New years is less than a few days away so let's see what's coming in January

8 Events are coming, 1 being a Story Event that somehow related to the next Ordeal Call, 3 incoming new Servants and 1 Strengthening Quest. Do note that this is based off JP schedule so NA most likely won't get some of them

But let's just cut to the chase and looked into the new debutee for this Month and what they're packing

Yamato Takeru

The 2nd AoE Arts Saber Who's competency at being an Arts Saber Looper hillariously dwarves Sengo. 30% Self Arts Buff, 50% Arts Resistance Down for 1 Target (Unfortunately) and a 50% Self Charge that's seperate for easier management. An NP Damage which combine with Castoria already Made him cover the 3 basic Damage type and on top of it all, 2 Powermods of Divine and Demonic. Accounting for the 2 Class you're using it for, there are 30 Divine Lancer/Berserker (20 Lancers and 10 Berserkers) and 11 Demonic Lancer/Berserker (5 Lancers and 6 Berserkers). There are also a total of 3 Targets that has Both Divine and Demonic and those beings Lambda, Ibuki and Lilith. He's also equipped with a unique gimmick that whenever an Ally die, he gets 25% Charge and lastly but least, a 30% Crit Damage which while okay, there isn't anything in his Kit that doesn't Scream Crit like Hokusai, Lancelot or Theseus. He has 1 flaw i can name and that his Base Gain is an absolute Piss poor of 0.3. So if his Buffs are on downtime and he's not critting or NP, he's not going to fill his meter easily without Crit despite his AQA Brave Chain gives him 17 Hits. Overall, he's the better AoE Arts Saber we have and yes, that's accounting the fact Sengo has an NP Upgrade which does not fix his actual issues at all. Really the only reason he was ever good is because our best option for Arts Saber Looper is Jason

Ushi Gozen

Unlike Takeru where he demolishes Sengo in every way, Raikou Lily despite being a fellow AoE Quick Avenger like Edmond, doesn't necessarily do the same. As a Looper, she's significantly worse as not only was her base Gain lower, her NP hit count is also lower and her NP Gain amp is a 30% Quick which doesn't compare to Edmond's 50% NP Gain Up. The only better thing she has is 20% bigger charge. In terms of DPS, it kinda depends on what you define as a better DPS. Edmond has worse Self Buffs since he's still stuck with a 50% Atk Up and 30% Def Down on NP which is Post Damage, but in exchange he has a QQABB deck which lets him used Summer Skadi. Ushi on the other hand has QQQAB deck but her self Buffs are better with 30% Quick/Buster, Anti Demonic and Earth Attribute Servants both at 50%, 180% Crit Buff if Timed right and for her NP, an additional 30% NP Damage and a 50% SE Mod against Earth, but OG Skadi is what She'll most likely use. She and Edmond both also have little to 0 Survivability tho Ushi does have a slight edge since her NP gives Crit Rate Down Debuffs and a Stun chance (albeit low). So overall, i'd say pick your Poison 

Yui Shousetsu

No doubtedly the best prize of this Event if you want an account booster. S1 is no doubtedly her least impressive Skills since it's a Self applied 3k Guts with 1k HP Regen and 1 Time Debuff Immune, not that useful for a Quick Swap but should help you if you want to use her for long term. The rest of her Kits are where the real good stuffs are. S2 provided an AoE 20% Charge and 30% NP Damage except Self for Multi Core, 15 Crit Star Regen for Crit and 20% Atk Down as a modicum of defense, S3 is a 30% Arts, Crit Up and Self 30% Charge that allows her to NP on Turn 1 with Append 2, any CE of your choice and a spread Charger of 30% if you have her Append 2 maxed. And her most important tools is her NP where she gives 3 Different types of Buffs depending on what colour Buffs the Ally has. Quick gives 20-30% Atk, Arts gives 30-50% Crit Up and Buster gives 20-30% NP Damage up, all scale off NP level. The only thing Overcharge Scales off on this NP is a Heal that starts on 3k and capped at 7k. 2 things to make clear. 1, the Buffs Will not be given if the Colour Buffs aren't a removable. 2, all Allies Will Gain any of the 3 Buffs if they have the necessary colour Buffs. So if you want to optimize her, being a Caster Helena since she's the only one who can give the team all of her Buffs by the time she comes in. Either that or you can just use Summer Skadi and her S3 and let 1 Ally get all 3 Buffs. Honestly, not that many flaws to point out besides the S1 and her lackluster Passive. 

Miyamoto Iori

Musashi's Boy comes in using his Dad and the guy he embarassed with wooden stick techniques to beat his genderbed dad from another Reality. Not farfetch to say that the Boy is the best ST Welfare Servant that can contend with the Limited ones. A Sustain access to Crit with S1 giving a Star Absorb, Crit Damage, 10 Star Regen, 20 Star Bomb from S2 and another 10 from NP. His Damage is consistent with S2 and 3 giving a 20% Atk, Rainbow Buffs and NP giving additional 20% for Buster and Quick and It's pre Damage along with a Sure Hit as a Bypass option and decent survivability with 2 Hit Evade and Damage Cut. Last but not least, a 30% Charge that lets him turn 1 NP since you'll be getting His Append 1 without needing dube. His NP being Buster is also works in his favour since Mighty Chain is a thing combine with his S1, it should be no problem to spam his NP. Really if he has a flaw is that his Buff is pretty low. 20% is the number you'd tend to see on an AoE Buffs, not Self applied

And with the new Servants done, on the the only Strengthening we get out of this Event

Summer Musashi: A simple Upgrade that doesn't do anything for her farming issue as she's still lack charge, but opens up a new function for her. An Anti Saber Servant that sadly directly powercrept the entire Archer class out of the job as with this, her Damage basically powercreeps every Archers in the game. With or without Anti Traits since Musashi Will always hits hers as long as It's a Saber Servant

And last and least, a New Mystic Code

New Year's Attire: All things consider, if it wasn't for the fact that Mystic Code are stuck with horrendous downtime, this one could be an okay MC to use. 25% NP Damage and 20% NP Gain on S1, Overcharge+1 and 10% NP Charge (Unfortunately) on S2 and Debuff Immune with 15 Stars. All Buffs besides the Debuff Immune are a pure 1 Turn with 9 Turn downtime.

Upcoming January