Artoria Pendragon[]
| “ | Of what is worth a King who fails protect the powerless ? | „ |
| ~ Artoria Pendragon |
| “ | Who is it, you ask ? That's something...That should be obvious with one look... | „ |
| ~ Artoria Alter to her pure self |
| “ | The Holy Grail. If it's real, I'll use it. If it's fake, I'll destroy it. | „ |
| ~ Saber in regards to the Holy Grail |
| “ | I ask of you, are you my Master ? | „ |
| ~ Artoria to Shirou |
Summary[]
Saber is the Saber-class Servant of Kiritsugu Emiya during the Fourth Holy Grail War, and then of his son, [Shirou Emiya], during the Fifth. Her true name is Artoria Pendragon, better known as King Arthur, the "Once and Future King", the "Dark Tyrant" and a legendary hero of Britain. She became king by pulling the sword Caliburn from the stone, but after it was destroyed, she was given Excalibur and Avalon by the Lady of the Lake.
Power and Stats[]
Tier: 7-A, 6-C with Excalibur | 7-A, High 7-A with Excalibur | At least 7-A, 6-C with Excalibur, likely higher | 7-A, High 7-A With Prana Burst, 6-C with Excalibur Morgan | 6-B, At least 6-B with Excalibur Morgan
Name: Artoria Pendragon, King of Knights, Once and Future King and the Dark Tyrant
Origin: Fate/Stay Night
Gender: Female (Posed as a Male in myth)
Age: At least 24, likely older (Physically 14 due to Avalon)
Classification: Saber Class-Servant | Heroic Spirit in Grand Order
Powers and Abilities
Superhuman Physical Characteristics, Enhanced Senses,Regeneration (At least Mid-Low; regenerated from being severely injured and nearly killed by Enuma Elish, and from Gilgamesh cutting through her neck. Has also regenerated getting pierced by Gae Bolg in the chest and from her battle with Berserker. Master Swordsman, Precognition (Has a high rank in her Instinct skill to the point of bordering on precognition, allowing her to avoid fatal blows such as Cu's Gae Bolg and Kojirou's Tsubame Gaeshi), Minor Mind Manipulation with Charisma, Magecraft, Air Manipulation with Invisible Air (Acts as a sheath of wind for Excalibur, rendering it invisible, and she can release it as an attack), Forcefield Creation (Can form a defensive wall of air and use Avalon to produce a barrier that can block out even the True Magics), Energy Projection,Statistics Amplification (Can reinforce her body with magical energy to increase her strength and durability), Immortality (Types 1 and 3 with Avalon), Vehicular Mastery,Self-BFR, Intangibility and Invulnerability with Avalon (Shuts out all interference up to the sixth dimension, including True Magic, can block attacks from a "higher-order dimension"), Water Walking, Supernatural Luck, Minor Fate Manipulation (Servants with B-rank Luck or higher can change their own fates to evade inevitable outcomes such as having their hearts destroyed by Gáe Bolg), minor Technology Manipulation (Can apply Mana Burst to vehicles), Soul Manipulation (All Servants can consume souls to replenish their mana), Immunity to Modern Weapons (Servants are Divine Mysteries that cannot be harmed by modern weapons such as guns, knives, or bombs unless they are infused with a supernatural aspect such as magical energy or possess a certain amount of age), Resistance to Magic (Including effects such as Petrification, Mind Manipulation, and Spatial Manipulation),
All previous abilities with the exception of the ones with Avalon
All previous abilities, Soul Manipulation and Biological Manipulation (Servants can resist Chaos Tides), Transmutation and Data Manipulation (Servants can stay in digitized area) and Poison Manipulation (Servants are unaffected by poisons from the likes of Jack's and Serenity's)
Mountain Level (Has A-Rank Strength, making her comparable to the likes of Heracles and other Servants), Island Level (Her Excalibur is stronger than Shirou's, which destroyed Angra Mainyu, destroyed Gilles's giant tentacle monster and is stated to have vaporized a lake)
Mountain Level (Stronger than Archer EMIYA, who can wound Heracles), higher with Excalibur (Killed Rider and split a cloudy sky)
Mountain Level (Archer [States that only Berserker stands a chance against Artoria] [but would likely win], Island Level with Excalibur (Destroyed the Holy Grail).
At least Mountain Level, likely Large Mountain Level (Her normal blows [can kill Heracles], Island Level with Excalibur Morgan
Island Level (Comparable to Altera and non buffed Gawain), at least Country Level with Excalibur Morgan
Relativistic (Traded blows with Diarmuid [at near the speed of Light]), Likely FTL with no Armor and Prana Burst ([Her speed triples with no armor restraining her]) FTL reaction speed (Should scale to Iskandar [who dodged Excalibur]).
Likely Relativistic with FTL reaction speed (Comparable to Lancer)
Likely Relativistic (Should be as fast as her Zero Self)
At least Relativistic, possibly Speed of Light (Should Scale to Iskandar who dodged Excalibur, cut off Shirou's arm [at the Speed of light]), FTL reactions.
Likely Relativistic to Speed of Light (Should be at least as fast as her Heaven's Feel self) with FTL
Class 25 ([Can lift and push a trailer truck])
Unknown
Unknown
At least Class 25, likely higher (Stronger than Berserker who can carry a castle top
Unknown
Mountain Class+
Mountain Class
Mountain Class+
Mountain Class
Country Class
Mountain Level+
Mountain Level (Survived a blast from Enuma Elish, can take attacks from Berserker)
Mountain Level
At least Mountain Level (Could shrug off attacks from Heracles like nothing)
Country Level
Stamina:Very high. Other Servants can fight for nearly an entire day without stopping. As long as Saber has a steady supply of magical energy from her Master, she can keep on fighting. In Garden of Avalon, she fought against Vortigern for several hours straight, even as Excalibur was drained of most of its light.| Virtually infinite, if linked up on the Grail
Range:Extended melee range with sword, several meters via Mana Bursts and Strike Air, several kilometers with Excalibur
Standard Equipment: Her armor, materialized through her power, Excalibur, Invisible Air, and Avalon.
Intelligence:Saber is an extremely accomplished swordswoman suitable for her class, clashing with even the strongest heroes in swordplay with few laying claims to having greater skill than her. Becoming the king of a prosperous nation at the age of fourteen, she is a skilled politician and an able leader who can effectively lead armies into battle and governing most of Britain by the end of her rule. She is also knowledgeable of magecraft, having been Merlin's apprentice in her youth, and is familiar with most European Heroic Spirits, easily recognizing Cú Chulainn and Diarmuid Ua Duibhne after seeing their Noble Phantasms once.
Weakness: Saber is bound by her honor as a knight, and she'd thus never rely on underhanded or more pragmatic tactics. Her sixth sense can be fooled by things that Saber has never experienced. Unlike other Servants, Saber isn't a proper Heroic Spirit, possessing a physical body that cannot go into spirit form though she does not have this in the world of Fate/Grand Order. She harbors a great deal of self-loathing and regrets over her actions and perceived failures as the King of Britain, which can be exploited to rile her up, or to break her mentally. Losing the ability to use one of her hands properly will prevent her from using Excalibur to its fullest potential, reducing its range to that of an Anti-Unit Noble Phantasm and weakening it considerably. | Unlike other Servants, Saber Alter isn't a proper Heroic Spirit, possessing a physical body that cannot go into spirit form though she does not have this in the world of Fate/Grand Order. She also has to constantly struggle against her temper, and her regeneration takes time, up to ten minutes depending on the scale of the wounds.
Notable Attacks/Techniques :
Noble Phantasms[]
Invisible Air: Bounded Field of the Wind King: Excalibur's sheath, a mysterious wind that hides its true identity, preventing other Servants from identifying her. It is a Bounded Field, closer to normal magecraft than a Noble Phantasm, presumably created by Merlin. The powerful winds around the blade distort light, rendering Excalibur completely invisible and its shape near-impossible to discern, keeping her opponents confused and unable to properly gauge its size and length, or even what kind of weapon it is. Once they figure it out, however, it becomes useless in this regard. It takes on Excalibur's sharp edge, and Saber can use it to form a defensive wall of wind large enough to envelop a building. Once the barrier is released, the compressed wind surges around her and can be released as a single-shot weapon, known as Strike Air: Hammer of the Wind King. She can also use it to propel herself forwards at greater speeds.
Excalibur: Sword of Promised Victory: The strongest holy sword, and King Arthur's most famous and powerful Noble Phantasm. It is a Divine Construct; more specifically, it is a "Last Phantasm," one of the ultimate weapons forged by the gods; or, in this case, it's the crystallization of humanity's wishes forged by the planet itself. Much like Excalibur Proto, it is a weapon designed to protect the planet by defeating those that would destroy it. Due to its incredible potential for destruction, its true power is restricted by multiple oaths.
When activated, it converts Saber's magical power into light that is then released as an extremely destructive wave of energy on the level of Divine Thaumaturgy. Despite the appearance of this function, only the tip of this energy wave can do damage, as the rest of the light emitted by Excalibur is the dislocation of everything it has destroyed along its path. Excalibur also boasts one of the fastest activation speeds among Noble Phantasms, matching the charging speed of both the original Pegasus and Iskandar's chariot, completing its activation in less than a second. Saber has also demonstrated the ability to partially invoke Excalibur's power in both melee combat and its activated form, dispelling Invisible Air to cut down Assassin in a single strike and forcing Gilgamesh to dodge an attack with a thinner beam that was charged while in motion.
Avalon: The Everdistant Utopia: Excalibur's scabbard, a Divine Construct of the same make. Passively, Avalon bestows immortality and regeneration upon its wielder; they do not age and can regenerate even from blows that remove most of their torso and their heart. It cannot, however, restore a destroyed brain. However, its real power is in its active use, as an "absolute defense." It shields Artoria in Avalon, the land of the fairies, the unreachable utopia that she strived to reach in life. It dissipates into magical particles and becomes a "portable fortress" that blocks off any interference, even up to the sixth dimension. It is on the level of true magic, and not even the Five Magics can bypass the barrier.
Class Skills[]
Charisma: The natural talent to command an army, which increases the ability of allies during group battles. It is said that a rank of B in this skill is sufficient to lead a nation as its King.
Instinct: The power to "feel" the most favorable developments for oneself during battle. Saber has an A-Rank in this skill, granting her a refined sixth sense that is close to true precognition that had allow her to avoid a death blow from Cu's Gae Bolg as well as Sasaki Koujirou's Tsubame Gaeshi and finding an opening in their second encounter, in addition to halving the hindrance that visual and auditory obstructions would generally provide.
Mana Burst: A skill that allows for an increase in performance by infusing one's weapons and body with magical energy, for both defensive and offensive purposes, effectively recreating the effects of a jet burst. Saber uses this skill mainly for her sword techniques, defense, and high-speed movement, propelling herself across the battlefield at high speeds while reinforcing her entire body with magical energy. With A-rank, even a stick can become a great weapon. Due to this and with her own innate high magical capacity, she can even fight off and take Berserker's blows with her own though ultimately would lose due to Shirou's inability to provide her with mana.
Other Abilities[]
Blessing of the Lady of the Lake: Saber has also received the blessings of Vivian, the Lady of the Lake who bestowed Excalibur to the young king. As a result, she can walk on water as if it were solid ground without any change in movement speed or traction.
Key: Fate/Zero | Fate Route | Unlimited Blade Works Route | Heaven's Feel Route | Grand Order