FGO's Zhou Yu Collab Rumored as 4-Star — Weibo Players Erupt in Rage While NGA Roasts Them Into Oblivion

The FGO community is in shambles again — and this time the catalyst is a leak claiming that Zhou Yu, the legendary Three Kingdoms strategist, will debut as a mere 4-star Servant in an upcoming collab event. Some Weibo users absolutely lost it.

From the screenshots, at least one player posted what can only be described as a "big-character poster" (大字报 — a term straight from the Cultural Revolution, used here for protest-style manifestos) on Weibo, essentially demanding that Zhou Yu deserves 5-star treatment and calling the 4-star decision a disgrace to the character. The original poster on NGA responded with the most diplomatic take possible: "I genuinely don't know where to begin roasting this."

The NGA comment section instantly turned into a comedy roast session. One user fired off the most devastating counterargument in ten words: "Lu Bu is only 3-star, deal with it." Others pulled out the classic FGO case study — Romulus, the literal founder of Rome with A++ Noble Phantasm, EX-rank Imperial Privilege, and the blessing of the supreme deity: "I'm a 3-star!"

Players then hit them with the real knowledge about how FGO actually works. Star rating has NEVER determined a Servant's viability in this game. Cu Chulainn is a 3-star whose Alter version is 5-star. Want Lu Bu at 5-star? Give him a costume and he'll hit harder than most SSRs. Some 5-star Servants with garbage card kits get outperformed by 3-stars. The most-used meta support (Hans Christian Andersen) is literally a 2-star, and the Grail system lets you level ANY Servant to 120 regardless of rarity. As one top-voted comment put it: "True chads never care about star ratings. Right, Chen Gong?" — referencing the 1-star Servant who's arguably the most broken farmer in the game.

What made the drama even more absurd was the chorus of "who exactly is this aimed at?" As one commenter pointed out: "Koei Tecmo isn't mad, Type-Moon isn't mad, Three Kingdoms fans aren't mad — so who IS mad?" Zhou Yu's portrayal in Fate/Samurai Remnant is widely praised as one of the best-written Servants in the game, but even in that world of literal monsters and supernatural beings, his combat power isn't exactly top-tier. A 4-star landing seems perfectly reasonable to most players.

A few dissenting voices did criticize the Fate franchise's tradition of "butchering" historical figures — if you're going to milk real historical characters for their popularity, then backlash when the execution falls short is only fair. But even that argument got immediately countered: FGO's star rating ≠ power level, 4-star doesn't mean "ruined," and with the (dreaded) coin system now requiring 120 levels + 3 append skills + 12 copies for full max, the gacha pain is universal regardless of rarity.

In the end, this "4-star controversy" was met with near-universal mockery on NGA. Someone dropped the classic "Zhou Yu was born; why must Zhuge Liang also exist?" quote. Others sighed that FGO's star system has always been vibes-based. And the real takeaway? Whether you're 3-star, 4-star, or 5-star, maxing out any Servant means grinding until the heat death of the universe — THAT is the true FGO experience.