Fate/Zero

[Archangel]

So based on the preview this Saber can still fight even after firing Excalibur. Her line as she dodged Berserker seems to indicate she can't shoot it in quick succession though.

Lancers have the worst fucking luck, seriously.

[Buffalobiian]

So based on the preview this Saber can still fight even after firing Excalibur. Her line as she dodged Berserker seems to indicate she can't shoot it in quick succession though.

She doesn't need to use Excalibur in quick succession at this point. Archer and Rider seem to be pulling out. I have no idea how Berserker's holding up with his master like that, which leaves Lancer and Saber.

Saber's healed now and Lancer's down to his one lance that negates magic. We're back to the same situation that we were in during the battle at the container dock before Lancer retrieved his second spear, if we're to assume their energy states are comparable.

Saber's used a ton of mana for Excalibur and also exerted herself fighting those tentacles, but so far Lancer hasn't really shown that he even uses mana in the first place.

wtf took down Gil? Purple smoke?

[Ryllharu]

wtf took down Gil? Purple smoke?

I figured it was corrupted chaff or some other countermeasure from the jet. They're both going very fast, and all the glittering chunks of metal blew up Gilgamesh's Stargate throne-jet.

Either that or Berserker vented jet fuel and ignited it...but that shouldn't work. JP-8 doesn't burn like that.

[Kraco]

A pretty episode. Excalibur sure got some visual effects boost compared to the old series. Gilgamesh's obsession with Saber we later saw in FSN is growing nicely.

Somehow I can't help but feel that poor Tokiomi is the one the most out of everything in this show. He thinks he knows the most, likely, but in reality Kirei is working behind his back following whatever ambiguous goals he has, his own servant couldn't care less, and he wasn't even interacting with the others in this cooperation battle. Kariya is of course another matter, but he's pretty much as berserk as his servant, so he's living in his own world of madness. Well, now that Caster is gone, things should go back to normal. I hope we see something smart from Tokiomi.

I figured it was corrupted chaff or some other countermeasure from the jet.

That was my first thought as well. It would make the most sense, since it used to be a fighter jet.

[Archangel]

Saber's used a ton of mana for Excalibur and also exerted herself fighting those tentacles, but so far Lancer hasn't really shown that he even uses mana in the first place.

wtf took down Gil? Purple smoke?

All Servants use mana, some more than others.

Looked like a cluster bomb to me.

[Buffalobiian]

All Servants use mana, some more than others.

I meant mana for special attacks. I don't believe that regular thrusts and swings use mana, but I do think that appearing in a corporeal form taxes their master.

Never mind. Just remembered Saber being unable to run from Ilya's castle in FSN and requiring sustenance from Shirou.

edit: hmm.. but she was constantly in her corporeal form.. maybe I wasn't off the mark after all.