Thread:Stray Bird/@comment-28818979-20161217150031/@comment-27971189-20170703051830

Which is why I said, it depends on what fame boost do for them and how they'll use it for their advantages.

Vlad is special case, he had skill specifically for fame boost which granted him power equal to A-rank Berserker as long he is in Romania. Kazikli Bey itself also got its effect boosted thanks to that skill hence you can see its effect greatly severed when Hanging Garden which is Semiramis' area come to play.

And no, its not convenient enough. Without fame boost, damages done by stakes from Kazikli Bey aren't even reaching C-rank NP that Vlad have to rely on its number. Karna himself proven that he have no qualms dealing with thousand of Vlad stakes without fame boost.

And to create stakes from within, Vlad attacks must hit the enemy beforehand, be it his stakes or his spear. Karna got hit by his spear so Vlad can summon stakes inside him. Again, thanks to Romania being territory that grant him 100% fame boost and his skill, the stakes became overkill and convenient enough.

Apocrypha Vlad is very conditional Servant, he is fighting in place that gave him benefit the most and its pretty much what intended by his Master. Its not breaking any balance compare to SF Alcides with his convenient Reincarnation Pandora that somehow exist because he is Avenger.

Also, the reason why no one using JP Servant in FSN HGW is, aside the system, you can heard that Tokiomi want Gil because Tokiomi know Gil have GoB and EX-rank NP, Kayneth want Iskandar because potential held by his NP that he consider Diarmuid not even make it as substitute, while Einzbern goes "This sheath is EX-rank NP, dude. So no choice but Altria" to Kiritsugu.

Its pretty much preference, really.

You can chose more modern or local Servant, risking that they will possess low-class NP and rely on fame boost (that not so hard to deal with if opponent turned out having the knowledge); or going with older Servant with certain high-class NP enough that they will overwhelm majority including those with fame boost.