how can archer's arm be so strong? In the fsn 2006, he got beaten by herc even tho he chant the UBW. But in HF, shirou, while inheritting archer's arm, could summon herc's weapon and literally beat him in 1 hit.
@@billythekid-bestservant1 normal berserker has an ability that says you can't damage him unless the attack is rank A or higher and you can't even hurt him with the same attack twice. Corrupted berserker lost those skills. Also, the anime 2006 is not really what happened in the visual novel in that scene. In the vn the fight isn't shown, all we know is that Archer managed to take 6 lives in different ways before being killed.
Funny thing about Nine Lives is it was supposed to be a bow and arrow technique Also, IDK if, at the time of writing of the Fate Stay Night VN, Nasu was already aware of the Arthurian legends referring to Heracles having a sword named Marmyadose but I sometimes do wonder if Heracles' rock slab sword was a reference to that
I love having to remind people that FGO rarity doesn't always mean a servant is weaker or stronger than another. MOST of the servants are world-ending/saving on their own merits.