Talk:Rama/@comment-27.130.227.185-20160330035740/@comment-27247829-20160330041445

Rama received many kinds of weapons; some of them astras (something you release from your hand, e.g. projectiles, arrows), some of them shastras (the weapon you keep in your hands). In this manifestation, it might be of similar case as Hercules and Jeanne; Hercules Noble Phantasm are stated to be much more powerful if he's an Archer, and summoning Jeanne as a Saber would only result in a subpar Saber.

What I'm trying to say is, this might be a weaker form of him, not summoned in his most powerful class (Archer, wielding Kodandam). It isn't the first time a Servant was commonly known and summoned by their weaker class, after all.