Nasuverse Respect Thread

[ChaosTheory123]

So, EMIYA?

Spoiler

Here, EMIYA Fate/Stay Night VN Status Screens

EMIYA
Class: Archer
Master: Tohsaka Rin
Alignment: True Neutral
Sex: Male
Height: 187cm
Weight: 78kg
Armament: Mantle

STR: D
CON: C
AGI: C
MGI: B
LCK: E
Noble Phantasm: ??

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Tactics
Since Emiya is a Heroic Spirit from the future, he does not have any blessings provided by fame. In addition, he does not have Noble Phantasms, as a result his basic abilities are below other Servants. However, his exceptional use of tactics and battle experience makes his combat style very distinct from other Servants. The Archer class originally focuses on long range combat, but Emiya loves melee combat and wishes to conceal his trump card, thus he focuses on melee tactics with Kansho and Bakuya when engaging other Servants.
The reason an Emiya with no Noble Phantasms is able to match other Servants or even exceed them is the Reality Marble “Unlimited Blade Works”, which includes “all the elements necessary to shape swords”. This Boundary Field can copy weapons that are seen only once, and store them within. In the Fifth Holy Grail War, the weapons stored had exceeded thousands. Emiya can freely take out and utilise the weapons according to the situation, and he can also assault the enemy by firing many Noble Phantasms from the Boundary Field like arrows in the same way as Gilgamesh’s “Gate of Babylon”.
Emiya’s trump card is firing copied Noble Phantasms as arrows – “Broken Phantasm”. On impact, the magical force will explode, generating overwhelming destructive power. By assaulting melee Servants with this type of long range attack, Emiya is able to turn the odds to his favour.

Class Abilities

Magic Resistance: D
Emiya’s Magic Resistance is weak. Its rank is D, in other words, spells more than one bar will annul this resistance. The benefit it provides is equivalent to an anti-magic amulet. This level of resistance can be easily overcome by a relatively strong magus.
Although Emiya was a magus during his life and possesses unusual Projection sorcery, his affinity with “sorcery” is much worse compared to Heroic Spirits of ancient times who saw sorceries and True Magics as commonplace. The level of Magic Resistance is a result of this.
For Emiya who possesses low Magic Resistance, it is easy to picture the kind of effects great sorceries and ritual spells can have on him. Even spells greater than two steps can be lethal to him if hit. Because of this, Emiya is at a disadvantage against Caster, who has powerful sorceries at her disposal. Depending on the situation, Emiya may even have to pay attention to the attack of Masters who are magi.

Independent Action: B
Normally if a Servant loses his Master, he will disappear within hours if he cannot replenish the mana required to remain in this world. The amount of time each Heroic Spirit has before disappearing varies, but Emiya can remain in this world for 2 days due to Rank B Independent Action. However, this is the ideal value achieved by maximally conserving mana and avoiding battle and Noble Phantasm usage.
In UBW route, Emiya’s Master switched from Rin to Medea, and after Medea’s death, he continued to operate independently and battled Emiya Shirou. Through all these events, one is able to recognise Emiya’s ability to survive alone. In addition, even if Emiya’s spiritual core sustained lethal damage, he can still survive for a short period. This ability is the reason why Emiya is able to secretly observe Shirou and gang’s battle as a spiritual body after being defeated by Shirou. In addition, after the battle between Shirou and Gilgamesh had concluded at Ryudo Temple, Emiya appeared in front of Gilgamesh as he attempted to pull Shirou into the darkness. He shot an arrow between the eyes of Gilgamesh and sent him alone into the darkness. The arrow shot at that time was a regular arrow, and from the fact that Emiya gradually began to disappear after this attack, this is probably the limit of Emiya’s materialisation.

Personal Skills

Clairvoyance: C
The visual ability that is also called “Eagle Eye”. This is a must-have ability of the Archer Class. It is also frequently used during scouting. Simply looking from a high location is sufficient to fully survey the town and search for enemies. In addition, Clairvoyance will affect the accuracy of bows. Also worth mentioning is that, as Emiya readies his bow, he will be able to precisely snipe even enemies moving at high speeds as long as they are within a 4km range.
Archer, who possesses Clairvoyance, is able to execute “ultra long-range sniping” with accuracy transcending the realm of men.

Thaumaturgy: C-
During his life time, the sorceries learned by Emiya are unremarkable. Before becoming a Heroic Spirit, even “reinforcement” was quite difficult. However, the “projection” sorcery he wields is quite special, as it is able to duplicate weapons, including all the components, to near perfection. In addition, during duplication, he can even read the wielder’s skills, which allows him to gain all kinds of Noble Phantasms and combat skills.
During his life time, Emiya used the preliminary step of projection – “structural analysis”, to find the location of an item’s fault and proceed with repair.

Eye of the Mind (True): B
A danger-avoidance ability that utilises the intelligence collected up to the current time as the basis, in order to predict the opponent’s activity and change the current situation. This is not a result of talent, but an overwhelming amount of combat experience. A weapon wielded by none other than a mortal, gained through tenacious training. Using Eye of the Mind, Emiya was able to successfully counter Cú Chulainn’s thrusts that were invisible to the eye.
Even with Rank B Eye of the Mind (True), Emiya was unable to see through Emiya Shirou’s passion-infused strike which put “ideal” on the line.

Noble Phantasm

Unlimited Blade Works
Rank: E~A++
Type: ???
Range: ???
Maximum Targets: ???
The “Innate Bound Field” wielded by Emiya. It is his ability as a Heroic Spirit with no Noble Phantasms. The inside of the reality marble is a world like a steel mill, filled with weapons, flames, and giant gears. The uncountable swords plunge into the ground and were preserved thus. The majority of the weapons persevered in the reality marble are Noble Phantasms of Heroic Spirits copied through projection sorcery, each possessing deadly powers. Although the majority of the weapons are swords, the Noble Phantasm that provides absolute defence against projectiles, “Rho Aias”, is also said to be copied and stored in the reality marble. Also, the ability of the replicated Noble Phantasm suffers one rank down compared to the original.
Not only can Emiya freely access the weapon stored inside Unlimited Blade Works, he can also modify the weapons to his wish like Caladabolg II. In addition, he is able to capitalise on his ability to repeatedly project: use Noble Phantasms as disposable arrows, and then unleash the magical energy stored within – the tactic called “Broken Phantasm”.

Rho Aias
The shield used by the hero of Trojan War, Aias. The Boundary Field Noble Phantasm that provides absolute defence against projectile weapons.

Kansho and Bakuya
The famous swords of Chinese legend. The Yin-Yang, Female-Male paired swords based on the Yin-Yang Doctrine. Emiya’s favourite melee weapons.

Caladbolg II
The legendary sword “Caladbolg” of the Ulster Cycle, projected and modified by Emiya. Not very useful as a sword, but rather used as an arrow for “Broken Phantasm”

Type-Moon Double Maniax - [Fate] Dream Battle - Archer vs Rider

Archer vs Rider
Editorial department (Prediction)
At long range his fire won't work against Bellerophon.
At medium range the bow is really handy, and Rider who's inferior in skill only has her Mystic Eyes.
But if Archer's bow starts to get petrified, he can activate Unlimited Blade Works.
In which case Rider will just use Bellerophon and destroy him instantly.
He can't shoot them down but Rho Aias can buy him time enough to pull out Harpe and maybe have a chance at victory.

Nasu-san CHECK!

You would think Archer would have the advantage, but Rider actually has the edge at long range? Just like that question, their compatibility is not very good. Since both aren't fixated on the methods of winning, they'd definitely both choose a low-risk and high-return type of warfare.
Even if Archer takes out a Saber-class holy sword, he doesn't have enough magical energy to draw on to maximize it, so it'd be hard to for him to attack Bellerophon. What determines victory or defeat is whether Aias on its own would be enough to block Bellerophon perhaps...?

Type-Moon Double Maniax - [Fate] Dream Battle - Saber vs Archer

Nasu-san CHECK! The class of the representatives of close-range and long-range combat. Saber, who would take her sword in any condition whatsoever and Archer who would fight using a strategy of victory. The highlight won't just be the different battle styles, but the difference between their personalities. However, even with UBW, it's questionable whether he could hold Saber back in single combat. One definite hit from sniping and one absolute blast of death from her Holy Sword. It might really depend on the wit of their Masters not their own in determining who has the upper hand.

Type-Moon Double Maniax - [Fate] Dream Battle - Archer vs. Assassin

Nasu-san CHECK!

If it's a straight out death match, then Archer will win. But Assassin is an oddity that fights under different battle conditions from the other Servants. While many Servants are offensive, Assassin is defensive. At a Servant-killing battlefield like Ryuudou Temple and with Caster's anti-sorcery defensive barrier, sorcery and Noble Phantasm power is decreased significantly. As a result, if it's not a powerful Noble Phantasm, then he won't take a fatal wound. Which means that the battle between the two is clearly swordsmanship. With Archer having his sniping sealed off to him due to the terrain effect, could Archer actually lose...?

Here, EMIYA's eyesight is good enough to see as far away as the Bridge from atop the tallest building in the city, his visual acuity is good enough to count the tiles.

Here, Eye of Mind (True) exposition

Here, EMIYA and Rin sense Medusa's Blood Fort Bounded Field being set up on school ground

Magecraft?

Here, EMIYA's structural grasp is good enough where he has a blueprint of the Matou house to work with in his head and point out the spots in it that are otherwise empty spaces

Here, Shirou/EMIYA projection limitation exposition.

Unlimited Blade Works

Infinite Creation of Swords [Noble Phantasm, Magecraft]

Unlimited Blade Works
Though it is treated as a Noble Phantasm, technically speaking it is a type of sorcery called a reality marble.
Within this reality marble exists all the ingredients needed for the creation of swords. So long as Archer has seen the original, he is able to easily replicate it.
However, the replicated weapon has its rank reduced by one.
Replication of defensive armaments is also possible, but it requires two to three times more magical energy than a normal projection.
Once an armament has been replicated, it is registered inside the boundary field and can be manufactured with projection sorcery even without expanding the reality marble.
Against a normal opponent this is little more than a somewhat troublesome ability, but it is the natural enemy of a certain King of Heroes.

Q: Is it possible to recreate swords consumed or broken within the bounds of Unlimited Blade Works without the use of prana?

A: The prana expenditure required for the formation and upkeep of the Reality Marble would be continuous, but armaments already formed upon the deployment of the Reality Marble would be without cost. However, the recreation of items destroyed and the fresh creation of items not in existence at the time of deployment would expend significant amounts of prana.

Q: What is the limit of replication in UBW? The highest level of NP (sword types) is probably Ea, but while it might be impossible for Shirou, could Archer make it? Also, under the meaning of weapons, to what extent can he make modern weapons? Must it be only blade types or can he make guns and mobile weapons?

A: Divine constructs like Ea and Excalibur are non-replicable. There might be some degraded NPs with similar performance in stock though. Also, since sword is becoming his origin, the weapons that he has stored are fundamentally limited to close combat.

Q: Is it possible to recreate swords consumed or broken within the bounds of Unlimited Blade Works without the use of prana?

A: The prana expenditure required for the formation and upkeep of the Reality Marble would be continuous, but armaments already formed upon the deployment of the Reality Marble would be without cost. However, the recreation of items destroyed and the fresh creation of items not in existence at the time of deployment would expend significant amounts of prana.

Q: What is the limit of replication in UBW? The highest level of NP (sword types) is probably Ea, but while it might be impossible for Shirou, could Archer make it? Also, under the meaning of weapons, to what extent can he make modern weapons? Must it be only blade types or can he make guns and mobile weapons?

A: Divine constructs like Ea and Excalibur are non-replicable. There might be some degraded NPs with similar performance in stock though. Also, since sword is becoming his origin, the weapons that he has stored are fundamentally limited to close combat.

Noble Phantasm
■ Unlimited Blade Works: Infinite Creation of Swords
Rank: E- ~ A++
Type: Anti-Unit
Range: 30 ~ 66
Maximum number of targets: ???

EX Rank Noble Phantasms are in principle impossible to replicate. (However, in the circumstance where the support of the original owner exists, replication becomes possible.

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Infinite Creation of Swords [Noble Phantasm]
Archer's noble phantasm. A barren wasteland lined with a thousand blades. A great ritual deployed using eight lines of projection. A type of old world magecraft, called a reality marble, which manifests the internal world of the caster and writes it over the world for a small amount of time. All of the weapons Archer can project are there and in this space he doesn't have to project them from scratch, instead he can immediately pull out the weapons sticking out of the ground.
In EXTRA, the conditions for where wrought iron is possible are boosted so projection of holy-sword class weaponry is possible, though their performance is inferior.
Okay truth is, I was surprised to find that the staff in charge of the 3D had made animation for Excalibur being projected while I was looking the other way.
Well it is new animation after all and there's no reason to reject it. So long as it's a degraded version, I guess it's okay.

Here, EMIYA deploys Unlimited Blade Works despite apparently running on fumes

Here, a description of Unlimited Blade Works. Here, Reality Marble description. Here, Unlimited Blade Works lets EMIYA reproduce and store any weapon he sees the original version of. Here, EMIYA's ability to create Unlimited Blade Works costs magical energy several times Shirou's natural magical energy capacity.

vs Gilgamesh (Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5)

Here, Gilgamesh's power comes from the number of Noble Phantasm he has stored in the Gate of Babylon. Here, Rin surmises Gilgamesh sees EMIYA and Shirou as threats, that EMIYA would be a match for Gilgamesh's Gate of Babylon.

Rho Aias

vs Ea (7 petals, EMIYA)

Rho Aias [Noble Phantasm]
The Seven Rings that Cover the Fiery Heavens.
In Greek mythology, the shield used by the hero Aias during the Trojan War.
It was a bronze shield covered by seven layers of ox hide, and the only thing that proved capable of stopping the javelin of the great hero of Troy, Hector. (Though it managed to penetrate six layers of ox hide, the seventh layer was unbroken.)
Afterward, its fame spread, and its existence was eventually sublimed into a "conceptual armament" boasting absolute defensive power against thrown weapons.
It is the only defensive armament Archer can use proficiently.
The Rho Aias that protected Shirou's spellcasting during the finale of the Rin route was not something he projected himself, but was actually made by Archer who was watching the battle from a distance.

Q: In the end of the Rin route, was it Shirou that projected Rho Aias in the Shirou vs Gilgamesh fight? Or was it Archer? In "Fate/side material", it's said that it was projection magic from Archer, but in the story, there was the depiction of Shirou "pulling the shield from the hill". Does this mean that this switched to Archer's scene?

A: This has been easy to misunderstand, but the part about Archer supporting Shirou was the time before Shirou pulled out Rho Aias, before Shirou came to his realization. After Shirou's monologue about his surprise that he was still alive after taking Gil's attack, "If I survived, there must have been a reason why I survived. But that was simply something I didn't have any control over." That was the "Rho Aias" that Archer made to help Shirou in a way that wouldn't let Gilgamesh know there was someone else waiting to ambush him.

Here, as Gilgamesh's last 3 Noble Phantasm are still in transit, he pulls out Ea, Shirou can't read it with Structural Grasp. Here, Gilgamesh uses Ea on Shirou, Shirou tries to defend by releasing all the magical energy he had ready to use for projection. Here, Shirou uses that energy to project his strongest available projected weapon, this doesn't act as a shield, Ea destroys Gilgamesh's 3 Noble Phantasm, Shirou's 3 copies, and impacts Shirou. Here, Gilgamesh is confused how Shirou survived Ea (he intended to kill him with it even when reluctant to use it), he guesses maybe Shirou projected a shield (EMIYA did, Rho Aias, per Nasu).

vs Excalibur (?, 7 petals, EMIYA)

Here, were Artoria to counter with Excalibur, not only would Shirou need to worry about destroying the Center Building, but also the buildings surrounding it. Here, Shirou believes that EMIYA has a defense he could employ to defend against Excalibur were they to use it.

vs Excalibur Morgan (4 petals, Shirou Emiya w/EMIYA's Arm)

Here, Excalibur Morgan vs Bellerophon begins. Here, the two attacks collide, beginning contention for supremacy. Here, Shirou's perception of time slows to a crawl, he compares it to stopped time/an instant as eternity. Here, without support from Shirou's Rho Aias, Medusa's Bellerophon has no chance of winning over Excalibur Morgan. Here, Shirou projects 4 petaled Rho Aias. Here, Excalibur Morgan and Bellerophon are still competing. If Shirou were to stop projecting Rho Aias now, Bellerophon would lose and Medusa would be vaporized in an instant. Here, with each petal of Rho Aias that Excalibur Morgan breaks, the balance between Excalibur Morgan and Bellerophon shifts as Excalibur Morgan has to expend energy to break the petals. Upon the last petal breaking Bellerophon overcomes Excalibur Morgan. Here, Rho Aias and Bellerophon barely had the edge of Excalibur Morgan, Excalibur Morgan had offset about 90% of Bellerophon's light/power (here, for breakdown of minimum amount of power Rho Aias had to endure from Excalibur Morgan).

vs Gate of Babylon (7 petals, Shirou Emiya UBW)

Here, Gilgamesh fires his Noble Phantasms, Shirou pulls the 7 petaled Rho Aias from UBW to defend himself against them. Here, Shirou's 7 petaled Rho Aias defends against Gilgamesh's attack, though they do manage to pierce the petals somewhat with each impact. Here, Shirou can't tell if the vast magical energy he's channeling or the fact Gate of Babylon's attacks aren't penetrating Rho Aias is what surprises Gilgamesh. Here, seems Gil's shock is about the fact Rho Aias is so durable.

vs Hrunting (4 petals, Shirou Emiya Hollow/Ataraxia)

Here, one second after using his command spell, Shirou projects 4 Petaled Rho Aias to defend against Hrunting. Here, EMIYA describes how he perceived Shirou's efforts at defending against Hrunting. Here, EMIYA could still win, Shirou's Rho Aias was broken and Hrunting still remains in flight and able to return to strike Shirou. Here, Shirou used up all his magical energy countering EMIYA's Hrunting.

vs Thrown Gae Bolg (7 petals, EMIYA)

Here, Gae Bolg's power distorts space as Cu readies to throw it. Here, Cu throws Gae Bolg at EMIYA. Here, Exposition on Gae Bolg's function as the thrown spear. Here, Cu throws Gae Bolg by using all his magical energy. Here, Gae Bolg vs Rho Aias starts. Here, Rho Aias exposition. Here, thrown Gae Bolg easily pierces through 6 of Rho Aias' layers. Here, EMIYA puts his "all his magical energy" into Rho Aias' last layer. Here, EMIYA has wounds all over his body from the clash. Here, Rho Aias was entirely pierced, EMIYA muses Cu's thrown Gae Bolg surpasses the original Gungir. Here, Cu's pissed off Rho Aias was able to block his strongest attack. Here, EMIYA notes accomplishing this feat cost him most of his magical energy, destroyed one of his arms, and Rho Aias was still shattered.

Excalibur Image

Here, EMIYA threatens to reproduce a close approximation to Artoria's Excalibur (he can't do so exactly, but he can get close enough). Here, EMIYA asserts he would die if he were to reproduce Excalibur, but he would if he had to in order to oppose Artoria's own usage.

Sword Arrows

vs Artoria Pendragon Alter

Here, Artoria Alter swings her sword to attack Shirou, she's forced to instead parry 3 arrows shot by EMIYA.

vs Gilgamesh (Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5)

Here, EMIYA shoots an arrow at Gilgamesh, it punctures Gilgamesh's skull right between his eyes.

vs Herakles

Here, Herakles tanks 8 arrows from EMIYA suggested to be able to mow down houses. Here, an arrow from EMIYA with the power of a tankshell hits Herakles temple. Here, Herakles tanks 3 more of EMIYA's arrows to the forehead. Here, Herakles charges Artoria, both EMIYA's arrows and Rin's obsidian jewel magic attack fail to stop his charge or damage him through God Hand.

vs Medea

Here, EMIYA fires 13 sword arrows at Medea, Medea is able to avoid them all (had there been 14, Medea would have been hit). Here, EMIYA severed Medea's binding string with his rain of arrows.

vs Cursed Arm Hassan

Here, EMIYA and Hassan's attacks are matched, EMIYA even shoots down all of Hassan's dirks (not that this is due to Hassan's weakness).

vs Holy Grail Mountain of Meat

Here, a description of Shinji's meat island in the lake and the black mud it spews. Here, more description of the Grail Mud. Here, Shinji's meat island is 30 meters away, the lake is shallow enough to walk through. Here, if the Grail explodes, the gate to the Grail Mud will fully open and will end up pouring out "infinitely" beyond the finite amount already in the lake and composing the meat island. Here, the mountain of meat/Holy Grail is composed of the same matter as the Grail Mud in the lake, which is similar to Servants. Here, the mountain of meat is about 50 meters wide. Here, the Grail Mud has not only filled the lake, but is spilling onto the land as well and the Counter Force will activate if they leave the mountain of meat alone.

Here, EMIYA fires at the mountain of meat with his sword arrows to help Rin escape from it with Shinji, they take out the tentacles and the ground around her to open the path. Here, EMIYA's arrows helped sweep away the Grail Mud directly in Rin's way.

Sword Bullet Full Open

vs Medea

Here, EMIYA has numerous Noble Phantasm ready to fire at Kuzuki, Medea senses them over his head, Medea moves to protect Kuzuki. Here, Medea has been rendered too injured to use her magecraft to defend against EMIYA's assault on Kuzuki. Here, EMIYA fires at Medea and Kuzuki, Medea suffers fatal wounds, but her body is durable enough to prevent EMIYA's Noble Phantasms from ramming through her and harming Kuzuki. Here, EMIYA is left with no magical energy due to the number of Noble Phantasms he used to end Medea's life (on top of already being depleted from fighting Cu Chulainn).

vs Shirou Emiya (General, Fate, UBW, HF, HA)

Here, all the swords EMIYA has poised to hit Artoria with are fatal, EMIYA surmises her wounds won't be instantly fatal if she's lucky. Here, EMIYA fires his Noble Phantasm sword spam. Here, Shirou runs to Artoria and works to project 18 of his own copies of the Noble Phantasm EMIYA fired. Here, Shirou successfully projects and counters EMIYA's Noble Phantasm sword spam with his own, Unlimited Blade Works fades. Here, EMIYA retreats, citing his lack of magical energy means he can't take on both Artoria and Shirou and expect to win

Broken Phantasm?

Q. I have a question about the Servants vs. other character answer in the 9th issue of Comptiq. About a Servant with an average Noble Phantasm, who would have one and what rank would that have been?

A: That's a serious question. The level of the Noble Phantasm would be B, and ability being represented by numbers would be called an average Noble Phantasm. Broken Phantasm, Barrier of the Wind King (C), Gae Bolg (thrown) (B), that sort.
On the other hand, those with conceptual effects, destiny interference types fall into a special category. With Gae Bolg (regular), no matter how much Arcueid might be superior to Lancer in numbers, she will be killed depending on her luck, you see.

Broken Phantasm

The Noble Phantasm is changed into an arrow and fired in an explosion attack. It is a disposable bomb that merely uses the magical energy contained within the Noble Phantasm to explode. It is the worst possible insult for a Noble Phantasm to be used this way. As long as there is magical energy Noble Phantasms can be projected. This is a foul play unique to this Heroic Spirit.

Here, Broken Phantasm exposition (that's what EMIYA did to Herakles with Caladbolg II)

Caladbolg II

User: Archer
Caladbolg is the demonic sword wielded by the Irish hero Fergus mac Róich in Celtic mythology. The version that Archer projects has been altered to improve its function as an arrow.
In the legends, Fergus mac Róich was the former king of Ulster and foster-father of the hero Cú Chulainn. However, he was tricked out of his kingship, and later allied with Connacht, an enemy of Ulster. During the decisive battle between Connacht and Ulster, Fergus was able to corner the enemy king who had betrayed him, but was prevented from killing him. It is said that he redirected his rage at this turn of events upon three hills, using Caladbolg to blast their tops clean off.
Cú Chulainn is affected by a geis that makes it his duty to be defeated once by the sword so long as the wielder is Ulster-born. For that reason, it could be said to be his natural enemy.
Also, there is a theory that the Caladbolg from Celtic mythology is the same sword as the Caledfwlch from Welsh mythology, making it a prototype of Excalibur.

vs Artoria Pendragon Alter (Shirou Emiya w/EMIYA's Arm)

Here, Shirou's thoughts surpass "the speed of light" to begin projection. Shirou projects Caladbolg II. Shirou fires Caladbolg II at Artoria Alter. Artoria Alter is forced to repel Caladbolg II and Medusa is able to retreat from Artoria Alter.

vs Herakles

Here, EMIYA is on a rooftop 100s of meters away readying Caladbolg II for attack. Here, EMIYA releases Caladbolg II, Herakles senses the danger it poses and attacks the arrow with all his might to defend against it. Here, Caladbolg II razed the cemetary, Herakles is left standing in a crater where the impact occurred. Here, having acted to counter Caladbolg II, the remaining energy that detonated on impact leaves Herakles unharmed for his efforts despite Caladbolg II being an A Rank Noble Phantasm (basically, he's able to survive a large fraction of Caladbolg II's impact, but were he not to counter the attack would take a life or 2). Here, Artoria suggests Caladbolg II would have inflicted her with a fatal wound had Shirou not rushed into save her (this is corroborated by Bad End 15 here [only difference between this ending and the fight where Shirou is there is that Shirou runs to save Artoria here, he has no interaction with the fight before that moment]).

vs Medea

Here, EMIYA aims Caladbolg II at Medea, Medea hastily casts defensive magic, EMIYA fires Caladbolg II. Here, Caladbolg II distorts space as it travels, Caladbolg II easily penetrates Medea's defense. Even if she had tried to teleport, how Caladbolg II distorts space would have twisted her up anyway. Here, Medea uses all her magical energy to heal herself from the indirect hit she took from Caladbolg II. Both Medea and her protection were damaged by Caladbolg II's after-effects. Here, firing Caladbolg II leaves EMIYA with a weak magical energy. Here, Medea's left weak too as EMIYA's attack took away most of her body and magical energy.

Speed can be found here.

Hrunting

vs Artoria Pendragon (Shirou Emiya; Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5)

Here, EMIYA fires his third Hrunting, Artoria repels it. EMIYA's shots increase in power with each one he fires. Here, EMIYA fires his fifth and final Hrunting. Artoria is able to defend, but she is overpowered by the shot and knocked off her feet. Here, Shirou sees the sixth Hrunting being fired, Artoria believes she can at least endure being hit by it once, Shirou doesn't seem so sure.

Here, EMIYA fires his first Hrunting from 4 kilometers away, Shirou sees the shot and warns Artoria, Artoria repels it. Here, EMIYA charged the second shot for 20 seconds (so... he charges Caladbolg II with enough magical energy to leave him virtually depleted vs Medea basically in an instant, but he needs 20 seconds to achieve much less with Hrunting? Between this and Shirou needing a minute to project shit when he's projected what he needs while Herakles is attacking, I think Nasu's charge times are insanely arbitrary and inconsistently implemented). Here, affirmation EMIYA increases the power in Hrunting with each shot fired (third shot took 25 seconds to charge, fourth shot is likely to be 30 seconds). Here, EMIYA is firing from 4 kilometers away, the roads to reach his position are about 8 kilometers in length total.

Here, Artoria releases Invisible Air and transfers all her magical energy into her body. Here, Shirou readies the command spell 10 seconds before EMIYA's next shot, the power this command spell will grant Artoria is enough to fill her enormous Magic Circuit, thus bringing her back to the level of power she had in life (basically, a single command spell has the power to take Artoria from being handicapped by Shirou being her Master to the level of power she'd have under Rin). Here, EMIYA fires his fifth Hrunting, Artoria leaps into the air towards the Center Building. Here, Hrunting's like a flash that reduces the time needed to cross 4000 meters to nothing. All of EMIYA's remaining magical energy went into Hrunting. Here, Hrunting mechanics exposition. Here, if Artoria at all wastes any of her magical energy on defending against Hrunting, Shirou and Artoria will taste defeat once more.

vs Shirou Emiya (General, Fate, UBW, HF, HA)

Here, EMIYA snipes Shirou with Hrunting, Shirou's left torso is a giant hole. Here, EMIYA's second shot kills Shirou.

Here, EMIYA's sixth Hrunting pierces Shirou's skull because Shirou forgot he could use Projection magecraft due to really being possessed by Angra Mainyu.

 

[ChaosTheory123]

So, EMIYA Part 2?

Spoiler

Physical strength and speed?

EMIYA vs Artoria Pendragon Alter

Blackening of Servants
The black mud in the Holy Grail contaminates the souls of those who touch it. It goes without saying for mere humans, and supernatural beings like Servants are no exception to this either. The contaminated person's personality reverses toward the orientation of evil. This is madness caused by touching Angra Mainyu. This is called "blackening". There are those who can use the black mud as part of their own power thanks to the properties of its contamination and those whose powerful egos have stayed back its mental pollution.
An example of the former is Matou Sakura and the latter is Gilgamesh. The blackened Servant is incarnated by the power of the Grail so the more concrete ties to the physical plane turns them into powerful beings.
Their physical interference power increases but at the same time they lose the ability to return to spirit form.
Also, as they no longer bother to restrain their magic energy consumption, their fighting ability jumps significantly. This momentum can be compared to a runaway train.
Because they are in that state, fine control is not possible, but in exchange, their destructive power increases.
They are fearful beings inflicting havoc and death upon the world. These are blackened Servants.

...

Saber Alternative, or Black Saber, is the name given to Artoria when she fell to Hassan, was consumed by the dark shadow, and obtained true incarnation during the "Heaven's Feel" route.
Artoria, now jet-black, could now invoke Excalibur without limit thanks to the enormous prana supply from the blackened Sakura. Thus, she could overwhelm Berserker Heracles even in a direct battle. Now unfettered and in a sense more powerful than she was in life, none can deny that she is the strongest Servant.

...

Instinct: B
Constant self-control is required to maintain Saber's reason while blackened. To focus on suppressing her madness, her surroundings are neglected and Instinct is dulled.

Power Burst: A
Saber's body is always suffused in the energy supplied by the Greater Grail. Her armor is also reinforced, granting more defensive ability than in her original state.

Day 10 (HF)

Here, EMIYA charges at Artoria Alter and strikes at her with Kanshou and Bakuya, Artoria Alter repels his attack. Here, EMIYA, much like Herakles before himself, finds his ability to move arrested by the Shadow entangling his feet. Here, Artoria Alter smashes at EMIYA with 3 strikes, he defends against them, but he's sent flying back into the forest by the last one despite his defense and the Shadow holding his feet.

Sparks Liner High (Shirou Emiya w/EMIYA's Arm)

Here, Shirou informs us he's not only projected Kanshou and Bakuya, but also reproduced EMIYA's battle experience with them thus making Shirou's own abilities now close to EMIYA's.

Here, Shirou charges Artoria Alter from 10 meters away and attacks with Bakuya. Shirou attacks with Kanshou, Artoria Alter defends and readies a counterattack to Shirou's throat. Shirou blocks Artoria Alter's counterattack much to Artoria Alter's surprise. Shirou is defending against Artoria Alter's attacks. Here, Shirou defends against another attack from Artoria Alter, that's all he can do, he's already blocked 30 attacks that could have killed him. Here, Shirou deflects more attacks from Artoria Alter. Shirou perceives his death occurring 30 steps ahead through EMIYA's True Eye of Mind skill. Shirou defends against another attack, he feels joy at being able to keep up with Artoria Alter. Here, Shirou defends against another blow, he muses about why Artoria Alter won't attack with her Noble Phantasm and only fights him using her sword technique. They continue to exchange, Shirou's speed increases as he digs deeper into EMIYA's arm to extract more. Here, Artoria Alter's last attack is also blocked, but the force sends Shirou backwards, Artoria Alter grunts from exertion. Here, EMIYA's True Eye of Mind skill tells Shirou he can block 5 more attacks from Artoria Alter. Shirou points out he's keeping up with Artoria Alter, Artoria reminds him to check his definition of keep up given the condition he's putting his body into for him to achieve this current feat (she knows he's at his limit and will defeat him in their next exchange).

Here, Shirou charges his first pair of Kanshou and Bakuya with as much magical energy as he can muster (so... they're now Broken Phantasm I guess) and throws them from both sides. Here, Shirou is unarmed, Artoria Alter charges Shirou. Shirou charges Artoria Alter, projects another copy of Kanshou and Bakuya, and blocks Artoria Alter's attack. Here, Artoria Alter releases her fatal attack, but is attacked by the previously thrown swords from behind. Here, in order for Artoria Alter to have properly defended against this arrangement, Shirou has pushed Artoria to her limit and has left herself open to counterattack. Here, Shirou slashes Artoria Alter's defenseless body from both sides with his final projections. Here, Shirou's last attack from Artoria Alter's perspective, Shirou's attack crushed her spine and splattered her internal organs. The attack is fatal. Shirou's final attack had the force of an explosion, she's only still alive due to her nature as a Servant despite her fatal wounds. Here, the Tiger Dojo reinforces the fact Shirou did indeed defeat Artoria Alter with no allusion to her tanking it on purpose.

EMIYA vs Herakles

Day 11 (Fate)

User: Archer
A version of Kanshou & Bakuya used by Archer in the undescribed battle against Berserker in Fate route. Using reinforcement magecraft, the blades have been completely transformed into long swords.
By the way, while the story of Ganjiang and Moye has survived to this day, there is no mention of what kind of swords they actually were. The assumption is that they were cast swords, as was common in that time period. Even their shape is a mystery, as the only known description of the swords simply says that Ganjiang had a black tortoise shell pattern and Moye had a white wave pattern.

Here, EMIYA and Herakles stand 10 meters apart. Here, Herakles charges EMIYA, he projects a sword before Herakles can reach him from 10 meters away. Here, EMIYA and Berserker begin to clash. Here, EMIYA vs Herakles ended in EMIYA's defeat, the pair fought each other with all their might. Here, a description of the 6 different fatal injuries Herakles received from fighting EMIYA. Here, EMIYA's fight with Herakles was so unexpected, it utterly left Illya feeling humiliated by Herakles performance. Here, EMIYA demonstrated he could match Herakles equally in combat and kill him, thus Herakles suffered defeat in his pursuit of killing EMIYA. Here, EMIYA defeated and killed Herakles 6 times. Here, due to Godhand, Herakles rarely takes wounds and in the Age of Gods during his life no one could scratch him after he finished his 12 Labors. Here, EMIYA inflicted fatal wounds to Herakles 6 times each accomplished by a different method. Here, had Herakles been summoned as a normal Servant, he would have grieved that the battle he and EMIYA had deserved better, that EMIYA was a rare great enemy, that were he not effected by madness he could have matched sword techniques with EMIYA to pass a satisfying time.

Day 15 (HF, Shirou Emiya w/EMIYA's Arm)

Here, Shirou projects Herakles axe-sword, he also reproduces Herakles physical strength to swing it with as Shirou's a bullshit mimic. Here, Herakles is fighting this fight as if he's still fighting Artoria Alter. She managed to kill him twice over. Here, one second passes. Here, Shirou can only defeat Herakles by using projection past his limits and one blow won't be enough to win. Here, Shirou uses Nine Lives Blade Works (8 strikes completed in total, all to vitals). Here, Shirou surpasses the crashing speed of sound using "godspeed" (I assume the speed of sound could be either Shirou or Herakles. Makes more sense to be Herakles as Shirou's moving at "godspeed". Corroborated by these posts on here and here). Here, Herakles is still alive after 8 strikes. Here, Shirou goes for a final attack, he's faster than Herakles and Herakles is missing 1/8th to 4/5ths of his body (here, supposedly 4/5ths anyway). Here, Herakles strike is still in transit, Shirou can dodge it enough where it will only graze his head (this will still kill him). Here, Herakles stops his swing, Shirou uses the distraction Ilya caused to impale Herakles in the chest, Herakles fades away in defeat.

EMIYA vs Gilgamesh (Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5)

Here, EMIYA pushes Shirou out of the way of Gilgamesh's 30 incoming Gate of Babylon shot Noble Phantasm once more, he proceeds to escape by going into spirit form (not that we learn this until after Shirou vs Gilgamesh).

Here, Gilgamesh has 17 Noble Phantasm sitting behind him currently, Shirou begins the process of trying to copy them all. Here, EMIYA's skilled enough to block Gilgamesh's oncoming 17 Noble Phantasm with Kanshou and Bakuya, but Shirou is not at this time

EMIYA vs Shirou Emiya (General, Fate, UBW, HF, HA)

Here, EMIYA's body is only half responding, his remaining strength/magical energy is only 1/10th his original power (his stamina, unless you're batshit crazy enough to call reinforced Kuzuki 1/10th as strong as EMIYA), and his muscles are weak (which seems like it's meaningless later on during the fight).

Here, Shirou and EMIYA begin to clash. Here, Shirou and EMIYA clash, both his and his future self's attacks are the same, its only the quality of Shirou's projections that differ as Shirou accrues more wounds as they fight. Here, Shirou blocked EMIYA's attack, but his projections shatter, he's thus further wounded. Here, EMIYA blocks Shirou's attack, Shirou's projection shatters. Here, Every time Shirou and EMIYA clash, more and more of EMIYA's skills and abilities leak into Shirou to refine his own. Here, Shirou's fifth projection in the fight breaks clashing with EMIYA, EMIYA figures Shirou only has 3 more in him. Here, Shirou projects more swords to block EMIYA's strikes, Shirou's projections shatter. Here, EMIYA stabs at Shirou with Caladbolg II, Shirou projects Kanshou and Bakuya again to defend agains the attack. Here, EMIYA states the more Shirou ends up fighting him, the more Shirou's abilities will improve as their clashing is similar to a form of magic that lets one acquire skills from a past life by possessing a previous self. Here, EMIYA thrusts with Caladbolg II at Shirou once more, Shirou tries to match and defends with his own projection of Caladbolg II (the defense is successful, but Shirou's Caladbolg II shatters). Here, EMIYA projects Durandal to attack Shirou, Shirou defends by projecting his own copy, Shirou's copy is shattered in one blow. Here, EMIYA's attack (with Durandal) sent Shirou flying into a pile of rubble, Shirou starts bleeding on it. Here, the wounds EMIYA has inflicted on Shirou so far are deep enough Shirou could reach inside them to take out his bones. Here, Shirou projects Kanshou and Bakuya once again, he keeps swinging at EMIYA, but EMIYA parries his strikes. Here, Shirou swings with "all his energy", but EMIYA defends and pushes his attacks back.

Here, fueled by his contempt, EMIYA swings at Shirou with more force than he's ever done so before, Shirou clashes with these strikes. Here, lacking elegance and executed only using EMIYA's strength, EMIYA's strikes are blocked by Shirou with an effort than causes his left arm to shake, his fingers to break, and the blocking blade to bend backwards with a single blow. Here, Shirou blocks EMIYA's next contempt filled strike, Shirou's Bakuya is destroyed. Here, EMIYA's next contempt filled strike is blocked by Shirou's Kanshou, its bent from the impact. Here, EMIYA's last contempt filled strike sends Shirou flying as he tries to block it, the power behind it is comparable to Herakles, Shirou continues to stand as he endures the force of the strike.

Here, Shirou and EMIYA clash, Shirou's current attack, both mediocre and lacking in speed, has abandoned the fighting skills he picked up from EMIYA, but his blows are now heavier than ever before. Here, EMIYA parries the attack, he understands he will be killed by Shirou unless he attacks. Here, EMIYA and Shirou crash their swords into eachother's "in balance". Here, EMIYA has to take Shirou's attacks seriously, he repels Shirou's attack and aims to crush Shirou's skull

EMIYA vs Cu Chulainn

Day 3

Here, EMIYA rushes at Cu Chulainn, Cu thrusts his spear, and EMIYA parries the thrust. Here, Cu Chulainn closes in on Archer and the pair continue to exchange blows. Here, Cu Chulainn's spear thrusts are described as so fast that even the after images are blurred. Additionally, any one of his thrusts could be compared to a final blow. Here, EMIYA repels Cu Chulainn's strikes and begins to close in on him with speed superior to what Cu's been demonstrating so far with his attacks. Here, Cu's strikes get even faster, EMIYA is flicked away as he tries to parry, Cu's strikes are now considered final blows even for a Servant like EMIYA. Here, Cu increases his attack power further upon taking advantage of EMIYA's retreating parries. Here, EMIYA continues parrying, but Cu Chulainn manages to disarm him. Here, Cu thrusts with a speed Rin can't perceive at EMIYA with 3 strikes, only for EMIYA to project Kanshou and Bakuya to defend. Here, the final exchange of the fight, Cu's attacks grow faster and faster as EMIYA defends. Here, this final exchange has so far only lasted for an instant, but over 100 strikes have been thrown. EMIYA is disarmed a number of times as he marches towards Cu. Here, though EMIYA's speed is impressive, as Cu disengages, the speed he displayed is even more so. Here, Cu had disarmed EMIYA about 27 times, EMIYA managed to reproject one of his swords each time.

Day 14 (UBW)

Here, EMIYA and Cu clash, both their strikes were aimed to take the other's neck. Here, Cu's definition of "going easy" (he's not going easy). Here, Cu is able to break through EMIYA's defense each thrust in the previous exchange. Here, without being bound by Kirei's command spell, EMIYA now has to put up with Cu's full speed unimpeded by limitations. Here, EMIYA and Cu continue to clash, EMIYA can't see Cu's strikes despite his amazing eyesight. Here, EMIYA blocks Cu's strike, he's been able to do so through a combination of previous experience with Cu's fighting style from the first fight and controlling where Cu attacks by leaving fatal openings so he knows exactly where to block. Here, as Cu is still lost in the thrill of battle, EMIYA can easily think up at least 30 more fake fatal openings to exploit.

Here, EMIYA blocks another attack, Cu backs off from EMIYA. Cu's confused about how EMIYA's still in the fight and how he's been able to block so many of his full-force attacks. Here, Cu notes how ridiculous the notion he's going easy on EMIYA is and offers exposition into why. Here, the only context Cu's been holding back from EMIYA is using his Noble Phantasm, as that is how a battle between Servants is fought and measured (through their NP). Here, both Cu and EMIYA clash harder than before, both strikes are full-force attacks and are nullified by each other.

Here, EMIYA starts projecting Rho Aias after Cu's throw and completes his projection of Rho Aias before Gae Bolg can reach him.

EMIYA vs Medusa

w/Shinji Matou

Here, Medusa has been wounded by EMIYA, her wound isn't fatal, but she can't fight anymore as she is currently

w/Sakura Matou

Here, now with Sakura as her Master, Medusa's stomach wound has healed and she's back to being as powerful as she was fighting Hassan. Here, even with Sakura back as her Master, due to having only recently been Shinji's Servant Medusa lacks the magical energy to use Bellerophon.

Here, EMIYA's holding back from using Unlimited Blade Works or Broken Phantasm. Here, Rin didn't let EMIYA use his Noble Phantasm because she and Sakura are sisters.

Here, EMIYA charges Sakura, Medusa goes to defend her, both EMIYA and Medusa clash. Here, EMIYA is stronger than Medusa, but his output is down (the Bloodfort is eating away at his magical energy). Here, in terms of pure power, EMIYA is stronger than Medusa. Here, Medusa avoids EMIYA's strike, she moves in to counterattack. Here, EMIYA repels Medusa's strike and pushes her back. Here, the current fight is even, Medusa can't push EMIYA backwards and EMIYA can't push forwards. Here, though Medusa is weaker, EMIYA can't repel her and the Bloodfort is slowly draining him of magical energy.

EMIYA vs Medea

Here, Cu is baffled why EMIYA sided with Medea if he's so strong, he would have defeated her easily under Rin.

Day 6

Here, Medea explains how she's been gathering magical energy from the population of Fuyuki, how she made Ryuudo Temple into her workshop/territory, and that she's gathered magical energy from hundreds of people

Here, EMIYA repels Medea's light bullets with Kanshou and Bakuya. Here, Medea's light bullet scorched the ground red, has about 3 times Shirou's full magic capacity, and Shirou surmises EMIYA's body would have been blown away by a direct hit. Here, Medea's flying above head, EMIYA surmises she escaped his attack via teleportation or matter control. Medea's magic approaches Sorcery at her Ryuudo Temple territory. Here, Medea's shooting lights are compared to a bombing raid. Here, Medea's volley of light bullets are all A rank spells. Here, EMIYA deflects Medea's light bullets with Kanshou and Bakuya as he runs away from them. Here, EMIYA avoids Medea's rain of light bullets while carrying around Shirou. Here, Medea barely avoids the Kanshou and Bakuya EMIYA threw at her before she hit him with a time stop spell (she reacted to EMIYA's yell).

EMIYA vs Artoria Pendragon (Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5)

Day 3

Source

"Hey Saber. About Archer… have you noticed anything about him?"

"Archer?
…No, I know no more than you do.
It seems I am superior in simple battle, but I have not experienced his abilities nor his Noble Phantasm.
He is not one to look lightly upon just because we have defeated him once."

"…I see. Well, it really was only an instant.
And, well…"
…Back then.
When Saber attacked him, there was something strange about that moment.

I guess you could say it was a surprise attack that wasn't.
I think that red knight sensed Saber's presence beforehand.
But he froze when he saw Saber and couldn't react to Saber's attack.

"…Hey, Saber. Do you think he knows you? I feel that he took your blow that time because he was surprised by you yourself, and not by the attack."

As he is an archer, it is only natural for him to be inferior to me in hand-to-hand combat.
But still, he was too weak at that time.
I was guessing that he was not able to use his power due to some external factor

"

"Right? And I've seen him fight Lancer. Archer didn't go on the offensive, but his defense was out of this world. For him to take your first blow, I can only assume there was something wrong with him."

She must be angry at him for going easy on her, rather than at being able to beat him easily, as she glares at an enemy who isn't here.

Here, Rin asserts EMIYA went easy on Artoria during the first night they met, that someone as good at defending as EMIYA was wouldn't fall to only one attack from Artoria.

Here, EMIYA reacts to Artoria vaulting Shirou's residence wall, Rin couldn't react.

Day 14 (UBW weakened)

Here, weakened Artoria pushes Shirou out of the way of EMIYA's sword spam. Here, Artoria deflected some of EMIYA's sword spam. Here, EMIYA traps Rin in a circle of swords. Here, weakened Artoria charges EMIYA, they clash for a few blows before EMIYA overpowers her. Here, due to resisting Medea's command spell for so long, Artoria has no magical energy left, her body is already starting to disappear.

Day 14 (UBW contracted to Rin Tohsaka)

Here, Artoria regains her true powers by becoming Rin's servant (she's no longer nerfed like she was under Shirou). Here, with Rin as her master, Artoria would not even lose to Herakles as she is now. Here, EMIYA charges Artoria, attacks Artoria with all his might, Artoria repels EMIYA's blow and forces him to lose balance. Here, EMIYA blocks Artoria's strikes, he's left unable to counterattack. Here, the match ends fairly quick, EMIYA is forced to his knees and has to block Artoria's last vertical slash with both his swords. Here, Artoria muses EMIYA would have performed better had he not been running on fumes. Here, EMIYA is left with no magical energy due to the number of Noble Phantasms he used to end Medea's life (on top of already being depleted from fighting Cu Chulainn). Here, Artoria's sword in her current sword lock with EMIYA is loosened enough by EMIYA's words that EMIYA uses the opening to kick her 5 meters away.

EMIYA vs Cursed Arm Hassan

Here, Hassan goes to attack Shirou, EMIYA repels Hassan's attack and knocks him away with a kick to his side. Here, EMIYA and Hassan are clashing swords, EMIYA is entirely obstructing all of Hassan's efforts to follow Shirou and Illya. Here, Hassan is forced to retreat by EMIYA, he was unable to sustain his offensive efforts. Here, EMIYA and Hassan's attacks are matched, EMIYA even shoots down all of Hassan's dirks (not that this is due to Hassan's weakness). Here, EMIYA repels a multitude of dirks, EMIYA's fighting harder than ever, implied to be due to protecting Illya. Here, even Hassan's strongest attacks are repelled by EMIYA. Here, EMIYA cuts through Hassan's white skull mask with a single blow, Hassan is forced to retreat to save his life.

EMIYA vs Sasaki Kojirou

Here, Kojirou intercepts EMIYA's slash, parrying the strike, his counter aims for EMIYA's neck. Here, EMIYA deflects Kojirou's counterattack. Here, both EMIYA and Kojirou clash with eachother using amazing techniques. Here, EMIYA's technique is skilled enough to defend against Kojirou's own.

EMIYA vs Souichirou Kuzuki

Here, without Medea, Kuzuki's fists are no longer reinforced by magecraft, he's been substantially weakened from before. Here, while Kuzuki is still superhuman without Medea, he's fighting a Servant and superhuman alone isn't enough. Here, Kuzuki's fists haven't weakened, Kuzuki strikes at EMIYA's temple, EMIYA dodges and pierces Kuzuki's chest.

EMIYA vs Zouken Matou

Here, EMIYA bisects Zouken

Durability/Magic Resistance?

User: Archer

Twin short swords wielded by Archer. When both are equipped at the same time, they enhance the user’s anti-magic and anti-physical attributes, and their own rank as both weapons and Noble Phantasms increases. Further, warding texts are inscribed on the swords’ blades. Historically, the swords are purported to have been created during China’s Spring and Autumn Period. The swordsmith Gan Jiang was commissioned by the king of the time to make him a wonderful pair of swords. However, the swordsmith’s furnace was unable to even melt the metal. Worried about her husband, the swordsmith’s wife Mo Ye willingly threw herself into the furnace, and the heat of her sacrifice allowed the swords to be completed. The Yang sword was named “Ganjiang”, and the Yin sword “Moye”, after the married couple. However, when it came time to present his handiwork to the king, Gan Jiang handed over only the Moye sword, keeping the Ganjiang sword for himself. The king was furious when he discovered this deception, and had Gan Jiang killed.

Here, Rin summons EMIYA to her living room, an explosion ensues. Here, the end result of the explosion EMIYA was summoned through.

EMIYA vs Sakura Matou's/Angra Mainyu's Shadow

Here, EMIYA doesn't suffer from the Grail Mud's corruption as greatly as other pure Heroic Spirits due to being a Counter Guardian. He claims he's no different from the Grail Mud as he's not a pure Heroic Spirit. Here, EMIYA saves Rin from the Shadow's tentacles and endures being pierced by the Shadow's attack. Here, EMIYA's defeat is sealed by the Shadow's successful attack due to his nature as a Servant. Here, as the Shadow is about to explode, EMIYA removes the tentacles that pierced him and rushes over to Rin in order to protect her. Here, the Shadow explodes, a description of the power. Here, EMIYA successfully defended Rin, but he's been so weakened he may fade away at any moment. Here, EMIYA protecting and dying for Rin from Sakura's perspective. Here, despite his wounds, EMIYA was able to stick around long enough for Kotomine to complete the surgery that would graft his arm onto Shirou. Here, EMIYA's spiritual core (what anchors a Servant to their current summons) was damaged by the Shadow, he was otherwise relatively free of physical injury.

EMIYA vs Herakles

Here, Shirou's unable to read EMIYA's physical strength, its implied EMIYA could probably take at least a single strike from Herakles.

EMIYA vs Gilgamesh (Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5)

Here, EMIYA saves Shirou from Gilgamesh's Gate of Babylon Noble Phantasm spam, EMIYA is left skewered, but durable enough to prevent the weapons from pushing through his entire body to fly through Shirou as well. Here, a description of EMIYA's condition. Here, if it wasn't obvious, EMIYA was able to survive being skewered by Gilgamesh's Noble Phantasm spam.

EMIYA vs Shirou Emiya (General, Fate, UBW, HF, HA)

Here, defeating EMIYA mentally, EMIYA fails to defend against Shirou's last attack made with all his strength, Shirou stabs EMIYA in the chest.

EMIYA vs Cu Chulainn

Day 14 (UBW)

Here, EMIYA puts his "all his magical energy" into Rho Aias' last layer. Here, EMIYA has wounds all over his body from the clash. Here, Rho Aias was entirely pierced, EMIYA muses Cu's thrown Gae Bolg surpasses the original Gungir. Here, Cu's pissed off Rho Aias was able to block his strongest attack. Here, EMIYA notes accomplishing this feat cost him most of his magical energy, destroyed one of his arms, and Rho Aias was still shattered.

EMIYA vs Artoria Pendragon (Shirou Emiya; Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5)

Day 3

Here, Rin asserts EMIYA went easy on Artoria during the first night they met, that someone as good at defending as EMIYA was wouldn't fall to only one attack from Artoria.

Here, EMIYA eats a strike from Artoria as he pushes Rin out of the way. Here, from Shirou's perspective, Artoria broke EMIYA's guard in 1 strike and easily slash him.

Hollow Ataraxia

Here, Shirou readies the command spell 10 seconds before EMIYA's next shot, the power this command spell will grant Artoria is enough to fill her enormous Magic Circuit, thus bringing her back to the level of power she had in life (basically, a single command spell has the power to take Artoria from being handicapped by Shirou being her Master to the level of power she'd have under Rin). Here, Artoria's leap closes in on EMIYA, she strikes him with enough force to cause a massive rooftop explosion. Here, EMIYA's condition after Artoria's command spell fueled assault on his position at the Center Building. Here, despite his body having been intact, EMIYA begins to disappear having lost to Artoria (seems like she damaged his core rather than his body?).

EMIYA vs Medusa

w/Sakura Matou

Here, Mystic Eyes of Petrification are released by Medusa. Here, the effect Medusa's Mystic Eyes are having on EMIYA. Here, Medusa's Mystic Eyes exposition.

EMIYA vs Medea

Day 6

Here, EMIYA kicks Shirou away in time for Medea to catch him in a time stop spell. Here, EMIYA breaks free from Medea's time stop spell with his powers (presumably, he flexed his magical energy as his magic resistance is only D ranked).

EMIYA vs Souichirou Kuzuki

Here, alternatively, EMIYA tanks Kuzuki's strike to his temple, Kuzuki only moves EMIYA's head slight, EMIYA pierces Kuzuki's chest at the same time.

 

[ChaosTheory123]

So, Shirou Emiya?

Spoiler

Shirou Emiya (General, Fate, UBW, HF, HA)

Infinite Creation of Swords [Noble Phantasm, Magecraft]
Unlimited Blade Works
Though it is treated as a Noble Phantasm, technically speaking it is a type of sorcery called a reality marble.
Within this reality marble exists all the ingredients needed for the creation of swords. So long as Archer has seen the original, he is able to easily replicate it.
However, the replicated weapon has its rank reduced by one.
Replication of defensive armaments is also possible, but it requires two to three times more magical energy than a normal projection.
Once an armament has been replicated, it is registered inside the boundary field and can be manufactured with projection sorcery even without expanding the reality marble.
Against a normal opponent this is little more than a somewhat troublesome ability, but it is the natural enemy of a certain King of Heroes.

Q: Is it possible to recreate swords consumed or broken within the bounds of Unlimited Blade Works without the use of prana?

A: The prana expenditure required for the formation and upkeep of the Reality Marble would be continuous, but armaments already formed upon the deployment of the Reality Marble would be without cost. However, the recreation of items destroyed and the fresh creation of items not in existence at the time of deployment would expend significant amounts of prana.

Q: What is the limit of replication in UBW? The highest level of NP (sword types) is probably Ea, but while it might be impossible for Shirou, could Archer make it? Also, under the meaning of weapons, to what extent can he make modern weapons? Must it be only blade types or can he make guns and mobile weapons?

A: Divine constructs like Ea and Excalibur are non-replicable. There might be some degraded NPs with similar performance in stock though. Also, since sword is becoming his origin, the weapons that he has stored are fundamentally limited to close combat.

Q: During the Shirou VS. Rider scene in Saber’s route, why didn’t her daggers kill him? Was it because of the holy sheath embedded within his body? Or was it because his body had begun its swordification?

A: At that time, Shirou’s self-healing had already begun, but the nature of his regeneration was really quite indirect, “changing his muscles into blades in order to knit his wounds with swords.” That is actually what happened, regardless of what you saw during the scene in Saber’s route where Gilgamesh dealt him a mortal wound and Shirou appeared to have “masses of blades shaped like muscle fibers” in his body. So, Shirou’s innards are extremely durable. During the fight with Rider, she was able to injure Shirou with her stakes but it would have been more difficult and troublesome to fatally wound him, so she decided to kick him out the window instead.

Universally? Mind you, while feats will crossover from different routes in this section, that's only because they functionally demonstrate what he can do equivalently across each route.

Magecraft?

Here, If Shirou's magical energy capacity is 20-30 then Rin's is 500, with years of training she could double that. Here, Nasu tries numbers for Shirou's projection (5 units) and reinforcement (2 units). Here, EMIYA's ability to create Unlimited Blade Works costs magical energy several times Shirou's natural magical energy capacity.

Here, Shirou can sense "strong waves of magical energy". Here, Shirou describes the magical energy he can sense. Here, Shirou senses the Bloodfort of Medusa, but fails to recognize his intuition for what it is. Here, Shirou senses Medusa's Bloodfort, but doesn't recognize it for what it is and dismisses the feeling. Here, now knowing about the Bloodfort, Shirou recognizes that he can sense it around the school (he's awful at detecting magical energy, but sensitive to disorders in the world).

Here, Shirou senses and dodges Cu Chulainn's assassination attempt. Here, Shirou and Artoria senses Medusa's magical energy, but can't tell which direction or how far away it is. Here, Shirou, now able to sense Berserker's power, realizes how right fucked they are. Here, Shirou felt Rin's magical energy flare in anger.

Here, Reinforcement, Transformation, and Projection magecraft exposition.

False Circuit Creation

Here, Shirou Emiya describes the process by which he creates a magic circuit. Here, if Shirou Emiya fucks up placing his artifical magic circuit, it can prove fatal and eat away at his body. Here, this circuit takes him an hour to form.

Structural Grasp

Here, Shirou Emiya uses structural grasp (psychometry) to figure out how to fix a problem with an old electric heater. Here, Shirou's particularly talented with psychometry and projecting what he reads to make a copy, though Kiritsugu considered his ability (projection) worthless as far back as his first use.

Here, Shirou was able to tell Gilgamesh's Gate of Babylon Noble Phantasm spam wasn't made up of fake Noble Phantasm. Here, exposition about how Shirou can tell Gil's NP are real.

Reinforcement

Here, Before activating his 27 dormant natural magic circuits, Shirou's success rate with Reinforcement was below 0.1%

Here, Shirou's strengthening magecraft takes a minute to complete (Nasu, at least try to make this believable when shown next to his combat showings).

Failures

vs Practicing

Here, Shirou Emiya fails to use strengthening magic as he practices on a metal pipe to reinforce its durability. Here, Shirou's attempt to reinforce the lamp breaks it. Here, despite having his magic circuit activated, Shirou fails to reinforce all 30 lamps Rin brought to train him with. Here, Shirou cracks a wooden plank upon trying to reinforce it. Here, using reinforcement on 20 lamps, Shirou broke half and the other half showed no change, half those that didn't break had magical energy successfully channeled into them. Here, Shirou practices strengthening magic on some kind of ether clump clay, Shirou only succeeds 2 in 10 times, seems like being Artoria's Master made his magecraft easier to use.

Successes

vs Cu Chulainn (Day 3)

Here, Shirou Emiya uses reinforcement on the poster Taiga gave him earlier. Here, the poster has been enhanced to the point it has become as hard as metal. Here, Shirou uses the poster as a one time shield against Cu's last strike, the blow sends Shirou flying into the interior wall of the shed.

vs Blackened Herakles w/EMIYA's Arm restrained (Day 15 HF)

Here, Kotomine gives Shirou a Black Key + description. Here, Black Key exposition, it should be of some use against a Servant due to its magical nature. Here, Shirou readies the Black Key and creates a magic circuit at 200 miles per hour (like... literally? as in it goes into his spine at that speed?). Here, Shirou reinforced the Black Key. Here, Herakles bent the Black Key Shirou reinforced to be as strong as diamond with one blow.

vs Herakles (Day 11 Fate)

Here, Herakles starts to swing at Shirou. Shirou picks up and reinforces the durability of a piece of his broken bow, he blocks Herakles strike with it. The piece of bow breaks. His body collapses from the impact.

vs Rin Tohsaka (Day 5 UBW)

Here, Shirou's reiforcement of a desk for protection vs Rin's more powerful curse. Here, Shirou's reinforcement on the desk only serves to protect him for 3 seconds before he needs to recast it on the desk. Here, the strengthening magic Shirou did to the desk vs Rin earlier was the best magic he had accomplished up to that point in his life.

vs Medusa (Shinji Matou; Day 9 HF)

Here, Shirou uses reinforcement on his clothing and body. Unless Shirou strengthens his uniform into something as strong as steel and his body into something even stronger, Medusa's next attack will kill him.

Bizarrely, on the same route though? Here, Shirou charges as much magical energy as he can into his feet, claiming he can't reinforce his body.

Mind you, he can clearly use it on his body in Hollow Ataraxia and he's shown doing it vs Medusa, so I'm going to assume Nasu just kind of forgot what he wrote between sessions *shrugs*

Here, Shirou was going to use reinforcement magecraft on his legs were his initial attempts at escaping the box to fail. Here, Shirou uses reinforcement magecraft to enhance his eyesight to the point he's able to lock gazes with EMIYA from 4 kilometers away.

vs Medusa (Shinji Matou; Day 5 UBW)

Here, Shirou successfully reinforces a chair leg's durability to use it as a weapon.

vs Souichirou Kuzuki (Day 9 UBW)

Here, Shirou reinforces his wooden sword. Here, Kuzuki destroyed Shirou's wooden sword despite being reinforced to the extent that it was like metal.

vs Zouken Matou (Day 8 HF)

Here, Shirou successfully reinforces some wooden stick.

vs Shinji Matou (Day 9 Fate)

Here, Shirou manages to successfully reinforce a mop's durability. Here, Shirou physically overpowers Shinji's shadow blade magecraft. The mop breaks from the impact.

vs Dragon Tooth Warriors (Day 7 UBW)

Here, Shirou strengthens a pair of chair legs to use as weapons.

vs Practicing

Here, Shirou successfully reinforces the wooden sword. Here, Shirou strengthens a wooden sword, it takes him a few minutes.

Alteration

Here, Shirou successfully uses Alteration on a branch he found to replicate EMIYA's bow. He deems it to not be even close in quality.

Projection

Here, Shirou Emiya makes another allusion to his ability to project replica objects as a means of practice and to calm himself down over failure at reinforcement. Here, Rin describes the process by which Shirou does projection. Here, Shirou/EMIYA projection limitation exposition. Here, Projection and why Shirou's tend to break exposition.

Here, more dodging, Nasu tries to convince us Shirou needs a minute to project Caliburn when he's done so in a span of time as small as Herakles midattack (even if he did, why didn't his dumbass just project Caliburn before entering the fucking battlefield?).

Nasu also does this in UBW btw.

Here, Nasu tries to convince us Shirou needs a minute to use Projection again (maybe try not to have him need to accomplish it before an impending attack reduces him to a smear if you want this to be a real thing?)

Physical strength and speed?

Shirou Emiya vs Medusa (Shinji Matou)

Day 9 (HF)

Here, Medusa is to go easy on Shirou, this is shown by the fact she's fighting unarmed. Here, Medusa dashes at Shirou, Shirou raises his arms to defend, Shirou's arm has to endure a strike from Medusa that numbs his arm. Here, Shirou protects his face with his damaged arms from Medusa's next strike. He needs to focus on this as he can't see her movements. Here, Medusa strikes Shirou in the chest with her most powerful attack so far, she sends Shirou flying towards Shinji. Here, Shirou timed it so he'd jump backwards at the moment of impact, Medusa's last attack wasn't meant to kill him. Here, Shirou twists in the air, grabs Shinji's knife by the blade, and punches Shinji in the face.

Shirou Emiya vs Angra Mainyu/Sakura Matou's Shadow

Here, the Shadow's attack lances out 10s of meters to Rin, Shirou is able to push her out of the way before it lands and gets hit himself.

Shirou Emiya vs Artoria Pendragon (Shirou Emiya; Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5) and EMIYA (Part 1, Part 2)

Here, EMIYA is on a rooftop 100s of meters away readying Caladbolg II for attack. Here, Shirou rushes out of cover, he's fast enough to finish this that Artoria hasn't completed her charge at Herakles.

Shirou Emiya vs Cu Chulainn

Here, Shirou senses and dodges Cu Chulainn's assassination attempt. Here, Shirou barely defends against Cu Chulainn's second strike with his poster sword. Here, Shirou blocks the next strike through instinct. Here, Cu's next strike is also blocked, but it bends the reinforced poster. Here, Shirou barely manages to budge Cu's lance with a sword strike of his own. Shirou realizes how much Cu's been playing with him so far. Here, Shirou escapes through the window, Cu pursues, Shirou instinctively deflects Cu's next strike.

Shirou Emiya vs Sakura Matou

Here, Medusa emits some kind of red wave of magical energy spear (apparently, this is one of Sakura's unconscious magical attacks), its aimed and fired at Rin. Here, Shirou saves Rin from the attack, he's impaled by it instead of her.

Durability/Resistances?

Here, EMIYA affirms Avalon aides Shirou even though his contract with Artoria no longer exists. This is probably due to being near by to her. Here, Shirou can heal from a missing stomach/midsection in about 10 minutes due to Avalon.

Here, Shirou senses Medusa throwing her dagger at Rin, he successfully blocks the attack with his arm, its been pierced. Here, by the time Shirou and Rin reach her house, his wound to his arm has almost healed completely.

Here, Avalon is healing Shirou after the fight, Shirou complains about how Avalon seems to be prioritizing the types of wounds to heal first.

Shirou Emiya vs Medusa (Shinji Matou)

Day 9 (Fate)

Here, Medusa activates the Bloodfort. Shirou describes how its effecting him without his Magic Circuit activated. Here, how the general population in the school is effected by the immediate activation of the Bloodfort. Here, Shinji was able to have Medusa activate the Bloodfort early, so the effects are muted compared to how it would act at full preparation.

Day 9 (HF)

Here, Medusa's next strike hits Shirou's strengthened arm and penetrates through his strengthened uniform with a force trying to break it. Here, Shirou's arms have been rendered numb by Medusa's previous attacks though he can still move them. Here, Medusa continues her merciless beating of Shirou. Here, Medusa hits Shirou in the stomach and chest. These attacks are weaker than the ones she used to numb his arms. Here, were Medusa as strong as she was under Sakura a single blow from her should have torn Shirou in half. Here, Medusa's going easy on Shirou in the sense that she doesn't aim for his head. Here, that Medusa appears to be going easy on Shirou is rather an effect of Shinji's inability to supply her with magical energy like Sakura. The amount of magical energy a Servant has is directly proportionate to how powerful they are. Here, another punch to Shirou's stomach from Medusa. Here, Medusa continues the assault, she avoids hitting Shirou's vitals and rather aims for shots that destroy his body. Here, Shirou endures a final strike before Medusa's last one.

Shirou Emiya vs Cursed Arm Hassan

Here, Shirou charges and attacks Zouken with his reinforced stick. Here, Shirou's attack in transit, Hassan obstructs Shirou's attack and kicks him in the stomach and sends him flying into the wall.

Shirou Emiya vs Sakura Matou's/Angra Mainyu's Shadow

Here, Shirou's description of what its like after being hit by the Shadow's attack. Here, Shirou had only fainted from the attack for about 10 seconds. Here, EMIYA surmises Shirou survived because he didn't touch the main body.

Here, Bad End 25, basically implies Shirou survived Night 7 because Sakura withdrew quickly enough for Shirou not to die from the curses of Angra Mainyu (think of the curse as damage over time, he has resistance feats, just not so much that he can survive it indefinitely).

Shirou Emiya vs EMIYA (Part 1, Part 2)

Here, Shirou's back is pierced by shrapnel kicked up from Caladbolg II's detonation. Here, Shirou starts to regenerate the wound on his back.

Shirou Emiya vs Cu Chulainn

Here, Shirou eats a round house kick from Cu that sends him flying against his shed wall 20 meters away. Here, Shirou uses the poster as a one time shield against Cu's last strike, the blow sends Shirou flying into the interior wall of the Shed.

Shirou Emiya vs Sakura Matou

Here, Shirou saves Rin from the attack, he's impaled by it instead of her. Here, the attack that was aimed at Rin that Shirou saved her from was Sakura's magical attack. Here, Matou magecraft exposition and why the attack was aimed at Rin (she had the most magical energy there), Shirou's magical energy was drained instead for taking the attack.

Shirou Emiya vs Illyasviel von Einzbern

Here, Illya's Mystic Eyes of Binding. Here, Illya basically leaves Shirou blind and numb. He can sort of feel his body burning, that's about it. Here, Mystic Eye exposition. Here, Shirou dispells the effects of Illya's Mystic Eyes of Binding by circulating the magic energy in his magic circuit.

 

[ChaosTheory123]

So, Shirou Emiya (Fate)?

Spoiler

Shirou Emiya (General, Fate, UBW, HF, HA)

Now where everything deviates

Fate Route (Post Day 8)

Here, Rin can prepare a jewel for Shirou to swallow, this allows for her to forcibly open his dormant circuits and turn on his switch. Here, exposition on how Shirou's always had a dormant magic circuit and the way he was taught was incorrect. Here, Shirou flips the switch to his newly activated Magic Circuit for the first time. Here, his magic circuit active, Shirou's physical abilities are vastly higher now.

Projection?

Here, a definitive sample of the potential weapons Shirou has available to project in Fate (the route, not the franchise).

Here, Shirou sees Medea's Noble Phantasm, Rule Breaker (potentially something he can project in the Fate route if he so chooses [hard to say, the Master's Status menu doesn't record Rule Breaker this route despite him seeing the thing]). Here, Shirou IDs Dainsleif, Harpe, Durandal, Vajra, Caladbolg, and Gae Bolg (so, he's able to project them in the Fate route if he so chooses [and this is the original Caladbolg, not EMIYA's modified Caladbolg II]). Here, Shirou has the opportunity to see and collect 1000 of Gilgamesh's Noble Phantasm into UBW for future projection prospects. Here, Shirou once more has the opportunity to record hundreds of Gilgamesh's Noble Phantasms into his fledgling UBW.

Avalon

Here, Shirou helps reconstruct Avalon to give back to Artoria, the steps to do so are similar to projection.

vs Grail Mud/Angra Mainyu

Here, Kotomine prepares a curse from the Grail so strong to attack Shirou with that it is visible. Here, the same curse that did Kiritsugu Emiya in, Kotomine attacks Shirou with Angra Mainyu. Here, the curse of Angra Mainyu is the ultimate black light. Here, Gilgamesh offers exposition on the Curse of Angra Mainyu. Here, Artoria offers exposition on the curse Shirou was just hit by. Here, Shirou's experience inside the curse of Angra Mainyu.

Here, Kotomine attacks with the curse of Angra Mainyu once more. Here, Shirou is engulfed by the curse of Angra Mainyu. Here, Shirou projects a copy of Avalon (able to project it without going through his 8 step process), the damage the curse ravaged his body with is entirely reversed and the curse is destroyed. Here, again, grabbing Avalon dispels the curse and expelled the curse from his body.

vs Gae Bolg

Here, Cu Chulainn stabs Shirou with Gae Bolg once more. Here, Cu notes this time, while stabbing Shirou, he also imparted the curse of the lance onto him. Here, in spite of Gae Bolg's curse, Shirou's wounds start healing once he's in close proximity to Artoria. Here, Artoria restores magical energy to Avalon, Shirou's curse wound from Gae Bolg should only take half a day to heal. Here, it is only due to Shirou's contract with Artoria that he can use Avalon as he does to achieve his current "immortality".

vs Merodach/Gram

Here, as Gilgamesh's attack is in transit, Shirou projects Avalon and Saber joins hands with him to further increase its power. Here, the power of Merodach/Gram's version of Caliburn's attack was reflected back at Gilgamesh by Avalon, Gilgamesh is slightly wounded and his armor damaged at the shoulder from the impact. Here, Artoria is completed healed from Ea's wounds due to Avalon only a short time after coming into contact with Shirou. Here, Shirou's regenerating from Avalon kicks into high gear, his formerly fatal wounds begin healing.

Caliburn

vs Gilgamesh (Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5)

Here, Shirou projects Caliburn once more. Here, only 4 meters separate Shirou and Gilgamesh. Here, Shirou blocks Gilgamesh's strike. Here, Shirou parries a barrage of strikes from Gilgamesh due to his bullshit mimic powers. Here, Shirou can only keep up with his bullshit mimic powers for only so long, each strike numbs his hands as he slowly starts to fall behind the speed of the Sword's swings. Here, had Gilgamesh kept attacking, Shirou figures he'd have only lasted a few more seconds.

vs Herakles

Here, Shirou successfully projects a decent copy of Caliburn. Here, using his bullshit mimic powers, Caliburn attacks using Shirou's body and slices off Herakles' arm. Here, Caliburn breaks from the impact, the Projection needs refined.

Here, Herakles begins to swing his Axe-Sword at Shirou, the sword is swung with the intention to really kill Shirou this time. Here, Herakles attack in transit, Shirou uses a partially formed Projection of Caliburn, Shirou proves able to block Herakles strikes. Here, Shirou successfully completes the process of projection and made a stronger version of Caliburn. Here, Shirou wielding Caliburn is able to block numerous blows from Herakles.

Here, Shirou's bullshit mimic powers fail him, what he was doing unconsciously before and letting him easily block Herakles attacks leaves him open to be flung away by Herakles next attack. The senses in his arms are gone, his wrist is about to be torn away as a result of the previous exchange.

Physical strength and speed?

Shirou Emiya vs Kirei Kotomine

Here, the Azoth dagger Rin gives Shirou is weak compared to her jewels.

Here, there is about 10 meters between Shirou and Kotomine. Here, Shirou begins to charge forward, he's instead forced to dodge Grail Mude tendrils that reacted to his movement. Here, Shirou dodges more Grail Mud tendrils. Here, the number of Grail Mud tendrils continues to increase for Kotomine to attack with. Here, Kotomine releases the Grail Mud tendrils at Shirou. Here, Shirou avoids an attack from a Grail Mud tendril. Here, more dodging. Here, Kotomine keeps up the pressure with more tendrils, Shirou dodges them. They're slow compared to Artoria's shinai from their training. Here, Shirou's difficulty comes from having to dodge 10s of them at once.

Here, Shirou's speed upon being released from the darkness of the curse is described as like being a shooting star (flowery as hell, but eh). Here, Shirou stabs Kotomine with Rin's Azoth dagger. Here, Shirou punches the Azoth dagger in Kotomine's chest with a fist embued with all the magical energy he has left in his body to activate the dagger's attack. Here, the aftermath.

Shirou Emiya vs Gilgamesh (Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5)

Here, Gilgamesh begins his attack against Shirou with Merodach/Gram's version of Caliburn's attack again. Here, as Gilgamesh's attack is in transit, Shirou projects Avalon and Saber joins hands with him to further increase its power.

Shirou Emiya vs Herakles

Here, Shirou eats a hit from Herakles frozen Axe-sword, Shirou managed to block with his bow, but it broke from the impact. One of Shirou's arms was bent like a spider's from the impact and breathing hurts him now. Here, Shirou partially dodges a strike from Herakles, it breaks his leg. Here, Herakles starts to swing at Shirou. Shirou picks up and reinforces the durability of a piece of his broken bow, he blocks Herakles strike with it. The piece of bow breaks. His body collapses from the impact.

Here, Herakles begins to swing his Axe-Sword at Shirou, the sword is swung with the intention to really kill Shirou this time. Here, Herakles attack in transit, Shirou uses a partially formed Projection of Caliburn, Shirou proves able to block Herakles strikes.

Shirou Emiya vs Shinji Matou

Here, Shirou is able to keep his cool and dodge around Shinji's weird shadow magecraft blades (they're much slower than anything Saber hits him with in their spars). Here, Shirou senses Medusa was about to attack him and he successfully avoids taking the attack to his arm. Here, Shirou's retreat is quick enough to reduce fatal blows into strikes he can endure. Here, while he can't see her, Shirou's body seems to be able to at least react out of fear of death.

Here, Shirou manages to successfully reinforce a mop's durability. Here, Shirou physically overpowers Shinji's shadow blade magecraft. The mop breaks from the impact. Here, Shinji endures a couple punches from Shirou. Here, Shirou breaks Shinji's arm with a kick. Here, Shirou feels as if the magical energy flowing through him gives him the strength to break Shinji's neck with his grip.

Shirou Emiya vs Medusa (Shinji Matou)

Here, Shinji commands Medusa to kill Shirou, Shirou can't dodge the attack aimed at his head, but moves enough to have her not inflict a fatal wound. Here, Shirou is able to avoid the strike from Medusa due to Artoria's warning.

Shirou Emiya vs Medea

Here, Shirou reacts to and charges after Artoria's dash towards Medea before she can strike at her. Here, in the time it takes Medea to swing her arm, Shirou is able to place his body between the attack and Artoria.

Shirou Emiya vs Dragon Tooth Warriors

Here, Shirou dodges and parries a strike from a Dragon Tooth warrior. Here, with strikes like a feather touch compared to those of Herakles, the Dragon Tooth Warrior finds its strike once more parried by Shirou. Artoria then demolishes it. Here, Shirou and Artoria strike at/take down more Dragon Tooth Warriors. Here, the Dragon Tooth Warriors damage Shirou's house with every attack they make. Here, even with his wooden sword reinforced in durability by his magic energy, it won't last much longer fighting the Dragon Tooth Warriors. Here, Shirou parries more attacks from Dragon Tooth Warriors

Durability/Resistances?

Shirou Emiya vs Kirei Kotomine

Here, Shirou's already had to endure being struck by Grail Mud tendrils. Here, seems like Shirou took an attack to his back? Here, any part of Shirou's body that had been covered by mud has been numbed. Here, Shirou trips, it seems he tripped because his ankle became unbelieveably blackened. Here, Kotomine decides to torture Shirou, having Shirou strung up with Grail Mud tendril chains. Here, the blood in his right ankle is clotted, the ankle itself has been filled with Grail Mud, if he forces it to move with magical energy the muscles in it will tear. Here, Shirou forces himself to move, the magical energy he pushes into his ankle causes it to tear.

Here, Kotomine prepares a curse from the Grail so strong to attack Shirou with that it is visible. Here, the same curse that did Kiritsugu Emiya in, Kotomine attacks Shirou with Angra Mainyu. Here, the curse of Angra Mainyu is the ultimate black light. Here, Gilgamesh offers exposition on the Curse of Angra Mainyu. Here, Artoria can feel Shirou is weak, but still alive, after being hit by Angra Mainyu. Here, Artoria offers exposition on the curse Shirou was just hit by. Here, Shirou's experience inside the curse of Angra Mainyu. Here, remembering this curse is what killed Kiritsugu renews Shirou's strength to resist. Here, the power of love/friendship reminds him to resist even further. Here, Shirou is able to escape the ultimate curse of the Holy Grail.

Shirou Emiya vs Gilgamesh (Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5)

Here, Shirou endures a strike from some hammer Noble Phantasm from Gilgamesh's Gate of Babylon (Gilgamesh was not trying to kill Shirou).

Here, Shirou begins to overclock his magical energy in order to get back into the fight. Here, Shirou's body reinforces itself through UBW swords stitching back together. Here, Shirou's overclocked body is now patched up enough to stand back up to fight. Here, Gilgamesh attacks with Merodach/Gram's version of the attack Caliburn used to kill Herakles, Shirou's Caliburn goes to clash with it, Caliburn breaks on impact. Here, Shirou's body was split from left shoulder to waist by Merodach/Gram's version of Caliburn's attack. Here, Shirou's body was reinforced by UBW swords stitching it together enough that he was praised by Gilgamesh for his durability (as he was able to keep his body from being blown apart by Merodach/Gram's version of Caliburn's attack like Gilgamesh was expecting to happen).

Shirou Emiya vs Herakles

Here, Shirou smacks Herakles with his bow, it does nothing and Shirou numbs his hands from the force he hit Herakles with instead. Here, Shirou eats a hit from Herakles frozen Axe-sword, Shirou managed to block with his bow, but it broke from the impact. One of Shirou's arms was bent like a spider's from the impact and breathing hurts him now. Here, Shirou partially dodges a strike from Herakles, it breaks his leg. Here, Herakles starts to swing at Shirou. Shirou picks up and reinforces the durability of a piece of his broken bow, he blocks Herakles strike with it. The piece of bow breaks. His body collapses from the impact.

Here, Shirou's bullshit mimic powers fail him, what he was doing unconsciously before and letting him easily block Herakles attacks leaves him open to be flung away by Herakles next attack. The senses in his arms are gone, his wrist is about to be torn away as a result of the previous exchange.

Shirou Emiya vs Medusa (Shinji Matou)

Here, Shinji tells Medusa to not restrain herself. Here, Shirou endures an attack from Medusa. Here, Shirou appears to block a strike aimed for his neck in time for Medusa to stab his blocking arm. Here, Shirou endures being cut by Medusa's strikes numerous times.

Here, Medusa hits Shirou's shoulder. Shirou's body had already started to self heal, so the muscles that were being knit together by swords causes Medusa's dagger to break on impact. Medusa muses she can't kill Shirou with her dagger. Here, Shirou endures a roundhouse kick from Medusa out the window. Here, Medusa's kick tossed him a few dozen meters away. Here, Shirou survives hitting the ground if he summons Artoria (here, in the bad end, he doesn't, his body overproduces the swords for some reason... the fuck's the difference?). Here, the Tiger Dojo confirms Shirou would normally die from Medusa's kick without his body reinforcing itself with swords.

 

[ChaosTheory123]

So, Shirou Emiya (UBW)?

Spoiler

Shirou Emiya (General, Fate, UBW, HF, HA)

Unlimited Blade Works (Post Day 3)

Yeah, it deviates early on account of EMIYA not being injured and letting Shirou start gaining his skills earlier on.

Though it's only first overtly noted on day 7. Shirou only figures it out himself fully on day 10.

Here, Shirou's improved drastically from his exposure from EMIYA and adopting his combat technique when sparring Artoria. Here, Shirou realizes his fast growth since the Holy Grail War started is due to copying EMIYA. Here, Shirou tries to avoid thinking about the fact EMIYA is the reason both his magecraft and swordsmanship have improved so much in 10 days

Worth noting is he only has his innate 27 circuits activate on day 9.

Here, EMIYA informs Shirou he has his own magic circuit that he forced open back when he projected Kanshou and Bakuya vs Kuzuki (basically, he now has the circuits to use Rin helped him access in the Fate route through gem magecraft)

Projection?

Here, a definitive sample of the potential weapons Shirou has available to project in Unlimited Blade Works (the route, not the Reality Marble).

Here, Shirou sees Caladbolg II, adding it to his fledgling UBW. Here, Medea swings Rule Breaker at Shirou (he gets to record it into UBW), Artoria rushes her and deflects her attack. Here, Shirou gets to add Gilgamesh's spammed NP to his fledgling UBW and is able to tell all the NP are real through structural grasp. Here, Gilgamesh continues to overwhelm Herakles by throwing holy and demonic swords at him while also not retreating (Shirou’s watching). Here, Gilgamesh fire 22 Noble Phantasm at Herakles to finish him off, Shirou muses Herakles has been killed the equivalent of 20 times during the fight. Here, with God Hand no more, Herakles' final death comes from Gae Bolg (Shirou’s watching). Here, EMIYA has numerous Noble Phantasm ready to fire at Kuzuki (Shirou’s watching), Medea senses them over his head, Medea moves to protect Kuzuki. Here, EMIYA deploys Unlimited Blade Works despite apparently running on fumes (giving Shirou the amazing chance of seeing and copying most of his bullshit).

Unlimited Blade Works

Infinite Creation of Swords [Noble Phantasm, Magecraft]

Unlimited Blade Works
Though it is treated as a Noble Phantasm, technically speaking it is a type of sorcery called a reality marble.
Within this reality marble exists all the ingredients needed for the creation of swords. So long as Archer has seen the original, he is able to easily replicate it.
However, the replicated weapon has its rank reduced by one.
Replication of defensive armaments is also possible, but it requires two to three times more magical energy than a normal projection.
Once an armament has been replicated, it is registered inside the boundary field and can be manufactured with projection sorcery even without expanding the reality marble.
Against a normal opponent this is little more than a somewhat troublesome ability, but it is the natural enemy of a certain King of Heroes.

Q: Is it possible to recreate swords consumed or broken within the bounds of Unlimited Blade Works without the use of prana?

A: The prana expenditure required for the formation and upkeep of the Reality Marble would be continuous, but armaments already formed upon the deployment of the Reality Marble would be without cost. However, the recreation of items destroyed and the fresh creation of items not in existence at the time of deployment would expend significant amounts of prana.

Q: What is the limit of replication in UBW? The highest level of NP (sword types) is probably Ea, but while it might be impossible for Shirou, could Archer make it? Also, under the meaning of weapons, to what extent can he make modern weapons? Must it be only blade types or can he make guns and mobile weapons?

A: Divine constructs like Ea and Excalibur are non-replicable. There might be some degraded NPs with similar performance in stock though. Also, since sword is becoming his origin, the weapons that he has stored are fundamentally limited to close combat.

Q: Is it possible to recreate swords consumed or broken within the bounds of Unlimited Blade Works without the use of prana?

A: The prana expenditure required for the formation and upkeep of the Reality Marble would be continuous, but armaments already formed upon the deployment of the Reality Marble would be without cost. However, the recreation of items destroyed and the fresh creation of items not in existence at the time of deployment would expend significant amounts of prana.

Q: What is the limit of replication in UBW? The highest level of NP (sword types) is probably Ea, but while it might be impossible for Shirou, could Archer make it? Also, under the meaning of weapons, to what extent can he make modern weapons? Must it be only blade types or can he make guns and mobile weapons?

A: Divine constructs like Ea and Excalibur are non-replicable. There might be some degraded NPs with similar performance in stock though. Also, since sword is becoming his origin, the weapons that he has stored are fundamentally limited to close combat.

Noble Phantasm
■ Unlimited Blade Works: Infinite Creation of Swords
Rank: E- ~ A++
Type: Anti-Unit
Range: 30 ~ 66
Maximum number of targets: ???

EX Rank Noble Phantasms are in principle impossible to replicate. (However, in the circumstance where the support of the original owner exists, replication becomes possible.

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Infinite Creation of Swords [Noble Phantasm]
Archer's noble phantasm. A barren wasteland lined with a thousand blades. A great ritual deployed using eight lines of projection. A type of old world magecraft, called a reality marble, which manifests the internal world of the caster and writes it over the world for a small amount of time. All of the weapons Archer can project are there and in this space he doesn't have to project them from scratch, instead he can immediately pull out the weapons sticking out of the ground.
In EXTRA, the conditions for where wrought iron is possible are boosted so projection of holy-sword class weaponry is possible, though their performance is inferior.
Okay truth is, I was surprised to find that the staff in charge of the 3D had made animation for Excalibur being projected while I was looking the other way.
Well it is new animation after all and there's no reason to reject it. So long as it's a degraded version, I guess it's okay.

Here, a description of Unlimited Blade Works. Here, Reality Marble description. Here, Unlimited Blade Works lets EMIYA reproduce and store any weapon he sees the original version of. Here, EMIYA's ability to create Unlimited Blade Works costs magical energy several times Shirou's natural magical energy capacity.

Here, Every time Shirou and EMIYA clash, more and more of EMIYA's skills and abilities leak into Shirou to refine his own. Here, EMIYA states the more Shirou ends up fighting him, the more Shirou's abilities will improve as their clashing is similar to a form of magic that lets one acquire skills from a past life by possessing a previous self.

vs Gilgamesh (Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5)

Here, Gilgamesh's power comes from the number of Noble Phantasm he has stored in the Gate of Babylon. Here, Rin surmises Gilgamesh sees EMIYA and Shirou as threats, that EMIYA would be a match for Gilgamesh's Gate of Babylon.

Here, Shirou starts his Unlimited Blade Works chant. Here, description of just how absurd the magical energy Shirou is using to conjure Unlimited Blade Works is. Here, description of Shirou's Unlimited Blade Works.

Rho Aias

Rho Aias [Noble Phantasm]
The Seven Rings that Cover the Fiery Heavens.
In Greek mythology, the shield used by the hero Aias during the Trojan War.
It was a bronze shield covered by seven layers of ox hide, and the only thing that proved capable of stopping the javelin of the great hero of Troy, Hector. (Though it managed to penetrate six layers of ox hide, the seventh layer was unbroken.)
Afterward, its fame spread, and its existence was eventually sublimed into a "conceptual armament" boasting absolute defensive power against thrown weapons.
It is the only defensive armament Archer can use proficiently.
The Rho Aias that protected Shirou's spellcasting during the finale of the Rin route was not something he projected himself, but was actually made by Archer who was watching the battle from a distance.

vs Gate of Babylon (7 petals)

Here, Gilgamesh has about 30 Noble Phantasm ready to release from Gate of Babylon. Here, Shirou starts his Unlimited Blade Works chant. Here, Gilgamesh fires his Noble Phantasms, Shirou pulls the 7 petaled Rho Aias from UBW to defend himself against them. Here, Shirou's 7 petaled Rho Aias defends against Gilgamesh's attack, though they do manage to pierce the petals somewhat with each impact. Here, Shirou can't tell if the vast magical energy he's channeling or the fact Gate of Babylon's attacks aren't penetrating Rho Aias is what surprises Gilgamesh. Here, seems Gil's shock is about the fact Rho Aias is so durable.

And, obviously, anything another incarnation of Shirou can accomplish with fewer petals of Rho Aias would be applicable to Shirou here.

vs Excalibur Morgan (4 petals, w/EMIYA's Arm)

Here, Excalibur Morgan vs Bellerophon begins. Here, the two attacks collide, beginning contention for supremacy. Here, Shirou's perception of time slows to a crawl, he compares it to stopped time/an instant as eternity. Here, without support from Shirou's Rho Aias, Medusa's Bellerophon has no chance of winning over Excalibur Morgan. Here, Shirou projects 4 petaled Rho Aias. Here, Excalibur Morgan and Bellerophon are still competing. If Shirou were to stop projecting Rho Aias now, Bellerophon would lose and Medusa would be vaporized in an instant. Here, with each petal of Rho Aias that Excalibur Morgan breaks, the balance between Excalibur Morgan and Bellerophon shifts as Excalibur Morgan has to expend energy to break the petals. Upon the last petal breaking Bellerophon overcomes Excalibur Morgan. Here, Rho Aias and Bellerophon barely had the edge of Excalibur Morgan, Excalibur Morgan had offset about 90% of Bellerophon's light/power (here, for breakdown of minimum amount of power Rho Aias had to endure from Excalibur Morgan).

vs Hrunting (4 petals Hollow/Ataraxia)

Here, one second after using his command spell, Shirou projects 4 Petaled Rho Aias to defend against Hrunting. Here, EMIYA describes how he perceived Shirou's efforts at defending against Hrunting. Here, EMIYA could still win, Shirou's Rho Aias was broken and Hrunting still remains in flight and able to return to strike Shirou. Here, Shirou used up all his magical energy countering EMIYA's Hrunting.

Kanshou and Bakuya

Gan Jiang and Mo Ye [Noble Phantasms]
Kansho-Byakuya.
The Yin-Yang paired swords which Archer favoured.
The swords forged by the famed swords smith Kansho of Wu, during the Spring Autumn period of China.
Kansho received orders from the King of Wu to forge the imperial sword, however, he could not think of ways to forge swords that fit such orders. He was really frustrated and desperate.
Seeing this situation, his wife Byakuya decided to gamble her own life.
In order to forge items reaching the realm of Gods, sacrificing of human lives is absolutely necessary.
Thus Byakua hurled herself into the furnace in front of the husband she loved, using her own life to help the Essence of Five Mountains and the Metal of Six Heroes meld.
Kansho forged the two swords in grief.
These are Kansho and Byakuya, a pair of twin swords that reflect Yin and Yang.
Since they were forged with the best materials and human life, their abilities as swords are great. In addition, they also have aspects as magical weapons used in Witchcraft and Rituals.
It is unknown why Archer chose to carve what seems to be spells of warding all over the swords."

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Gan Jiang (Kansho) • Mo Ye (Byakuya)
Their shape is absolutely identical. The black blade is (somehow) the Yang sword Kanshou, and the white is the Yin sword Bakuya. The ore of the white has less of the shine of a polished metal than it has the haze of a cloud. The black one is covered in a hexagonal pattern. As for the practical use, the quality of the grip is more important than the ornamental value. But it's quite big and heavy.

User: Archer
Twin short swords wielded by Archer. When both are equipped at the same time, they enhance the user’s anti-magic and anti-physical attributes, and their own rank as both weapons and Noble Phantasms increases. Further, warding texts are inscribed on the swords’ blades.
Historically, the swords are purported to have been created during China’s Spring and Autumn Period. The swordsmith Gan Jiang was commissioned by the king of the time to make him a wonderful pair of swords. However, the swordsmith’s furnace was unable to even melt the metal. Worried about her husband, the swordsmith’s wife Mo Ye willingly threw herself into the furnace, and the heat of her sacrifice allowed the swords to be completed. The Yang sword was named “Ganjiang”, and the Yin sword “Moye”, after the married couple. However, when it came time to present his handiwork to the king, Gan Jiang handed over only the Moye sword, keeping the Ganjiang sword for himself. The king was furious when he discovered this deception, and had Gan Jiang killed.

Caladbolg II

User: Archer
Caladbolg is the demonic sword wielded by the Irish hero Fergus mac Róich in Celtic mythology. The version that Archer projects has been altered to improve its function as an arrow.
In the legends, Fergus mac Róich was the former king of Ulster and foster-father of the hero Cú Chulainn. However, he was tricked out of his kingship, and later allied with Connacht, an enemy of Ulster. During the decisive battle between Connacht and Ulster, Fergus was able to corner the enemy king who had betrayed him, but was prevented from killing him. It is said that he redirected his rage at this turn of events upon three hills, using Caladbolg to blast their tops clean off.
Cú Chulainn is affected by a geis that makes it his duty to be defeated once by the sword so long as the wielder is Ulster-born. For that reason, it could be said to be his natural enemy.
Also, there is a theory that the Caladbolg from Celtic mythology is the same sword as the Caledfwlch from Welsh mythology, making it a prototype of Excalibur.

vs EMIYA (Part 1, Part 2)

Here, EMIYA thrusts with Caladbolg II at Shirou once more, Shirou tries to match and defends with his own projection of Caladbolg II (the defense is successful, but Shirou's Caladbolg II shatters).

Durandal

Durandal
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A holy sword favored by Roland, the paladin of Middle Age Europe.
The king Charlemagne was granted the sword by an angel, and awarded it to Roland, the honored leader of the twelve knights.
It holds three miracles and does not lose its sharpness even when its possessor's magical energy is depleted.
Like Caliburn, it is a symbol of power splendidly made.

User: Gilgamesh
One of the Noble Phantasms owned by Gilgamesh.
A holy sword appearing in the “Song of Roland” and emblem of the Battle of Roncevaux Pass. Wielded by Roland, one of the Twelve Peers of Charlemagne, king of the Frankish Empire. When Roland was on the verge of death in battle, he attempted to break Durandal in order to keep it from falling into enemy hands. Unfortunately, the sword proved to be completely indestructible.
Afterward, it was featured prominently in the various legends concerning Charlemagne, eventually becoming a symbol of the knight Roland’s bravery.

vs EMIYA (Part 1, Part 2)

Here, EMIYA projects Durandal to attack Shirou, Shirou defends by projecting his own copy, Shirou's copy is shattered in one blow.

Sword Bullet Full Open

vs Gilgamesh (Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5; Outside Unlimited Blade Works)

Here, Gilgamesh has 17 Noble Phantasm sitting behind him currently, Shirou begins the process of trying to copy them all. Here, Gilgamesh fires his 17 Noble Phantasm at Shirou, Shirou counters the assault with his projected copies. Here, Shirou can only partially counter this assault as he can only form one projection at a time to fire while Gilgamesh fired his salvo all at once. Here, Shirou's countered 14 of the 17 Noble Phantasm with his own projections so far. Here, as Gilgamesh's last 3 Noble Phantasm are still in transit, he pulls out Ea, Shirou can't read it with Structural Grasp.

vs Gilgamesh (Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5; Inside Unlimited Blade Works)

Here, Gilgamesh fires from the Gate of Babylon, Shirou counters with his own attacks. Here, Shirou crashes more of his copies against Gilgamesh's appearing Noble Phantasms. Here, for Gilgamesh to keep up, he must counter Shirou's swords by breaking his own against Shirou's.

vs EMIYA (Part 1, Part 2)

Here, all the swords EMIYA has poised to hit Artoria with are fatal, EMIYA surmises her wounds won't be instantly fatal if she's lucky. Here, EMIYA fires his Noble Phantasm sword spam. Here, Shirou runs to Artoria and works to project 18 of his own copies of the Noble Phantasm EMIYA fired. Here, Shirou successfully projects and counters EMIYA's Noble Phantasm sword spam with his own, Unlimited Blade Works fades. Here, EMIYA retreats, citing his lack of magical energy means he can't take on both Artoria and Shirou and expect to win.

Physical strength and speed?

Shirou Emiya vs Gilgamesh (Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5)

Outside Unlimited Blade Works

Here, Shirou reacts to, projects, and repels one of Gilgamesh's fired Noble Phantasm with Kanshou. Here, Shirou's projection has Gilgamesh take Shirou seriously, Gilgamesh opens the Gate of Babylon further to release more Noble Phantasm in response. Here, Gilgamesh points his Noble Phantasms at Shirou with murderous intent and releases attacks from the Gate unsparingly. Here, Shirou repels Gilgamesh's Noble Phantasm spam (10 in total this volley) by swinging Kanshou/Bakuya, his projection shatters from use. Here, Shirou defends against he next Noble Phantasm Gilgamesh releases, Kanshou/Bakuya shatters afterward. Here, Gilgamesh releases a straight sword Noble Phantasm at fatal speed, Shirou partially deflects it, but Kanshou/Bakuya shatters from the blow. Here, Gilgamesh has been releasing his Noble Phantasms 1 by 1 and probing how much Shirou can handle.

Here, Gilgamesh has 17 Noble Phantasm sitting behind him currently, Shirou begins the process of trying to copy them all. Here, Gilgamesh fires his 17 Noble Phantasm at Shirou, Shirou counters the assault with his projected copies. Here, Shirou can only partially counter this assault as he can only form one projection at a time to fire while Gilgamesh fired his salvo all at once. Here, Shirou's countered 14 of the 17 Noble Phantasm with his own projections so far.

Inside Unlimited Blade Works

Here, Gilgamesh "must" possess a quality that lets him fight and defeat any Servant, but Shirou doesn't despite having the same power set.

Here, Gilgamesh has about 30 Noble Phantasm ready to release from Gate of Babylon. Here, Shirou starts his Unlimited Blade Works chant. Here, Gilgamesh fires his Noble Phantasms, Shirou pulls the 7 petaled Rho Aias from UBW to defend himself against them.

Here, he final leg of the battle begins inside Shirou's Reality Marble. Here, Shirou counters Gilgamesh's longsword with his own copy of it, they both shatter. Here, Gilgamesh goes for a curved sword, but Shirou pulls the copy he has of it at his feet out to attack Gilgamesh faster. Here, Gilgamesh fires from the Gate of Babylon, Shirou counters with his own attacks. Here, Shirou forces Gilgamesh to retreat, Shirou closes the distance and slashes at him. Here, Shirou crashes more of his copies against Gilgamesh's appearing Noble Phantasms. Here, the instant Shirou sees one of Gilgamesh's Noble Phantasm, he reels the copy of what he saw in to attack with. Here, for Gilgamesh to keep up, he must counter Shirou's swords by breaking his own against Shirou's.

Here, Shirou's too much for Gilgamesh to handle, he's forcing him to pull out Ea. Here, Shirou reels in Kanshou and Bakuya and slices off the arm Gilgamesh had been holding Ea in. Here, Shirou attacks again, Gilgamesh barely avoids the slash, Gilgamesh admits Shirou's stronger than him inside his Reality Marble. Here, Shirou asserts Gilgamesh will win if he regains his composure.

Shirou Emiya vs EMIYA (Part 1, Part 2)

Day 6

Here, Shirou avoids EMIYA's attack by jumping backwards down the Temple stairs

Day 14

Here, Shirou blocks EMIYA's strike at Artoria. Here, Shirou and EMIYA clash. Here, while Shirou had been able to block EMIYA's strikes, his projected swords end up shattering. Here, noticing Rin trying to become Artoria's Master, EMIYA's strike slows down just enough for Shirou to jump backwards and dodge it.

Here, EMIYA fires his Noble Phantasm sword spam. Here, Shirou runs to Artoria and works to project 18 of his own copies of the Noble Phantasm EMIYA fired. Here, Shirou successfully projects and counters EMIYA's Noble Phantasm sword spam with his own, Unlimited Blade Works fades. Here, EMIYA retreats, citing his lack of magical energy means he can't take on both Artoria and Shirou and expect to win.

Day 15

Here, EMIYA's body is only half responding, his remaining strength/magical energy is only 1/10th his original power (his stamina, unless you're batshit crazy enough to call reinforced Kuzuki 1/10th as strong as EMIYA), and his muscles are weak (which seems like it's meaningless later on during the fight).

Here, Shirou and EMIYA begin to clash. Here, EMIYA attacks both Shirou's temple and side, Shirou projects Kanshou and Bakuya and parries EMIYA's attacks. Here, Shirou parries EMIYA's attacks. Here, Shirou's fifth projection in the fight breaks clashing with EMIYA, EMIYA figures Shirou only has 3 more in him. Here, Shirou projects more swords to block EMIYA's strikes, Shirou's projections shatter. Here, EMIYA stabs at Shirou with Caladbolg II, Shirou projects Kanshou and Bakuya again to defend agains the attack. Here, EMIYA thrusts with Caladbolg II at Shirou once more, Shirou tries to match and defends with his own projection of Caladbolg II (the defense is successful, but Shirou's Caladbolg II shatters). Here, EMIYA projects Durandal to attack Shirou, Shirou defends by projecting his own copy, Shirou's copy is shattered in one blow.

Here, fueled by his contempt, EMIYA swings at Shirou with more force than he's ever done so before, Shirou clashes with these strikes. Here, Shirou blocks EMIYA's next contempt filled strike, Shirou's Bakuya is destroyed. Here, EMIYA's next contempt filled strike is blocked by Shirou's Kanshou, its bent from the impact. Here, Shirou blocks another contempt filled strike. Here, Shirou notices that the battle wouldn't have turned out as it had if the difference in his power and EMIYA's was large.

Here, Shirou and EMIYA clash, Shirou's current attack, both mediocre and lacking in speed, has abandoned the fighting skills he picked up from EMIYA, but his blows are now heavier than ever before. Here, Shirou's next strike possesses unbelievable speed, his power unlike before, EMIYA goes from indifferent to surprised. Here, EMIYA is unable to go into defense, he aims to attack Shirou's neck as he's realized he can't make light of Shirou in this state. Here, Shirou blocks all 4 of EMIYA's strikes and proceeds to counterattack towards EMIYA's neck. Here, EMIYA parries the attack, he understands he will be killed by Shirou unless he attacks. Here, EMIYA and Shirou crash their swords into each other's "in balance". Here, EMIYA has to take Shirou's attacks seriously, he repels Shirou's attack and aims to crush Shirou's skull. Here, Shirou deflects/repels the previous swing EMIYA made with all his might. Here, defeating EMIYA mentally, EMIYA fails to defend against Shirou's last attack made with all his strength, Shirou stabs EMIYA in the chest.

Shirou Emiya vs Artoria Pendragon (Medea; Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5)

Here, forced by command spell, Artoria charges Rin to kill her with the same speed she used to charge Medea, Shirou gets between her and Rin and is stabbed in the shoulder.

Shirou Emiya vs Souichirou Kuzuki

Day 9

Here, Shirou got between Rin and Kuzuki as Kuzuki was about to begin his next attack. Here, Shirou can't see Kuzuki's strike, the strike shatters his reinforced wooden sword. Here, Kuzuki destroyed Shirou's wooden sword despite being reinforced to the extent that it was like metal.

Here, Kuzuki begins to strike at Shirou's temple. Here, Shirou begins to project Kanshou and Bakuya as Kuzuki's fist is in transit. Here, Shirou deflects Kuzuki's fists with Kanshou and Bakuya. Here, Shirou parried 30 attacks from Kuzuki before Shirou's images of Kanshou and Bakuya failed him in his mind and the projections shattered.

Day 12

Here, Rin races to the steps, Kuzuki rushes after her at a speed that makes Rin look as if she's standing still. Here, Shirou jumps down and intercepts Kuzuki's strike at Rin, Kuzuki breaks Shirou's wooden sword. Here, Kuzuki begins to strike at Shirou. Here, Shirou projects Kanshou and Bakuya. Here, Shirou repels Kuzuki's strike with Kanshou and Bakuya. Here, Shirou was only able to repel 2 attacks with Kanshou and Bakuya before his wound from Artoria the previous night was reopened from the clashing.

Day 14

Here, Shirou rushes to attack Medea, Kuzuki intercepts him as they clash. Here, Shirou and Kuzuki continue to exchange blows. Here, Shirou surmises he can hold off Kuzuki for about a minute at most and Rin the same with Medea. Here, Shirou desperately parries Kuzuki's attacks. Here, Shirou doesn't have the reflexes to dodge Kuzuki's fists, nor can he really see them (yet he still manages to parry them, ok). Here, Kuzuki was able to destroy one of Shirou's swords in a few blows due to the power of his Medea reinforced fists targetting them this battle specifically. Here, Shirou projects a rushed copy of the sword just shattered. Here, Shirou continues to frantically block Kuzuki's strikes.

Shirou Emiya vs Dragon Tooth Warriors

Here, Shirou strengthens a pair of chair legs to use as weapons. Here, Shirou smashes one of the Dragon Tooth Warriors with a slash of his reinforced chair leg (this is the 3rd one so far). Here, Shirou smashes his fourth Dragon Tooth Warrior. Here, Shirou parries the attack of a Dragon Tooth Warrior and smashes his 5th with a counterattack. Here, Shirou's reinforced stainless steel chair legs are at their limit, they probably won't survive another attack.

Shirou Emiya vs Medusa (Shinji Matou)

Here, Shirou senses Medusa throwing her dagger at Rin, he successfully blocks the attack with his arm, its been pierced. Here, Shirou demonstrates he can sense Medusa in the woods behind the Archery range.

Here, Shirou dodges Medusa's strike at his throat (it still ends up scraped, but he avoids a fatal wound). Here, even under a Master as powerless as Shinji Matou, Medusa possesses more magical energy than Rin Tohsaka. Here, Medusa disappears from Shirou's sight, his instincts tell him to defend from an attack above him, he successfully parries Medusa's nail dagger. Here, as Shirou runs towards the exit to the forest, he repels Medusa's attack from above. Here, Shirou blocks Medusa's roundhouse kick with his reinforced chair leg. Here, Shirou repels yet another attack from Medusa in front of him, this causes Medusa to retreat. Here, Medusa's irritated by Shirou's continued defense, Shirou mocks her as weak. Here, Shirou attacks Medusa, she's forced to block and retreat. Here, Medusa thrusts with her Nail dagger to pierce Shirou, he reacts and tries to dodge her attack by swinging his body.

Shirou Emiya vs Rin Tohsaka

Here, Rin begins to charge her Gandr. Here, Shirou runs back to the hallway in the time it takes Rin's Gandr to hit the wall. Here, Shirou dodges/aim dodges Rin's Gandr shots.

DurabilityResistances?

Shirou Emiya vs EMIYA (Part 1, Part 2)

Day 6

Here, Shirou endures a slash from EMIYA and avoids a fatal wound by having jumped backwards in time upon sensing EMIYA's killing intent.

Day 15

Here, Shirou and EMIYA clash, both his and his future self's attacks are the same, its only the quality of Shirou's projections that differ as Shirou accrues more wounds as they fight. Here, Shirou blocked EMIYA's attack, but his projections shatter, he's thus further wounded. Here, EMIYA's attack (with Durandal) sent Shirou flying into a pile of rubble, Shirou starts bleeding on it. Here, the wounds EMIYA has inflicted on Shirou so far are deep enough Shirou could reach inside them to take out his bones.

Here, lacking elegance and executed only using EMIYA's strength, EMIYA's strikes are blocked by Shirou with an effort than causes his left arm to shake, his fingers to break, and the blocking blade to bend backwards with a single blow. Here, EMIYA's last contempt filled strike sends Shirou flying as he tries to block it, the power behind it is comparable to Herakles, Shirou continues to stand as he endures the force of the strike.

Here, Avalon has been aiding Shirou the whole fight, replenishing his depleted power each time EMIYA called his ideal fake. Here, EMIYA affirms Avalon has been aiding Shirou even though his contract with Artoria no longer exists (its probably due to being near by to her). Here, they clash, how Shirou's holding his swords makes it so that the full impact force is directly transferred into his body. Here, deflecting EMIYA's last strike (made with all his might) causes one of Shirou's arms and legs to break. Here, Avalon is healing Shirou after the fight, Shirou complains about how Avalon seems to be prioritizing the types of wounds to heal first.

Shirou Emiya vs Souichirou Kuzuki

Day 14

Here, Shirou endures a strike to his left collar bone, he almost drops Kanshou and Bakuya due to the strike. Here, Shirou pushes through the pain and parries the next strike aimed at his temple. Here, Shirou blocks a strike to his chest from Kuzuki's right fist with both his swords, both are shattered from the impact as he's sent flying into the wall 5 meters away

Shirou Emiya vs Rin Tohsaka

Here, Rin's Gandr shots go through the walls, hitting everything in the classroom (one shot seems to have skimmed Shirou's back). Here, Rin's Gandr shots scrapes both Shirou's head and his sides. Here, Rin's Gandr shots burn everything they touch. Here, one of the shots scrape Shirou's leg.

Here, in Bad End 16, Shirou eats a Gandr shot, if not immobilized by it.

 

[ChaosTheory123]

So, Shirou Emiya (HF)?

Spoiler

Shirou Emiya (General, Fate, UBW, HF, HA)

Heaven's Feel (Post Day 10)

It's not until day 10 that Shirou gets EMIYA's arm. Heaven's Feel would be Shirou at his weakest without that gimmick as he doesn't ever even actually open his own circuit until day 15 using EMIYA's arm.

So just about everything Shirou does on this route before day 10 is pretty much anything he could do on another route.

During the True Ending?

Here, exposition on how Shirou is still alive in the True Ending of Heaven's Feel (Ilya revived his soul, Shirou's currently stuffed into a Touko Aozaki puppet body). Here, while the magical energy in Shirou's puppet body doesn't flow well, everything else about it is better than Shirou's original body (so... guess that includes the enhancements he received from EMIYA's arm?).

Here, Rin considers herself (user of the 2nd Magic), Shirou (with training could use Unlimited Blade Works and a successful example of the 3rd Magic), and Sakura (a Holy Grail and she has Medusa as a familiar) amazing and ponders how invincible they would be were the Mages Association to hold a combat tournament.

Projection?

Here, Shirou's success rate with projection dramatically increases by reciting the first line of EMIYA's aria "I am the bone of my sword".

Here, Shirou successfully projected a dagger during his training today, not that he remembers because arm induced memory loss.

Here, a flash of the various weapons Shirou can read for potential projection (Kanshou and Bakuya, Gram, Gae Bolg, Durandal, Azoth Sword, Caladbolg II, Caliburn, Excalibur).

Here, a definitive sample of the potential weapons Shirou has available to project in Heaven's Feel (the route, not the 3rd Magic).

Here, narration of the knowledge flowing into Shirou from EMIYA's arm. Here, a dream Shirou was having was him seeing EMIYA's knowledge and perceiving his magecraft. Here, Shirou has full knowledge of the scope of EMIYA's powers now (basically, any weapon in UBW is his to project as well as any ability of EMIYA's is his to try).

Here, Shirou's too different from EMIYA to use Unlimited Blade Works at this time.

Excalibur Image

vs Grail Mud/Holy Grail/Angra Mainyu (Full Power)

Analysis of such feats found here.

Before reaching the Grail?

Here, Shirou's spent most of the magical energy in himself and EMIYA's arm, he thinks he can only manage one more projection. Here, Shirou projects Rule Breaker, he uses all the remaining magical energy he has.

Here, with only a single grain of his conscious left, Shirou projects Excalibur Morgan. Here, Shirou projects Excalibur Morgan, his body dies, but he executes his final attack on Angra Mainyu and the Greater Holy Grail to destroy it with Excalibur Morgan.

Rho Aias

Rho Aias [Noble Phantasm]
The Seven Rings that Cover the Fiery Heavens.
In Greek mythology, the shield used by the hero Aias during the Trojan War.
It was a bronze shield covered by seven layers of ox hide, and the only thing that proved capable of stopping the javelin of the great hero of Troy, Hector. (Though it managed to penetrate six layers of ox hide, the seventh layer was unbroken.)
Afterward, its fame spread, and its existence was eventually sublimed into a "conceptual armament" boasting absolute defensive power against thrown weapons.
It is the only defensive armament Archer can use proficiently.
The Rho Aias that protected Shirou's spellcasting during the finale of the Rin route was not something he projected himself, but was actually made by Archer who was watching the battle from a distance.

vs Excalibur Morgan (4 petals, w/EMIYA's Arm)

Here, Excalibur Morgan vs Bellerophon begins. Here, the two attacks collide, beginning contention for supremacy. Here, Shirou's perception of time slows to a crawl, he compares it to stopped time/an instant as eternity. Here, without support from Shirou's Rho Aias, Medusa's Bellerophon has no chance of winning over Excalibur Morgan. Here, Shirou projects 4 petaled Rho Aias. Here, Excalibur Morgan and Bellerophon are still competing. If Shirou were to stop projecting Rho Aias now, Bellerophon would lose and Medusa would be vaporized in an instant. Here, with each petal of Rho Aias that Excalibur Morgan breaks, the balance between Excalibur Morgan and Bellerophon shifts as Excalibur Morgan has to expend energy to break the petals. Upon the last petal breaking Bellerophon overcomes Excalibur Morgan. Here, Rho Aias and Bellerophon barely had the edge of Excalibur Morgan, Excalibur Morgan had offset about 90% of Bellerophon's light/power (here, for breakdown of minimum amount of power Rho Aias had to endure from Excalibur Morgan).

vs Hrunting (4 petals Hollow/Ataraxia)

Here, one second after using his command spell, Shirou projects 4 Petaled Rho Aias to defend against Hrunting. Here, EMIYA describes how he perceived Shirou's efforts at defending against Hrunting. Here, EMIYA could still win, Shirou's Rho Aias was broken and Hrunting still remains in flight and able to return to strike Shirou. Here, Shirou used up all his magical energy countering EMIYA's Hrunting.

Kanshou and Bakuya

Gan Jiang and Mo Ye [Noble Phantasms]
Kansho-Byakuya.
The Yin-Yang paired swords which Archer favoured.
The swords forged by the famed swords smith Kansho of Wu, during the Spring Autumn period of China.
Kansho received orders from the King of Wu to forge the imperial sword, however, he could not think of ways to forge swords that fit such orders. He was really frustrated and desperate.
Seeing this situation, his wife Byakuya decided to gamble her own life.
In order to forge items reaching the realm of Gods, sacrificing of human lives is absolutely necessary.
Thus Byakua hurled herself into the furnace in front of the husband she loved, using her own life to help the Essence of Five Mountains and the Metal of Six Heroes meld.
Kansho forged the two swords in grief.
These are Kansho and Byakuya, a pair of twin swords that reflect Yin and Yang.
Since they were forged with the best materials and human life, their abilities as swords are great. In addition, they also have aspects as magical weapons used in Witchcraft and Rituals.
It is unknown why Archer chose to carve what seems to be spells of warding all over the swords."

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Gan Jiang (Kansho) • Mo Ye (Byakuya)
Their shape is absolutely identical. The black blade is (somehow) the Yang sword Kanshou, and the white is the Yin sword Bakuya. The ore of the white has less of the shine of a polished metal than it has the haze of a cloud. The black one is covered in a hexagonal pattern. As for the practical use, the quality of the grip is more important than the ornamental value. But it's quite big and heavy.

User: Archer
Twin short swords wielded by Archer. When both are equipped at the same time, they enhance the user’s anti-magic and anti-physical attributes, and their own rank as both weapons and Noble Phantasms increases. Further, warding texts are inscribed on the swords’ blades.
Historically, the swords are purported to have been created during China’s Spring and Autumn Period. The swordsmith Gan Jiang was commissioned by the king of the time to make him a wonderful pair of swords. However, the swordsmith’s furnace was unable to even melt the metal. Worried about her husband, the swordsmith’s wife Mo Ye willingly threw herself into the furnace, and the heat of her sacrifice allowed the swords to be completed. The Yang sword was named “Ganjiang”, and the Yin sword “Moye”, after the married couple. However, when it came time to present his handiwork to the king, Gan Jiang handed over only the Moye sword, keeping the Ganjiang sword for himself. The king was furious when he discovered this deception, and had Gan Jiang killed.

Triple-Linked Crane Wings

vs Artoria Pendragon Alter (Shirou Emiya w/EMIYA's Arm)

Here, Shirou's third projection using EMIYA's arm, another set of Kanshou and Bakuya. Shirou works to extract all the information and tactics he can out of Kanshou and Bakuya. Connecting back to Archer's arm immediately reduces the remaining 40% of Shirou's mind to 20%. Here, with 10% of his mind remaining, Shirou discovers Triple-Linked Crane Wings.

Here, Shirou charges his first pair of Kanshou and Bakuya with as much magical energy as he can muster (so... they're now Broken Phantasm I guess) and throws them from both sides. Here, Shirou is unarmed, Artoria Alter charges Shirou. Shirou charges Artoria Alter, projects another copy of Kanshou and Bakuya, and blocks Artoria Alter's attack. Here, Artoria Alter releases her fatal attack, but is attacked by the previously thrown swords from behind. Here, in order for Artoria Alter to have properly defended against this arrangement, Shirou has pushed Artoria to her limit and has left herself open to counterattack. Here, Shirou goes to project Kanshou and Bakuya again, the remaining 10% of his mind vanishes. Shirou passes his limit, his circuit filled to bursting with magical energy, and projects his final copy of Kanshou and Bakuya. Shirou slashes Artoria Alter's defenseless body from both sides with his final projections. Here, Shirou's last attack from Artoria Alter's perspective, Shirou's attack crushed her spine and splattered her internal organs. The attack is fatal. Shirou's final attack had the force of an explosion, she's only still alive due to her nature as a Servant despite her fatal wounds. Here, the Tiger Dojo reinforces the fact Shirou did indeed defeat Artoria Alter with no allusion to her tanking it on purpose.

Rule Breaker

vs Sakura Matou

Here, Shirou projects Rule Breaker, he uses all the remaining magical energy he has. Here, Shirou breaks Sakura's contract with Angra Mainyu with Rule Breaker. Here, Rule Breaker exposition, the cavern still rumbles violently.

Jewel Sword Zelretch

Here, Shirou projects the Jeweled Sword Zelretch (not that he can use it).

Broken Phantasm?

Q. I have a question about the Servants vs. other character answer in the 9th issue of Comptiq. About a Servant with an average Noble Phantasm, who would have one and what rank would that have been?

A: That's a serious question. The level of the Noble Phantasm would be B, and ability being represented by numbers would be called an average Noble Phantasm. Broken Phantasm, Barrier of the Wind King (C), Gae Bolg (thrown) (B), that sort.
On the other hand, those with conceptual effects, destiny interference types fall into a special category. With Gae Bolg (regular), no matter how much Arcueid might be superior to Lancer in numbers, she will be killed depending on her luck, you see.

Broken Phantasm

The Noble Phantasm is changed into an arrow and fired in an explosion attack. It is a disposable bomb that merely uses the magical energy contained within the Noble Phantasm to explode. It is the worst possible insult for a Noble Phantasm to be used this way. As long as there is magical energy Noble Phantasms can be projected. This is a foul play unique to this Heroic Spirit.

Here, Broken Phantasm exposition (that's what EMIYA did to Herakles with Caladbolg II)

Caladbolg II

User: Archer
Caladbolg is the demonic sword wielded by the Irish hero Fergus mac Róich in Celtic mythology. The version that Archer projects has been altered to improve its function as an arrow.
In the legends, Fergus mac Róich was the former king of Ulster and foster-father of the hero Cú Chulainn. However, he was tricked out of his kingship, and later allied with Connacht, an enemy of Ulster. During the decisive battle between Connacht and Ulster, Fergus was able to corner the enemy king who had betrayed him, but was prevented from killing him. It is said that he redirected his rage at this turn of events upon three hills, using Caladbolg to blast their tops clean off.
Cú Chulainn is affected by a geis that makes it his duty to be defeated once by the sword so long as the wielder is Ulster-born. For that reason, it could be said to be his natural enemy.
Also, there is a theory that the Caladbolg from Celtic mythology is the same sword as the Caledfwlch from Welsh mythology, making it a prototype of Excalibur.

vs Artoria Pendragon Alter (Shirou Emiya w/EMIYA's Arm)

Here, Shirou's thoughts surpass "the speed of light" to begin projection. Shirou projects Caladbolg II. Shirou fires Caladbolg II at Artoria Alter. Artoria Alter is forced to repel Caladbolg II and Medusa is able to retreat from Artoria Alter 50 meters.

vs Herakles (EMIYA [Part 1, Part 2])

Here, EMIYA is on a rooftop 100s of meters away readying Caladbolg II for attack. Here, EMIYA releases Caladbolg II, Herakles senses the danger it poses and attacks the arrow with all his might to defend against it. Here, Caladbolg II razed the cemetary, Herakles is left standing in a crater where the impact occurred. Here, having acted to counter Caladbolg II, the remaining energy that detonated on impact leaves Herakles unharmed for his efforts despite Caladbolg II being an A Rank Noble Phantasm (basically, he's able to survive a large fraction of Caladbolg II's impact, but were he not to counter the attack would take a life or 2). Here, Artoria suggests Caladbolg II would have inflicted her with a fatal wound had Shirou not rushed into save her (this is corroborated by Bad End 15 here [only difference between this ending and the fight where Shirou is there is that Shirou runs to save Artoria here, he has no interaction with the fight before that moment]).

vs Medea (EMIYA [Part 1, Part 2])

Here, EMIYA aims Caladbolg II at Medea, Medea hastily casts defensive magic, EMIYA fires Caladbolg II. Here, Caladbolg II distorts space as it travels, Caladbolg II easily penetrates Medea's defense. Even if she had tried to teleport, how Caladbolg II distorts space would have twisted her up anyway. Here, Medea uses all her magical energy to heal herself from the indirect hit she took from Caladbolg II. Both Medea and her protection were damaged by Caladbolg II's after-effects. Here, firing Caladbolg II leaves EMIYA with a weak magical energy. Here, Medea's left weak too as EMIYA's attack took away most of her body and magical energy.

Speed can be found here.

Hrunting

vs Artoria Pendragon (Shirou Emiya; Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5; EMIYA [Part 1, Part 2])

Here, EMIYA fires his third Hrunting, Artoria repels it. EMIYA's shots increase in power with each one he fires. Here, EMIYA fires his fifth and final Hrunting. Artoria is able to defend, but she is overpowered by the shot and knocked off her feet. Here, Shirou sees the sixth Hrunting being fired, Artoria believes she can at least endure being hit by it once, Shirou doesn't seem so sure.

Here, EMIYA fires his first Hrunting from 4 kilometers away, Shirou sees the shot and warns Artoria, Artoria repels it. Here, EMIYA charged the second shot for 20 seconds (so... he charges Caladbolg II with enough magical energy to leave him virtually depleted vs Medea basically in an instant, but he needs 20 seconds to achieve much less with Hrunting? Between this and Shirou needing a minute to project shit when he's projected what he needs while Herakles is attacking, I think Nasu's charge times are insanely arbitrary and inconsistently implemented). Here, affirmation EMIYA increases the power in Hrunting with each shot fired (third shot took 25 seconds to charge, fourth shot is likely to be 30 seconds). Here, EMIYA is firing from 4 kilometers away, the roads to reach his position are about 8 kilometers in length total.

Here, Artoria releases Invisible Air and transfers all her magical energy into her body. Here, Shirou readies the command spell 10 seconds before EMIYA's next shot, the power this command spell will grant Artoria is enough to fill her enormous Magic Circuit, thus bringing her back to the level of power she had in life (basically, a single command spell has the power to take Artoria from being handicapped by Shirou being her Master to the level of power she'd have under Rin). Here, EMIYA fires his fifth Hrunting, Artoria leaps into the air towards the Center Building. Here, Hrunting's like a flash that reduces the time needed to cross 4000 meters to nothing. All of EMIYA's remaining magical energy went into Hrunting. Here, Hrunting mechanics exposition. Here, if Artoria at all wastes any of her magical energy on defending against Hrunting, Shirou and Artoria will taste defeat once more.

vs Shirou Emiya (General, Fate, UBW, HF, HA; EMIYA [Part 1, Part 2])

Here, EMIYA snipes Shirou with Hrunting, Shirou's left torso is a giant hole. Here, EMIYA's second shot kills Shirou.

Here, EMIYA's sixth Hrunting pierces Shirou's skull because Shirou forgot he could use Projection magecraft due to really being possessed by Angra Mainyu.

Physical strength and speed?

Starting day 14?

Here, confirmation EMIYA's arm is influencing both Shirou's mind and body, Shirou jumped from the window because he thought he could handle the drop the way EMIYA can. Here, more exposition on how EMIYA's arm is influencing Shirou's physical abilities and battle experience.

Here, after EMIYA's arm helps Shirou overcome his fatigue, Shirou has been able to run at full speed for over 5 kilometers to Kotomine's church from his house. Here, Shirou punches the wall of Sakura's room with a fist filled with magical energy, this kills the worms Zouken left behind to moniter Sakura's room. Here, both Shirou and Kotomine run at even speed, both are moving at a pace of about 100 meters in 7 seconds/about 50 km/hr on the uneven terrain of the forest.

Here, even with EMIYA's Arm's passive influence through the Shroud of Martin, Shirou is still no match for Hassan.

Shirou Emiya vs Artoria Pendragon Alter

Blackening of Servants
The black mud in the Holy Grail contaminates the souls of those who touch it. It goes without saying for mere humans, and supernatural beings like Servants are no exception to this either. The contaminated person's personality reverses toward the orientation of evil. This is madness caused by touching Angra Mainyu. This is called "blackening". There are those who can use the black mud as part of their own power thanks to the properties of its contamination and those whose powerful egos have stayed back its mental pollution.
An example of the former is Matou Sakura and the latter is Gilgamesh. The blackened Servant is incarnated by the power of the Grail so the more concrete ties to the physical plane turns them into powerful beings.
Their physical interference power increases but at the same time they lose the ability to return to spirit form.
Also, as they no longer bother to restrain their magic energy consumption, their fighting ability jumps significantly. This momentum can be compared to a runaway train.
Because they are in that state, fine control is not possible, but in exchange, their destructive power increases.
They are fearful beings inflicting havoc and death upon the world. These are blackened Servants.

...

Saber Alternative, or Black Saber, is the name given to Artoria when she fell to Hassan, was consumed by the dark shadow, and obtained true incarnation during the "Heaven's Feel" route.
Artoria, now jet-black, could now invoke Excalibur without limit thanks to the enormous prana supply from the blackened Sakura. Thus, she could overwhelm Berserker Heracles even in a direct battle. Now unfettered and in a sense more powerful than she was in life, none can deny that she is the strongest Servant.

...

Instinct: B
Constant self-control is required to maintain Saber's reason while blackened. To focus on suppressing her madness, her surroundings are neglected and Instinct is dulled.

Power Burst: A
Saber's body is always suffused in the energy supplied by the Greater Grail. Her armor is also reinforced, granting more defensive ability than in her original state.

Normal End/True End

Here, the same moment Medusa attacks Artoria Alter, Shirou begins the process of loosening the Shroud of Martin and projecting Rho Aias. Here, Shirou's memory of his promise to Kiritsugu to become a Superhero is forgotten from the mental strain. Here, Medusa's fatigue finally catches up with her, or so it appears, Artoria Alter stands in front of her and attacks Medusa. Here, Shirou's thoughts surpass "the speed of light" to begin projection. Shirou projects Caladbolg II. Shirou fires Caladbolg II at Artoria Alter. Artoria Alter is forced to repel Caladbolg II and Medusa is able to retreat from Artoria Alter 50 meters.

Here, Excalibur Morgan vs Bellerophon begins. Here, the two attacks collide, beginning contention for supremacy. Here, Shirou's perception of time slows to a crawl, he compares it to stopped time/an instant as eternity. Here, Shirou projects 4 petaled Rho Aias.

Here, if Shirou doesn't finish off Artoria Alter, her natural regeneration powers will heal her. Here, Rin's Azoth Dagger has 100 times Shirou's magical energy capacity stored in it. Here, Rin used all the jewels she had to give her Azoth Dagger the magical energy it has. Here, Shirou stabs Artoria Alter in the chest through her armor with the Azoth Dagger Rin gave him. Here, the Azoth Dagger Rin made with all her magical energy crumbles from having slain Artoria Alter

Death Penalty

Here, if Shirou doesn't finish off Artoria Alter, her natural regeneration powers will heal her. Here, Rin's Azoth Dagger has 100 times Shirou's magical energy capacity stored in it. Here, Rin used all the jewels she had to give her Azoth Dagger the magical energy it has.

Here, Bad End 39, makes it clear Shirou needs to use the power of his projections to compensate for his lack of natural power vs Artoria Alter. Shirou charges Artoria Alter, Shirou attacks her arm with the Azoth Dagger, the Azoth Dagger breaks, EMIYA's arm is cut off by Artoria Alter's counterattack.

Sparks Liner High

Here, Shirou informs us he's not only projected Kanshou and Bakuya, but also reproduced EMIYA's battle experience with them thus making Shirou's own abilities now close to EMIYA's.

Here, Shirou removes the Shroud of Martin, projects Kanshou and Bakuya, and his reasoning for not trying to project his own copy of Excalibur Morgan to fight Artoria Alter. Here, Shirou charges Artoria Alter from 10 meters away and attacks with Bakuya. Shirou attacks with Kanshou, Artoria Alter defends and readies a counterattack to Shirou's throat. Shirou blocks Artoria Alter's counterattack much to Artoria Alter's surprise. Shirou continues defending against Artoria Alter's attacks. Here, Shirou defends against another attack from Artoria Alter, that's all he can do, he's already blocked 30 attacks that could have killed him. Here, Shirou deflects more attacks from Artoria Alter, he perceives his death occurring 30 steps ahead through EMIYA's True Eye of Mind skill. Shirou defends against another attack, he feels joy at being able to keep up with Artoria Alter. Here, Shirou defends against another blow, he muses about why Artoria Alter won't attack with her Noble Phantasm and only fights him using her sword technique. They continue to exchange, Shirou's speed increases as he digs deeper into EMIYA's arm to extract more. Here, Artoria Alter's last attack is also blocked, but the force sends Shirou backwards, Artoria Alter grunts from exertion. Here, EMIYA's True Eye of Mind skill tells Shirou he can block 5 more attacks from Artoria Alter. Shirou points out he's keeping up with Artoria Alter, Artoria reminds him to check his definition of keep up given the condition he's putting his body into for him to achieve this current feat (she knows he's at his limit and will defeat him in their next exchange).

Here, Shirou is unarmed, Artoria Alter charges Shirou. Shirou charges Artoria Alter, projects another copy of Kanshou and Bakuya, and blocks Artoria Alter's attack. Here, Shirou goes to project Kanshou and Bakuya again, the remaining 10% of his mind vanishes. Shirou passes his limit, his circuit filled to bursting with magical energy, and projects his final copy of Kanshou and Bakuya. Shirou slashes Artoria Alter's defenseless body from both sides with his final projections. Here, Shirou's last attack from Artoria Alter's perspective, Shirou's attack crushed her spine and splattered her internal organs. The attack is fatal. Shirou's final attack had the force of an explosion, she's only still alive due to her nature as a Servant despite her fatal wounds. Here, the Tiger Dojo reinforces the fact Shirou did indeed defeat Artoria Alter with no allusion to her tanking it on purpose.

Shirou Emiya vs Blackened Herakles

Blackening of Servants
The black mud in the Holy Grail contaminates the souls of those who touch it. It goes without saying for mere humans, and supernatural beings like Servants are no exception to this either. The contaminated person's personality reverses toward the orientation of evil. This is madness caused by touching Angra Mainyu. This is called "blackening". There are those who can use the black mud as part of their own power thanks to the properties of its contamination and those whose powerful egos have stayed back its mental pollution.
An example of the former is Matou Sakura and the latter is Gilgamesh. The blackened Servant is incarnated by the power of the Grail so the more concrete ties to the physical plane turns them into powerful beings.
Their physical interference power increases but at the same time they lose the ability to return to spirit form.
Also, as they no longer bother to restrain their magic energy consumption, their fighting ability jumps significantly. This momentum can be compared to a runaway train.
Because they are in that state, fine control is not possible, but in exchange, their destructive power increases.
They are fearful beings inflicting havoc and death upon the world. These are blackened Servants.

Here, Blackened Herakles is blind as he pursues Shirou and Kotomine. Here, A description of Blackened Herakles (no eyes, nose, or mouth. Covered in Grail Mud and the wound Artoria Alter inflicted on him hasn't healed)

EMIYA's Arm restrained

Here, Shirou has already run 5 kilometers at full speed while carrying Ilya in his arms. Here, Shirou readies the Black Key and creates a magic circuit at 200 miles per hour (like... literally? as in it goes into his spine at that speed?). Here, Shirou reinforced the Black Key. Here, Shirou uses all his newly enhanced strength from EMIYA's arm to resist Herakles strike, Shirou's sent flying. Here, Herakles bent the Black Key Shirou reinforced to be as strong as diamond with one blow.

Here, Herakles raises his axe-sword to attack Ilya. Here, Herakles swings his sword to attack Ilya. Here, Shirou runs 10 meters while Herakles strike is in transit. Here, Shirou reaches Ilya in time to block Herakles strike with a projected copy of Herakle's axe-sword (all of which is accomplished after Herakles started to swing his axe-sword), Shirou's axe-sword cracks from the blow.

EMIYA's Arm released w/Nine Lives Blade Works

Here, Herakles is less than 3 seconds from Shirou about 30 meters away. Here, Shirou has full knowledge of the scope of EMIYA's powers now. Here, Shirou's unable to read EMIYA's physical strength, its implied EMIYA could probably take at least a single strike from Herakles. Here, Shirou's too different from EMIYA to use Unlimited Blade Works at this time. Here, Shirou projects Herakles axe-sword, he also reproduces Herakles physical strength to swing it with as Shirou's a bullshit mimic. Here, Herakles is fighting this fight as if he's still fighting Artoria Alter. She managed to kill him twice over. Here, one second passes. Here, Shirou can only defeat Herakles by using projection past his limits and one blow won't be enough to win. Here, Shirou uses Nine Lives Blade Works (8 strikes completed in total, all to vitals). Here, Shirou surpasses the crashing speed of sound using "godspeed" (I assume the speed of sound could be either Shirou or Herakles. Makes more sense to be Herakles as Shirou's moving at "godspeed". Corroborated by these posts on here and here). Here, Herakles is still alive after 8 strikes. Here, Shirou goes for a final attack, he's faster than Herakles and Herakles is missing 1/8th to 4/5ths of his body (here, supposedly 4/5ths anyway). Here, Herakles strike is still in transit, Shirou can dodge it enough where it will only graze his head (this will still kill him). Here, Herakles stops his swing, Shirou uses the distraction Ilya caused to impale Herakles in the chest, Herakles fades away in defeat. Here, Shirou surmises he can only project 3 more times at most.

Shirou Emiya vs Kirei Kotomine

Here, Shirou senses no magical energy from the dying Kotomine. Here, Kotomine's going to die in a few minutes even if he does nothing. Here, Shirou asserts Kotomine will smash his head in if he tries to take the time to project (contextually, the Excalibur Morgan he needs to off the Grail/Angra Mainyu). Here, strength enters Kotomine's body. This fight won't involve magic, skill, or strategy. Just a brawl. Here, Kotomine strikes Shirou again, Kotomine notices that Shirou's body of swords damages his striking body part with every attack he lands. Here, Shirou blocks Kotomine's punch aimed for his head. Shirou's head isn't made of swords yet and will end the fight for him if hit there. Here, Shirou dodges one of Kotomine's punches, Shirou punches Kotomine, Kotomine repel's Shirou's punch.

Here, Shirou counters Kotomine's incoming strike with his own, punching Kotomine in the face and sending him reeling. Here, Shirou lands 6 more punches, he causes Kotomine to gush blood with every strike because he's made of swords.

Shirou Emiya vs Sakura Matou

Day 14

Here, Sakura attacks with the Shadow as a black wave, Shirou pushes Rin away, he's engulfed by it.

Durability/Resistances?

Here, Rin plans to suppress Shirou's magical energy to help him better deal with EMIYA's arm. This will also increase his magical resistance against attacks from the Shadow. Here, Shirou's magical resistance has increased from Rin's work yesterday (Day 11). Here, despite Shirou's increased magic resistance, the Shadow's lingering after effects still cause Shirou nausea.

Here, Shroud of Martin description/exposition. Here, description of what happens when Shirou removes the Shroud of Martin even slightly.

Starting day 14?

Here, confirmation EMIYA's arm is influencing both Shirou's mind and body, Shirou jumped from the window because he thought he could handle the drop the way EMIYA can. Here, more exposition on how EMIYA's arm is influencing Shirou's physical abilities and battle experience.

Here, Shirou jumps out the window 20 meters to the ground below, his feet arm numb from the impact (asphalt would have broken his legs supposedly).

After using EMIYA's Arm against Herakles?

Here, the state of Shirou's mind after using EMIYA's arm. Here, Shirou reiterates he can probably only use projection 3 more times after having unleashed EMIYA's arm. Here, EMIYA's Unlimited Blade Works is invading Shirou's body the more he uses the arm, its already far enough along he can hear creaking sounds.

Shirou Emiya vs Artoria Pendragon Alter

Sparks Liner High

Here, Shirou's been pulling from EMIYA's arm so much he's starting to become a suit of swords.

Shirou Emiya vs Blackened Herakles

EMIYA's Arm restrained

Here, the force of Herakles blow goes through the Black Key and into Shirou's body and causes damage across it from his head to his toes. Here, Herakles deflected enhanced Shirou's full forced attack like nothing, sent him flying with enough force Shirou ponders he might be sent back to the Castle 5 kilometers away, and only halts his flight by forcing himself to hit a tree. Here, Herakles second strike causes Shirou's projected axe-sword to shatter and flings Shirou away while causing his body to slide across the ground. Here, Shirou accomplished all this against Herakles despite the Shroud of Martin still being on (he also feels like he's lost half his intelligence from his projection just now). Here, Shirou's only external wounds so far are scratches from the tree branches.

EMIYA's Arm released

Here, Shirou takes off the Shroud of Martin and description of the experience. Here, Shirou overcomes EMIYA's arm to continue fighting Herakles. Here, the flow of magical energy from EMIYA's arm is so potent it causes Shirou's bones to break. Here, EMIYA's arm will reinforce the broken parts (the same way it has been with Avalon, his body is made of blades).

Shirou Emiya vs Kirei Kotomine

Here, Shirou's vision whites out due to the pain of EMIYA's arm trying to heal his body with swords. Here, Kotomine strikes Shirou with a kick, Kotomine's fists are pulverizing Shirou's body. EMIYA's arm desperately tries to heal Shirou's body with swords. Here, the more Shirou is struck by Kotomine, the more his Left arm turns his body into swords to repair the damage.

Shirou Emiya vs Sakura Matou

Day 14

Here, Shirou recognizes the Shadow as the same thing the afflicted him way back on day 7 of the Holy Grail War. Here, Shirou's current experience being hit by Sakura's curse

Day 16

Here, Shirou's spent most of the magical energy in himself and EMIYA's arm, he thinks he can only manage one more projection (he can manage 2, really, but that's besides the point as Excalibur killed his ass anyway). Here, Unlimited Blade Works turns Shirou's body further into swords, he figures he could repel bullets now.

Here, Sakura's refusing Angra Mainyu, it now acts against her will and keeps her alive. Here, the Shadow attacks Rin, Shirou shields Rin's body with his own and he tanks the blow to his back. Here, the Shadow's next attack grazes Shirou's cheek, Sakura's yell prevents it from slicing through his neck. Here, Sakura tries fighting back against the Shadow, the only thing this does is increase their numbers. Here, Sakura can't suppress the Shadow, the next blow grazes Shirou's cheek. Here, seems like the next strike lands on Shirou's shoulder. Here, the Shadow's pressure gets stronger towards Shirou with each step he takes. Here, the Shadow strikes Shirou's stomach next, it fails to pierce, Sakura's intentionally trying to push Shirou away. Here, Shirou removes the Shroud of Martin for the last time. Here, the Shadows lance towards Shirou's chest, shoulder, left leg, and stomach. The Shadow can't pierce his body made of swords. Here, Shirou's body of swords tanks 2 more strikes from the Shadow.

 

[ChaosTheory123]

So, Shirou Emiya (HA)?

Spoiler

Shirou Emiya (General, Fate, UBW, HF, HA)

I don't really know how to place Shirou's Hollow/Ataraxia shit. In the first place, he doesn't really do much there and what he does do is largely a measuring stick for EMIYA's Hrunting.

Still though.

Magecraft?

Reinforcement

vs EMIYA (Part 1, Part 2; Projection Remembered w/Artoria Pendragon)

Here, Shirou uses reinforcement magecraft to enhance his eyesight to the point he's able to lock gazes with EMIYA from 4 kilometers away.

vs Zelretch's Treasure Chest

Here, Shirou was going to use reinforcement magecraft on his legs were his initial attempts at escaping the box to fail.

Projection?

Rho Aias

vs EMIYA (Part 1, Part 2; Projection Remembered w/Artoria Pendragon)

Here, Shirou stares down the approaching Hrunting shot, time stops from his perspective. Here, one second after using his command spell, Shirou projects 4 Petaled Rho Aias to defend against Hrunting. Here, EMIYA describes how he perceived Shirou's efforts at defending against Hrunting. Here, Shirou is exhausted even an hour after the fight, he reached Artoria's position on the Center Building roof. Here, Shirou used up all his magical energy countering EMIYA's Hrunting

Sword Bullet Full Open

vs Shades (Angra Mainyu's Corpses)

Here, Shades attack Shirou, Shirou projects 12 copies of Tawrich and Zarich and shoots them at the Shades to kill them.

Physical strength and speed?

Shirou Emiya vs EMIYA (Part 1, Part 2)

Projection Forgotten w/Artoria Pendragon

Here, Shirou is able to see the Hrunting shots coming. Here, Shirou sees the sixth Hrunting being fired, Artoria believes she can at least endure being hit by it once, Shirou doesn't seem so sure.

Projection Remembered w/Artoria Pendragon

Here, EMIYA fires his first Hrunting from 4 kilometers away, Shirou sees the shot and warns Artoria, Artoria repels it. Here, EMIYA fires his second Hrunting, Shirou perceives and warns Artoria of the shot, Artoria repels it. Here, Shirou stares down the approaching Hrunting shot, time stops from his perspective. Here, one second after using his command spell, Shirou projects 4 Petaled Rho Aias to defend against Hrunting.

Shirou Emiya vs Shades (Angra Mainyu's Corpses)

Projection Forgotten

Here, Shirou dodges the Shade's attack. Here, Shirou keeps dodging, he's as good as dead if those claws slice him. Here, Shirou's improved in the last half year since the Grail War. Compared to sparring Artoria, this is child's play. Here, the Shade has no chance of hitting Shirou. Here, Shirou went to counterattack the Shade he was dodging around by kicking it with all his might. The kick renders the Shade incapacitated from pain. They're not much of a threat to Shirou.

Projection Remembered

Here, there are over 100 million Shades. Here, Shirou projects Tawrich and Zarich, Shades attack Shirou, Shirou repels the Shade's attacks. Here, Shirou repels another Shade's attack. Here, Shirou dodges a Shade's attack and kills it with his counterattack. Here, Shirou repels a Shade's attack. Here, Shirou is being amplified in ability by Angra Mainyu's Murderous Intent/Extinguishing Desire skill. Here, due to his unique possession under Angra Mainyu, he's highly compatible with Tawrich and Zarich. Shirou's able to continuously project them without running out of magical energy and the speed of his projections remains constant. Here, as Shirou is under Angra Mainyu's possession and employing Murderous Intent/Extinguishing Desire, Shirou will have no trouble fighting the Shades for 30 minutes. Here, Shirou clashes with a Shade. Here, Caren's able to defend Shirou's back well enough he's still alive and they're able to dwindle the number of Shades. Here, Shirou repels the attacks from Shades and kills them in counterattack. Here, Shirou while under the influence of Murderous Intent/Extinguishing Desire doesn't believe even 100 million Shades could defeat him. Here, Shirou repels and kills another Shade.

Durability?

Shirou Emiya vs EMIYA (Part 1, Part 2)

Projection Forgotten

Here, EMIYA snipes Shirou with Hrunting, Shirou's left torso is a giant hole. Here, EMIYA's second shot kills Shirou.

Projection Forgotten w/Artoria Pendragon

Here, Shirou sees the sixth Hrunting being fired, Artoria believes she can at least endure being hit by it once, Shirou doesn't seem so sure. Here, EMIYA's sixth Hrunting pierces Shirou's skull (apparently his only wound being a hole in his forehead. Still hilariously fatal, but you'd expect more from something able to overpower Artoria's strikes) because Shirou forgot he could use Projection magecraft due to really being possessed by Angra Mainyu.

Projection Remembered w/Artoria Pendragon

Here, 15 seconds until EMIYA's next shot, Shirou readies his command spell for use. Here, 3 seconds before EMIYA's next shot, Shirou's command spell feels like it could tear off from the strain.

Shirou Emiya "vs" Bazett Fraga McRemitz

Here, Fragarach exposition (reacts to trump card, not Noble Phantasms). Here, Fragarach exposition (special ability won't activate unless used against trump card, has the attack power of a D and C ranked Noble Phantasm in this case)

Here, Bazett attacks Shirou with Fragarach to win a game of Rock, Paper, Scissors. Shirou manages to survive the attack though he was thrown by it and fainted from it after a few seconds of conversation.

Shirou Emiya vs Zelretch's Kaleidostick (?)

Here, the Kaleidostick has a Reality Marble. Here, the Kaleidostick craters the ground of its Reality Marble seemingly in the area Shirou was standing (he suffers no harm, I don't know what the fuck this even is)

Here, may or may not be a literal nightmare.

Shirou Emiya vs Shades (Angra Mainyu's Corpses)

Projection Forgotten

Here, Shirou keeps dodging, he's as good as dead if those claws slice him. Here, the Park is filled with Shades, the number surrounding Shirou would be enough to kill everyone in Fuyuki in 20 minutes. Here, Shirou is overwhelmed and killed by a horde of Shades.

 

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So, Rin Tohsaka?

Spoiler

Type-Moon Double Maniax - [Fate] Dream Battle - Rin vs Kotomine

Nasu-san CHECK!
Ah. Rin has the better specs, but 80% of the time, Kotomine would win. It's not easy for humans to conquer trauma printed into them and what this fraud of a priest excels at is opening up the trauma of the enemy.
Since Rin has the goof-up girl trait, she has a lot of traumatic experiences, and having these poked at would make her unable to take advantage of her true potential.... Of course, even if they didn't know each other, Rin would still have a hard time. The executor side of Kotomine, a combat expert with over 10 years of experiences in killing magi, would be the counter of Rin's talents.

GJ: I have a question about Fate characters. How high (or low) are the talents of Emiya Shirou and Tohsaka Rin within the entire history of the Association?
Nasu: Rin really is a genius. Given time, she'll enter within the top 100 magi of the Association throughout its entire history. Shirou won't move out from being an magus apprentice, but as a spell-user, he'll be among one of the big specialists. Ultimately, he'll receive an evaluation on the same level as "Magus Killer" Emiya Kiritsugu had in his peak, maybe. If I were to put into simple numbers, Ciel: 100, Rin: 70-100, Shirou: 10 (under particular limited conditions, then 40).

Here, Rin uses Command Spell on EMIYA. Here, EMIYA informs Rin that her Command Spell wasn't meaningless due to her capacity as a Magus/Master.

Here, if Shirou's magical energy capacity is 20-30 then Rin's is 500, with years of training she could double that.

Here, Zouken Matou is no match for Rin, most of his magical energy goes towards maintaining his body.

Here, Rin compares Sakura to Shirou as a Magus due to the fact she was forced to learn the Matou magecraft her Tohsaka lineage and elemental affinity weren't suited for. Shirou is stronger as a Magus as at least he trained his body. Here, Sakura would be unable to get around Rin's magic barrier were they to fight as they are now.

Here, Rin considers herself (user of the 2nd Magic), Shirou (with training could use Unlimited Blade Works and a successful example of the 3rd Magic), and Sakura (a Holy Grail and she has Medusa as a familiar) amazing and ponders how invincible they would be were the Mages Association to hold a combat tournament.

Here, Rin's power has been steadily rising since going to London.

Here, EMIYA and Rin sense Medusa's Blood Fort Bounded Field being set up on school ground. Here, Magus (like Rin) can counter altering affects of magical energy in invading their body by circulating their own. Here, Rin senses the origin of the Bloodfort on the 1st floor. Here, Rin appears to sense Cu Chulainn at Shirou Emiya's residence while outside it. Here, Rin senses Artoria's own presence esclipsing Cu Chulainn's. Here, Rin senses Gilgamesh.

Mystic Codes?

Jewel Sword Zelretch

Here, Rin alludes to the fact Zelretch used his Jeweled Sword Zelretch to repel the Mirror Image of the Moon dropped by the Crimson Moon (she expects half of that). Here, Exposition on how the Jeweled Sword Zelretch functions (the Second Sorcery, Infinite Parallel Worlds, is kind of bullshit). Here, reiteration that the Jeweled Sword Zelretch pulls the magical energy for Rin's attacks from the Infinite Parallel Worlds. Here, Jeweled Sword Zelretch exposition.

Here, a description of what Rin wants Shirou to project (Jewel Sword Zelretch), basically a weapon that can match Artoria Alter's Excalibur Morgan (for it's power, look here). Here, Rin kills another Giant Shadow Curse with the Jeweled Sword Zelretch, Sakura compares the power of Rin's attacks to Excalibur. Here, Sakura reiterates the Jeweled Sword Zelretch is replicating the power of Excalibur. Here, Rin kills another Giant Shadow Curse with the Jeweled Sword Zelretch, the light and heat, compared to a miniature Excalibur's, causes the large cavern to rumble.

Here, Rin believes through usage of her Azoth Dagger, Shirou's Projection, and Ilya's support that they can recreate the Jeweled Sword Zelretch with half its original ability. Here, Rin's Azoth Dagger has 100 times Shirou's magical energy capacity stored in it. Here, Rin used all the jewels she had to give her Azoth Dagger the magical energy it has.

Here, Rin is able to reproduce the Jeweled Sword Zelretch, she comprehended the blue print and theory behind it in her fight with Sakura, just a matter of money/resources.

Rin Tohsaka vs Sakura Matou

Day 16 (HF)

Here, Sakura conjures numerous Giant Shadows that embody the magecraft of absorption, they're all equal in power to the Noble Phantasm of Servants. Here, Sakura begins to attack Rin with her Giant Shadows. Here, Sakura's Giant Shadow Curse closes in on Rin like a Tidal Surge, Rin destroys it with the Jeweled Sword of Zelretch. Here, Rin's already destroyed 6 similar Giant Shadow Curses. Here, each Giant Shadow Curse is a match for the Noble Phantasm of Servants, Rin normally shouldn't be able to even handle 1. Here, reiterates she's already destroyed 6 and that she did it with a single strike each. Here, Rin destroys her 7th as she runs up the cliff. Here, Rin destroys the last of Sakura's Giant Shadow Curses standing in her way with the Jeweled Sword Zelretch. She's finally reached Sakura's position at the top of the cliff.

Here, Sakura generates even more Shadow Giant Curses, the number of them incomparable to before. Here, to conjure all these curses, Sakura is using 100 million magical energy units. Here, this much magical energy could keep a Mage's Association department running for 100 years.

Here, Rin kills another Giant Shadow Curse with the Jeweled Sword Zelretch. Here, Rin kills another Giant Shadow Curse with the Jeweled Sword Zelretch, Rin highlights how this is just a pure contest of power between herself and Sakura's attacks. Here, Rin kills another Giant Shadow Curse with the Jeweled Sword Zelretch, Sakura compares the power of Rin's attacks to Excalibur. Here, Sakura reiterates the Jeweled Sword Zelretch is replicating the power of Excalibur. Here, Rin kills another Giant Shadow Curse with the Jeweled Sword Zelretch. Here, Rin informs Sakura that this is basically a fight between an imitation of the Third Magic (power of the soul) and an imitation of the Second Magic (power of parallel worlds). Here, Rin kills another Giant Shadow Curse with the Jeweled Sword Zelretch, the light and heat, compared to a miniature Excalibur's, causes the large cavern to rumble.

Here, Rin kills another Giant Shadow Curse with the Jeweled Sword Zelretch, the cavern shakes. Here, Rin kills another Giant Shadow Curse with the Jeweled Sword Zelretch, the cavern shakes. Here, Sakura's Shadow Tendrils vs Rin's Jeweled Sword Zelretch. Here, Rin kills a few more Giant Shadow Curse with the Jeweled Sword Zelretch, the cavern shakes. Here, the Jeweled Sword Zelretch kills another Giant Shadow Curse, Sakura's magical energy measures a trillion and is something that couldn't be used in a lifetime. Here, Rin kills another Giant Shadow Curse with the Jeweled Sword Zelretch, the cavern shakes. Here, While the amount of energy Sakura has in stock dwarves Rin's own natural capacity, Sakura's output with her attacks is limited to the size of her own Magic Circuit's capacity (which is about 1000 magical energy units). Due to this, both Rin and Sakura have the same release rate of power behind their attacks. Here, Rin kills 3 Giant Shadow Curses with the Jeweled Sword Zelretch, the cavern shakes (Rin explains she only needs to match Sakura's 1000 per curse every time to nullify them with the Jeweled Sword Zelretch). Here, Rin kills 3 Giant Shadow Curses with the Jeweled Sword Zelretch, the cavern shakes. Here, Rin has been matching Sakura's 1000 Shadow with her own 1000 Light with the Jeweled Sword Zelretch even though Rin's magical energy doesn't equal 100.

Here, Rin kills 3 Giant Shadow Curses with the Jeweled Sword Zelretch, the cavern shakes. Here, Rin kills another Giant Shadow Curse with the Jeweled Sword Zelretch. Here, Rin kills 3 Giant Shadow Curses with the Jeweled Sword Zelretch. Here, Rin's attacks kill more Giant Shadow Curses and causes the giant cavern they're fighting in to start collapsing. Rin and Sakura's attacks clash, they cancel each other out, the cavern shakes (here, here, here, here, here, here, here, and here). Here, Sakura conjures even more Giant Shadow Curses. Here, Rin and Sakura's attacks clash numerous times, they cancel each other out, Rin's finally reached her limit. Here, Rin tosses the Jeweled Sword Zelretch, it explodes, filling the entire cavern with light and destroys all of Sakura's Giant Shadow Curses. Here, Rin vs Sakura from Shirou's perspective. Here, more Rin vs Sakura from Shirou's perspective.

Kaleidostick Magical Ruby

Here, Zelretch's Second Magic storage box is impossible for Rin to blow the lid off of from the inside with her magical power. If she had the Jewel Sword Zelretch she could.

Here, Kaleidostick exposition. Here, more Kaleidostick exposition. Here, Kaleidostick can only be used by women. Here, the Kaleidostick has a Reality Marble. Here, the Kaleidostick craters the ground of its Reality Marble seemingly in the area Shirou was standing (he suffers no harm, I don't know what the fuck this even is). Here, may or may not be a literal nightmare.

Here, the Kaleidostick brainwashed Rin with its contract. Here, Kaleido Ruby Rin opens Zelretch's chest using the vast amount of magical energy the Kaleidostick gathered.

Magecraft?

Here, Rin explains types of magical energy, formalcraft, and Magic Crests. Here, Rin describes what its like to have a Magic Crest.

Here, Rin would be able to freeze the Ryuudo Temple lake to walk across it were it just water, but the Grail Mud mixed in makes that impossible.

Here, Rin creates a boundary field that would nullify the sound made by a missile. Here, a description of the Boundary Field around Rin's house. Here, Rin's barrier that she set up detects Bazett before Kiritsugu's boundary field alerts them to her presence.

Abzug Bedienung Mittelstand

vs Blood Fort Andromeda

Here, Boundary Field explanation. Here and here, Rin can drain the Blood Fort boundary field of magical energy, but not remove it from the school grounds (so Medusa can reactivate it by giving it more energy again).

Burst of Mana (Spell Unnamed)

vs Illyasviel von Einzbern and Gilgamesh (Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5)

Here, Ilya fires a cluster of magic energy at Gilgamesh, its apparently enough of a threat Gilgamesh saw fit to block it with a mirror-like shield from his Gate of Babylon. Here, Rin's able to save Ilya from the magic Gilgamesh reflected with her own, this action causes her some pain.

Es ist groß, es ist klein. Vox, Gott Es Atlas

vs Cu Chulainn

Here, Rin uses a spell stored in her magic crest that lets her lighten her body and adjust gravity to let her leap the roof's fence. Here, Rin seems to cast a spell to increase how fast she descends from her fall, EMIYA catches her before she hits the ground.

Fixierung, Eile Salve

vs Medusa (Shinji Matou)

Here, Rin shoots Medusa with bright magic bullets before she can finish her thrust, the bullets cuts the chain of Medusa's weapon Shirou's hanging from.

vs Shirou Emiya (General, Fate, UBW, HF, HA)

Here, Rin sets up a bounded field around Shirou's classroom to lock him inside for her last attack. Here, Shirou's reiforcement of a desk for protection vs Rin's more powerful curse. Here, the magical energy of Rin's curse is so strong its visible to the human eye and has a mass.

Gandr

Here, description of the damage Gandr caused and Gandr spell exposition. Here, Rin's Gandr lights up the hallway as it flies through it. Here, Rin's Gandr shots go through the walls, hitting everything in the classroom (one shot seems to have skimmed Shirou's back). Here, Rin's Gandr shots are compared to the sound of actual bullets. Here, Rin's Gandr shots burn everything they touch.

Minuten vor Schweißen

vs Glass Window

Here, Rin repairs the window Shirou broke earlier struggling against Cu Chulainn

Vier Stil Erschießung

vs Herakles (Day 3 [Fate])

Here, Rin hits Herakles with some kind of magic bullet attack (Shirou compares it to a high calibur pistol) that does fuck all to Herakles.

Jewel Magecraft?

Here, a description of the Tohsaka magecraft and allusions to Magic Crests. Here, Rin explains her Jewel based magecraft.

Here, Rin's greatest jewel possesses a store of over 10 years worth of her magical energy. Here, Rin uses her magic pendant equal in power to 10 years of her own mana stored in it to heal a dying Shirou Emiya.

Here, Kojirou detects and destroys a familiar employed by Rin to spy on Ryuudo Temple.

Acht

vs Medea

Here, Shirou surmises he can hold off Kuzuki for about a minute at most and Rin the same with Medea. Here, Medea casts Aero, exposition on her magecraft. Here, Rin counters Aero with one of her gems, nullifying the attack.

Bullets of Light (Spell Unnamed)

vs Herakles (Day 11 [Fate])

Here, Rin uses 4 gems on Herakles to attack him with bullets of light and kills him once. Here, Herakles head was probably blown off, blood splatter and spinal fluid reaches Shirou from 10 meters away.

Ein Körper ist ein Körper

vs Dragon Tooth Warriors

Here, 10 Dragon Tooth Warriors remain. Here, Rin destroys the last 10 Dragon Tooth Warriors with a topaz gem.

Fünf, Drei, Vier. Riesig und brennent, das ist ein Ende

vs Medea

Here, Rin uses 3 gems to attack Medea and try and overpower Medea's next counterattack. Here, this specific spell is magecraft beyond Rin's limits, its an attack that will destroy the entire temple and Kotomine's church if Medea doesn't defend. Here, that last attack from Rin was her greatest attack in the UBW route.

Gewicht, um zu Verdoppel ung

vs Herakles (Day 3 [UBW])

Here, Herakles charges Artoria, both EMIYA's arrows and Rin's obsidian jewel magic attack fail to stop his charge or damage him through God Hand.

Neun, Acht, Sieben. Stil, schießt Beschießen, Erschießung

vs Herakles (Day 11 [Fate])

Here, Artoria's slash sends Herakles flying backwards a few meters to give Rin an opening to launch her own attack. Here, Rin uses three gems in order to launch 3 icicle spears at Herakles that possess the power to blow away a mansion. Here, Rin's attack seems powerful enough to kill Herakles. Here, Herakles proves strong enough to physically overpower the icicle spears, but they still not destroyed completely, thus still enough to lacerate his arm. The ice freezes on the arm and stops its movement.

Sechs. Ein Fluß, ein Halt

vs Medea

Here, Rin attacks with a gem first this time, Medea matches Rin's magecraft in kind.

Sieben

vs Medea

Here, Rin nullifies Medea's electric charge with her seventh gem. Here, Medea's AOE covers the entire temple once her magecraft is cast, Medea protecting Kuzuki from the fallout. Rin has to waste each gem she has against Medea's magic in order to defend Shirou from the AOE.

Stark Groß zwei

vs Medea

Here, Rin uses a gem to nullify Medea's finishing blow.

Wind Jewel Magecraft (Spell Unnamed)

vs Artoria Pendragon (Shirou Emiya; Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5)

Here, Artoria attacks Rin, Rin attacks Artoria with a topaz jewel Wind spell described as being able to blow away a house. Artoria's magic resistance cancels out the spell. Here, Shirou sees how Artoria is able to negate Rin's "intervention Magic" level magecraft. He seems to believe Kiritsugu could use similar, though apparently not as instantly as Tohsaka's gems let her do so.

Rin Tohsaka vs Shades (Angra Mainyu's Corpses)

Here, the prospect of Rin having to face more than 1000 Shades leaves Rin uneasy even with all her usual weapons (both her mystic codes and jewels) at her disposal (she feels unable to delay them for even a few minutes). Here, Rin proposes to destroy the Big Bridge in Fuyuki, EMIYA dissuades her as, clearly believing she could. Here, Rin will be only fighting at half her full power. Here, Rin begins her attack, we see none of the results or anything else from the pair. Here, Rin and EMIYA will remain undefeated by the Shades. Here, Ko-Gil suggests while Rin and EMIYA are doing well, they're not well matched to fight a disease like the Shades are.

Physical strength (Reinforcement Magecraft)?

Rin Tohsaka vs Medea

Here, upon nullifying Medea's attack, Rin took the chance this gave her to rush in towards Medea to engage in hand to hand combat. Here, Rin hits Medea in the chest with her Chinese martial arts. Here, Rin has reinforced her fists much like how Medea did to Kuzuki. They are powerful enough to shatter Medea's magical defenses (basically what she would be using to shield both herself and Kuzuki from her own magecraft). Here, Rin's martial arts assault has afflicted Medea with fatal wounds. Here, Rin's assault on Medea only lasted about 5 seconds. Here, Medea was KOed by Rin's assault, but her surprise tactic will no longer work on Medea if the fight continues.

Speed?

Rin Tohsaka vs Medea

Here, Rin rushes towards Medea with Artoria like speed.

Rin Tohsaka vs Herakles

Here, in Bad End 2, Rin reacts to and fires off a light bullet spell while placing her body in front of Shirou's before Herakles can finish charging them and swing his Axe-Sword.

Rin Tohsaka vs Artoria Pendragon (Shirou Emiya; Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5)

Here, Rin barely managed to avoid one of Artoria's strikes

Rin Tohsaka vs Cu Chulainn

Here, Cu Chulainn stands about 10 meters away from Rin Tohsaka. Here, Rin instinctively moves to dodge Cu Chulainn's strike (so, he moved some 10 meters in the time she took to dodge into the fence). Here, Rin runs from the school roof to an open field more than 100 meters away in less than 7 seconds.

Rin Tohsaka vs Sakura Matou

Day 14 (HF)

Here, Sakura fires a shadow at Rin with magical energy far surpassing Rin's own. Here, Rin dodges, the fired shadow is on the same level as the black Shadow, even touching Rin spells the end.

Day 16 (HF)

Here, Rin's attack on Sakura to kill her is faster than Sakura can counterattack against.

Durability?

Rin vs Botched Second Magic

Here, Rin botched the creation of an imitation of Jeweled Sword Zelretch and caused a 2nd Sorcery Explosion. Here, the explosion in question. Here, that Rin survived the explosion proves she's a monster. Here, exposition on the nature of the explosion (it was a singularity that almost turned the entirety of Fuyuki into a mini-terminal. Basically, she almost turned Fuyuki into a place where all possible outcomes occurred). Here, Rin's fuck up destroyed the 3rd floor of the Einzbern Castle.

Rin Tohsaka vs Sakura Matou

Here, using the Jeweled Sword Zelretch comes at a high cost to Rin, it shreds her muscles in her arms with each swing. Here, Sakura's counterattack wounds Rin's stomach enough to cause her to bleed. Here, Rin's Magic Crest will keep her alive despite her wounds from Sakura.

Rin Tohsaka vs Medea

Here, Rin doesn't need to use an entire gem to block Medea's magic, each gem she's used should protect Rin 3 times.

Rin Tohsaka vs Herakles

Day 3 (Fate)

Here, in Bad End 2, Herakles stab at Rin only impales her rather than reduce her to chunks of meat and gore.

Day 11 (Fate)

Here, Herakles grabs Rin, she's not instantly crushed by his current grip. Here, Herakles puts power into his grip on Rin, she's not crushed by it because its a second too late. Here, as Herakles begins to regenerate, he begins crushing Rin again. She's able to endure this. Here, Herakles continues crushing Rin.

Source

"Hey, Tohsaka. Can I ask you something about yesterday?"

"What? I'm busy, so make it short."

"Yeah. You got grabbed by Berserker, right? I was wondering how you survived. …It doesn't look like it, but do you really train your abs?"

"Ahaha. Able to withstand Berserker's strength just from training… are you saying my stomach is stronger than steel?"

"

Sorry, I shouldn't have asked like that.
I'm sorry, so could you lose the menacing smile?"

"You should stop provoking me then."

"…So, how I endured it. I placed a jewel on my stomach beforehand. I put it inside my shirt and made a protective cover. Are you happy now?"

Rin Tohsaka vs Grail Mud

Here, description of Grail's curse on Rin. Here, Rin swallowed two gems filled with her magic in order to try and counter the curse she's walking through. Here, while she had the right idea, the magic of her gems are as good as a paper shield against the curse.

Rin Tohsaka vs Souichirou Kuzuki

Day 9 (UBW)

Here, before Rin can cast a spell, Kuzuki's already punched Rin in the chest. Here, Rin lessened the impact of Kuzuki's strike by jumping backwards at the moment of impact, reducing the damage it caused to stopping her breath.

Day 14 (UBW)

Here, Rin jumps back and shields herself from Kuzuki's assault that aims for her face. She's sent flying into the wall next to Shirou, her arms are now dangling as if broken.

Rin Tohsaka vs Kirei Kotomine

Here, Rin survived a beating from Kotomine while she was caught unaware of his betrayal.

Rin Tohsaka vs Einzbern Boundary Field

Here, Rin's interaction with Illya's boundary field.

 

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So, Sakura Matou?

Spoiler: General

Here, exposition about how Zouken made Sakura into a Holy Grail. Here, the crest worm in Sakura was created using the Holy Grail from the 4th War as a catalyst. Here, even with her contract broken with Angra Mainyu, Sakura's still a Holy Grail and has an excessively large amount of mana still because of it (its why she can manifest Medusa despite the Greater Holy Grail being destroyed). Here, Rin considers herself (user of the 2nd Magic), Shirou (with training could use Unlimited Blade Works and a successful example of the 3rd Magic), and Sakura (a Holy Grail and she has Medusa as a familiar) amazing and ponders how invincible they would be were the Mages Association to hold a combat tournament.

Here, a description of Medusa's Bloodfort now that she's under Sakura. Here, Medusa created the Bloodfort, but Sakura's magical energy is what is maintaining it.

Here, Rin compares Sakura to Shirou as a Magus due to the fact she was forced to learn the Matou magecraft her Tohsaka lineage and elemental affinity weren't suited for. Shirou is stronger as a Magus as at least he trained his body. Here, Sakura would be unable to get around Rin's magic barrier were they to fight as they are now (or at least how Rin perceives her before the Shadow revelation).

Magecraft?

Here, a description of the Matou magecraft. Here, Exposition about Sakura's imaginary numbers origin and her Matou binding magecraft. Here, Sakura's magecraft exposition.

Here, Medusa emits some kind of red wave of magical energy spear (apparently, this is one of Sakura's unconscious magical attacks), its aimed and fired at Rin. Here, Shirou saves Rin from the attack, he's impaled by it instead of her. Here, the attack that was aimed at Rin that Shirou saved her from was Sakura's magical attack. Here, Matou magecraft exposition and why the attack was aimed at Rin (she had the most magical energy there), Shirou's magical energy was drained instead for taking the attack. Here, Sakura attacked herself with the same magic that Shirou was drained by. Here, a description of what Sakura did to herself with her magecraft and why she did it. Here, Sakura kills Shinji with some kind of sharp string sort of magecraft curse (her own shadow)

Here, the effects of Sakura's boundary around her room. Here, Sakura's able to maintain the barrier inside the Emiya Household.

Sakura Matou vs Shades (Angra Mainyu's Corpses)

Here, Medusa and the Shades clash, Sakura pulverizes some Shades with her magecraft. Here, Medusa is distracted, Sakura protects Medusa by having her shadow engulf the Shades. Here, Sakura attacks more Shades, her magecraft's recoil almost tearing her body apart with each use. Here, Sakura attacks again. Here, Sakura attacks again, she destroys more Shades. Here, each of Sakura's attacks is causing her pain. Here, Sakura keeps attacking and destroying Shades. Here, Medusa clashes with the Shades attacking the Emiya shed, Sakura protects her back with her black fire magecraft. Here, Medusa and Sakura can keep this up for an hour. Here, Sakura destroys more Shades, another attacks her. Here, Sakura still has half her magical energy and strength to work with after all this fighting.

Spoiler: Shadow of Angra Mainyu

Black Shadow [??]
Unidentified object.
It gave the impression of a jellyfish on land. The Black Shadow was impervious to conventional attacks, and the target could only await death in its presence.
We ran out of ideas after Saber and Rin routes, so the Black Shadow was a surprise antagonist after much pondering.
It was a favorite of the Chief Director. In terms of how much love the Black Shadow got, its event CG and wallpapers were crafted with much care and effort.

Here, the Shadow is the contents of the Holy Grail, Angra Mainyu. The Grail is merely to act as a gate to reach the Root. Here, is how the Shadow manifests through Sakura to interact with the world. Here, its likely the Shadow as it has manifested so far doesn't have a concept of death. You either need to kill Sakura or destroy the Main body sending its image to Sakura to project

Here, Sakura basically perceives her actions as the Shadow as a dream. Here, Sakura's dream time as the Shadow again. Here, a description of the Shadow's latest murderspree. Here, basically a narration about what Shirou and Rin discover about the Shadow's most recent appearance that caused mass disappearance/death in Fuyuki. Here, despite Shirou's increased magic resistance, the Shadow's lingering after effects still cause Shirou nausea. Here, Rin describes what the Shadow did to the town and its residents. Here, a news report of the Shadow's last attack.

Here, it would be easier to fight Herakles than the Shadow. Here, Herakles reaction to Angra Mainyu/Sakura Matou's Shadow is to flee as he can't defeat her. Here, the attack Angra Mainyu/Sakura Matou's shadow sends to attack Herakles and Illya is the same kind of shadow curse creature Rin's going to need the Zelretch to counter later. Here, more about how Herakles will lose if he chooses to fight, that Illya will lose her Servant if she tries.

Here, Angra Mainyu/Sakura Matou's shadow swallow the body of Kuzuki and Medea's soul.

Here, exposition on what Angra Mainyu/Sakura Matou's Shadow is doing to acquire more mana (30 coma victims, less finesse than Medea)

Here, Bad End 34, the Shadow kills Illya and Shirou in gruesome fashion.

Sakura Matou vs Herakles

Here, Herakles movements are sealed by a bottomless pond of Grail Mud on top of having his limbs restrained by black veins. Here, Herakles and Artoria Alter clash, despite the Shadow mostly engulfing Herakles, he's till standing against Artoria Alter. Here, Herakles is at his limit, even though he and Artoria Alter are equally strong, he's being restricted by the Shadow more and more each second. Here, Herakles fights back against the restraints of the Shadow, he's unable to even take a step forward with his body bound by the Shadow. Here, to try and escape the Shadow, Herakles tears apart his body (specifically at his chest), the flesh torn off as he rips off the shadow fused to his skin leaves wounds deep enough to expose bone.

Sakura Matou vs Artoria Pendragon (Shirou Emiya; Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5)

Here, were Shirou Artoria to use all her magical energy, she could potentially escape from Angra Mainyu/Sakura Matou's shadow field.

Sakura Matou vs EMIYA (Part 1, Part 2)

Here, EMIYA, much like Herakles before himself, finds his ability to move arrested by the Shadow entangling his feet. Here, EMIYA saves Rin from the Shadow's tentacles and endures being pierced by the Shadow's attack. Here, EMIYA's defeat is sealed by the Shadow's successful attack due to his nature as a Servant. Here, the Shadow explodes, a description of the power. Here, EMIYA's spiritual core (what anchors a Servant to their current summons) was damaged by the Shadow, he was otherwise relatively free of physical injury.

Sakura Matou vs Cu Chulainn

Here, Cu Chulainn employs the protection of all of his 18 Primal Runes to defend against Angra Mainyu/Sakura Matou's Shadow's tentacle attack, the defense doesn't even slow them down despite being able to defend against a great Noble Phantasm. Here, Angra Mainyu/Sakura Matou's Shadow causes the lake's surface to boil as it consumes Cu Chulainn's body.

Sakura Matou vs Sasaki Kojirou

Here, Kojirou is defeated in one attack. Here, Angra Mainyu/Sakura takes Kojirou's arms next. Here, a description of the battle.

Sakura Matou vs Shirou Emiya (General, Fate, UBW, HF, HA)

Here, EMIYA is too far away from Rin to save her from the Shadow's attack. Here, the Shadow's attack lances out 10s of meters to Rin, Shirou is able to push her out of the way before it lands and gets hit himself. Here, Shirou's description of what its like after being hit by the Shadow's attack.

Here, Bad End 25, basically implies Shirou survived Night 7 because Sakura withdrew quickly enough for Shirou not to die from the curses of Angra Mainyu (think of the curse as damage over time, he has resistance feats, just not so much that he can survive it indefinitely).

Spoiler: Dark Sakura

Here, exposition on the mechanics of why Sakura became Dark Sakura and how to return her back to normal.

Here, Dark Sakura is at the same level as pure heroic spirits, the Counter Guardians/Grand Servants (as the amount and the presence of her magical energy is beyond human capabilities)

Here, Sakura accepts the Shadow/Angra Mainyu and completes her transformation as Grail Mud spills forth from her core increasing her power. Here, Sakura is superior to Illya as a Holy Grail. Here, Sakura's magical energy capacity is effectively infinite, over 100 million, compared to Rin's 300. Here, by both controlling the Shadow and Artoria Alter, not even a Servant would be a match for the now monsterous magus Sakura Matou.

Sakura Matou visits the Emiya Household

Here, Dark Sakura could crush the Emiya House if she so wanted to. Here, this is only a copy of Sakura as the real Sakura awaits under Ryuudo Temple.

Sakura Matou vs Einzbern Castle and the Counter Force

Here, Sakura, while going berserk, sets about demolishing the Einzbern Castle. Here, Sakura's already spent a day merged with the Shadow, as she's one with the Shadow possessing a physical form is torture. Here, the world is actively denying Dark Sakura's existence, this causes Sakura to feel pain she's never experienced.

Sakura Matou vs Gilgamesh (Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5)

Q: In Sakura’s Route, what happened to the devoured Gilgamesh? Saber was blackened and enslaved, but was Gilgamesh’s will too strong to be dominated? Or was he completely digested?


A: He simply cannot be controlled. In fact Gilgamesh cannot be blackened. After being devoured by the Grail, Sakura converted Gilgamesh into mana in haste because she was afraid that Gilgamesh might tear her up from the inside if she does not digest him. However, His Majesty was very hard to digest, so “Angra Mainyu” must have been plagued by belly-ache (laughs).

Gilgamesh [Servant]
The Archer class Servant of the Fourth Holy Grail War. Though he was summoned by Tohsaka Tokiomi, he ended up deserting his master and re-contracting with Kotomine Kirei. He is the strongest character in both Fate/stay night and Fate/Zero.
In the boy-meets-girl story of the original Fate/stay night he was forced to yield to the universal law of "love conquers all", but in Fate/Zero he's free to show off his overwhelming, cheat-like strength without restraint. He could have ended the war in a single night if he truly desired to do so. But then, careless pride is the king's prerogative, and getting serious over something as frivolous as a wish-granter would be unbecoming. So, taking that into account, it sort of balances out the huge disparity in firepower… I guess?
Also, the reason that he was able to splendidly escape after being swallowed by Angra Mainyu at the end of Fate/Zero despite succumbing to the same thing in the Sakura route of Fate/stay night is because in the latter he was distracted by the presence of a naked girl.
…Just kidding! Actually, it was due to the difference in power between the "mud", which was cut off from its source, and the "shadow" which was connected directly to it.

Here, Gilgamesh fires his Noble Phantasms from the Gate of Babylon at Sakura Matou as the Shadow. Here, the result of Gilgamesh's attack. Here, Gilgamesh goes to attack Sakura's neck with a blade bigger than her body from his Gate of Babylon. Here, a description of Sakura in the aftermath of Gilgamesh's attack from a different perspective. Here, Gilgamesh's attack to her neck from another perspective. Here, starting with his feet, Sakura's shadow begins to swallow Gilgamesh, he's eaten. It takes longer than normal to accomplish due to his power. Here, Gilgamesh's soul as a Heroic Spirit is worth over a few hundred thousand souls in terms of energy. Here, Rin confirms Gilgamesh's assault the previous night killed Sakura at least once, her regeneration just happened to help revive her.

Sakura Matou vs Rin Tohsaka

Day 14

Here, Sakura covers the Emiya home yard with Grail Mud Shadow. Here, Sakura fires a shadow at Rin with magical energy far surpassing Rin's own. Here, Rin dodges, the fired shadow is on the same level as the black Shadow, even touching Rin spells the end. Here, if Rin is swallowed by the Grail Mud even Servants can't escape, Rin will be swallowed without hope of resistance. Here, these fired shadows aren't from the black Shadow, but are the magecraft of Sakura. Here, how the rest of the fight plays out in Rin's defeat. Here, Rin is engulfed by the Shadow. Here, Sakura absorbs all of Rin's magical energy.

Day 16

Here, Sakura conjures numerous Giant Shadows that embody the magecraft of absorption, they're all equal in power to the Noble Phantasm of Servants. Here, Sakura begins to attack Rin with her Giant Shadows. Here, Sakura's Giant Shadow Curse closes in on Rin like a Tidal Surge, Rin destroys it with the Jeweled Sword of Zelretch. Here, Rin's already destroyed 6 similar Giant Shadow Curses. Here, each Giant Shadow Curse is a match for the Noble Phantasm of Servants, Rin normally shouldn't be able to even handle 1. Here, reiterates she's already destroyed 6 and that she did it with a single strike each. Here, Rin destroys her 7th as she runs up the cliff. Here, Rin destroys the last of Sakura's Giant Shadow Curses standing in her way with the Jeweled Sword Zelretch. She's finally reached Sakura's position at the top of the cliff.

Here, Sakura generates even more Shadow Giant Curses, the number of them incomparable to before. Here, to conjure all these curses, Sakura is using 100 million magical energy units. Here, this much magical energy could keep a Mage's Association department running for 100 years.

Here, Rin kills another Giant Shadow Curse with the Jeweled Sword Zelretch. Here, Rin kills another Giant Shadow Curse with the Jeweled Sword Zelretch, Rin highlights how this is just a pure contest of power between herself and Sakura's attacks. Here, Rin kills another Giant Shadow Curse with the Jeweled Sword Zelretch, Sakura compares the power of Rin's attacks to Excalibur (for it's power, look here). Here, Sakura reiterates the Jeweled Sword Zelretch is replicating the power of Excalibur. Here, Rin kills another Giant Shadow Curse with the Jeweled Sword Zelretch. Here, Rin informs Sakura that this is basically a fight between an imitation of the Third Magic (power of the soul) and an imitation of the Second Magic (power of parallel worlds). Here, Rin kills another Giant Shadow Curse with the Jeweled Sword Zelretch, the light and heat, compared to a miniature Excalibur's, causes the large cavern to rumble.

Here, Rin kills another Giant Shadow Curse with the Jeweled Sword Zelretch, the cavern shakes. Here, Rin kills another Giant Shadow Curse with the Jeweled Sword Zelretch, the cavern shakes. Here, Sakura's Shadow Tendrils vs Rin's Jeweled Sword Zelretch. Here, Rin kills a few more Giant Shadow Curse with the Jeweled Sword Zelretch, the cavern shakes. Here, the Jeweled Sword Zelretch kills another Giant Shadow Curse, Sakura's magical energy measures a trillion and is something that couldn't be used in a lifetime. Here, Rin kills another Giant Shadow Curse with the Jeweled Sword Zelretch, the cavern shakes. Here, While the amount of energy Sakura has in stock dwarves Rin's own natural capacity, Sakura's output with her attacks is limited to the size of her own Magic Circuit's capacity (which is about 1000 magical energy units). Due to this, both Rin and Sakura have the same release rate of power behind their attacks. Here, Rin kills 3 Giant Shadow Curses with the Jeweled Sword Zelretch, the cavern shakes (Rin explains she only needs to match Sakura's 1000 per curse every time to nullify them with the Jeweled Sword Zelretch). Here, Rin kills 3 Giant Shadow Curses with the Jeweled Sword Zelretch, the cavern shakes. Here, Rin has been matching Sakura's 1000 Shadow with her own 1000 Light with the Jeweled Sword Zelretch even though Rin's magical energy doesn't equal 100.

Here, Rin kills 3 Giant Shadow Curses with the Jeweled Sword Zelretch, the cavern shakes. Here, Rin kills another Giant Shadow Curse with the Jeweled Sword Zelretch. Here, Rin kills 3 Giant Shadow Curses with the Jeweled Sword Zelretch. Here, Rin's attacks kill more Giant Shadow Curses and causes the giant cavern they're fighting in to start collapsing. Rin and Sakura's attacks clash, they cancel each other out, the cavern shakes (here, here, here, here, here, here, here, and here). Here, Sakura conjures even more Giant Shadow Curses. Here, Rin and Sakura's attacks clash numerous times, they cancel each other out, Rin's finally reached her limit. Here, Rin tosses the Jeweled Sword Zelretch, it explodes, filling the entire cavern with light and destroys all of Sakura's Giant Shadow Curses. Here, Rin vs Sakura from Shirou's perspective. Here, more Rin vs Sakura from Shirou's perspective.

Here, Bad End 40, where Shirou chooses to not kill Artoria Alter, she regenerates, Sakura calls for her with her Shadow to save her from Rin, and Rin's basically tormented inside of Sakura in a state of non-death suffering the same torture Zouken put her through

Sakura Matou vs Shirou Emiya (General, Fate, UBW, HF, HA)

Day 14

Here, Sakura attacks with the Shadow as a black wave, Shirou pushes Rin away, he's engulfed by it. Here, Shirou recognizes the Shadow as the same thing the afflicted him way back on day 7 of the Holy Grail War. Here, Shirou's current experience being hit by Sakura's curse.

Sakura Matou vs Cursed Arm Hassan (weakened) and Zouken Matou (core worm)

Here, Dark Sakura's shadow swallows and compresses Hassan to death. Here, Sakura plunges her fingers into her heart and removes Zouken's final worm from deep within her nerves

 

[ChaosTheory123]

So Souichirou Kuzuki?

Spoiler

Souichirou Kuzuki [Person's name]
A teacher at the school which Shirou and gang enrolled. He taught social studies and ethics.
Kuzuki was the Master of Caster, but he was a regular man rather than a magus.
A mysterious man who suddenly appeared in Fuyuki City two years ago.
He was well-liked by the chief priest at the Ryuudou Temple and was granted residency in the temple.
He described himself as a "decayed killer", and true to his words, he did commit murder in the past.
Kuzuki's fighting technique was not something granted by Caster, but his own skills entirely.
Just like Caster appreciated Kuzuki, Kuzuki found something in Caster.
The reason which drove this husk of a man to fight, in a sense, was similar to that which drove Emiya Shirou.
He was a member of an assassination organization similar to the Nanayas in Tsukihime.
If there is a sequel, Kuzuki is number one on the list of characters I want to further explore.

Q: Between Kotomine, Bazett, Kuzuki, Melty Blood’s Miyako, and Kishima Kouma, who’d be the top 3 in a purely hand to hand fight with no weapons or magecraft?

A: I’m excluding Kouma since his existence itself has become a mystery.

And even if he didn’t have that nature, he’s like an athlete caught by drug testing.
Out of the four left, the winner in pure strength is Bazett.
If it’s limited to one match and a surprise attack, then it’s Kuzuki.
And if it’s the Kotomine from ten years ago, he’s stronger than Bazett overall.

Q: If Bazett and Kuzuki got in a hand-to-hand fight against each other, who would win?

A: If it's the first fight, then Kuzuki will win. If it's the second fight, then Bazett would pretty much completely win. Kuzuki could even drive Saber into a corner as long as his trick was kept hidden, but Bazett is also an expert at hand-to-hand combat thought of and developed by human beings. There's the possibility that she might adapt to Kuzuki's "snake" quicker than the Servants, who are more emphasized by their talent. However, since she might underestimate Kuzuki-sensei as being a normal person, Bazett could be beaten pretty simply.

Q: This is about Kuzuki-sensei who is physically stronger than regular people. Aside from his fists being strengthened by Caster, are the rest his own strength, or did Caster strengthened other parts of his body as well? <Soujuurou of the Hill>

Nasu: In the anime version, his entire body is strengthened. When the excessively worrying Caster buffed him to ten times that of a normal human, since Kuzuki's base strength is higher than a normal human, he became even more ridiculous, and did the unthinkable during his fight with Saber. Caster was surprised herself: "What the? Isn't my Master a little too strong?!"
Takeuchi: On a side note, it was also thanks to Caster's help that Kuzuki was able to move inside to Rider barrier.

Q. Lancer, Caster, Assassin, and True Assassins; all with normal attack and Noble Phantasms of B or lower. If they fought against Berserker, wouldn't it be a one-sided fight? Or are there any of them that can match up against him?

A: Assassin and True Assassin by themselves wouldn't even be a fight. Lancer can use his runes and Noble Phantasm together to temporarily raise the rank to A, but it'd still be a very disadvantageous fight but "one with some chances". Caster has two front-line Saber-class defenders, so if she uses her high sorcery then she'd be able to deal damage, but that would be limited to 2 to 3 times. Also, in the game, Assassin was able to push Berserker back because of the terrain advantage and support from Caster (weighing down Berserker's body). ...Well, since the compatibility of Assassin and Berserker is horrible, the fact that Berserker was even pushed back is enough to say "whoah, Kojirou's amazing".

Type-Moon Double Maniax - [Fate] Dream Battle - Kuzuki vs Caster

Nasu-san CHECK!
Welcome to the beginning of the unorthodox rumble series! The end of the ugly battle of the married couple.....yeah well, just as the adage goes about the loser being the one who falls for the other first, it'd end with Caster being the cause of her own defeat no matter what! You can do it, wakaokusama! ....would be the punchline I started off with, but if both were really serious it wouldn't even be a "fight". Kuzuki, who'd kill the opponent instantly before being noticed, and Caster, who has overwhelming firepower to annihilate the enemy with once the battle starts. Basically, whoever gets the first hit wins without question, would be the "conditional battle".

Physical strength, speed, and durability?

Here, Kuzuki's fist is being reinforced by Medea.

Here, Medea's AOE covers the entire temple once her magecraft is cast, Medea protecting Kuzuki from the fallout. Rin has to waste each gem she has against Medea's magic in order to defend Shirou from the AOE

Souichirou Kuzuki vs Gilgamesh (Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5)

Here, Kuzuki deflects some attacks from Gilgamesh Gate of Babylon before suffering fatal wounds from the assault.

Souichirou Kuzuki vs Artoria Pendragon (Shirou Emiya; Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5)

Here, Artoria slashes at Kuzuki, Kuzuki's still standing. Here, Kuzuki was able to guard against Artoria's slash by catching it between his leg and arm.

Here, Kuzuki hits Artoria in the back of the head with a punch. Here, Kuzuki punches Artoria on the solar plexus. Here, Kuzuki keeps punching at her vitals. Here, by the time Artoria is able to catch onto the fact Kuzuki's punches are what are impacting her so harshly, the match is decided against her. Here, description of Kuzuki's ensuing strikes and his fighting style, Artoria endures more punches. Here, Kuzuki's attacks are almost invisible to Artoria, the impacts from his punches cause Artoria pain even through her armor. Here, Kuzuki's punches aren't too heavy, but Artoria can't avoid them due to the pain each impact causes her.

Here, the last attack hitting the back of Artoria's head shakes her brain. Kuzuki's strikes can't penetrate her armor so he strikes her bared head. Here, Kuzuki's next strike goes through Artoria's guard with her arms as if like a snake. Here, Kuzuki's elbow from his last strike hits Artoria's collarbone. Here, Kuzuki's next punch destroys Artoria's left shoulder.

Here, Kuzuki's follow through of his punch pierces the back of Artoria's neck and he grabs her. Here, Kuzuki's reinforced hands could squeeze off Artoria's neck. Here, Artoria works to attack Kuzuki, Kuzuki tosses her into a wall at 200 kilometers per hour before she can finish. Here, the wound to Artoria's neck should be fatal, Artoria's not going to be moving until her neck and body wounds heal.

Here, despite Artoria still being injured, Kuzuki does not believe Artoria would be defeated by him again if they started to fight.

Kuzuki Souichirou vs Shirou Emiya (General, Fate, UBW, HF, HA)

Day 9

Here, Shirou got between Rin and Kuzuki as Kuzuki was about to begin his next attack. Here, Shirou can't see Kuzuki's strike, the strike shatters his reinforced wooden sword. Here, Kuzuki destroyed Shirou's wooden sword despite being reinforced to the extent that it was like metal.

Here, Kuzuki begins to strike at Shirou's temple. Here, Shirou begins to project Kanshou and Bakuya as Kuzuki's fist is in transit. Here, Shirou deflects Kuzuki's fists with Kanshou and Bakuya. Here, Shirou parried 30 attacks from Kuzuki before Shirou's images of Kanshou and Bakuya failed him in his mind and the projections shattered.

Day 12

Here, Rin races to the steps, Kuzuki rushes after her at a speed that makes Rin look as if she's standing still. Here, Shirou jumps down and intercepts Kuzuki's strike at Rin, Kuzuki breaks Shirou's wooden sword. Here, Kuzuki begins to strike at Shirou. Here, Shirou projects Kanshou and Bakuya. Here, Shirou repels Kuzuki's strike with Kanshou and Bakuya. Here, Shirou was only able to repel 2 attacks with Kanshou and Bakuya before his wound from Artoria the previous night was reopened from the clashing.

Day 14

Here, Shirou rushes to attack Medea, Kuzuki intercepts him as they clash. Here, Shirou and Kuzuki continue to exchange blows. Here, Shirou surmises he can hold off Kuzuki for about a minute at most and Rin the same with Medea. Here, Shirou desperately parries Kuzuki's attacks. Here, Shirou doesn't have the reflexes to dodge Kuzuki's fists, nor can he really see them (yet he still manages to parry them, ok). Here, Shirou endures a strike to his left collar bone, he almost drops Kanshou and Bakuya due to the strike. Here, Shirou pushes through the pain and parries the next strike aimed at his temple. Here, Kuzuki was able to destroy one of Shirou's swords in a few blows due to the power of his Medea reinforced fists targetting them this battle specifically. Here, Shirou projects a rushed copy of the sword just shattered. Here, Shirou continues to frantically block Kuzuki's strikes. Here, Shirou blocks a strike to his chest from Kuzuki's right fist with both his swords, both are shattered from the impact as he's sent flying into the wall 5 meters away.

Souichirou Kuzuki vs Rin Tohsaka

Day 9

Here, before Rin can cast a spell, Kuzuki's already punched Rin in the chest. Here, Rin lessened the impact of Kuzuki's strike by jumping backwards at the moment of impact, reducing the damage it caused to stopping her breath.

Day 14

Here, Rin jumps back and shields herself from Kuzuki's assault that aims for her face. She's sent flying into the wall next to Shirou, her arms are now dangling as if broken.

Souichirou Kuzuki vs Medusa (Shinji Matou)

Here, Medusa was killed by Kuzuki Souichiro in one blow, he tore out her neck with a blow that took her by surprise.

Souichirou Kuzuki vs Shades (Angra Mainyu’s Corpses)

Here, Kuzuki is fighting harder than he normally does, his punches stronger, because he's trying to impress Medea

Here, Kuzuki pulverizes some Shades with his strikes. Here, Kuzuki lands 3 fatal strikes in one breath, further pulverizing Shades. Here, despite the wounds Kuzuki inflicts, as they are already dead, the Shades can still attack so long as their bodies aren't entirely destroyed. Here, Kuzuki and Kojirou clash with the Shades, Kojirou suggests disabling strikes to deal with their attacks rather than the typical lethal. Here, Kuzuki and Kojirou continue to maim and clash with the Shades, they're able to completely overwhelm the Shades as they fight back to back.

Souichirou Kuzuki vs EMIYA (Part 1, Part 2)

Here, without Medea, Kuzuki's fists are no longer reinforced by magecraft, he's been substantially weakened from before. Here, while Kuzuki is still superhuman without Medea, he's fighting a Servant and superhuman alone isn't enough.

Here, Kuzuki's fists haven't weakened, Kuzuki strikes at EMIYA's temple, EMIYA dodges and pierces Kuzuki's chest. Here, alternatively, EMIYA tanks Kuzuki's strike to his temple, Kuzuki only moves EMIYA's head slight, EMIYA pierces Kuzuki's chest at the same time.

 

[ChaosTheory123]

So, Kirei Kotomine?

Spoiler

Fate/Zero Accolades

Source

Kotomine gains all the reserve Command Spells leftover from the previous Grail Wars

the Command Seals of previous Grail Wars preserved to this day could no longer be used.

——That wasn't right; would Father Risei have permitted such a thing to happen?

…

"God is spirit, and his worshipers must worship in spirit and in truth——"

As if in response, on the already cold right wrist of Father Risei, all the Command Seals simultaneously gave off a faint light.

Accompanying a burst of dull pain, the Command Seals were transferred one by one onto Kirei's arm. Speechless, Kirei stared at the light of the Command Seals.

Source

The power granted to Kotomine by the leftover command spells from previous wars rivals that of magic crests from the most famous of magus families. He could use it as his own mock magic crest.

Meanwhile, the Command Seals that were taken back for safe keeping and inherited from his father covered his entire right arm. The innumerable Command Seals, yet to confirm a target for a contract, can be used and forged into highly practical prana that has no alignments, and can be used to restrain Servants as well. That means they can be used as mock Magic Crests. Apart from the fact that they are expandable, the magecraft that Kirei now possessed was enough to rival famous magecraft houses that have collected their Crests through the generations. Kirei’s preparation was more than enough for him to continue participating in the Heaven’s Feel that was still going on.

Here, a combination of Kirei’s Bajiquan and the Command Spells (able to be used to explosively strengthen his muscle power by using 1, its akin to Artoria’s Mana Burst) he inherited from his father would allow Kotomine to defeat Assassin Servants whose presence were revealed or Caster Servants in close combat (contextually, probably would refer to any Assassin reliant on Presence Concealment [Cursed Arm Hassan, One Hundred Face Hassan] or Caster [Medea, Gilles de Rais, Nursery Rhyme, and Tamamo no Mae] that existed before September 19, 2012 [when the last Einzbern Consultation Room first aired]).

Here, to defeat a Servant specialized for hand to hand combat, Kotomine would need something like the element of surprise or suitability (the implication being its probably not a lack of power holding him back).

Kirei Kotomine

Nasu Kinoko & Takeuchi Takashi • Character Discussion

Nasu: There were many Command Spells on his arm. In fact, at one point there was this idea to present the effect of the Command Spells consumed to defeat Zouken in Fate/Stay Night with all the bells and whistles. With about ten Command Spells, even a human being can damage a Heroic Spirit. Ultimately I did not get the chance to do so. Mmm, True Assassin was not as reliable as I thought he would be (sweat drop)."

Takeuchi: Speaking of strength, who is stronger, Ciel or Kotomine?

Nasu: Ciel is overwhelmingly strong, due to her circuits, constitution and immortality. The strength of Kotomine at the time of Zero was due to his abnormally large number of Command Spells and his tenacity towards Kiritsugu. It was truly the brightest moment of his life. The Kotomine at that time could even win against Ciel.

Q: Between Kotomine, Bazett, Kuzuki, Melty Blood’s Miyako, and Kishima Kouma, who’d be the top 3 in a purely hand to hand fight with no weapons or magecraft?

A: I’m excluding Kouma since his existence itself has become a mystery.
And even if he didn’t have that nature, he’s like an athlete caught by drug testing.
Out of the four left, the winner in pure strength is Bazett.
If it’s limited to one match and a surprise attack, then it’s Kuzuki.
And if it’s the Kotomine from ten years ago, he’s stronger than Bazett overall.

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With the Command Spells Kotomine has available to use in combat, his chances of victory even against an expert magus were high.

In other words, there were more efficient ways to use the Command Seals he had taken from Risei’s hand. Even if Kirei possessed no Magic Crests, there were many ways for him to perform magecraft provided he paid the proper price. His chances of victory were high even if he were to fight an expert magus now.

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Kotomine in his fight with Kiritsugu is fighting at the level of a Dead Apostle.

Monster. There were no other words to describe the man before him. At this moment, Kotomine Kirei’s current combat ability is equal to that of a Dead Apostle. Just what kind of willpower was required for a living man to drill his own body into such a terrifying lethal weapon?

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Black Key's have their blades formed from Mana, they have great power and are difficult to use, Kotomine needs to be a very strong expert with them to wield them as he does

Kirei, who's holding the position of initiative after completely reversing the situation of attack and defense, spoke and walked over leisurely. And once again a Black Key appeared in his hands. The long blade of the Black Key is a semi-solid formed by prana, so while carrying it just holding the small hilt is sufficient. Nobody knows exactly how many Black Keys are hidden under Kirei's loose frock.

The Black Key, as one of the staple equipments of the Holy Church's executors, has great power but is also very difficult to use. Someone who is able to use its power so skillfully must be a very strong expert. And Maiya seems to have encountered such a rare expert now.

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Kotomine has been saving his strength due to the fact he needed to disguise himself. He can now unleash his abilities.

“Since Assassin is no more, Kirei, you should not be saving your own strength any more.”

“Yes, understood."

Across the other side came Kirei Kotomine’s quiet yet deep voice. This first-rate student and Executor, even though he had lost his Servant, still possessed a large degree of combat ability. Now, because he could no longer command Assassin, he had no need to disguise himself – it was time for him to unleash his own abilities.

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Kirei Kotomine is a top elite of the Holy Church as an Executor

Under the pretense of penance for moral training, he simply kept wounding himself repeatedly. But those tortures forged Kirei's body like iron, and when he realized, he had risen to the top of the elite of the Holy Church as an 'Executor', where nobody had followed him.

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Kirei Kotomine was an Executor by ten-something years old. They are first-rate murderers.

Indeed, Kirei did join the same department as his father in the end, but before that, he was transferred three times and was once chosen as an 'Executor.' He was only ten-something years old then too. This job cannot be done without a certain amount of willpower." That was the Holy Church's bloodiest department, called the Shura's Den for its responsibility of punishing heresies. To be able to gain the title of "Executor" would mean that he is a first-rate murderer, signifying that he has passed brutal and pious training to become mankind's weapon.

Kiritsugu considers Kirei Kotomine someone he needs to fight whole heartedly. Kirei Kotomine is a Jack of All Trades sort of person

"Ah, that's what I find strange." Looking at the uncomprehending Irisviel, Kiritsugu patiently explained. "No matter what this man does, he cannot reach the 'first-rate' level. When it comes down to it, he's not some sort of genius, just a normal man. But his achievement of quick results through complete and total effort is indeed scary. Certainly he has to exert ten or twenty times more effort than other people to achieve this level, but he actually stops when there's only one step left, and then without any lingering love transfers into another region. All the things he raised laboriously all along are tossed out like trash."

"..."

"He clearly chose a lifestyle many times more exciting than that of others, but in this man's life, he has never let others feel 'affection'. This guy - is definitely a dangerous man," Kiritsugu concluded.

Irisviel understood the meaning contained within his words. When he says "troublesome", although the opponent is very thorny, he actually is not seeing the opponent as a threat. The method of dealing with this type of opponent and the chance of success, Kiritsugu is already eighty percent assured. But when he uses the rating of "dangerous"... Emiya Kiritsugu only uses this rating against opponents he need to fight whole-heartedly.

Kiritsugu considers Kirei Kotomine to be more powerful an opponent than Kayneth and Tokiomi

"...You are saying, to you this Executor is a more powerful foe than Tōsaka Tokiomi and Archibald?"

Pausing for a while, Kiritsugu nodded resolutely. "...A terrifying man. Indeed Tōsaka and Lord El-Melloi are strong adversaries. But I think Kotomine Kirei's 'way of existence' is more fearful."

Fate/Stay Night Accolades

Kirei Kotomine [Person's name]
The arbiter appointed by both the Mages' Association and the Holy Church.
He was Archer's Master during the previous War, but he maneuvered behind the scenes during this War as Lancer's Master.
When Kotomine was in his early twenties, his father was appointed the arbiter of the Fuyuki Holy Grail War. After that, he was transferred to the Mages' Association under the Holy Church's "formal dispatch".
As a survivor of the Fourth Holy Grail War, Kotomine inherited the mantle of arbiter.
He bore the title of Executor from the Holy Church, and was proficient in Spiritual Healing.
Even though he was a member of the Executors, he would not be a match for the Number Seven of the Burial Agency.
His anti-spiritual attack power was exceptional, thus demonstrating that his faith was unwavering (albeit distorted).
Although he favoured destruction, he was a "creation" type magus like Shirou. The skillfulness of his spiritual and psychological healing had reached Priest level.
He was villainous but not wicked; cruel but not deviant.
The ultimate antagonist of Fate.
If Archer represented Shirou's flaws that were exposed under the spot light, then Kotomine could be called a wall you could only perceive in the dark.
His initial concept was "the evil mastermind that was instantly recognizable".

Type-Moon Double Maniax - [Fate] Dream Battle - Rin vs Kotomine

Nasu-san CHECK!
Ah. Rin has the better specs, but 80% of the time, Kotomine would win. It's not easy for humans to conquer trauma printed into them and what this fraud of a priest excels at is opening up the trauma of the enemy.
Since Rin has the goof-up girl trait, she has a lot of traumatic experiences, and having these poked at would make her unable to take advantage of her true potential.... Of course, even if they didn't know each other, Rin would still have a hard time. The executor side of Kotomine, a combat expert with over 10 years of experiences in killing magi, would be the counter of Rin's talents.

Here, Kotomine is able to sense Zouken

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Kotomine senses Zouken

Without the slightest carelessness, Kotomine Kirei listened closely to his ally’s footsteps moving into the distance. After confirming that the sound of footsteps had entirely disappeared—he again moved to a corner of the rooftop and shifted his gaze to a pile of discarded material covered by many sheets of water-resistant material.

“… I have already sent him away. I don’t know who you are, but isn’t it about time you revealed yourself?”

This voice carried an authority that did not permit compromise. After a period of silence, a hair-raising and suppressed laughter rang out, seeping into the icy night air.

“Oh, already noticed, have you? Indeed, you are worthy of being an Executor who has experienced battle. Much more sensitive than that kid Kariya."

Kyrie Eleison

Baptismal Chant [Magecraft]
The only miracle allowed to be practiced by the Holy Church.
It was a simple ritual that sublimed lost souls through the Lord's teaching, and returned them to the appropriate "Throne".
The Foundations of each mage school's arcane principles were carved onto the World. Spells were activated by taking control of the Rules and System (through the Foundation).
Spells with a feeble belief system and small Foundation were often weak, and could not function in foreign lands.
Amongst faith-based spells, the one with the broadest Foundation was the Church's teaching of God, i.e. Words of God.
Its ability to interfere with physical objects was weak, but its ability to interfere with spiritual entities was great.
The teachings of the Church were widespread, because this miracle that "speaks to the soul" had mended the hearts of many.

vs Zouken Matou

Here, Kotomine finishes the exorcism right of Kyrie Eleison on Zouken. Here, How Zouken survived Kotomine's exorcism.

vs Cursed Arm Hassan

Here, Hassan is now without a Master. Kotomine can now hurt Hassan with his exorcism rites as Hassan no longer has a source of magical energy.

Spiritual Surgery

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Magecraft Kirei Kotomine is proficient in. He's beyond Tokiomi at healing magecraft

Look, Tōsaka Tokiomi's report about Kirei given to the Association. The scope of training includes alchemy, spiritual evocation, summoning, divination... he is even more adept at healing magecraft than Tōsaka Tokiomi.

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Kotomine used healing magecraft to heal Kariya

When he suddenly noticed what he was doing, Kirei had already begun administering first-aid curative magecraft onto Kariya’s body. Carrying Kariya, whose condition had become stable despite in a deep sleep due to his actions, he left the battlefield, and left him in front of the Matō residence whilst stealthily concealing himself from public gaze – That happened about 15 minutes ago.

Command Spells

Here, Kotomine is able to remove Shirou’s Command Spells from his hand.

Sakura Matou’s Crest Worms

Here, Kotomine has purified the poison and anesthetized Sakura so far. Here, Kotomine describes the difficulty of the surgery he's going to perform on Sakura to remove her Crest Worm. Here, Kotomine completed the operation on Sakura. Here, Kotomine used his entire Magic Crest up in order to ensure the operation was a success. Here, a description of what happened with the operation.

EMIYA’s Arm

Here, a description/narration of what its like for Shirou to have EMIYA's arm surgically attached while unconscious. Here, a description the kind of skill needed for the sort of spiritual surgery Kotomine conducted.

Reinforcement

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Kotomine’s best magecraft is spiritual healing, if he uses magecraft in battle at all it will be to reinforce his physical prowess.

According to the magecraft teaching result reports obtained from Tōsaka Tokiomi, Kotomine Kirei’s tutelage of magecraft had not progressed beyond the degree of a beginner. His most outstanding skill was spiritual healing. If he were to use any effective magecraft during battle, then the only predictable one would be physical enhancement; his most adept skill, used to exert even greater physical strength.

Kotomine defends against Kiritsugu’s Origin Bullet with his 6 Black Keys fanned out in front of his body while amplifying their power with a Command Seal. The Origin Bullet destroys the Black Keys on impact after it is deflected, the magical energy from the Command Seal facing destruction instead of Kotomine’s body.

The Executor waved the six wing-like Black Keys, and charged directly towards Kiritsugu. He had made some defensive preparations for Kiritsugu’s bullets.

Which was exactly what Kiritsugu had wanted. The success of Kitisugu's killing blow was ensured precisely because Kirei had prepared defensive measures. The magecraft bullet was already loaded into his Mystic Code.

...

Kirei initiated a large-scale magecraft.

The Black Keys that he gripped in both hands instantly expanded to more than twice their original size. The half-spiritual blades, which had been woven with magecraft to begin with, had extra prana forced into them. The forceful execution of this spell evidently surpassed the limit of the weapons themselves, but it was enough to handle the single bullet. Kirei crossed the six enormous swords before his chest, holding them in a fan-like formation. The immense destructive power of the .30-06 Springfield assault rifle bullet was neutralized in an instant.

The bullet was deflected, a shower of flying sparks accompanying the clash. The Black Keys, which had been overflowing with prana, could no longer handle the heavy load, and shattered.

This extraordinary skill, which allowed swords to surpass bullets, was the wrong move. It was truly shocking that Kirei, who should not have even had a Magic Crest, could exert such a surprising skill. But more importantly, this would allow the fatal destruction of Kirei’s Magic Circuits, which were currently supplying the Black Keys with energy. Due to Emiya Kiritsugu’s Origin, Kirei’s flesh and circuits would instantly be annihilated due to the massive amounts of prana running rampant in his body – at least, that was what was supposed to happen.

…

That had not been within the scope of Kiritsugu's predictions. The Origin round fired from his Contender gun had been nullified – Kiritsugu couldn’t figure out the reason. Even Kirei himself wouldn’t have imagined that the uniqueness of his magecraft had nullified Kiritsugu’s killing blow.

Kirei had never been an orthodox magus. He, whose Magic Circuits had yet to be developed properly, had only obtained a source of prana through utilizing the spare Command Seals he received from Risei. The disposable, single-use Command Seals were all that saved Kirei. The moment the Origin round made contact, the Command Seal that served as his source of prana simply disappeared from Kirei’s arm.

Physical strength and speed?

Super Bajiquan [Others]
Since Fate Zero was the story of Emiya Kiritsugu and Kotomine Kirei, the final climactic battle of course would be a duel between the two. Based on earlier design decisions, Kiritsugu would wield fire arms, employ magecrafts such as Innate Time Control, and be equipped with Avalon considering later developments. However, speaking of Kirei's arsenal, there were only the Black Keys. This gave me quite a bit of a headache.
But wait, there was Bajiquan. Only Bajiquan was left. Still, how should I write it?
In the Second Volume of Zero, I had to write Kirei's fight scene. I went back to square one: first I re-read The Smiling, Proud Wanderer, then I attempted to brainwash myself with Bruce Lee, Jet Lee and and Tony Jaa for inspiration. Finally, I had achieved an understanding and reached the realm of "amazing kungfu, truly amazing kungfu". What was left was merely finishing writing the scene in one go before I calmed down. Thus the VS. Iri and Maiya scene was born.
Also worth mentioning, in order to write the final battle at Fuyuki City Hall, I added the 36th Chamber of Shaolin and Storm Rider to my reference/brainwashing materials list.
Because of all this, if you poke fun of the fact that Kirei's Bajiquan was kind of random, I would just ignore you and keep humming the ending theme of Space Warrior Baldios.

Originally he was taught baji quan by his father, Risei, as a form of spiritual improvement, but through his blood-drenched experiences as an executor it was gradually sublimed into a warped version specialized at destroying the human body. Needless to say, the fact that he was so far off from his father's ideal form of kung fu was probably just one more thing he could not forgive himself for during his youth.

Questions 05: Kotomine deflected the bullet of the Contender with Bajiquan, but is Bajiquan really that powerful? I am really interested, so by all means, let me know.

Fukushu: Oh, that. Urobuchi's Bajiquan is the Internal Art that transcends the External Art. It is a super-human technique like the supersonic 6-hit combo that the Cyber Fist Killer can achieve. It should not be used as a reference for the real Bajiquan. I wonder what will happen if it continues to become more deadly?
Gen: It is the ultimate technique born from the miraculous fusion of Bajiquan and magecraft. Super Bajiquan is the reckless attack that belongs to Kotomine, whose self-destructive fighting style enables him to sacrifice an arm.

Here, both Shirou and Kotomine run at even speed, both are moving at a pace of about 100 meters in 7 seconds/about 50 km/hr on the uneven terrain of the forest. Here, Kotomine doesn't need to use magical energy to achieve the same kind of performance as Shirou doped up off of EMIYA’s arm.

Kirei Kotomine vs Shirou Emiya (General, Fate, UBW, HF, HA)

Day 16 (HF)

Here, Shirou senses no magical energy from the dying Kotomine. Here, Kotomine without magic is far stronger than Shirou even after EMIYA's arm has improved his body. Here, Shirou reasserts Kotomine without magical energy is much stronger than himself despite EMIYA's arm altering his body.

Here, Shirou asserts Kotomine will smash his head in if he tries to take the time to project (contextually, the Excalibur Morgan he needs to off the Grail/Angra Mainyu). Here, strength enters Kotomine's body. This fight won't involve magic, skill, or strategy. Just a brawl. Here, Kotomine dashes at Shirou, Shirou's unable to do this himself anymore. Here, Shirou punches full force at Kotomine, Kotomine dodges and Shirou ends up being hit by Kotomine. Here, Kotomine's still fast enough to disappear from Shirou's vision.

Here, Kotomine punches Shirou's stomach and kicks up at Shirou's body. Here, Kotomine's kick is strong enough to inflict Shirou with pain great enough to almost knock him unconscious. Here, Kotomine's kick sent Shirou meters into the air, would have been able to rip his head off. The second blow to his stomach was strong enough to pulverize Shirou's organs. Here, Kotomine uses Super Bajiquan to damage Shirou's insides through striking his outsides. Here, Kotomine uses a palm strike, the attack pierces through Shirou's sword armor to his insides.

Here, All of Shirou's attacks have been dodged or parried, all of Kotomine's have landed cleanly. Here, Shirou blocks Kotomine's punch aimed for his head. Shirou's head isn't made of swords yet and will end the fight for him if hit there. Here, Kotomine strikes Shirou with a kick, Kotomine's fists are pulverizing Shirou's body. EMIYA's arm desperately tries to heal Shirou's body with swords. Here, the more Shirou is struck by Kotomine, the more his Left arm turns his body into swords to repair the damage. Here, Shirou dodges one of Kotomine's punches, Shirou punches Kotomine, Kotomine repel's Shirou's punch. Here, Kotomine punches Shirou, despite being numbed to all pain but EMIYA's arm Kotomine's attack hurt and sent Shirou almost flying off the cliff. Here, Kotomine deflected Shirou's next punch and blows Shirou away with his counterattack.


Honestly, the Heaven's Feel Movie version makes Shirou look much better than the VN did (Shirou didn't believe his head would survive Kirei's punches whereas the movie proved that false in the opening exchange).

About Shirou?

I mean, said suit of swords is pretty tanky, both externally and internally.

Before the Artoria Alter fight?

Here, The flow of magical energy from EMIYA's arm is so potent it causes Shirou's bones to break. Here, EMIYA's arm will reinforce the broken parts (the same way it has been with Avalon, his body is made of blades). Here, EMIYA's Unlimited Blade Works is invading Shirou's body the more he uses the arm, its already far enough along he can hear creaking sounds.

Before the Dark Sakura fight?

Here, Shirou's spent most of the magical energy in himself and EMIYA's arm, he thinks he can only manage one more projection (he can manage 2, really, but that's besides the point as Excalibur killed his ass anyway). Here, Unlimited Blade Works turns Shirou's body further into swords, he figures he could repel bullets now.

Next?

Shirou Emiya (HF) vs Sakura Matou

Here, Sakura's refusing Angra Mainyu, it now acts against her will and keeps her alive. Here, the Shadow attacks Rin, Shirou shields Rin's body with his own and he tanks the blow to his back. Here, the Shadow's next attack grazes Shirou's cheek, Sakura's yell prevents it from slicing through his neck. Here, Sakura tries fighting back against the Shadow, the only thing this does is increase their numbers. Here, Sakura can't suppress the Shadow, the next blow grazes Shirou's cheek. Here, seems like the next strike lands on Shirou's shoulder. Here, the Shadow's pressure gets stronger towards Shirou with each step he takes. Here, the Shadow strikes Shirou's stomach next, it fails to pierce, Sakura's intentionally trying to push Shirou away. Here, Shirou removes the Shroud of Martin for the last time. Here, the Shadows lance towards Shirou's chest, shoulder, left leg, and stomach. The Shadow can't pierce his body made of swords. Here, Shirou's body of swords tanks 2 more strikes from the Shadow. Here, Shirou projects Rule Breaker, he uses all the remaining magical energy he has.

For the anime? Here, tanks numerous tendrils from Angra Mainyu, seemingly having thrown a tantrum at Shirou's suggestion he and Sakura save the living Rin together. Here, look at all that holding back Sakura's able to do. Here, the only arguable holding back Sakura does as she's the actual one doing the attacking. Here, scares the piss out of Angra Mainyu with the threat of projection and it attacks him with a trio of tendrils that do fuck all.

Mind you?

Here, Cu Chulainn employs the protection of all of his 18 Primal Runes to defend against Angra Mainyu/Sakura Matou's Shadow's tentacle attack, the defense doesn't even slow them down despite being able to defend against a great Noble Phantasm (I imagine that'd be A rank given his Gae Bolg is only "average")

Here, the anime's version didn't really go any differently.

All this before confronting Kirei.

To note, his internals are also fairly durable whenever his body reinforces itself with swords.

Shirou Emiya (Fate) vs Medusa (Shinji Matou)

Here, Shinji tells Medusa to not restrain herself. Here, Shirou endures an attack from Medusa. Here, Shirou appears to block a strike aimed for his neck in time for Medusa to stab his blocking arm. Here, Shirou endures being cut by Medusa's strikes numerous times.

Here, Medusa hits Shirou's shoulder. Shirou's body had already started to self heal, so the muscles that were being knit together by swords causes Medusa's dagger to break on impact (ergo, that's definitely full force in terms of striking power). Medusa muses she can't kill Shirou with her dagger. Here, Shirou endures a roundhouse kick from Medusa out the window (yet free fall from the 3rd floor is supposed to kill him... I'll find an author that one day understands how stupid this sounds after considering the previous 2 attacks). Here, Medusa's kick tossed him a few dozen meters away. Here, Shirou survives hitting the ground if he summons Artoria (here, in the bad end, he doesn't, his body overproduces the swords for some reason... the fuck's the difference?). Here, the Tiger Dojo confirms Shirou would normally die from Medusa's kick without his body reinforcing itself with swords (be it Shinji or Sakura Rider, this is them coyly alluding to his body made of blades).

And for his best feat of internal and external durability?

Shirou Emiya (Fate) vs Gilgamesh (Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5)

Full context?

Here, Shirou endures a strike from some hammer Noble Phantasm from Gilgamesh's Gate of Babylon (Gilgamesh was not trying to kill Shirou). Here, Shirou begins to overclock his magical energy in order to get back into the fight. Here, Shirou's body reinforces itself through UBW swords stitching back together. Here, Shirou's overclocked body is now patched up enough to stand back up to fight.

Here, Gilgamesh attacks with Merodach/Gram's version of the attack Caliburn used to kill Herakles, Shirou's Caliburn goes to clash with it, Caliburn breaks on impact. Here, Shirou's body was split from left shoulder to waist by Merodach/Gram's version of Caliburn's attack. Here, Shirou's body was reinforced by UBW swords stitching it together enough that he was praised by Gilgamesh for his durability (as he was able to keep his body from being blown ["scattered" as Gil offered] apart by Merodach/Gram's version of Caliburn's attack like Gilgamesh was expecting to happen).

...

Kotomine's martial arts does indeed target the internals, but those internals are pretty damn tough to be fair. He also needs to be something of a physical peer to Cursed Arm at Rank B to deflect his dirks and have his Black Keys throw his ass into the tree to pin him there. He's not a Servant killer, but his stats are on a level that can contend with them even in the 5th War.

Kirei Kotomine vs Cursed Arm Hassan

Here, Kotomine parries Hassan's thrown dirk. Here, Hassan fires off 3 dirks like bullets, Kotomine easily knocks them all aside with his Black Keys. Here, Kotomine's available weapons to fight Hassan are 10 Black Keys (5 for each hand) and a Command Spell left over from the 4th Grail War. Here, Kotomine's Black Keys clash with the thrown dirks of Hassan. Here, Kotomine deflects Hassan's thrown dirks.

Here, exposition on how Hassan uses his thrown Dirks to measure an opponent's skill. Here, Kotomine has forced Hassan to use 20 Dirks already. Each Dirk is thrown with intent to kill, but Kotomine has blocked them all. Hassan is impressed by Kotomine's powers. Here, Kotomine's stamina is drained from fighting Hassan, all 7 Black Keys Kotomine threw at Hassan were dodged. Here, Hassan throws 3 dirks at Kotomine's temple, pancreas, and diaphragm, Kotomine deflects them all.

Here, Hassan attacks with his Zabaniya. Here, Kotomine throws his Black Keys at Hassan as his Cursed Arm moves towards Kotomine. Here, Kotomine's Black Keys are thrown with enough force to pierce Hassan, thus inflict him injury, and stick to the tree behind him. Here, Kotomine's Black Keys hit Hassan with enough force to hurl Hassan backwards, nail him to the tree, and seal Hassan's movements. Here, Kotomine's Black Keys nailing Hassan to the tree, despite basically only being a scratch to Hassan, make it impossible for him to save Zouken.

Kirei Kotomine vs Kiristugu Emiya

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Description of how long it takes Kotomine to throw his iron penetrating Black Keys, the number he can perform in a given time frame, and his level of accuracy while doing so.

The battle tactic analysis concerning Kotomine Kirei had been conducted based on information from Hisau Maiya, who had fought him twice.

He used Black Keys during ranged battle. A single throw, complete with preparatory movements, could be completed in 0.3 seconds. He could perform four separate throws in 0.7 seconds. His accuracy rate was 100% even when striking down unconfirmed targets, such as the illusions in the Einzbern forest. The blades themselves, half-spiritual entities, could penetrate iron.

Description of Kotomine’s Baji Quan that took out Maiya in one blow and how he snapped a fully grown tree.

He used Baji Quan for melee fighting. Specific details were unclear, but he was undoubtedly at the level of an expert. He had seriously injured Maiya, a dagger-wielding opponent, with just one strike, and snapped a fully grown tree in only a few strikes.

As an Executor, the speed of Kotomine’s mind surpasses that of bullets

Kiritsugu fired. Kirei should have been able to predict the trajectory of the bullet from Kiritsugu’s killing intent and preparatory actions. As a humanoid Shura, an Executor of the Holy Church, the agility of Kirei’s mind far surpassed that of a bullet.

Kiritsugu maintains Time Alter Double Accel. Kotomine, now having experienced Kiritsugu’s magecraft, compensates for the speed and rushes Kiritsugu with a Baji Quan punch that crumples Kiritsugu’s thoracic cavity, reduces his lungs and heart to a mash of meat, and sends him flying backwards into the support pillars crowding the room.

Kiritsugu ignored the pain Innate Time Control inflicted upon him, and maintained the spell, backing out of Kirei’s range.

…

Kiritsugu’s sudden acceleration was a simple miscalculation that caused Kirei’s roundhouse kick to go off the mark. His speed, however, was not so nimble that Kirei was unable to grasp it. Once he realised that Kiritsugu had doubled his speed, Kirei made the appropriate calculations.

Kiritsugu experienced surprise for the second time in a few short seconds.

The space between them was a little over five steps. The tall Executor took a slight step forward, shortening this seemingly safe distance. This step, which sneaked toward the enemy without announcing its speed, was called ‘the moving stance’. It was also one of the dangerous secret skills of Baji Quan.

Kiritsugu shuddered, as the tall, frock-clad figure glided forward. Kirei's reached Baji Quan's optimum distance, and his fist drove toward toward the enemy with the power to reach infinity in all eight directions.

Kirei stepped forward. The concrete floor boomed under the impact, and the heavily planted forward fist slammed into Kiritsugu’s chest like a rock. Using the ‘Eight Postures of the Buddha Guards’ style, the sheer force of Kirei’s strike was like a grenade exploding in Kiritsugu's chest. Kiritsugu’s body, which took the full force of the blow, flew through the air like a strand of hay, and slammed into the support pillars that crowded the room. He never had the chance to defend himself. His thoracic cavity crumpled beneath Kirei’s iron fist, and his lung and heart were pounded into a mash of meat.

Three steps away, Kiritsugu fires his Origin Bullet, Kotomine employs 2 Command Spells to amplify his physical abilities (reaction time, power output of various muscles). Kotomine’s arm is compared to a lethal magecraft Mystic Code as it causes a tornado to form from its movement. Kotomine deflects the Origin Round with his right punch (Kotomine’s kevlar sleeve is torn). The overly excessive reinforcement of Kotomine’s arm had caused it to start to bleed and damaged it to the bone.

A space of three steps separated him from Kirei’s iron fists.

The Contender once again let out a furious roar. Kirei had no time to dodge, nor did he have time to draw his Black Keys.

But Kirei had never intended to dodge.

Kirei once again activated a Command Seal the moment he stepped toward Kiritsugu. He reinforced his physical abilities. Kirei accelerated his reaction time, multiplying the maximum power output of his right flexor, radius muscle, and pronator teres. There was no time to strengthen the sleeve of the bulletproof frock. The rest depended entirely upon his skill.

Kirei threw a right punch a moment before the Contender fired. His arm, having transformed into a lethal magecraft Mystic Code, carved a spiral through the air, and a tornado roared into being.

This movement became a spiral of force. Originally a defensive skill to nullify an opponent’s strike, the martial arts move was performed at a horrific speed after the prana of two Command Seals was infused into it.

The bullet left the barrel at a speed of 2500 inches per second, and was wrapped up in the spiral that moved at a divine speed. Even so, the .30-06 bullet still kept a straight path. It tore apart the Kevlar sleeve, clashing viciously with Kirei’s hardened arm, emitting alien sounds like the clash of two mill stones.

The scattering sparks seemed to distort the laws of physics; a supernatural phenomena where approximately 3000 pound-per-inch kinetic energy was forced to bend to the power of magecraft. A chill ran down Kiritsugu's spine as he watched the second Contender bullet's trajectory change. The bullet flew off at an angle, into the distance.

…

However, Kirei did not follow up his attack during this pause. He remained where he stood, unmoving, as if observing the opponent’s next move. Large amounts of blood gushed out of his right arm, where the frock sleeve was torn. Possibly because he had used too much prana with his unskilled method- his right arm, which had been overly strengthened by magecraft, was severely wounded as the price for having blocked the attack of the Contender.

…

His own right arm had been damaged, all the way to the bone, so he could manage only one more blow only if he was prepared to destroy his right arm.

Kotomine has 12 Black Keys and 8 Command Spells remaining.

He had twelve Black Keys and eight Command Seals left.

Kiritsugu uses Time Alter Triple Accel, he bashes and breaks Kotomine’s right radius and ulna with a strike from the grip end of his Thompson Contender. Kotomine’s right arm is destroyed.

“Time Alter: Triple Accel!”

Kiritsugu leapt toward Kirei as he uttered the forbidden spell. His unpredictable acceleration caught Kirei off-guard. One blow from the hardened walnut wood snapped Kirei’s right radius and ulna. The Executor's right arm was destroyed.

Kiritsugu’s attacks with the dagger under the amplification of Time Alter Triple Accel are all dodged or blocked by Kotomine’s left arm. Kotomine’s right arm would not be able to block Kiritsugu’s dagger in the state it’s been left it.

Kirei dodged the upward stab as the dagger was removed from its sheath, and used his left arm to block the downward slash and backhand horizontal swing Kiritsugu followed up with. However, with these three attacks, Kiritsugu shifted around to Kirei's left hand side, into Kirei’s blind spot. As long as he stayed on the left side of the enemy, Kiritsugu would have all the chances in the world to strike Kirei down from his blind spot.

Kiritsugu’s sharp blade sliced closer, but Kirei didn’t turn; instead using the left side of the body to block every swing. Turning would have been pointless; his broken right arm could not possibly block Kiritsugu’s dagger. Thus, though it disadvantageous for Kirei to use his left side to defend himself, he had no other choices.

The dagger attacked continuously, flickering through the air with a chilling light. No regular human would have been able to even see Kiritsugu’s movements; only the lighting-like residual images the dagger left in its wake. Kirei, though, blocked every attack using just his left arm. Kirei, who easily defended himself even when faced with attacks made at three times the speed of normal humans, terrified Kiritsugu. There were a few attacks that even Kirei would never have seen coming with his eyes, but the Executor’s left arm defended him, as if it could see every swing.

“Could this be the idea of ‘hearing’ a move?!”

Kiritsugu only had a vague impression of this phrase. Some schools of martial arts thought that when a martial artist had reached a certain state in his skills, he wouldn’t need eyesight to detect the enemy’s movement. He could predict the opponent’s next move purely on the brief moment when his arm blocked that of his opponent.

The attacks from his blind spot had also been rendered pointless, then. Since the attacks were coming from a static location, Kirei could block them even if he couldn’t see them. This man’s skills made him someone who wouldn’t be at a disadvantage even when put under the duress of speed.

Kotomine uses his Baji Quan to cause Kiritsugu to stumble while using Time Alter Triple Accel.

Kirei suddenly changed his feet stance, and rolled forward, towards his opponent. Kiritsugu thought that the enemy’s ability to ‘hear’ a move had been pushed to its limit, but Kirei moved a foot, hooking one of Kiritsugu’s legs from the inside, in a move known as the locking stance. Kiritsugu stumbled backwards.

Kirei Kotomine vs Zouken Matou

Fate/Zero

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Kotomine throws Black Keys at Zouken.

There were no shows of strength, nor were there any warnings. Kirei simultaneously threw out two Black Keys at his left and his right in the blink of an eye, so fast that his preparatory movements couldn’t even be seen. It was as if he was going to pierce this old man’s body like a piece of barbeque meat.

Day 15 (HF)

Here, Kotomine jumps up 10 meters in an instant like a cannon firing to grab Zouken in the trees. Here, Kotomine basically mauls Zouken by smashing his body on the ground

Kirei Kotomine vs Rin Tohsaka

Here, Rin survived a beating from Kotomine while she was caught unaware of his betrayal. Here, Rin had realized she couldn't defeat Kotomine as she was, so she hid the dagger.

Kirei Kotomine vs Bazett Fraga McRemitz

Here, Kotomine had killed Bazett. Here, Kotomine killed Bazett by attacking her from behind, he also tore off her left arm that had her command spells.

Kirei Kotomine vs Maiya Hisau

without Irisviel

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Kotomine is able to dodge Maiya's 9mm bullets by means of predicting where she was going to shoot and evading them accordingly (aim-dodge so to speak)

After being asked that, Maiya made a new judgment regarding Kotomine Kirei. This man in front of him must be killed.

The sound of Maiya's rapid fire rang out. Although the 9mm-caliber called the military bullet has a good ability to inflict damage, it is still not powerful enough. So in order to effectively kill the opponent, the key is to shoot the abdominal region three times consecutively. Compared to the small fatal point that can instantly cause death, attacking the position where it is easy to hit and inflict heavy damage seems more effective. This is the rule of killing by shooting.

Even so, Maiya's bullets did not strike the organs beneath the frock, but rather the hard concrete floor.

Even if Kotomine Kirei's evasive actions were of an unbelievable speed, they cannot be faster than the speed of sound of the bullets. But he determined Maiya's thoughts before she pulled the trigger and acted beforehand. What's amazing is Kotomine Kirei's judgment on tactics.

Predicting the moment of Maiya firing, and thus dodging the bullets. Even in the field of thaumaturgy, this is beyond the ability of the average person.

The same moment Maiya fired her gun Kotomine tossed a Black Key at her hand to disarm her of her gun, the Black Key penetrated the reinforced concrete pillar behind Maiya

Not only that--

In that instant the person who turned to hide was not Kirei but Maiya. Her right hand was stained with blood, and the handgun that was supposed to be clutched in her hand fell to the ground with a metallic noise. And her surprise-filled eyes stared at the pillar she had been propping her back against. The keen edge that is suddenly sticking out from that pillar glints with a cold light.

The thin blade, longer than a meter, made one think of the weapons used in fencing; as a sword the hilt was very short. This is the projectile weapon used specifically by the executors in the Holy Church, called the "Black Key". Just now, this is what cut the back of Maiya's hand and made her drop her handgun. Kirei had simultaneously thrown this weapon and avoided the bullet.

Although it is a hand-tossed weapon, it had enough power to penetrate reinforced concrete. Even so, it only made Maiya drop her gun and did not contain the intent to take her life. To use such force on purpose, he probably wants to take away the opponent's weapon and at the same time destroy her morale. It's best to capture the other alive-- after all, Maiya had not yet answered Kirei's question.

with Irisviel

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Kotomine is able to react to Maiya's killing intent in order to dodge her submachine gun fire and assess his situation

Just to be safe, Kirei began his battle preparations early – As such, he reacted dexterously to the unexpected murderous intent.

Within half a breath he ducked and dodged a hailstorm of bullets, which howled above his head like thunder. Sometimes, even veterans of many battles would lose morale and judgment capabilities when surprised by a machine gun. However, such events are mere exceptions to the Executioners of the Holy Church. Kirei didn’t even break a sweat as he analyzed the situation calmly.

There is a single opponent present. Judging from the sound of gunfire, it was a submachine gun with a barrel width under 9mm. Because the handgun bullets lacked the ability to penetrate tree trunks, its threat level was significantly lower than that of the sniper rifle in the forest.

Kotomine's Black Keys penetrate tree trunks when thrown

Inferring the opponent’s position through the location of the gunfire, Kirei threw two Black Keys. However, contrary to expected results, he only heard the sounds of blades piercing tree trunks.

Kotomine senses more killing intent, he dodges more submachine gun fire

The murderous edge of the kill returned to raid him, flanking the surprised Kirei.

Once more, the sound of gunfire appeared. This time from his left. Though he dodged it at the last second, this volley was considerably more dangerous than the volley above. The conclusion he previously reached concerning the enemy consisting of only one person slightly slowed his reaction.

Playing posssum, Kotomine throws a pair of Black Keys at Maiya, ripping Maiya's right calf apart

Irisviel, sensing a trap, shouted a warning. But it was too late.

Kirei, maintaining his position, did not stand up. Instead, he threw a hidden Black Key with a single swing of his arms. From the lower trajectory, the black key ripped apart Maiya’s right calf, taking away her opportunity for the next action.

Kotomine wielding a pair of Black Keys clashes with Maiya wielding her combat knife, Maiya is able to deflect his continuous strikes

As the hailstorm of bullets stopped, Kirei pulled out another pair of Black Keys with his hands. He slashed at Maiya with a cross shaped movement. Except, Maiya was not slowed in the slightest by her wounded right foot, and she deflected the continuous strikes of the Black keys with her heavy dagger.

Even though the edge of the Black Key was far longer than the dagger, it was still a modified throwing weapon. In close combat the Black Key, due to its extreme length, lacked balance; Maiya’s large dagger, due to its versatile nature, possessed overwhelming advantage.

Maiya goes to attack Kotomine with her combat knife, Kotomine blocks her strikes

Maiya suddenly charged forward in what seemed to be a half-suicidal move. The Black Keys should have a very difficult time defending against such an attack, and even if she was struck in retaliation, the chances of being seriously wounded were low.

With the Black Key in his right hand, Kirei blocked Maiya’s dagger hand for hand.

Kotomine uses his Super Bajiquan (6 Grand Opening – Elbow Thrust) to disable Maiya with a single blow to her heart and legs. The impact broke 2 to 3 of her ribs and dislocated both her arms and legs.

The point to a crisscrossing counterattack is that the crossed hands – the right hand, where Kirei should have held the Black Key was empty. As he lunged forward, he abandoned his weapon.

That is to say, Kirei’s right hand never had the intention of using the Black Key to pierce Maiya in the first place -

Like a clamp, the veiny fingers grabbed Maiya’s right hand.

Snakelike, the tall black-robe twisted his body deftly, and dived beneath Maiya’s right arm. In the next instant, as if supporting someone who is wounded, Kirei carried Maiya’s right arm with the back of his shoulder.

The exorcist who wielded the Black Keys – she was fooled by her prejudiced first impression. In deadly despair, the helpless Maiya finally understood. This movement is Chinese kungfu, Baji Quan. At the same time Kirei’s side pressed close to Maiya’s waist. Using his left elbow to land a blow at Maiya’s heart as simultaneously, a brilliant strike from his left foot struck Maiya’s supporting leg.

An amazing completion of “Six grand opening – elbow upthrust.” As he grabbed the hand holding the dagger, all the actions are completed in an instant. A combo worthy of the soul of Ba ji quan – combining offense and defense.

Maiya could not even move as she fell heavily to the ground. Due to the extreme level of impact, the paralyzed Maiya thought she had dislocated both her arms and legs. Subconsciously, she could only feel the sharp pain in her chest after it had been struck by the elbow. She probably had broken two, or three ribs.

Even though a single strike was capable of disabling Maiya.

Kotomine dodges Irisviel's first attack, the flight of the attack far surpassed his imagination

The bullet-like flight far surpassed Kirei’s imagination. Surprised, he dodged the attack, but the razor-sharp beak still brushed past his nose.

Irisviel's attack swoops down at Kotomine, Kotomine punches the wireframe eagle, the wireframe ensnares Kotomine's arms like handcuffs

As the first strike missed, the silver thread eagle started to circle above Kirei’s head. This time, both claws dashed downward. The target was Kirei’s face. Although, for an executor, this battle was not simply defensive. Fearless of the sharpness of those claws, he struck at the eagle with a powerful strike from his fist.

The sharply descending eagle could not change its flight path. The fist landed a clear blow on the abdomen of the eagle.

“Mm!?”

Yet, Kirei was the one who was surprised. As the eagle was struck by his fist, it changed into shapeless silver thread and wrapped around his right fist like vines.

Immediately, he pulled with his left hand, but the silver thread also trapped the other one. Only moments ago, the silver thread flew with an eagle’s shape in the air, but now, like handcuffs, it tightly trapped Kirei’s hands.

Kotomine charges Irisviel, she pours more mana into her wireframe, she binds Kotomine to a tree with the wireframe and immobilizes him

Yet, as an executor, Kirei has fought countless magi to the death. Only grunting lightly, he charged towards Irisviel. It didn’t matter if his hands were trapped – as long as he delivered a kick up close, the battle would be decided.

“Too naïve!”

Irisviel scolded as she poured more mana into the silver threads.

Not even Kirei can hold out this time. As he lost his balance, the silver threads wrapped around the tree tightly and pulled Kirei towards it. Finally, it bound him firmly towards the tree trunk

The grown tree was more than 30 cm thick. Even if Kirei wanted to use his outrageous strength, it was impossible for him to break or uproot the tree. At last, he was completely immobile.

Kotomine's strength was great enough where he was working on being able to overwhelm and break out of Irisviel's wireframe. She needs to continuously pour mana into it to counter his resistance

And even then, Irisviel was the one who steadily lost her advantage underneath Kirei’s strength. In theory, Kirei’s hands should have been overpowered by the pressure generated by the silver thread. Yet, his muscles were trained to the point where they appeared steel-like, and they were powerful beyond all belief. Her silvery thread almost broke, as they struggled underneath the saturated state of near-collapse. In order to keep it tight and to prevent the metal from breaking, she must constantly use her mana to maintain it.

Kotomine uses his Super Bajiquan to break the tree he's been bound to and then proceeds to overpower Irisviel's magical wireframe restraints, the backlash of her magecraft being overpowered causes Irisviel to collapse.

It could be said that the two women still mistakenly underestimated the terror that is the Executor of the Church.

With no knowledge of Chinese kungfu, Irisviel thought that it was only necessary to bind Kirei’s hands to render him helpless. It was not her fault that she only thought like that. However, for someone who managed to reach the level of training such as Kirei, the entire body is a weapon. For example, if he only planted both feet on the ground…

“BOOM,” the deafening sound rendered Irisviel speechless.

The tree trunk shook erratically. As if struck by a full-powered fist. That means the sound she was hearing – only someone using his full strength to strike at the center of the tree could make that sort of sound.

The clear strike sounded again. This time, she started to doubt her ears. She heard a chilling sound of breakage.

She could not see the situation, but Irisviel understood through the touch of her silver thread. The tree trunk that bound Kirei had large cracks in it. The cracks were next to the part where the silver thread wrapped around – the spot directly below Kirei’s hands.

Kirei, with the back of his hands pressing against the bark, was striking at the tree trunk with all of his strength.

Irisviel could not have known – but the strength from a martial arts master is not merely produced from the wrist. From the strength of the feet on the ground, the turning of the back, and the twisting of shoulders, it was possible to instantaneously release a burst of power in the fists. To an expert in this phenomenon, the strength of the arm was insignificant in comparison to the power of the whole body. If it was necessary, one can press the fist next to the target and strike simply by virtue of the “force” coming from outside of the arm – this is known as the hidden technique of “explosive force.”

The sound of the third strike shook the forest. In comparison to the time before, this was much stronger. The tree trunk groaned one last time as the broken fibers broke with loud cracks. As the supporting point of the silvery thread, the trunk collapsed. Grabbing the thread with both of his hands, Kirei nonchalantly escaped the silvery ring at the point of collapse and pulled the thread apart link by link.

Irisviel knelt instantly as she felt the powerful backlash from the breaking of her magic. Calmly stepping forward in the manner of a victorious conqueror, Kirei looked into the despairing eyes of the two women and strode to the Calico, easily crushing its wooden frame with his hammerlike feet.

Kotomine casually kicks Maiya, she's knocked out from the pain

Still not being able to stand back up, prostrate, Maiya moaned viciously. After throwing at her an extremely bored glance, with the tip of his foot, Kirei casually kicked her at the stomach. As if sobbing convulsively, after Maiya fainted in agony and rolled over, she was perfectly still this time.

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Kotomine lifts Irisviel's body with one hand

Kirei used one hand to grasp and softly raise the silent Einzbern's homunculus. Her statue-like, demure and beautiful face was torn apart by the grief inside her.

...

Suspended in mid air and from the ground, both women looked furiously at Kirei, their eyes full of hatred.

Kotomine defeated both Maiya and Irisviel without much effort

If it was Kiritsugu who commanded these women to fight him, then he would have underestimated him. These women, as adversaries, were defeated by him without much effort.

Maiya grabs Kotomine's leg without strength, Kotomine stomps on Maiya, she's still conscious and won't let go

With the body full of wounds, the black haired woman stretched out a trembling hand, and caught Kirei's right leg. Even though her grip was very weak, it was probably all the strength she has left in her body. Even if she had no strength to stand up or to clench her fists, those dim eyes were nonetheless burning with hatred and fixed upon Kirei unwaveringly.

"…"

Kirei, without a word, lifted his foot and trampled down mercilessly upon the chest of the woman with broken ribs. The woman who can’t even wail didn’t let out a sound of pain, just a tragic gulping sound produced by the air squeezed out from her lungs.

Even so, the woman didn't let her hands go. As if she was the driven by the current, firmly attached to a trunk, her weak hands grasped Kirei's arm, but she kept staring at Kirei with an expression of hatred.

Kotomine stabs Irisviel with Black Keys

Kirei drew from his shirt his new black keys, and without hesitation, as if tearing up cloth, casually stabbed the silver-haired homunculus’s belly.

"Uuu...!"

The artificial woman let out a silent cry, and blood flowed out from her mouth. So it was red – Kirei let out a bored sigh as he let the shaking body on his hand fall to the ground.

Hurting her was unavoidable. A few minutes should pass before she dies from blood loss. Save her, or let her die and chase Kirei: Saber will soon show up and will have to choose between those two demanding options.

Kotomine is a monster of an Executor, he only used his physical prowess to defeat Maiya and Irisviel

The Executor was a monster. Whether facing firearms or magecraft, he only used his physical capabilities to pulverize Irisviel and Maiya's combined attack.

Durability/Resistances?

Here, Kotomine jumps out the 3rd story window of Einzbern Castle (20 meters up) with Illya in his arms

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Kotomine eats a bullet to his back, the illusions obscuring his ability to react to or notice it

Kirei, annoyed at the fruitless endeavor exhibited his frustration. At the same time, the bullet scored a direct hit on his back.

The third gunshot had even no scent that he could sense. That is to say, the first two attacks were designed feints in order to confuse Kirei. In theory, if an illusionary trap could control fake hints of murderous intents, it should be also possible to seal the true killing intent behind it.

Without even time to howl in pain the tall, robed figure fell face first, his feet tangled. There was neither a twitch nor moans of pain.

Kotomine is effectively bullet proof due to his kevlar vestments and the Church's special protection spells. His organs and bones suffer no wounds because his well-trained body acted like armor

Like a spring, Kirei mechanically leapt as he suddenly charged toward Maiya. Fearlessly, Maiya pressed the trigger.

But Kirei only protected his head; he didn’t bother dodging. Even the sleeves of the monk’s robes were made from thick Kevlar filaments. It was covered seamlessly with the Church’s special protection spells. 9mm caliber pistol rounds, even at extremely close distances, cannot pierce it. Even then, the strikes from 250 foot-pound bullets, firing at 10 rounds per second, struck Kirei’s body like metal bats. However, he was able to completely protect his organs and bones because of his well-trained musculature that acted like armor.

Sensing that Kirei was bulletproof from head to top, Maiya immediately tossed the Calico and pulled out the combat knife located near her thigh. Kevlar, though protective against gunshots, was very vulnerable to the cutting of a sharp blade. If her gun was useless, she could only survive through melee combat.

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Kiritsugu assumes not even Kotomine would survive a “low cost cruise missile”.

Kiritsugu had rented a garage in the nearby town, and hidden a modified oil tanker inside it which could be remote-controlled over long distances. This converted civilian weapon, called a “low cost cruise missile” by urban guerillas, was originally the trump card prepared for use during siege by the Matō or Tōsaka. If one were to drive it into the Fuyuki Church in which Kotomine Kirei was laying low, even that Executor would not be able to survive…

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Kotomine’s frock is bullet-proof up to 9mm Parabellum bullets and protects against spells.

The frock he wore had been reinforced with bullet-proof materials, and processed to protect against spells. It would protect him, at the very least, from 9mm Parabellum bullets.

Kotomine’s assaulted by a hail of 9mm Calico submachine gun rounds, he defends himself with his bullet proof uniform by raising his arms after the first shot grazes the brow of his head.

This lethargy made Kirei’s focus dull. He could not have realised that the opponent would actually sneak in an attack at this momentary gap. Nor could he have known that he would be the next to experience surprise.

There was a piercing pain between his brows, and a sheet of red covered his field of sight.

Kirei instinctively raise his arms to shield his head before he understood what was going on. A rain of 9mm bullets showered unceasingly upon him. His sleeves, made of Kevlar and covered in protective sigils, barely managed against the force of the bullets. Kirei was stunned.

...

Unfortunately, the Contender's barrel was still empty. If he wished to attack the other unawares, then he could only use his left hand to draw the short automatic machine gun from his chest holster. However, since Kirei’s protection against bullets were near-perfect, only a direct shot to the head would give Kiritsugu a chance at victory.

The target was small, the angle was awkward, and he could only fire instinctively. Nevertheless, Kiritsugu, an expert gunman, managed a hit. Though he hit his target, the bullet failed to penetrate. The bullet sliced into the skin on his forehead, leaving no more than a gash. Since the skull is made of curves, bullets can easily be deflected by bad angles. Aiming at the head is not encouraged in real combat, for this very reason.

Grail Mud leaks from the Holy Grail. Both Kotomine and Kiritsugu are drenched in it before their fight can end.

Then – a gap no wider than the width of a hair, so minute and almost invisible, appeared on the ‘Gate’ that remained tightly closed. Through this tiny gap, something beyond the Gate silently seeped into the Holy Grail.

That thing seemed very similar to ‘mud’. It was black, simply and only black, a ‘thing’ that seemed like mud.

The thing that seeped into the Holy Grail suddenly overflew by one drop, then another drop. It soon became a thin black line. Like a crack that had appeared on a dam, the black torrents soon completely overflew out of the vessel and drained toward the stage floor.

The strength of the stage floor could not bear that inky black substance at all. The dirty mud seeped into the brand new building materials, eroding them, and flew even deeper like how the water from melted snow seeps into land.

The moment that the trigger of the magecraft gun was pressed –

The moment the floor moaned from the heavy step –

In that moment, Kiritsugu only saw Kirei, and Kirei only saw Kiritsugu.

The two of them did not detect that thing, which dribbled down through the ceiling, even till the end.

At that brief moment between life and death, the two men were drenched with the black dirty mud that descended from above.

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Kiritsugu shoots Kotomine in the heart after both endured the Grail Mud

"Yeah, and you - you're just too much of a fool to understand."

His finger slipped onto the trigger, squeezing it, and the firing hammer punched into the primer of the .30-06 Springfield bullet.

Gunfire and a thunderous roar flashed for an instant.

With a single faultless round, Kiritsugu shot Kotomine Kirei's heart from behind.

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How Kotomine is still alive after Kiritsugu killed him.

Passing through the deep darkness, Kotomine Kirei regained consciousness.

He felt the hot air first of all. Then, he smelt the scent of burning human fat. He opened his eyes to look around at the surroundings; the blazing inferno before his eyes seemed to be grilling the sky.

"This place is…”

He had thought that he had touched that mud and entered the inner world of the Grail again. But as he saw the naked man at his side, he immediately denied this possibility.

"Gilgamesh… what happened?”

"You really are a troublesome man. It took me a lot of effort to dig you out from under the rubble.”

Kirei diligently operated his dazed brain and began to think, intending to understand how the entire event had happened. His last memory was of the Municipal Hall’s large props storage space; he had been kneeling on the ground, and had been shot from behind and killed by Kiritsugu. – No matter how he thought about it, he should have lost his life instantly.

He tore open the vestments at his chest, checking the spot that should have been shot through.

Suddenly, the image of the black mud surfaced before his eyes.

"...?"

An illusion. There was no scar on his chest. He pressed his hand atop his heart to check.

"...Did you perform healing on me? Gilgamesh.”

"That… ah. You did look dead, but you and I are linked by the contract. I got this flesh body because of that mud, so maybe there is also some reason that you are alive again.”

The black mud that in the end had been unable to corrode Archer completely — had followed the path of the prana supply that had formerly linked Archer to his Master, and arrived at Kotomine Kirei’s physical body, becoming the source of a life-force supply that could substitute for a heart. Only thus had Kirei revived.

In other words, now Kirei relied on the prana provided by “Angra Mainyu” in order to live.

Kirei Kotomine vs Cursed Arm Hassan

Here, Kotomine's outfit is slashed up from his fight with Hassan and he only has 3 Black Keys left as his remaining weapons. Here, Hassan's Cursed Arm does its job first, the attack is proven ineffective as Kotomine's heart is empty. Here, Kotomine explains why Hassan's Zabaniya failed.

Kirei Kotomine vs Shirou Emiya (General, Fate, UBW, HF, HA)

Day 15 (Fate)

Here, the Azoth dagger Rin gives Shirou is weak compared to her jewels. Here, Shirou stabs Kotomine with Rin's Azoth dagger. Here, Shirou punches the Azoth dagger in Kotomine's chest with a fist embued with all the magical energy he has left in his body to activate the dagger's attack. Here, the aftermath

Day 16 (HF)

Here, Kotomine strikes Shirou again, Kotomine notices that Shirou's body of swords damages his striking body part with every attack he lands. Here, the bones in Kotomine's fists are destroyed from hitting Shirou's body of swords. Here, Shirou counters Kotomine's incoming strike with his own, punching Kotomine in the face and sending him reeling. Here, Shirou lands 6 more punches, he causes Kotomine to gush blood with every strike because he's made of swords.

Kirei Kotomine vs Sakura Matou

Here, Sakura begins to crush Kotomine, he was going to die about a second later from the action had Sakura not been hit with Herakles soul coming to her (basically, he could endure the pressure Sakura was exerting for about a second before dying)

Kirei Kotomine vs Kiritsugu Emiya

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Kotomine steps with enough force in his final clash with Kiritsugu that he figures his left foot will break upon landing on the ground (basically just to show Newton’s Third Law exists here).

Kirei drove his right foot viciously into the ground, and leapt forward. This leap equaled to about five normal steps. His left foot would likely be broken the moment he landed, but it didn’t matter- the following blow would decide the victor. There was no need to hold back; his entire body had been fully prepared. His next strike would be one of the Eight Grand Openings – The Standing Upward Cannon. The heavy upper hook would shatter the opponent’s skull.

As you might be able to tell, despite his peak being Fate/Zero, his best feat is fighting a suit of swords durable enough to eat Dark Sakura's attacks where Cu's Primal Rune barrier couldn't and Cursed Arm Hassan. He's basically accolades and a few decent feats from FSN.

More than Kerry can say, given he's basically propped up by accolades entirely outside his speed feats.

 

[ChaosTheory123]

So, about the weakest Servant, Angra Mainyu?

Spoiler

Here is the first statement (among many others) that Angra Mainyu is the weakest Servant. Here, Angra Mainyu is good at fighting defensively/not dying even outside of being "unkillable".

That said? Here, If Angra Mainyu were to somehow come across the most powerful human ever that even surpasses the power of Heroic Spirits, this would be no problem for Angra Mainyu. Here, Angra Mainyu may be the weakest Servant, but he can defeat the most powerful human because he's the strongest when it comes to fighting humans (so, some kind of conceptual advantage or multiplier). Here in particular, when it comes to human-killing, due to Angra Mainyu's natural inclination, he's second or third best at it when compared to Primate Murder/Beast IV/Fou and ORT/Type Mercurcy (the quality of his murders is the same, but they're both faster than he is)

Here

Class Skills:

Avenger A
NP gain rate increases when taking damage. Resentment and hatred are easy to accumulate.

Oblivion Correction A
The damage value of critical attacks are higher than other Servants.
(One that attacks even when the other party already forgot about it.)

Self Replenishment (Magic) E
Mana continues to endlessly surge forth until vengeance is achieved.
A miniscule amount of mana is restored every turn. The buffs and NP gain returns to zero.

Personal Skills:

Right Fang Grinder C
Zarich. A weapon bestowed with the name of an evil god. Receives the attack of the enemy before intertwining it.
Reduces an enemy unit's critical attack chance.

Left Fang Grinder C
Tawrich. A weapon bestowed with the name of an evil god. Destroys the entangled weapon of the enemy.
Reduces a single enemy's NP gauge and lowers their attacks.

End of the Four Nights EX
「The Boundary of the Looping World」 which announces the end.
A powerful debuff is put on every enemy. The conditions of his own party are also returned to their default state.
(The buffs and the NP gauges are returned to 0.)
(This does not exist in FGO.)

Extinguishing Desire A
The action of an existence that doesn't balk at death.
In combat, it works by ignoring the limits of the flesh and increasing the speed ad infinitum.
Of course, what is at the end of that is a loss of self, but, a moment before burning out, for the last few seconds, Angra Mainyu is able to become a top-class Servant.

Noble Phantasm

False Copy of Inscribed Creation
Rank: D
Class: Anti-Unit Noble Phantasm
Range: Unlimited
Maximum number of Targets: one person

Verg Avesta.
The scriptures of Zoroastrianism, Avesta's false copy.
A primal curse that reflects the damage one received directly to the enemy.
...which sounds good without context, but if the user suffers a fatal wound and dies before the Noble Phantasm is invoked, the condition of 「receiving a wound that barely doesn't kill me」 is not fulfilled and the Noble Phantasm won't activate. With Avenger alone you can not win against an enemy; after using this Noble Phantasm, a partner that can defeat the opponent is necessary. Truly the weakest.

Noble Phantasm?

Verg Avesta

Verg Avesta exposition here, here, and here.

vs Artoria Pendragon (Shirou Emiya; Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5)

Here, Angra Mainyu uses Verg Avesta to translate his wound directly onto Artoria. Here, there is a disparity in magnitude between Angra Mainyu's wound and Artoria's. Where his will cause him to die in minutes, Artoria's will cause her to do no such thing. She will be fine herself entirely once Angra Mainyu kicks the bucket (so long as she doesn't move). Here, Artoria affirms the wound she suffered from his NP won't be enough to impede her, reminded of this once it became apparent to her Bazett wasn't going to sit idly.

Here, the combination of Verg Avesta and Fragarach was enough for Angra Mainyu and Bazett to overcome all the 3rd Grail War Servants and Artoria. Here, Bazett and Angra Mainyu's success fighting the Servants during their last loop is on the order of 1/4000 chance of having been able to occur. They basically did as near a perfect run at the loop as feasible.

Physical strength and speed?

Angra Mainyu vs Artoria Pendragon (Shirou Emiya; Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5)

Without Extinguishing Desire/Murderous Intent A

Here, Shirou Artoria and Angra Mainyu clash. Here, for every strike of Artoria's own, Angra Mainyu is able to attack her 3 or 4 times. His strength fails to match hers (while no match, its notable Artoria didn't just plow through his guard, so you can argue those 3 to 4 strikes were enough to act as a partially negating defensive effort).

Extinguishing Desire/Murderous Intent A

Here, Artoria and Angra Mainyu continue clashing. Angra Mainyu keeps getting faster, surpassing his own limits as he does so. Angra Mainyu's using his skill Murderous Intent/Extinguishing Desire. Here, all the same, Artoria continues to throw his strikes aside. Here, Angra Mainyu's Murderous Intent/Extinguishing Desire has increased his speed 100 fold since the fight began to try and match Artoria's own strikes (to no actual avail). Here, Artoria was only on the defensive to figure out what the fuck Angra Mainyu's plan was, wary of Noble Phantasm due to sheer disparity in stats. When she sees he's got no trump card evident, she begins her counterattack. Here, Angra Mainyu w/Murderous Intent/Extinguishing Desire catches Artoria's slash between his sword breaking knives to break Excalibur.

Angra Mainyu vs Unknown 3rd Grail War Saber

Heaven's Feel Backnight 1

Here, Angra Mainyu and the Unknown 3rd Grail War Saber (taking the guise of Artoria Alter) clash. Here, Angra Mainyu is defeated by the Unknown 3rd Grail War Saber (depicted by Artoria Alter) having been unable to match sword against sword, his fatal wound was a pierced neck.

Angra Mainyu vs Unknown Master and Unknown 3rd Grail War Hassan

Heaven's Feel Backnight 3

Here, Angra Mainyu was killed during this fight too (seems like it'd need to be after Bazett died if she didn't realize it)

Angra Mainyu vs Shade (aka Angra Mainyu's Corpse)

Heaven's Feel Backnight 1

Here, this lone Shade murdered a family of 4, working on the 5th. Here, Angra Mainyu kills a Shade from behind with a surprise attack.

Angra Mainyu vs Shades

Heaven's Feel Backnight 2

Here, Bazett is killing the Shades faster than Angra Mainyu can. For every 1 he's killing, Bazett is able to pulverize 3. Here, Angra Mainyu, despite himself indeed being the weakest Servant and having overall low battle specs, has no trouble fighting Shades. Here, while Bazett dealt with the Shades by killing them one by one in a matter of seconds, Angra Mainyu was able to completely hold them off while being entirely surrounded. His fighting style amounts to fighting to a draw.

From FGO?

Angra Mainyu vs Kiritsugu Emiya (Servant Assassin)

Here, Angra Mainyu and Kiritsugu Emiya (Assassin) clash in FGO.

Durability?

Here, Angra Mainyu needs to at least be durable enough to survive the strikes that hit him in order to use Verg Avesta to any notable effect. To use Verg Avesta to greatest effect, Angra Mainyu must endure a near fatal strike.

Angra Mainyu vs Artoria Pendragon (Shirou Emiya; Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5)

Here, Shirou Artoria uses Mana Burst to brake her way through Angra Mainyu's blades, both the one blocking Excalibur and the one aimed to strike her armor. Here, Same sword swing, Artoria mortally wounds Angra Mainyu (cleaving him from shoulder to waist). He's still durable enough where the wound isn't immediately fatal.

Angra Mainyu vs Herakles

Heaven's Feel Backnight 5

Here, Angra Mainyu is running away from Herakles, his right leg has been pushed beyond its limits and he wouldn't be surprised if it were busted. Angra Mainyu's tapped for both his own magical energy and the energy Bazett has been supplying him. Here, to save Bazett from the charging Herakles, Angra Mainyu gave her a flying kick to shove her away. Here, Herakles charge "barely grazed" Angra Mainyu, but sent him flying from the force. Angra Mainyu endured this blow. Here, eating a strike from Herakles axe-sword would be crazy for Angra Mainyu as would his chances of slipping away unharmed would be low. Here, Angra Mainyu is doubtful he could survive a single blow from Herakles, his death would be instant unlike vs Artoria. Here, Herakles charge, that "barely grazed" Angra Mainyu, gravely injured Angra Mainyu's left leg. Here, Angra Mainyu seems to believe the extent of his fatal wound will only be having been split clean into 2 pieces. Here, Bazett figures Angra Mainyu only bought her about 5 minutes before Herakles arrives to ruin her day. Here, Angra Mainyu lasted just long enough against Herakles that he died around the time Bazett reached Einzbern Castle

For FGO?

Angra Mainyu vs Gilgamesh (Caster) and Ritsuka Fujimaru

Here, Angra Mainyu endures Gilgamesh's Mystic Code Gate of Babylon magecraft spam. Here, he's able to endure one of Ritsuka's Gandr shots too.

Angra Mainyu vs Mash Kyrielight

Also takes some kind of beating from a pissed off Mash here, here (the animation denotes retreat and all), and here.

Angra Mainyu vs Kiritsugu Emiya (Assassin)/Irisviel von Einzbern (Caster)

At the very least, he survived the encounter with Assassin Kiritsugu here (maybe? think this took place after the Kerry fight, but Iri's the one who beat him up here and here anyway).

You also have his Shade self.

Here, Shade battle specification exposition (high combat ability, compared to large hunting dogs/feral monkeys with amplified human form, a human with 10 years or more of martial arts/sports experience would be able to defend themselves from them for a few seconds under favorable conditions. A human would need fire arms in order to survive against being attacked by a few at once). Here, the prospect of Rin having to face more than 1000 Shades leaves Rin uneasy even with all her usual weapons (both her mystic codes and jewels) at her disposal (she feels unable to delay them for even a few minutes).

Physical strength and speed?

Shades vs Medusa (Sakura Matou)

Here, Sakura Medusa gets distracted at the prospect of turning back into Gorgon, the Shades attack Sakura Medusa, they're capable of impaling her with their claws, the wounds are fatal. Sakura Medusa seemingly clashes with the Shades a bit too here, here, here, and here.

Shades vs Gilgamesh (Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5)

Here, the Shades combine into a mountain of themselves to try and crush Ko-Gil. Here, the number of Shades in Shinto (around over 1000 apparently as of this fight) is vastly lower to the number appearing in Miyama due to the efforts of everyone else fighting there. Here, Ko-Gil declares he won't be holding back. Here, the mountain of corpses descend on Ko-Gil (he's seemingly hurt by their attack from the blood CG shot).

Durability?

Shades vs Souichirou Kuzuki and Sasaki Kojirou

Here, despite the wounds Kuzuki inflicts, as they are already dead, the Shades can still attack so long as their bodies aren't entirely destroyed. Here, Kuzuki and Kojirou clash with the Shades, Kojirou suggests disabling strikes to deal with their attacks rather than the typical lethal. Here, Kuzuki is fighting harder than he normally does, his punches stronger, because he's trying to impress Medea.

 

[ChaosTheory123]

So, Bazett Fraga McRemitz?

Spoiler

Here, Bazett's the best master in combat of the 3rd Grail War Masters, she is even capable of defeating a Servant with her bare fists. Here, Bazett is stronger than Angra Mainyu in pure fighting ability. Here, Bazett's power as a magus is 3 times that of Rin's.

『Fate』Dream Battle Round 4　です。

とりあえず、電撃の編集さんの予想は、
・バゼットは近距離の格闘戦が主体だが、キャスターは接近を許さないだろう
・したがって中距離での魔術戦になるがこの分野ではキャスターが有利
・そこでバゼットにはフラガラックがあるが、キャスターの切り札は
ルールブレイカーなのでフラガラックは真価を発揮できない
という流れでキャスターの勝利では？といった感じでした。

それに対して奈須さんは
考察通りキャスターの圧倒的有利で戦いは進みます。
バゼットにとって戦闘における切り札を持たないキャスターは
実にやりにくい相手。大魔術を時にかわし、弾き、相殺する
ゼット女史ですが、チャンスを掴めないまま体力切れかと。
……あとほら。キャスターさん、成熟した女性には
容赦のない人ですから。

Fate Dream Battle Round 4 - Bazett vs. Caster

Nasu: As has been speculated (by the editors), the battle would proceed with Caster winning overwhelmingly. As Caster doesn't have a trump card to use against Bazett, she's quite the difficult opponent for Bazett to handle. While lady Bazett is at times able to dodge, deflect, or nullify high thaumaturgy, she'd be fatigued before she could grab a chance at getting the upper hand.
.....Oh and you see. Caster-san. She's merciless against mature women.

Source

Q: また、協会屈指の実力者・バゼットと、教会でも最高クラスのシエルが戦ったらどっちが勝つんですか？

A. あとバゼットさんとシエル嬢ですが、ホロウの段階ではシエルの勝ちは動きません。バゼットさんが開眼してフラガラックを使いこなせるようになるといい勝負になります。

vs Ciel

Q: Also, who'd win in a fight between Bazett, a renowned powerhouse of the Association, and Ciel, top class in even the Association?

A: Oh, and regarding Bazett-san and Lady Ciel, Ciel'd still win at the point Bazett was in Hollow. Once Bazett awakens and masters Fragarach, it'll turn into a good match.

Ｑ：言峰、バゼット、葛木、「メルブラ」の都古や軋間紅摩の中で、魔術・武器を使わない純粋な肉弾戦で戦ったらトップ3は誰になりますか？（福島県／鬼瓦）

Ａ：軋間は存在自体が神秘の類になってしまうので除外。
本人にその気がなくても薬物検査にひっかかる選手みたいなもんです。
この面子なら純粋に強いのはバゼット。
一戦だけ&闇討ち上等、という限定なら葛木。
言峰は十年若ければバゼットさんよりトータルで強い。

Q: Between Kotomine, Bazett, Kuzuki, Melty Blood’s Miyako, and Kishima Kouma, who’d be the top 3 in a purely hand to hand fight with no weapons or magecraft?

A: I’m excluding Kouma since his existence itself has become a mystery.
And even if he didn’t have that nature, he’s like an athlete caught by drug testing.
Out of the four left, the winner in pure strength is Bazett.
If it’s limited to one match and a surprise attack, then it’s Kuzuki.
And if it’s the Kotomine from ten years ago, he’s stronger than Bazett overall.

Ｑ：バゼットと葛木が肉弾戦を行ったらどちらの勝ちか？という質問です。

Ａ：回答ですが、初戦なら葛木がやや有利、２回戦目があるのならバゼットのほぼ完勝という結果らしいです。
未見ならセイバーも撃退するスキルを持つ葛木ですがバゼットも人間が考え、鍛え上げてきた格闘術のエキスパートということで、才能重視のサーヴァントたちよりも早く葛木の“蛇”に対応できる可能性もあるとか。
あと、葛木が一般人なのでバゼットが甘く見てしまいあっさり倒されるかもしれないとも言われていました。

Q: If Bazett and Kuzuki got in a hand-to-hand fight against each other, who would win?

A: If it's the first fight, then Kuzuki will win. If it's the second fight, then Bazett would pretty much completely win. Kuzuki could even drive Saber into a corner as long as his trick was kept hidden, but Bazett is also an expert at hand-to-hand combat thought of and developed by human beings. There's the possibility that she might adapt to Kuzuki's "snake" quicker than the Servants, who are more emphasized by their talent. However, since she might underestimate Kuzuki-sensei as being a normal person, Bazett could be beaten pretty simply.

I'm guessing considering that quote she's not 3 times the magus Rin is in power considering her jewels from FSN, as that'd be retarded (as they matched Medea's attacks, it'd follow Bazett would overwhelm them... yet that's not the case here).

Noble Phantasm?

Fragarach

Here, Fragarach exposition (reacts to trump card, not Noble Phantasms). Here, Fragarach exposition (special ability won't activate unless used against trump card, has the attack power of a D and C ranked Noble Phantasm in this case). Here, the story acknowledges Bazett needs to be amazing at fighting to corner her opponents into using their trump card to make Fragarach worth much. Here, Fragarach can intercept a trump card even at melee range due to its nature and effects. Here, Bazett attacks Shirou with Fragarach to win a game of Rock, Paper, Scissors. Shirou manages to survive the attack though he was thrown by it and fainted from it after a few seconds of conversation.

More, probably redundant, Fragarach exposition (here, here, here).

vs Excalibur (Artoria Pendragon [Shirou Emiya; Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5])

Here, the speed and power of Artoria's Excalibur is unrivaled by any other Noble Phantasm Shirou Emiya is aware of. Only Ea matches it (and surpasses it). Here, Bazett is fast enough to employ Fragarach after Saber has activated and sent Excalibur flying in her direction. Here, Fragarach's effects on Artoria. Here, a description of Fragarach and what just happened.

Here, the combinaton of Verg Avesta and Fragarach was enough for Angra Mainyu and Bazett to overcome all the 3rd Grail War Servants and Artoria. Here, Bazett and Angra Mainyu's success fighting the Servants during their last loop is on the order of 1/4000 chance of having been able to occur. They basically did as near a perfect run at the loop as feasible.

vs God Hand (Herakles)

Here, seems like Bazett is able to barely outpace the wounded Angra Mainyu in foot speed. Here, Bazett and Angra Mainyu's fight with Herakles lasted one second. After the first shot, even Bazett realized the fight was a wash. Fragarach was unable to slay Herakles through God Hand. Here, Angra Mainyu commends Bazett for even trying to fight Herakles for a few seconds (seems to be solely by employing Fragarach). Here, Fragarach activated right away as God Hand is always active. Fragarach killed Herakles once, but he revived 10 seconds later and continued charging Bazett and Angra Mainyu. Here, to save Bazett from the charging Herakles, Angra Mainyu gave her a flying kick to shove her away. Here, Bazett is fast enough to employ a second Fragarach and hit Herakles between the eyes. Here, Bazett's second Fragarach did little to stop Herakles or his axe-sword. Here, Bazett uses runes to make herself run even faster. Here, there is no chance of victory for Bazett and Angra Mainyu vs Herakles. He's a bad matchup for them. Here, Bazett has faster foot speed than Angra Mainyu.

vs Gae Bolg (Cu Chulainn)

Here, Cu initiates Gae Bolg first. Here, Bazett launches Fragarach afterwards. Here, to survive Fragarach, one either needs an ability that resurrects themselves upon death automatically or a stock of lives. Here, Fragarach pierces Cu's chest. Here, Gae Bolg pierces Bazett's heart. Here, Fragarach and Gae Bolg exposition. Here, Cu's condition after receiving Fragarach's counterattack (he's missing a large chunk of his chest). Here, Cu's wound is so bad he's not even in any condition to fight Angra Mainyu and fades away from his wounds.

「－アトゴウラ－」のランサー兄貴の血まみれ姿ですが、「どうしてセイバーとは傷痕が違うの？」という質問 にお答えします。
唐突に実践してみましょう。木綿豆腐と爪楊枝を用意してください。
フラガラックは剣の刀身から放たれるレーザー（ビッグバイパーのレーザーと思いねえ）です。
これを爪楊枝に例えます。んじゃ、そっそくお豆腐に高速で撃ち込んでみましょう。
ぷつっと穴が開きましたね？（※実践できません）
これがセイバー戦です。きちんとフラガラックが「通り抜けた」場合なワケです。
では続いて、爪楊枝をお豆腐に刺した状態で、おもむろにジャンプしたり倒れたりしてみましょう 。
お豆腐は無惨な姿をさらす筈です。
これがランサー戦です。フラガラックが「刺さった瞬間」にバゼットが破れたので、フラガラックの軌道が斜め 上にはね上がってしまったワケです。
（ゲーム中でフラガラック本体が跳ね上がっているのはこの為）

んー、やっぱ豆腐は木綿なのねー。

Summary: Take a toothpick and stab it into a piece of tofu real fast, get a little hole yeah. That's a Saber.
Take a toothpick and sort of let it lazily fall down through the tofu, rip that shit up, that's a Lancer.
Because Bazett got her tits kicked in by Gae Bolg and swung wide with her laser.

Physical strength, speed, and durability?

Bazett Fraga McRemitz vs Edelfelt Sisters and Unknown 3rd Grail War Sabers

Here, the Edelfelt sister fires Gandr Shots at Bazett, Gandr exposition.Here, Bazett tanks the pair of Gandr aimed at the sides of her thigh, Bazett parries the Gandr aimed at her upper body with her left fist. Here, Bazett's punch to the Edelfelt sister is blocked by one of the Unknown 3rd Grail War Sabers (taking the guise of Artoria), Bazett is repelled and blown backwards by the Saber's strike. Here, Bazett and the Unknown 3rd Grail War Saber exchange blows, Bazett ends up being defeated without being able to prepare her weapon. Here, Bazett is killed by Saber thrusting her sword into Bazett's chest.

Mind you, we don't know who the 3rd Grail War Saber was, but given Bazett recognizes Artoria here when she encounters her with Shirou, we can surmise Angra Mainyu arbitrarily chose Artoria as its stand in where as he whole sale reproduced the other 3rd War Servants like the midget Assassin.

So we can probably at least conclude the Saber Bazett briefly fought has stats like Shirou Artoria's.

Bazett Fraga McRemitz vs Unknown Master and Unknown 3rd Grail War Hassan

Here, Bazett describes charging into combat with the Unknown Master, unaware Hassan was pretending to be one of the Master's dolls/automata. Here, Hassan hit Bazett with multiple poisonous needles. Here, due to Hassan's uniquely small size he is difficult to hit. His speed is fastest among the Servants Bazett knows about (which includes Shirou Artoria and Angra Mainyu at this point in the story). Here, Hassan's poison immobilized Bazett's legs. Bazett is confident that had the fight been on a flat plain with no where to hide rather than an uneven forest she could have caught Hassan. Here, Bazett's plan to hit Hassan involved purposefully exposing her left side so she could hit it with a full forced punch. Here, Hassan's small body leaves it incapable of completely nullifying the impact of Bazett's punches by blocking. Here, Hassan jumped on top of Bazett's fist mid punch to dodge it. Bazett discusses having a punch with a speed of 80 km/hr (Nasu, can you decide on whether you want superhumans or not eventually?). Here, Bazett's final straight punch to the Unknown 3rd Grail War Hassan was dodged, her own head and Torso were blown off by Hassan's Noble Phantasm. Here, Angra Mainyu asserts Bazett really did hit the Hassan or something. He also asserts Bazett should feel pride that she forced Hassan to use his Noble Phantasm in her first fight with him.

Bazett Fraga McRemitz and Angra Mainyu vs Shades (Angra Mainyu's Corpses)

Here, Bazett crushes one of the Shade's skull with her right straight punch. Here, Bazett's already killed 10 Shades, more Shades leap at her to attack. Here, Bazett dodges the Shade's attack and kicks its head off. Here, Bazett kills a few more Shades with punches and kicks. Here, Bazett is killing the Shades faster than Angra Mainyu can. For every 1 he's killing, Bazett is able to pulverize 3. Here, Bazett has runes of hardening located on her fists, legs, knees, and toes. Here, Bazett kills another Shade with a punch. Here, Bazett had killed almost 20 of these Shades.

Bazett Fraga McRemitz vs Leysritt

Leysritt's strength matches or even surpasses that of a Servant's (here and here).

Specifically?

Q: What's Leysritt's arm-wrestling rank in the world of Fate?

A: Leysritt's arm-wrestling... is about an even match with Rider using Monstrous Strength? Rank value is about B-.

Here, Bazett dodges Leysritt's strike. Here, Bazett and Leysritt exchange blows. Leysritt is entirely reliant on brute force, a single direct strike from her would be fatal to Bazett (every bone in Bazett's body would shatter). Here, while Bazett was parrying Leysritt's attacks she landed 7 of her own on Leysritt's body. Leysritt endures Bazett's strikes to Bazett's confusion.

Bazett Fraga McRemitz vs Cu Chulainn

Here, Fragarach is one of the strongest trump cards. Here, to defeat Fragarach, don't use your fucking trump card (in Nasuverse, this means Noble Phantasm). Restraining your trump card halves the power of Fragarach. Here, Fragarach is a low-level Noble Phantasm if Cu opts not to usee Gae Bolg. He only considers his "No Noble Phantasm" policy annoying under the condition she were to hit him with Fragarach a number of times. Here, using no Noble Phantasm, Cu Chulainn would defeat Bazett. Amateur magic and regular ranged attacks won't even scratch him, his combat skill is superior to Bazett's.

Playing Hollow/Ataraxia, I'm kind of left wondering which incarnation of Bazett this

今回の対決は、士郎が“自分を最大まで鍛錬、運用”していることが前提なので、
割といい勝負になる!?と思われがちですが、バゼット嬢は対魔術師戦に特化した
プロフェッショナル。技術、経験、そして戦術。すべてが上回っている彼女が
相手では「壊れた幻想」をもってしてもシロウの不利は動かないかと。
あとほら。容赦ないし、このお嬢。

Fate Dream Battle Round 5 - Bazett vs. Shirou

Nasu:With this time's battle, since we're working off the assumption that Shirou "has trained/is operating himself to the max", people might think that this might end up being a good fight, but m'lady Bazett's a trained professional specializing in anti-magus battles. Technique, experience, and battle power. Against someone like her whose superior in all those regards, even with a "Broken Phantasm", Shirou's disadvantages are still not going to change. And you see. She's ruthless.

Refers too.

Ignoring Fragarach for a minute, she's flat out unable to do anything vs Herakles and she can only briefly exchange blows with Shirou Artoria. It'd have to be the "Level 30 Bazett" (here and here [excuse the apparent machine translation], the fuck is the original source) or the one that can fight Ciel on even ground, as Hollow/Ataraxia Bazett is objectively lower in battle power than Shirou's highs in each route

 

[ChaosTheory123]

So, Iskander?

Spoiler

Source

Artoria evaluates the might of the Servants that fought that day (Diarmuid, Iskander, Gilgamesh, and Lancelot) to be of equal might from their current displays

"They’re all strong enemies with equal might. Heroes invited from different eras... none of them can be easily disposed of."

Iskandar, King of Conquerors [Servant]
Saber's rival in the Fourth Holy Grail War.
He possesses a Noble Phantasm that rivals that of the King of Heroes.
In the fourth war, he was weakened from fighting Saber, then subsequently defeated during a battle with Gilgamesh.

Iskandar [Servant]
A Rider-class Servant in Altera's army.
He was born in the 4th century BC to the royal family of Macedonia, a kingdom in Greece.
Thanks to the influence of his mother, Olympias, he was fascinated by the exploits of heroes in mythology. He believed that he was the son of Zeus (who was also regarded as an Egyptian god by the name of Amun).
He inherited the throne at the young age of twenty, and began his great conquest by uniting the Grecian states. He raised an army and led them in a campaign to the East, not only conquering the great kingdom of Persia, but also many of the kingdoms under its control, beginning with Egypt.
The name Iskandar was given to him by the Arabs and the Persians. His campaign to the East went as far as India. There, his troops and generals complained of fatigue, and so he turned back to Babylon, where he suddenly passed away.
He created the greatest empire in the history of mankind as a conqueror, but his dying words, "Leave everything to the strongest." ended up splitting it apart instead.
Today, the Heroic Spirit Iskandar is a Top Servant, known among his peers as the "King of Conquerors."
When the Moon Cell senses that Altera has been released, it summons him to do battle with her. However, being unaccustomed to fighting on SE.RA.PH., with all its subtle differences to the Earth he lived and died on, he approaches the fight as a kind of warm-up.
Because of that, he loses. Altera then declares that his life belongs to her, and forces him to join her army. (This sort of thing is bound to happen when you don't play with your full attention on the game...)
Technically, this also makes him a Servant of Altera's Master, but Altera treats them both as if they were the same rank.
Altera understands that her victory over Iskandar was a matter of circumstance, and that they are evenly matched in terms of strength. While, subsequent to their fight, she does wield power over him, she does not consider him to be beneath her — nor does she look down on Jeanne, whom she recruits in a similar fashion.
Iskandar understands that as well; but accepts his defeat with dignity. From then on, he pledges to assist Altera in achieving her goals.
Make no mistake, however: He is loyal only to Altera, and not the Umbra' Star.

Class: Rider
Master: Waver Velvet
True Name: Alexander
Gender: Male
Height/Weight: 212cm/130kg
Alignment: Neutral good

Strength: B
Endurance: A
Agility: D
Mana: C
Luck: A+
Noble Phantasm: A++

Class Skills
■ Magic Resistance: D
Cancel Single-Action spells. Magic Resistance of the same degree of an amulet that rejects magical energy.

■ Riding: A+
The skill of riding animals and vehicles. Creatures on the level of Phantasmal Beast and Divine Beast can be used as mounts. However, that does not apply to members of the Dragon Kind.

Personal Skills
■ Charisma: A
Natural talent to command an army. Can be said to have achieved the greatest popularity as a human being

■ Military Tactics: B
Tactical knowledge used not for one-on-one combat situations, but for battles where many are mobilized. Bonus modifiers are provided during use of one's own Anti-Army Noble Phantasm or when dealing against an enemy Anti-Army Noble Phantasm.

■ Divinity: C
Despite the absence of clear evidence, according to many stories it is said he is the son of Zeus, the greatest of gods.

Noble Phantasm
■ Via Expungito: Distant Trampling Domination
Rank: A+
Type: Anti-Army Noble Phantasm
Range: 2~50
Maximum number of targets: 100 persons
The trampling attack performed with Noble Phantasm "Gordius Wheel." The damage is decided twice, first by the hooves, then the wheels of the chariot. Along with all physical damage, there is also the effects of lightnings, the manifestation of Zeus. Should the target fail its STR check, additional damage will be dealt.

■ Ionioi Hetairoi: Army of the King
Rank: EX
Type: Anti Army Noble Phantasm
Range: 1~99
Maximum number of targets: 1000 people
Having sworn loyalty to Alexander even after their deaths, his personal guards who had turned into spirits, manifest into Servants together with the ruler. The summoned ones are Servants without Masters, however each have the rank E- equivalent of the "Independent Action" skill, allowing materialization possible for a maximum of 30 turns.

Source

Class: Rider
True Name: Iskandar
Gender: Male
Source: Historical fact
Region: Macedonia
Alignment: Neutral Good
Height: 212 cm
Weight: 130 kg

STR: B
CON: A
AGI: D
MGI: C
LCK: A+
NP: A++

Setting creation: Urobuchi Gen
Character design: Takeuchi Takashi
CV: Ootsuka Akio

Main works appearance: Fate/Zero

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Class Skills
Magic Resistance: D
Invalidate magic with chant 3 verses or less.
Receives mostly no damage even against great thaumaturgy or ritual spells.*

Riding: A+
The ability for riding. Capable of managing even beasts with the rank of phantasmal beast and divine beast. However, this doesn't apply to dragon kin.

(*Obviously this is a bigass typo for an MR D rank. It should've been invalidate single action spells, amulet level)
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Personal Skill
Charisma: A
The innate ability of commanding armies.
A rank, is roughly the greatest height of popularity a human can possess.

Military Tactics: B
A tactical instinctive ability in regards not of one-on-one battle, but of battle involving large numbers.
It grants advantageous correction in the case of using one’s own anti-army and anti-fortress Noble Phantasm, or when dealing against the enemy’s anti-army and anti-fortress Noble Phantasm.*

Divinity: C
Although there is no clear basis for it, many legends has it said that he is son of the supreme god Zeus.

(*Iskandar is the only one with benefits granted to anti-fortress, the other guys with MilTac only has advantage to anti-army)

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Gordius Wheel
Wheels of Heaven’s Authority
Rank: A+
Type: Anti-Army Noble Phantasm
Range: 2-50
Maximum target: 100 persons

Gordius Wheel.
The very reason that he is a “mounted soldier”; the chariot pulled by 2 flying hooved lightning bulls. It is able to run through not only the grounds, but even the air as its own domain.
Lightning surges on tracks where ever the divine bulls tread upon.
He is able to summon it anywhere by cleaving the air with the Sword of Cypriot.
Because the chariot’s various parts can be curtailed and stored away, it is also able to take the most optimum form that matches the terrain topography.
In the driver’s spot, a protection field is formed, able to at least fend off blood splashes.
Strictly speaking, this is not a Noble Phantasm, but an armament that exemplifies Iskandar.

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Aionion Hetairoi
Army of the King*
Rank: EX
Type: Anti-Army Noble Phantasm
Range: 1-99
Maximum target: 1000 persons

Aionion Hetairoi.*
The Reality Marble of summoning. The trump card of the Conquest King.
Its deployment is a great, vast wasteland of a desert, with hot winds blowing about the clear blue sky.
It drags in opponents into a terrain without any obstacles, consecutively summons as independent Servants his personal army that he had once lead during his live, and tramples down with a force of tens of thousands strong.
He himself is not a magus, but each and every member of his comrades shares the same imagined landscape, and with every members maintaining the magic it becomes possible to deploy the Reality Marble.
The vital point is the Reality Marble that summons and revives the entirety of Iskandar’s army when he was alive. The bonds with his retainers that crosses even space and time, sublimated as a Noble Phantasm, the symbol of his kingship.
It embodied the charismatic nature of Conquest King Iskandar to its fullest. Upon being summoned, it seems that there are several of those who are better than Rider himself in might of arms, or those who displays the Charisma of B rank befitting of a king of a country. It originates from how when he was alive, he was not a hero known for his deeds of arms, but a hero who fought as he commands his armies.
(*in greek hetairoi means companions or those close to the king
Aionion is: https://carm.org/look-word-aionion)

Magical senses?

Source

Iskander can sense Diarmud

Rider had been wandering in the streets looking for a contact with the enemy, but he noticed that Servant only late in the afternoon.

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Iskander's senses are sharper than the other Servants, hence why even with Presence Concealment, Kotomine is wary of having Hassan approach and observe Iskander closely

Therefore, Kirei specifically warned Assassin to not go near Rider unless necessary. However, even with presence concealment, its power still has its limits. Disregarding Rider’s careless demeanor, the truth is that his perception is sharper than other Servants.

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Waver’s able to detect an abnormality with the mana in the air through pain it causes his magic circuit, Iskander’s able to detect the direction of the abnormality

Thinking that he didn’t know what emotions he should face Rider with, Waver almost wanted to disappear right now –

Right this moment, an unanticipated evil chill suddenly passed through Waver’s entire body.

“Arg…!”

All the Magic Circuits in his body began to hurt terribly as if they were in a spasm.

Of course, this abnormality didn’t appear because of Waver’s internal causes. It was because an abnormal chaos appearing in the prana of the surrounding air and his Magic Circuits, calibrated to it, fell into an abnormal state with it.

Standing beside him, Rider also looked solemnly towards the East, as if he could deduce this abnormal prana’s initiating direction with a Servant’s instincts.

“…The riverside.”

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Waver and Iskander sense a magical flare

The moment he began to sigh, a light yet distinct impact dispersed his drowsiness.

“What—is this?”

“This surge of prana is very strange. Like I have encountered it before.”

Hearing Rider say this, Waver remembered. The smoke signal with which the Holy Church had summoned the Masters. This was exactly the same feeling as then.

To get a look at the sky, he walked out of the thicket; to the northeast appeared a flash of magical lightning, accompanied by colors even brighter than those of the first summons.

Noble Phantasm?

Ioinoi Hetairoi

Narita: Here it is, the deployment of the King's Army at the midpoint of the War! Using an army of tens of thousands to crush less than a hundred Assassins is too much of an over-kill (laughs).
Haganeya: There were way too many people. It was great that so many showed up, but most of them went home without doing anything (laughs).
Nasu: The scary part is, some heroes in this army were stronger than the summoner Rider himself. Although Rider's deeds were great, it was not a testament of his personal martial prowess.
Sanda: So do they have basic Skills and Noble Phantasm as Servants?
Nasu: No, since they were summoned via Rider's skill, it was not necessary to assign them Class based on the rules of the Holy Grail War. However, since there is a limit to Rider's abilities, their Noble Phantasms could not be materialized. If Iskander's army of tens of thousands could pair up with Gilgamesh, who had unlimited Noble Phantasms, the result would be most ideal.

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Iskander summons Ioinoi Hetairoi

“I said, “this wine is as your blood,” right? Since you dare to spill it onto the ground, then inevitably…”

At that moment, a whirlwind roared to life.

The wind was scorching hot and dry, as if it wanted to consume everything. The wind didn’t feel like it should come from the evening forest, or the castle’s court – the way it was roaring, it seemed that it came from the desert.

Waver spat as he tasted sand in his mouth. Sand! It was really sand that the strange wind brought. Truly the hot sand was not supposed to exist.

“Saber, and Archer, the last question of the banquet – is the king lonesome?”

Rider shouted as he stood in the center of the raging desert wind. His cape danced atop his shoulders. Somehow, he had already changed back into the proper garb of the King of Conquerors.

Archer's mouth moved, and he sniggered. There was no need to answer. He replied with his silence instead.

Saber did not hesitate either. If her own beliefs were shaken, it would be a flat denial of her days spent as king.

“A king...has no choice to be lonesome!”

Rider laughed. As if responding to the laugh, the whirlwind grew stronger.

“Wrong, wrong!! That answer is almost as good as having no answers! Let me teach you two today what it means to be a true king!”

The unknown hot wind inverted, and eroded the reality.

In the strange phenomenon occurring tonight, distance and position had lost its meaning. The raging sandstorm changed all it touched.

“How-How could this..."

Waver and Irisviel gasped in surprise. Only ones who understood magecraft could understand the phenomenon.

“A Reality Marble-?!”

The earth-scorching sun; the cloudless, clear skies; stretching to the blurry end of the sandy horizon, there was nothing that obscured vision.

To think that the Einzbern castle could be changed suddenly meant that it was undoubtedly the illusion of something that eroded away the reality. It can be said that this is the uppermost limits of the miracles of magecraft.

Iskander can't summon Ioinoi Hetairoi on his own (those that inhabit the reality marble help to create and maintain it too)

“How could this be….you could materialize the environment inside your mind…You aren’t a – magus?!”

“Of course I’m not. This is not something I can do alone.”

Alexander laughed proudly as he majestically stood in the center of wide, everstretching field.

“This land is the land in which my army once crossed. It is imprinted upon the hearts of every single one of my warriors who shared in my joys and sorrows.”

...

“The reason why this world can exist again... is because it is printed upon all of our hearts.”

Everyone in Ioinoi Hetairoi is a Servant, this is Iskander's most powerful Noble Phantasm

Under their expressions of total shock, heavily armed cavalry materialized beside Alexander. Though their faces and equipments differed, their muscular bodies and mighty chargers displayed a fierceness that could only be found in a true army.

Only one person present understood what this situation meant.

“All of these beings…are servants!”

He was the only Master here, and so he understood. Servant Alexander's trump card, his true noble phantasm, was now appearing before his eyes.

...

“Their bodies may return to ash, but their spirits still hear my call! These men are my legendary heroes – my loyal followers! They’re my true friends - breaking the rules of space and time to fight once more at my side!”

“They are my treasure within treasures; they are my right to rule! They make up Alexander's mightiest Noble Phantasm – Ionian Hetairoi!!”

EX rank anti-army Noble Phantasm; the consecutive summon of multiple independent Servants.

...

A riderless horse galloped towards Rider. It was a powerful and sleek steed. If it was human, it is probably just as impressive as any one of the Heroic Spirits standing before the king.

“Long time no see, pal.”

Rider smiled childishly as he hugged the neck of his horse. “She” was the legendary charger Bucephalus. Even the horse of the King of Conquerors became an Heroic Spirit.

Even Gilgamesh is awed by Iskander's Ioinoi Hetairoi despite having his own EX rank NP

Apart from shock and admiration, everyone was speechless. Even Archer, who also possessed a rank EX Noble Phantasm, was utterly silent after seeing such a radiant army.

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The repercussions of Iskander overusing Ioinoi Hetairoi 2 days in a row

Actually, Waver had noticed it two nights ago. It was impossible for a large Noble Phantasm like Ionian Hetairoi to be used two nights in a row without any repercussions.

A large amount of prana was required just to expand such a powerful Reality Marble and maintain it for a short time. Moreover, in his battle with Caster, Rider had also been within the bounded field and received heavy damage.

Above all, so much prana had been spent that Rider, who clung to his physical so obstinately, was forced into spiritual form in order to concentrate on recuperation. It was obvious that this was no small amount of prana.

…

In order to stop the sea demon Caster had summoned from coming on land, Rider had maintained the area of his Ionian Hetairoi Reality Marble beyond its limit. No matter what, it was too much. Back then, Waver had been more worried about his Servant than his alliance with Saber.

“In the end, your trump card was surprisingly wasteful of prana, wasn’t it?”

“Not at all. Just that its size became bigger. Those guys in the army weren’t summoned out, so it didn’t cost too much prana to maintain.”

“Liar. Large magecrafts of that degree need to use an enormous amount of prana just to be activated. Once activated, the army summoned within was a pretty surprising expenditure for you, wasn’t it?”

“…”

“When I first saw it, I really did think it was a very efficient Noble Phantasm, just like you said. In retrospect, the amount of prana you took from my Magic Circuits when you first fought Assassin was really too small.”

vs Excalibur

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A clash between Iskander’s Ioinoi Hetairoi and Artoria’s Excalibur was not guaranteed to end in victory for Artoria.

Alexander reveled in his tyrannical kingship without restraint; he reveled in the violent way of the Ionian Hetairoi, and took pride in it. If she were not to defeat him with the similar symbol of the King of Knights' ideology, the ‘Sword of Promised Victory’ Excalibur, then Arturia’s way of kingship would be broken and ended.

Rider’s Noble Phantasm had a strength such that even thinking about it would cause one to tremble all over. Even if Saber were to exert the strength of her own Noble Phantasm to the greatest extent, victory was not guaranteed.

vs the Giant Horror

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Ioinoi Hetairoi can only contain the Giant Horror, Iskander’s elites can’t fully destroy it

"For the time being I'll drag that thing into Ioinoi Hetairoi. Well, it'll probably be impossible to destroy it completely even with my elites. Confining it in my Reality Marble is the best I can do."

…

"After taking in such a giant, I can maintain my bounded field of troops for a few minutes at most. During that time, by any means possible ― Heroic Spirits, find a strategy that will grant us victory. Boy, you stay here too."

...

"Once the bounded field is deployed, I will have no way of knowing the situation outside. Boy, if something happens, concentrate and call me. I'll dispatch a messenger to you."

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Iskander pulls the Giant Horror into Ioinoi Hetairoi

It was at that instant that that huge lump of meat disappeared.

At point-blank range, Rider shouted and activated Ioniai Hetairoi. Archer and Berserker knew not the reason behind the fact that Rider and his subordinate Servants drew in the gigantic sea monster within the expanded Reality Marble.

Artoria, Diarmuid, Irisviel, and Waver can all sense the Giant Horror’s battle inside of Ioinoi Hetairoi

Thanks to Rider's clever scheme, the gigantic sea monster had disappeared without a trace from the water's surface. However, although its form was nowhere to be seen, the Servants and magi gathered there could clearly perceive the presence of the monster raging within the plane-divergent bounded field.

Iskander can release the Giant Horror from his Ioinoi Hetairoi 100 meters from where it was originally consumed

"Then I have a question. When Rider releases the Reality Marble, can he drop the contents at a specific place?"

It was a question without a clear purpose, but it was a race against time, and there wasn't time to ask the questioner's motives. Waver racked his brain for the fundamental laws governing Reality Marbles that he had learnt at the Clock Tower, put it together with the properties of Ioniai Hetairoi which he had witnessed only once, and gave a cautious reply.

"It should be possible, to a certain extent, probably 100 meters at most. The prerogative for their reappearance lies with Rider."

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Tremors caused by the Giant Horror from within Ioinoi Hetairoi are effecting the outside world. Iskander’s Reality Marble is approaching its limit.

Abruptly, restless tremors spread from the river bank all the way into its surroundings. Only the magi present knew just what these unexplainable tremor meant – the epicenter was probably the inside of the Reality Marble that Rider expanded. The powerful quakes of the raging sea demon were finally beginning to affect normal space. It was an omen that Rider's Reality Marble was finally approaching its ultimate limit.

Artoria continues to dodge Lancelot’s assault, Diarmuid boards the possessed F15 from spirit form.

As Waver grumbled he also attended to Saber, who kept dodging the attacks of the black knight, with a heart full of prayers.

“Damn it, Berserker, that bastard… can't something be done about him?!”

“– I will go.”

Lancer, responding resolutely, disappeared after grasping the now solitary crimson spear. The spearman that temporarily turned into spiritual form accurately materialized again on the body of the F15, steadying himself by grabbing the steel wings pulsing with black prana with one hand.

Ioinoi Hetairoi released the Giant Horror under where Kiritsugu shot his flare, its fall into the Mion river caused something akin to a tsunami.

Immediately after, as though it had been in wait, the air around them shook, and the space that was eroded by the thoughts of the Heroic Spirits returned to the shape it was meant to have. Firstly, an alien shadow covered the night sky like a mirage, then its real form emerged in an instant; the giant and ominous body then fell into the water. That place was directly underneath where Kiritsugu shot the flare.

The raging sheets of water thrown up by the gigantic mass impacting the water assaulted the river bank like a tsunami. However, Saber, the only one who had fought and held her own in direct combat with the sea demon, was not hit by even a single splash. The prana gushing out from her right now summoned a surging wind so pressurized that it brushed aside the wall of water.

vs Hundred Face Hassan

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Ioinoi Hetairoi massacres every Hassan

“Alright, Assassin. Let us begin.”

Rider's smiling eyes were full of ruthlessness and cruelty. To someone who ignored the king’s words and declined the king’s gift, he no longer cared to hold back.

“As you can see, my preferred battlefield is the plains. Sorry, but if it's about winning by numbers, I believe I have the advantage?"

The hundred faces among the Hassans had forgotten about the Holy Grail at this moment. Forgetting victory and the mission of the Command Seal, they had already lost sense of themselves as a Servant.

Some ran away, while some screamed fruitlessly. Some others stood dumbly on their spots. The panicked mob of skull masks were indeed just a group of rabble.

“Trample them!!"

Rider commanded without hesitation.

"AAAALaLaLaLaLaie!"

The collective roar of the Ionian Hetairoi echoed in response. The peerless army that once swept across continents once again thundered across the battlefield.

This was no longer a battle. It was a massacre.

The results of using a mill to grind a sesame seed would yield more response.

Wherever the Ionian Hetairoi rode, there was not a trace of Assassins remaining. Only a faint, faint smell of blood and some dust that was swept away remained in the air.

vs Enuma Elish

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Waver’s 3 wasted command spells were acting as a massive amplifier in terms of mana Iskander has available, he’s stronger now than he has been the entire 4th War.

"True, my weapon has been consumed. But do not take that lightly, King of Heroes. Tonight, Alexander is incomplete, and therefore beyond complete."

It was an incoherent manner of speaking, but Archer did not sneer at his nonsense, and looked over Rider's entire body with sharp eyes that seemed to cut into him.

" - I see. Yes, your Aura is overflowing. It is unusually stalwart. It seems you do not stand before me without some prospects of victory."

It was the truth. While he had lost one of his Noble Phantasms, the amount of prana seething from Rider right now was several times higher than before. The three expended Command Seals that Waver had intended to 'waste away meaninglessly' were unwittingly exercising an effect. When using Command Seals to activate ultimate authority, the more vague the contents, the more reduced the effects will be. On that point, as Waver's earlier orders all lacked concreteness, in terms of using the Command Seals, they were in effect wasted. On the other hand, a Command Seal activated not as an absolute command bending the will of the Servant, but with the consent of both parties, would not only enforce the Servant's actions, but also become a way to support and amplify them. In this case, similar to how Kiritsugu's Saber achieved Spatial Relocation, the Command Seals could at times make possible unprecedented things that overturned the normal methods of magecraft, things on the same level as 'Magic'.

While the method of usage made little impression, since the three Seals conformed to the Servant's own will and furthermore were activated in succession, Rider received a definite effect from Waver's Command Seals. As long as he aspired toward the action of 'victory', Rider would receive an amplified amount of Prana support compared to normal. Frankly, the current Rider was, even more so than in the past, at his 'most perfect'.

Iskander summons Ioinoi Hetairoi once more to combat Gilgamesh

"Gather, my brethren! Tonight, we shall mark our gallant figures into the strongest legend!"

A wind of hot sand blew onto the bridge as though responding to the King's call and scattered the mist from the river.

The thoughts of the Heroic Spirits who had once seen the same dream as the King, drawn from beyond time and space, now came together and wove around the sword of the Cypriots.

A boundless blue sky. A horizon, blurred by the heat haze, that all would gaze at with a single heart in order to ascertain its very end.

The mental images of the brave ones who crossed time to seek the battlefield eroded even reality and turned the uninhabited great bridge into a great plain with a raging whirlwind.

And one by one, the Heroic Spirits hastened to the stage of the decisive battle they were ordered to.

"Ahh......"

This was the second time Waver had seen the spectacle of the arrayed Ionion Hetairoi in their magnificence. Even though it was no longer something to be shocked by, now that he knew the meaning of this ultimate Noble Phantasm which actualized the kingship of Alexander, he was overwhelmed by a sense of awe even greater than the first time.

The shining elites of the cavalry - the bond of lord and servant they had formed with the King of Conquerors once upon a time could overcome even the separation of life and the afterlife.

There was no place where their battlefield, sublimed into eternity, could not be actualized. If the King of Conquerors would again set forth in tyranny, then no matter where he was, his servants would hasten to him.

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Gilgamesh views Iskander as an enemy worthy of using his full strength upon to defeated

In truth, Archer was pleased.

He was tired of how he would be invited till the end of time, repeatedly, to farces that were battles in name only. And now, he had finally obtained an opponent he could recognize as an 'enemy'.

A challenge from that Rider was worth using his full strength to gain supremacy.

Description of Ea.

It was a weapon of far too abnormal a shape. There was a grip and a hand guard, and its length was about that of a longsword. But the crucial section where the 'blade' should have been assigned deviated far too much from the form of an edged weapon. It was a dull blade with a pillar made of three sections lined up, and a tip which spun in a spiral shape. The three pillar sections were like querns, slowly continuing to rotate in alternation.

Yes, it was no longer a sword. Something born before the appearance of the concept that this world called a "sword" can't possibly have the shape of a known sword. It was something constructed by a God before humans. It was the actualization of the works of a God recorded at the beginning of the world.

The three quern-like cylinders, acting in concert with the movement of the Heavens, revolved as each creaked with a weight and power equivalent to tectonic movement. The enormous amount of seething and overflowing prana was beyond measurement.

Ea vs Ioinoi Hetairoi

"Now, know the conclusion of your unfulfilled dream. The truth shall be shown by my own hand."

Archer held his hand high above his head, and the sword of the beginning gradually increased the speed of its revolutions. Faster with each rotation, ever faster...

...

It rumbled as a tornado roared, and an enormous amount of prana surged forth from the grip of Archer's sword.

"Now awake, Ea. A stage befitting you has been prepared!"

Ea - the God of earth and water from ancient Mesopotamian mythology who had separated Heaven and Earth.

Called by this name, the Sword of Rupture was the primordial sword present at the creation of the world in the Age of Gods. The role the blade of the beginning accomplished - it was nothing short of that which had cut apart what had been shapeless into Heaven and Earth, what had given a definitive shape to that distinction.

And now, the rotating God sword, haughtily blowing up storm winds, would once again perform that miracle of genesis. The golden King of Heroes triumphantly shouted a declaration.

"Come now and look up - to Enuma Elish!"

Heaven screamed, and Earth shook.

An enormous collection of prana was released, grinding at the laws of space.

The sword tip Archer swung down was not aimed at anyone in the first place.

It was no longer a matter of aiming at anyone. What the Sword of Rupture's blade cuts down cannot be contained to simply 'the enemy'.

Rider, driving his horse hard, saw before his eyes the fracturing of the earth, and the opening of an abyss.

…

It was a bloodcurdling leap and glide. But sure enough, at the end of that single instant which seemed endless to Waver, what Bucephalus landed on was firm ground on the opposite side of the fissure.

However, before he had time to feel relieved, Waver paled at the horrific state of the following cavalry.

The brigade of King's Guards, not having legs as strong as Bucephalus', could not completely cross the rupture in the earth, and fell helplessly into the abyss like an avalanche. The warhorses of the ranks further back braked at the very brink and were saved from the miserable fate of the fall; however, it was yet nothing more than the beginning of the tragedy.

…

In the time it took the heroic horse to sense the danger and jump back to a safe zone, the fissure expanded further in width, swallowing the surrounding earth and the knights.

No - it wasn't only the earth. The cracks stretched out from the surface to empty air, distorting space and sucking in the atmosphere. The entirety of their surroundings were blown into the end of the void by a surging wind.

"T-This is..."

It was such a scene that even the King of Conquerors was at a loss for words.

The Sword of Rupture commanded by the King of Heroes - what its single strike bore through was not only the earth, but the world itself, stretching to the sky. The attack was not even something to be discussed as a matter of whether it hit, or whether its force was advisable. Soldiers, horses, the dust, the sky - nearly everything that used the cut space as a foundation was swallowed and disappeared into the surging void.

Bucephalus planted his hooves firm with all his strength and resisted the atmospheric pressure of the vacuum; even as this happened, the great plain of hot sand woven by Ionian Hetairoi cracked, shattered, and collapsed into the abyss of the void like the ending of an hourglass.

Before that one blade was swung, all things were nothing more than chaos which could not form any meaning -

After that one blade was swung, a new truth divided and distinguished Heaven, Sea, and Earth.

The released tumult of genesis was no longer in the realm of an anti-fortress Noble Phantasm. It was an irregularity that broke down not only that which possessed shape, but all of creation. That was the true form of the anti-world Noble Phantasm that made the King of Heroes transcendent.

Heaven fell, Earth broke; within the darkness where everything returned to nothingness, only Archer's Sword of Rupture shone with brilliance. The dazzling light continued to complete the destruction, like a star of creation, the first thing illuminating the new world.

Rider and Waver could not ascertain all of this to the end. To begin with, the Reality Marble they were in was maintained by the total prana of the summoned Heroic Spirits. Before the world itself disappeared, the bounded field broke apart at the seams once over half of the army had been lost, and the distorted laws of space once again returned to the way they had been.

Iskander views Gilgamesh as the strongest enemy on Heaven and Earth for having tore apart the world itself.

Strong - he was too strong. The hero who tore apart the world itself was undoubtedly the strongest enemy in Heaven and Earth.

In that case, this man was the last enemy.

 

[ChaosTheory123]

So, Iskander Part 2?

Spoiler

Gordius Wheel

God Bull: Air-walking Thunder Bull
The divine bulls that pull the Gordias Wheel. It is said that before the seduction of Europa, the supreme god of thunder Zeus changed his shape into that of a bull. Therefore, what manifested as the driving force of the chariot dedicated to Zeus, were Divine Beasts with a connection to Zeus.

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Iskander's sword is not a Noble Phantasm, it lacks the prana for it

Laughing from his nose, the giant Servant pulled his sword from the scabbard at his waist. It was a valuable sword splendidly arranged, but it didn't feel like it had the prana of a Noble Phantasm in itself. Yet, when Rider took the sword, the dangerous atmosphere slowly made Waver uneasy. He can't be thinking of murdering me for my loud mouth... ?

Iskander summons the Gordius Wheel

"By this one strike, I, Alexander, King of Conquerors, claim for supremacy!"

Having loudly called out to the empty sky, he violently swung down his blade at the empty space.

Just then, a thundering roar and a tremor shook the riverbed at night like a thunderbolt, in a magnificent shock.

His guts turned around, Waver lost balance and tumbled on the ground for the second time. If Rider's blade wasn't striking at anything, just what did it cut―

Waver saw it. The empty space torn apart, like a gaping mouth, and the absurdly powerful thing that appeared there.

And, Waver remembered just what a Servant is.

In the legend of a hero, there is not only the man that was the hero, but the anecdotes about him, his arms and weapons: all of this is the "symbol" of his existence. Those "symbols" are the ultimate mysteries that the Servant, the embodiment of the Heroic Spirit, carries as a trump card. Those are the deadly weapons commonly called "Noble Phantasms".

Thus― there is no mistake. That which appeared at the empty space struck by Rider, that must be, without a doubt, his Noble Phantasm. Hidden in this existence, the density of the outrageous magical power outside of normality: Waver can grasp that. That was a miracle that had transcended humanity, transcended magecraft.

"That's how I struck the shaft and got this. The offering to Zeus from the king Gordias. ... It must be because the reputation of this that I landed the Rider class."

Waver compares the power of Iskander's Gordius Wheel to a strategic bomber, that he would transform Fuyuki's Shinto into scorched earth in less than an hour

In awe, Waver viewed Rider in a new light. Precisely because he is a magus, he understands the destructive power of the Noble Phantasm in front of him. Compared to a modern day weapon, that would rival a strategic bomber. He would transform the whole Shinto area into scorched earth if he was left wild for not even an hour.

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Summoning Iskander's Gordius Wheel would blow up a house

With that exaggeration, Rider drew the sword at his waist out of its scabbard. Realizing that he was about to call out that Noble Phantasm, Waver stopped him confusedly.

"Waitwaitwait! You can't do that here. You’ll blow up the house!"

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At the end of Diarmuid and Artoria’s fight, both Waver and Iskander are still located at the top of Fuyuki’s bridge

"...Damn it. This is bad."

Rider, who was standing on the arch of the Fuyuki Bridge overlooking the battle taking place in the warehouse district, muttered softly as he stood up.

"Wha, what is?"

Seeing the giant Servant display impatience for the first time, Waver became agitated, and he questioned Rider while clinging to the steel frame.

"Lancer brought out a decisive technique. Looks like he wants the match decided quickly."

Iskander summons his Gordius Wheel

Victory without ruin, domination without disgrace. That is true conquest!"

Rider proclaimed, holding his chest upright; then he unsheathed the sword by his waist and sliced through the hollow sky with a swing, cleaving apart the empty space.

An enormous shining Noble Phantasm immediately appeared, accompanied by spiralling torrents of galloping prana. Waver felt like he was about to be blown over by the sudden storm, swallowing his screams and hugging the steel frame even tighter.

"Observation is over. We will join the battle, boy."

Before his words were finished, Rider had mounted the Noble Phantasm with a leap, his mantle flowing.

"Idiot idiot idiot! You're acting nonsense!"

"Oh? If you don't want to go, you can stay here and look."

"I am going! Bring me along, idiot!"

"Good, that's more like my Master!"

Rider emitted clear laughter, took hold Waver's collar gently, and let Waver ride beside himself.

"Now roll on, Gordius Wheel • Wheel of Heaven's Authority!"

The Noble Phantasm answered the call of the King of Conquerors with a thunderous tremor.

The power of the lightning Iskander’s Gordius Wheel expels is equal to what Artoria or Diarmuid could if they unleashed every single ounce of their strength

No, the chariot was not merely floating in air. Its wheels boomed loudly; it was not solid ground but lightning that the bulls stood upon.

Every time the bulls' hooves and the chariot 'stomped' upon the empty sky, violet lightning spread like a web, rolling the air upwards with deafening roars. The prana spurting from the lightning was probably what Lancer and Saber can only unleash if they use up every single ounce of their strength.

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Artoria considers her injured thumb too much of a handicap to contend with Iskander and his Gordius Wheel

Saber was about to rebuke, but her left thumb is too much of a handicap before Rider. It wouldn’t do to underestimate the battle prowess of this Heroic Spirit, who defeated Berserker in one blow.

The damage dealt to the area the Servants fought in looked like it had been hit by an earthquake

Irisviel finally disentangled herself from the tension and released the breath she was holding. When she looked about her, it was a scene of total devastation. That was to be expected. Five Servants were gathered at one place, with some of them unreservedly releasing their Noble Phantasms, destroying at will.

"The first battle was already conducted with such intensity. Had there ever been a Holy Grail War like this before?"

Irisviel was not worried about the traces of destruction. The Holy Church supervisor is responsible for the secrecy of the war. This place looks like it’s been through an earthquake. The supervisor must organize those employed by the Church and carefully mend the area.

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Iskander's Gordius Wheel wrecks Gilles "workshop"

Both of them boarded the driver's seat of the chariot again. Rider took up the reins, and the raging bulls bellowed angrily, sending lightning in the darkness.

“Sorry for the cramped space, but there's something I really count on you, Children of Zeus. Burn this place down to ashes!!”

Together with Rider's yell, the heavenly oxen stomped their hoofs, savagely going around the workshop which was stained with blood as if depicting a “円” (Yen) character. Once being trampled on by the hoofs which scorched even the air, the only thing left was utter destruction. The nightmarish handicrafts Caster and Ryuunosuke treasured so much were swept cleanly without any trace in the blink of an eye. Moreover, the chariot went about like this for two or three times, and nothing was left in the interior of the spacious water tank apart from the heavy stench of burned fat.

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Description of the damage Iskander’s Gordius Wheel caused to Gilles workshop

Ashes –

And a tragic scene to go with it.

It had been thoroughly ruined, to the point where one could not begin to tell what the perpetrator had intended to destroy. It was as though a storm had raged through and wrecked the workshop, leaving nothing to remind a viewer of its former appearance.

This was no storm, of course, but deliberate destruction. After all, how could a storm wash over this place, in an underground water tank? The carnage wrought on Caster’s workshop could only have been caused by the power of an anti-army or perhaps an anti-fortress Noble Phantasm.

vs the Giant Horror

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Iskander goes to attack the Giant Horror with his Gordius Wheel

“Haha, aye! Well then, let me strike the first blow.”

Together with his roar of laughter, Rider lashed at the oxen of his chariot, and dashed up to the empty sky with clapping thunders. Not caring at all about Waver's shrieks who apparently hadn't made the mental preparation, the King of Conquerors' galloping Noble Phantasm started the straight-on charge towards that gargantuan sea monster.

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Neither Artoria’s strikes or Iskander’s Gordius Wheel could damage the Giant Horror fast enough to compete with its regeneration

In truth, it is evident that the battle is progressing towards despair.

Although Saber and Rider’s blades continued to slash the sea demon’s gigantic body with no respite, it showed no signs of being wounded.

Of course, it wasn’t that the Servants were holding back. The unyielding sword that clove rocks and the iron hooves that brought forth roaring thunder; they ruthlessly carved out the sea demon’s flesh, scattering them about in waves of blood and decay. However, the shredded wounds would be filled up by new flesh in the blink of an eye.

The demonic monsters that Caster summoned and commanded previously also had physical regeneration abilities, so it was not surprising. However, the giant sea demon this time was indeed enormous in size. It was as if they were digging a hole in a marsh; the damage of the two Servants combined cannot keep pace with the monster's regeneration.

Even the utmost effort and combined attacks of the King of Knights and King of Conquerors could only slow down the sea demon's progress towards the river bank by a little.

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The Giant Horror had been able to cover the Gordius Wheel in scars.

At the same time as the reappearance of the sea demon, Rider’s chariot Gordius Wheel also leapt into the dim night sky once again. Its scar-covered form told of the degree of intensity of the battle that played out inside the Reality Marble, but his majestic and awe-inspiring flying form was not diminished at all.

vs the Einzbern Boundary Field

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Iskander's Gordius Wheel vs the Einzbern Boundary Field and Irisviel's magic circuits

Troubled with the relationship between her husband and the King of Knights, Irisviel sighed deeply. Suddenly, a thunderous roar sounded beside her ears. Not only so, but this roar that tore apart the night created a gigantic burden for her Magic Circuits; the dizziness almost made Irisviel faint in the colonnade.

The roar came from a nearby thunder, and the prana impact that followed it meant the bounded field in the forest outside the castle was already under attack. Although a bounded field isn’t something that can be easily destroyed, her magecraft had already been damaged. “What’s going on… a frontal charge?”

...

“The thunder just then, and this senseless tactic… the opponent should be Rider.”

“I think so too.”

Irisviel remembered the overwhelming power of the Noble Phantasm ‘Gordius Wheel’ she witnessed a few days ago at the warehouse street. The chariot entwined with thunder and pulled by divine bulls – if that type of anti-army Noble Phantasm were to release all of its power, it could easily destroy the magecraft focal points placed in the forest. It wouldn’t matter too much if the bounded field was whole to begin with, but it had yet to recover from Caster and Kayneth’s attacks a few days ago.

...

“It’s difficult to get in and out of the house if you have too many trees in the garden. I almost got lost before I arrived at the door, so I cut some down for you. Thanks to me, the view is much better.”

...

She was angry at the destruction of the forest’s bounded field, but there’s no way she’d manage to continue to hate him once she saw his grinning face.

vs Artoria Pendragon (Kiritsugu Emiya; Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5)

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Iskander’s Gordius Wheel vs Artoria won’t be at full power. He also figures he can only conjure Ioinoi Hetairoi 1 more time.

Although Rider’s voice was still powerful and confident, there was an audible wariness hidden within. That Saber would definitely count as a powerful enemy even for Rider. He was already prepared for a majestic and desperate battle to the end.

“…If we keep this up, how much can you recover by nighttime?”

“About that… if all goes well, I won't be able to use Gordius Wheel in its most powerful form, but simple flight shouldn’t be a problem.”

Then, as if it had been weighing on his mind, the spiritual form continued speaking with a sigh mixed in his words.

“But Ionian Hetairoi – I fear I can only use it one more time.”

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Iskander’s Gordius Wheel blades are used to cut apart the forest sitting next to the road as he passes by it. The Gordius Wheel’s dimensions were greater than an ordinary truck.

“Sorry, but this is a war chariot. Now I can no longer play nicely in this game of competing speeds with you!”

Then Rider slid the enormous structure of the car to the side, arriving at the side of the road.

On the two sides of ‘Gordius Wheel’ whose dimensions were greater than an ordinary truck were fixed two large, fiercely curved sickles. On the two sides of the national highway on which Rider was now speeding were dense forests that almost covered the path. If the wheels of the chariot were moved to the very edge of the paved road, then the blade of the sickle would definitely pass into the lush green forest—

“So, Saber, pursue me from behind!”

The electrified wheels of the chariot crushed the forest as easily as if it were cutting through paper; Rider had begun a brutal deforestation.

Though the tree trunks were all very thick, for the sharp sickles flying at 400 kilometers an hour, it was as easy as sawing wood. The tree trunks that had been instantaneously broken all snapped back and were swept into the air. The sight was like shredding wood shavings, only it was a nightmare a few hundred times more majestic.

Iskander does the same to asphalt and concrete as he did with the forest.

Laughing, Rider continued to deftly slide the chariot from side to side, closing in on the next object to be cut down.

“Here I come again—next up after the trees is a rain of stones!”

The next prey of the sickles was surprisingly the solid asphalt and concrete that covered the surface of the road. Rock had a density and hardness much greater than tree trunks. But the sickles nevertheless mercilessly crushed them to rubble, sending them flying in all directions like droplets, blocking Saber’s way.

…

On the other side, sweeping the surface of the road with its large sickles, Rider’s war chariot had already lost its ability to accelerate. The concrete was much more difficult to cut through than tree trunks and was an obstructing force to the divine bulls, one that could not be overlooked.

vs Lancelot (Part 1, Part 2)

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Iskander tramples Lancelot with his Gordius Wheel, he was trampled 8 times overall and grievously wounded, but had noticed Iskander’s charge enough to avoid the decisive maximum impact of the attack (from the wheels).

It was a thunderbolt that suddenly visited the battlefield. It had the dizzying flash of lightning that contrived to make night into day, and a roar that boomed greater than any thunder.

"Aaalalalalalalaie!"

The lightning didn’t descend from the sky, but traversed across the ground. No – that thing that looked like lightning was the galloping chariot entangled by escaping electricity.

Lancer quickly flipped backwards and avoided the chariot in time. But for Berserker, who kept all his attention of Saber, he didn’t even have time to turn around and register what was going on.

Accompanying Rider’s war cry, the two divine bulls first kicked the black knight to the ground with their four front hooves, and then trampled the black knight mercilessly with their four hind hooves. Each hoof was enveloped with rolling purple lightning; just one kick would have been a very heavy hit. The divine bulls trampled upon Berserker eight times overall and his wounds must have been fatal. After Rider’s chariot roared past, Berserker didn’t even have the strength to stand. The figure with the black armour lied face up on the ground.

Rider sat on the stopped chariot and gazed down at his utterly defeated enemy. His spirited face was covered with smiles.

" – Oh? What happened to you, one with such a backbone?"

Berserker wasn’t dead yet. His body twitched feebly, and he slowly rose up from the ground. The black knight, who was stomped upon by the divine bulls, finally managed to bend his body around and crawl away from the chariot’s path. He had noticed Rider, and luckily avoided the decisive maximum impact of the chariot wheels.

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Lancelot was enormously damaged by Iskander’s Gordius Wheel

Berserker has been hit by Rider’s Noble Phantasm. The damage was enormous. Without question, in order for it to fully heal it would take a great amount of time.

And prana. The prana Berserker requires to repair its body can only be obtained from the worms in Kariya’s body.

vs Horrors

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Iskander's Gordius Wheel tramples numerous Horrors summoned by Gilles in the sewer

The interior of the sewer Waver discovered, was indeed the haunts of non-humans. Possessing countless tentacles, the innumerable aquatic monsters stayed there as if crowding together in the narrow tunnel, lying in wait to strangle any pitiful trespasser to death.

...

The trampling rampage of Gordius Wheel • Wheel of Heaven's Authority in the sewer was just like a lightning-clad excavator. The body fluids and pieces of flesh of the monsters which was ran down, trampled and scorched, thickly filled the inside of the tunnel like a fog. Together on the carriage, it was as if Waver could not see his surroundings.

...

Defence like this which only relied on the number of the small fries, was not a suitable prey for Servants furnished with Anti-Army Noble Phantasms. Therefore, for Rider, this was but a resistance-less turn of events, an anticlimax.

...

The wall of flesh of the pulverized creatures which were trying in vain to block their path, had thinned down before they realized. Before long, there was no more tentacle left; and the chariot was released from the blood spray, springing into a wide space. Just like before, the surrounding was in pitch darkness, without even a ray of light. There was no flow of air as well, but they could no longer feel the oppressive feeling like when they were in that narrow, confined space.

Via Expugnatio

vs Excalibur

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Iskander’s Gordius Wheel vs Artoria won’t be at full power. He also figures he can only conjure Ioinoi Hetairoi 1 more time.

Although Rider’s voice was still powerful and confident, there was an audible wariness hidden within. That Saber would definitely count as a powerful enemy even for Rider. He was already prepared for a majestic and desperate battle to the end.

“…If we keep this up, how much can you recover by nighttime?”

“About that… if all goes well, I won't be able to use Gordius Wheel in its most powerful form, but simple flight shouldn’t be a problem.”

Then, as if it had been weighing on his mind, the spiritual form continued speaking with a sigh mixed in his words.

“But Ionian Hetairoi – I fear I can only use it one more time.”

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Excalibur vs Gordius Wheel. Iskander is able to dodge Excalibur’s blast at the last second by abandoning his Noble Phantasm with Waver.

About a hundred meters away, Rider’s chariot also slowed to a stop. And it had reversed the direction that it was facing, too. All this time, it had moved straight forward to let Saber trail in its dust, but now it actually turned around; the eyes of the two divine bulls, as well as their master the King of Conquerors, were filled with a feeling of the joy of battle; he looked upon Saber with a captivating gaze.

…

The target of the King of Conquerors was definitely ahead of him by a hundred or so meters: Saber, riding on the large motorcycle, staring in this direction with a serious expression.

…

His confidence was not hollow. Though he had said that it was a large gamble, Rider himself had full confidence in his victory.

“Light is at the other end of the world—conquer! Via Expugnatio: Distant Trampling Domination!”

The true name of that which had finally been released, the chariot drawn by divine bulls from which lightning suddenly burst forth. The majestic braying of the divine bulls under whose feet Berserker had been trampled in the first battle could never compare to this.

“—Let the wind come!”

Seeing her opponent rush towards her, Saber also hurriedly pulled out her sword under the protection of the air pressure.

Opening the vortex of the hurricane, a golden light shone forth as if to show the kingship of the knight; prana was continuously roiling.

“AAAALaLaLaLaLaie !!”

Accompanying Rider’s roar, the bulls stamped hard once on the asphalt ground; their cloven hooves rushed forward like raging billows. Waver, though overwhelmed by their majesty, nevertheless made an utmost effort to open his eyes wide, so as not to pass out again like the last time. At the fore was a very strong anti-city Noble Phantasm about to be released; in order to gain the initiative, Rider rushed as if his life depended on it, definitely unwilling to give up an opportunity to defeat Saber.

The King of Conquerors’ direct attack sent a shiver down Saber’s spine. By the rushing of the divine bulls, the hundred-meter distance had instantaneously been decreased to zero. In the blink of an eye, the might of Gordius Wheel manifested before her eyes.

If the hilt of her precious sword had still been in her hand, then she would definitely have been certain of victory; facing the golden radiance that Rider raised, there was only one thing that she could shout out, one true name.

“Ex—“

In the moment that the rushing incarnation of thunder was about to trample upon Saber’s small frame—

“Calibur!”

Golden lightning, as if radiating countless comets, made the night as bright as day.

“—!”

Waver’s gaze was drawn by this, dazzled by this, and he could not help but turn around—within the intense attack, he rationalized extremely calmly and realized one thing.

He had personally witnessed the light of Saber’s Noble Phantasm, and that meant… the result was that, before the Gordius Wheel had reached its final step, the King of Knights had taken the first step to initiate her attack.

But even thus, the touch of the thickset arm that extended all the way to his shoulder nevertheless did not disappear.

To be aware of one’s own defeat at the same time indicated the truth that one was still alive and clearheadedly conscious.

Waver gingerly opened his eyes and saw the appalling condition of the battlefield.

Due to Excalibur's blow, the surface of the road had instantly been burned away; even the forest a little way away had been instantly blown to waste. The road was scarred, carved in the likeness of a single straight line. The molten asphalt gave off a revolting stench; it was extremely pungent. Waver felt as if his body was floating through the universe… no, carried by a strong man on his shoulders. Who was it that carried his young Master like a small luggage bag— it was not necessary to ask to know.

“Ah… we’ve failed.”

Rider said softly, as if remorseful from the heart. But considering the current situation, it did seem like too much of an understatement.

It appeared that Rider was not hurt, either. But the chariot in which he rode, as well as the two divine bulls, had all vanished without a trace. The Noble Phantasm ‘Gordius Wheel’ had borne the might of the ‘Sword of Promised Victory’ and so had, like Caster’s sea monster, vanished and left no trace, not even a speck of dust.

In the moment at which he had bordered the line of death, Rider, who had understood his failure, had quickly plucked Waver from the charioteer’s seat and narrowly escaped from under the attack of the anti-city Noble Phantasm. It could really be said that the two had cheated death. But the price was high enough. The flying chariot, which Rider had used as his main weapon all this time, had at the last minute gone up in smoke.

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Another description of how Iskander dodged Artoria’s Excalibur's

Waver understood that—the night before—it had been he, the Master, who had at the last moment caused Rider’s determination to challenge Saber to end in vain. At that time, if Rider had challenged the ‘Sword of Promised Victory’ with a desperate heart, then perhaps he would have been victorious over Saber’s Noble Phantasm by a small distance and trampled the King of Knights beneath the hooves of the divine bulls. The reason why he could not but give up at the decisive moment—had been the Master standing beside him in the driver’s seat. At the last instant, Rider could only jump from the chariot in order to protect the clown beside him. Of course, he could not sacrifice the contractor who had made him appear in this world. At that time, what had decided the victory between Rider and Saber had been whether or not their Master had been at their side.

Physical strength and speed?

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Iskander casually breaks/tears off the closed shutter of a library hall

Suddenly, while Waver was thinking, a breaking sound heartily roared.

"Hih!?"

Jumping out of surprise, he turned around as the closed shutter of the library hall were being distorted and torn off. The one who was calmly walking there, materialized under the moonlight, was none other than Waver's Servant, Rider.

...

"Idiot! Stupid, stupid, stupid! What were you thinking, kicking the shutters like that! Why aren't you in spirit form like when you entered!?"

Iskander vs Artoria Pendragon (Kiritsugu Emiya; Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5)

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Artoria’s instinct tells her of the path to victory against Iskander. She flings a stone slab of concrete weighing several tons at Iskander’s Gordius Wheel.

Saber’s sixth sense predicted the arrival of a divine opportunity for victory. From then on, the priority was to pass through the next few successive tests safe and unharmed; there would definitely be a chance to rise again from death— A large concrete slab that had broken off the surface of the road obstructed the path of the V-MAX. The large flat stone slab, measuring more than two meters in both length and breadth, was just like a stone screen.

Facing the blocked path right ahead of her, Saber’s gaze was unwavering; driving the V-MAX forward, she raised Invisible Air over the edge.

“Chaaaaaarge!!”

Along with her roar, the clump of air pressure—which had the momentum to sweep away an army of thousands and was supported by the release of prana – impacted heavily on the top of the stone slab; the slab, which looked as if it must weigh at least several tons, was easily flung into the air. It completely defied the laws of physics that the slender wrist of a young girl could carry out such a grand feat; this was the godly skill transcending normalcy that only a Servant could possess.

Iskander deflects the projectile stone slab launched by Artoria.

Spinning rapidly in midair, the stone slab fell forward along the fatal parabola, aligned exactly with the top of the war chariot in front. Hearing Waver’s terrible scream, Rider turned his head. Raising his sword, he stared wide-eyed at the rock over his head.

“AAAAAAAAAH!”

As if saying ‘In a competition of strength I will definitely not lose to you’, Rider boldly brandished the bronze sword level with the stone slab. The slab’s trajectory was once again changed, spinning even more wildly in midair. At last it fell down like a boomerang, embedding itself deeply in the surface of the road behind the chariot.

From an advantageous position, Artoria clashes with Iskander. The clash between herself and Iskander proves the pair equal as Iskander successfully blocks and deflects Artoria’s blow away.

And this position above the enemy’s head was one of absolute advantage in crossing blades. This was indeed the grace of the goddess of victory given to the sword-wielding Heroic Spirit; this time was a chance of certain victory.

“Die, Rider!”

Invisible Air, which had been lifted as if she gambled everything with this one blow — slowed slightly with hesitation at that time.

Rider raised his own blade to block. The blades that clashed together—considering only power, Saber should have had a greater chance of victory due to the advantage of her position; however, the outcome was an even match. Invisible Air could not break past Rider’s defenses, and had at last been deflected away.

…

Thus was an excellent opportunity to seize victory lost in vain, but Saber’s unease was for another reason.

“Einzbern is not here?!”

There was no mistake. In the instant that the V-MAX had leaped, she had seen that in the charioteer’s seat of Gordius Wheel, aside from the driver Rider there was only his Master.

Excalibur vs Gordius Wheel. Iskander is able to dodge Excalibur’s blast at the last second by abandoning his Noble Phantasm with Waver.

About a hundred meters away, Rider’s chariot also slowed to a stop. And it had reversed the direction that it was facing, too. All this time, it had moved straight forward to let Saber trail in its dust, but now it actually turned around; the eyes of the two divine bulls, as well as their master the King of Conquerors, were filled with a feeling of the joy of battle; he looked upon Saber with a captivating gaze.

…

The target of the King of Conquerors was definitely ahead of him by a hundred or so meters: Saber, riding on the large motorcycle, staring in this direction with a serious expression.

…

His confidence was not hollow. Though he had said that it was a large gamble, Rider himself had full confidence in his victory.

“Light is at the other end of the world—conquer! Via Expugnatio: Distant Trampling Domination!”

The true name of that which had finally been released, the chariot drawn by divine bulls from which lightning suddenly burst forth. The majestic braying of the divine bulls under whose feet Berserker had been trampled in the first battle could never compare to this.

“—Let the wind come!”

Seeing her opponent rush towards her, Saber also hurriedly pulled out her sword under the protection of the air pressure.

Opening the vortex of the hurricane, a golden light shone forth as if to show the kingship of the knight; prana was continuously roiling.

“AAAALaLaLaLaLaie !!”

Accompanying Rider’s roar, the bulls stamped hard once on the asphalt ground; their cloven hooves rushed forward like raging billows. Waver, though overwhelmed by their majesty, nevertheless made an utmost effort to open his eyes wide, so as not to pass out again like the last time. At the fore was a very strong anti-city Noble Phantasm about to be released; in order to gain the initiative, Rider rushed as if his life depended on it, definitely unwilling to give up an opportunity to defeat Saber.

The King of Conquerors’ direct attack sent a shiver down Saber’s spine. By the rushing of the divine bulls, the hundred-meter distance had instantaneously been decreased to zero. In the blink of an eye, the might of Gordius Wheel manifested before her eyes.

If the hilt of her precious sword had still been in her hand, then she would definitely have been certain of victory; facing the golden radiance that Rider raised, there was only one thing that she could shout out, one true name.

“Ex—“

In the moment that the rushing incarnation of thunder was about to trample upon Saber’s small frame—

“Calibur!”

Golden lightning, as if radiating countless comets, made the night as bright as day.

“—!”

Waver’s gaze was drawn by this, dazzled by this, and he could not help but turn around—within the intense attack, he rationalized extremely calmly and realized one thing.

He had personally witnessed the light of Saber’s Noble Phantasm, and that meant… the result was that, before the Gordius Wheel had reached its final step, the King of Knights had taken the first step to initiate her attack.

But even thus, the touch of the thickset arm that extended all the way to his shoulder nevertheless did not disappear.

To be aware of one’s own defeat at the same time indicated the truth that one was still alive and clearheadedly conscious.

Waver gingerly opened his eyes and saw the appalling condition of the battlefield.

Due to Excalibur's blow, the surface of the road had instantly been burned away; even the forest a little way away had been instantly blown to waste. The road was scarred, carved in the likeness of a single straight line. The molten asphalt gave off a revolting stench; it was extremely pungent. Waver felt as if his body was floating through the universe… no, carried by a strong man on his shoulders. Who was it that carried his young Master like a small luggage bag— it was not necessary to ask to know.

“Ah… we’ve failed.”

Rider said softly, as if remorseful from the heart. But considering the current situation, it did seem like too much of an understatement.

It appeared that Rider was not hurt, either. But the chariot in which he rode, as well as the two divine bulls, had all vanished without a trace. The Noble Phantasm ‘Gordius Wheel’ had borne the might of the ‘Sword of Promised Victory’ and so had, like Caster’s sea monster, vanished and left no trace, not even a speck of dust.

In the moment at which he had bordered the line of death, Rider, who had understood his failure, had quickly plucked Waver from the charioteer’s seat and narrowly escaped from under the attack of the anti-city Noble Phantasm. It could really be said that the two had cheated death. But the price was high enough. The flying chariot, which Rider had used as his main weapon all this time, had at the last minute gone up in smoke.

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Another description of how Iskander dodged Artoria’s Excalibur's

Waver understood that—the night before—it had been he, the Master, who had at the last moment caused Rider’s determination to challenge Saber to end in vain. At that time, if Rider had challenged the ‘Sword of Promised Victory’ with a desperate heart, then perhaps he would have been victorious over Saber’s Noble Phantasm by a small distance and trampled the King of Knights beneath the hooves of the divine bulls. The reason why he could not but give up at the decisive moment—had been the Master standing beside him in the driver’s seat. At the last instant, Rider could only jump from the chariot in order to protect the clown beside him. Of course, he could not sacrifice the contractor who had made him appear in this world. At that time, what had decided the victory between Rider and Saber had been whether or not their Master had been at their side.

Iskander vs Hundred Face Hassan

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Iskander defends Waver from Hassan by throwing his Sword of Cypriot at the dagger Hassan had thrown.

Not even having the free time to doubt what he heard, Rider's next move was executed with lightning speed.

He threw the Sword of Cypriot he removed from the sheath at his waist overhead, which gave off bright sparks in the empty space.

...

When on earth did that attacker steal up behind Waver? And then, since when did Rider sense that presence? As for the thing Rider's sword knocked off just now, it was something the shadow clothed in black aimed and threw at him- a Dark dagger. With the throw of that dagger, Rider was able to finally ascertain the exact position of the enemy. Within the instant he did not expect, this bloodstained water tank had already become a battlefield.

Iskander charges towards Hassan and decapitates them

After that, riding on ahead with a bird-of-prey-like agility despite his big size, with the sword which returned to him, he took a swift slash.

The sound of meat being ripped apart and getting wet. A scream of agony and splatter of crimson red blood.

With utter disbelief, Waver was staring at the black-clothed corpse which had fallen over.

...

However, above everything else, the thing which stared bewilderedly at Waver was a white skull mask of the dark shadow which fell due to Rider's decapitation.

“Assassin......It can't be...”

The pair of remaining Hassan assessed they had no chance of winning against Iskander 2 vs 1

Although the remaining two Assassins prudently discerned Rider's next move, they cast an asking glance at each other. Should they continue their two-on-one battle against Rider here......

Without much contemplation, both of them had only one answer. Ever since the moment they lost their surprise attack, their chance of victory was already lost. Visually measuring the difference in strength between them and Rider, they had absolutely no chance of winning.

Durability/Resistances?

Iskander vs Gilgamesh (Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5)

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Waver’s 3 wasted command spells were acting as a massive amplifier in terms of mana Iskander has available, he’s stronger now than he has been the entire 4th War.

"True, my weapon has been consumed. But do not take that lightly, King of Heroes. Tonight, Alexander is incomplete, and therefore beyond complete."

It was an incoherent manner of speaking, but Archer did not sneer at his nonsense, and looked over Rider's entire body with sharp eyes that seemed to cut into him.

" - I see. Yes, your Aura is overflowing. It is unusually stalwart. It seems you do not stand before me without some prospects of victory."

It was the truth. While he had lost one of his Noble Phantasms, the amount of prana seething from Rider right now was several times higher than before. The three expended Command Seals that Waver had intended to 'waste away meaninglessly' were unwittingly exercising an effect. When using Command Seals to activate ultimate authority, the more vague the contents, the more reduced the effects will be. On that point, as Waver's earlier orders all lacked concreteness, in terms of using the Command Seals, they were in effect wasted. On the other hand, a Command Seal activated not as an absolute command bending the will of the Servant, but with the consent of both parties, would not only enforce the Servant's actions, but also become a way to support and amplify them. In this case, similar to how Kiritsugu's Saber achieved Spatial Relocation, the Command Seals could at times make possible unprecedented things that overturned the normal methods of magecraft, things on the same level as 'Magic'.

While the method of usage made little impression, since the three Seals conformed to the Servant's own will and furthermore were activated in succession, Rider received a definite effect from Waver's Command Seals. As long as he aspired toward the action of 'victory', Rider would receive an amplified amount of Prana support compared to normal. Frankly, the current Rider was, even more so than in the past, at his 'most perfect'.

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Iskander’s last charge vs Gilgamesh’s Gate of Babylon, Enkidu, and Ea.

"To Philotimo" - he challenged it because it was unreachable; he expressed his tyranny, exemplified it, for the sake of the servant who watched over his back.

The King of Heroes, towering over his path, calmly gazed at the challenger, and released the treasures of the vault. Twenty, forty, eighty - a swarm of Noble Phantasms deployed from thin air, shining like so many glittering stars. That light made the King of Conquerors reminiscent of the starry sky of the East far off in the distance that he would look up to.

"AAAALaLaLaLaie!!"

Bellowing with a delight that shook his heart, he rushed on together with his beloved horse.

With haughty growls, the rain of stars approached. Incessantly, mercilessly, the impacts trampled over their bodies. However, that pain was nothing more than a worthless trifle compared to the excitement of this sprint.

…

One step, and one step further. The only thing he had to do was simply repeat that. If he continued to accumulate it, then even that figure far in the distance would most surely be reached by his blade.

The swarm of stars poured on boisterously. In his fury where even his consciousness was prone to recede, his posture inadvertently and carelessly began to decline.

Then he realized that, at some point, he had started running on his own feet. How far did his beloved horse Bucephalus reach? Where did he end? He wanted to mourn for his friend, who had boldly carried out his duty to the end, but that was why he could not stop now. This step he would now take forward was in itself the mourning for those who were scattered.

His golden rival, as though understanding this, said something with an expression of amazement. But he could not hear him. Not even the flashes of light grazing past his ears, with the sounds of violent winds, could reach his ears.

...

He saw his dream as he ran on the beach. The sensation of the sprays he kicked up felt pleasant on his toes. The bright red soaking his feet might be the blood flowing from his own abdomen, but what of it? Right now, he was watching a dream of the sea. How could there be any greater bliss?

The King of Heroes awaited him, right before his very eyes. One more step - and then, just one more, and his sword, brandished high, could cleave apart the crown of his head.

"Haaaah - !!"

With a ringing victory cry that reached the Heavens, he swung down the sword of the Cypriots.

It was the peak of a moment when he was convinced of his victory. The instant that should have passed in the blink of an eye seemed, for some reason, to stretch into an eternity. It was as though time stood still -

No. In truth, it did stop - not the flow of time, but his own body.

Just before the swung sword could reach, his blade, his limbs, his shoulders, and his abdomen were wrapped around by a tough chain; the King of Conquerors sighed.

Enkidu - the secret among secrets contained in the King of Heroes' vault. The restraint that captured even the Bull of Heaven.

" - Good grief... All these oddities, one after another..."

There was no wonder or regret. He simply derided himself for finally tripping over a small careless mistake. A bitter smile rose from his bloodstained lips.

The sword of the Cypriots could not reach him; however, Gilgamesh's Sword of Rupture pierced through Alexander's chest with its dull tip. He could feel the sensation of the slowly grinding blade inside his vitals. This sword just becomes more and more absurd - the King of Conquerors felt amazement as well as admiration, as though this was the affair of another.

…

"This expedition has, been... exciting, in all respects as well..."

Alexander murmured in satisfaction, narrowing the corners of his eyes which were blurred by a blood haze. Ascertaining his expression of rapture, Gilgamesh solemnly nodded.

"You may challenge it however many times you wish, King of Conquerors."

To his worthy opponent, whose entire body was skewered from head to toe by the rain of Noble Phantasms, yet who did not stop until thwarted by the Chain of Heaven, the King of Heroes gave his greatest reward - he honored him with true feelings of admiration.

"Until the end of time, this world will always be my garden. Thus, I can assure you. You shall never find this world tiresome."

"Ooh...? That's, good to, hear..."

In the end, carelessly giving out the appropriate response, Servant Rider was quietly extinguished.

…

In terms of time, it was merely a short battle. It was nothing more than an offense and defense that barely filled the few seconds it took for the mounted Heroic Spirit to gallop across to the opposite bridgehead.

 

[ChaosTheory123]

So, Lancelot?

Spoiler

Source

Artoria evaluates the might of the Servants that fought that day (Diarmuid, Iskander, Gilgamesh, and Lancelot) to be of equal might from their current displays

"They’re all strong enemies with equal might. Heroes invited from different eras... none of them can be easily disposed of."

Knights of the Round Table [Organization]

The general term for the knights who left their names in King Arthur’s legend. They are called the Knight of the Round Table because they gathered around a round table along with King Arthur. The knights sitting around the table were all regarded as equal to one another, including the King himself, and they were admired throughout the country. Though the number of them varies according to each story, the standard pattern of thirteen knights is accepted in “Fate/stay night”.

In the “Apocrypha” world, the separate splinters from the Round Table serve as summoning catalysts for Heroic Spirits. From among eleven of the knights (with King Arthur and Galahad excluded), the one most compatible to the Master is summoned through it. Like an S-rare definite ticket. Whether it be someone like Lancelot, Gawain, Tristan or Percival, no matter who comes, you truly get the cream of the crop. During these current times where subspecies Holy Grail Wars are popular, they appear in the market at high prices. Naturally, there are many frauds and swindlers. It’d be nice if a certain oil magnate got swindled.

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Lancelot was an unrivaled swordsman at the Round Table of Camelot.

Saber recognized the hero that had once worn that armor to ride forth on the battlefield. At the Round Table of Camelot he had been an unrivaled swordsman more radiant than any other; he had been a knight more excellent and a warrior more loyal, more brave than any other.

Class: Berserker
Master: Kariya Matou
True Name: Lancelot
Gender: Male
Height/Weight: 191cm/81kg
Alignment: Lawful Mad

Strength: A
Endurance: A
Agility: A+
Mana: C
Luck: B
Noble Phantasm: A

Class Skills
■ Mad Enhancement: C
Rank up for all parameters except Luck and Mana, but in exchange, Berserker can no longer think and speak properly.

Personal Skills
■ Magic Resistance: E
Possesses an amulet ring that rejects magical energy with a Magic Resistance value of D Rank, but it is ranked down due to Mad Enhancement.

■ Protection of the Fairies: A
It is a blessing from Elementals; the capacity to increase one's Luck in dangerous situations. Activation is limited to battlefields, where it is possible to perform feats of arms.

■ Eternal Arms Mastership: A+
Mastership of combat arts has reached the point of being said to be unrivaled in one's era. By complete merging of mind, body and technique, it is possible to make use of full fighting skills even when under the influence of any sort of mental hindrance.

Noble Phantasm
■ Knight of Owner: A Knight Does Not Die with Empty Hands
Rank: A++
Type: Anti-Unit Noble Phantasm
Range: 1
Maximum number of targets: 30 People

■ For Someone's Glory: Not For One's Own Glory
Rank: B
Type: Anti-Unit Noble Phantasm
Range: 0
Maximum number of targets:1 Person

■ Arondight: The Unfading Light of the Lake
Rank: A++
Type: Anti-Unit Noble Phantasm
Range: 1~2
Maximum number of targets: 1 Person

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Sir Lancelot [Servant]
The "Knight of the Lake", famed as the strongest of the Knights of the Round Table.
His illicit love affair with Queen Guinevere drove Camelot down the road to ruin, tarnishing his legacy in the legends of King Arthur.
As he often fell into madness due to troubles involving Guinevere, he has a particular compatibility with the Berserker class. In a lot of ways, he's just a guy who pushed himself too hard.
He was born with numerous abilities and aptitudes that take him beyond the realm of "high-spec" right into "completely overpowered", and none of them were any help at all in solving his problems. But while I could sort of sympathize with him, at the same time I couldn't help but feel a little bit of black joy that so many terrible things happened to such a handsome and talented person. But then the girls in class just looked at me in disdain, like, "Eww, so jealous, gross!" while screaming in shrill voices about how cool Lance-sama is, and… ahem. Sorry, I'm getting off track here.
Anyway, if he and King Arthur had just been able to have an all-out brawl to satisfaction on a sandy beach under the evening sun, so many tragedies might have been avoided. Well, there's no guarantee, of course, but the fact remains that whatever else happened that was the one thing that Lancelot's nature never let him do. He even tried going insane to change that part about himself, but just ended up causing the way-too-serious Artoria to misunderstand a lot of things instead. Really, it makes me wonder if his origin is "being a nuisance" or something.

Class: Berserker
True Name: Lancelot
Gender: Male
Source: Legend of King Arthur
Region: Britain
Alignment: Lawful Mad
Height: 191 cm
Weight: 81 kg

STR: A
CON: A
AGI: A+
MGI: C
LCK: B
NP: A

Setting creation: Nasu Kinoko
Character design: Koyama Hirokazu
CV: Okiayu Ryoutarou

Main works appearance: Fate/Zero
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Class Skills
Mad Enhancement: C
All parameters except for MGI and LCK is ranked up, but language capability is lost, and he becomes incapable of complex reasoning.

Magic Resistance: E
Magic Resistace gained by means of a ring amulet. However, the rank is lowered due to Mad Enhancement.
Incapable of invalidating magic, but somewhat reduces the damage value.
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Personal Skill
Eternal Arms Mastery: A+
A martial skill that reach the status where one can boast of being peerless in an apparent age.
By means of perfect unification of the mind, technique, and body, even when affected any sorts of influence of mental restriction he is capable of demonstrating perfect combat capability.

Protection of the Spirit: A
The ability to call upon preferential luck in a critical situation means of blessing from a spirit. Activation is only possible in the battlefield, performing feats of arms.
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Knight of Owner

A Knight Does Not Die with Empty Hands


Rank: A++
Type: Anti-Unit Noble Phantasm
Range: 1
Maximum target: 30 person

Knight of Owner.
An ability Noble Phantasm that grants the attribute of "one's own Noble Phantasm" on anything he holds.
No matter what kind of weapon or arms it is (for example, an iron pole, a fighter jet, or a gun), once he hold it in his hands, by surrounding it with magic energy it is turned into a pseudo-Noble Phantasm equal to D-rank (Berserker's black magic energy surrounds and wraps the weapon in a vein-like manner in such cases).
In the situation where he takes hold of a Noble Phantasm of a higher rank than D-rank, he is able to put it under his control while keeping its original rank.
However, this ability's range of use is limited to things that he can recognize as a "weapon". (For example, even if he could transform fighter jet into a Noble Phantasm, he cannot do the same to aircraft carrier due to recognizing it as "something different from a weapon".)
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Personage
First pronoun: none
Second pronoun: none
Third pronoun: none

- Character
One of the Knights of the Round Table. The Knight of the Lake.
With his signature weapon Arondight in hand, he is considered to be the strongest when it comes to individiual prowess.
He had fallen to madness many times due to the matters surrounding Queen Guinevere, and accordingly is quite compatible with the Berserker class.
During his live, he was known for his excelling personality befitting to one noble and virtuous, a knight among knights. But he has lost his reason by means of Mad Enhancement, turning into an existence with negative emotions such as hatred and murderous impulse within. However, should he catch sight of Saber even during a combat, he would immediately break out and charge her, displaying a tenacity towards the king.
It's not that he held resentment towards King Arthur; he harbored not even a fragment of grudge towards the king who blamed herself.
Being the cause for the division within the Round Table and unable to save Guinevere, he simply thought that he should face judgement. Due to that, he, driven by madness, only wished for the king's condemnation. All the while displaying hatred, a "grudge incapable of resentment", and persistently attacking her.
As for his many talents and qualities, for all that he was born with such a high spec bordering overpowered, none of it was of any help for breaking through his conflicts; a tragic figure of a knight.
Furthermore, the issue his origin, being treated as the source of discord between him and the Knights of the Round Table, raises his discrepancy even further.
For the senses of value between that of the Round Table from Britain, of complete devotion for the sake of the island, and that of Lancelot from France, of a land separated beyond the sea, are fundamentally different.

- Motives and attitude towards Master
When he was alive, his immoral love with Queen Guinevere ended up being allowed by King Arthur; he is tormented by a sense of regret, of wanting to be condemned of that crime of his. Due to his root being his too serious nature instead of being an excellent knight, he had been summoned as Berserker yet strives for the best performance as a knight. However, only during the case that he is placed on the same battleground as King Arthur that he would go even further from that...

- Speech example
"A----urrrrrr!!!"

"I am-----
The alienated-----
The ridiculed-----
The despised-----
Praise not of my name-----
Envy not of my self-----
I am the shadow born from the radiance of Heroic Spirits-----
The darkness born of the shade of dazzling legends-----
And so-----
I hate-----
I resent-----
That noble shadow itself is my disgrace-----
That honor is eternal, and so I am contempted forever-----"

"I have.... by your hand, been judged.
O king... by your hand, and nobody else's, had my sin been inquired..."

"For me to be allowed to spar with you in the end, even with my face distorted such as this...
To die in the king’s arms, before the king’s eyes... haha, it is as if... as if I am such a loyal knight..."
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Historical depiction
The multi-talented son of King Benoic of Gallia (now France), who had been sworn friends with King Arthur.
When Benoic had been attacked by his bitter enemy King Claudas, Lancelot was hidden by the Lady of the Lake and brought up on the kingdom of fairies. Growing up, he was appointed as a knight under King Arthur and joined as one of Queen Guinevere's guards. His respect and affection towards the Queen soon changes into love, bringing about the tragedy of Britain.
He possesses the famed sword Arondight that brings down even dragons, but there are also cases where he took elm branch or snatched away his enemy's sword and used it as his own weapon.
Ha had conceived love from many ladies, including the enchantress Morgan. From him and Elaine of Corbenic, who had assumed a queen position by means of sorcery, his son Galahad was born.*
Each time such a story went heard of, Lancelot who accepted condemnation from the queen again and again fell into madness; the reason of why he, a perfect knight, was granted an element of Berserker.
When their immorality was exposed, Lancelot rescued the queen who had been placed for execution and sheltered her on his own land, but then amidst the war in Britain, Mordred's rebellion occured. Lancelot's reinforcement didn't make it in time; he then entered priesthood and bade his short life in Britain farewell.

Lancelot - Berserker

Illustrator and Voice actor
Illustrator: Hirokazu Koyama
Voice Actor: Ryōtarō Okiayu

Parameters
Strength: A
Endurance: A
Agility: A+
Mana: C
Luck: B
Noble Phantasm: A

Personal Skills
Eternal Arms Mastership: A+
Protection of the Fairies: A
Reverse Flow of Mana: A

Class Skills
Mad Enhancement: C
Magic Resistance: E

Noble Phantasm
Knight of Honor: A Knight Does Not Die Empty-Handed
Rank: A
Type: Anti-Unit Noble Phantasm

Profile
The "Knight of the Lake", admired as the strongest even among the Knights of the Round Table.
His adulterous love with Queen Guinevere invited the ruin of Camelot - surely, an individual who is the negative symbol of Arthurian Legends.

Level 1 Bond
Height/Weight: 191cm・81kg
Source: Arthurian Legends
Region: England
Alignment: Lawful Mad　　Gender: Male
Once the greatest knight; but, consequentially, his error was too severe.

Level 2 Bond
Having lost his parents as a child, he was raise by the fairy of the lake Nimue and thus gained the alias "Knight of the Lake".
Upon reaching adulthood, he crossed over to the Isle of Britain and, after meeting with King Arthur, joined the Knights of the Round Table. It has been said that none could compare to his valor and chivalric mentality.

Level 3 Bond
For him to surrender himself to his feelings towards Queen Guinevere was an inevitable outcome for his chivalry. If his treachery towards the king was promptly met with ruin, he would probably have been saved. However, because his valor was peerless, this situation brought about the worst possible outcome.

Level 4 Bond
"A Knight Does Not Die Empty-Handed"
Rank: A　　Type: Anti-Unit
Knight of Honor.
An Ability Noble Phantasm that implements the attributes of "one's own Noble Phantasm" to anything he puts his hands on. No matter what armament, no matter what kind of weapon becomes a pseudo-Noble Phantasm equivalent to D Rank.

Level 5 Bond

• Eternal Arms Mastership: A+

Martial dexterity that reached the point of being boasted as peerless in a given era. By complete unification of heart, technique and physique, it is possible to display one's former combat power even while under the influence of any kind of mental restriction.

Interlude
The tenacity of a knight who feel in the depths of regret despite being bathed by too much honors; especially due the feelings of love and hate pointed towards the King and the Queen that can never reach an answer, he continues to be imprisoned by eternal madness.
The black knight continues to fight, seeking the sole meeting that might appease his agony.

01 - Character Background
One of the major knights mentioned in the Arthurian legends and often thought to be King Arthur's nephew.

A knight said to be equal of Sir Lancelot, Gawain was frequently at odds with Lancelot due to his slaying of both of Gawain's brothers. Although pure of heart and loyal beyond question, it was Gawain's all-consuming hatred that not only led to him being stripped of his knighthood, but also led to the downfall of King Arthur himself.

Although his hostility inevitably led to his death at the hands of Sir Lancelot, he realized that it was his own lack of virtue that led to Sir Lancelot's betrayal and the defeat of King Arthur at the battle of Camlann Hill.

Up until his death, Sir Gawain was considered a paragon of knighthood; chivalrous, loyal, and gallant. Even as King Arthur became a legend, Gawain was content to stay in the background, doing his duty regardless of whether his efforts were acknowledged or not. In reward for his gallantry and loyalty to Arthur, as well as his eventual forgiveness of Sir Lancelot, Gawain was resurrected as a Legendary Soul and, freed from the sins of the past, has once again reclaimed his role as the "Knight of the Sun."

Arondight

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Arondight cannot be damaged in universe to Artoria’s knowledge.

She could not have been wrong; the design of the sword was the same as that of her own, and the fairy letters carved into it was proof that it had not been forged by mortal hands. The flash of the sharp blade under the moonlight was like the water of the lake as it shone with radiance. That was a limitless sword that would not be damaged regardless of the attack it had received.

Only he who was exalted as ‘the perfect knight’ was worthy of having that sword; its name was also known as ‘Arondight • The Indestructible Light of the Lake’ — that evidence spoke the bearer’s name even more clearly than if he had said it himself.

Source

Arondight
Unfading Light of the Lake

Rank: A
Type: Anti-Unit Noble Phantasm
Range: 1~2
Maximum target: 1 person

Arondight.
The moment he draw out this sword, his whole parameter is increased by 1 rank.
Furthermore, due to the anecdote of dragon extermination, it deals additional damage against Heroic Spirit with dragonic attribute.

(the one the berserker version has is A++, and the saber version loss the saving throw success rate double. important?)
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Arondight Overload
Breaking All Restraint・Overflowing Light of the Lake

Rank: A
Type: Anti-Unit/Anti-Army Noble Phantasm
Range: 1~50
Maximum target: 500 person

Arondight Overload.
Bestowing an overload to the Unfading Light of the Lake, then unleashing the loaded magic energy in the sword's blade.
Transforming it as an attack. Due to the usage method being different from how it is originally, it puts intense burden on Lancelot's body.
In FateGO it is used against a single enemy, but originally it is a Noble Phantasm used against enemy's troop.

(ingame version has it as "repurposing as an attack" instead of "transforming it as an attack". important?)
(lines from ingame menu has this:
本来であれば光の斬撃となる魔力をあえて放出せず、対象を斬りつけた際に解放する剣技に寄った 宝具。
膨大な魔力は切断面から溢れ、その青い光はまさに湖のようだと称された。
So with Arondight Overload having max 50 range and 500 target, practically identical with Balmung sword beam, presumably the original use is still bestowing an overloading on Arondight but doesnt intentionally reining it in, which is the anti-army part, while the anti-unit part is releasing it when the slash hits the target)

Here and here Lancelot is using Arondight Overload as a Berserker FYI.

Knight of Owner

Questions 02: What's the limit of Berserker's ability to "turn any object into Noble Phantasm"? Will it work on a battleship? Why not just hijack a computer and become an existence like Sky*et... please put a stop to my overflowing dreams. [Kyoto · Musashibō-san]

Nasu: In theory it's limited to objects that are weapons. An aircraft carrier's role as weapon transportation is ranked higher than it being a weapon, so it shouldn't be counted as a weapon. Something like that. What's your opinion on this, Uro-san?
Uro: For Berserker, the Noble Phantasm can only be activated for things he recognizes as "this is a weapon." In that case, if he is skilled in wrestling, can he... turn a steel chair into a Noble Phantasm?

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Lancelot’s Knight of Owner exposition

An iron pole — this is what was left of the street light pole Archer was standing on top of, that tumbled on the ground when Berserker chopped it down. Berserker probably picked it up at his feet when he charged at Saber.

Berserker held the iron pole, over two meter long after being cut down, with two hands like a spear, putting a terrible pressure on Saber's sword. But the surprising point is that this weapon was nothing but an iron pole.

Saber's sword hidden under Invisible Air was definitely the holiest of the holy swords. It was the most supreme Noble Phantasm. There is no way it will have troubles against a piece of metal you pick up on the roadside.

The only thing that could possibly rival Saber's sword with such strength is the Noble Phantasm of another Heroic Spirit. Yet...

...

The iron pole in Berserker's hands was being tainted in black. Black lines were spreading and multiplying like the veins of a leaf, invading the iron pole.

The starting point was Berserker's two hands. The black lines were spreading on the entire pole like a spider's web from where the black gauntlets are holding it.

This was Berserker's prana — the prana muddled with bloodthrist and hatred, possessed only by the black knight. The iron pole was receiving it by permeation from his hands.

"You can't mean...!?"

Saber understood through her surprise. The true nature of this Berserker's Noble Phantasm.

Lancer and Rider, watching closely, reached the same conclusion.

"... So that's it. When Blacky takes something, it becomes his Noble Phantasm."

Rider growled in admiration. The Noble Phantasm of a Heroic Spirit doesn't need to manifest through a characteristic object. Sometime, it can be a type of Noble Phantasm that manifests through a "unique ability" retained by the Servant's very body. This is exactly the case for Berserker.

Still, what an astonishing power that was. Berserker was capable of pillaging at will the countless Noble Phantasms thrown at him by Archer. They now understand the frightening lure. The instant Berserker's gauntlets grab one, the control of Archer's Noble Phantasms go to the black knight.

Not only that, even ordinary scrap iron became full of the immense prana fit to compete with other Noble Phantasms once it came into Berserker’s hands. Unlike how the golden knight owned numerous Noble Phantasms, Berserker’s Noble Phantasm is endless.

vs Gilgamesh (Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5)

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Lancelot’s Knight of Owner transforms the sonic F15 into his newest Noble Phantasms

The blackness on the armor corrupted the fighter jet's outer shell drop by drop as if it was ink.

Indeed, it was Berserker's special ability that once robbed Archer's Noble Phantasms away and transformed even scrap iron into demonic swords and spears ― perhaps that power allows him to use anything and everything that can be remotely conceptualized as a 'weapon'?

The black prana again corroded the sonic silver wings, and even that epitome of modern science was instantly changed it into a monstrous form.

Lancelot commands the F15 to do impossible aerial maneuvers to dodge 6 of Gilgamesh’s Gate of Babylon spammed Noble Phantasms

Alone on the Vimana, Archer gazed at the pursuing steel shadow, his eyes burning with a sadistic light.

"A despicable and lowly dog only fit to prostrate on the ground now soaring into the heavens where kings dance... Even as a jester you are beyond help, mongrel!"

He unleashed Gate of Babylon, throwing out a continuous attack of six Noble Phantasms. Sparking with blinding brilliance, spears and blades charged to meet Berserker like comets, trailed by light.

The twin turbofan engine, receiving Berserker's alien power, gave off a monstrous roar. The black F15 used its acceleration to exponentially increase its relative velocity, breaking through a gap in the tightly-knit screen of Noble Phantasms.

However, Archer's Noble Phantasms did not lose their lethality simply because they were avoided. Three out of the six - an axe, a scythe, and a scimitar - immediately spun, changing direction and closing in on the F15's tail.

Just as they were about to hit, the black F15 writhed its ailerons and flaps like a living creature, escaping the blade edges of Archer's Noble Phantasms with aerodynamically impossible abruptness. With a second, then a third barrel roll, the barrage of Noble Phantasms scattered away into the sky. The intense G's of the first spin was enough to instantly kill Captain Ōgi in the cockpit, rupturing his internal organs; but of course, this was just a trifle for Berserker.

Lancelot’s Knight of Owner turned the otherwise worthless Sparrow Missiles of the F15 into Noble Phantasm of annihilating might

As soon as it dodged all the attacks, the F15 forcibly performed an Immelmann Turn and aimed its nose towards Archer, the pylons under its wings sputtering the flames of rocket motors. Two Sparrow missiles attacked Archer's Vimana with vengeance.

Although ordinary weapons would be useless in a battle of Servants, the weapons that Berserker corroded were of a different caliber. Carrying the prana of hatred, every single shot of the twenty-six-pound explosives had an annihilating might.

Gilgamesh’s Vimana evades Lancelot’s Noble Phantasm missiles with a grace the F15 lacks, Vimana surpasses the laws of physics and crosses the sky at the “speed of thought”.

Archer boldly smiled and placed his hand on the Vimana's helm. Immediately, the ark of light accelerated and evaded the missiles' attack with an elegance that Berserker's brute force control can never compare with. The legendary flying Noble Phantasm, crossing the sky at the speed of thought, has already surpassed the laws of physics.

Lancelot fires more Knight of Owner enhanced missiles, Gilgamesh deploys a pair of shields from the Gate of Babylon to block them.

The mad black knight roared. As if echoing his malicious call, the front stabilizers of the two Sparrows suddenly twisted and once again they bared their fangs towards the Vimana which had evaded the first attack. Even the electronic radar-guided missiles have been transformed into magic weapons that chased the subject of Berserker's hatred like hounds.

However, Archer sneered at the incoming threat, deploying Gate of Babylon once again. He took out two shields and stood them in the sky, striking down the cursed missiles. With the ark shaking with the impact of the explosion, the red eyes of the King of Heroes were gradually stained with a shade of fanaticism.

Both Vimana and the F15 break the sound barrier

Archer's laughter raised as the Vimana's altitude sharply increased. Berserker's F15 once again gave pursuit, clawing at its back. The two instantly broke through the sound barrier, falling up through the sea of clouds in the night sky, climbing ever higher as the dogfight continued.

Source

Gilgamesh and Lancelot have already repeated the previous exchanges they had 4 times

Although Archer had somewhat enjoyed this original game for a while, he soon grew bored of the aerial battle after the third, then fourth exchange of the endless Holy Phantasms and missiles.

Both Gilgamesh and Lancelot accelerate their respective aircraft while Gilgamesh pursues Lancelot

Finally, in this repetitive dogfight, Archer's Vimana was in a position pursuing Berserker's F15. If he reduced the distance between them a bit more, he would be in a perfect position to attack. Aware of this, Berserker pulled further from his pursuer, pushing his craft to full throttle, then using the acceleration from his descent to perform what is known as a full vertical descent.

“Stop your useless struggle...”

Archer accelerated the Vimana while chuckling, and was once again in Berserker's tail effortlessly. In the blink of an eye, the two shot through the clouds, falling back down to the flickering lights of Fuyuki.

Gilgamesh restrains the direction Lancelot’s possessed F15 can fly via arranging his Noble Phantasms in a Torus pattern

“I might as well plunge you headlong into the dirt. How does that sound, mongrel?”

Archer arranged his prepared Noble Phantasms into a torus shape, restraining Berserker in every direction and sealing off his path of retreat. Due to this, the only route Berserker could take was straight down, towards the Mion river - on a collision course with Caster's sea monster, which was creeping towards the river bank.

As if trying to soften the impact of the inevitable collision, even by a little, the F15 opened all its flaps. Clawing at the atmosphere, it tried for maximum deceleration.

Lancelot prevents a collision with the river bed by course correcting the F15’s flight path with a basically perpendicular turn.

Nevertheless, not wanting them to be stained by another drop of mud, Archer foresaw the timing of the collision, and dematerialized his Noble Phantasms. With no intent of missing this chance, the demonic F15 twisted its nose upwards just before it touched the surface of the water, and escaped the crash with an almost-perpendicular course.

Causing curtains of water to rise up on both sides due to the shockwave, the black F15 glided on the river, almost touching the water, and passed by the Servants observing the progress from the riverbank. At that moment, the shining figure of the knight, coated in silver and azure armor, was clearly burned into the mad dark knight's eyes.

Source

Lancelot uses Knight of Owner enhanced flare dispensers (turned into tracking incendiary weapons) to cause Vimana to fall out of the sky into the Mion River

From the underside of the F15's body, scorching fireballs, like will-o'-the-wisps, slowly scattered in succession, washing over the nose of the trailing Vimana.

“What!?”

Originally, this armament called a flare dispenser simply launched out decoy heat sources in order to throw off the enemy’s heat-seeking missiles. However, as a result of being eroded by Berserker’s prana and demonized, they have even transfigured into tracking incendiary weapons. Based on their dogfight up until now, Archer made the hasty conclusion that the enemy doesn’t have a way of attacking against an enemy behind him, and therefore couldn’t cope in time to this unexpected counterattack. The bow of the Vimana plunged into the hive of roaring fire balls, lost control while surrounded by the crimson flames, and fell towards the surface of the river in a spiral.

Although he finally obtained the result of felling Archer, Berserker thought nothing of it right now.

vs Artoria Pendragon (Kiritsugu Emiya; Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5)

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Artoria dodges just before she’s hit by Lancelot’s first strafe run with his Knight of Owner enhanced 20mm cannon. Her intuition warns her of the extreme accuracy and nature of the threat Lancelot’s pseudo-Noble Phantasm possesses.

The fiendish steel bird did not even confirm the whereabouts of Archer after he sunk into the river, and with nothing but relentlessness, instead tracked down Saber and mercilessly poured down a rain of 20mm rounds.

For Saber, although the F15 that Berseker spurred on was a completely unknown weapon, her skill of sixth sense, equivalent to precognition, allowed her to comprehend with extreme accuracy the nature of this threat. Just before she was hit by the initial strafing run, Saber had sensed that this attack would result in wide-area destruction. Promptly realizing that Irisviel may be caught in the battle if she stayed on the river bank, she once again leapt onto the water surface and sought a path of retreat on the river.

12,000 rpm is an unmanageable amount of shots to handle, that this cannon has been turned into a Noble Phantasm by Lancelot’s mana means that a shot from it would be fatal to Artoria.

However – no matter how extraordinary the Heroic Spirit may be, the 12,000 rounds-per-minute of the pride of America's General Electric, the M61 autocannon, presented an unmanageable amount of shots. Worse yet, as a weapon carrying the properties of a Noble Phantasm due to Berserker’s prana, a single shot would instantly be fatal.

Diarmuid stabs the F15, Lancelot rips off the Vulcan autocannon before Gae Dearg’s ability negates his mana in the F15. The F15 is now devoid of mana and crashes into the Mion river with Diarmuid on its wing.

“It all ends here, mad warrior!”

No sooner had Lancer shouted this that he brandished the Gáe Dearg in his right hand above his head, and pierced the body of the grotesque machine with the spear tip.

The red spear that can cut through all prana circulation gleamed. It was indeed the archenemy of Berserker’s peculiar ability. But the black knight has had his full share of the power of this attack after the battle in the warehouse district. The mysterious Servant, maddened but not without prudence, did not make the same mistake when faced with Lancer’s Noble Phantasm. Right before the red spear skewered the craft's body, Berserker promptly discarded the doomed F15, and leapt high into the sky after using his arms to wretch off the important part of the craft. Immediately after, the fighter jet, reverted to a mass of scrap metal in an instant by Gáe Dearg cutting off its prana, crashed with Lancer on its wings, throwing up a splendid sheet of water from the Mion river.

The Vulcan autocannon is still under the effects of Lancelot’s Knight of Owner, it weighs about 200 kilograms

The part that Berserker seized at the last minute was naturally the section accommodating the Vulcan unit. The autocannon, having avoided direct contact with Lancer’s spear with a hair's breadth, was still pulsing with the jet black prana that supplemented it, and did not lose the properties of being the black knight’s Noble Phantasm.

“■〓〓〓〓■■■■■■〓〓〓〓!!”

Carrying the six barrels and the cylindrical ammunition casing, weighing 200 kilogram in total, Berserker once again aimed from the sky at Saber below him.

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Artoria dodges through Lancelot’s Knight of Owner enhanced machine gun fire. Artoria’s instincts tell her that being hit by these enhanced bullets would be fatal for her.

She immediately reacted to the explosion that closely followed the roar.

Saber twisted and retreated quickly. In the spot she had just been, the V-MAX left behind was surrounded by fire that splashed like rain. In just one instant, her beloved steel steed was turned into a shapeless heap of scrap. The gunpowder scent of burning reached Saber’s nose.

“This weapon is—“

Saber had an impression of it. This was the rain of fire that had turned Lancer’s Master and the rest—all who had fallen terribly victim to Emiya Kiritsugu’s calculations—into pitiful corpses. It was the mechanized shooting weapon that had become mainstream in this modern world.

In the depths of the darkness, red lotuses of flame blossomed once more. Under the firelight that shone from the muzzle of the gun, the black shadow of Berserker lengthened to a state of deformity as it gestured threateningly on the walls of the underground parking area. Without the slightest hesitation, Saber leaped into the air, dashing out through a baptism of flying lead bullets. The stray bullets of unimaginably destructive power tore open a large hole in the cement of the ground and walls. That power obviously could not be spoken of in tandem with the weapon that Maiya had used. Saber sensed that even though she was a Servant, if she were hit she would be fatally wounded; she gnashed her teeth in anger.

Of course, she could not have known the process by which Berserker had obtained the small machine guns. Both of the crazed black knight’s hands held a modern firearm that Kotomine Kirei had prepared using the power of his position as Supervisor; Berserker nimbly and freely operated them as if they were extensions of his own hands. The firearms’ structure and holster were all immersed in the hated prana, and had turned into fierce magecraft military equipment that could threaten even Saber.

The enhanced bullets are faster than the speed of sound, but still slower than Artoria’s slashes. She’s still only able to parry them as she has to deal with 20 shots per second.

The two machine guns were not in any way inferior to the black knight’s angry howl; screeching hotly, they attacked Saber. The bullets, faster than the speed of sound, were still unable to surpass the speed of Saber’s sword. Nevertheless, the speed of twenty-odd bullets per second left her only able to parry.

Knight of Owner makes the machine gun a weapon akin to a Noble Phantasm.

Berserker could confer the properties of a Noble Phantasm on the weapon in his hand, regardless of its origin or time period. Once it had been upgraded to the category of Noble Phantasm, the difference in power between the two weapon types of ‘sword’ and ‘firearm’ forced Saber into a decisively disadvantageous situation.

 

[ChaosTheory123]

So, Lancelot Part 2?

Spoiler

For Someone’s Glory

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Waver can’t perceive Lancelot’s stats

"So, kid. What kind of Servant is he, that guy?"

Rider asked Waver, but the small Master shook his head, dumbfounded.

"... I don't know. I simply can't tell."

"Whaat? You're a Master, aren't you? His strong and weak points should be visible to you, eh?"

As a Master who has made a contract with a Servant, it is possible to read out the status of a Servant with powers of clairvoyance. This is a unique ability granted by the Grail that has summoned the Heroic Spirits. This doesn't work for the fake Master that is Irisviel, but Waver, rightful Master of Rider, is capable of seeing through the abilities of the other Servants and compare them to those of Rider, to guide him as efficiently as possible in battle situations. In fact, Waver already had a clear understanding of the faculties of Saber, Lancer and Archer. But—

"I said I can't see it! That black guy is definitely a Servant... But I just can't read out his stats!"

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How Lancelot disguised himself as Iskander to kidnap Irisviel

The large silhouette standing behind him was Rider, King of Conquerors, Alexander. Whether it was the crimson mantle or the curly red hair, or the burly physique—everything was the same as the driver of the chariot that had sped out of Fuyuki City with Saber. The only difference was the pair of eerie, blood-red eyes radiating resentment… Undoubtedly, this was a characteristic unique to a Mad Enhanced Servant.

Wrapped in his thickset arms was the slender body of Irisviel, who had lost consciousness and was still in a coma. This ‘Rider’ was the true culprit who had kidnapped the ‘Guardian of the Holy Grail’ from the underground storage that Maiya protected, and had also lured Saber to give chase toward Shinto.

“… That is enough, Berserker.”

Kariya nodded. The large body of the King of Conquerors turned into a pitch-black fog as if burnt, then reverted to the armored figure filled with an ominous air. The dark energy that imitated Rider’s appearance twined about his hands and legs, obscuring small parts of the black armor.

Seeing Berserker returned to his original form, Kirei said as if groaning.

“This sort of transformation ability… It is truly wasted as a Noble Phantasm of Berserker’s level.”

“This guy initially had the ability to transform into many other Heroic Spirits that had won merit in military exploits for other people. Because of the Mad Enhancement, it has been reduced to the ability of ‘imitation’.”

The black fog that twined about Berserker’s entire body was originally a Noble Phantasm that had the purpose of not only hiding his visage, but also of mimicking any person in order to deceive enemies’ ears and eyes. Ever since Berserker had been stripped of his rationality, this ability could not be brought into play. Kariya had forced this ability to manifest through the power of the Command Spells and made it possible to disguise Berserker as a fake Rider. But this ability could only be used once.

Physical strength and speed?

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Lancelot jumped onto the subsonic flying F15 charging at the Giant Horror’s

He turned the plane around, locking onto the target with the HUD reticle. He would never miss with such a giant enemy. A saturation run, firing all weapons at once –

Powerful tremors rocked the plane’s body.

Right behind him – Ōgi battle instincts, pushed to the limit, told him this. However, judging from its results, his sudden turn to look behind him delivered the final blow to his already half-shattered consciousness.

An inky-black figure suddenly appeared on the other side of the canopy, fully exposed to the subsonic convection currents at the back of the plane. Behind his obscuring helmet, his gleaming eyes emanated blazing fire, and his gaze harbored endless hatred and madness as he stared intently into the cockpit.

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Diarmuid stabs the F15, Lancelot rips off the Vulcan autocannon before Gae Dearg’s ability negates his mana in the F15. The F15 is now devoid of mana and crashes into the Mion river with Diarmuid on its wing.

“It all ends here, mad warrior!”

No sooner had Lancer shouted this that he brandished the Gáe Dearg in his right hand above his head, and pierced the body of the grotesque machine with the spear tip.

The red spear that can cut through all prana circulation gleamed. It was indeed the archenemy of Berserker’s peculiar ability. But the black knight has had his full share of the power of this attack after the battle in the warehouse district. The mysterious Servant, maddened but not without prudence, did not make the same mistake when faced with Lancer’s Noble Phantasm. Right before the red spear skewered the craft's body, Berserker promptly discarded the doomed F15, and leapt high into the sky after using his arms to wretch off the important part of the craft. Immediately after, the fighter jet, reverted to a mass of scrap metal in an instant by Gáe Dearg cutting off its prana, crashed with Lancer on its wings, throwing up a splendid sheet of water from the Mion river.

The Vulcan autocannon is still under the effects of Lancelot’s Knight of Owner, it weighs about 200 kilograms

The part that Berserker seized at the last minute was naturally the section accommodating the Vulcan unit. The autocannon, having avoided direct contact with Lancer’s spear with a hair's breadth, was still pulsing with the jet black prana that supplemented it, and did not lose the properties of being the black knight’s Noble Phantasm.

“■〓〓〓〓■■■■■■〓〓〓〓!!”

Carrying the six barrels and the cylindrical ammunition casing, weighing 200 kilogram in total, Berserker once again aimed from the sky at Saber below him.

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Iskander (really Lancelot in disguise) breaks into Irisviel’s underground bunker by caving in the earthen walls surrounding it while denting the iron doors.

Before Irisviel finished speaking, the underground storage suddenly began to shake violently .

Maiya rushed to Irisviel and held her shoulders, quickly switching to battle mode. Her gaze became as sharp as a blade, and she grabbed her light machine gun with her right hand and aimed it at the iron doors of the underground storage.

The underground storage shook once again. This time, the thick and heavy iron door deformed with a violent impact from the outside, as if someone outside was powerfully banging on it. It was a terrible feat only possible through use of a mechanical crane. For the two participants of this Heaven’s Feel, it wasn’t something worthy of surprise – rather, they only felt despair.

If it was really a Servant attempting to charge into the underground storage, then Maiya’s weapons would be completely useless against it. Moreover, they couldn’t even escape in the current situation, truly trapped at a dead end.

However, before terror could even pass through their minds, there came a disbelieving confusion.

Who could have known that Irisviel was hiding in this underground storage?

The protective barrier should have detected any clairvoyance or arriving familiars. However, the enemy skipped any reconnaissance and directly sent the Servant to Irisviel’s safe house with such accuracy; could it be that the enemy had learned of this place a long time ago?

A third shockwave. Before the iron doors were destroyed, the earthen walls around them could no longer take such a powerful impact and collapsed first.

With soaring dust, the iron doors fell into the underground storage. The setting sun shone in through the doorway, dying the room a shade of bloodstained red.

And that giant figure looming over the debris and dust was undoubtedly – Servant Rider, King of Conquerors, Alexander.

Lancelot vs Gilgamesh (Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5)

Kariya Matou [Person's name]
The little brother of Matou Shinji's father, Byakuya.
The gutsiest, most rebellious person in the history of the Matou family – against that monstrous old man, just standing up to him and running away was a heroic act of valor. Of course, from Zouken's point of view, no matter how much better Kariya's magic circuits were than his older brother's, they weren't worth the effort it would take to break his will and train him into a proper family head. In fact, at that point he had probably already decided that he had no choice but to bet everything on Byakuya conceiving an heir that would turn everything around. Unfortunately, in the end his longshot gamble backfired spectacularly, and instead of a miracle that would save his lineage, he got Shinji.
By the way, even Kariya's childhood friendship with Aoi was set up by Zouken, who had become aware of the Zenjou family's excellent hereditary trait long before the Tohsaka. However, due to Kariya turning his back on sorcery and getting cockblocked by Tokiomi, the old man's plans once more came to nothing.
…Well, Kariya bringing his beloved Aoi back to some horrid worm pit was never going to happen in the first place. Maybe if the Matou sorcery was a little more normal, he would have been willing to obediently accept his inheritance and become Tokiomi's rival for Aoi's affections.
For a makeshift magus, Kariya's suitability as a Master was exceptional. The fact that he was able to endure the maddened Lancelot's outrageous magical energy consumption for as long as he did is a feat truly deserving of praise. While he might have been better off if Zouken hadn't punished him by forcing him to summon a Berserker, well… I hate to say it, but the only reason Lancelot was able to fight Gilgamesh as well as he did was due to the parameter boost from being maddened. And given the single-minded devotion with which Kariya was pursuing Tokiomi, there's no way you could expect him to have the prudence to avoid that powerhouse team and survive to the very end. When all's said and done, as long as he carried the Matou spirit of putting grudges before everything else, he was probably doomed to failure no matter what.

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Gilgamesh fires the Gate of Babylon at Lancelot, Lancelot grabs the first sword fired out of the air to deflect the incoming spear behind it.

The treasure swords and spears all around him changed direction. Their tip was now fully aiming at the new target; that is, Berserker.

"You shall at least entertain me when you scatter away, mongrel."

A sword and a spear bustle in the air at the heartless verdict.

The weapons coming out of nowhere shot without warning— this must be the reason the golden Heroic Spirit is an archer. But this off-hand Noble Phantasm was too abnormal. The Noble Phantasm, which should be a treasure to the Heroic Spirit, was being pitched carelessly like you’d casually throw a handful of stones.

Still, the destructive power was enormous. The road surface was blown up like it was hit with an explosive blast, and the scene was shrouded by the dust of the asphalt pulverized into particles.

"... Kh!"

Everyone gulped equally.

In the thick dust, the shadow of a dark, tall figure wavered into their visibility.

Berserker stood unharmed. He had merely moved from his starting point, where the road had become a crater. Out of the weapons thrown by Archer, the spear is the cause of this, hitting its target after being delayed a little. And the sword that should have reached its target a little before the spear had brought no destruction.

The reason for that would be that the sword was in Berserker's hand.

How many had seen the swift offense and defense? At least Irisviel and Waver couldn't understand what had just happened. Truthfully— Berserker had grabbed the precious sword effortlessly, the first strike thrown by Archer, and with his newly acquired weapon he had deflected the second strike, the precious spear.

Gilgamesh aims 16 new Noble Phantasm at Lancelot

And yet, more than surprise, it was apparently rage that came to Archer. All kind of facial expression distorted his elegant face, frozen in a murderous frenzy.

"— How dare you touch my treasure with your filthy hand... Do you want to die that badly, you cur!"

The air around Archer starts dancing again. Like a halo, a golden majesty twirls in circles to show a flock of new Noble Phantasms— now sixteen of them.

Not just spears and swords. There are axes. Hammers and halberds. Even items with indefinite usage or origin, bladed weaponry with a strange shape.

Every single one of them is polished like a mirror, and still has an enormous amount of prana flowing from them. Not one of them is below the level of a divine mystery... All of them, no exception, are indeed Noble Phantasms.

Gilgamesh fires his Noble Phantasms from the Gate of Babylon at Lancelot again, Lancelot grabs the weapons out of the air to help him continue to deflect Gilgamesh’s assault

"Let's see— just to what point this little compulsive thief can keep up!"

At Archer's command, the flock of Noble Phantasms floating in the air were left loose, rushing toward Berserker.

A thunderous roar shook the night air, a flash of light exploding through the sky.

Who would believe that such destruction could be done by throwing swords and other similar weapons? A countless number of Noble Phantasms rained down on the road of the warehouse town, which already looked like it had received carpet bombing.

And still, Archer's fierce attack didn't stop. The Noble Phantasms fell like thunderbolts, shot at Berserker's standing place with enough force to scatter anything away, and kept striking and striking and striking again. The attack was continuous, even increasing in violence. —Because the target, Berserker, just wouldn't fall down.

Everyone was shocked. Even in a critical situation with a great number of enemies around, everyone shared the same thoughts.

This was a replay of the miracle of the first attack. Berserker just took the first halberd that came at him with his left hand, then swung left and right the sword in his right hand, repelling every single one of the following Noble Phantasms away.

Such a technique was subtle and flawless. There was grandeur in it. Even with a Noble Phantasm snatched from Archer, the handling wasn't poor by a bit. He was swinging them around freely, like extensions of his arms; it simply looked like a demonstration of his polished skills with the favourite weapons he had specialized in for years.

...

"When Blacky takes a weapon, he becomes stronger by just taking it. And Goldy throws them so shamelessly. He's a versatile fellow."

As the King of Conquerors calmly commented, Berserker wasn't taking one step back in front of Archer's fierce attack. On the contrary, when a more powerful Noble Phantasm flew at him, he would abandon his current one to exchange it scrupulously with the new weapon.

The violent roaring sound stopped when the last of the sixteen Noble Phantasms fell down.

In the hollow silence, there was only Berserker in the middle of the dust coming down. The surroundings, including the storehouses and street lights, were all completely ruined. The black knight had a battle ax in his right hand and a simple sword in his left. All the other Noble Phantasms were scattered at Berserker's feet, or stuck in the rubbles around. Not a single blade had reached the black armor.

Lancelot throws the weapons in his hand at the street light Gilgamesh is standing on and cuts it apart

Berserker nonchalantly raised the two remaining Noble Phantasms in his hands— and without preparation, he threw them in Archer's direction.

Maybe the aiming was off, or he didn't really try to hit anything, but the ax and the blade hit the pole of the street light that Archer was standing on top of. The blade hit the middle, and the ax, the top, cutting the pole into pieces as if it was butter.

Gilgamesh readies 32 Noble Phantasm to fire at Lancelot

In anger, Archer howled at Berserker, his eyes burning crimson. For the third time, the space around him warped to let a herd of blades materialize...

The next count of glowing Noble Phantasms reached thirty-two. This time, even Rider kept silent. Berserker had endured a continuous attack of sixteen Noble Phantasms, but there was no way to resist twice that number. That was the same for all the other Servants. Nobody could estimate the limits of the latent power of the golden Archer anymore.

Lancelot was evenly balanced fighting Gilgamesh

The Berserker who was evenly balanced with Archer was still standing in front of them.

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Lancelot is Gilgamesh’s natural enemy while Diarmuid’s Noble Phantasm is the best one able to take care of Lancelot

When Matō summoned Berserker, Zōken had reported the event to his father. At the moment, neither Kirei nor Tokiomi paid much attention to it. However, they had not anticipated Servant Berserker’s immense powers or his exceptional ability of harnessing an opponent’s Noble Phantasm. He was a natural opponent for Tokiomi’s Gilgamesh.

In order for the battle to swing in Tokiomi’s favor…The other Servants must first defeat Berserker. This task is best accomplished by Lancer. Diarmond’s Noble Phantasm, Gáe Dearg, is the best artifact to nullify Berserker.

Lancelot vs Artoria Pendragon (Kiritsugu Emiya; Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5)

without Arondight

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Artoria blocks attacks from Lancelot

The black knight charged with the force of a wild beast, kicking the asphalt. He looked only at Saber, with a swirling, black killing intent.

Naturally, Saber isn't unprepared. She immediately readied her sword in a defensive stance.

"~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~h!"

Like a ghastly drive creeping on the ground, Berserker swung his current weapon down at Saber's head.

Saber blocked it safely with her invisible sword, but she was astonished when she identified what the weapon was.

Despite Artoria’s injury from Diarmuid, she defends against Lancelot’s attacks

The second blow, the third blow – Berserker pressed Saber back with impressive throws of his ‘spears’, while Saber was merely defending herself. Saber’s left hand that was resting on the hilt had no strength in it, and the wound dealt by Lancer’s Gáe Buidhe started to hurt again. With only her right hand wielding her sword Saber could barely fight with the support of prana, but faced with the torrential attacks sent by the furious Berserker she could only defend. Saber could not find a chance to retaliate, and gradually became disadvantaged.

...

The wound on Saber’s finger cost her the maneuverability of her sword. Saber was keenly anxious because of that.

Of course she was aware of how dangerous her situation was. While she needed to stall Rider, who was observing at one side, Berserker’s fight with her had also become a stalemate. In the current situation – she didn’t have any strength to fight Berserker anymore.

Berserker, on the other hand, mercilessly and ferociously attacked, fitting for the title of the Heroic Spirit of fury. Although Berserker continued to throw his iron 'spear’ in a way as rough as a beast, the skill of the throws was nonetheless accurate and precise.

It was not Berserker’s vigor that pressed Saber down, but his intensely fierce barrage gave Saber no way to retaliate. No matter how bad the wound on Saber’s hand might be, as the strongest Servant Saber didn’t even have a chance to strike back. On top of that, although Berserker’s weapons were strengthened with prana, they were still twisted remains of an iron pole.

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Artoria kicked aside the burning remains of the small truck, Artoria goes to attack Lancelot with a follow up to her last one, Lancelot catches Invisible Air with his hands.

Saber kicked aside the burning vehicle wreckage and lifted her sword high into an upward stance. This time, she would definitely not let him off. She aimed at the top of Berserker’s defenseless head and gambled victory on the following direct attack.

The stance, speed, and timing were all perfect. It was a strike worthy of the name of the sword-wielding Heroic Spirit, enough to make one believe that the outcome had been decided—precisely for this reason, the instant when Saber’s sword was stopped in midair was especially surprising.

Berserker threw away the machine guns, trapping the blade of Invisible Air between his bare hands before her eyes. That consummate skill was unbelievable on two counts: the first was that he had used an impossible stance to respond to Saber’s follow-up killing blow, and the second was that he had done so even though it was impossible to perceive the path of Invisible Air. But the Black Knight had grabbed the white blade with his bare hands to seal Saber’s attack as if he had known every detail of Saber’s sword, from the shape to the length, like the back of his hand.

Arondight

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Artoria’s mentally defeated at the revelation that Lancelot is Berserker and so fixated with his hatred of her (AKA, she tanked the second half of the fight because she lost the will to fight).

“You are— how could—“

She wished that she had seen wrongly. He was the ideal incarnation embodying the true face of a ‘knight’. That illustrious appearance could not have become the pitch-black form corroded by the Mad Enhancement curse.

Nothing remained of the beautiful visage that had once drawn the admiration of many women. Yesterday’s hatred had made him as gaunt and pallid as a phantom; only his eyes, filled with hatred, gave out light. That was the visage of a living dead man who had lost everything to a curse.

“… Ah…”

Saber felt her knees weaken. The unyielding King of Knights forgot herself in helplessness; as if unable to bear the weight of water droplets raining upon her shoulders and back, she fell to her knees on the wet floor.

— Even those who are heroes will fall so far as to lose even the most basic sense of honor —

In the past, someone had spoken to her thus.

In that case, had the curse started from then?

“… Do you really…”

Saber looked at the figure before her eyes, who had long since lost the distinguished dignity of yesterday and had been thoroughly changed by his descent into the seat of madness; hot tears rushed forth, and she could only question.

“… Do you really hate me so much, my friend…? Even if you have become as such… Do you hate me so much, Knight of the Lake?!”

In that instant, the young girl who always maintained her glory to the very end, who fought for honor to the very last—

That was the instant in which she was defeated.

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Artoria was in despair at the revelation of Lancelot’s identity and the nature of his hatred.

"... Ar… thur…”

The call that slipped out of 'his' lips no longer meant anything.

Even so, this silver swordsman who now knelt in the torrential rain was undoubtedly that person whom 'he' had both loved and hated in the past.

That noble visage and that majestic and solemn face, which innumerable hopes and blessings had been bestowed upon, was now kneeling in front of despair. Now the king knew the truth that had been hidden for so long, knew the hatred that had been buried in eternal darkness. The king forgot the pride of a monarch and mourned.

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Artoria, completely devoid of fighting spirit due to the revelation of Lancelot, was being tossed around by Arondight enhanced Lancelot’s blows “countless times”.

For the countless time, she was thrown into the air.

For the countless time, she was effortlessly beaten to the ground. Saber had given up counting, because she could no longer remember.

The strongest sword-wielding Servant? Who had fabricated this? —Now she was like a small boat in a storm. Facing Berserker’s waving black sword, she could only give up resistance and suffer the attack; she could not even make a single decent retaliatory blow. She did not even feel indignant at this. Her heart, immersed in hopelessness, had long since become devoid of all fighting spirit. She was no longer the heroic King of Knights that was named the incarnation of the dragon. This was truly too tragic; it made one sigh.

She should be going to save Irisviel; they had made a vow to hold up the Grail together. She could not lower her head now; she knew this clearly in her heart.

But she could not win. Facing that man, that sword, there was no way to obtain victory.

Artoria’s mind is too fucked up by Lancelot’s revelation that she can do little more than defend her body from fatal blows.

And yet he had committed himself to madness. Hatred roiled within the red eyes; at the same time he gave out an animalistic howl.

He roared, I hate you.

He roared, I curse you.

Exactly how was she to avoid the sword that he brandished downward full of hatred?

She could not look at him directly. Her sight blurred in tears, her legs buckled down weakly. At this moment, all Saber could do with all her strength was to protect her body before suffering the fatal impact.

Artoria’s really kind of fixated on the whole Lancelot thing.

But even though she noticed, Saber would definitely not admit it. That he who had been the subject of people’s admiration would be reduced to a Berserker—how could he be that ‘Knight of the Lake’?

Saber had once believed that they were friends. Even if their armies had clashed because of some unavoidable reasons, their hearts were nevertheless still the same. One was a subject that upheld the way of the knight, the other, a king who upheld the way of the knight.

But was this sort of partnership also only a naïve fantasy of her own?

He had never forgiven, never accepted. Even after his death, he had still cursed with resentment that ending, that tragic fate.

Again, Artoria has lost the will to fight. Despite this, while she can’t land counter attacks of her own, Lancelot isn’t strong enough even with his amplification from Arondight to break her guard completely. Artoria’s hands and legs had long since become numb from Lancelot’s assault. His much greater prowess and his attacks were causing her already dead spirit to further crumble.

Before Arondight’s relentless attack, Saber’s holy sword gave out a groan. Her sword of light that promised victory—it had long since become meaningless, in the hands of its owner who had lost the will to fight. Berserker constantly rebuked Saber, who was unable to counterattack and could only defend. At this point he had already completely unleashed his true ability, and his skill with the sword was completely incomparable with his previous level. Even if Saber had been uninjured right now, she might not have been able to withstand that strong momentum.

But in the face of her opponent’s ferocious attack, and the sense of pain in her hands and legs that had long since become numb, Saber remained unmoved. The enemy’s strong prowess that was many times greater than her own, and his merciless attack, were gradually causing her spirit to crumble.

Despite Artoria’s shitty condition mentally and physically, she still blocks Lancelot’s next attack. She’s reached her limit however.

"Stop!!”

Relying on the last of her reason, Saber blocked the black sword that fell heavily down; at the same time, she used all her strength to shout.

"Stop… please…”

Within the sound of sobbing, her knees fell weakly to the ground.

She couldn’t move; she had reached her limit. There was no way to defend against the next attack.

Kariya croaked (well, his worms did) 10 seconds ago due to how much mana maintaining Lancelot costs on top of Arondight finally being deployed. Lancelot using Arondight burnt through the reserve energy he could have used to exist for hours without a Master in 10 seconds.

At the exact moment that Saber decided to completely abandon resistance—suddenly, Berserker stopped moving.

Saber and Berserker could not have known that about ten seconds ago, the Crest Worms within the body of Kariya — who was hiding in the equipment room of the underground parking area – had ceased their activity. In order to sustain Berserker in the physical reality, the prana in Kariya’s body — which had already been in short supply — was absorbed in great amounts, and this need for prana was multiplied manifold when the final Noble Phantasm was unleashed. Finally, the Crest Worms were exhausted by their too-heavy burden.

And the backup prana, that could originally have sustained the Servant in physical form for several hours in the circumstance that the Master was not around, had also been consumed completely in ten seconds due to Berserker’s outburst (1). In this instant, the prana that drove this killing machine suddenly dried up, causing Berserker to come to an emergency halt as if having malfunctioned.

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Artoria’s condition after fighting Lancelot

Saber walked through the flames that burned like purgatory.

The wounds that Berserker had inflicted on her were beyond that which could be cured by her regenerative abilities. The once shining platinum armor was also stained black in places by Berserker’s countless attacks. Her bloodless skin was white as paper. Her knees were weak, her ankles trembled, her breathing was rapid; with every step, pain wracked her entire body, almost making her lose consciousness.

Durability/Resistances?

Lancelot vs Gilgamesh (Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5)

Source

Before the acceleration of the autocannon, amplified by mana, can release a single shot, Gilgamesh fires upon Lancelot with the Gate of Babylon and struck Lancelot with his attack before Artoria could do little more than raise Excalibur to attack. The autocannon and 20mm shells are destroyed via detonation on impact.

The rotary cannon, accelerated by prana, spun up in the blink of an eye. Saber finally realized that she had nowhere else to turn in the instant the torrential bullets were about to surge out.

The firing distance for Berserker, having jumped down from the aircraft and continuing to aim at Saber as he descended, was exceptionally closer than before. Saber no longer had time to anticipate for the initial velocity of the rounds, and no matter which way she may dodge, she couldn’t get out of the range of the rain of shells about to pour onto her.

It's all or nothing...!

Now that it has come to this, Saber was prepared to resort to using her Noble Phantasm, misplaced though it may be; the instant she swung the sword over her head, streaks of shining steel came flying in from an impossible angle and struck Berserker head on.

Hammer, axe and bolt gouged the jet black armor, and a giant sickle cleaved the body of the revolving gun barrel in half. Furthermore, a flaming bolt hit the ammunition storage directly, igniting all the remaining 20mm shells, blossoming wild crimson flames in the air. Berserker, washed over by the fragments and blast, was helplessly blown away, drawing a parabola in the empty air before sinking into the river surface like a thrown rock.

Astounded, Saber turned around and, looking up, saw Archer standing haughtily on the top of the arch of the Fuyuki Bridge. The shooting Noble Phantasms encircled him, surrounding him like an halo. He let out a wicked smile.

Lancelot vs Iskander (Part 1, Part 2)

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Iskander tramples Lancelot with his Gordius Wheel, he was trampled 8 times overall and grievously wounded, but had noticed Iskander’s charge enough to avoid the decisive maximum impact of the attack (from the wheels).

It was a thunderbolt that suddenly visited the battlefield. It had the dizzying flash of lightning that contrived to make night into day, and a roar that boomed greater than any thunder.

"Aaalalalalalalaie!"

The lightning didn’t descend from the sky, but traversed across the ground. No – that thing that looked like lightning was the galloping chariot entangled by escaping electricity.

Lancer quickly flipped backwards and avoided the chariot in time. But for Berserker, who kept all his attention of Saber, he didn’t even have time to turn around and register what was going on.

Accompanying Rider’s war cry, the two divine bulls first kicked the black knight to the ground with their four front hooves, and then trampled the black knight mercilessly with their four hind hooves. Each hoof was enveloped with rolling purple lightning; just one kick would have been a very heavy hit. The divine bulls trampled upon Berserker eight times overall and his wounds must have been fatal. After Rider’s chariot roared past, Berserker didn’t even have the strength to stand. The figure with the black armour lied face up on the ground.

Rider sat on the stopped chariot and gazed down at his utterly defeated enemy. His spirited face was covered with smiles.

" – Oh? What happened to you, one with such a backbone?"

Berserker wasn’t dead yet. His body twitched feebly, and he slowly rose up from the ground. The black knight, who was stomped upon by the divine bulls, finally managed to bend his body around and crawl away from the chariot’s path. He had noticed Rider, and luckily avoided the decisive maximum impact of the chariot wheels.

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Lancelot was enormously damaged by Iskander’s Gordius Wheel

Berserker has been hit by Rider’s Noble Phantasm. The damage was enormous. Without question, in order for it to fully heal it would take a great amount of time.

And prana. The prana Berserker requires to repair its body can only be obtained from the worms in Kariya’s body.

Lancelot vs Artoria Pendragon (Kiritsugu Emiya; Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5)

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Artoria flings the truck she had been using as a shield at Lancelot as she draws within 10 meters of him. Through this subterfuge, Artoria scores her first hit on Lancelot in the 4th War via intuition. Her blow was too shallow, while Invisible Air pierced his helmet, it wasn’t deep enough to smash Lancelot’s skull.

When the distance to the adversary had closed to less than ten meters, Saber picked an opportune moment to throw the wreckage of the truck toward Berserker. Facing the flaming iron scrap, Berserker not only declined to dodge, but also brought up a single hand in the attempt to smash it with one fist.

— The time was ripe.

“Ha-a!!”

With a great shout, Saber once again pressed in on the burning structure of the truck with the thunderous speed of lightning, using all her strength to drive her attack downward. The precious sword pierced the burning piece of iron that had been used as a distraction; the point of the sword closed in on Berserker on the other side.

Blocked by the obstacle, Berserker was completely unable to see Saber’s actions, and thus had no way of avoiding this attack. In the third clash of blades, Saber finally scored a hit on the enemy in one blow. From the point of her sword, a sense of having scored a direct hit traveled up to her hand.

But—

“— Too shallow!?”

On Saber’s side, because of the blocking shield, she too could not directly see her target. Even though she had indeed scored a hit on the other by relying on her intuition to attack, she had ultimately not been lucky enough to score a critical hit in that blow. The front part of Invisible Air, though it had accurately made contact with the center of the forehead of the black helmet, it had been unable to smash the skull inside.

Artoria’s previous attack caused Lancelot to stagger

The outside of the truck was subject to a heavy rain of bullets, and its inside had been pierced by a sword; this time it finally broke into two pieces. Although Berserker had not received a fatal wound, the fierce attack to his face made him stagger backward and left him unable to recover for a short moment. That was time enough for a follow-up attack. Now the scales of victory were tipped toward Saber.

Artoria kicks Lancelot’s chest, he’s unable to take the blow and was forced to retreat. She accomplishes this before Lancelot’s Knight of Owner could take effect on her Invisible Air shrouded Excalibur.

Saber suddenly realized the fatal danger of having Berserker come into contact with her weapon; she shuddered violently. She banished the astonishment of her heart to the back of her mind and used all her strength to kick out towards the black knight’s chest. Berserker, who could not take the blow and was forced to retreat, released the precious sword, allowing Saber’s beloved weapon to narrowly escape the danger of being corroded by the other’s black magic.

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Artoria impales the stationary Lancelot with Invisible Air.

In the abrupt silence, Saber’s hand could clearly feel Berserker’s gradually fading heartbeat. The hilt of her sword tightly gripped in her hand, the sharp blade of her beloved sword pierced the black armor.

This ending was truly too ironic; who could have foreseen it?

In this fleeting instant, the victory had been decided; a slight feeling of greed made Saber ashamed of herself, and she could not but shed tears.

 

[ChaosTheory123]

So, Diarmuid Ua Duibhne?

Spoiler

Class: Lancer
Master: Kayneth El-Melloi Archibald
True Name: Diarmuid Ua Duibhne
Gender: Male
Height/Weight: 184cm/85kg
Alignment: Lawful Neutral

Strength: B
Endurance: C
Agility: A+
Mana: D
Luck: E
Noble Phantasm: B

Class Skills
■ Magic Resistance: B

Personal Skills
■ Eye of the Mind (True): B
■ Love Spot: C

Noble Phantasm
■ Gáe Dearg: Crimson Rose of Exorcism
Rank: B
Type: Anti-Unit Noble Phantasm
Range: 2~4
Maximum number of targets: 1 Person

■ Gae Buidhe: Yellow Rose of Mortality
Rank: B
Type: Anti-Unit Noble Phantasm
Range: 2~3
Maximum number of targets: 1 Person

…

By the way, in the Fourth Holy Grail War, the following strategy would insure the absolute victory of Team Lancer:
Kayneth must not let his Servant recognize such things as honour on the battle field or knights' pride. He must let Diarmuid realize that the Holy Grail War was merely dirty chores that needed to be done.
In order to fulfill the previous item, Kayneth must avoid any contact between Diarmuid and Saber with his best effort.
In combat, Kayneth must prioritize securing an exit. In a battle, missions would be considered accomplished if Diarmuid scored one hit with Gae Buidhe. Repeat this tactic, and exhaust all hostile teams.
Capitalize on Team Berserker. Team Berserker was a powerful enemy against all other teams, but Lancer had an advantage due to compatibility. It would be optimal to let Berserker destroy the other teams and reach the finale. He could then be defeated at that point.

…

Diarmuid Ua Duibhne [Servant]
The Lancer class Servant of the Fourth Holy Grail War, summoned by Kayneth El-Melloi Archibald. A hero of the Fianna, spoken of in Irish mythology. The story of his tragic love affair with Grainne would later become the model for the story of Lancelot and Guinevere. It's no wonder that the Berserker of the Fourth Holy Grail War has such bad compatibility with him!
In battle, he wields two Noble Phantasms: the Crimson Rose of Exorcism (Gae Dearg) which temporarily nullifies the effects of magical energy, and the Yellow Rose of Mortality (Gae Buidhe) which inflicts cursed wounds that cannot be healed by any means.
His basic parameters are not particularly high, but he excels at using battle tactics designed to trip up enemies stronger than himself. In particular, he is the natural enemy of those Heroic Spirits which rely on the powers of their Noble Phantasms to fight. Depending on his strategy, it's even possible that he could have won the entire Fourth Holy Grail War (or suffer a humiliating defeat at the hands of Assassin).
Out of all the Servants in the fourth war, he had the second-worst compatibility with his Master. Though, if his very first opponent had been anybody besides Saber, he might have been able to fight in a way more in line with his Master's expectations. For you see, it was Saber's serene beauty and grace which kindled the flames of chivalry within his heart. Also, while he was summoned as a Lancer this time, and therefore carried the twin demonic spears Gae Dearg and Gae Buidhe, his legends also speak of a pair of demonic swords: Moralltach and Beagalltach. So, there was actually a decent chance he could have been summoned as a Saber. Or rather, that's probably what Kayneth was hoping for…

Diarmuid Ua Duibhne - Lancer

Illustrator and Voice actor
Illustrator: Mata
Voice Actor: Hikaru Midorikawa

Parameters
Strength: B
Endurance: C
Agility: A+
Mana: D
Luck: E
Noble Phantasm: B

Personal Skills
Eye of the Mind (True): B
Love Spot: C
Knightly Tactics:　B

Class Skills
Magic Resistance: B

Noble Phantasm
Gáe Dearg & Gáe Buidhe: Yellow Rose of Mortality, Crimson Rose of Exorcism
Rank: B→B+
Type: Anti-Unit Noble Phantasm

Profile
Celt mythology. Under the command of the leader Fionn, he was a prominent knight of the Knights of Fianna and the owner of a beautiful face. Possessing a dark mole in his cheek conferred by a fairy, it carried a magical power that made the hearts of young maidens flutter.

Level 1 Bond
Height/Weight: 184cm・85kg
Source: Celtic mythology, Knights of Fianna
Region: Ireland
Alignment: Lawful Neutral　　Gender: Male
A knight who spent his lifetime questioning about love, loyalty and pride.

Level 2 Bond
"Red Rose of Exorcism"
Rank: B　　Type: Anti-Unit Noble Phantasm
A magic spear described as a "Noble Phantasm-slaying Noble Phantasm".
Negates magical power-like effects on the target that its edge has touched. Basically, it is a Noble Phantasm that possesses an ability for rendering magical defenses powerless.

Level 3 Bond
After making Grainne, a princess that was invited as a bride-candidate for his lord Fionn, fall in love with him, he ended up having to elope and run around all over Ireland as a result of being imposed a geis of "take me along and run away" by her.

Level 4 Bond
It has been said that, even while at large, Diarmuid sticked to his fidelity to Fionn and did not lay a finger on Grainne.
Eventually, after reconciling with Fionn, although he was allowed to openly unite with Grainne, their happiness did not last long.

Level 5 Bond
After receiving a fatal wound from a wild boar that was the reincarnation of his younger brother by a different father, Diarmuid sought the help of Fionn, who possessed the magical power of healing). But due still holding a grudge over the matter with Grainne, Fionn decided to let him die.

Interlude
He has no wish to entrust the Holy Grail with. To be given a second battlefield where he can fulfill his pride as a knight; to Diarmuid that is both his dearest wish and greatest blessing. Pursuing nothing but a bright military honor, free of troubles, Diarmuid participates in this holy war.

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Diarmuid Ua Duibhne

Class: Lancer
True Name: Diarmuid Ua Duibhne
Gender: Male
Source: Celtic Mythology, Knights of Fianna
Origin: Ireland
Alignment: Lawful Neutral
Height: 184 cm
Weight: 85 kg

Strength: B
Endurance: C
Agility: A+
Mana: D
Luck: E
NP: B

Scenario writer: Nasu Kinoko · Urobuchi Gen / Original character designer: Takeuchi Takashi / Character designer: Mata / CV: Midorikawa Hikaru
Major appearances: Fate/Zero

Class skills:
Magic Resistance B:
Cancels spells with a chant below three verses.
Even being wounded by Greater Rituals and High-Thaumaturgy is difficult.

Personal skills:
Eye of the Mind (True) C:
Perspective that has been cultivated through training and discipline.
Logic in battle to derive the possible means to survive in a predicament.

Love’s Beauty Spot C:
Charms the opposite gender through a beauty spot tinged with mana. The opposing females will bear a strong love towards him.
Avoidance is possible with the Magic Resistance skill.

Knight’s Strategy B:
A battle style that, regardless of power, induces a miss from the opponent while grasping the flow of battle. It’s not self-strengthening, but a skill that invites the opponent to fail a check. A composed observation ability to wager victory in an instant. Specifically speaking, it generates a lot of critical stars.

Noble Phantasms:

Gáe Dearg
Crimson rose of exorcism
Rank: B+
Type: Anti-Unit Noble Phantasm
Range: 2~4
Maximum number of targets: 1 person

Gáe Dearg.
The crimson long spear. Negates magical effects of the target touched by the blade.
Basically, a Noble Phantasm that has the ability to nullify magecraft defense.
Steals the magical effects from defensive equipment braided with magecraft like Saber’s armor, magecraft, or magecraft-like strengthening/skill boost by the Noble Phantasm 『A knight does not die with his hands empty』, and reduces them to a state of only physical defense.
The object of negating mana isn’t limited only to guards, but since it’s displayed 『only the part touched by the blade』 and 『only the moment in which the blade is touching』, it’s not suitable for defensive usage. Also, it can’t overthrow the effects of contracts or curses entwined in the past, as well as the effects of already completed magecraft. A spear that could be called a 『Noble Phantasm killer Noble Phantasm』, but this effect of exorcism alone can’t destroy Noble Phantasms. In the end, it negates the effects 『only the moment in which the blade is touching』.
Against those who don’t use magecraft, it’s a simple spear, but it’s unlikely not to use anything magical in a battle between fellow Servants, not flashy but a really useful Noble Phantasm.

Gáe Buidhe
Yellow rose of mortality
Rank: B+
Type: Anti-Unit Noble Phantasm
Range: 2~3
Maximum number of targets: 1 person

Gáe Buidhe.
The yellow short spear. Inflicts unhealable wounds. Impossible to dispel by normal means, wounds made by this spear won’t heal as long the spear isn’t destroyed or Diarmuid doesn’t die.
The mechanism through which any treatment or regeneration can’t be healed, is by making the damage dealt by the spear reduce the upper limit of the maximum HP. Therefore, even with treatment and regeneration, it won’t be healed further from that because the 『wounded state』 is the fully healed state.
Just a spear in decisive battles of brief duration, but thinking about the premise of fighting the same opponent multiple times over a long period of time, it’s like a body blow that works slow yet certainly.
If the target isn’t a Servant, a lethal effect like bleeding to death over time can be expected.
Same as 『Crimson rose of exorcism』, it lacks flashiness, but it’s an extremely easy to use Noble Phantasm. Incidentally, he who is the user won’t be hurt by this spear. Used as a set with Crimson rose of exorcism in FateGO.

Q: Cu Chulainn and Diarmuid are both Lancers, but who will win in an honourble battle? In their first engagement with Saber, Cu Chulainn was being pressed hard, but Diarmuid was able to pressure Saber. So... Diarmuid is stronger

A: Diarmuid received more backup from his Master (magical energy supply), thus in terms of pure firepower, Diarmuid was stronger. In Japan, both of them received 0 geographical boost (from the cultural sphere), but if the stage was in Ireland --- Cu Chulainn would have an edge.

Source

Sola supplies Diarmuid with his mana

Kayneth is the magus who owns the Command Mantras, yet the one to supply the Servant with prana is none other than... Sola. They can be said to be a two-person team Master.

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Diarmuid is able to sense Kayneth's condition through his connection to him through the Command Spells

Even a Master and a Servant, whom had made a contract, have to use communication techniques such as speech to establish a connection between them when they are far away from each other.

But if the two of them are connected with the bondage of the Command Seal, then one party would quickly detect a disturbance in the other’s scent if the other is in a life-threatening crisis.

Therefore, Kayneth’s dire situation swiftly passed to Lancer, who was still in the forest.

"What – !?"

Source

Diarmuid’s eyesight is “super”, he can see Gilles’ campsite near the Fuyuki Bridge all the way from the center building in Shinto

Sola-Ui Nuada-Re Sophia-Ri who had newly acquired the rights to be a Master, and Lancer, were at that moment, looking for their enemy from a high place in Shinto best suited for a broad view, which was the rooftop of the under construction Fuyuki Centre building. Tonight, mist of a somewhat strange amount seethed from the Mion River, causing their field of vision to thin extremely. With the eyesight of human beings, only the blur figure of the illuminated Fuyuki bridge could be seen.

“―Can you see what's going on? Lancer.”

At Sola's question, Lancer who was looking through the mist with his super eyesight as a Servant, nodded.

“It really is Caster. Looks like something has set up a camp at the center of the river. As for the details, I'm afraid I can't see it.”

Source

Artoria, Diarmuid, Irisviel, and Waver can all sense the Giant Horror’s battle inside of Ioinoi Hetairoi

Thanks to Rider's clever scheme, the gigantic sea monster had disappeared without a trace from the water's surface. However, although its form was nowhere to be seen, the Servants and magi gathered there could clearly perceive the presence of the monster raging within the plane-divergent bounded field.

Noble Phantasms?

Gae Buidhe

Source

Artoria’s Instinct failed to pick up on Diarmuid’s planned attack with Gae Buidhe

Saber's sixth sense can theoretically surpass thought for a natural talent for battle decision, but it didn't predict her blunder.

One normally wields one spear with both hands― that was the trap of the misconception. She could only regard as bluff the capacity to have a spear in each arm.

If that was Lancer's way with the spear.

If that Servant was the Heroic Spirit known as the bearer of "the two demonic spears".

Yes, a Noble Phantasm― is definitely not limited to one.

Source

The end result of Artoria’s Invisible Air propelled strike and Diarmuid’s Gae Buidhe clashing (wounds from Gae Buidhe don’t heal)

Gales surged. A confusion of life and death.

The moment that the swordsman and the spearman slid past each other, flowers of bright crimson blood fluttered and bloomed briefly – before fading away in the blink of an eye.

Saber, who charged past, stopped. The two of them turned at the same time.

They both still stood erect, without losing the thought of warring against each other. The two Heroic Spirits were still intact.

Finally the battle had the slight possibility of moving away from the path of attacking each other. At that moment Saber took in the situation and made a quick decision that prolonged their duel.

As a result, the yellow short spear that poised to pierce Saber did not land on Saber's chest, but her left arm. At the same time the golden sword that Saber uplifted deviated just a little from Lancer's vitals, the edge aimed at Lancer's left arm... Curious how they were injured at the same place.

But were they damaged to the same extent?

"You still won't let me win easily... It's very good, that adamant manner of yours."

Lancer stared at Saber with a desolate smile, as if desperately trying not to pay attention to the wound on his elbow. As expected, like a film on rewind, Lancer's injury was healed without anyone touching it and left no trace behind. A Servant's self-healing would not manage to recover him that quickly; it must be his hidden and observing Master who used the healing magecraft.

Contrary to Lancer, even Saber's demure beauty could not hide her pain and anxiety.

Lancer's airborne spear and the sword clutched tightly by Saber's two hands had a definite imbalance in power. At least, from the outside, the wound dealt by the short spear on Saber's forearm seemed rather light compared to Lancer's injury.

"...Irisviel, heal my wound as well."

"I healed it! I did, but..."

Compared to Saber, who was injured, Irisviel's expression appeared even more flustered.

Irisviel was undoubtedly a first-rate magus. The strength and intensity of her craft goes without saying. She is, in truth, an exception in the world of magi, possessing a body that was ‘designed' and ‘manufactured'.

It would be impossible for her to make mistakes when using basic magecraft such as healing. Even if an error did occur on the off chance, Irisviel would know how to deal with it herself.

And yet –

"No, the healing did work. Saber, your current state is one of full health."

"..."

Saber did not dare to keep her guard down as she kept appraising Lancer with caution, and at the same time stared at the injury on her left arm. The wound did not bleed much and was quite shallow, but the problem was that her sinews were severed. The most important digit on her hand, the thumb, can not be moved; therefore Saber can not exert enough strength to grip the sword hilt.

Saber knew that there is nothing wrong with Irisviel's healing methods, but the arm was not cured. Her left thumb felt as if it was born crippled, turning completely immobile.

Lancer paid no attention to Saber, nor did he resume his attack. Full of confidence, he bent down and retrieved with his left hand the yellow short spear that fell to the ground.

"In front of my Noble Phantasm Gáe Dearg • Crimson Rose of Exorcism, it's good that you realized armor is useless."

Perhaps he thought that after showing the effects of his Noble Phantasm, there was no point in keeping up the masquerade. Lancer spoke the true name of his Noble Phantasm with no hesitation.

"But you were rash to discard your armor. If you had not, you would have a defence against Gáe Buidhe • Golden Rose of Mortality."

Lancer, the long red spear in his right hand, the short yellow spear in his left, began to swing them exaggeratedly as though spreading a pair of wings, in exactly the same manner as when the battle first began. It was not a gesture to seduce, but a unique battle style mastered after arduous training.

"I understand now... It is a cursed spear; wounds dealt by it would never heal. I should've noticed this earlier..."

Source

Diarmuid snaps Gae Buidhe in two, the curse of the lance on Artoria’s hand is released

After boasting with a nonchalant smile - Lancer divided the dual spears that make up his noble phantasms, and broke it neatly in half without hesitation.

The enormous curse contained within Gáe Buidhe gushed out in a whirlwind, and scattered before their eyes into nothingness. If one thought of it as a noble phantasm that was legend taken form, its figure disappeared far too swiftly.

…

The feelings in her heart took form as Saber tightened her 'left hand', firmly and strongly. Released from the curse of mortality, the arm of the King of Knights recovered instantly, answering with unmistakable strength.

Gae Dearg

vs Prelati’s Spellbook

Source

Diarmuid mows down more Horrors on his way towards Gilles, Gae Dearg proceeds to disrupt the magic of Prelati's Spellbook by cutting it and the Horrors Gilles summoned vanish

When his feet once again touched earth he was barely ten strides away from Caster, with no obstructing barriers between them.

"I have you, Caster!"

"Ahhh!?"

The demonic monsters that turned around due to their master's crisis stretched their tentacles together towards Lancer's back. But Lancer didn't turn back. He brandished the short spear in his left hand behind him like a windmill to cut down the pursuing attacks, while he turned half his body and approached Caster with the long spear in his right hand extended.

He was just short of the killing blow. The long spear's strike only resulted in the tip cutting slightly into the surface, and didn't make a serious tear.

But the Noble Phantasm in the enchanting spearman's hand was such a weapon that would decide the victor on the battlefield even with such a slight touch.

"Gouge, Gáe Dearg!"

His growl was followed by a crimson stab. The tip of the spear did not touch Caster’s fragile body – but the cover of the grimoire in his hand.

That is the red spearhead which once penetrated Saber’s Invisible Air and canceled out her magical armor. It is a fatal "Noble Phantasm killer", capable of severing all ties of prana. For Caster, who completely relied on the mighty power of the grimoire to summon demonic monsters to manipulate, it was a decisive blow equal to a checkmate.

"Boom", a sound akin to waves breaking against rocks beside the sea echoed in the forest.

The countless alien demonic monsters on the ground all liquefied in the blink of an eye. The demonic monsters, which were originally created from the flesh and blood of the sacrifices, changed back into blood and scattered away. They lost the power to materialize into being the moment the prana supply from Prelati's Spellbook was terminated.

vs Lancelot (Part 1, Part 2)

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Diarmuid defends Artoria from Lancelot’s iron pole throw by taking advantage of the power of Gae Dearg

Of course, the black knight ignored Saber’s question, but threw the iron pole following his piercing vigor.

The strike could be called as an absolutely exceptional feat. The ferocity of the strike appeared to hit Saber’s short stature and –

However, the thrown pole did not hit Saber.

The two meter iron pole was split down the middle, and fluttered from the air to the ground. It was Berserker’s fake Noble Phantasm, with enough strength to compete with Saber’s holy sword. What broke this fake Noble Phantasm with ease was a streak of red light that glimmered through the darkness.

Lancer had his back towards the astonished King of Knights. This beautiful spearman took a pose of protecting Saber, the King of Knights, whom he regarded as an enemy only moments ago, and stood against Berserker.

"Please stop your pranks now, Berserker."

Lancer pointed at the black knight with the tip of the long spear in his right hand – Gáe Dearg, the Crimson Rose of Exorcism, and coldly declared war on the black knight. If Lancer’s red spear repelled the prana of Berserker’s Noble Phantasm, then the fake Noble Phantasms covered by Berserker’s black prana would be nothing but bundles of iron.

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Lancelot is Gilgamesh’s natural enemy while Diarmuid’s Noble Phantasm is the best one able to take care of Lancelot

When Matō summoned Berserker, Zōken had reported the event to his father. At the moment, neither Kirei nor Tokiomi paid much attention to it. However, they had not anticipated Servant Berserker’s immense powers or his exceptional ability of harnessing an opponent’s Noble Phantasm. He was a natural opponent for Tokiomi’s Gilgamesh.

In order for the battle to swing in Tokiomi’s favor…The other Servants must first defeat Berserker. This task is best accomplished by Lancer. Diarmond’s Noble Phantasm, Gáe Dearg, is the best artifact to nullify Berserker.

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Sola asserts Diarmuid's Noble Phantasm is great to fight Lancelot with

"Lancer's Gáe Dearg is a very effective noble phantasm against Berserker. Coupled with Saber's aid, it would be a simple matter to defeat that black Servant. This is a very good opportunity to destroy the enemy."

Source

Diarmuid stabs the F15, Lancelot rips off the Vulcan autocannon before Gae Dearg’s ability negates his mana in the F15. The F15 is now devoid of mana and crashes into the Mion river with Diarmuid on its wing.

“It all ends here, mad warrior!”

No sooner had Lancer shouted this that he brandished the Gáe Dearg in his right hand above his head, and pierced the body of the grotesque machine with the spear tip.

The red spear that can cut through all prana circulation gleamed. It was indeed the archenemy of Berserker’s peculiar ability. But the black knight has had his full share of the power of this attack after the battle in the warehouse district. The mysterious Servant, maddened but not without prudence, did not make the same mistake when faced with Lancer’s Noble Phantasm. Right before the red spear skewered the craft's body, Berserker promptly discarded the doomed F15, and leapt high into the sky after using his arms to wretch off the important part of the craft. Immediately after, the fighter jet, reverted to a mass of scrap metal in an instant by Gáe Dearg cutting off its prana, crashed with Lancer on its wings, throwing up a splendid sheet of water from the Mion river.

vs Artoria Pendragon (Kiritsugu Emiya; Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5)

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Artoria’s Instinct informs her of Diarmuid's Noble Phantasm’s nature

Exposing one's Noble Phantasm can have two different kinds of effects.

One type is the demonstration of the large power of one's deadliest move as they announce its true name.

...

Along with that, there can also be how the weapon already carries the nature of a Noble Phantasm.

...

And so, Lancer's red spear is—

Probably, the latter. So said Saber's intuition. Lancer will keep exchanging continuous blows with Saber. She doesn't suspect the next strike to be decisive for the fight.

Artoria repels Diarmuid's thrust, Diarmuid's Gae Dearg’s strike temporarily disrupts Invisible Air and exposes Excalibur to Diarmuid

—Lancer made the first move.

Compared to the acrobatic freedom of his spear up to now, this was a much simpler stab in a straight line. A stabbing thrust that was guessing the length of Saber's blade hidden under Invisible Air, or rather, renouncing to watch out for it.

As a natural reaction, Saber repelled Lancer's spear with the arm that held the sword, ignoring the pain. Really, that was neither too serious nor sharp, just a common strike. But...

The disaster came like a squall.

Between the entangled spear and sword, an abrupt, unexpected gale rolled in and blew around.

"Wha!?"

Letting out a shocked voice, Saber took three steps away from Lancer's spear. Lancer calmly resumed his stance without chasing her. Watching over the scene, Irisviel can't understand just what is happening.

The gust of wind just now lasted only an instant, but it wasn't particularly gushing out prana. The origin of that wind was an enigma, but that definitely wasn't a threat from Lancer.

Nevertheless, Saber was the only one who was shocked. Lancer is smiling boldly at her astonishment.

"I exposed it. Your precious sword."

"..."

Silent, Saber didn't comprehend Lancer's victorious mutter. They both understand the reason behind this mysterious phenomenon.

The wind had come from Saber's sword. ... More specifically, that was Invisible Air's doing.

The bounded field of condensed pressure that could refract light had leaked out in just an instant. The instant it had clashed with Lancer's spear— the prana controlling the wind around the sword had become loose.

...

Flickering, there showed the afterimage of the shape of her golden sword.

'Kh...'

There was still pressure coming out of Invisible Air, but it was a continuous, random gale violently blowing Saber's blond hair in waves. There was no doubt left. Lancer's red spear is draining Invisible Air. Each time it comes with the tip of the spear, the golden blade is showing like a stroboscope.

Not knowing the full extent of Diarmuid’s Gae Dearg’s special ability, Artoria chooses to take a strategic hit with her armor from his strike to make a counterattack, Artoria’s Intuition barely warns her with enough time to avoid a fatal strike that this strategy was a mistake

There's still a way— Saber encouraged herself. Using a spear with both hands, that is a style Saber can deal with.

In the middle of the uninterrupted series of strikes, Saber looked for just one attack with a weak aiming. With just that, she can twist her body instead of parrying and rely on the hardness of her armor. A well-placed counter in a near-death situation can be a perfect opportunity.

In a swift movement, Saber struck at Lancer's shoulder. She ignored the tip of the red spear grazing her flank. It should be superficial on her armor, and meanwhile, she will be splitting her enemy from the shoulder—

Saber foresaw the pain, her intuition saving her from a lost cause.

Her sword dropping in mid-air, Saber turned over and threw herself on the side. It was hard to say if it had been a close call. Lancer's howling spear definitely seemed to have spilled blood.

There's no need to say whose blood it is.

Rolling on the ground, Saber escaped from Lancer pursuing her, and stood up immediately to keep track of her opponent. Her eyes betrayed her pain.

Gae Dearg exposition

Her armor should have blocked Lancer's spear. Nevertheless, the tip of the spear had Saber's blood on it.

And— right now, Saber's armor is the same as ever, without a scratch.

To make a practical guess, just with the spear coming in contact, the blade passed through the armor as if it had vanished.

Saber cannot dematerialize, but she can materialize her battle outfit and then cancel it. In other words, Saber's armor is knit out of prana, and it is not material in the present reality like the clothes Irisviel bought.

Furthermore, it was incomprehensible that Invisible Air could be cracked... The contact with Lancer's spear had created a fissure in the bounded field that generated the wind.

"... I see. I figured out the mystery of your spear, Lancer."

Saber murmured with a low voice. She reflected once more upon the toughness of her formidable enemy.

That red spear can cut off prana.

Nevertheless, it's not so powerful that it could break or cancel the source of the magecraft. Saber's armor is still fine, and Invisible Air is still functioning correctly. The spear is effective only the instant it hits the blade.

Apparently, at that instant, it cuts off the flow of prana, and renders it powerless.

Indeed it is not a Noble Phantasm one could be proud of its destructive power, but it has an ability that can be quite a threat. It is not an exaggeration to say the quality of a Servant's weapon is determined on the prana or the magical abilities it carries. But in the hands of this Lancer, it can be predominant against a Servant who finds pride in the power of his armament.

"You'll have to give up on the protection of your armor, Saber. In front of my spear, you're as good as naked."

vs Diarmuid Ua Duibhne

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Diarmuid is forced to stab himself with Gae Dearg

Without a sign, without a reason – brilliant vermillion scattered all over the earth.

Everyone appeared to be equally shocked. Saber, Irisviel, and even Lancer himself widened their eyes at this overly abrupt end – Lancer’s own shock should probably be the most intense, since he had not a sliver of expectation or preparedness for that agony and despair.

Dazed, Lancer gazed at the crimson flowers that dripped from the red spear shaft to the ground. No matter how, he could not believe that it was all his own blood.

His own beloved spear pierced his heart. It was no one else’s but his own two hands that forcibly stabbed the spear tip into his own body.

Physical strength and speed?

Diarmuid Ua Duibhne vs Artoria Pendragon (Kiritsugu Emiya; Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5)

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Firearms are worthless against Servants

Servants are not humans, thus only a Servant can wound another Servant. No matter how powerful Kiritsugu and Maiya’s firearms are they would not work on Servants. It was Saber’s job to battle the opposing Servant.

Artoria vs Diarmuid - Irisviel's perspective

All Irisviel could do was to stare at the battle in front of her in astonishment.

This battle in front of her was proceeding with extraordinary intensity.

She knew it to be a merciless duel that could only have taken place in that remote era.

Warriors clad in armor, in single combat battling with all the strength in their bodies amid the light reflecting off sword and spear and the shadow of swinging blades.

But the amount of escaping prana and the intense heat were different.

If it was merely a clash between cold steel, what would be the mighty torrent of air that accompanied it and threatened to destroy all within sight?

The foot that landed crushed the ground.

The wind that followed the swinging of weapons crudely severed the lamp post in half.

Irisviel could no longer see the movements carried out at such high speeds. She was only feeling the after-shock of the conflict between the two.

The peeling sheet iron on the outer walls of the warehouses was ripped away by the wind from Irisviel’s side as if it was a piece of coiled tin foil. She could not comprehend how the iron can be torn away. Perhaps it was Saber’s sword or Lancer’s spear that brushed against its adjacent hollow space. Apart from that, she could not come up with any other explanation.

The wind was moaning.

Faced with a dimension that is completely at odds with the physical laws of this world, the air emitted paranoid wails.

A chaotic storm raged on the empty shopping street, destroying, trampling all things within.

Just hand-to-hand combat between the two would be enough to ruin an entire street.

Artoria is able to fend off attacks made by both of Diarmuid's Lances

If that was the case, it would not be hard to explain why he was using two spears.

Because Saber does not know which spear is the true Noble Phantasm, she had to fend off the attacks made by both of them.

Diarmuid is able to deflect Artoria's attacks, in about 30 exchanges Artoria has not managed to hit Diarmuid once

Her own attack was deflected for the third time. Saber had to step back to wait for a better opportunity.

“What’s wrong, Saber? Your attacks are not really working.”

“…”

She could not argue back to Lancer’s taunts. After about thirty exchanges, she still had not managed to hit her opponent even once.

Lancer swung the lance in his right hand and approached her in a straight run. The swinging shaft covered a wide area, its strength and speed equal to what would be achieved with both hands. No, precisely because it was used with one hand, there were many moves not capable when a spear is used conventionally with two hands. The lance was thrust towards Saber from an unexpected angle.

Nevertheless a lance has its own limitations. Because of its extended length, a gap would inevitably show up between two attacks. During that time, the shorter spear from the left can follow in and continue to hassle Saber.

Saber’s attack just then was broken by the short spear’s immaculate defence.

Simultaneously using two lances, yet making no feint moves. This Heroic Spirit, Lancer, merged the lances in his left and right hands in a seamless choreography. Just what kind of devotion and practice was needed to obtain such a strong fighting style?

… This man is good!

Diarmuid was already exhausted from having to fend off Artoria's attacks

Despite that, according to observers, Lancer would appear to have an advantage with his incessant attacks, the truth was not so.

Lancer was as good as exhausted from fending off Saber’s attacks since they first engaged. Despite his taunts he was also powerless to change the situation.

Diarmuid is having trouble dealing with Artoria's Invisible Sword, still manages to block all of Artoria's attacks

Lancer complained silently in his heart. It was not only the observing Irisviel that could not see the movement of the high-speed sword. Even Lancer, a Servant himself, could not discern the trajectory of the sword in Saber’s hands.

Lancer had no way of knowing. This too is one of Heroic Spirit Artoria's Noble Phantasms, the threat of Invisible Air • Barrier of the Wind King.

The air surrounding the sword was compacted together with immense amounts of prana, creating impossible refractions of light, rendering the sword invisible. Although it is not too much a support for the Noble Phantasm, its result was however very obvious in melee combat.

Saber’s opponent is attacked with an invisible sword, and the countering attack is similarly blocked by an invisible sword. Lancer’s worry was understandable. Even though he could decipher Saber’s attacks by her movement, he could not make surprise attacks on her due to the inability to see the length of her blade.

Therefore Lancer can only approximate things and keep himself outside of Saber’s range. Also, only then can his magnificent continuous attacks be used to their full extent. Despite him being able to block all of Saber’s attacks, he had yet to find an opportunity to deal her a lethal blow.

This woman, is quite good…!

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Artoria and Diarmud's battle has utterly wrecked the warehouse area they're fighting in, they remain unscathed as of yet

The confrontation between Saber and Lancer was still more like a competition.

Rather, as each was measuring the other's power thoroughly in a preliminary test, it had started to look like a display of strength.

Of course, even for a test, it's Servants we are talking about. The avenue was a miserable wreck from the scars carved in as a result. Two storehouses had already collapsed, and a hundred square meters of asphalt were torn up. Turned into a battlefield, it was almost as if an earthquake has just came and gone.

In the middle of that disaster, still without a single scratch, Saber and Lancer are glaring at each other, preparing their next move. Neither showed any sign of exhaustion.

Artoria and Diarmud are “equal opponents” at hand to hand combat

Both had pride in their trained skills and strength, and meeting an equal opponent, they freely pay respect to each other— They both have the pride of a warrior hidden in their heart, the two Heroic Spirits understood that much.

Diarmuid attacks Artoria with fatally aimed attacks, Artoria parries them all

"I got the length of your blade. You won't get me with that invisible interval again."

Whether it was exaggeration or not, Lancer started flinging thrusts.

Just as he had said, the spear strikes suddenly gained in vigor, the attacks more severe and not vain anymore. Having certified the distance Saber's blade could go, he made no mistake in his aiming. Letting just one thrust pass meant a fatal wound— understanding that much, Saber kept moving her body and parried every single spear strike with her blade.

Artoria uses Invisible Air to propel her forward at Diarmuid at a speed 3 times faster than her regular speed (her speed surpasses supersonic several times over)

A loud bang roars in the atmosphere. The golden sword that was invisible until then turned over the darkness of the night with its brilliance.

The Invisible Air that compresses the air and refracts light in an illusion can be used in another way. The instant the bounded field is released it can blow the opponent with a single long distance strike with a gale made out of the super high pressure of the condensed air.

And this was the application of Saber's plan. The point of holding the sword backward in a wide stance was for that― to accelerate the air strike even more.

Released from the golden sword, a jet of air comes out from behind Saber. By releasing her armor to increase her prana burst further, her body changes into a supersonic bullet.

At this point, Saber's speed is three times higher than normal. It's already too late for an ambush attack or an evasion the instant she steps forward. Even if Lancer's spear can deal a serious wound to Saber, he will receive a lethal strike the same instant. That is certainly a strike made to risk one's life for a certain victory, ready to even have her flesh cut or her bones severed. Breaking through the wall of air at several times the speed of sound, the shockwave of the rush blew the surrounding rubbles like leaves.

Diarmuid moves to attack Artoria as she is still in transit with Invisible Air propulsion

Lancer didn't move. Having already given up on an ambush attack, the tip of the red spear didn't flinch.

What moved instead was― his legs.

With an extremely focused mind, the flow of time, even shorter than an instant, stretches and grows slower.

...

Instead of picking the spear with his arm, Lancer kicked the gravels at his feet. It's not just gravels that flying in the air. The short spear that Lancer dropped earlier; it's tip is accurately springing up through the air in Saber's direction. The amulet wrapped around the whole spear, just like the long one, was already unfastened, reveals the yellow metal under it.

...

The short spear that Lancer had kicked up, its tip was swirling with a prana just as sinister as the long red one, glaring at Saber. It was already predicting the instant it would pierce Saber's throat, as she could only charge forward, too late to brake...

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The damage dealt to the area the Servants fought in looked like it had been hit by an earthquake

Irisviel finally disentangled herself from the tension and released the breath she was holding. When she looked about her, it was a scene of total devastation. That was to be expected. Five Servants were gathered at one place, with some of them unreservedly releasing their Noble Phantasms, destroying at will.

"The first battle was already conducted with such intensity. Had there ever been a Holy Grail War like this before?"

Irisviel was not worried about the traces of destruction. The Holy Church supervisor is responsible for the secrecy of the war. This place looks like it’s been through an earthquake. The supervisor must organize those employed by the Church and carefully mend the area.

Artoria evaluates the might of the Servants that fought that day (Diarmuid, Iskander, Gilgamesh, and Lancelot) to be of equal might from their current displays

"They’re all strong enemies with equal might. Heroes invited from different eras... none of them can be easily disposed of."

Source

Artoria releases the Invisible Air surrounding Excalibur before fighting Diarmuid, she views him as being worthy of fighting her without her sword being sheathed by it.

Saber also released the Barrier of the Wind King; the precious golden sword was revealed amidst the whirlwind. Facing Diarmuid’s Gáe Dearg, using air pressure to conceal the blade of the sword was meaningless.

And the most important thing was, the King of Knights believed that this rival originally from another time but that she had coincidentally met in this world was a Heroic Spirit worthy to accept the light of the sword in which she had accumulated all her glory that shone upon him.

Artoria and Diarmuid begin to clash. Their fight this time is more intense than the one at the docks from Volume 1. They’re exchanging and countering one another with full strength blows. They’re speed is “passed the speed of sound” and “nearing the speed of light”.

Then—both parties stepped forward at the same time with spirits majestic as the rainbow in the sky, and the clashing sounds were clear as ripping cloth.

The two heroes who had not had a chance to battle these three days, tonight finally had the chance to face off; an intense battle would once again occur.

The situation of battle tonight—on one hand was a re-enactment of the showdown at the warehouses, but the battle of their crossing swords was even more intense than the first—fiercer, more direct, more final; it was a direct clash of strength on strength.

Between the two there was no need for mutual evaluation, nor the use of tricks to confuse the other. Lancer held only one lance right from the beginning; the blade of Saber’s sword was also completely revealed. Neither used means of plots and tricks. Even faster, even more imposing. After one made a move, the other would immediately retaliate at full strength with a blow that would counter the first. A simple contest of skill, blade of sword against point of lance, even more intense, even more white-hot.

The holy sword intertwined with the demonic lance, in direct opposition; the sparks flying were simply dazzling. The clash between the precious artifacts of legend, driven by strength and speed far beyond that of a human, passed the speed of sound, nearing the speed of light. Observation had long since lost meaning in this momentous battle. Those divine skills, pushed to the limits at the point of this fierce battle, were having a supreme contest between the two.

An unknown number of rounds had been fought; perhaps tens of rounds, perhaps hundreds of rounds. It was simply impossible to determine with a mortal eye. After the lance and sword of the two clashed, they finally separated, and moved away from each other.

…

"Head knight of the Knights of Fianna, Diarmuid ua Duibhne—attacks!"

"That is well. King of Britain, Artoria Pendragon meets battle——!"

The two closed in once again, white blades clashing, sparks flying; from its midst could be seen the joy of those to whom battle is the meaning for their living, shining brightly.

Artoria is willfully handicapping herself to how she’d have been had Diarmuid not healed her left hand.

Tonight, though Saber’s swordplay had changed only slightly, but it was indeed lighter in strength than the first time and somewhat held back. Lancer would not have been unable to notice this. This was not due to the expenditure of Saber’s physical strength, but it was that her swordplay itself had changed.

Saber held tightly onto her left thumb, tucked into her palm, in actuality not grasping her sword. The remaining four fingers were lightly wrapped around the sword; in controlling her sword, her left hand was used only for support. When attacking, the strength of her left hand was not used at all.

…

"If I were to use my left hand, my shame would definitely slow my sword. Facing your superb skills with the lance, this would be a fatal mistake."

Diarmuid Ua Duibhne vs Gilles de Rais

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Diarmuid pushes back the horde of Horrors engulfing Artoria

In the blink of an eye, a golden red lightning flashed past, and pushed back that alien horde.

In front of Saber, who was gasping after her bondage were taken off, a tall figure dressed in teal armor entered her sight.

“How unsightly, Saber. If your swordplay can’t get anymore awe-inspiring, then the title of the King of Knights would cry out for help.”

Both Diarmuid and Artoria cleave apart more Horrors

The two Heroic Spirits joked with each other and sprang toward the gathered demonic monsters. The holy sword and two demonic spears cleaved apart the mass of tentacles that stretched towards them from all directions.

Gilles doubles the number of Horrors he's summoned

The magecraft book in Caster’s hand throbbed weirdly as if reinforcing his roar; pages flipped by themselves continuously. All of sudden, the amount of demonic monsters that emerged doubled. The mass of tentacles that looked as if they will drown out the forest surged towards Saber and Lancer.

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Artoria and Diarmuid have killed 500 Horrors

By now, the number of enemies cut down by Saber and Lancer had long surpassed five hundred.

Diarmuid mows down more Horrors on his way towards Gilles, Gae Dearg proceeds to disrupt the magic of Prelati's Spellbook by cutting it and the Horrors Gilles summoned vanish

When his feet once again touched earth he was barely ten strides away from Caster, with no obstructing barriers between them.

"I have you, Caster!"

"Ahhh!?"

The demonic monsters that turned around due to their master's crisis stretched their tentacles together towards Lancer's back. But Lancer didn't turn back. He brandished the short spear in his left hand behind him like a windmill to cut down the pursuing attacks, while he turned half his body and approached Caster with the long spear in his right hand extended.

He was just short of the killing blow. The long spear's strike only resulted in the tip cutting slightly into the surface, and didn't make a serious tear.

But the Noble Phantasm in the enchanting spearman's hand was such a weapon that would decide the victor on the battlefield even with such a slight touch.

"Gouge, Gáe Dearg!"

His growl was followed by a crimson stab. The tip of the spear did not touch Caster’s fragile body – but the cover of the grimoire in his hand.

That is the red spearhead which once penetrated Saber’s Invisible Air and canceled out her magical armor. It is a fatal "Noble Phantasm killer", capable of severing all ties of prana. For Caster, who completely relied on the mighty power of the grimoire to summon demonic monsters to manipulate, it was a decisive blow equal to a checkmate.

"Boom", a sound akin to waves breaking against rocks beside the sea echoed in the forest.

The countless alien demonic monsters on the ground all liquefied in the blink of an eye. The demonic monsters, which were originally created from the flesh and blood of the sacrifices, changed back into blood and scattered away. They lost the power to materialize into being the moment the prana supply from Prelati's Spellbook was terminated.

Both Artoria and Diarmuid were too fast for Gilles to be able to attemtp resummoning all the Horrors even after Prelati's Spellbook healed itself

Within the rapidly retreating Caster’s hands, the grimoire immediately activated its ability as a prana furnace and quickly regenerated the damaged cover. The prana was only cut off during the brief moment when Gáe Dearg’s blade was in contact with the grimoire; the spear had no power to damage the Noble Phantasm itself. However, once canceled, the magecraft can’t be salvaged. Even if he wanted to repeat the summoning spell, Saber and Lancer’s holy sword and twin spears wouldn’t give him the time either.

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Diarmuid would be able to hit Prelati’s Spellbook by tossing Gae Dearg

“If he would just show his Noble Phantasm, I can destroy his technique with a blow from my Gáe Dearg......Naturally, I don't think that guy would easily allow that to happen.”

“Lancer, you can hit Caster's Noble Phantasm from the river side by hurling the lance?”

At Saber's question, Lancer laughed audaciously.

“If only he would just show that thing, there won't be any trouble at all. You looking down on us lance-wielding heroic spirits?”

Diarmuid Ua Duibhne vs Kiritsugu Emiya

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Kiritsugu feels the presence of Diarmuid's mana, Diarmuid defends Kayneth from Kiritsugu's submachine gun fire

But just then, Kiritsugu felt a mighty aura of prana approaching him with intimidation and frowned.

Unhesitatingly, Kiritsugu held up the Calico and took aim, firing repeatedly towards Kayneth. But the bullet emitted sparks in the empty air and sprayed in all directions and disappeared. It was the twin spears of red and yellow that performed movements too fast for eyes to see.

Facing Lancer, who materialized on a position set to protect Kayneth, Kiritsugu was gobsmacked. Stopped by the enemy’s Servant at this time; this was definitely unexpected.

Kiritsugu's last attack on Diarmuid confirmed to him that bullets were useless against Servants

Kiritsugu didn’t rashly attack this apparently defenceless move. He had just confirmed that bullets are useless to Servants.

 

[ChaosTheory123]

So, Gilles de Rais (Caster)?

Spoiler

Class: Caster
Master: Ryuunosuke Uryuu
True Name: Gille de Rais
Gender: Male
Height/Weight: 196cm/70kg
Alignment: Chaotic Evil

Strength: D
Endurance: E
Agility: D
Mana: C
Luck: E
Noble Phantasm: A+

Class Skills
■ Territory Creation: B
■ Item Construction: -

Personal Skills
■ Mental Pollution: A
■ Eye for Art: E-

Noble Phantasm
■ Prelati's Spellbook: Text of the Sunken Spiraled City
Rank: A+
Type: Anti-Army Noble Phantasm
Range: 1~10
Maximum number of targets:100 People

…

Gilles de Rais [Servant]
A nobleman from 15th Century France. As a leader in the French army, he fought alongside Joan of Arc to put an end to the Hundred Years War, and was hailed as a hero who saved his country. But soon after he returned to his territory, he began kidnapping, raping, and killing young boys one after another, eventually coming to be feared as the villain "Bluebeard".
However, it was all-too-common in that era for nobles to disregard the human rights of commoners and treat the populations of their territories as disposable livestock. So, under normal circumstances even killing them en masse shouldn't have been treated as anything more serious than animal abuse. But unfortunately for Gilles, he had an enormous amount of land holdings at the time, far exceeding those held by the Duke of Brittany, and enough to be regarded as a threat by the king himself. On top of that, due to his mind-boggling wastefulness in his private life, his public finances were almost entirely depleted, and there were apprehensions that he may try to sell his land to enemy nations. As a result, he was condemned and executed for his crimes as a pretext for seizing control of his assets.
As for Gilles' relation to sorcery, he turned to alchemy in an attempt to relieve his financial difficulties, and eventually strayed down a dark path that led him to try summoning a demon. But while it's certainly true that he participated in the ceremony, the actual magus was his friend François Prelati – Gilles himself was nothing more than a patron. As such, he is not a Heroic Spirit that qualifies for the Caster class. Or rather, he is not even a proper Heroic Spirit at all. The fact that Ryuunosuke's bogus ritual ended up actually completing a summoning sorcery was, honestly, more or less a total fluke. In that sense, the "Caster" Gilles de Rais is just as much of an irregular Servant as the "Assassin" Sasaki Kojirou.

Gilles de Rais - Caster

Illustrator and Voice actor
Illustrator: Azusa
Voice Actor: Tsuruoka Satoshi

Parameters
Strength: D
Endurance: E
Agility: D
Mana: C
Luck: E
Noble Phantasm: A+

Personal Skills
Mental Pollution: A
Eye for Art: E-

Class Skills
Territory Creation: B

Noble Phantasm
Prelati's Spellbook: Textbook of the Spiral Sunken Castle
Rank: A+
Type: Anti-Army Noble Phantasm

Profile
A French noble from the 15th Century. Having repeatedly committed the deed of abducting young boys from the vicinity of his domains and then disgracing・slaughtering them one after the other, things reached the point in which he became known as the model for the later fairytale "Bluebeard".

Level 1 Bond
Height/Weight: 196cm・70kg
Source: Historical fact
Region: France
Alignment: Chaotic Evil　　Gender: Male
A holy monster that sought for God more than anyone else.

Level 2 Bond
He was once the owner of a highly pious heart, he fell of deep despair and lost sight of God after Jeanne D'arc was executed as a heretic. His cruel deeds were also a means to prove the absence of God (who supposedly punished such vices).

Level 3 Bond
"Textbook of the Spiral Sunken Castle"
Rank: A+　　Type: Anti-Army
Prelati's Spellbook.
A grimoire which in itself is equipped with a magic reactor.
It summons monsters from another world in an inexhaustible supply.
Gilles de Rais is not a legitimate magus himself and has no groundings in magecraft, but in exchange this grimoire can exercise magecraft.

Level 4 Bond
At first, Gilles got involved in alchemy along with his friend, the cleric François Prelati, in order to cover up for financial difficulties, but at some point he lost sight of the original purpose and began to concentrate on summoning of demons.

Level 5 Bond
As others began fearing that he would sell over his domains to an enemy nation in order to raise money, as an excuse for the seizure of his territory, Gilles was convicted for his past misdeeds and executed. The censures towards his blasphemy and cruel deeds were all nothing but political pretenses.

Interlude
This man, who couldn't help but hold suspicions against God exactly because he extolled God too much and infatuated himself with scornfully curse God, was finally destroyed without being judged by God. Probably, only a Master who shows understanding towards such zeal and despair can perfectly employ him as a Servant.

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Gilles de Rais

Class: Caster
True Name: Gilles de Rais
Gender: Male
Source: Historical fact
Origin: France
Alignment: Chaotic Evil
Height: 186 cm
Weight: 91 kg

Strength: D
Endurance: E
Agility: D
Mana: C
Luck: E
NP: A+

Scenario writer: Higashide Yūichirō · Urobuchi Gen / Original character designer: Takeuchi Takashi / Character designer: Azusa/ CV: Tsuruoka Satoshi
Major appearances: Fate/Zero

Class skills:
Territory Creation B:
Makes up a favorable encampment for one as a mage.
Formation of a “Workshop” is possible.

Personal skills:
Mental Pollution A:
Since the mentality is deranged, it has a high probability of shutting out other mental interference magecraft.
However, mutual understanding can’t be established with people that don’t have the same rank of Mental Pollution

Artistic Appreciation E-:
Admiration towards works of art and fine arts.
In the case of seeing a Noble Phantasm with artistic connotations, there’s a very low probability of discovering its True Name.

Wicked Vision of the Abyss:
The end of Gilles de Rais, who looked into the darkness of the abyss and was looked back.
Those eyes suffered a great transfiguration, and became something to spread fear like the “things” living in the depths of the sea.
It’s not fear through violence or intimidation, but by exciting the “fear of the unknown” on the inside of the enemy themselves.

Noble Phantasm:
Prelati’s Spellbook
Textbook of the spiral sunken castle
Rank: A+
Type: Anti-Army Noble Phantasm
Range: 1~10
Maximum number of targets: 100 people

Prelati’s Spellbook.
A grimoire that is a mana furnace itself. Gilles de Rais himself isn’t a legitimate magus nor has any grounding in magecraft, but this grimoire performs magic instead.
That means, it’s an exclusive Noble Phantasm for him as a mage. Regardless of the owner’s skills, the grimoire itself executes High-Thaumaturgy/Greater Rituals and performs the summoning of water demons containing attributes in accordance to the deep sea system. For this reason, it’s fine that Gilles de Rais himself just uses the sea demons he called. The individual power of the sea demons is weak in comparison with a Servant, but the classification as Anti-Army isn’t for show, as it’s possible to summon them in dozens. Fuel efficiency is good since it’s possible to summon new sea demons from the defeated ones. Also, it is possible to summon a super-gigantic sea demon by disregarding execution (can’t control it).
However, in the end it’s just 「summoning magecraft performed by the grimoire」, the summoning itself is not a 「miracle of the Noble Phantasm」. If constant mana supply from the grimoire is cut, the summoned demons can’t last in the current world, and will be eliminated if the mana supply is interrupted even for a moment.

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The size of the Einzbern boundary field is about 5 kilometers in diameter, Gilles seems able to detect its limits

“Within two kilometres northwest of the castle. Looks like Caster doesn’t intend to go further into the forest.”

The bounded field expanded in the forest is a circle with a diameter of five kilometers and has the castle as its center. Caster’s location was at the edge of this bounded field.

If Caster goes any deeper towards the center of the bounded field, then Irisviel can support Saber in battle. However, as if Caster saw through Irisviel’s intentions, he started circling around the outside of the bounded field.

Gilles is able to detect that he's being spied on by Irisviel's scrying

At that time, Caster’s beast-like eyes suddenly looked up. Could it be that he had already sensed Irisviel’s “clairvoyance”?

Caster stared at Irisviel’s direction and flatteringly lifted his arms and bowed at Irisviel. It was such a simple thing to do for the magus Heroic Spirit.

“I came here specially to visit you according to last night’s promise.”

Prelati’s Spellbook

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Artoria's intuition tells her that fighting Gilles while her left hand is wounded would have been a bad idea

For an opponent so skilled in thaumaturgical battle as Servant Caster, his bane would be Servant Saber, who has the strongest magic resistance. If the duo actually started fighting, Saber should achieve victory with an overwhelming advantage.

But Saber, with an expression that even she doesn't completely understand, shook her head with a bitter smile.

"That Caster... was a bit different. Or he's not quite the same compared with other magi. Although I can't be sure either... but it felt too dangerous for me to fight him in this condition of having my left hand sealed."

Saber's sixth sense was also strengthened to a degree due to her class's specialty, almost to the level of precognition. If even she felt uneasy about the enemy, Irisviel also had to reevaluate Caster.

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While Artoria's intuition tells her that Gilles will be a difficult opponent, it also tells her she'll be the last one standing between the 2 of them

Although she predicted that Caster would be a tough enemy, she did not despair; because it’s not as if she has no hope for victory. If it is going to be a fight to the death, the last person standing would be her – that was Saber’s intuition.

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Prelati's Spellbook is a Mana Furnace, its what lets Gilles summon his Horrors indefinitely

Saber looked at her enemy, who didn’t show a single sign of exhaustion, with shock on her part, and once again noticed the extraordinarily dense amount of prana the magecraft book in his hands was releasing.

“Could it be…”

Although it was a most pessimistic guess, but it probably shouldn’t be wrong.

It was summoning magecraft that summoned these countless demonic monsters, resurrected them, and urged them to relentlessly rush towards Saber’s sword. And the one reciting the spell was none other except that book of magecraft.

It isn’t merely a pile of paper which recording spells. That book is probably a prana furnace with an incredible capacity, a ‘monster’ that can use magecraft just by its own power. Caster wasn’t reading the spells from the pages of the book, but just freely manipulating that book which served as a prana source.

Prelati’s Spellbook • The Text of the Spiralled Sunken Citadel – it is indeed a terrifying Noble Phantasm. Had Irisviel been Saber’s proper Master, she should have seen through his abilities the first time she met Caster and recognized that the opponent is an extremely dangerous Servant with an ability to modify the power of his Noble Phantasm. Had she knew of it, Saber would definitely not have fallen so easily into his trap and locked in a dragging battle with Caster even if she’s scorned for being a coward; she might have acted more prudently.

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The amount of mana Prelati's Spellbook lets Gilles use might as well be infinite

Even now, facing both Saber and Lancer, Caster continues his battle of attrition. If this is his strategy, it would obviously promise him victory. The amount of prana wielded by Caster and his Noble Phantasm might as well be infinite.

Giant Horror

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The magnitude of the ritual Gilles is conducting, all the Magus in Fuyuki can certainly sense it

No matter what, the ones who perceived the presence of the strange sorcery weren't Waver and Rider alone.

The spell-like waves emitted from the surrounding of Mion River were close to the multiple aria of the ritual magecraft class, something which could not be activated without at least 10 people. Certainly, every magus in Fuyuki city―namely, all the masters participating in the Holy Grail War, would have sensed that at once.

Gilles basically summoning Cthulhu, he can’t/doesn’t want to control it. It’s far larger than even whales and giant squids.

Saber nodded, and observed the enemy Servant painstakingly. Alone and not accompanied by his Master as usual, he was standing straight on the sandbar-less river center, as if standing on the water surface. Upon a close look, the thing which was turning into his foothold, was grotesque shadows gathering beneath the water surface. Looks like the swarm of creatures she battled at the forest the other day, had gathered under Caster's feet, forming a “sandbar”.

From the abnormal emission of prana. there was doubt that Caster was performing some sort of large-scale magecraft. The outset of this strange fog which centered about the river, was probably an aftermath due to this as well. Not showing even the expression of him focusing on his incantations, he was merely standing relaxingly― The vortex of raging prana overflowed from the grimoire in his hands, distorting even the space around it.

An extraordinary prana furnace, a Noble Phantasm which compiles the monologic procedures......Falling into the hands of a lunatic, there were no weapons as dangerous as this.

…

Under the feet of Caster's who was laughing out loud, the dark surface started shaking. The countless creatures which had gathered under the summoner's feet, protruded their innumerable tentacles simultaneously―weren't they swallowing down Caster who was standing on their heads, receiving them?

At the first look, Caster appeared to have been assaulted by the familiars which had betrayed him. However, with his entire body covered by the tentacles, Caster proudly raised the voice of his mad, ringing laughter further up a tone, which was already similar to a strange shriek.

“Now, once again we'll wave the salvation flag! It's good that the abandoned had gathered. Great that the condemned had gathered as well. I am the leader! I am the commander! The resentments towards us, the oppressed ones, surely would have reached even “God”! Oooh the Lord of heavens! I receive the condemnation and offer up my body!!”

The bubbling surface swelled up, and pushed up Caster who was still being swallowed by the tentacles. Before one knows, the number of the creatures becoming his foothold increased. If one considers the depth of the river, that number was already more terrifying than imagined.

“Caster is......being absorbed??”

In front of the eyes of the horrified Saber, the amount of creatures crowding at the summoner's body itself kept swelling. The summons of Prelati’s Spellbook had to be of an inexhaustible supply. The countless tentacles entwined among each other and fused together, and was already becoming a lump of meat.

The glittering, filthy mucus which could make one nauseous, was pretty much a sandbar of meat; an island of meat. Yet, as if that was still not enough, the assembly of creatures swelled continuously.

Even Caster's figure had disappeared. Only his voice reverberated like the cry of victory.

“O you proud “God”! O you cruel “God”! We'll drag you down from your heavenly seat! O Lamb loved by God! O humans who take after the image of God! At this very moment, scorn, insult, rip apart to your heart's content! We will ride on the guffaws of the rebels, to the lamentations and shrieks of God's children, and strike the gates of heaven!”

The dirty lump of meat had already swelled to the size of a sphere. No, maybe this is the real form of the diabolic underworld. All the familiars Caster had employed until today had to be but the bits and pieces of this; small fries which would not exceed this.

“That is......”

A grotesque shadow rising with darkness as its background. At that disgusting and yet overwhelming majesty, Saber held her breath.

Even the champions of the deep seas- whales and giant squids, could not boast of such large size. A nightmare which governs the ocean in the realm that is outside this world. Without a doubt, that aquatic giant fits the name of a “sea demon”.

…

“No, no matter how strong a Servant is, the “form” of the familiar they can summon and use should be limited. However, if we were to ignore “using”, there should be no limit to it...”

The supposedly stout-hearted Irisviel revealed her awe through her voice this time.

“Neglecting the controls after the summoning, if it is just “inviting”......no matter how powerful the monsters are, logically, it is still possible. As long as he has the prana and technique to just open the door.”

“......That monster is not under Caster's control?”

“No doubt about it.”

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The Giant Horror stretches out its tentacles over 100 meters in the blink of an eye to catch and drag down one of the F15s.

A nameless evil chill descended upon his back; Captain Ōgi reflexively tried to stop his wingman. However, Kobayashi's F15 had moved from circling to actual descent.

"Pull back! Diablo II!"

"If we observe it a bit closer, then we can know – "

At this moment, the two fighter jets were no longer onlookers.

The opponent wasn’t a modern weapon like anti-aircraft artillery or missiles, so Lieutenant Kobayashi had no way to estimate the range of the enemy’s attacks. And first of all, it would be impossible to react to tentacles that can stretch over 100 meters in the blink of an eye.

He couldn’t figure out what was happening even after the he lost control of the stick. It was as if he smacked into an invisible wall and spiralled into a fall. All he could do was scream.

Although he died this way, it may still be somewhat fortunate compared to what Captain Ōgi was seeing.

Numerous thick and robust web-like extensions stretched out from the surface of the meat lump on the river and entangled Kobayashi's craft, forcibly dragging the plane down despite the turbofan engine's thrust. Such a scene can only be called a nightmare.

The plane didn’t explode when it smashed into the meat lump. The F15, reduced into scrap iron, sank deeply into the gigantic primeval creature and was swallowed with not a single fragment left.

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Tremors caused by the Giant Horror from within Ioinoi Hetairoi are effecting the outside world. Iskander’s Reality Marble is approaching its limit.

Abruptly, restless tremors spread from the river bank all the way into its surroundings. Only the magi present knew just what these unexplainable tremor meant – the epicenter was probably the inside of the Reality Marble that Rider expanded. The powerful quakes of the raging sea demon were finally beginning to affect normal space. It was an omen that Rider's Reality Marble was finally approaching its ultimate limit.

Artoria continues to dodge Lancelot’s assault, Diarmuid boards the possessed F15 from spirit form.

As Waver grumbled he also attended to Saber, who kept dodging the attacks of the black knight, with a heart full of prayers.

“Damn it, Berserker, that bastard… can't something be done about him?!”

“– I will go.”

Lancer, responding resolutely, disappeared after grasping the now solitary crimson spear. The spearman that temporarily turned into spiritual form accurately materialized again on the body of the F15, steadying himself by grabbing the steel wings pulsing with black prana with one hand.

Ioinoi Hetairoi released the Giant Horror under where Kiritsugu shot his flare, its fall into the Mion river caused something akin to a tsunami.

Immediately after, as though it had been in wait, the air around them shook, and the space that was eroded by the thoughts of the Heroic Spirits returned to the shape it was meant to have. Firstly, an alien shadow covered the night sky like a mirage, then its real form emerged in an instant; the giant and ominous body then fell into the water. That place was directly underneath where Kiritsugu shot the flare.

The raging sheets of water thrown up by the gigantic mass impacting the water assaulted the river bank like a tsunami. However, Saber, the only one who had fought and held her own in direct combat with the sea demon, was not hit by even a single splash. The prana gushing out from her right now summoned a surging wind so pressurized that it brushed aside the wall of water.

vs Artoria Pendragon (Kiritsugu Emiya; Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5) and Iskander (Part 1, Part 2)

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Iskander goes to attack the Giant Horror with his Gordius Wheel

“Haha, aye! Well then, let me strike the first blow.”

Together with his roar of laughter, Rider lashed at the oxen of his chariot, and dashed up to the empty sky with clapping thunders. Not caring at all about Waver's shrieks who apparently hadn't made the mental preparation, the King of Conquerors' galloping Noble Phantasm started the straight-on charge towards that gargantuan sea monster.

Artoria attacks the Giant Horror with Invisible Air

As she got closer, the figure of the sea monster grew all the more. As if bending over towards Saber, it overwhelmed her with its odious dignity.

Like a group of snakes, the curvy tentacles which extended all over freely, stretched out to intercept the approaching King of Knights.

Nevertheless, neither its strangeness nor its odiousness could hinder her sprint. Right now, fear and impatience were the same in Saber's heart.

“Let's settle this, Caster!”

The beheading strike of the Barrier of the Wind King which was swung over her head with renewed fighting spirit, first hit the sea monster with a merciless stroke.

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Neither Artoria’s strikes or Iskander’s Gordius Wheel could damage the Giant Horror fast enough to compete with its regeneration

In truth, it is evident that the battle is progressing towards despair.

Although Saber and Rider’s blades continued to slash the sea demon’s gigantic body with no respite, it showed no signs of being wounded.

Of course, it wasn’t that the Servants were holding back. The unyielding sword that clove rocks and the iron hooves that brought forth roaring thunder; they ruthlessly carved out the sea demon’s flesh, scattering them about in waves of blood and decay. However, the shredded wounds would be filled up by new flesh in the blink of an eye.

The demonic monsters that Caster summoned and commanded previously also had physical regeneration abilities, so it was not surprising. However, the giant sea demon this time was indeed enormous in size. It was as if they were digging a hole in a marsh; the damage of the two Servants combined cannot keep pace with the monster's regeneration.

Even the utmost effort and combined attacks of the King of Knights and King of Conquerors could only slow down the sea demon's progress towards the river bank by a little.

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Artoria’s slashes at the Giant Horror are fruitless, it regenerates too fast

Despite grinding her teeth in despair, Saber was neither frightened nor daunted, and continued to brandish her sword.

No matter how deep her slashes, the wound would be filled instantly without a trace. This was a fruitless effort ― no, if they could just slow the monster down even by a little this battle would have meaning. However, when the impending outcome is considered, this equates to no more than futile resistance.

Excalibur is required to end the Giant Horror

Although it was an unavoidable regret, Saber could not help but consider it. Even with the exceptionally powerful Noble Phantasms possessed by Rider and Archer, it will not be enough to fell this monster. No matter how large a force they use to trample it, it is meaningless if all its injuries can be regenerated from instantly. To defeat this horror, one must simply deliver a strike that covers it entirely, obliterating it down to the last scrap of flesh ― what is needed is not an Anti-Army, but an Anti-Fortress Noble Phantasm.

Excalibur could achieve this, but Saber could not use it now. The fatal secret technique which releases in a single blow an enormous surge of energy rivaling her entire prana supply; no matter the circumstance, for her to use it, she must swing the sword with both hands.

Ioinoi Hetairoi can only contain the Giant Horror, Iskander’s elites can’t fully destroy it

"For the time being I'll drag that thing into Ioinoi Hetairoi. Well, it'll probably be impossible to destroy it completely even with my elites. Confining it in my Reality Marble is the best I can do."

…

"After taking in such a giant, I can maintain my bounded field of troops for a few minutes at most. During that time, by any means possible ― Heroic Spirits, find a strategy that will grant us victory. Boy, you stay here too."

...

"Once the bounded field is deployed, I will have no way of knowing the situation outside. Boy, if something happens, concentrate and call me. I'll dispatch a messenger to you."

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The Giant Horror had been able to cover the Gordius Wheel in scars.

At the same time as the reappearance of the sea demon, Rider’s chariot Gordius Wheel also leapt into the dim night sky once again. Its scar-covered form told of the degree of intensity of the battle that played out inside the Reality Marble, but his majestic and awe-inspiring flying form was not diminished at all.

Excalibur vs the Giant Horror. The river water was evaporated in an instant, every single atom composing the body of the Giant Horror was exposed to the scorching impact/burning to cinders. All matter struck by Excalibur’s white light was annihilated.

“Ex – calibur!!!”

Light galloped.

Light roared.

The prana, accelerated by the factor of the released dragon, became a streak of light, a swirling and surging torrent that devoured the sea demon together with the dark night.

A silent scream rose within the river water evaporating in an instant, as every single atom composing the body of the giant sea demon that had been the embodiment of terror were exposed to the scorching impact.

But in the center of the sea demon being completely burnt to cinders, within a fortress of bulky defiled flesh, Caster simply wordlessly watched over this moment of white blinding annihilation which had stolen his heart.

…

Before this murmur, directed at no one, left his mouth, all matter was brought into another world, annihilated by the white light.

…

Archer, standing on the high arch of the bridge and looking down upon all, couldn’t help but have a smile emerging on his face when he saw this light of destruction that burnt and consumed all.

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Extra detail on the destruction caused by Excalibur vs the Giant Horror

“We are the managers of Fuyuki. If the Heaven’s Feel is going to leave the concealment of the Holy Church and proceed openly, then I hope unnecessary disturbances can be avoided.”

At this moment, Maiya, who had been quiet until now, suddenly interrupted.

“Saber’s Noble Phantasm caused damage to the surrounding structures last night?”

“– Luckily, it was minimal damage. Coincidentally, there was a large ship on the path of her attack. However, one mistake would have indeed flattened all the houses on the opposite river bank.”

“It was us who placed the ship there.”

Hearing Maiya’s words, Saber’s eyebrows twitched. Indeed, it was precisely because that ship was there that she was able to use Excalibur without worries. However, she only knew upon hearing Maiya that it was actually prepared by Kiritsugu.

vs Gilgamesh (Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5)

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From 500 meters in the air, Gilgamesh sends a barrage of 4 Noble Phantasm (swords and spears) at the Giant Horror, they have the power to split mountains and take out 1/3rd of the Giant Horror’s body. It still regenerates. It needs to be all destroyed in 1 blow, from something like Ea.

The King of Heroes rode upon a shining bright ‘ark’ made of gold and emerald, 500 meters above the ground.

…

The King of Heroes gave Tokiomi a glance of displeasure. Then he swung his right hand, which was propping up his chin on the edge of the ship. Four swords and spears appeared in the air next to him. The shining primeval Noble Phantasms unleashed a thunderous roar, and flew to impale the filthy mountain of meat that wriggled down below.

Saber and Rider reacted immediately and jumped away to avoid being caught in the attack, but Caster’s sea monster was in no ways so agile. The four Noble Phantasms hit it head on. Their power, enough to split mountains, blew one-third of the giant beast’s body into nothingness.

It was an unprecedentedly mighty impact, but Caster laughed out loud with an even more piercing sound.

"How can it be...?"

Tokiomi was dumbfounded. Beneath him, the wriggling meat mountain swelled up like a balloon, and repaired the damaged parts as he watched.

The physical structure of the giant meat lump was perhaps as simple as an amoeba. It has no bones or organs, and thus no weaknesses. Its movement won’t be impaired no matter which body part is destroyed, and it will speedily restore the destroyed parts relying on its mighty regeneration ability.

…

"With a regeneration ability of this level, we can only destroy it entirely with one blow. The only one who can do this is you, the King of Heroes, and the Sword of Rupture – "

…

Indeed, it is impossible. With Gilgamesh's pride, he would only draw his his trump card, his cherished blade, when facing an opponent whom he recognizes as 'fitting.'

However, there was no other way to completely destroy Caster’s sea demon. That was also the truth.

Horrors

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Gilles kills a kid with his Eldritch Abominations

The boy opened the door and stepped into the corridor. In front of him was the entranceway. His eyes drowned in fear until then were now shinning again in hope and relief.

The climax came the next instant.

The boy was leaving the stairs behind him, facing the entranceway. From the second floor, invisible from the living room, something suddenly fell down in an avalanche on the young boy. A bundle of heavy ropes ― no, a flock of countless snakes ― an indescribable life form, or rather, a living creature twined around the boy's whole body, and with an otherworldly force, took away the young body up to the second floor.

Then― a soul-rending scream. The clicking tongues of an infinite number of creatures, and the echo of small bones crushed. The rashness of whatever was happening on the upper floor easily stimulated imagination even without witnessing it.

...

Ryūnosuke was at loss of words.

The 'thing' that was feasting on the kid's remains upstairs was, apparently, the man's doing. He was the one who had appeared from the bloody magic circle, after all. There was no possible doubt something had happened when he had opened his book with the binding made out of human skin.

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The Horrors Gilles summoned have attack powers "equal to swords"

Moreover, once those monsters are summoned, they would materialize and carry a threat different from magecraft. The teeth and curved claws of the monsters have attack powers equal to swords. The only things Saber could use are her sword and body when facing those monsters.

vs Artoria Pendragon (Kiritsugu Emiya; Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5) and Diarmuid Ua Duibhne

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Gilles summoned Horrors from within the corpses of the children using Prelati's Spellbook, they restrain Artoria

Clack, the child’s spine made a sound. His sobs became painful wails.

Saber was shocked beyond words; the little figure in front of her eyes burst apart. Moreover, what gushed out from within the child was not red blood.

It was an inky horde of snakes, countless snakes intertwined together – no, that thing was covered with suckers as big as fish gills, not something as simple as a group of snakes. Are they octopi? Or the tentacles of some strange octopus-like creature? Those tentacles, as thick as Saber’s arms, extended in the blink of an eye and wrapped themselves around the silver armor, starting to tightly constrain Saber’s arms and legs.

The flesh and blood of the hostage still hung on the demonic monsters summoned from another world – there was more than one demonic monster surrounding Saber. Endless tentacles continued to emerge from the remains of the hostages scattered everywhere; a dozen or so monsters surrounded Saber almost immediately.

Those monsters are about the same size. They have no limbs or a lower body, making them impossible to describe with words. There is a circular mouth at the end of each one of those endless tentacles. The mouths contain razor-sharp teeth like a shark’s. Although the origins of those creatures are unknown, they’re definitely not living beings of nature. They might be creatures from another world, and that world does not obey the natural laws.

“I should have told you beforehand, you should make full preparations the next time you see me.”

Caster laughed loudly as if celebrating his victory. As he spoke, a thick book appeared in his hands. The cover of the book was wet and glistening and, unbelievably, a piece of human skin was placed on it. It is only an ordinary book by the look of it, but with Saber’s lightning-like senses she could tell that massive amounts of prana surged around with the book as its center and expanded outwards. Without a doubt, that book is Caster’s Noble Phantasm.

“This is the magical book my friend and ally left for me. I obtained the means to lead armies of demons using this book. What do you think? Is it that no other army can stand up to the majesty of my demonic army?”

Artoria employs Mana Burst to annihilate the Horrors

Saber didn’t reply. She was still tightly bound by the tentacles. The rotten and smashed formless carcass still remained in her hands. Those demonic monsters consume the flesh of the hostages as they emerge; therefore the remains of the carcass no longer had any solid weight. That kid was just crying and clutching to the edge of her clothes a minute before; now it was already reduced to this tragic state.

“– That’s enough. I don’t want to compete for the Grail with you anymore.”

The swordsman Servant, Saber, said quietly. At the same time, she released the anger that has been roaring and fuming in her heart.

The demonic monsters began to retreat backwards. Compared to sound waves, that impact wave brought more force to Caster’s eardrums.

What erupted from the slender body of the girl was a yell of blood-churning anger – and a huge burst of prana. Those tentacles that surrounded Saber’s entire body didn’t endure even a second of her prana burst. They broke into slivers of flesh in the blink of an eye, scattered away and disappeared. Not a trace of the slime that enveloped Saber lingered on her; the silver armor regained its brilliant shine. Amid the hordes of demonic monsters, the girl stood like the god of war, and glared at Caster with burning eyes.

Artoria's magic resistance wouldn't help her against Gilles as he is fighting as a summoner

Considering the special abilities of Servant classes, Saber has an overwhelming advantage over Caster when they battle. When she achieved the class of the Heroic Spirit of the sword her ability of magic resistance was increased in magnitudes. If Caster uses magecraft as his main weapon and intensively resists Saber upfront, then he has not the smallest amount of chance.

But –

Caster is a magus who can summon evil demons.

Saber’s magic resistance ability can only be activated when someone targets her to use magecraft. It can not stop Caster from summoning monsters from other worlds.

Artoria is capable of defending against the Horrors without losing ground, but she's unable to gain ground on them either in her current wounded condition. She has to defend against them with all her might.

But even so, Saber, the mightiest in armed battle, would not fear any mere monsters summoned from another world. That is most certain. However, that is something she could only do when her body has no wounds.

The battle of the forest reflected in the crystal ball was definitely not an optimistic situation.

Faced with the monstrous tentacles that continuously attacked her, Saber didn’t move back a single step. She still maintained the swift and ferocious attacking posture. Every time Saber waved the invisible sharp sword in her hands, monsters would be cleaved apart in the air. Those hordes of tentacles did not manage to go near the girl Servant a single step.

Saber is completely capable of pushing back the monsters’ attacks, but those monsters attacked one wave after another – this means Saber was already in a bad situation where she has to defend with all her might.

Although Saber can defeat the opposing army with her vicious swordplay, Caster was merely standing far away with ease and watching her fight. Saber couldn’t even get one step closer to the leader of the monsters, Caster.

Gilles' Horrors can regenerate, Gilles and wounded Artoria are left in a stalemate/equal to each other

Countless new monsters with their tentacles continued to grow out of places where they were severed, and endless monsters also emerged from the pools of blood soaking the earth. Those monsters surrounded Saber in layers.

That invisible sword and the continuously summoned and materializing monsters were in a situation where their powers were completely equal to each other. This means Caster holds the reins for this battle. That magus wasn’t trying to get a quick victory but moved step by step, maneuvering just enough forces needed to combat Saber, and got the battle into a deadlock.

It seems like Caster planned to fight a drawn-out battle. He wants to tire Saber out, exhaust all her energy, and then finish Saber off with one blow. Moreover, right now Saber was completely stuck in Caster’s trap.

Perhaps the situation would have been different if Saber wasn’t wounded. It’d be a piece of cake for Saber to handle this group of weaklings. However, now Saber’s left hand was troubled by that curse. Saber’s expression could be seen through the crystal ball; she was evidently very anxious about not being able to fight as she wishes.

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Artoria defeats 50 of Gilles' Horrors, they respawn from the corpses of the ones Artoria kills. She considers them to be overly fragile summoned creatures. Artoria's instincts warn her about the Horrors functioning as an endlessly regenerating wave.

Saber sensed the enemy’s intentions after she defeated three monsters.

She didn’t yet know the reason. However, the overly fragile tentacle monsters and Caster’s unnatural degree of confidence triggered Saber’s instinctive alarm.

After defeating ten, Saber finally confirmed the reason for her unsettledness.

The amount of enemies didn’t decrease. No matter how many she defeats, new enemies would emerge. Caster’s summoning magecraft continuously called for reinforcements from other worlds.

Even so, it didn’t matter; Saber silently steeled herself. No matter how big the number of enemies may swell into, all she has to do is to defeat them twice as fast here. Driven by her boiling morale, Saber’s sword sped up in the blink of an eye.

Thirty. Since the enemies didn’t decrease a single bit, a flash of anxiety passed over Saber’s heart.

Fifty. Saber understood that it’s pointless to count anymore. It wasn’t just the hostage children’s flesh and blood that acted as the breeding ground for the demonic monsters – from her peripheral vision Saber realized that new demonic monsters were born from the defeated corpses of other monsters. So that was it, no wonder they didn’t decrease. It’s as if the defeated demonic monsters are able to be reborn indefinitely.

Artoria begins to use only the bare minimum of power to conserve her strength to overcome the Horrors

If so, then this is a competition concerning the amount of stored prana. Saber immediately slowed her sword when she realized this is going to be a long battle. She won’t last long if she swings her sword with everything she’s got; she can only use the minimum amount of strength necessary to conduct her hunt.

Artoria's wounded left hand is a handicap, she has to overly compensate for it with Mana Burst

Saber once again felt worried with the fact that she can’t use her left hand. She has to use prana bursts to compensate her lack in strength when she’s only using her right hand to wield her sword. In this situation, any extra spending of prana is a burden heavier than anything else.

Using Excalibur, Artoria would be able to vaporize all the Horrors

Originally, if she could hold the hilt of this sword with both hands – using one blow of Excalibur • the Sword of Promised Victory should completely vaporize this filthy trash.

Artoria has already slain over 100 Horrors. She was struggling while Gilles wasn't anymore tired than he started

Saber kept fighting with her sword despite her bitter remorse. Although over a hundred monsters have been defeated, Caster was still smiling with ease while admiring Saber’s struggling battle.

As Gilles is overwhelming Artoria with an army of Horrors 10 to 20 fold, she's unable to reach Gilles to strike him with her sword

She really wants to block that mouth which is blabbering nonsense. She really wants to let him know just what judgment would be passed onto the sin that he’s committed, robbing the lives of children due to his boring vain hopes – but even as she thought that, her sword can’t touch him at all. Saber was stopped by the wall of demonic monsters that overwhelmed her tenfold and twentyfold. Her distance from Caster was too great.

Artoria's wounded left hand prevents her from removing the restraint of the Horrors, using Mana Burst against so many is seemingly implied to be too exhausting for her at this point in the fight

Saber leapt into a slight gap but a tentacle behind her wrapped itself around her head. Although she reflexively stretched out her hand to grab it before it wrapped around her, her left hand, with its thumb completely out of her control, slipped powerlessly across the skin of the tentacle.

“Uuuu…”

And as soon as Saber stopped, all of her field of view was completely covered by the wall of tentacles. She can only use a prana burst to blow them apart. But this many of them…

Diarmuid pushes back the horde of Horrors engulfing Artoria

In the blink of an eye, a golden red lightning flashed past, and pushed back that alien horde.

In front of Saber, who was gasping after her bondage were taken off, a tall figure dressed in teal armor entered her sight.

“How unsightly, Saber. If your swordplay can’t get anymore awe-inspiring, then the title of the King of Knights would cry out for help.”

Both Diarmuid and Artoria cleave apart more Horrors

The two Heroic Spirits joked with each other and sprang toward the gathered demonic monsters. The holy sword and two demonic spears cleaved apart the mass of tentacles that stretched towards them from all directions.

Gilles doubles the number of Horrors he's summoned

The magecraft book in Caster’s hand throbbed weirdly as if reinforcing his roar; pages flipped by themselves continuously. All of sudden, the amount of demonic monsters that emerged doubled. The mass of tentacles that looked as if they will drown out the forest surged towards Saber and Lancer.

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Artoria and Diarmuid have killed 500 Horrors

By now, the number of enemies cut down by Saber and Lancer had long surpassed five hundred.

Artoria uses Invisible Air's Strike Air to mow through Gilles wall of Horrors

With a loud voice, the King of Knights commanded the noble holy sword.

"Strike Air!"

In the middle of the whirling air, the resplendent brilliance of gold shone through.

The sheath of super-high pressured air that protected the holy sword was released from the bondage of the invisible barrier – bellowing forth like a savage dragon's roar.

The secret sword technique that guaranteed the kill. It is a different way to use the Noble Phantasm Invisible Air. Last night in the battle against Lancer she released this extreme air pressure to accelerate quickly. If it was released towards the enemy it would become a tempest, a crushing hammer that blows away entire armies.

Thoughtlessly packed together, the demonic beasts took the blow all the harder. The super-high pressure tempest, compacted like a solid force, smashed the demonic monsters to smithereens, mixing the minced flesh together with gravel and broken wood. It was as if an invisible giant hand swept across the entire earth and opened up a dead straight path. The instant they were blown apart by the air pressure, a perfect hole appeared in the demonic monsters' ranks.

The destructive power of Strike Air was countered by the many layers of demonic monsters, reduced to a strong gust of wind that merely blew at the ends of Caster’s robe when it reached him.

The penetrated gap would serve as a path. However, against the density of the demonic monsters summoned, it could only count as a temporary opening that could be sealed off immediately.

Diarmuid mows down more Horrors on his way towards Gilles, Gae Dearg proceeds to disrupt the magic of Prelati's Spellbook by cutting it and the Horrors Gilles summoned vanish

When his feet once again touched earth he was barely ten strides away from Caster, with no obstructing barriers between them.

"I have you, Caster!"

"Ahhh!?"

The demonic monsters that turned around due to their master's crisis stretched their tentacles together towards Lancer's back. But Lancer didn't turn back. He brandished the short spear in his left hand behind him like a windmill to cut down the pursuing attacks, while he turned half his body and approached Caster with the long spear in his right hand extended.

He was just short of the killing blow. The long spear's strike only resulted in the tip cutting slightly into the surface, and didn't make a serious tear.

But the Noble Phantasm in the enchanting spearman's hand was such a weapon that would decide the victor on the battlefield even with such a slight touch.

"Gouge, Gáe Dearg!"

His growl was followed by a crimson stab. The tip of the spear did not touch Caster’s fragile body – but the cover of the grimoire in his hand.

That is the red spearhead which once penetrated Saber’s Invisible Air and canceled out her magical armor. It is a fatal "Noble Phantasm killer", capable of severing all ties of prana. For Caster, who completely relied on the mighty power of the grimoire to summon demonic monsters to manipulate, it was a decisive blow equal to a checkmate.

"Boom", a sound akin to waves breaking against rocks beside the sea echoed in the forest.

The countless alien demonic monsters on the ground all liquefied in the blink of an eye. The demonic monsters, which were originally created from the flesh and blood of the sacrifices, changed back into blood and scattered away. They lost the power to materialize into being the moment the prana supply from Prelati's Spellbook was terminated.

Both Artoria and Diarmuid were too fast for Gilles to be able to attempt resummoning all the Horrors even after Prelati's Spellbook healed itself

Within the rapidly retreating Caster’s hands, the grimoire immediately activated its ability as a prana furnace and quickly regenerated the damaged cover. The prana was only cut off during the brief moment when Gáe Dearg’s blade was in contact with the grimoire; the spear had no power to damage the Noble Phantasm itself. However, once canceled, the magecraft can’t be salvaged. Even if he wanted to repeat the summoning spell, Saber and Lancer’s holy sword and twin spears wouldn’t give him the time either.

vs Iskander (Part 1, Part 2)

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Iskander's Gordius Wheel tramples numerous Horrors summoned by Gilles in the sewer

The interior of the sewer Waver discovered, was indeed the haunts of non-humans. Possessing countless tentacles, the innumerable aquatic monsters stayed there as if crowding together in the narrow tunnel, lying in wait to strangle any pitiful trespasser to death.

...

The trampling rampage of Gordius Wheel • Wheel of Heaven's Authority in the sewer was just like a lightning-clad excavator. The body fluids and pieces of flesh of the monsters which was ran down, trampled and scorched, thickly filled the inside of the tunnel like a fog. Together on the carriage, it was as if Waver could not see his surroundings.

...

Defence like this which only relied on the number of the small fries, was not a suitable prey for Servants furnished with Anti-Army Noble Phantasms. Therefore, for Rider, this was but a resistance-less turn of events, an anticlimax.

...

The wall of flesh of the pulverized creatures which were trying in vain to block their path, had thinned down before they realized. Before long, there was no more tentacle left; and the chariot was released from the blood spray, springing into a wide space. Just like before, the surrounding was in pitch darkness, without even a ray of light. There was no flow of air as well, but they could no longer feel the oppressive feeling like when they were in that narrow, confined space.

Hypnosis

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Gilles was mind controlling a group of 10 children with his magecraft

What was making Irisviel puzzled was the fact that Caster led a group of people behind him.

Caster didn’t act alone this time. It looks as if he led ten or so people behind him, and sauntered forward in the forest. All these people were immature children. Even the oldest only looked like primary school students. All the children wobbled as they walked like they were sleep-walking, while Caster walked at the front leading them on. Undoubtedly, these children were controlled by Caster’s magecraft.

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Gilles hypnotized the driver of a small truck

Although he was dumbfounded upon discovering that figure in a inky black cloak, obviously from the wrong era, strolling casually along the suburban streets at dusk, Kayneth began his chase when he saw Caster stopping a small truck that passed by, gave hypnotic suggestions at the driver, and then sat in it with the children as if it was a kindergarten trip.

Healing Magecraft

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Gilles is able to use healing and rejuvenation spells in order to keep a mutilated body alive

Even Bluebeard praised Ryūnosuke for his idea of making a living human into a pipe organ to play lamenting music. To make the girl picked as the material not die from massive blood loss or infections, Bluebeard placed a few healing and rejuvenation spells on her body, and specially made some adjustments to prevent the pain from numbing her brain.

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Gilles can use a crystal ball to scry and observe events from a distance

In such a darkness, there was a sphere that shone with a white light like the full moon viewed from beneath the water surface.

It was a crystal globe the size of a ball of yarn. The translucent, faint light came from the images floating within it.

Rubbles piled like mountains. A desolate nightscape. Yet this scenario was not present at the beginning. The current image of complete destruction was not present twenty minutes ago as it was simply emptiness. Behind its back, the crystal ball projected and recorded every detail.

Also, the two VIPs who saw all of the fighting. The dim light from the crystal ball illuminated the pair’s faces as both of their visages expressed unusual joy at the sight of destruction.

“Impressive! Truly impressive!!”

A happy demonic killer that stepped into this extraordinary world with an astronomical rarity - Uryū Ryūnosuke. His slanted eyes sparkled with a childishly innocent smile, and began to cheer.

“Sir Bluebeard, everything that happened was real, right? Awesome! This isn’t just some video game platform!”

Physical strength, durability, and speed?

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Gilles can squash the head of a girl with his grip

Ryūnosuke haven't figured out what the sentence suddenly uttered by Bluebeard meant. Caster left the shocked Ryūnosuke at the side, stretched out a hand from inside the black robe, and placed it on the gasping girl tied on the crucifix like the claw of an eagle.

"It's definitely not enough! This degree!"

"Ah, yeah. I figured that out too... Huh?"

Ryūnosuke's sentence stopped halfway through. Caster's spider-like fingers gradually increased in force; the girl's head was squashed to pieces in his hand as if it was a fruit.

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Gilles crushes another child's skull with his hand's grip

Caster’s hand stretched out from the sleeve of the cassock with a swish, and caught a child beside him.

“Stop!”

Saber knew that her prevention would have no effect, yet she couldn’t help but yell out.

The sound of a skull shattering. Brain matter sprayed in all directions and eyeballs slid down in the air. Those nightmarish scenes were engraved into everyone’s mind.

The children let out a harrowing scream and scattered everywhere. Caster, standing in the middle, laughed loudly and happily and licked his blood-covered fingers with his tongue.

Gilles de Rais vs Artoria Pendragon (Kiritsugu Emiya; Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5)

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Gilles is able to react to Artoria's charge in time to release a surge of mana that he planned to use to vaporize the blood of his fallen Horrors to use as a smoke screen to escape

Lancer’s momentary wavering was a god-sent opening for the desperate Caster.

Within Caster’s hand, having already finished regenerating, Prelati's Spellbook throbbed with torrents of prana. Of course, Saber wouldn’t stand aside and leave the magus’s spells alone.

"Futile struggles!"

Saber wielded her holy sword with her right hand and rushed forward, trying to defeat the enemy before he could complete his incantation.

But Caster wasn’t foolish enough to pronounce incantations in front of a blade. He didn’t speak even one syllable of incantations, just chaotically let out the surge of prana that the Noble Phantasm produced.

Although the previous summoning magecraft was nullified, the pools of blood that stained the ground were still connected to the prana. The uncontrollable prana that spurt out flowed into that mesh of blood, but finally scattered apart without forming any shapes.

"Ku..."

Her sight was blocked off before she got close enough to strike; even Saber didn’t take a rash move and stopped her steps.

Caster didn’t intend to complete the spell to begin with, but forcibly activated a magecraft that was bound to fail. That would be enough in this situation. The blood that didn’t form any summoned monsters immediately boiled and evaporated due to the saturated prana in them, spreading out in all direction as a fog. This is an imprudent skill that could only be used with the enormous amount of prana provided by a Noble Phantasm.

What he expected – was a blinding mist.

Even Caster, overloaded with confidence, deducted that it would be impossible to reverse the situation and arrive at victory at this state. The magus Servant quickly removed materialization in the time while the bloody mist covered Saber and Lancer’s sight. Faced with two of the three knight classes, he didn’t even get to leave a word behind. Swallowing his anger and humiliation, Caster rapidly left the battlefield in spiritual form.

 

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So, Hundred Face Hassan?

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Hassan's prana has a great difference compared to a human's (contextually, this would probably be referring to both Kirei and Tokiomi)

That skinny and tall shadow has a great difference in prana compared to humans. He's 'something inhuman.' A strange one wearing a long black cloak and a white skull-like mask to shield his features.

Yes, he is the first Heroic Spirit to be summoned in the fourth Heaven's Feel, the Servant "Assassin" who made a contract with Kotomine Kirei — Hassan-i Sabbāh.

Hassan's perception lets them judge Kirei's not being followed through his aura

"No matter what tricks they play, they cannot hide it from my eyes, the eyes of the Heroic Spirit of Subterfuge, Hassan. My Master, Kirei, does not have any aura of being followed by an enemy around him... you can relax."

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Assassin Class is considered the weakest fighter

That was the order of his Master Kirei. Against the despised, weakest fighter Assassin, he won't be afraid and won't hurry— it should be easy to betray the miscalculations of the Heroic Spirit Archer summoned by Tōsaka Tokiomi.

Class: Assassin
Master: Kirei Kotomine
True Name: Hassan-i Sabbah
Gender: -
Height/Weight: -
Alignment: Lawful Evil

Strength: C
Endurance: D
Agility: A
Mana: C
Luck: E
Noble Phantasm: B

Class Skills
■ Presence Concealment: A+

Personal Skills
■ Librarian of Stored Knowledge: C
■ Expert of Many Specializations: A+

Noble Phantasm
■ Zabaniya：Delusional Illusion
Rank: B+
Type: Anti-Unit (Self) Noble Phantasm
Range: -

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Diarmuid Ua Duibhne [Servant]
The Lancer class Servant of the Fourth Holy Grail War, summoned by Kayneth El-Melloi Archibald. A hero of the Fianna, spoken of in Irish mythology. The story of his tragic love affair with Grainne would later become the model for the story of Lancelot and Guinevere. It's no wonder that the Berserker of the Fourth Holy Grail War has such bad compatibility with him!
In battle, he wields two Noble Phantasms: the Crimson Rose of Exorcism (Gae Dearg) which temporarily nullifies the effects of magical energy, and the Yellow Rose of Mortality (Gae Buidhe) which inflicts cursed wounds that cannot be healed by any means.
His basic parameters are not particularly high, but he excels at using battle tactics designed to trip up enemies stronger than himself. In particular, he is the natural enemy of those Heroic Spirits which rely on the powers of their Noble Phantasms to fight. Depending on his strategy, it's even possible that he could have won the entire Fourth Holy Grail War (or suffer a humiliating defeat at the hands of Assassin).
Out of all the Servants in the fourth war, he had the second-worst compatibility with his Master. Though, if his very first opponent had been anybody besides Saber, he might have been able to fight in a way more in line with his Master's expectations. For you see, it was Saber's serene beauty and grace which kindled the flames of chivalry within his heart. Also, while he was summoned as a Lancer this time, and therefore carried the twin demonic spears Gae Dearg and Gae Buidhe, his legends also speak of a pair of demonic swords: Moralltach and Beagalltach. So, there was actually a decent chance he could have been summoned as a Saber. Or rather, that's probably what Kayneth was hoping for…

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Hundred-Faced Hassan [Servant]
The Assassin Heroic Spirit who participated in the Fourth Holy Grail War. One of the "Old Man of the Mountain" amongst the generations of Hassan-i Sabbah.
He was an exception in Hassans, as he did not undergo the body modification called "Zabaniya". Instead, he took advantage of his affliction of Multiple Personality Disorder and acted as an assassin without a true identity.
When summoned as a spiritual entity and emerged as a Servant, segments of his compartmentalized soul each materialized as an individual. However, due to the potential of the spirit being only that of one person, the abilities of the Assassins produced by the division were extremely low, reaching the nadir of the capabilities of Servants.
In addition, each personality has his strengths and weaknesses. Among them, there are impatient glory-hounds who ignore orders like fools, and individuals who are terrible at ambushes despite being assassins. However, if one can comprehend their characteristics and apply their skills in the right situations, the Hundred-Faced Hassan can be a very dangerous Servant. Unfortunately, because his Master had no intention of winning the war, he was damned to the fate of a voyeur.
The Hundred-Faced Hassan was summoned by Kotomine Kirei when he was still a lackey of Tokiomi Tohsaka, thus he was truly a servant of a servant. Even so, he still harboured a wish that he hoped the Grail could grant (by the way, it was "to have a perfect and unified personality"). He even plotted to hijack the Holy Grail before Kirei and Tokiomi, had the war have gone in their favour. However, in the end he did not even have a chance to show his rebellious side before becoming the first Servant eliminated from the war.

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Hassan of the Hundred-Faces
Class: Assassin
True Name: Hassan-i Sabbah
Gender: Depends on the individual
Source: Islam, Old Man of the Mountain
Origin: Middle East
Alignment: Lawful Evil
Height: – cm
Weight: – kg

Strength: C
Endurance: D
Agility: A
Mana: C
Luck: E
NP: B

Scenario writer: Nasu Kinoko · Urobuchi Gen/ Original character designer: Takeuchi Takashi / Character designer: Taskohna/ CV: Abe Akina
Major appearances: Fate/Zero

Class skills:
Presence Concealment A+:
Severs presence as a Servant. Suitable for covert actions.
It is nearly impossible to be discovered if presence is completely cut off.
However, the rank of Presence Concealment falls greatly when adopting preparations to attack.

Personal skills:
Librarian of Stored Knowledge C:
Distributed processing of memory through multiple personalities.
By passing a Luck check, knowledge perceived in the past can definitely be reproduced in the memory even if it wasn’t acknowledged.

Expert of Many Specializations A+:
Proper usage of professional skills by arbitrarily switching between the multiple personalities.
Tactics, scholarship, espionage, assassination, swindling, rhetoric, and other 32 types of specialties in total can be demonstrated with proficiency of B rank or above.

Noble Phantasm:
Zabaniya
Delusional Illusion
Rank: B+
Type: Anti-Unit Noble Phantasm
Range: ?
Maximum number of targets: 1 person

Zabaniya.
A Noble Phantasm ability originated from the multiple personalities had during life. A division of the spiritual potential is performed along with the division of the multiple personalities, and makes possible to act as different individuals (up to 80 bodies + there’s the possibility of the appearance of an unconscious ego).
Since the bodies exist responding to each personality, the appearances vary from elders to youngsters, men and women, giant builds and small statures, but it seems the race is fixed.
Confirmed names are Zayd the Base, Makul the Quick, Gozul the Remarkable.
Since they split themselves, the total power remains the same no matter how much the number of individuals increases.
Therefore, the more they divide the lower the ability of the individuals, but only the characteristic skill of the class of the assassin 『Presence Concealment』 doesn’t decline, and by making maximum use of this, they become an extremely excellent intelligence organization.
Each of the divided individuals is respectively established as a different entity.
If one of the divided individuals dies, that individual doesn’t return to the entirety of Assassin, but it becomes eliminated. There isn’t a superior that can be called 『real form』, so it’s not like they’re birthing inferior 『offshoots』, all Assassins are existences with the same rank.
Also, it’s not like they’re connected by something like telepathy, so if they don’t communicate by any means like conversation, they can’t share the information they have.

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Personality:
Through many diverse technical skills and abundant knowledge, as well as a wondrous spirituality whose attitude can’t be predicted by anyone, they have been feared as 『Hundred Faces』, but the truth is that they’re a person who suffered from the mental disorder that nowadays is known as multiple personalities.
By the process of being summoned as a spiritual body and existing in the current world as a Servant, they’ve fulfilled a separate materialization for all the disrupted souls.
However, since by nature their spiritual potential is in the end one person worth and the abilities of the separated individual Assassins are extremely low, they only have power of the lowest level to operate as Servants.
Since they have a great number of personalities that can’t be unconditionally put in order, diverse flaws, strengths and weaknesses can be found depending on the personality.
For that reason, inside there are personalities like idiots that, eager for merits, ignore the Master’s orders in reconnaissance missions, clumsy girls that easily fail at assassination, or pains in the neck.
By understanding all their personalities, they are a Servant that can become a tremendous threat in the case of operating systematically thinking of the right person in the right place, but if the Master doesn’t seriously intend to aim for victory so far, a waste of talent is inevitable.

Hassan of the Hundred Visages - Assassin

Illustrator and Voice actor
Illustrator: Task Ohna
Voice Actor: Abe Akina

Parameters
Strength: C
Endurance: D
Agility: A
Mana: C
Luck: E
Noble Phantasm: B

Personal Skills
Librarian of Stored Knowledge: C
Expert of Many Specializations: A+
Battle Retreat:　B

Class Skills
Presence Concealment: A

Noble Phantasm
Zabaniya: Delusional Illusion
Rank: B+
Type: Anti-Unit Noble Phantasm

Profile
One of the successive generations of the Old Man of the Mountain, Hassan. Because of a too wide-ranging abundance of knowledge and an inexplicable mentality with tendencies that nobody can predict, he was feared as the one of "hundred visages", but in truth he was a character who suffered from a mental disorder known today as multiple personality.

Level 1 Bond
Height/Weight: Differs from each individual
Source: Middle East, Old Man of the Mountain
Region: Middle East
Alignment: Lawful Evil　　Gender: Differs from each individual
A crowd while an individual, yet an individual while a crowd of shadows.

Level 2 Bond
"Delusional Phantom"
Rank: B+　　Type: Anti-Unit Noble Phantasm
Zabaniya.
A Noble Phantasm ability originated from the multiple personality from his lifetime.
The division that comes with multiple personality also carries out a division of one's own spiritual potential, making possible to take action as different individuals.
Because each personality manifests with their own respective bodies, there are various appearances of men and woman of all ages, of big frame and small stature.

Level 3 Bond
Because it "divides" oneself, the aggregate amount of powers remains the same even if the number of individuals increases.
Accordingly, the abilities of each individual declines the more they divide themselves, only the Personal Skill "Presence Concealment" suffers from no decay and they transform into an extremely excellent "intelligence organization" by making use of this to its maximum potential.

Level 4 Bond
If a divided individual dies, said individual is extinguished without being restored to the whole of Assassin.
It is not like there is something that can be called a superior "main body" that produces inferior "offshoots", rather all of Assassin are existences of same rank.

Level 5 Bond
All Kinds of Specialized Courses: A+
Proper use of expertise Skills by means of arbitrary exchange of multiple personalities. In regards to over 32 types of vocational Skills - including tactics, academia, espionage, assassination, swindling, rhetoric - it is possible to display them with a proficiency level of B Rank or above.

Interlude

Zabaniya Delusional Illusion

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Exposition on the powers and abilities of Hundred Face Hassan

“You’re correct. We are all acting as one Servant, and each individual is only a shadow of the whole.

Waver and Irisviel could not understand that Kirei Kotomine’s Assassin existed in such a strange manner.

“The Old Man of the Mountain” – among the people who succeeded the name of Hassan-i Sabbāh, only one had the power to switch bodies.

Differing from other Hassans, he did not need to modify his body in any way. Or, it could be said that there was no purpose in doing so, though he was typical in terms of strength, his mind was able to change his body freely.

He could use impressive planning and tactics, understand languages of other countries, identify poisons or set traps. All in all, he was a master assassin – able to do everything, and switching in different abilities based on the requirements of his assignments. It was said that on occasions he is able to utilize strange strength and agility to use illusionary fighting styles that had been long forgotten.

He could disguise as man or woman, youth or elder – anything! He could stand quite naturally next to you. Sometimes, he could even change personality based on situation so no one can guess at his real identity.

Nobody knew the truth. Hassan may have had a unique body, but he had many different souls.

The knowledge at the time could not think of multiple personality disorder as an illness.

With said definition in modern medical sciences, it was a source of arcane “power” to Hassan the assassin. He could use the multiple personalities within him to use all kinds of different skills and draw upon their knowledge, confusing their opponents or weaving a web of defense, and kill their opponents with unexpected methods that no one could predict.

This is the assassin that Kirei had summoned – "The Hundred-Faced Hassan".

He is a Servant that had one physical body, but at the same time possessed a thousand different souls. Analyzing from this basis, “they” were initially different souls in the first place, and since they are now no longer limited by the physical body, “they” can now all materialize simultaneously into different shapes.

Of course, their strength was also limited to being just one person, and after their split the Assassins cannot hope to match the other Heroic Spirits. But because they possess the unique skills of the Assassin class, they were unparalleled in terms of spying and gathering recon.

While the Hassan are weak, they're still a huge threat in the sense that Irisviel and Waver were still on the battlefield

Though the opposition was not powerful, they were numerous and were able to sneak up on the group. Though she was the most powerful Servant, they were still a huge threat.

In addition, the Assassins that normally followed them like shadows had now abandoned their ability of presence concealment and fearlessly showing their figures, this meant…

“They meant business.”

Saber gritted her teeth as she realized that they had fallen into an unexpected trap.

A group of rabble that relied on their numerical strength – if confronting in a frontal assault, there was no way Saber could lose. However, that scenario was limited to the situation only – if there was only Saber to fight the battle.

Right now, Saber must protect Irisviel. No matter how weak Assassins were, they were exceptionally dangerous to humans. Even to Irisviel, a homunculus who could use magecraft flawlessly. However, magecraft alone could not stop Assassin – there was no way she could be depended to defend herself.

Thus, if she wanted to protect her companion and fight at the same time, the pressing question at hand was the numerical superiority of their enemies.

With one strike of her sword, how many Assassins could Saber stop? No, the question is no longer how many she could stop. If she missed but one person, that one might cause massive damage to Irisviel.

Right now, the question is not “Could she stop them?” but is "With one blow, could she stop all of them at once?" And then with the number of Assassins surrounding them now, it was incredibly hopeless.

...

Though it made them feel happy that Saber was disturbed and fearful, in reality she was not their target. Their target was Rider’s Master. Even though Rider had a powerful Noble Phantasm, its destructive powers are unidirectional. If Assassin attacked from all sides, they should... no, they must be able to strike at the wimpy short Master.

Presence Concealment

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Hassan's Presence Concealment

"No need to worry. Regardless of being able to see or not, there are no familiars or spells surveying this house. I —"

"— I guarantee that."

The voice of the third person cut in and, at the same time, a black shadow appeared beside Kirei.

The Heroic Spirit that's been accompanying Kirei in spirit form all this time has, at this moment, appeared in front of Tokiomi.

...

Receiving Kirei's command, Assassin once again assumed spirit form and left the room. For a Servant who is a spiritual entity to begin with, it is possible to shift freely between spirit form and physical form.

Assassin has the special ability of "Presence Concealment" that other Classes do not possess. He is unrivaled in concealed movement and tracking.

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Hassan's Presence Concealment exposition

Stepping unauthorized into the bounded fields is all but safe, all the more for the large mass of prana that is a Servant. Essentially, even if it is a spiritual body, it should be just about impossible to slip through the bounded fields of the fortress undetected.

However, the impossible can always be made possible. That is the Presence Concealment skill of the Assassin class. While he does not excel in battle power, Assassin can suppress his prana emission until it reaches zero to creep in the shadows and reach his target.

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Hassan is able to observe Artoria and Diarmud's fight unnoticed due to a variety of factors including Presence Concealment

The reason was that, not only is the newcomer a considerable distance from the sparks flying off the deadly dance of blade and spear, he moved soundlessly in the shadows, and also had the ability of "Presence Concealment" that can bypass a Servant’s detection.

A gust of wind from the sea fluttered the black robe; the sliver of a satisfactory smile emerged on the countenance beneath the white skull mask.

No one could have thought that the Servant "Assassin," eliminated in front of many witnesses last night, now stood in the evening shopping street.

Assassin hid in the perfect spot to observe the straightforward battle — the crane that loomed beside the cliff. The location was about 500 meters away from the site of the skirmish. As a Servant with eyesight surpassing that of a human he could clearly discern the two’s conflict, even spotting their expressions with accuracy. Meanwhile, the two combatants barely had time to consider if they were being spied upon.

He could have remained in spiritual form and obtain information from a much closer distance. But while he is in spiritual form, his senses would have turned into spiritual detection; and the job that his Master gave him tonight was to ‘observe with your eyes.'

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Hassan's Presence Concealment and ability to sense Servants

Not just melting into the shadows; the pursuers who cut all of their scents to evade Saber's senses seemed to be shadows themselves. No one else can achieve this apart from Assassin. Looks like Assassin, according to Kotomine Kirei's command, followed Saber and Irisviel from the warehouses to here.

Assassin, who was originally just given the mark of Irisviel, Einzbern's Master, obtained an unexpected gain. The last Servant who didn't even show himself in the melee of the warehouse district, Caster, was finally discovered by Assassin.

Although the scent of Caster, who departed in spiritual form, is quickly fading, Assassin's sharp spiritual sense can still detect it. Right now it is the best time for pursuit.

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Hassan is able to enter Gilles magus workshop unnoticed due to Presence Concealment (though still difficult to accomplish)

“Our opponent is really the Heroic Spirit of a magus. Despite being an Assassin, it was still tough for him to enter their workshop unnoticed. But now we are sure of the approximate position of the enemy. Currently Assassin is carrying out close surveillance at the perimeter of the area. Once Caster appears out of his workshop, his activities can be known immediately.”

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Hassan's presence concealment lets them enter the Einzbern boundary field undetected

He released Assassin into the forest as scouts in spirit form. With the ability of “presence concealment”, Assassin is able to enter the bounded field without being detected. Though they cannot go near the castle, they were still able to observe the battle around the outer rim of the forest.

Physical strength, durability, and speed?

Hundred Face Hassan vs Iskander (Part 1, Part 2)

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Iskander defends Waver from Hassan by throwing his Sword of Cypriot at the dagger Hassan had thrown.

Not even having the free time to doubt what he heard, Rider's next move was executed with lightning speed.

He threw the Sword of Cypriot he removed from the sheath at his waist overhead, which gave off bright sparks in the empty space.

...

When on earth did that attacker steal up behind Waver? And then, since when did Rider sense that presence? As for the thing Rider's sword knocked off just now, it was something the shadow clothed in black aimed and threw at him- a Dark dagger. With the throw of that dagger, Rider was able to finally ascertain the exact position of the enemy. Within the instant he did not expect, this bloodstained water tank had already become a battlefield.

Iskander charges towards Hassan and decapitates them

After that, riding on ahead with a bird-of-prey-like agility despite his big size, with the sword which returned to him, he took a swift slash.

The sound of meat being ripped apart and getting wet. A scream of agony and splatter of crimson red blood.

With utter disbelief, Waver was staring at the black-clothed corpse which had fallen over.

...

However, above everything else, the thing which stared bewilderedly at Waver was a white skull mask of the dark shadow which fell due to Rider's decapitation.

“Assassin......It can't be...”

The pair of remaining Hassan assessed they had no chance of winning against Iskander 2 vs 1

Although the remaining two Assassins prudently discerned Rider's next move, they cast an asking glance at each other. Should they continue their two-on-one battle against Rider here......

Without much contemplation, both of them had only one answer. Ever since the moment they lost their surprise attack, their chance of victory was already lost. Visually measuring the difference in strength between them and Rider, they had absolutely no chance of winning.

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Hassan threw a knife at the ladle in Iskander's hand, this disarmed him

“Here, don’t be shy – if you want to drink with me there are cups over there. This wine is as your blood.”

Hyunn, the sound of something flying through the empty space answered Rider's invitation.

Only the handle of the ladle remained in Rider’s hand; the spoon part has already fallen onto the ground. This was the work of one of the Assassins. The wine in the ladle fell scattered onto the grounds of the center courtyard.

Ioinoi Hetairoi massacres every Hassan

“Alright, Assassin. Let us begin.”

Rider's smiling eyes were full of ruthlessness and cruelty. To someone who ignored the king’s words and declined the king’s gift, he no longer cared to hold back.

“As you can see, my preferred battlefield is the plains. Sorry, but if it's about winning by numbers, I believe I have the advantage?"

The hundred faces among the Hassans had forgotten about the Holy Grail at this moment. Forgetting victory and the mission of the Command Seal, they had already lost sense of themselves as a Servant.

Some ran away, while some screamed fruitlessly. Some others stood dumbly on their spots. The panicked mob of skull masks were indeed just a group of rabble.

“Trample them!!"

Rider commanded without hesitation.

"AAAALaLaLaLaLaie!"

The collective roar of the Ionian Hetairoi echoed in response. The peerless army that once swept across continents once again thundered across the battlefield.

This was no longer a battle. It was a massacre.

The results of using a mill to grind a sesame seed would yield more response.

Wherever the Ionian Hetairoi rode, there was not a trace of Assassins remaining. Only a faint, faint smell of blood and some dust that was swept away remained in the air.

Hundred Face Hassan vs Gilgamesh (Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5)

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Gilgamesh attacks Hassan with Gate of Babylon spam

Snickering without a sound, Assassin extended his hand at the first keystone that binds the barri—

The next instant, that hand was pierced through by a spear flying from above, shining like a flash of lightning.

"... h!?"

An intense pain, terror, and above all, shock. The simple spear strike was completely unexpected, and Assassin swung his head upward, looking for the thrower.

No, there is no need to search.

On top of the roof of the Tōsaka residence, a golden shadow stands magnificently. That divine radiance even steals the dignity of the starlit sky and puts the moon to shame.

...

Slashing through the air in a howl, an infinity of shining blades started raining down on Assassin.

Assassin felt the eyes. The familiars observing from outside the place. The first Servant to fall in the fourth War of the Holy Grail met an unsightly end without even a retort, witnessed by the other Masters.

...

For starters, the attack that sent Assassin into oblivion is probably a Noble Phantasm. Even through the eyes of the familiar, he had perceived a huge burst of prana.

Yet the number of weapons that poured down on Assassin―

...

"... So, throwing ten or twenty weapons at once could be a "Noble Phantasm" in itself?"

...

Still, what defeated Assassin is yet again something different. Waver did see through the eyes of his familiar that the weapons thrown weren't all the same. That wasn't a multiplication. Those were all unique weapons.

Could they have all been Noble Phantasms after all? That shouldn't be possible. There weren't just one or two blades flooding down on the crawling Assassin.

So, you can probably tell, Hundred Faces literally just kind of exists to get their asses kicked. They need their FGO interlude and Camelot to give them any kind of real feats beyond their stats for powerscaling.