Serval/Kingdom

Serval
Friend Data
Voice		尾崎由香　Ozaki Yuka
Radiance		Splendor
Role		Assaulter
Attack Type		Single-Target Melee
Implemented		May 31, 2022 (Launch)
ID #		16

Serval

Anime

Season 2

Manga

Festival (Costume)

Pavilion (Gen 2)

KF3 (V2 • V3)

Kingdom

Nexon Game

Stage Play

Pachislot

Gallery

“Meow, meow, meow! I'm Serval of the Savanna Village! I like to play with the other Friends, especially playing the hunting game! I often play with Caracal, but I never managed to catch her, and it gets really exhausting! When I'm tired, I would go take a sip, then take a nap under the trees, then play again! Hey, what shall we play next?”
—Serval's Friend Info page, "Self-introduction"

Serval is a Friend that appears in Kemono Friends Kingdom.

Personality

“The hunting game's my favorite!”
—Serval's Friend Info page

The playful and rambunctious Serval is forever bursting with energy and cheer, always in the mood to play a game or go on an adventure; her spirit is unquenchable as is her curiosity. She is an amazing jumper, and prides herself on how high she can launch herself into the air, but she doesn't always look before she leaps. Serval is very much so one to act before she thinks, letting the moment dictate her actions more than her head, which can get her into a great deal of trouble. Luckily, she has friends such as her best friend Caracal and older-sister figure Hippopotamus to keep her on the right track.

While Serval's recklessness can be over the top, it also belies a naive fearlessness and a total absence of animosity which many Friends can appreciate deeply. To her, even Shoebill's signature gaze and Crested Ibis's ear-razing song are simply a funny face and an amazing talent, respectively. This trait makes her one of the most amiable Friends in all of Kingdom; truly, anyone can get along with Serval.

“I just got a kick outta seeing you smile. Many Friends just get all spooked by my stare...”
—Shoebill to Serval, "Staring Game"

Though she is eager to play any sort of game, her absolute favorite of all is the Hunting Game- a tag-like game where one Friend plays as the hunter, and the other Friend attempts to evade her. She's a pro at the Hunting Game, but has never managed to catch Caracal... thus, she'll keep playing until she is good enough to get a leg up on her best pal. Really, she'll keep playing even if she never catches Caracal; she doesn't have a competitive spirit. After all, having fun with friends is what matters to her most!

Self-Introduction

Japanese	English
?	Hello, hello! I'm Serval. I always give a hundred and ten percent!

Relationships

Caracal

Serval and Caracal are best friends and virtually inseparable. Caracal's calmer, level-headed demeanor is a valuable counterweight to Serval's whirlwind of energy, and it is her presence which keeps Serval out of the majority of potential trouble. Likewise, Serval's contagious positivity is always there for Caracal if she should ever be feeling lost or down.

Hippopotamus

Hippopotamus is something of a big-sister figure to all of the Friends of the savanna, but she particularly cannot help spoiling Serval.

Orca

Serval and Orca like to hold jumping contests with one another. It doesn't seem to be about seeing who can jump the highest or in any way "win" so much as to simply have fun leaping about together.

“Serval is extremely curious, and would keep sniffing out whatever she sees for the first time. She is very confident with jumping, and often does jumping competitions with Killer Whale. By the way, she does not exactly care about winning. They say that she would more often than not just keep on jumping, then call it an end when she is exhausted.”
—Serval's Friend Info page, "Friend Name Card"

Stats

Friend Stats
	Base	Max		Base	Max
HP	981	6343	PATK	245	1598
PDEF	192	1145	SATK	73	438
SDEF	190	1133	Speed	104	104
Breakthroughs
Kitty Assault I The basic Catapult ATK DMG of Catapults and Miracles +22%.		Kemono Miracle Level +3	COMBO Effect +35%	Self Radiant Advantage Multipler +25%	Kitty Assault II The basic Catapult ATK DMG of Catapults and Miracles +48%. Upon hitting a non-weakness spot, the Catapult DMG by Miracles +25%.
Radiant Effect
Awaken Tier 1: Self Radiant Advantage Bonus +3% Awaken Tier 2: Self Radiant Advantage Bonus +12%
Skills
Miracle
Hunting Game Begins		Serval leaps easily and pursues her prey with excitement before performing a kitty punch, dealing PDMG equal to 1115% PATK to an enemy unit and following up with damage equal to 525% Catapult ATK. If Serval has hit the core this round, follows up with damage equal to 683% Catapult ATK instead.
Habits
Troublemaker		Share the Joy		The Joy of Friendship
Upon hitting the core, Serval deals +230% damage.		The Catapult ATK Up buff of Serval is 18% more effective.		In this battle, every time a Friend on the team hits the core, Serval gains +190 ATK.
Nature Skill			Savanna Escort Lv.1/2
House of Earth Production Rate +1%/+1.5%
Combo			Let's Hunt!
Serval, Hippopotamus			All Friends' ATK +7% for 7 rounds. The Friend that activates this combo gains extra +28% ATK for 1 round.

Strategy

“Serval is a great hunter! She would jump high up into the air, then rake and rend the Ceruleans right on the face!”
—Serval's Friend Info page, "Personality"

• Serval is a very powerful Catapult Assault Friend whose Habits perfectly compliment her role. can make great use of incoming buffs and the revealing of enemy Cores thanks to her Habits. Eurasian Eagle-Owl's highly complimentary skill set makes her a nigh-perfect partner, her only issue being that she competes for a team slot with the incredible Chinese White Dolphin. That being said, if one can fit both of these Support Friends onto a team with Serval, they expect to see some very large numbers appearing on their screen once Serval makes impact with the foe.
  • Serval's first and third Habits— Troublemaker and The Joy of Friendship—interact with attacking the Cores of Celliens. Troublemaker grants Serval a huge +230% damage increase when she hits a Core, and The Joy of Friendship grants her +190 ATK for each time an ally or herself strikes a Core.
    • In situations where many Cores are liable to appear over the course of a battle, such as when paired with Eurasian Eagle-Owl using her first Habit, Ingenious Insight, and/or when fighting a Boss Cellien such as Poisonous Bubble Flower, The Joy of Friendship can accumulate quite a few buffs.
• Because Serval can deal a whopping amount of Catapult DMG, the "Tour success!" Album is strongly recommended for her. Additionally, since Serval should almost always be the Friend sent out last so as to finish a battle, the Sharp attribute is optimal for whatever Album she is using, as the defensive and SATK buffs other attributes grant are useless to her when in this role and come at the cost of a reduced PATK buff compared to a Sharp Album.

Pairing with Eurasian Eagle-Owl

• Although Serval is a single-target attacker, she can be extremely effective against multi-component Bosses when paired up with Eurasian Eagle-Owl.
• Eurasian Eagle-Owl's Miracle hits every enemy/Boss component on-screen five times each. While her Miracle effect would normally grant the next Friend to enter combat a single, consistent Catapult ATK buff, her second Habit— Outsmart It!—instead gives each individual hit of the Miracle a 70% chance to add a +16% Catapult ATK buff to the next Friend. When there are many enemies/Boss components on screen, this greatly increases the odds of accumulating many +16% buffs.
• Next, consider Serval's second Habit, Share the Joy, which gives each Catapult ATK buff Serval receives a +18% boost. This makes each of the buffs granted by Eurasian Eagle-Owl's second Habit effectively worth +34% and makes it far easier to accumulate a deadly stack of buffs when fighting multiple opponents and/or hitting multiple Boss components.
  • Without the boost from Share the Joy, Eurasian Eagle-Owl's Outsmart It!-adjusted Miracle effect needs to activate at least seven times in order to give a greater boost than the consistent buff; as such, it will always under-perform against single-target Bosses, which her Miracle can only strike five times.
    • Outsmart It! only needs to activate three times when the additional buff from Share the Joy is present. While these odds are much greater, it still leaves the buff quality as being RNG-dependent when used against a single-target foe.
• Without her second Habit proccing frequently, Eurasian Eagle-Owl can find herself outclassed as a Support Friend by the generally superior Chinese White Dolphin.

Trivia

• Based on promotional material for Kemono Friends Kingdom, such as the CG-animated trailer found on the game's website, it is possible that Serval was at one point meant to be a main character in the game's story, and may have accompanied Jinri in her travels alongside Least Weasel and Crested Ibis, the latter of whom does not serve this role in the final product either.
  • Possibly supporting this is the fact that Chevrotain, who is believed to have been implemented relatively late in the game's development, is absent from this animation.

Gallery

• Serval's miracle animation, part 1

• Serval's miracle animation, part 2