Fate/Stay Night Unlimited Blade Works! Episode 15 REACTION | Group Reaction

[@colt1903]

"You surpass your own myth to the very end." That's probably the highest praise this version of Gil will ever give to anyone that isn't named Enkidu.

[@henricobilatto44]

What about Iskandar?

[@colt1903]

@@henricobilatto44 I think he respected Iskandar as a King, where as Herc earned his respect as a Hero. I feel like there's a real difference there. Maybe it's just me though.

[@bliss6417]

It's not gay if it's clay

[@butterflyyy8087]

That’s his 13th life, just gained a new one.

[@traehignight]

@@bliss6417underrated comment

[@ohthisguyagain5386]

I want to point out, while Gilgamesh was extremely cruel in slicing Illya's eyes before killing her, in ancient Mesopotamia that was actually a sign of respect. It was meant to stop warriors from witnessing their own death before the final blow

[@Djc00lness]

cmon vro, its gilgamesh

[@yerfriendlyneighborhoodsco3337]

@@Djc00lness the king of heros is indeed that...just we only summon regularly him in his asshole teenage years lol

[@RoroJK1997]

Lol I'm late but can I know the source pls ? I tried to search it up to know more about it, but I can't find it !

[@Aythos]

@@RoroJK1997 I also tried to find it. Found nothing.

[@RoroJK1997]

@@Aythos fr, still didn't find it. I really want to know if that's true because if it is, it's really interesting!

[@mike_010]

Gil give him a very high praise “You surpass your own myth at the very end” The Japanese version give it a higher emphasis, “at the end of the very end” It is very rare that Gil give him such a praise, most of the hero are tied up to their own myth, saber wants to save England, Alexander wants to conquer… But Berserker in UBW just go beyond his own myth And all of that is for his mistress

[@user-gv9kv6pp3s]

Almost like he accomplished a thirteen labor by fighting gilgamesh and gained a thirteen life on the spot. I love fate and Heracles so much bruh

[@illumination_0109]

Its very high praise for sure but I think for Archer Gil the biggest praise is when he willingly pulls out Ea against you

[@McZippyMedia]

In Fate/Grand Order, in one of the Lost Belt chapters Herc literally summoned a shadow of himself out of nowhere to protect Illya. As in he just willed himself into existence. The man is absolutely committed.

[@BekindBekbek]

In his legend Gilgamesh met basically only one person who could rival him - it`s Enkidu, who later due to certain events became that Chains of Heaven

[@mad-scientist]

Brooo I can't wait until they check out Babylonia... the dynamic between Gilgamesh and Enkidu is so amazing

[@scares3859]

not due to certain event, his only friend is also in his GoB - the chains of heavens, enkidu.

[@axelblaze6052]

Also in mythology Enkidu and Gilgamesh are a little more than friends if you know what I mean

[@colt1903]

@@axelblaze6052 It's not gay if it's clay?

[@DavidMartinez-zp5ki]

@@axelblaze6052 the first register of humanity is a BL 🤣

[@MsDark93]

One thing to note - Berserker is arguably the *worst* class for Heracles to be summoned as, since he loses access to most of his Noble Phantasms.

[@doriejames7650]

Now I'm thinking about true archer on fate strange fake. That form of heracles can literally no diff archer gil. That's what I read about him

[@MsDark93]

@@doriejames7650 Eh... Not "no diff", Gil still has advantage in raw firepower, but he would give him one hell of a fight.

[@illumination_0109]

@@MsDark93 No Gil can only hurt Archer Herc with Ea and Chains of Heaven, Archer Herc literally told Gil to take out Ea if he even wanted to stand a chance and called Gil weak. Raw Firepower doesn't work on Archer Hercules at all. One of Archer Herc NP nullifies all Humanly Created Weapons which is everything in Gil's Gate of Babylon except Ea and Chains of Heaven

[@MsDark93]

@@illumination_0109 That's not entirely true. His comment of "getting out Ea" was meant to drive Gil into blind rage and, potentially, steal it. Alcides needed a shit ton of external buffs just to keep up with GoB. Re-read the fight. Gilgamesh was wiping the floor with Alcides, until Ishtar interfered and sealed GoB away. Even after that - he *still* overpowered Alcides. And he's not immune to all weapons. Gil himself calls Alcides's pelt a "simple gimmick" that has holes in it. He starts aiming for those holes, causing Alcides to start dodging and blocking. At the end of Vol.4 Gil straight up says that he doesn't need Ea to kill Alcides.

[@LegalisticGallery-zn9pj]

Hercules couldn't use Nine Lives, at least not because of the class, but because the Einzberns deliberately fucked his brain to make him obey Ilya. I can be wrong

[@akritianwesha4151]

Rip Illyesviel . Her life is so tragic especially when I think about how Irisviel wanted Kiritsugu to let her see and enjoy all the things she cudn't do. Kiritsugu even made a promise to do that but unfortunately he cudn't keep it. It's just so sad seeing her meet the end like this but that doesn't stop me from loving Gilgamesh. He is still the Goat.

[@illumination_0109]

The family kepts him away from Illya tho not Kiritsugu's fault

[@ares222]

That's why Carnival Phantasm is the best route of fate

[@user-gv9kv6pp3s]

@@ares222 the only canon route for me lol

[@deepsavings3126]

fortunately there's other timelines, but most of them don't seem to end well for illya, even her own series monkaS

[@Kaslanyan]

​@@deepsavings3126 yep, i don't even know if prillya will end up with illya alive or not.

[@WhiteTorn]

Fun fact: The Chains of Heaven that Gilgamesh used is actually his one and only friend, called Enkidu. Enkidu was created by the gods in order to kill Gilgamesh, but instead of killing Gilgamesh, they became friends. After Enkidu died, he reverted back to his real form which is the chains that can kill a god.

[@mad-scientist]

Seeing Ilya like that... never got the chance to properly spend time with her dad or brother... broke my heart

[@BekindBekbek]

In his legend, Heracles was driven mad by Geia and killed his own children in madness. This is reason why he can be summoned as Berserker and why children theme is so triggering for him. Btw, Heracles can be summoned almost in any class (except Caster), but his strongest version is supposed to be Archer. His every labor becomes separate Noble Phantasm with incredible power

[@illumination_0109]

Tbh the strongest part bout Hercules NP against Gil was that he had a immunity to humanly created weapon

[@BekindBekbek]

If Shirou was silent at this moment it would lead to another Bad End

[@illumination_0109]

Yall have no idea how broken a 100% Artoria is with her Scabbard she is untouchable with a NP like Excalibur you have immune Servant running around with a Nuke given enough mana

[@sofaloaf3804]

Cutting the eyes is a thing they uses to do so that fighters after death don't cry

[@nencrows_4580]

So you could say that Gil did what he did to her out of pity.

[@RoroJK1997]

Wow I'm almost 1 year late, but do you have the source? I find that interesting

[@doriejames7650]

And that's why i hate archer Gil. Caster Gil is the goat for me even though archer gil >>> caster gil.

[@seiyajin8151]

A fun fact: Heracles Berserker, the version you are seeing him, is actually a nerfed and weakened version of him, because the Berserker class is his weakest version, since he loses all his intelligence and becomes unable to use his Noble Phantasms and all of his capabilities. But because the Einzbern's wanted a loyal and easy to control servant, they forced Heracles to come in the Berserker class, without the notion that it would be his weakest class. If he had been summoned as Saber, Archer (His strongest class), he could easily compete with Gilgamesh. And what helped the Einzbern too, is that even in his Berserker class, Heracles is such a badass, that he still retained some of his personality, evidenced by his weakness with children, so he has this protectiveness and love for Illiya, even in his Berserker class. And that means too, that he would be a loyal servant in any other class, as long as Illiya was his master. In short, the Einzberns screwed themselves up.

[@albertmendoza4823]

At least Gilgamesh was "Merciful" to Illya this time... But anyways next episode it's going down to business

[@griffinmckenzie9263]

You guys define gotta watch the grand order stuff once you're finished with the main stuff. A whole anime dedicated to gilgamesh, you'll probably lose your mind

[@illumination_0109]

The only Grand Order stuff worth watching is honestly Babylonia

[@griffinmckenzie9263]

@@illumination_0109 I'd argue camelot 2 is pretty fun to watch

[@illumination_0109]

@@griffinmckenzie9263 but they sadly didn’t do it justice its fun but like all the timing feels pretty rushed compared to Babylonia where we really get to see everybody take their own spotlight during their moments and stronger emotional impact. Camelot I feel shouldve been a anime series rather than a movie

[@nail1247]

One thing I feel like I should point out is that of the main 7 classes Heracles can be sommoned in all of them except caster. Berzerker is his weakest class due to locking his other noble phantasm, if he is sommed in the archer class Herc is FAR more powerful and this fight may have gone differently.

[@demiurgos9800]

Damn dude, where d'you get this information?? Was there Heracles in another class?? I'm always curious where did people get this Information.. is it from the game tho?

[@nail1247]

@@demiurgos9800 Herc is summoned in the Archer class in Fate Strange/Fake and in life Herc mastered basically any weapon he got his hands on, developing the Noble Phantasm Nine Lives which can be used with any weapon which qualifies him for every class except caster. The reason he can't use nine lives in the fifth holy grail war is because the Madness enhancement has caused his motor skills to deteriorate to the point where he can't perform it. Though if you don't mind the spoilers for heaven's feel or if you've already seen it you see Shirou use Nine lives to beat Herc.

[@demiurgos9800]

@@nail1247 ahh.... Fate series that im already watch is only Fate Zero, UBW, and Babylon... I don't know that there's still so many of them 😂😂

[@nail1247]

@@demiurgos9800 there's for now I'd recommend watching the three Heaven's Feel movies, which is an alternate version of the fifth holy grail war. Strange/Fake is currently an incomplete series of light novels though there was an announcement for an Anime. Fate Lost Eighnjar (I have no idea if that's how you spell it) was also announced as a new series that in production. There's a lot of fate but you're at the point where you've watched the good ones to introduce you to the universe and at this point you can kind of watch/read anything and it shouldn't be too confusing

[@demiurgos9800]

@@nail1247 Thankyou for the Info, i'll chck them later 👍🏻

[@venom890]

God hand and battle continuation, Heracles is a freaking beast, and not even his strongest class

[@maxentirunos]

So, the most epic detail only a fate fan would have gotten. Enkidu, Gilgamesh chain, is made to emprison Gods. Simply put, Heracles lost the second it got out. When Heracles obtained a 13th life, it wouldn't have explained him getting out of Enkidu. Meaning in that moment, Heracles didn't just revived beyond his limit, he sacrificed his own divinity for a single chance to beat the shit out of Gilgamesh. This is how far he was willing to go to protect his surrogate daughter

[@scares3859]

Basaka herc NP is God Hand, which gives him 12 lives. To defeat him, you have to kill him 12times with A or higher rank NPs (note that sometimes 1 NP with continuous heavy supply of mana burst can also defeat him)

[@ReCursedy]

А rank or stronger attacks. NPs like not a weapon but unlished np can kill him but he'll gain ressistance to that attack after ressurection.

[@idkusername5789]

A few things to note: 1) In the original story, Gil never flinched in his battle against Heracles. He was in control of both himself and the battle, absolutely dominating Heracles. It would normally be a very minor change but Gil’s confidence and stoicism is such a big part of his character that I feel it’s pretty unforgivable. You can tell he wasn’t really taking the battle seriously because he wasn’t wearing his armour like he does in Fate/Zero, or in the Fate route. 2) He blinded Ilya because she has the Mystic Eyes of Sorcery, which allow her to cast spells much more easily and through vision alone. Without this context it just makes Gil’s actions look needlessly cruel - which is not to whitewash him or say that he’s a saint, but his cruelty usually has a purpose, or like good satire usually has a thematic or philosophical point. He’s still vindictive and inhuman, he could have defended against the Mystic Eyes simply by wearing his aforementioned armour since it gives him A ranked Magic Resistance, but he chose to consciously gouge Ilya’s eyes. 3) Those chains are the same ones he used against Iskandar in Fate/Zero, because he has C ranked Divinity due to tales of him being a son of Zeus. He holds those chains in equal esteem to Ea, and they’re the remains of his only friend and the one person he will ever acknowledge as an equal. 4) Heracles was in his weakest form here. He was summoned as a Berserker because Ilya’s family wanted a dumb Servant who was ‘easy’ to control, basically a cannon that you pointed at your enemies and nothing more. But being a Berserker takes away his reasoning, and his wit and cunning was the reason he was so successful as a hero. He also can’t use any skill with weapons and has to rely completely on brute force, despite being the second best swordsman in the franchise and arguably the strongest actual archer (with a bow and arrow). It was due to this level of skill that he was able to create a technique that is a Noble Phantasm in its own right called Nine Lives, that he can’t use a a Berserker. It can change from anti-unit to anti-army to anti-fortress and more depending on what exactly Heracles needs it for, and it can be used with almost any weapon like a sword, a bow or a spear, etc. At its strongest it can become nine consecutive homing anti-dragon lasers that can overpower Gil’s Gate of Babylon at full strength (if you can’t tell, Gilgamesh is holding back here), and he can make as many as a hundred attacks simultaneously at the cost of sacrificing some of their power. There’s a reason Gilgamesh is disappointed.

[@hun1on138]

I'm going to say this every episode: you guys should watch the abridged version by project mouthwash after this!

[@GC-Shadow1327]

Gosh this episode trips my emotions every-time. But I find Gilgamesh's personality slightly contradictive because for someone rags on about boredom, he chooses the least entertaining tactic (forcing Heracles to prioritize on Illya) instead of a full head-on battle. Although its pretty much myth-accurate that Hercules had always been helpless to protect his loved one despite his immense strength (which was capable of shattering chains meant to bind gods). To this day we still haven't seen what Heracles is like in his true potential.

[@illumination_0109]

You understand where he is truly coming from if you watched Babylonia, the people that were involved in his society worked together so much so they overcame and brought forth the Age of Man. He was just utterly disgusted by how humans degenerated from beings able to shut the gods up to this mess. That being said Archer Gil was also the Tyrant King variant of Gilgamesh which explains his cruel decisions

[@yerfriendlyneighborhoodsco3337]

@@illumination_0109 the tyrant king, aka edgy teenager before Enkidu's death making him realise nothing is eternal, and actually start earning that title of his

[@illumination_0109]

@@yerfriendlyneighborhoodsco3337 thats part of it but he has always been a good king tyrant or not. The country prospered

[@yerfriendlyneighborhoodsco3337]

@@illumination_0109 i dont mean the tyrant king title i mean the king of heros description

[@氏家正人-k8m]

Thanks a lot for your great job.😳...Gil so cool but no mercy for others, but that be real King/Hero !? he could attract me.

[@Squidward-jv7go]

The fact that they’re kinda rooting for Gilgamesh just because his power and charisma and ignoring the fact he is a complete asshole and villain is further proof that watching Zero first just ain’t it lmao

[@Titanfell-d3i]

Gilgamesh in FSN is literally greatly charismatic Shinji with OP abilities. They even share the rapist part

[@Jorkawing]

Yeah, they should make it a cardinal sin to watch Zero first. I can already predict there will be lots of complaints of how BS the ending is. That there is too much plot armor and nothing making sense haha. Gonna be a salty ride.

[@dhukhdskjgndfnjg5232]

Seeing that you’re nearly finished(or already did so) , I will simply put on ranks all servants from F/Z and UBW so you could understand how broken Gil and servants of this war are(doing this without account of servants using all their abilities , simply their brute strength and skill): Tier 1 : Gilgamesh=Artoria at 100%=Berseker Heracles. Tier 2.5 : Medea , it all depends on circumstances, she could reach even Tier 1.5 or Tier 1 , but it all is situational. Tier 3 : Cu=Lancelot=Sasaki>=Archer of UBW. Tier 4 : Rider of UBW>Iskandar=Archer Heracles>=Artoria. Tier 1.5: Medea. Tier 2: Cu>Rider of UBW=Caster of F/Z>Iskandar. Tier 3: Lancelot>=Sasaki>Diarmud>=Assassin of F/Z. I won’t go into explanations of why they are there since most of my reasoning relies on things that are spoilers for all other Fate media , simply posted ranking as I was once shocked when found out that F/SNight servants are superior to their F/Z counterparts in all.

[@Titanfell-d3i]

Gilgamesh can't do anything to Artoria with Avalon, Fate route proved as much Also how the fuck Rider under Shinji is stronger than Berserker Lancelot? He'll wipe the floor with her

[@dhukhdskjgndfnjg5232]

@@Titanfell-d3i I think we were reading different VN then , because she can do nothing without Avalon and won only because Gilgamesh used EA and couldn’t stop , letting her get an Excalibur point blank at him.If you read VN or at least watched HF you know why Shinji isn’t taken into account.

[@Titanfell-d3i]

@@dhukhdskjgndfnjg5232That's why I said with Avalon. Gilgamesh even with EA can't do jackshit to her if she's using Avalon. Which is how he died - EA blocked, couldn't stop it, Artoria got in close and killed him Dude if you're saying Rider in UBW I'm going to take Rider from UBW and even HF Rider vs Lancelot is in question who would win

[@neonplays609]

@@dhukhdskjgndfnjg5232 Avalon can easily block EA. Also, a fully unsealed Excalibur is absolutely ridiculous. It one-shot an entity that literally soloed all the gods of all mythologies on earth. Meanwhile, it took Gilgamesh and Enkidu many days to just take down the Bull of Heaven. Excalibur in F/SN never got a single seal released.

[@dhukhdskjgndfnjg5232]

@@neonplays609 and?It worked only because Gil didn’t think she somehow got it back , her win was as much of miracle as one Shirou got.Bull of Heaven is stronger than anything Artoria fought(maybe except PHH Vortiger who we know nothing about) , and EA was an authority of a god who made earth as it is now…And it means nothing because sealed Excalibur will always lose against EA , and per WoG and QsA Gilgamesh is "The strongest Servant" and nothing changes that(strongest GW servant , obviously grands and alike aren’t included because you can’t summon them.

[@gantashiro978]

Still waiting on those last Overlord reactions 😅😔😔

[@hamzahax]

Heracles would've beat Gilgamesh if he wasn't a Berserker

[@scares3859]

14:25 Bcoz of the ability 'battle continuation' - allows servants to stay bit more alive even after getting unalived. (you will get to see that ability another time in this season too)

[@lesterism]

You'll be surprised, there are more broken Servants than Gilgamesh on Fate now, and plenty of them can dispose him.

[@aaravgaur7]

Not... really? Like other than Solomon, and maybe a few Grands, Gil can still practically destroy everyone, infact, the stronger and more famous they actually are, the more screwed they are, since Gil won't hold back as much.

[@coop1735]

I wonder if they will watch fate stay night cause of reasons x3

[@ohthisguyagain5386]

It's crazy to think, but if Gilgamesh wasn't in this war, Heracles most likely would have won the whole thing. First of all, Berserkers require massive amounts of magical energy, so much so that masters who summon Berserker get dried up of all their mana and destroy themselves very quickly. This is what happened to Kariya, and according to the visual novel, this is what happens to masters who summon Berserker; "No exceptions". Well, luckily since Illya is essentially one big magic circuit herself, she has enough energy to keep up with a Berserker. Heracles isn't cheap with the energy he requires either. Nasu has gone on record saying that no mage in existence can even get to a fraction of the amount of magical energy Illya has. Then we have Heracles' Noble Phantasm; God Hand. If you thought Gate of Babylon (Gil's Noble Phantasm) was some busted shit, then God Hand is also broken as hell, although still weaker. To kill Heracles, you have to kill him 12 times for him to stay dead. It's already hard enough with his incredible strength, agility, and fighting technique, but not only does he have 12 lives, but after every life is lost, he gets a boost in abilities. On top of this, if the weapon you're attacking with isn't at least of, or close to divine level, you might as well lay down and die, because it will not make a scratch. Not to mention, every time you kill him with a weapon, that weapon will no longer have any effect on him. By the way, when he's not fighting, he can regain those lost lives over the course of the next few days Also, it is said that fighting Heracles takes a minimum of 12 hours (unless you're Gilgamesh) But wait, there's more, because he's summoned as a Berserker, his base stats are boosted at the cost of sanity. However, as we can clearly see, he has still retained a decent amount of sanity Oh yeah, and did I mention Berserker is Heracles' weakest class? Heracles can be summoned as a Saber, Lancer, Archer, Rider, Assassin, or Berserker. The only class he doesn't qualify for is Caster. In case you're wondering, Archer is his best class. In fact, it's arguably the strongest servant in existence. If Gilgamesh were to fight Archer Heracles, Gil might as well just lay down and die, he doesn't stand a chance For the fate connoisseurs out there, please let me know if I missed anything or got anything wrong

[@DeadApostleAncestor10]

Damm berserkers are expensive

[@rapcarillo7929]

SPOILER I mean, they defeated Berserker with Caliburn in the Fate route so. And Berserker doesn't actually get immune to the weapon/attack that killed him, it just dramatically increases his resistance to it. Remember that Saber Alter shaved his lives using just mana bursts from Excalibur during their fight in Heaven's Feel.

[@ohthisguyagain5386]

@@rapcarillo7929 yes, that is all true. Thanks for correcting me

[@danilociak6504]

In an old ova adaptation of Unlimited Blade Works Gil just rip her heart out of her, in a shower of blood. Here it's just cruel torture

[@darklordsatan4383]

Fun fact; the chain Gilgamesh used is actually his dead boyfriend.

[@darielartisting4726]

Gil ain't that powerful tho

[@DeadApostleAncestor10]

Strongest in stay night ⭕ Strongest in fate ❌ Strongest in nasuverse ❌

[@infernousgaming1393]

​@@DeadApostleAncestor10 He's not even the strongest in Fate/stay night (thanks Heaven's Feel).

[@DeadApostleAncestor10]

@@infernousgaming1393 he is more powerful than the grail and the current angra maniyuu or any of the alters in stay night

[@infernousgaming1393]

@@DeadApostleAncestor10 I mean, he got murdered by Sakura/The Shadow pretty easily.

[@DeadApostleAncestor10]

@@infernousgaming1393 what? That's your reasoning for saying he is not the strongest in stay night? 💀 That's the same thing as saying Shiki would win against Vlov in any given circumstances It' was just matter of circumstances