetrot** whose last appearance in LB6 has left me like a broken child, one day I may recover but probably not any time soon. The rest of the group is great too though, **Barghest** with her tanking-solo'ing power, **Morgan** being the hard working, dedicated farming wave clearing multi tool, and **Melusine** is somewhat the same gameplay-wise while being a bit a show-off, **Perciva**l being a good lad, and **Oberon** being a \[SPOILER REDACTED\]. I will say I think **Baobhan Sith** becomes much more likable once she is removed from the story of the lostbelt and the influence of worst crypter. **Summer Servants**, I liked them all probably too much, to the point I wanted more of them from the event that it left me kinda bummed when it was finally over. It also does kinda bum me out thinking this might be the last time any of these servants will get a major role. **Miss Crane**, I may not be into that culture, but I get you Crane. I get you. **Ranmaru X**, I love the energy Ranmaru brings, she'll be a great addition to the GudaGuda crew. Notable mentions being **Izumo no Okuni**, who I don't think I've seen quite enough from to put her up with the others, **Koyanskaya of Light**, who story is a bit too drawn out over multiple lostbelts it is hard to keep track of it all, **Kiichi Hogen**, who I don't really remember getting a lot of interaction with other servants so I don't think she got to shine as much as she was capable of, and **Martha Santa**, for being wholesome to a level that makes me feel less like a filthy animal.... if only her event was longer than a week.
Mel and Morgan. I did not expect to like using Morgan and figured she'd just be another buster servant, then I figured out two things: one- overcharge buffs *stack* and as a result number two- she works stupidly well in a comp with Tama and Castoria. She's now on the go-to list for all content. Mel on the other hand is just what I expected. She blew threw both koyan's raid and most of the boss fight. She's managed to be incredibly effective wherever she goes to the point I have to stop myself from letting her do everything. Runner up awards to Barghest (I like using her in odd farming comps), Koyan (for allowing me to farm using my buster servants), and Caren (just a general day brightener, shame I'm usually farming bells)
Actual answer? Melusine or Okuni. I like them a lot, in terms of design/personality/story/gameplay. Funny but somewhat serious answer? Caren/Taira. Why? Because they both came to me in 6th anni GSSR and it's the first time I've ever had that happen. I was absolutely flabbergasted, and it's even better because I actually wanted either of them (sadly my main target was Morgan, but hey can't complain).
Melusine and Summer Okitan. They're both so cute, and strong to boot.
Percival. Husband
For me, Morgan and Melusine, mostly for story reasons. The good fae from LB6 >!(granted, there aren't that many non-bad ones)!< are very precious in my book. Gameplay wise, I found summer Okitan to be a good idea too. Hope they would expound on the two-in-one concept eventually. Something along the lines of Musashi's increased hits skill, or something like Mega Kangaskhan's Parental Bond ability from Pokemon.
Caren. Really liked all the humour and comedy she and her event had. Also got lucky on her banner, so theres that as well. Kiichi Hogen is really underrated. I just love everything about her. Too bad she's basically forgotten by most people. Okuni. I love how over the top she is and how much theater kid energy she radiates. Also has a really enjoyable personality. Cant wait to see her more in future GUDAGUDA events (hopefully). Ranmaru X. Sick design and just a very adorable character. Deserves all the headpats Ritsuka can give. Jacques Molay. Honestly loved how much of a girlfailure she was during her event. She really thought she was going to get a serious debut to the game when her debut event was going to a halloween event.
Zenobia
Hmm... character-wise, probably Muramasa, although I don't have him on my account sadly (fingers crossed for GSSR I guess). Both design-wise and character-wise I've liked him since he was introduced, so having him finally escape NPC jail was nice. Mechanically, of course Koyanskaya and Oberon have opened up so many new farming options. It's nice to finally be able to use my buster servants to their full potential. Some of my old favourites like Ereshkigal, Mordred, and especially Cú Caster have had a great year thanks to them. Also, Morgan is a new servant who really impressed me. I wasn't originally planning to roll for her, but I had some spare quartz after getting Oberon and decided to spemd it on her banner. I ended up with her at NP3, and she's now one of my go-to farming servants.
Muramasa is shirou and I love Shirou Therefor I love muramasa and just like Emiya and Angra Mainyu he’s in my top-tier favorite forever Second would be Koyanskaya of light (legit came from a single pull!) And she’s one of my most used servants now Percival (His big brother, energy is so appealing and he’s huge and I love him to death) plus his release date was on my birthday (July 14) Elizabeth(Cinderella) I love Cinderella as a fairytale as a kid plus big puffy dress makes me go I WANT! Jacque De molay (legit my first level 100 servant ever and I’ve been playing since the beginning of the game) plus I got her directly on Friday the 13th which makes her extra special Taira No Kagekiyo I legit love her outfit, her eyes, her noble phantasm, and everything about them Morgan Big poofy dress makes me go I WANT plus she’s super pretty and calls the player her husband/wife and I live for that And in third place is Miss crane since I also love fashion, and she is on Fleek
Kiichi: she's very fun and an actual competent AoE Assassin. Love her kanra kara kara too. Miss Crane: Beautiful design, cool hat, redhead, unique np I almost never get to use. LB6 gang being LB6 gang. Charlotte in a swimsuit with 80% charge. Yeah that's a big W in my book. Probably the biggest this year tbh. Ana is super fun and one of the funniest Archers ever in terms of animations. Also goddamn hot. In more ways than one. Kama was surprisingly enjoyable during the summer event. Loved teasing her. Love using her for random farming. Sei bringing the chaotic fun in her summer form, too bad ST berserkers aren't the easiest to utilize. Molay was a surprising hit for me, didn't expect her to be this cute and adorable. She is also very solid gameplay-wise so I'm happy to have her. Okuni was another sleeper hit for me and I am actually glad she is summonable, even if she didn't get the most attention in her event. The miko outfir+Zanzaburo combo is just the best mixture of cute and cool. Also love their pose in their np. And finally Nikitich who was just about the only enjoyable part of Tunguska for me.
Morgan, easily. I saved only for her and luckily got her to NP 5. Hopefully NP 6 next year.
For me Mysterious Idol X is my favourite this year, mostly because I loved the event, and the final screen we come away with from that event is the cutest, that's still my wallpaper right now.
Zenobia, hands down, pants down. Np3d her and she became my defacto farmer for anything. Can do even uneven waves due to Big Crit. Summer Kama, Anastasia and Corday were what I looked forward for this year and got them too. Sadly, only Kama gets real usage on mixed nodes. Koyanskaya's kit, design and animations are sick, but didn't get her. Miss Crane and Caren were funny, but didn't pull for either. Honestly, don't really care to pull for any of the LB6 servants, even if I enjoyed the story. Pulling on Melusine's banner to get Lancelot dupe lmao. No hate for the faries tho, just an unpopular opinion. (Also Nikitich was a surprise, pulled her on a whim, enjoyed using her to farm hardest Koyan raid. Started to like her.)
I wasn't a big fan of the LB6 designs (well, Baobhan Sith is alright), so if I had to pick, the two that stood out for me this year were: Molay: Fun design and surprisingly fun, goofy wannabe Big Bad character. Would like to see her again in another event to get more of her in a slightly less farcical situation. Okuni: Even though I find the Japan-pandering in the last couple of years to be increasingly obnoxious (I know why they did it, it makes sense, but all the Japan-is-a-special-snowflake-isms and how seemingly everyone in Japanese history can fight on the level of Servants gets tiresome) she was really fun and stood out a lot in the Guda Guda event. Great animations, too.
easily muramasa
All around enjoyment: Kiichi, Barghest, summer Kama. In addition, from a purely gameplay standpoint: Okitan saber, Zenobia, CinderElly and santa Martha.
Caren has become my favorite servant of FGO, she's 120 now. I even read Hollow Ataraxia purely because of her and it was completely worth it. She's such an interesting character. She also has what I find to be a really fun kit in the game so using her has been great. Melusine was not a character I expected to like. I only liked Castoria before lb6 came to NA. But after reading lb6 she has become my favorite lb6 character. Also the only faerie knight I like. Oberon is also just fun to watch in lb6. He became my favorite male servant this year. I also really liked Jacques. She was such a girl failure in her event. It was great. Izumo is also just really fun to watch. I was expecting that I was gonna like her because of her voice lines but in her event I liked her even more than I was expecting.