Huyan Zhuo is a 4-star Rider-class Servant introduced during the Sui-Tang narrative arc of Fate/Grand Order. As an AoE Quick-based Rider, his toolkit blends offense and utility, making him suitable for a variety of content—particularly mid-HP farming nodes, challenge quests, and hybrid crit teams. What makes Huyan Zhuo unique is that he offers both personal NP consistency and partywide support, a rare combination in a Servant of his rarity and role. This guide explores his skills, NP, builds, and how to effectively deploy him in both farming and high-difficulty content.

Servant Overview

Before diving into his abilities, it’s important to understand what kind of Servant Huyan Zhuo is. With a QQABB deck and Quick-type AoE Noble Phantasm, he naturally fits into Quick-centric teams, particularly those involving Double Skadi or crit-based hybrid setups. He is not a top-tier looper but compensates with a rare blend of NP battery, team buffs, debuff cleansing, and crit support.

• Class: Rider
• Rarity: ★★★★
• Card Deck: QQABB
• Noble Phantasm Type: Quick (AoE)
• Traits: Male, Earth, Humanoid, Riding
• Alignment: Neutral–Good

This deck and NP type give him access to solid NP gain and damage scaling, especially when supported properly. His Rider class also gives him high star weight, which is useful when functioning as a crit enabler or secondary damage-dealer.

Skill Breakdown

Understanding Huyan Zhuo’s skillset is crucial to maximizing his effectiveness. His three skills provide a solid mixture of offense, support, and survivability tools for the party. Each serves a distinct purpose, and together they allow him to take on flexible roles in various team compositions.

Skill 1: Swift Flame – Agile War Command

This is Huyan Zhuo’s most important skill for farming and NP loop setups. It gives him increased Quick performance, NP gain, and a flat NP charge. These three buffs together ensure that he can consistently unleash his Noble Phantasm across waves, especially when supported by Skadi.

• Quick Up: 20–30% (3 turns)
• NP Gain Up: 20–30% (3 turns)
• NP Charge: 20–30%
• Recommended priority: ★★★★★ – Max this first for loop consistency

This skill not only makes him farm-ready but also grants flexibility in CE selection. It allows him to use 50% charge CEs and still reach full gauge when Double Skadi is in play.

Skill 2: Iron Cavalry Formation

This support-focused skill adds depth to his role in longer or more technical fights. It gives a party-wide ATK buff, debuff resistance, and removes one debuff from all allies—an uncommon but valuable combination on a non-support unit.

• Party ATK Up: 10–20% (3 turns)
• Debuff Resist: 20–40% (3 turns)
• Cleanses one debuff from party
• Recommended priority: ★★★★☆ – Great in Challenge Quests and mixed teams

The inclusion of debuff cleansing gives Huyan Zhuo a distinct edge in content where enemies use Skill Seal, NP Seal, or stacking DoT effects. He supports the party not just through damage but through consistency and survivability.

Skill 3: Tiger General’s Precision

This skill allows him to contribute to or enable crit-focused gameplay. It buffs the crit strength and star absorption of a single ally—either himself or a crit-reliant DPS. On its own, it can create powerful damage spikes when timed well.

• Crit Strength Up: 30–50% (3 turns)
• Star Absorption Up: 300–600% (3 turns)
• Recommended priority: ★★★☆☆ – Max if using crit-focused setups

When used on the right ally, this skill can drastically increase crit damage during burst turns. It becomes especially effective when combined with natural star generators or 2030 CEs.

Noble Phantasm: Feng Huo Lun – Flame-Spinning Wheel of War

Huyan Zhuo’s NP is AoE Quick-type and serves both damage and utility purposes. It deals damage to all enemies and applies two debuffs: a Crit Rate Down and a DEF Down that scales with Overcharge. While not a high-damage NP on its own, the debuff layering increases team damage while simultaneously reducing incoming threat.

• AoE Quick damage
• Reduces enemy Crit Rate: 10–20% (3 turns)
• Reduces enemy DEF: 10–30% (3 turns, Overcharge-based)

The Crit Rate Down is especially helpful in challenge quests or against Berserkers, where enemy crits can quickly derail your strategy. Meanwhile, the DEF Down helps your team capitalize on burst turns.

Craft Essence Recommendations

Choosing the right Craft Essence (CE) for Huyan Zhuo depends on how you plan to use him. Farming setups will emphasize starting NP and Quick performance, while crit or challenge quest builds may lean toward utility or sustained buffs.

Farming / NP Looping:

• Knights of Marines – Quick Up + 50% NP charge, ideal for looping
• The Distant Dream – NP Damage + Starting NP
• Golden Sumo (MLB) – Flat ATK buff for universal damage scaling
• Imaginary Around (MLB) – Basic but effective Quick performance boost

Crit / Hybrid Utility:

• Starry Nights – Quick + Crit Strength + Starting NP
• Joint Recital – ATK + Crit Damage (Buster synergy if in mixed decks)
• A Fragment of 2030 – Passive stargen to support crit setups

The ideal CE depends on the team comp, but CEs with Quick performance, NP charge, or Crit Strength serve him best.

Command Code Suggestions

Command Codes offer further customization for advanced players. Huyan Zhuo benefits most from codes that improve Quick card efficiency, star handling, or teamwide utility.

Recommended options:

• Majin-san’s Command Seal – Boosts Quick Crit damage
• Da Vinci-chan’s CC – Boosts NP gain on attacks
• White Vessel’s Command Seal – Debuff immunity for one time
• Blessing of Grail – Bonus damage to Divine enemies (for niche CQs)

These codes amplify his strengths and help round out his weaknesses, especially in sustained or multi-wave battles.

Best Team Compositions

Huyan Zhuo’s greatest strength is his flexibility. He fits into Quick-centric farming teams, crit-hybrid setups, and even utility-oriented challenge quest teams. Below are some ideal team archetypes:

Quick Loop Farming

In Double Skadi teams, Huyan Zhuo can loop effectively on nodes with mid-level HP.

• Team Example: Huyan Zhuo + Skadi + Skadi + Oberon/Reines
• Use his battery and Skadi buffs to hit three NPs in a row
• Ideal for event farming and dailies with 40k–100k HP waves

Crit Hybrid Team

This setup mixes NP usage with crit burst turns. Huyan Zhuo can serve as either a sub-DPS or a crit enabler.

• Team Example: Huyan Zhuo + Summer Okita + Skadi
• Use his third skill to empower crit turns for your DPS
• Skadi supports star gen and burst

Challenge Quest Utility

For longer, debuff-heavy fights, Huyan Zhuo brings consistent cleanse, Crit Rate debuffs, and ATK support.

• Team Example: Huyan Zhuo + Tamamo + Merlin
• Tamamo handles cooldowns, Merlin sustains team
• Zhuo supports via cleanse and Crit Rate control

Strengths

Huyan Zhuo offers more than just AoE damage. He brings support elements that are often overlooked in Rider-class AoE units.

• Built-in 30% battery enables flexible CE options
• Provides team ATK buffs, debuff resistance, and debuff cleanse
• Crit support enables hybrid play
• Synergizes well with both Quick and mixed teams
• Useful in Challenge Quests due to Crit Rate debuff and cleanse

Weaknesses

Despite his versatility, Huyan Zhuo does have limitations, particularly when compared to SSR Quick loopers.

• Lacks survival tools (Evade, Invuln, Heal)
• NP damage is not competitive at NP1 without CE or Skadi support
• Star generation is average – needs external support in crit teams
• Needs skill investment to shine in longer content

Huyan Zhuo (Feng Huo Lun) is a well-rounded 4★ Rider who may not top DPS charts, but excels in being reliable, flexible, and easy to integrate into Quick or hybrid teams. His ability to loop decently, support allies, cleanse debuffs, and contribute to crit damage gives him a multifaceted role that’s rare at his rarity. Players who value team synergy, versatility, and tactical depth will find Huyan Zhuo to be a rewarding investment—especially when backed by support Servants like Skadi, Reines, or Tamamo.

For the best gameplay performance and smoother farming setups, we recommend playing Fate/Grand Order on BlueStacks, where NP animations, multi-instance setups, and macro farming are effortless and efficient.