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How to deal with Servants: Mordred, Nero, and Semiramis

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Okay, so I'm going to do a semi-realistic assessment of what to do when confronted by a Servant who's out to kill you. Well, more in this case me, but I'll apply it to the reader's situation as well.

First line of defense, as is common sense, is to have your Servant around! When you're dealing with the aforementioned Heroic (bah) Spirits, the best Servant to summon against these would be a Saber as well. Have them deal with it! You're just a human... right?

The topic today concerns these three. Let's start with the one that's hopefully the easiest to deal with.

First off, if you even suspect that Semiramis is around, don't breathe, don't drink anything, don't eat anything. Her signature weapon is poison, after all, and the mere fact that we still don't know what her Noble Phantasm is means that we can't deal with it yet. However, poison is only poison, so in this case I'd recommend carrying around something like a gas mask, or a Ribbon, in Final Fantasy terms. Though she's bound to have the good stuff, like CON poison which directly saps your life energy or some such.

Basically, kill on sight. She's cunning, "deadly and sly", and you do NOT want to get killed by her. Run the fuck away if you have to. If she appears in front of you, kill her as fast as you can. A holy sword or purified bullets should do the trick.

I still can't believe that any Shirou would even summon her.

Next, someone we're more familiar with. Nero. That sword should have been enough of a giveaway, really. There's really not much you can do against a self-professed Emperor who can and will do what she wants. She could fuck you over and you'd like it. Again, your best defense is sicking your Servant on them.

The more troublesome aspects of Nero as a Servant would be the ability "Thrice-Setting Sun". She just doesn't fucking die that easily. Besides that, the Aestus Domus Aurea - a Reality Marble that allows no escape as she carves you up. Her "performance", so to speak.

Again, holy sword or bullets should do the trick. Though that's stupid of you to face a Saber-class Servant in direct combat like that. Still though, better to die fighting that be killed.

Lastly for today, Mordred. Dear God, this is a tough cookie. Imagine Nero with Prana Burst, that's basically what you're up against. She doesn't die even if she's killed. She was impaled and still managed to land a deathblow, dammit. The very part where she launches herself at you with a force enough to pulverize a tank...

In any case. It has been shown that Saber-class Servants aren't exactly invincible even to continuous machine gun-fire. Saber herself had to keep moving lest she get hit by Lancelot's machine gun. Now, I am aware that that was technically a D-class Noble Phantasm, but if that is the case then you get a gun that's considered to be a Heroic Spirit! Something famous like the AK-47, or the M1 Garand, something that's seen a lot of action and taken a lot of lives.

You're just a human against a Servant, you do what you can to not get killed. Guns with holy bullets should do the trick against these. If you're feeling ballsy use a holy sword, but honestly I don't think you're that stupid.
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  1. Spinach's Avatar
    Where do you get your weed
  2. Neir's Avatar
    Seriously are you high
  3. Kelnish's Avatar
    Duuuuude like, my .45 is totes a heroic spirit. Shit mang. This is. OH GOD. I'm gonna go sacrifice it and get to the root. This is going to be great guys.
  4. SeiKeo's Avatar
    rollin in the grail with ma ay kay and im all SHEET they got swords!
  5. Archetype EMIYA's Avatar
    Spinach, that was a totally awesome comment. And the answer to that is that I don't use weed, sorry~
  6. Dark Pulse's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by Archetype EMIYA
    Spinach, that was a totally awesome comment. And the answer to that is that I don't use weed, sorry~
    Dropping acid instead, then?
  7. Egophobia's Avatar
    I don't think that's quite how fame works, otherwise...er...someone in the canon would have...tried that. "Shoot the bastard" isn't exactly the most Batman-level innovative of a strategy, so either all of the magi on the planet are toxic levels of stupid, or that's seriously not how fame works. That being said, this relies on the consistency of the writer, somewhat, so take it as you will.

    On a side note, these all kind of make the assumption that you've deduced the identity of the enemy Servant. If you're in breathing distance of Seri and haven't identified her, then you should be in a "she killed you five minutes ago" scenario, if she's being bold enough to show her face. Likewise, if you've not identified Nero as being a flat-chested blond girl with a see-through dress, you're not about to ID her by sword alone, so it's the polar opposite of a giveaway. The average person wouldn't even recognize Crocea Mors, which is a much more famous weapon from that area.

    Bloody side note ended up being longer than the actual point, even without dealing with Mordred. O___o

    *shrugs* I'm a bit opinionated, though, so it's not like I'm trying to be too critical. I just wanted to leave a couple of comments.
  8. Seika's Avatar
    It's Archetype Emiya. Commenting tends to be futile, so you point and laugh instead.
  9. Archetype EMIYA's Avatar
    You guys do know that the very reason Fate/Stay Night was published was so that it would serve as a warning and as a resource, right?

    Oh right. *facepalm* Wrong set of guys.

    In any case, thank you, Egophobia. But of course you're aware that magi hate technology. Meh, it's not like any Muggle would survive shooting at, say, Lancer. And yes, admittedly I wouldn't recognize Crocea Mors. There's a reason it's not being used. (Though thanks for the idea - I should go get a copy. Or ask for one. e w e)

    Also, Nero's not flat-chested, but that's beside the point.

    If you want a tl;dr version:
    For humans: Get a gun and shoot.
    Others: Use what you got.
    Updated January 5th, 2013 at 05:07 AM by Archetype EMIYA
  10. Dark Pulse's Avatar
    If I were a Servant, I'd be throwing absolutely lethal boxes of Rice-a-Roni.

    And then Rin could cook it afterwards... *Sighs dreamily*
  11. Kyte's Avatar
    FSN as a warning and resource.

    Man you snort some good stuff.
  12. Archetype EMIYA's Avatar
    I have received the update regarding the situation. It will be dealt with shortly. The Aestus Estus shall lie sundered in a pit before the end of the story.
  13. I3uster's Avatar
    Pls don't kill Nero, or there will be another Saber clone created in her stead.