FGO Servant Spotlight: Hercules Analysis, Guide and Tips 

Herc was the first hero I got at the start of the game, I didn't notice he was broken until I took him out of my party for a bit and got thrashed around like a rag doll.

Herc + Merlin = Bosses? Nah, just bigger minions

Does anyone else think that they should add Archer Herc to fgo?

Commenting to say that I've been screwed a number of times in story mode. Team gets wiped out, but my last man standing is Heracles. Mystic Code buffs up and he annihilates bosses with Buster Brave chains. What a guy.

Him: Herc is almost immortal Dots(damage over time) and field damage: Allow us to inttroduce ourselves

bruh those updated animations are beautiful

I pick this angery swole boi at "3 milion downloads" events on NA server, definitely worth it 8)

Herc has been pretty much MVP of my team since I got him.

Huh, still kinda confused as to why his NP is called Nine lives when it has nothing to do with his HP or survivability.

You know what would be a really nice thing to know, especially since the game is pretty fresh in North America? All the invisible stuff in the game. On the surface, it looks like servants only have two stats: attack and health, but under the hood there's a lot. We got traits, crit star absorption, weak to Enuma Elish, saberface, etc etc. What are those stats? What do they do? And how they impact each class's general performance?

When I started playing my standard team comp was Gil Herc and lvl 90 Gil support with Cu in backup. In theory the front row is a fragile team, except for all the enemies that you sweep through on the first turn so you dont take any damage. Now after grailing him to 90, I still sometimes bust out a Gil Herc (now lvl 100) support Gil. It's literally just a bunch of grunting and laughing, and I gotta say I love every minute of the slaughter.

I love Hercules he was in my first 10 pull and he has been in my setup ever since. I just got lucky lucky enough to pull waver also. So I feel like I have a pretty strong team.

As someone whos had herc sense I started I cant count how many times hes saved me and given me a huge W in a tight spot hes always in my party at the very end in case of emergency definitely roll for him

Wanna know a fun story about Herc? Not having his bond ce during Rashomon.

I'm just back here since I recently heard that he got a buff and that his attack now scales with how many times he had died. I'm excited for that buff to come to NA someday.

i paired him with medea lilly and waver. Literally unkillable lol

Listen, is you get Herc at least just put him in the back of every one of your parties. With his bond craft essence he arguably becomes the best servant in both NA and JP. For late game bosses a full bond level Herc is almost required.

It is kinda fun watching old fgo vids, seeing how different tha game was back then, never having experienced it as a newer ish player

Herc carried the team from the bowels of Fuyuki to the heights (and depths) of Babylon Ilya was right, he is the strongest!

Its been 6 years and the man still has a lot of fight in him...

Went through the entire game with a level 20 mash, 24 Lily, and a friend's 60 herc, herc op

Borrowed a bond 10 herc from my friends list and he solod every boss in Camelot. legit life saver

I wouldn't say he's the best Berserker. But he is comparable to the top tier 5 star Berserkers when grailed to even 90 and that's a pretty big deal for a 4 star.

Pulled today. Pumped.

I started last August and rolled him in the Heaven's Feel Spring Song banner along with OG Saber. Only 100k away from max bond. In the mean time I've been slapping an Under the Sun CE on him for 3 free hits so long as the enemy doesn't have invulnerability pierce. He's still a beast of a "Last Man Standing" servant even without his bond CE. I can't count how many challenge quests or tougher Lostbelt fights I've almost had to redo if not for him waiting in the very back to nuke the last break bar. Even if this review is nearly 4 years old now, it still rings very true even with all the new servants added since.

His Bond CE is OP AF, There is a video on youtube of Herc SOLOING the final boss of FGO. If that's not OP then I dont know what is.

6:55 illiya and herc if emiya Kerry and iri were here it would be a family

i got him when i was still in Singularity F and i have never moved him out of my party since i started playing a little over a month ago, with my main strat in game being summed up as "GET'EM HERC"

Nice review! :D Seriously, when you realize that Herc can solo Goethia, you have to wonder why he's only a 4 stars. Also, I REALLY want to see him as an archer!

Its funny, this video is now three years old but is still pretty much true. Even after three years, the only berserker to supplant Herc Berserk is Cu Chulainn and even then its a close fight, just because of Herc's absurd survivability.

I am F2p player but I got him with NP5 also with CE bond. He is literally can solo anything until now except tituria with 3,3 mil hp. For me, he belong to SSR class and he will get really high rank in SSR tier list

Oh I want to see a Cu (the one dubbed as the Cockroach) Spotlight! I heard he's like the strongest Lancer on release?

Herc was my very frist gold berserker in FGO, now he's at max ascension and on bond level 8. Not only is he my MVP berserker but he has carried me through Camelot all the way to Agartha so I'm glad i got spooked by him lol!

Recently rolled a LZO, extremely tempted to leave him with Verdant Sound of Destruction anyways because that's just too appropriate. And pardon the unoriginal comment but I'm not seeing it here yet and it needs to be said; Basaka wa dare ni mo makenai, SEKAI DE ICHIBAN TSUYOI DAKARA!

I came here to learn more about Heracles since mine dies in some scenarios and oh boy I think I just inflicted a Mad Enhancement EX on myself after how much bullshit Heracles can deal with in F/GO compared to the F/SN routes anime. Bosses: I AM- Heracles: Get the fk outta my lawn *YEET*

got Herc on the tutorial roll. He has since been one of my go too servants along with cu and artoria archer

Herc's animation in jp looks soo cool!!! I wish NA has those updated animations

I've been keeping Bersercules in all my parties to grind his bond level, only at 6.5 though. I usually boost his buster damage, but at times I use the Nightless Rose CE as a discount version of his bond CE. In general I find berserker class characters to be a lot of fun to play (this may be due to my only ever pulling berserkers), but if your luck fails you, they can die very fast. It's good to have anyone who can boost their defense, even if it's just mash. For grinding the low level dailies, I just run my full trio of 4 star berserkers, and buster chain my way through. For high level dailies, I'll use either herc or lancelot (depending on what quest) with a support Waver. keep up the great videos.

I was almost considering not going for Herc as my free 4* since I got Tamamo Cat before him, but goddamn am I glad I still picked him.

Anyone here from the recent jp 5 anniversary, cause his upgrade is huge. I feel that we should revise his ranking. Berserker the strongest!

I have Hercules but i can't make him powerful because of accession materials bs all I need is some Octuplet crystals but the game wont let me get more faster -_-

I think it'd be pretty cool if Herc gets a strengthening quest that gives him additional 30-50 or 20-30% mana burst on his first skill and name it "The 12 labors" or "Gift of the God's"

Yesterday, I rolled on a Raikou rate up. A berserker card appeared and turned gold. I was already happy-dancing only to see that I've been spooked by Herc. I ain't even mad lol

I was super lucky and I got him in the free 10x drop they give you at the beginning of the game. I always have him in my party, even if I'm just farming weak fights, especially when I found out what his bond essence does.

the best carry servant he carried me through solomon with his bond ce, truly the best berserker after cu alter

The one everyone kinda wants... Though personally I only use him for stages where it's only one boss, and even then I move all Berserkers to the back just before Cu for clutch factor.

Herc is insanely useful! He has clutched out so many big bosses for me. Especially in Camelot and Babylon on JP. Of all 4 star servants to use grails on, he might be the most worth it. Nero and the Alters as runner-ups.

I got him a day after I got Emiya which kinda sucks cause I spent ALL my materials on Emiya, so in a way, I'm lucky cause I got the two of the STRONGEST 4 stars in the game but I'm also unlucky because I lack the materials necessary to power them up.

Tip: herc + leonidas is pretty good after strengthening quest release ( 2 taunts + buster card buff), st george is also pretty good, how i play my herc is not as much as healing and buffing him, i just let no one touches him

I love my herc. He has saved me on so many occasions and carried me during the recent nerofest. Plus I think he likes me aswell because he kept coming back till he was NP 5. You know I grailed him to 100 first chance I got.

I just completed getting cu alters bond CE, and I have had herc ever since I had cu alter. now I have a reason to actually use him. plus, that bond CE looks nifty.

Herc was my first 4 star. I still use him as my main in my party. I think he’s better then almost all the 5 stars I have, which is saying something. He’s a badass.

A fully grailed Herc is actually stronger than most of the 5* servants stat-wise even when they're grailed. In the JP version.

I found him to be op as hell with Banana and Cú Alter.

Hey G&A Reviews! Since you are doing Altera next week could you do Siegfried alongside her? Just like how you did 2 beserkers one 4 star and one 5 star, why not do something similar? Keep up the great work!

Sweet I’m glad to hear this! He was my first character I got and I love him especially after watching the series. He’s pretty good and even though I’m still learning you mentioned something another person told me. That he’s good being in the back as a last Hail Mary later on. I can’t wait till I can ascend him and I’m so close. He’ll be my first ascension servant and now that I got Illya I feel all cozy that they’re together :)

Chiron dialogue if you have Herc just cemented it for me. He is resisting his madness enhancement an is very intelligent even in his current state.

Hercules never let me down? He keeps dying to crits :( I mean it, most of time when he is targeted, he gets crited. Why!!!???

Do saber Lily next since everyone basically have her due to the recruitment gift.

Just got back to FGO since i only played the JP version before. After a few rerolls at the start, kept 2 Hercs and some other random CE's. Never regretted the decision to stop rerolling then.

Heracles’ nine lives is basically when you find your hidden cheese strings at 3 am

I love running Herc as my support. I usually run him with Lancer Cu and Mashu. I use Cu's Guts and Evasion so he can just survive and act as a target, while Mashu protects Herc when Herc's evasion is down. So I keep Herc surviving thanks to Mashu and Cu, while I dish out loads of damage with him.

You know, the funny thing is, I been putting off leveling Herc since day one... And it looks like he's gonna have to get comfy that way... I mean, Cu and all.

"Who puts the 'glad' in gladiator?"

IDK why but whenever I play FGO I just pull out this specific servant spotlight and I just have it play in the background

strange how I never rolled Heracles, but rolled 4 Tamamos ._.

well cu alter is almost the same thing as herc with the ce that give him invincibility 3 times.

I just got him along with three other 4 star berserkers in one draw today! So I have quite the decision to make with my main berserker.

Heracles, Aka the Mayor of Busterville, Marieland. Oh how I wish I could pull him... but my friends have their's and let me use him, in return for summer Tamamo being available for her use

the only true downside of herc is that he's not a 5*,same thing for lancelot saber

I got his max bond essence last month and I can't wait to use it on him ^^

I rolled him at 4 am, I was rolling for Romani Fire Flower CE and Heracles and Sanzang join my Chaldea and now I'm like "Fair, children". I just maxed out Valor, but unfortunately I have no Berserker Exp with which feed him, so he'll stay at level 1 until I'll get those embers.

For a berserker, herc got quite decent np gain and star gain, my strategy usually let lancelot kill a wave with his np and give the stars to herc while doing his np Just waiting on animation update now (come on DW!)

Wait...I thought his NP was called '12 Lives' to reference his 12 Labors. I'm confused....

So, I was trying to roll Kiara, and this guy showed up along with the Kaleidoscope Craft essence. No lewd nun, but I saw that roll as an absolute win as I've wanted Herc for the longest time. The occasions where I selected him from my support list let me know that he was a Berserker worth investing in.

I just love these videos, they help a lot and are fun to watch, Can you do a video about Lanceot next? cuz I really see potential in him in a crit team especially with the current servants like Mozart

I personally use Verdant sound of Destruction on my Herc. I mean, it'd be pretty awesome to do a Noble Phantasm in one go by using Kaleidoscope, but a good Buster increase card can be really good. Not to mention Verdant sound of destruction is a 4 star Craft essence, and if your lucky enough, it's actually a bit easier to get this CE 4 times than getting a 2nd or 3rd Kaleidoscope, so it's easy enough to dish out a constant additional 20% effective Buster card. I only have Herc at level 70 atm, and he dishes out around 100k with a Buster chain by simply activating Valor, since he took out a level 70 Servant in the Nero fest in one turn (clutch save, I've had herc since my first roll in FGO, and has been my main ever since. Sekai de Ichiban tsuyoi dakara). Though I do plan on putting Castle of Snow on him once at bond level 10, but I'd say that Verdant sound of destruction is a very good CE to have on him as well if you don't really plan on having him spam NP's right on the first turn like when using Kaleidoscope, so it's also a really good CE on him if the battle is a really long one

Sober Onii you told me to upgrade Herc over Nero and I have not regretted it. He is sitting at 70 right now and he just ruins lives. And now that I have leveled Hans he is never going to die either. You said before that early on we are going to walk through the early game but Herc is just on another level. Herc is my second favorite servant right now behind Iskander. Now I just need to wait for his banner to come around...

Just got him today. Useful vid. Thanks.

Basaka wa dare ni mo makenai dakara Sekai de ichiban tsuyoi dakara

Its mind blowing to me that this is him at his weakest. If he gets summoned on ANY other class he is gonna be even more OP. I will never mind getting spooked by him. He carried my account when I stopped playing for almost a year. He seems to be resisting his Madness Enhancement at times throughout Fate. Giving him valentines chocolate was so worth it. I threw my thumbs up like a little child.

Really happy I got Herc he destroys

Why is Kojiro Kurasaki (assassin) a 1* in this game? I kinda figured he'd be a 2 or 3 star. Also I do kinda wanna see your take on him in a spotlight at some point. You make sound points and I am enjoying your content.

would love to see a video on berserker lancelot, i really like him ,but cant figure out a way to use him correctly, been trying to use him on my quick team but he go down way too fast to be any real use, which is a dissapointment

I think you can condense a fair amount of your introduction with a simple, "Welcome to Fate Grand Order Servant Spotlight - you're one stop shop for servant info, analysis, and team comp." Or something similar. Edit: In a similar vain, I think you can condense the servant skill information by reducing, "[x] skill increases [blank] by [y] to [z]" into, "[x] skill increases [blank] up to [z]". Numbers and percentages are very easy to digest visually, but they are mouthfuls to say, especially percentages, as that word alone is a three syllable word. These mouthfuls slow down your ability to audibly present information to a considerable degree, especially since it only takes a glance for the viewer to understand what you're going to take over a second to say. Also, great use of character visuals in the servant info segment! I do have a slight problem with releasing two servant spotlights on the same day, and especially at relatively the same time. That makes what should be a delightful treat into a handful. There's a lot of science put into discovering the perfect ratio of content release to viewer engagement, but, long story short, spread things out.

Every single Mobage I've played that has Heracles, everyone wants him (or her in some cases)... back when I played Devil Maker Tokyo, literally everyone in the upper 1000 rankings I've played against has a female Herc (with the Nemean Lion Pelt in her art) for maximum durability devilmaker.wikia.com/wiki/Hercules PS: The Gacha system in that game had even worse rolls, but made up for it with the Fusion system.

Do ozymanDIO please even in FGOUS isn't out yet

I'd like too see an elizabeth spotlight or maybe on of the 4 star riders

I started playing this game and I just got him

chu alter < herc i mean it

You recommend it to me in Twitter, I come for review here to say yes yes yes yes ikeeee bazakaaaa !!!!

Can you maybe do a video for Lancelot too? I feel like he is the best servant for aoe'ing down multiple enemies like in nero fest because of his NP.

i had only 2 4 stars after about a 3 weeks of play and no 5s and it was martha and the rider of black i can't say his name or spell it right, but then i got hercules and he just destroyed enemies he is in all my parties now. and im going for his bond card-hes at 7 so far

Tamamo Cat, I have both her and Heracles and should I keep both of them in my team? Or should I replace on of them with somebody else

I swear my luck is hybrid blessed and cursed. I somehow pull Herc from a ticket, and Artoria from story but I can’t manage to summon EMIYA even with over 100 SQ

Should I grail Herc to at least Lv90? Or should I give to more deserving Servants? Any recommendations on who should I grail aside from Jalter? (I don't have Jalter anyways)

I lucked out and got him to NP5 around the time the Agartha banner came out. I was actually going for Francis Drake and somehow got 7 copies of him before I finally got her, lol! Now that I've finished leveling most of my 5 stars I'm about to level him but was wondering just how much damage an NP5 Heracles can do without any regular attack buffs?

Rolled him on the Ishtar banner alongside the goddess herself.

I heard about herc. So after i learn about reroll....i did until i got him. Best decision ever

Was waiting for the ichiban line. Still waiting