Originally Posted by
G-Man
A bit better, but he's way too overpowered as a Berserker. Rank C Mad Enhancement should not take someone from E+ Rank STR to A+ (with the potential for A++), even if it gets stacked with the a high ranked Monstrous Strength Personal Skill and Satusi no Hadou. You made a mistake that I myself and many other fans make in misunderstanding how the Ranks and "+" modifiers work. The Ranks actually represent numbers that are a Servant's base-level in that category, with Rank E being roughly 10 times the ability of a normal human (Rank D = 20, C = 30, B = 40, and A = 50); pluses are multiplicative modifiers that activate under certain conditions (ie - if you have E+ STR, your base strength is 10, but the plus means that at times your strength can double and temporarily become 20; E++ means that under certain conditions your STR can triple and become 30). A++ means his STR Rank is now greater than Berserker Heracle's (Heracle's STR, even as a Berserker, is A+). Noble Phantasms operate under a slightly different scale. A Rank C NP is equal in power to a regular attack made with Rank A STR.
Also, Rank C Mad Enhancement grants a Rank up to all stats save LCK and MGC, so Berserker Ryu's END should still be at least Rank D. Monstrous Strength grants only a single Rank up boost to STR, and the only thing the Rank of one's Monstrous Strength determines is how long the boost lasts (re - it always gives a boost of one Rank and one Rank alone, but if your Rank in this skill is say, B instead of D, then your boost will last longer). So, assuming Berserker Ryu's Monstrous Strength can only be activated for a short while lest he turn on the Master, his Rank in Monstrous Strength must be low (also Monstrous Strength doesn't affect sanity as far as we know), and at best his base is Rank C+ STR, then considering his Satsui no Hadou is supposed to triple his STR and AGI, that means his STR becomes C++ at best if Monstrous Strength is also active, not A+. Most of the time he will be at Rank D++ STR and AGI, which is still much better than it looks (3 times Rank D STR and AGI is actually greater than Rank B STR and AGI).
So his stats as a Berserker should look like this:
Strength: D+ (C+) [D++] [(C++)]
Endurance: D
Agility: D+ [D++]
Magic: E- [E+] -Cuz' no way Satsui no Hadou doesn't boost his ki, and for a Servant his Prana counts as his ki.
Luck: B
NP: A (his best skill is Rank A, hence this should be what his NP stat is ranked at)
() = Monstrous Strength
[] = Satsui no Hadou
[()] = Both Activated
His stats still look like garbage at first glance, but if Satsui no Hadou is always active, that means those "+" modifiers are always active, and throw in Monstrous Strength and his stats can fluctuate wildly, throwing off his opponents big time. He's actually quite beastly once Monstrous Strength activates. Assuming his Rank D STR is the bare minimum of 20 times a normal human's strength, and since Satsui no Hadou is always active, that means his STR is always D++; 3 x 20 or 60 times the strength of a normal human. Add in the Rank up from Monstrous Strength and his STR is now at C++; 3 x 30 or 90 times the strength of a normal human (Saber, with Shirou as her Master, has Rank B+ STR, or 80 times that of a normal human at best), and he still retains all of his martial arts skills! Considering Akuma/Gouki can sink a damn island and punch through a nuclear sub with a Shoryuken launched from the bottom of the sea, this actually isn't too OP for Berserker Ryu!
Edit: Wow, I wasted way too much time actually analyzing all of that considering its past midnight where I am... I seriously need a hobby...