Talk:Hōzōin Inshun/@comment-38040348-20191013210416/@comment-40030758-20191117175856

He's a skilled fighter that becomes more dangerous the longer you fight him, with his noble phantasm compensating for unknown fighting styles. The dialogue is Shimousa about how his "Lance found its mark" when facing off against the seven swordmasters is the best example of this. Given enough time to adapt to his enemy's style and techniques, he'll eventually be able to kill them.

His inherent weaknesses are the fact he doesn't really have any form of a ranged attack, and he still needs to survive long enough to be able to adjust. He somewhat compensates for the latter by simply being a highly skilled martial artist, but he has nothing for the former. I'd also argue his noble phantasm is something of a double edged sword, too, since it only makes him a better fighter when others can fire off giant lasers, throw galaxies, and tons of other things. He's easily on Cu's level, but since he has to be close to his opponent to fight at his best, there are some servants that he'd be at a major disadvantage against - archers, casters (though he does have a bit of magic resistance), and certain lancers. Possibly against some Berserkers, too, what with their sheer power (and Herc with his nine lives).

Basically, as long as they have to fight in close quarters, he's an incredibly strong servant that will probably win against most of the others so long as they don't have/use certain noble phantasms, he can somehow survive/avoid them, or he kills them before they use them. Against any kind of ranged opponent, though, his power drops off significantly.