Debunker Man Ep 1: Fate (Saber) Powerscale

## Welcome

to Debunker Man, a series of mine where I debunk character profiles seen on VSBW. Starting with a Fate powerscale, specifically of Artoria Pendragon (Saber) seen in the original novel. I played through the Fate Route. Here's a link to the profile.

I will state the criteria: I will not bother to assess 'calcs', but rather assess the contradictions in the story.

### Problem with Attack Power

Saber is High 6-C, which means she can output 100 gigatons to 1 teraton of force per strike according to VSBW's own standards. The first step is 'when was this done?' When did Saber ever do something like this, even when she was fighting at full power? Even 1 percent of 1 percent of 100 gigatons of force (the lower end of High 6-C) is 1 *kiloton* of force, which is implied only when Saber vaporized a river (and you'll see this isn't valid soon). Furthermore, there are many people comparable to her in the Holy Grail War. This level of destruction is not shown anywhere in the story.

'But AP =/= DC!' Already addressed somewhere else. Why would the author make their character too powerful for the plot?

'But we know more than the author!' Already addressed. You don't know more about the author. Nasu wrote his story the way he wanted for a good reason. He managed to write the magic system and plot you see in his stories, so no, it's not like he's too stupid to put 2 and 2 together and realize a character that could wipe out the main setting with as much ease as you fart is bad writing. Unless the point of that story is that they're too strong and don't face any challenges, or that the town is CONSTANTLY at risk of being destroyed. This is not the case.

'It's a later interpretation according to your rules!' What later interpretation? This? 1. It's magic, so we don't know if it has *specific hax* that allows it to split apart islands or just outright strength + 2. Excalibur never demonstrates this strength.

'But she blows up Bennu!' With *magic*. No reason to assume it has particles that produce energy. This is vital, if it doesn't have those then you can't measure it using real world standards because it's a completely different type of energy from anything in our system.

### Problem With Speed

Saber is relativistic. She never displays this potential in the story. Ever. She is *stupid* fast but she's not 'I TRAVEL FROM ONE END OF THE EARTH TO ANOTHER IN JUST A MINUTE' fast. Especially because she rides horses. She ***LITERALLY* FOUGHT AGAINST HORSE RIDING EARLY POST CLASSICAL SOLDIERS IN A WAR.** You would *think* that Saber could just drop kick enemy castles into vapor, but nah, apparently she has to use Excalibur or siege it out. You would think she would literally instantly run back to Britain from the mainland if she hears something's up, or maybe just run back and forth between the island and mainland constantly, but nah, she gets on a boat.

I'm not just throwing this out there- this is literally the Battle of Camlann and how she died. It's in the story Nasu made and the story Nasu was inspired by.

### Total Ranking

2/10. Completely destroys the story if true. As a demonstration

*The Fifth Holy Grail War ended in a millisecond- too fast for the modern denizens to process, but for the ancient warriors who had been summoned- it was child's play. The town of Fuyuki was soon gone. In its place, a smoking crater.*

*There were no survivors.*

## Accurate Ranking

9-A physically, Unknown with supernatural abilities. Supersonic speed.