Something I've always wondered, is Gilgamesh truly the most broken servant? Could other mythological mortal heroes exceed his threat level as a Servant?

[Artius]

Off the top of my head, I can't imagine anyone who would be more dangerous as an Archer than Gilgamesh or Iskander as Rider, with the exception of MAYBE Yi the Archer. Can anyone think of any other legendary heroes with a similar or greater potential level of threat when summoned as a Servant? I personally think Sun Wukong/Son Goku summoned as Lancer would make for a pretty interesting matchup for Gil. Even though true Divine Spirits can't be summoned, how would a mortal monkey who grew powerful enough to rampage through the heavens and make the gods themselves cower in fear stack up against servants like Gil or Heracles as a Lancer?

[I3uster]

Go to the RP section. Look at some rejected profiles. Shit your pants.

[Sherrinford]

In order, no, and... yes?

^ that's more because most people don't have a sense of restraint when making up servants. :P

[Five_X]

If you want to get technical, Sun Wukong wouldn't be applicable for summoning; he's not a human "hero" in the regular sense, and more importantly, he's not dead.

[SeiKeo]

Gil, King Arthur with Avalon, and a properly-classed Hercules are probably about as good as you're going to get with Servants.

[Vahan]

If you want to get technical, Sun Wukong wouldn't be applicable for summoning; he's not a human "hero" in the regular sense, and more importantly, he's not dead.

If you think of it like that, neither is King Arthur, he's still on Avalon ;p

[Sherrinford]

^^ Mahabharata.

Pretty much all of them. Perhaps with the exception of Bill Gedempoteranik, random extra #76, who appears for just two seconds.

Karna everyone?

[SeiKeo]

Fame boost, those guys aren't worldwide.

[Vahan]

Karna/Saint George from Fate/Apocrypha would probably give Gil a run for his Money

[Five_X]

If you think of it like that, neither is King Arthur, he's still on Avalon ;p

Well, that's getting into something else entirely. Nasu's answered this, plus contract with the world lulz and stuff.

[Vritra]

Isn't the Mahabharata and Ramayana Hugely Popular and important in India?

[SeiKeo]

Karna/Saint George from Fate/Apocrypha would probably give Gil a run for his Money

Karna? Karna is gone. Son of the Sun God? Hi Enkidu. And George is done as soon as a anti-dragon NP comes out.

^ Sure. King Arthur and Herc are cornerstones of the entire western culture. That's quite a bit bigger.

[Satehi]

Arjuna and Karna, with their nuke level attacks, Solomon, Nimrod, they should be around the level to tango with Gil.

Well, if you take Enkidu into account...

[SeiKeo]

Also, Ea. Nobody else is going to have a NP that comes close to that.

[Five_X]

George also has Divinity (albeit rather low), so...

[terraablaze]

If you want to get technical, Sun Wukong wouldn't be applicable for summoning; he's not a human "hero" in the regular sense, and more importantly, he's not dead.

This is where I come in with my LEET knowledge of Chinese history and mention that he was modeled after an earlier hero (human trickster who stole peaches from the Queen Mother of the West) who was a maybe historical figure. Assuming he is still guaranteed to live his ridiculous life span he still won't be dead but eh, Galahad died in the Nasu version so who knows.

[Vahan]

Jesus would trump Gil with sheer OP-ness

[Sherrinford]

Fame boost, those guys aren't worldwide.

I'd say debatable.

Plus, consider that, differently from Zeus, Odin & Co., Shiva and the other Hinduism gods are most likely still alive, and their blessings and favors are therefore far more effective.

[SeiKeo]

Jesus would trump Gil with sheer OP-ness

I think the Moon Cell is gonna have trouble summoning God.

^ I can without a doubt say that the Hindu epics are less known than the 12 Labors.

[Five_X]

Galahad died in the original version, too, except Galahad is Galahad and probably wouldn't want to be a Servant. He's got the Holy Grail and no reason to come back to the world, really.