Which Skills Should Tamamo Fate Upgrade First?

I’ve spent a lot of weekends power-leveling supports, so here’s a straightforward plan: boost Tamamo’s middle skill first, then the first skill, and treat the third as the final pick. That order gets the most mileage out of limited materials.

Why the middle skill? In most of her kits, that slot is the party NP/NP gain utility — the thing that either helps the whole team get their Noble Phantasms online faster or makes NP loops consistent. Pushing it early means easier farming and fewer missed turns where your damage dealer can’t fire off a charged NP. After that, maxing the first skill improves Arts performance and the servant’s personal contribution, which matters when you don’t always have perfect support comps.

Practical level targets: if you only have enough QP and mats for two skills to 6, make it skill 2 to 6 and skill 1 to 6. If you can do one skill to 10, pick skill 2. For challenge quests where survivability matters, consider skilling the third a bit earlier, but otherwise third-skill can often stay lower until you farm mats. Throw on an NP battery CE like 'Kaleidoscope' for tight fights, or a quick-charge CE when testing new comps — helps you see the impact of each skill upgrade faster. Let me know your playstyle (farming vs CQ) and I’ll tailor the exact level targets.

If I’m being honest, my brain treats Tamamo as the team’s charge-and-sustain engine, so I always start by maxing the skill that grants party NP support (that’s the biggest QoL jump). After that I raise the Arts/NP-enhancement skill so the main DPS gets better chains and NP damage. The defensive or utility skill goes last in my queue because it shines mostly in specific fights.

For quick guidance: skill 2 > skill 1 > skill 3. If you can only push numbers a little, aim for skill 2 to level 10 and put skill 1 at 6 — skill 3 can stay at 4–6 until you have more mats. This ordering speeds up daily farming runs and lets you experiment with different CE setups like 'The Black Grail' or support combos with a Merlin or another artillery-type servant. If you’d like, tell me which Tamamo variant you have and what content you’re tackling and I’ll give a tweaked priority list — I love optimizing these little puzzles.

I still get excited every time I sit down to tinker with a support like hers — Tamamo (the 5★ caster from 'Fate/Grand Order') is one of those servants where skill order actually changes how you play. If you want the short, practical checklist: prioritize her second skill first, then the first skill, and leave the third for last — but hear me out, because context matters.

Her second skill is the core of her support identity: it’s the one that charges NP/helps party NP synergy and improves NP gain for the team. Leveling this early makes a huge difference for farming and sustained NP loops, so getting it to 6 or 8 quickly will reduce frustration. The first skill is usually an Arts performance/NP gain booster mixed with a personal utility — raise it next so she strengthens individual NP damage and helps Arts chains land better. The third skill is often team-protection or a defensive/utility layer; it’s useful in boss fights and CQs, but you’ll feel the power jump more from raising the first two when you’re doing daily nodes or running a consistent Arts comp.

A few extra tips from my own runs: if your team relies on quick NP looping (with a support Merlin or 'Waver'), max the NP battery (skill 2) first. If you’re using her as a solo boost for a damage dealer on an Arts team, give more attention to the Arts/NP buff (skill 1). If you have limited resources, aim for skill levels like 6/6/6 for balanced play, or 10/6/6 with 2 > 1 > 3 priority for a more battery-focused support. And if by chance you meant Tamamo Cat or Tamamo Lancer instead, let me know — the upgrade curve shifts a bit with those variants. I still love pairing her with an Arts-friendly caster lineup; it just feels so smooth when the NP bars cooperate.