Talk:Alexander/@comment-28485878-20160517220123/@comment-68.117.166.167-20170609071259

1. "Tough Chain" isn't much compared to UBW's possibly A+++ rank swords that explodes(the important part, you can see it in NP animations in this game).

(Pretty sure Illya manga is alternate universe and GoB doesn't make objects launched from it explode)

What I posted is about Shirou possibly cutting it with his own handheld blades.

2. Running out of mana was later into the story; Saber still had most of her mana reserves during the first fight against Heracles. I bet what you saw was in UBW anime where Saber released Invisible Air to blow up head of Heracles once(which I do not recall in VN). You can also see around the same time in anime that Heracles just grabbed her sword by hand...

And that time when they were able to kill Heracles for good was because Shirou summoned an imperfect Caliburn(and it broke - possibly as broken phantasm with extra power, and that's after Archer killed him iirc 6 times already + that time Rin blew his head up with gems) right after "mana replenishment." I don't recall another session of "mana replenishment" after the fight against Heracles.

3.  I actually played VN way before anime existed. What Gilgamesh feels about drawing EA doesn't mean he's not serious; he's not entirely retarded(plenty of retconns to rectify that mistake, stuff like him being slightly affected by grail mud or his intentionally-suppressed all-knowing/seeing skill is all added on later). Accordingly he did still draw out EA(that means he's pretty serious) but we all know what happened after. (he wasn't able to use it before Shirou cut him)

The point is that EA is unsuitable for close range due to its long preparation time. How do you expect him to use it right off the bat?Also, they were in UBW; where was he supposed to retreat to draw out Ea and charge it safely?

If you're going to open that can of worms, technically Fragarch is also a sword.