Emiya's Unlimited Blade Works EXPLAINED: ARCHER'S True Power & Abilities - FATE / STAY NIGHT Lore

“You can’t throw a sword and call yourself an archer” Gilgamesh laughing maniacally in the distance

gilgamesh: you can't win i have new weapon emiya: what is it? gilgamesh: COPYRIGHT!! emiya: NNOOOOOOOOO!!!!

He's the only original Servant in the entire series. At the same time, he's also the least original Servant, as he basically just copies everyone else. That's a damn unique idea.

Kinda crazy how Shirou is supposed to be an amazing archer while in high school. Sakura and classmates urge him to rejoin the archery club frequently, but he doesnt use a bow. He chooses to train with the sword the moment he sees Saber wielding one. But as EMIYA, he is summoned as an archer, bringing him back to his roots. Even then he chooses to use his swords more. Reflects who he is, he has his own talents and skills, but hes trying to be someone else he idolizes like Kiritsugu or Saber.

"I am a living Printer"

I really like how Emiya's solution to everything is pretty much "SWORD". Need a weapon: sword, Need healing: Sword, Need an arrow: SWORD. Its rare to see such a simultaneously Silly and Badass powerset.

I guess Shirou is a one-trick pony in the art of "hippity hoppity, your weapon is now my property"

Ctrl+C, Ctrl+V. Sure, whatever. His greatest ability is being able to make Rin blush at any moment. He's had practice, y'see.

It's notable that Archer was powerful without a legend. Normally, Heroic Spirits get their power from how famous, or infamous they are. Berserker's 12 Respawns wasn't an attribute to the Original Herakles but rather a result of the tale of his 12 Labors. However there are ZERO tales about Counter Guardian Emiya. What we're seeing is his true strength and almost nothing more.

Ex-Harem Protagonist: A+++ House Husband: A++ Supplementary Attribute - [Queen of England]

Die as a hero or live long enough to become a villain

"looks at a weapon and its his" Gil: laughs in Ea

... That’s wrong, all the different routes are the same Emiya, Archer comes from a fourth timeline. The circumstances are simply different, in Fate, Archer is too injured by Saber for most of the route to pull off his plan, in UBW, Archer tries to kill Shirou through the use of Caster to get out of his contract with Rin and in Heaven’s Feel, they have bigger fish to fry thanks to Avenger’s awakening. Shirou is implied not to regret his life in any of the three Main Routes, and his incantation is a result of his experience with Archer. No Shirou in any of the three Routes become Counter Guardian EMIYA. That’s it, sorry.

Small complaint about the abilities, you pretty much skimmed over Eye of Mind as if it wasn't that powerfull while it is the very reason he is able to fight Lancer 1 on 1 without dying. Eye of Mind allows him to not just predict the enemy, it allows him to think tens of steps ahead of his opponent, this skill is the sole reason he can fight close quarter experts as a "human" and put up a fight while being physically weaker in both speed and strength

Emiya to gilgamesh: "there's nothing that says a copy can't be just as strong as the original" AniNews: "Because theyre copies they'll never be as strong as the original" Emiya: Am I a joke to you

"I sell swords and sword accessories."

Love the video but one minor detail, Archer isn't a version of Shirou from any of the routes. Fate route: doubles down on his philosophy but his love for saber means he keeps his promise to strive for her with his soul eventually resting in Avalon Alongside her's Unlimited blade works:Rin keeps her promise to archer to prevent shirou walking the same path and helps to keep Shirou grounded. Additionally, he accepted the contradiction inherent to his philosophy and wouldn't fall into despair Heaven's Fell: Completely abandoned it for the sake of one person

Mooncell : That servant look cool! let add him into the servant pool! what's his name again? Screw it, let name him "Nameless"

Archer's magic detection is one of the best ones in the entire series, he can detect traces of magic when people like Rin could not. This is not shown directly to us, but we can see Shirou doing it, and as Shirou is Archer, well... Also, two of his most powerful weapons, Caladbolg and Hrunting are actually different versions than the originals, meaning they are new weapons on their own, both Caladoblog II: Fake spiral sword and Hrunting: Hound of the Red Plains which have different effects than the originals. Same goes for the Rho aias, that is an original shield created by Emiya based on the legend of Ajax. And for last, with reinforsment he can upgrade his NPs to match the power of the original, but there is no need to make it a BP, as the BP its even stronger, not due to making it better but due to the acumulated prana inside of them, that would make an explosion. Emiya is one of the most broken servants that exists, the only down side, is that he doesnt care to win at all, you could say that Archers that shoot swords have the same weakness, themselves. Also his stats are quite poor :P

Emiya Archer is quite badass!