Lancelot (Berserker)

, Class Name is the Berserker-class Servant of Kariya Matou during the Fourth Holy Grail War of Fate/Zero.
He is one of the Servants of Ritsuka Fujimaru of the Grand Orders conflicts of Fate/Grand Order.
==Profile==
===Identity===
Also known as the , the person serving as a negative symbol of the Arthurian legend.
 The "Knight of the Lake", admired as the strongest even among the Knights of the Round Table. He was extremely loyal to King Arthur as one of the Knights of the Round Table. Lancelot's downfall began when he fell in love with Artoria's queen, Guinevere.
 It is said that the tragic love story of Diarmuid Ua Duibhne and Grainne later became the story model of Guinevere and Lancelot.
====Life====
He was originally born and raised in France. Having lost his parents as a child, he was raised by the Lady of the Lake Vivian and thus gained the alias "Knight of the Lake".
He had heard rumors of the King of Britain. He believed the King of Knights in Britain was pure nonsense. He began to compare himself with the King of Knights until he decided to travel to Britain to see the legendary king with his own eyes.
Saber Lancelot Gawain Bedivere.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Artoria with Bedivere (right) Gawain (far right) and Lancelot (left), in Please! Einzbern Counseling Room.
Sir Lancelot.jpg|Lancelot, when he is still a true knight, in Fate/Zero.
Lancelot in front of the lake.jpg|Anime version of Lancelot's illustration in Alfred Tennyson's poetic circle, , in Fate/Zero.
Merlin Memorial 1.png|thumb|300px|right|Lancelot, Merlin, and the other Knights from the back in the Fate/Grand Order Memorial Movie 2023.
He met the King as soon as he landed in Britain in the midst of battle. It carved a deep impression of the King when he saw the sight of a young boy riding on his horse, gallantly swinging her sword in a horde of invaders. It proved how wrong he was, the requirement to battle day and night was not physical attributes but it was one who holds unwavering convictions. Lancelot had fought together with the King in that battle, and for his accomplishments he was granted the honor of speaking with her as a friend and invited to Camelot as a guest. Before long, he began desiring a seat on the Round Table. He became a knight among the Round table and saw many battles.
He had many famous exploits, including once hiding his name and disguising himself to enter a horse race for the sake of a friend’s honor. Even after falling into a trap and being forced to face the enemy's blades with only his bare hands, he had proved victorious with his skilled fighting prowess using only an elm branch.
====Downfall====
When Sir Tristan left the castle saying King Arthur does not understand how others feel.Garden of Avalon - Chapter 3: The declining sun - Story of knights translation, p.072-079 It was those words that began to trigger his insanity.Einzbern Consultation Room - Episode 6 Sir Lancelot wishes to lessen the burden for his King, a wish that Guinevere also held. They conversed with each other and came to recognize each other as friends and rely on the other. It was then that Sir Lancelot became attracted to her. He learnt the King's secret from her. Though the king was actually a woman, she had married in order to maintain the pretense that she was a man and the image of a stable royal family. Guinevere, in turn, willingly sacrificed her own life as a woman in order to preserve this ideal government.
When Lancelot and the queen began their affair, the Knight of the Lake considered fleeing Camelot with her, but his loyalty to Artoria and his sense of duty prevented him from doing so. When political enemies of the king learned about the affair, Agravain, who was working for Morgan le Fay, exposed the adulterous relationship to the public. The queen was ordered to be executed. Lancelot attempted to save her, killing several of his fellow knights including Gawain's siblings, Gareth and Gaheris, in the process. He fled back to his own domain.
Lancelot, who was considered the perfect knight, Guinevere, the queen who had made her beloved betray his duty, and Artoria, the king who blamed herself for her loyal knight's despair, all suffered from the resulting fallout. Although Artoria forgave Lancelot's actions, Gawain still bore great hatred towards Lancelot for his betrayal and the death of his brothers.
His disloyalty fractured the balance among the Knights of the Round Table. This incident eventually became the trigger of civil war and carnage, and the country shattered to pieces in the flames of war. Lancelot, even after being excommunicated, wanted to participate in the to serve his King but Gawain hostilely rejected him, which helped result in the downfall of his King and country.
When Lancelot heard the news of his King's death, Lancelot sank in despair and escaped through madness. Thus, when he became a Heroic Spirit, he was summoned as the insane Berserker.
===Appearance===
MadEnhancement.jpg|The difference between the living Lancelot and Berserker.
Berserker Suit.png|His suit costume in Please! Einzbern Counseling Room.
Helmet of the dark knight.jpg| in Fate/Grand Order.
Berserker is a robust man fully clad in pitch-black armor and a rustic helmet with a thinly carved slit displaying the ghastly glow of his eyes. The armor is the work of the delicate and nuanced workmanship of its smith's utmost effort, succeeding in granting it an air of formidability and a fine construction. It is a perfect armor that can be called neither exquisite nor crude, and it instead perfectly melds magnificence and functionality. It is carved with countless marks and scratches, the highlights of his various military exploits etched into it to add a touch of valor. It is an ideal battle outfit that all knights could not help but envy.
During life, he was an ideal incarnation embodying the true face of a "knight." Having lost his distinguished dignity of the past, he has been thoroughly changed by his descent into madness. Mad Enhancement and his anger have corroded him into his pitch-black form. He has a blackened face, the visage of a living dead man who has lost everything to a curse. He had a beautiful visage capable of drawing the admiration of many women, but his hatred has made him gaunt and pallid like a phantom. The only part of him filled with light is his eyes that are filled with hatred. He retains his normal appearance while not under the effects of Mad Enhancement.
Due to For Someone's Glory, the identifying marks of his armor are hidden, only revealing the fact that he is fully clad in armor without any opening. It shows no ornaments or polished luster like that of Saber or Gilgamesh. Blurring the characteristic features and clues on the lineage of the maker, it makes him look like a "shadow", a bottomless black darkness like Hell. Once the ability is removed, the armor is easily identified as that of Lancelot. He lacks the radiance of Heroic Spirits, the "shine" that is the expression of their pride. There is no sign of the honor of his legend, the essential element of Noble Phantasms. This makes him closer to Assassin in nature, holding a "negative surge" like a vengeful spirit rather than a Heroic Spirit.Fate/Zero - Volume 1: -153:53:08
In Fate/EXTELLA LINK, he has the following costumes: 
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* (DLC)
===Personality===
As Berserker, his mind is under the effects of Mad Enhancement, limiting his rationality and ability to think. He gives off nothing but murderous intent and the thirst for blood, his deep hatred radiating out from him enough that he can easily be sensed even when he is hidden. He is able to battle with finesse due to his martial prowess, and he shows the ability to recognize that Lancer has been ordered to help him and take him as an ally for a short time. He still recognizes his King, instantly becoming hostile towards her and forgoing any orders in order to fight her. He growls parts of her name, a moan full of malice hardly resembling human speech.
Lancelot was known to have extreme loyalty to his King during life as one of the people she considered to be a friend. She believes, even after their armies had clashed, that their hearts should still be the same, as a subject upholding the way of the knight and a king upholding the way of the knight. Saber is shocked in his ability to manifest as Berserker, that he who was the subject of people’s admiration could be reduced to that state. She cannot help but think their eternal partnership was nothing but a naive fantasy onto which she had clung upon seeing him in that state.
In one sense, he can be said to be a victim of Saber's righteousness. Saber believes the root of it to stem from her hiding her gender. Seeking punishment for his actions, he was forgiven by the one person who he desired it from the most. The wretchedness he felt from that simple act was overwhelming for him. His guilt weighed down on him the more he adored his king, so his only salvation became to personally bring about her downfall. The atrocities he committed were of an insane and irritable young man, but ultimately driven by his overwhelming love for his king. He hated that she could remain an ideal king even after learning about the affair, and lamented how his king sacrificed herself for the sake of her country.
====Relationships ====
;Artoria Pendragon
:"A----urrrrrr!!!"
;Galahad
:"..........? ???"
==Role==
===Fate/Zero===
Berserker is summoned by Kariya Matou in the 4th Holy Grail War. Zouken Matou, deciding that Kariya was too lacking as a Mage, compensated by forcing him to obtain a Servant from the most powerful of the seven classes - namely the Servant of Mad Enhancement, Berserker. Until his identity was revealed, he was known simply as the .Fate/Zero - Volume 1: The Untold Story of the Fourth Holy Grail War, ACT.1
During the War's first battle between the Servants, Lancer strikes Saber with Gáe Buidhe and attempts to finish her off, but their fight is interrupted by Iskandar. In the ensuing chaos, both Archer and Berserker arrive and engage one another in battle. They are evenly matched, with weapons of Archer's Gate of Babylon being caught and effectively wielded by Berserker to deflect any other weapons thrown at him.Fate/Zero - Volume 1: The Untold Story of the Fourth Holy Grail War, ACT.4Fate/Zero - Volume 2: The Mad Feast of Kings, ACT.5
Archer is forced by his Master to retreat, but Kariya, unable to control his Servant any longer, is unable to order Berserker to do the same. As a result, Berserker turns his attention to the injured Saber, but is stalled by Lancer's interference. However, Lancer's Master, Lord Kayneth Archibald El-Melloi, decides that Saber is the greater threat, and uses a Command Spell to coerce his Servant into aiding Berserker. This order is quickly retracted when Iskander interferes again, attacking Berserker from behind and threatening to team up with Saber. Both Berserker and Lancer retreat soon after.
During the battle against Caster, Berserker takes control of an F-15 jet to use as his Noble Phantasm, and engages Archer in aerial combat at his Master's behest. Their fight is left unresolved when Berserker catches sight of Saber, and ignores Archer in favour of attacking the female Servant. He is defeated when Archer strikes him from behind with a barrage of Noble Phantasms. His Master, Kariya, is likewise defeated when he engages Tohsaka Tokiomi in combat.Fate/Zero - Volume 2: The Mad Feast of Kings, ACT.8Fate/Zero - Volume 3: The Scattered Ones, ACT.9Fate/Zero - Volume 3: The Scattered Ones, ACT.10Fate/Zero - Volume 3: The Scattered Ones, ACT.12Fate/Zero - Volume 4: The Flames of Purgatory, ACT.13
Berserker is next sent out to kidnap Irisviel von Einzbern, in order to fulfill Kariya's end of a bargain with Kirei Kotomine. He uses his abilities to assume Rider's form, effectively fooling Saber and her Master into pursuing the wrong Servant. Saber engages the true Rider in battle, allowing Berserker to safely deliver Irisviel to his Master.Fate/Zero - Volume 4: The Flames of Purgatory, ACT.14
On the final day of the 4th Holy Grail War, Berserker engages Saber using submachine guns as his Noble Phantasm. (The anime depicts him with a Sniper Rifle and a Submachine Gun.) She manages to disarm him and damage his armour, but her killing blow is stopped short when Berserker deftly catches her blade between his hands. Saber realises that Berserker possesses knowledge of Excalibur's shape and length despite its invisibility, and deduces that he had known her when still alive. She demands that he reveal his true identity, to which Berserker responds by drawing his own sword, Arondight. His helmet finally shatters, revealing him to be Saber's old friend and greatest knight - Lancelot of the Lake.Fate/Zero - Volume 4: The Flames of Purgatory, ACT.16
Overcome by guilt of how she had contributed to his downfall in life, Saber loses her will to fight, and is brutally battered by Lancelot. She blocks one final blow from Berserker, expecting the next to be a killing strike, only to have him completely cease all movement. At the instant of his last blow, Berserker's Master, Kariya, had been completely drained of magical energy, effectively cutting off Berserker's source of power.
Taking advantage of the situation, Saber drives Excalibur into the frozen Berserker, dealing him a mortal wound. She tearfully tells him that she had wished to win the Holy Grail to atone for her past mistakes, including her part in Lancelot's death.
Having regained his sanity, Berserker admits that he wished Saber had condemned him for his crimes, and demanded penance of him. Instead, her willingness to forgive him made it impossible for him to forgive himself. Berserker collapses into Saber's arms, sighing that, in the end, he would die in the bosom of his king, like a loyal and just knight. Unable to sustain his physical form any longer, Lancelot fades away and was the fifth servant to perish in the Fourth Grail War.
====Einzbern Consultation Room====
Lancelot appears in Einzbern Consultation Room, a metafiction segment analyzing the story, taking place after his death. He appears as his normal self rather than under Mad Enhancement, shocking Irisviel and Student No.0's expectations of the Berserker-class Servant. He is humble and well-mannered, ashamedly standing outside hesitating to enter due to the deeds he committed. Throughout the episode, he makes several remarks about his past and the Grail War, as well as more personal opinions (the most notable of which being that he prefers Saber over Guinievere). He also reveals that, upon his summoning, he came into contact with the Greater Holy Grail of Fuyuki's corruption and thus he became familiar with the nature of the Grail.
Due to wishing for the Servants to be corrupted as a vessel for Angra Mainyu, Irisviel places a pot on his head to have him remember the darkness and slowly revert to Berserker. He tries to warn Student No.0 about Irisviel's true nature, but ends up reverting to Berserker and leaves in madness, only to be absorbed by the Grail.
===Garden of Avalon===
Lancelot recounts his and Guinevere's betrayal.
===Capsule Servant===
There are two Lancelot in the game: the Berserker Capsule Servant, and the Lancelot in the world of Capsule Servant who is the son of Gawain and the brother of Master Artoria, Kay and Bedivere.
===Fate/Grand Order===
====First Singularity: Orleans====
Lancelot is summoned by Jeanne Alter to serve as one of her Servants. He and Charles-Henri Sanson encounter Ritsuka's party when they witness them attacking Marshal Gilles' soldiers with wyverns outside of Lyon. The two fight the group until Gilles arrives and bombards the wyverns with cannon fire. At this point, Carmilla orders the retreat, but Lancelot ignores her upon mistaking Jeanne d'Arc for King Arthur. So Carmilla orders him to hold the group off while she escapes with Sanson. He is defeated, calling out to Jeanne as Arthur, and disappears.Fate/Grand Order - Orleans: Hundred Years War of the Evil Dragons, Section 8: Attack of the Giant Dragon
==== Fate/Accel Zero Order====
Lancelot helps Ritsuka's party kill Gilgamesh when they disrupt the King of Heroes' discussion with Artoria Pendragon and Iskandar.Fate/Grand Order - Fate/Accel Zero Order, ACT-12: Discussing the Holy Grail After Gilgamesh perishes, however, Lancelot attacks Artoria when Kariya collapses from expending too much magical energy. The group helps her fight Lancelot, but Iskandar soon stops the fight. He has decided to ally with Kariya and Lancelot against El-Melloi II and leaves with them.Fate/Grand Order - Fate/Accel Zero Order, ACT-13: Battle Royale
Outside the Matou Mansion, however, Iskandar abandons the idea of Kariya and Lancelot being his allies upon seeing Kariya doesn't have his priorities straight. Lancelot loses Kariya as his Master when Kariya trades his right hand and Command Spells for Sakura, whom Iskandar captured while burning the worms in the basement. He is then left by himself after Iskandar has Mithrenes take Kariya and Sakura to a hospital outside Fuyuki and leaves. Zouken finds his mansion burning and Lancelot about to disappear. He then contracts with him to get revenge.Fate/Grand Order - Fate/Accel Zero Order, ACT-15: To the Greater Grail
At the Grail's Chamber, after Iskandar disappeared, Lancelot ambushes El-Melloi II on Zouken's orders. Zouken then orders Lancelot to kill the others, desiring to see the Grail completed despite its corruption.Fate/Grand Order - Fate/Accel Zero Order, ACT-17: Wish of the Three Founding Families Ritsuka's party kill Lancelot, but that, unfortunately, triggers the Grail's activation.Fate/Grand Order - Fate/Accel Zero Order, ACT-18: The Fallen Grail
====Final Singularity: Solomon====
Lancelot is among the "Orleans" Singularity Servants assisting Chaldea against the Demon Gods of the Melting Furnace.Fate/Grand Order - Salomon: The Grand Time Temple - Act 02: Blast Furnace Navelius
====Interlude====
===== Knight of Owner=====
Lancelot is brought to have a picnic with Ritsuka and Mash. Though Romani Archaman is concerned because Lancelot is a Berserker, Mash says it’s fine since he’s an understandable Berserker. However, further conversation is interrupted when a monster attacks the group. Mash can’t use her shield though because everyone’s lunches are on it. So Lancelot blocks the monster’s attack with chopsticks, then he uses a log to fight the monsters with Mash.Fate/Grand Order - Lancelot's Interlude I: Knight of Owner
=====For Someone's Glory=====
Lancelot joins Mash in a battle simulation (secretly at the highest parameters) as part of Romani’s plan to remove his helmet. However, he overcomes all of Romani’s best efforts to get his helmet off. Frustrated by his failures, Romani accidentally reveals aloud that everyone wanted to see Lancelot without his helmet. Complying with their request, Lancelot removes his helmet, but For Someone’s Glory prevents them from seeing his face. Though they’re disappointed, Ritsuka and Mash hope that Lancelot will one day reveal his face.Fate/Grand Order - Lancelot's Interlude II: For Someone's Glory
===Fate/EXTELLA LINK===
Lancelot has been Oraclized to be a member of Karl der Große's New Holy Empire.Fate/EXTELLA LINK - Day 2: Turning The Tables
====First Route====
If Hakuno's forces intercept Karl's forces at Mare Origio, Lancelot appears along with Darius III and Medusa.  He assumes the form of a Shadow Lancer, and hides among the others in effort to ambush the Hakuno's Servants.  He is eventually discovered, and forced to retreat for a time after being bested in combat. He returns later when Darius and Medusa have retreated, but he is defeated again.
====Final Route====
Lancelot is in charge in defense of Carolus Patricius when Hakuno's forces assault it. He repeats the tactic he did in the first route, but he's discovered and forced to retreat. He returns later, but he is defeated again.
===Other appearances===
In Type-Moon's April Fools' Day 2009, moon.cinemas.jp is a fake movie theater site listing a number of parody films. He was featured in , a parody film of . Berserker plays the role of Sensha Otoko's Eirei Throne Channel internet friend with the nickname . He's a surprisingly nice guy but he is a man with a phobia of face to face and he uses his sketchbook to write his speech and thoughts. His role is expanded in TYPE-MOON 10th Anniversary Phantasm where he lives in the Matou family with Kariya and Sakura Matou. He and the other Eirei Throne Channel suggested Sensha Otoko to buy a Saber figure for El-Melloi Girl. When Kariya was stalking Aoi Tohsaka, Berserker calls him delusional and Kariya retaliate by throwing objects at Berserker. Kariya accidentally thrown an apple at Berserker's Saber Lily figure to which Berserker dived and saved it from falling. Berserker started to damage Kariya with his ability and they started to fight.
In Fate/kaleid liner PRISMA☆ILLYA 3rei!!, Sakura installs Berserker Class Card. She was able to use Knight of Owner to steal Shirou's projected Noble Phantasm.
==Abilities ==
Lancelot was born with numerous abilities and aptitudes that took him beyond the realm of "high-spec" right into "completely overpowered". With his signature weapon Arondight in hand, he was considered an unrivaled swordsman, the strongest when it comes to individiual prowess. Not only was he reputedly unbeatable in his time, but he is famed as the strongest of the Knights of the Round Table. As he often fell into madness many times due to troubles involving Guinevere, he has a particular compatibility with the Berserker class. In this class, his Magical Energy comsumption is increased, so it is considered worthy of praise how Kariya Matou, a weak Master who relies on Crest Worms, lasted as long as he did.
===Combat===
Lancelot wears a perfect black set of full-body armor. It is neither exquisite nor crude, but a seamless blend of magnificence and functionality. The delicate, nuanced workmanship of a smith who gave his utmost effort succeeded in giving it an air of formidability and fine construction. The countless marks and scratches etched into the armor serve as carvings, highlighting the wearer’s illustrious military exploits and adding a touch of valor. It is the ideal battle outfit that all knights cannot help but envy. Paired with Lancelot's own Endurance, it makes him an incredibly durable Servant. Not even direct exposure to the convection currents at the back of an is able to face him. He was also capable of enduring multiple direct hits from Gilgamesh's Noble Phantasms, although it incapacitated him. In another occasion, Lancelot reacted to a surprise attack of Iskandar's Gordius Wheel, luckily avoiding the maximum impact of its two wheels by crawling away of its path. However, just getting trampled by the eight hooves of the two divine bulls injured him so much he couldn't even stand afterward. His helmet also took a direct blow of Artoria Pendragon's Invisible Air, albeit it was noted that this was thanks to Artoria not getting a perfect shot.
Charlemagne regards Lancelot as a worthy opponent. In fact, maybe a little TOO worthy. Despite having forsaken his reason for Mad Enhancement, Lancelot remains a remarkably skilled warrior. He is familiar with the full extent of Artoria Pendragon's abilities, so he is able to utilize accurate and prudent battle tactics against her. He hunts her by continually giving chase without allowing her to retaliate so as to slowly strangle her. He knows every detail of her sword from its shape to its length like the back of his hand, which allows him to predict its path even while it is sheathed in Invisible Air. Nevertheless, Artoria, while crippled by Gáe Buidhe, is capable of defending herself from his relentless attacks, forcing an external force such as Diarmuid Ua Duibhne to break the stalemate. According to Sola-Ui Nuada-Re Sophia-Ri, Diarmuid's decision to aid Artoria was correct. In order to defeat Lancelot, he had no choice but to team up with her. However, Kayneth El-Melloi Archibald strongly disagreed with her. Due to his Master's Perspective, he believed that Artoria's strong abilities made her a greater threat than Lancelot. 
Lancelot and Mash Kyrielight working together defeated a virtual simulation of Shadow Servant Gilgamesh. While Mash states that they barely won, Romani Archaman claims that Lancelot made it look like a walk in the park. Furthermore, in Accel Zero, the combined efforts of Lancelot, Diarmuid Ua Duibhne, Zhuge Liang, and Mash managed to defeat and kill the actual Gilgamesh. However, Lancelot consumed so much Magical Energy in that fight that his Master Kariya Matou collapsed and fell to the ground. Lancelot later fights Artoria Pendragon, Diarmuid, Zhuge Liang, and Mash. Diarmuid disarms him with Gáe Dearg, but Iskandar saves him before Ritsuka Fujimaru can finish him off. Lancelot is extremely fatigued from his consecutive battles, however, he eventually forms a new contract with Zouken Matou and presumably regains his full strength. He is defeated by a team comprised of EMIYA, Diarmuid, Artoria, and Mash. In the First Singularity, Lancelot and Charles-Henri Sanson fought Mash Kyrielight, Marie Antoinette, and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, however, they were incapable of getting past Mash's shield. Jeanne d'Arc while weakened was capable of blocking one attack from Lancelot. Lancelot was then defeated by Jeanne and Mash. 
Iskandar states that he could probably defeat Lancelot with just his war chariot.
===Skills===
====Class Skills====
*Mad Enhancement (C Rank): Rank up for all parameters except Luck and Mana, but in exchange, Berserker can no longer think and speak properly. It is noted that only reason Lancelot was able to fight Gilgamesh as well as he did was thanks to his parameters being boosted by Mad Enhancement.
====Personal Skills====
*Magic Resistance (E Rank): Possesses an amulet ring that rejects Magical Energy with a Magic Resistance value of D Rank, however, it is ranked down due to Mad Enhancement. Incapable of invalidating Magecraft, but somewhat reduces the damage value.
*Protection of the Spirits (A Rank): A blessing from Elementals; the capacity to increase one's Luck in dangerous situations. Activation is limited to battlefields, where it is possible to perform feats of arms.
*Eternal Arms Mastery (A+ Rank): Mastership of combat arts has reached the point of being said to be unrivaled in one's era. By completely merging his mind, body, and technique, it is possible to make use of full fighting skills even when under the influence of any sort of mental hindrance. Thanks to this skill, Lancelot's martial prowess hasn't faded at all despite having lost his sanity.Fate/EXTELLA LINK - Glossary: Lancelot
===Noble Phantasms===
Lancelot's first Noble Phantasm is Knight of Owner. It transforms any normal object he holds with his hands into a D-rank pseudo-Noble Phantasm as long as it can be recognized as a "weapon". However, in the case where the stolen Noble Phantasm is originally higher ranked, the original stat is preserved. Presumably thanks to this ability, Lancelot was a powerful enemy against any Servant in the Fourth Holy Grail War excluding Diarmuid Ua Duibhne, whose Gáe Dearg can nullify the Magical Energy enhancements of Lancelot's weapons. Knight of Owner is particularly compatible with Gilgamesh's Gate of Babylon, making Lancelot his natural enemy. Tokiomi Tohsaka considered Lancelot a more threatening opponent than Artoria Pendragon's Excalibur, but lesser than Iskandar's Ionioi Hetairoi.
Lancelot's most notable weaponry includes:
*Noble Phantasms from Gate of Babylon: Lancelot was capable of enduring the continuous attacks of sixteen of Gilgamesh's arrows. He would catch one of them mid-air and use it to deflect the rest, only switching weapons once he got a stronger one than the one that he was currently wielding. Their fight was stated to be evenly balanced until Gilgamesh opened twice as many gates, a number of weapons that no one present, not even Lancelot, could have endured.
*: Lancelot used it in his second fight with Gilgamesh, who was riding Vimana. Artoria Pendragon's good command of her footwork allows her to rival the jet in speed.
**: Normally, cannon shells pose no threat to a Servant, regardless of the size of the caliber. This is especially so with Artoria Pendragon, whose physical abilities would allow her to evade them with no difficulty. However – no matter how extraordinary the Heroic Spirit may be, the 12,000 rounds per minute of the M61 autocannon present an unmanageable amount of shots. Furthermore, the weapon is enhanced with Lancelot's Magical Energy, a single shot would instantly be fatal. While Artoria would be capable of destroying the F-15 with Excalibur, Lancelot's battle tactics, prudence, and previous knowledge of Artoria's abilities, made it so that his attacks didn't give her any opportunity to counterattack. 
**Four : 26 pound explosive that is magically enhanced by Lancelot. Typically would function using radar waves, but Lancelot's enhanced version tracks down the target of his animosity. Gilgamesh blocked these missiles with 2 shields from Gate of Babylon.
**Four 
*Small Machine Guns provided by Kirei Kotomine: They fire bullets faster than the , however, they are still unable to surpass the speed of Artoria Pendragon's sword. Nevertheless, the speed of twenty-odd bullets per second leaves her only able to parry. Furthermore, Artoria sensed that even though she was a Servant, if she were hit she would be fatally wounded.
Lancelot's second Noble Phantasm is For Someone's Glory. Originally, it was an ability that not only allowed him to hide his True Name, parameters, and appearance, but to disguise himself as another Heroic Spirit. However, he can no longer use this last ability due to the influence of Mad Enhancement. As a Berserker, its full capabilities can only be used if his Master forces him with a Command Spell, as shown when Kariya Matou made Lancelot disguise himself as Iskandar to kidnap Irisviel von Einzbern.
Lancelot summons Arondight.gif|thumb|Berserker summoning Arondight
Berserker (Lancelot) in Combat with Arondight drawn.gif|Berserker in combat with Arondight drawn, violently overpowering a distraught Saber and nearly finishing her.
Lancelot's true Noble Phantasm is Arondight. It is a Divine Construct with the same origins as Excalibur, a weapon that was only allowed to be wielded by the greatest knight of its time. In exchange for sealing away For Someone's Glory and Knight of Owner, Lancelot receives a boost in his parameters. It allows him to unleash his true ability, showing skill with the sword completely incomparable to his previous level. Furthermore, it deals extra damage to Heroic Spirits with the Dragon attribute. In fact, the increased damage is so great that it surpasses Artoria Pendragon's innate regenerative capabilities. During the duel between the two, Artoria was defeated the moment she realized Lancelot's True Name. With her will to fight shattered, Lancelot's strong prowess was many times greater than her own. Due to this, all Artoria could do was defend herself to prevent receiving a fatal blow. However, it is noted that even if Artoria had been in perfect condition she might not have been able to withstand the strong momentum behind Lancelot's relentless blows. Arondight's main weakeness is that it multiplies Lancelot's normal Magical Energy consumption many times. It not only surpasses the limit of Kariya Matou's Crest Worms, but comsumes the amount of energy that would have allowed him to remain in physical form even without a Master for several hours in just ten seconds. It is implied that Lancelot would have killed Artoria had he not ran out of energy at the very last moment.
==Development==
Lancelot first appearance in the illustration cover of Fate/stay night [Realta Nua] soundtrack.
The scene with Berserker fighting Gilgamesh with a fighter jet was planned from the start, so Gen Urobuchi worked towards making it. He especially wanted an "Itano Circus", a unwieldy and unnecessarily large amount of missiles that will not even hit properly based on Ichiro Itano's work in , from Gilgamesh's Gate of Babylon.
The anime version has heavily revised the Berserker's flashback scenes. Gen Urobuchi explains that the sudden change from the battle to a flashback would make the audience lose tension from the inconsistent timeline.
Tomonori Sudo (Supervising Key Animation Director) explains that they had the plan of "there's a black haze" with Berserker. He wanted to clearly show the haze that was hiding Berserker's real body. Naturally they thought of animating Berserker and then pasting the haze on top, but then the haze wouldn't look three dimensional. In the end, pictures are flat, so even if you paste the haze on top, it wouldn't have any depth. That being the case, he figured that if they applied the haze to the 3DCG, maybe they could get that sense of depth. So first they animated Berserker, then swapped out for 3DCG, and applied the haze to that. It was a fairly tedious process, but he thought it would be best to show Berserker.Fate/Zero Blu-ray Disc Box I, p.016 Masato Takizawa (Berserker 3DCG Supervisor) explains that he had to tweak parts like warping and altering the scale so Berserker's movements wouldn't look like stiff CG animation. Although there were a ton of difficult areas over the course of the series, he believe that all the hard work really can be seen on the screen and made for better visuals. He think that shows like this that are so beloved by the audience comes around once in a blue moon, so it is a real honor for him to be given the opportunity to take part in it.
In episode 23 "The Sea at the End of the World", Berserker's movements are first drawn with keyframe animation, and then a 3DCG Berserker is animated to match, and finally, black mist is added over the top of that. After the mist clears, Berserker is fully animated using keyframe animation. Just like Kariya, the animation staff worked so hard they coughed up blood when they animated Berserker. Kei Tsunematsu was in charge of the storyboard for this episode.
===Creation and Conception===
Berserker's armor was designed by Hirokazu Koyama for Fate/Zero. He was told to give Berserker the appearance of a dark hero with a "bucket with a slit in it" for the helmet. He gave him a massive outer appearance, and utilized various parts similar to Saber's armor to assemble it. Only the slit in the helmet remained from the original design order, and just from the outline of the head, it is a rather simple silhouette that still manages to carry the impression of the armor. Within the discarded designs, there was a period where the slit featured a more eye-like design.
His original feel for the character was one of a great gap between his thin, weak looking appearance and amazing power and speed. The design of the back of the armor was added on afterwards, but fit in unexpectedly well. Takashi Takeuchi was surprised Koyama made such a complex design from the simple instruction of a "Bucket Helmet", and thought "This sort of design must be pretty valuable." Gen Urobuchi also wondered how such a design would end up looking good, imagining a "slit-like eyepiece" like what was used in the final design.
Takeuchi designed Lancelot's face easily, thinking "This guy is so unlucky!" while drawing him. The difference in his facial features between his living form and that under Mad Enhancement is like the difference between an and an . The expression Lancelot makes next to Bedivere, like that of someone being punished for doing something wrong, makes Takeuchi tear up when looking at it. Urobuchi feels Lancelot is more beautiful as a handsome man with a shady past rather than an unrestrained playboy.
Atsuhi Ikariya was in charge of the character design for the anime version. He drew Berserker like a mecha, so he used lots of shadows and lines and tried to give a sense of the metal of the armour.
 (Voice actor of Berserker) talks how it was surprisingly hard to pick out lines in the scripts as his lines were mostly just screaming "Aaaah!". When he was recording "Sound Drama," he was told that the "Aaaah!" howl was him trying to shout "Arthur", but his hatred is so strong that he can't get the word out. He thinks it is hard to pick up on that when he first appears, but he made a point of going "Aaaah!" after they started the second season. He was really happy that he got to deliver some proper lines in the last two episodes.
Lancelot (Berserker) was illustrated by Hirokazu Koyama in Fate/Grand Order His scenario writer is Kinoko Nasu in Fate/Grand OrderFate/Grand Order material II - Lancelot, p.080-085 translated by castor212 at Beast's Lair
===Reception ===
Okiayu said from a visual standpoint, the staff of Ufotable has really pulled out all stops on Berserker. When he heard that they could only finish a handful of cuts in a day, he was shocked at the craftsmanship. Since the visuals weren't done when he was recording, he only did growls and howls for timing. Okiayu said that a lot of people didn't know that he was playing Berserker in the first season because he's always howling.
Shingaki Tarusuke (Voice actor of Kariya Matou) stated that every scene featured Berserker is a classic scene.
*In the Type-Moon's 10th Anniversary Character Poll, Berserker was ranked 43rd.
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