Talk:Sigurd/@comment-36660379-20180821021959/@comment-36830625-20181205152526

Artoria is indeed a wonderful servant, arguably the best all round Saber class servants out there. Her fame and skills are extremely high (though so is Sigurd’s) Her instinct can let her survive Tsubame Gaeshi, her luck can avoid a heart stab from the Gae Bolg, she can fight against someone as strong as Herc and potentially defeat him IF she used Excalibur correctly (it has been stated that at full power Excalibur could take out all of herc’s lives after Emiya’s suicide fight with him in the Fate route which is 7 lives), her NP is one of the strongest and she has solid stats+skills. Her dragon blood is a double edged sword, it makes her weak to dragon slayer swords like Gram but also allows her to generate a shit ton of power from mana burst. A fight between the two would be very even, considering everything about them seems similar. Artoria has lower base stats but in the end mana burst can compensate for that. Sigurd has the advantage of dragon slayer except that’s not a trait he himself possesses, but that his sword Gram possessses, thus limiting its bonus to when Sigurd actually manages to strike Artoria which won’t happen too often considering their near equal skill. Sigurd probably has more skill because Arthur(Artoria) in legend isn’t renounced as the best in skill of the round table, with that position going to Lancelot, but instead as a great leader. Thus in a fight it would really only come down to two things: 1: can Artoria burst her NP straight away? If she can hit him then she probably wins. If Sigurd doesn’t give her an opening or dodges somehow, she will lose in the long term due to lack of spam and Sigurd’s skill+sword advantage.

2: Does Artoria have avalon? If yes then it’s almost a guaranteed win on her side unless gram’s wounds are to great to heal even with avalon or Sigurd manages to land a 1 hit that avalon can not heal which is nearly impossible since it can regenerate a crushed heart no problem.

All in all, it’s a pretty fair fight which is slightly in Sigurd’s favour but it can play out with either winning as long as they play it right. Sigurd wins in stats+sword skill+anti dragon sword+durability while Artoria wins in passive skills(instinct, mana burst etc)+NP+efficiency.