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@Crimson-cr2nd

Жыл бұрын

So Saber Alter is still willing to protect her people but she is willing to protect them through cruel and evil means right? So her colder approach is to protect them through evil means? Mind giving me a break down on her personality?

I love how Gilgamesh survives being drowned by the Grail's mud because he's just *that* egotistical.

@TsiahIV

6 жыл бұрын

I wonder who could match such an ego

@KhanMann66

6 жыл бұрын

Rhames ll

@marcobering3945

6 жыл бұрын

Ozymandias could.

@federicofilippini6780

6 жыл бұрын

well i think tecnically gil got one thing changed his got WAYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY worse the grail even if you resist the mud it also amplifies the negative traits you have even if you don't get turned in to an alter. that would explain gilgamesh being all high and mighty with shirou even more than usual cause if you see ccc gilgamesh he is very different there. same old gil but still way more tactical than mr gil in ubw

@basilofgoodwishes4138

6 жыл бұрын

Yeah, he makes no sense, so that's why he can't be corrupted, he is worse than a Evil man.

In short, Jeanne Alter is telling God to catch her outside with them holy hands

@edwardmass4466

6 жыл бұрын

Jaleel Collins Hey nice comeback to 2017 lol

@proto245

6 жыл бұрын

This is legit the comment that made me corpse. Congratulations. XD

@shawndarudeone

6 жыл бұрын

How bout Dah!

@isaacgraff8288

4 жыл бұрын

Either that or could be spun that she knows God exists... His Judgement Exists... and He is pissed that they fucked her over like that. So here she is.

@John-Stark

4 жыл бұрын

Then God sends Summer Martha

"Joan Alter is off the hinges.... kinda turns me on" Me: I know right

@meislover1267

5 жыл бұрын

saber Alter in my case.

@TheMotionHero

4 жыл бұрын

Both in my case (Yeah, I'm surprised I have the two in FGO...)

@Yuki_Ika7

4 жыл бұрын

for me she falls into the category of scary but low-key hot/turns me on

@4idenn

3 жыл бұрын

All Fate fans: I know right

You forgot to say that Saber Alter lost her Ahoge.

@TsiahIV

6 жыл бұрын

How could I forget this!?

@firepuppies4086

6 жыл бұрын

Tsiah IV you monster

@Kiyokoghurt

6 жыл бұрын

for shame...

@TheGoldfishAssasin

6 жыл бұрын

HipoSlime Some say touching or removing the ahoge awakens Saber Alter

@LeonGun8

6 жыл бұрын

That's just a Type-Moon joke though.

From what I know, not every Alter is an avenger like how Jeanne is, this is the same switched around. Alters are dark reflections, Avengers hate humanity, you've got Jeanne Alter... that right there is a real Sith Lord.

@maxchaos44

6 жыл бұрын

Not necessarily. They're not dark or evil, but an inversion of their ideals, it's just that a lot of servants who turn alter are usually good guys... unless it's Jeanne Alter or cu Alter who are merely messed up idealization of them by other people.

@edwardmass4466

6 жыл бұрын

The Flying Toaster Ah well this is why I say lore requires team effort. You provided another viewpoint my good toaster.

@Redbird-dh7mu

4 жыл бұрын

Kinda, it is similar to the concept of a black mirror (not the show), basically, the bad parts of a personality is amplified. Saber and Saber Alter still care about the same thing more or less, being a good king, however, the difference is the actions, Saber Alter is a more of a, “the ends justify the means”, type of person while normal Saber is an idealist, believing that a king must embody the ideas to be a good king.

@zenic11

4 жыл бұрын

Jeanne was the closest thing to a saint . even when burning wouldnt damn those who accosted her. she didnt have a lick of hate in her. so for her alter to be a thing it cant be that it amplified her negative emotions. It flipped her personality/ideals on its head and since it was so opposite to her actual personality. even her class changed

@John-Stark

4 жыл бұрын

@@Redbird-dh7mu Basically Saber's Batman while Salter's Punisher

"... and her face looked like somebody ate the last slice of pizza - how unsightly." Damn, this only sentence made me instant-sub and like this video. :)

Jeanne alter is love, Jeanne alter is life.

@TsiahIV

6 жыл бұрын

True story

@jamaldavis831

6 жыл бұрын

Tsiah IV. Damn straight.

@jordanholloman5907

Жыл бұрын

I present to you Jean Alter Santa Lily.

Gilgamesh: I be drank'n God nector, a bit of muddy ain't nuttin' to me.

@TsiahIV

6 жыл бұрын

Double cup filled with Grail Mud

@berserkerjeanne7563

5 жыл бұрын

@@TsiahIV Nah bro, you gotta triple that shit

@jimbob8571

4 жыл бұрын

Manic Grin more like, he nutted to the grail until kotomine came-aka the true reason he’s naked at the time

@Yuki_Ika7

4 жыл бұрын

mud, eh? (gets flashbacks to enkidu)

okay goldie... you won... overpowering a corrupted wish granting godly relic by sheer ego holy crap...

@arsyadidris2919

4 жыл бұрын

oooooohh... thats explains alot in HF2....

"His body shrunk down to regular size." He's still 6'8, mate. Even I haven't quite reached that height.

Saber Alter's first anime appearance was in Carnival Phantasm

Saber turned Sith.

@goldenmajin4073

4 жыл бұрын

The weird part is that mysterious heroine X (assassin Saber) from grand order has an alter form that is literally a sith

@smallllallalalala

4 жыл бұрын

@@goldenmajin4073 really?

@goldenmajin4073

4 жыл бұрын

@@smallllallalalala yep, even with a nice sith cape on 3th ascension (or schoolgirl before, i ain't judging) and thunder hands

@Vara01858

4 жыл бұрын

@@smallllallalalala It's a nod to star wars with Mysterious Heroine X being the Jedi and Mysterious Heroine X Alter being the Sith.

@TheShadowSentinel

4 жыл бұрын

@@Vara01858 except Alter actually looks like a better person than original, who is murderous psycho.

I’m interested to hear about X Alter considering how little there is regarding her canon lore. Having to get into an argument with a friend about her being just “a joke character of a joke character” wasn’t fun. I really hope there’s more to her besides the tiny fraction that I have found.

@demonking8766

4 жыл бұрын

Otakudaikun has a lore video on the original and alter. If you can check it out if you have time.

EMIYA Alter will be an interesting video topic. IIRC, he isn't altered through Blackening, but through his own actions.

@kamataro1482

6 жыл бұрын

Ars Oboro Through Kiara*

Romulus Alter would be an interesting concept. It could be a version of him that represents the Roman empire during its decay or one who absolutely hates his "children" for failing to maintain it.

@basilofgoodwishes4138

6 жыл бұрын

quipper Rome was corrupt since its foundation, did you ever heard off the story how Rome was built or how he got woman to settle into his City? Give the rape of the sabine woman a good read, will ya?

@nervmeister

6 жыл бұрын

Oh yeah. I heard about that. But I'm talking less about the more depraved methods behind its establishment as a major world power, and more about the inability of later emperors to keep things running smoothly combined with the over-extension of the empire's borders.

@Krescentwolf

6 жыл бұрын

I think a Julius Caeser alter might be more appropriate. It'd turn him from less of a joke character... and more of a 'first of the empire, last of the republicans' sort. A true despot. At first I thought possibly a Nero alter... but given that she literally has enough ego to assume the mantle of Venus in Extella... i don't think she'd go through a full blackening. XD

@nervmeister

6 жыл бұрын

From what I hear, Julius has a Rider form that's his best class.

@kamataro1482

6 жыл бұрын

quipper To be fair, lorewise Julius is pretty damn OP. Crocea Mors embodies the concept of "I came, I saw, I conquered", so as long as Julius is on a battlefield and sees his opponent, he literally cannot lose. If he has Crocea Mors in his Rider class then I'm betting on Grand Rider candidate.

"What do they have in common" edgy af

@TsiahIV

6 жыл бұрын

Become one with your inner edge

@Gogetossj50

6 жыл бұрын

Especially -Enrico Pucci- Emiya Alter.

@sylvierose2799

4 жыл бұрын

@@TsiahIV MHX-A is more like "become one with your inner nerd"

@TsiahIV

4 жыл бұрын

@@sylvierose2799 well you're not wrong

@John-Stark

4 жыл бұрын

@Darren Laurens But Oz is fine and dandy

“Her face looked like someone just ate the last slice of pizza” 😂

> saber got corrupted then undergo blackening. > hates everyone coz nobody will likes her in her current form. Me: girl you are my type how can hate you? No matter what is your i love you. Good sir, can you include artoria pendragon lancer alter on your upcoming lore?

"Life goes on, I mean not hers but-" lol 😂

There was one last Alter, Altira Lancer was born of a what if scenario in the FGO continuity as stated by her voice lines .

Think you do the 'Lily' servants atfer this

@lags30

6 жыл бұрын

sonic30655 please

@aaidenmoore8628

3 жыл бұрын

Lilly are literally just their legends starting point

"Jeanne of Treadmill"

In terms of the ego bit, I’ve always interpreted as if the Servant has something in particular they are struggling with, that is kind of the fulcrum around which their values are inverted. I.e. Arturia and Jeanne struggle with kingship and faith respectively and even in their alter forms are still concerned with this, but view them differently (more cynically). I’m not sure if it’s even be possible for Gil or Broskander to be blackened since they don’t have much by way of internal doubt or inconsistent philosophies, ect. But that’s just how I’ve always read into it - don’t particularly think its written anywhere :x good video !

@kagato3

6 жыл бұрын

The thing is Jeanne Alter didn't really exist in that she is not Jeanne she is a clone whose personality and history was created full bore from Gilles wish on the grail because it was impossible for the real one to be an Alter as she completely had no regrets or harbored any ill will towards those that killed her.

i wonder what kind of identity Gilgamesh used to blend into the modern world, Shirou Amakusa took the name Shirou Kotomine so what about Gil

@basilofgoodwishes4138

6 жыл бұрын

Shirou EMIYA Bil maybe?

@archon6271

6 жыл бұрын

Ko-Gil. He was a child in between Zero and Stay Night.

@arsyadidris2919

4 жыл бұрын

@@Lowdian i can imagine him walking around fuyuki just chillin the view. maybe have a little chat with sakura XD XD. hell, in phantasm he got around reading manga and playing games XD XD. probably got bored after awhile, but he understand he needs to conserve mana. killing kids for mana,, someones gonna notice if too many kids get missing.

@shreyas9365

4 жыл бұрын

Gilles maybe 😂

@Binks129

4 жыл бұрын

Blend into the modern world? Hahahahaha foolish mongrel he doesn’t blend in, they are too low of lifeforms to even contemplate lowering himself for their standards. They will either bask in his glory or perish.

I always thought that you'd get Saber Alter if you didn't feed your Lion enough food

Saber Alter is underrated, appearance wise, I mean. Those eyes and hair compliment each other very well, and the way she glares makes me feel things.

@justarandomidiot4627

3 жыл бұрын

I got interested on Fate series because of Saber Alter's appearance

@justarandomidiot4627

3 жыл бұрын

I got interested on Fate series because of Saber Alter's appearance

Great video about the Alter concept, Tsiah! Of course there is more than one way of a servant becoming an alter and you got two down for Saber Alter and Joan Alter, both of which I consider separate people from the originals.

@adenyang4398

6 жыл бұрын

Spoilers It's been implied throughout Grand Order that Saber Alter in GO is a completely separate entity from Artoria. (Artoria in her corrupted state in HF =/= Saber Alter in GO. a.k.a. Artoria post-HF did not ascend to the Throne). Same thing for Jeanne Alter.

AVENGER ASSEM-Wait...wrong fandom. Or is it? I need to find a ALTERnate joke.

@Gogetossj50

6 жыл бұрын

Someone has already come up with the idea kzread.info/dash/bejne/kWGhsa6cesfUaKQ.html . He also came up with the idea to use the "Emiya family team" kzread.info/dash/bejne/i4F3j6WeqcaqpdI.html .

@KeyRogueDRL

5 жыл бұрын

You want a different joke? They're all Xehanorts.

It would be interesting to do a video of Alter Ego's more suitably Kiara since she wasn't a heroic spirit originally but wished to be one.

I just started getting into Fate and its nice to have the extra info. Thanks Tsiah! Love your videos

@TsiahIV

6 жыл бұрын

That's dope. Which Fate did you start with?

"Jalter is kinda unhinged, kinda turns me on!" And subscribed

This Alter Form stuff has turned into quite the rabbit hole. The idea of some characters becoming evil, like Saber, is pretty cool since it isn't situation like Dark Link from the Zelda games. Now it's been blown out of proportion like a single character having multiple alter forms for whatever reason, and Joane Alter has really taken off. Thank you much for making this my dude, now there's a basis to go off of.

Gil really was just like Black isn't shiny enough, I will stay as I am

This is an awesome video I always wanted to know more about the alters, hope you do a video about Cu’s alter form.

Okita turns alter because she forgot to turn off the light before she went to bed (notsurecuzidontplayjp)

hearing a disturbed song, particularly my favourite one, as an ending to an anime oriented video put a smile on my face

Joanne of treadmill killed me, love your channel man, keep it up

'Joan of Treadmill' 😂😂😂

I really enjoy your videos a lot. Always makes me laugh.

Yo this video was awesome m8. Hilarious yet descriptive

You're pretty underrated. And you are funny as hell. GG, ya got a sub.

Dude great video! It cleared alot up for me!

Another reason on why Strange fake Heracles wears that shroud over his body is for protection. It basically protects him from human made weapons, and only divine weapons can hurt him.

My thoughts on this are as follows (Somewhat copy-pasted from a facebook post about it, specifically about whether Iskandar Alter was a possibility.): 'Alter' doesn't seem to necessarily indicate evil anymore so much as it usually is just a dark mirror. That's presuming that 'Blackening' is just a single method (of many) of birthing an Alter Servant, which explicitly is evil-aligned. We know that this is kind of true, because Gilles De Rais is able to summon a patchwork, counterfeit Jeanne D'Arc that we all know as Jalter. This is a twisted version of the original that should have never existed. You also have other Alters, such as Lancer Alter (Artoria), who is a Lawful Good character who used the grail to help her maintain her humanity from being sapped away by Rhongomyniad, and developed a connection to it. Like most Alters, this came at the expense of her inhibition and idealism. She became a realist who, although is good, is a tyrant who will dominate her people for their own good. Her restraint has disappeared, basically. What we can basically determine about Alters is that they're basically just 'alternates', but if we're willing to accept that they all have common traits and should continue to, then basically the gist of it is that: 1) The Holy Grail is almost always involved in making them this way. The only exception so far being Tiamat's Chaos Tide, which causes blackening similar to Angra Mainyu's Black Grail Mud. 2) The overwhelming change present in all Alters is loss of inhibition, restrait, and idealism. They become altogether more true to their basic desires and give in to their more human side rather than being 'heroic'. I guess the point being made is that Regrets or Wishes aren't necessary. If Jeanne can be Altered by the Grail, then anyone can, by lore. Iskandar Alter is certainly viable in that regard, but there would have to be circumstances in which the grail would have altered him, in the first place, which are completely up in the air.

@Tsiah IV to correct you on one thing. Gilles does summon Summon Jeanne Alter as a Ruler class originally hence why she summoned as many fake berserker servants as she did albeit through Gilles' and his holy grail's support. but Jeanne Alter was originally a Ruler class. her avenger class is something she achieved by her own merits in trying to become stronger which she somehow manages to pull and became so powerful where rather than be recognized as a ruler she attained a class different from her original self and became the first avenger to be summoned in grand order. also Shakespeare's summoning of Gilles was is a bit more detailed but nothing that really makes sense

Love the jokes you slip into each video lol. Great content. Keep up the good work!

@TsiahIV

6 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

Gilgamesh alter never going happen because much ego my god

Yo Tsiah, I’d like to see some hypothetical servant battles. I know it’s old but still interesting nonetheless

@wander1139

6 жыл бұрын

Gil vs Karna would be epic

Great video Tsiah and just a suggestion but is it possible to do a video on servant's qualifying for other classes ?

"Joan of Treadmill" ngl that was funnier to me than it should have been

Ah very nice video. Always good to get some info on the Alter forms.

@TsiahIV

6 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching my man

@adz4528

6 жыл бұрын

Tsiah IV All good

JeanneAlter is the perfect date for a death metal concert!!

3:40 you had me at Jon of treadmill 😭😭😭😭😭

Giving a like because you actually pronounced Heracles right.

@TsiahIV

6 жыл бұрын

Lol

Gilgamesh: ''I am so much of a dick with a massive ego you can't convince me to fall into the same category as these zasshu's''

I always loved ur vids pls make more😊

Love the video keep it up. Could you do an overview of the avenger class?

@TsiahIV

6 жыл бұрын

Sure

This is an awesome video and I am wondering if I can make a request for the servant of Hans Christian Anderson for the next lore video or in the future if that is not too much trouble?

Loved this!

You brought up Prisma Illya, why don't you do a video on Villain Shirou? Like, go into detail on his life and how he's vastly different from the other variations of Shirou Emiya. Like their UBW and how they all are different from each other. Or even do a compare and contrast of all the Shirous who dreamed to be a hero and/or became a hero, and Villain Shirou. Another video idea: do a video on Nameless from Extra, Extella, and Extra CCC.

@psychocrysis2

6 жыл бұрын

Isn't Ruler Shirou a completely different person?

@fangthefabulous1132

6 жыл бұрын

psychocrysis2 Yes, which is why I didn't bring him up directly.

@LunaPPK

6 жыл бұрын

iirc nameless is just that the embodiment of all nameless heroes of time

Who would've thought Gilgamesh's all consuming ego would actually come in handy eventually.

Yo man! Love your video! Just subscribed!

@TsiahIV

6 жыл бұрын

Thanks fam

Cheers for doing this video, I have been looking to find out more aout the Alter form, also Jalter = best Alter

This is really good! i just suscribed cos i like fate

Gilgamesh: My own grail would dare attempt to darken my golden armor? Know your place! Grail immediately backs off

I love the concept of an alter imagine having 2 servants on being the alter think that would be chaos and funny think having Jeanne and Jalter

Great Video Man. I'd love to see a video covering Kiritsugu and Kirei and how their backstories mirror each other's.

@TsiahIV

6 жыл бұрын

Sounds like a good concept

@LeonGun8

6 жыл бұрын

Do they now? I'm pretty sure Nasu confirmed that the conflict between Kirei and Kiritsugu was all in Kirei's mind. In fact,Kirei pretty much confirms this in the VN and novels when he shows how disgusted he is by how typically heroic Kiritsugu actually was in his heart. All Kiritsugu wanted was to create a happy world so that the sacrifices he experienced would not be repeated. He even has doubts about his sacrifice of Iri for the greater goal of a peaceful world. Kirei's true mirror image is Shirou, the twisted shell of a man who can only feel something by helping others, in the same way Kirei can only feel something by hurting others. Kirei and Shirou are just empty and they attempt to fill the emptyness in opposite ways, one by hurting others, the other by saving them. But none of them felt fulfilled, they just felt they HAD to do it. That's what differentiates Kiritsugu from both of them and why I think the idea that he mirrors either of them is just wrong.

I am like a year late but doesn't Okita Alter literally just flips everything about Alters, she is possibility of what she could have been in future if she hadn't died and is the Okita that is made by becoming an Counter Guardian and is not corrupted by anything. She literally has the alignment true neutral.

Good video my dude!

Can you make an Ozymandias video or a series in which you talk about the knights of the Round table?

@ShockwaveITB

6 жыл бұрын

That's what I've been wanting. Ozymandias lore/ ability videos and Rama lore/ability videos.

Great vid. Also, I'd like to see some lore on Shuten or Ibaraki plss

@TsiahIV

6 жыл бұрын

Thanks, I'll see to it.

thank you for explaining the concept of being in an alter form

"Joan of treadmill ''

Tsiah lV great attempt at explaining the alter forms From what I can tell their are two alter transformations Coin flip and song of madness The first coin flip refers to the polarity flip on how a servent achieves their goal witch result in a kind king becoming a tyrant or a saint becoming a witch Son of maddness is a self imposed transformation example atalanta can only become her alter self with the calydonian boar hide

In short, *Servant exists* "Fuck it" *Alter Form*

That right there was a lot of information some of that stuff I didn't even know.

Atalanta has a Noble Phantasm that turns her into her Alter form.

Very well done! keep it up.

subbed.. goind to see more alter videos on the future... and other..

In recent years, Alter Servants are no longer strictly Evil in alignment. Lancer Artoria Alter is Lawful Good and Okita Alter is True Neutral. Also the Counter Force itself will pop out an Alter Servant on its own like with Okita Alter.

Could you do skills and abilities for Heracles, Lancelot, EMIYA, Medusa and Oda Nobonaja

"Life goes on..but not hers. Ok that's fked up." Damn that line.

your channel should be call "comedy lore" becaues you sure make me laugh. GOOD show!!

Can we start this Alter fest with Emiya Alter? He's honestly the most interesting Alter out of all of them.

A few small things. One, alters are not exclusively evil. Artoria lancer alter is lawful good. In Jeanne alter's case, the ability to summon more servants has less to do with her than it does that they have the grail. I mean, if you had a wish granting device, you could manage a bunch of broken junk but it'd have nothing to do with you personally. She's a manifestation of what Gilles wished Jeanne's reaction to betrayal would have been. She was made not out of Jeanne at all but of his wish from the grail. So she's not exactly Jeanne's opposite either except in terms of class or Jeanne at all but rather Gilles's fabrication, a fictional servant made from a wish based on his liking, modeled after Jeanne.

Not sure of someone already addressed this since I didn't go through the comment log. But Jeanne Alter isn't a transformation but a false existence created by the holy grail. She is initially a RULER class, but after her defeat she struggles to maintain her existence in the over all system and through force of will or something becomes recognized as an Avenger class servant where she gets summoned by the same master who defeated her. For servant summoning, In both Artoria and Jeanne's case they used the grail they had to summon servants, it is not some innate ability. Although Jeanne Alter has some odd ability for taming dragons getting nicknamed the Dragon witch.

Actually, when we encounter Jeanne Alter, she's actually a ruler. She only becomes an Avenger when she promised that she was going to build up her saint graph and summon herself. When she did summon herself, as an Avenger, because by god she wants to hang out with you, she summons 7 servants in their respective classes.

can you do videos on the fate/extra servants?

legit love this!!!

Nice vid. Subbed and liked

@TsiahIV

6 жыл бұрын

Thanks homie

Thank you! I really learned a lot from this. 😊

@TsiahIV

6 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed

@kingcobra2858

6 жыл бұрын

Tsiah IV looking forward for the continuation about alters.

I like the narrators voice. Worthy of a sub.

@TsiahIV

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks

I can only think of Alters in Fate GO to circumvent the past Heroine's past Series (ie, Fate, Apocrypha, Extra, etc) because they already have their own Romance story. Though, in what you say about what Saber Alter can do, it's what Saber OG can do as well, she can shoot energy waves in form of wind and block any magic below some class of level. Alter is stronger only because she choose to not hold anything back.

@kamataro1482

6 жыл бұрын

Muhammad Kharismawan And because she has infinite prana.

Do scathach next

I think there could be a gilgamesh alter, but it would have to be either jalter and cu alters case where Gil is created by the imagination of someone or like emyia alter where there is an alternative universe with different events happening to Gilgamesh. I would like it to be emyias case where we can have a Gil who is basically kratos. Wanting revenge on the gods who took enkidue away from him and halters the greatness of humanity. Like an servant who rules his kingdoms just like muzan from demon slayer and is titled the killer of gods

So I'm finally beginning to understand Gilgamesh and his different appearances a bit more. So in Fate/Zero, he's summoned as Archer, and he basically doesn't care about anything. He's kinda just there, because the grail already belongs to him anyway, so he's just kinda making sure nobody else takes it (his reasoning from the show). After he touches the grail mud, he comes back with a physical body. I read on the wiki that Gilgamesh is affected by whatever era he's summoned in, and that having a human body again amplifies this. So in FSN he's actually kinda pissed off and really arrogant, which is why Shirou can mop the utter floor with him in Unlimited Blade Works despite all of the absolutely broken nonsense we know Gilgamesh can do. He isn't fighting seriously or at his full potential at all because his arrogance and anger wont let him. And in Grand Order, he's so freakin' broken and actually CAN fight with a sword because this is actually him, not an incarnation from the Throne of Heroes summoned and locked into a specific servant class. And since he isn't under the influence of the grail or being displaced in another era, and has his full arsenal at his disposal, he's a lot more calm, a lot more rational, and a HECK of a lot more powerful. On a side note, Shirou said he couldn't fight with a sword in Blade Works because he was a king, not a warrior, even though in the original legend he wrestles Enkidu bare-handed and has enough physical strength to shake the walls of the gate they were fighting near, and he took own Humbaba with nothing but a golden axe and sword that collectively weighed more than most people can physically carry. I think him and Enkidu also had bows as well, I'll have to reread it. He also killed the Bull of Heaven bare-handed as well if I recall. So ya, Shirou should be hella glad Gil didn't call his bluff, or that he wasn't actually trying to win until it was far too late.

Ah shit yes good thing i already finished the whole fate series, now this answer all of my questions on how saber became alter saber, this helps alot to me thank you

For Joan summoning other Servants, it's because she was a leading figure during her life and, just as Iskandar, summoning followers could be something she could do, and she did, thanks to the Holy Grail in Gilles's possesion (Joan's wishes are somewhat Gille's)

I still laugh at Alter taking down Emiya. I want to see that fight for myself, 'cause with Rho Aias and UBW being factors, I really want to see how that would play out.