Talk:Hector/@comment-32877262-20171001035142/@comment-74.132.165.195-20171218053731

In the Illiad, Ajax's shield was a special thing made of bronze with seven folds of ox-hide processed by the best leatherworker in Greece, with an additional eighth layer of bronze on top of them. It is the only thing that was ever capable of fully blocking Hector's thrown spear, which pierced all the way up to the seventh layer.

When EMIYA uses the NP version to block Cu's thrown Gae Bolg, it also penetrates up to the seventh layer, meaning Cu's thrown version has as much piercing power as Hector's. This is interesting because Hector's spear is rank A, while Cu's thrown variant is B+, but the usage is different. Hector's spear is a single heavy object that channels all of his power into a single point, whereas Cu's attack is a carpet-bombing where the spear explodes outward into multiple darts that hammer the entire area. Whereas Hector's NP is a single large attack, Cu's is equivalent to striking an area repeatedly, and this causes it to exhibit a similar penetrating strength through a slightly different method.

Cu's thrown Gae Bolg is also considered to be effectively impossible to dodge and almost impossible to block, which is an aspect associated with Odin's Gungnir, so EMIYA comments that it's actually more impressive to him since it surpasses Gungnir's power while having a similar effect.