Talk:Sigurd/@comment-36660379-20180821021959/@comment-27971189-20180911091959

Dragon Slayer (and any other similar skills) works like damage and effect boost against enemies with Dragonkind traits. Example is like how Enkidu binding power increases against Divine that it may lethal to enemies with high Divinity.

The enemies didn't have to be a gigantic dragon-like creatures, as Lancelot in FZ already shown. Each strike from Arondight got damage boost that Artoria better not taking the swordfight at face value considering how strong Lancelot is (even under Berserk state);

However of course the boost will be on different level, compare to heroes with 'real' fame of slaying dragons like Siegfried, Sigurd and George. For Artoria, any single strike from them might be fatal, especially Sigurd and Siegfried that already explained on materials they're possessing superhuman skill which allowing them solo-ing dragons they fought.

Also, correction, common magi on OG Fate-verse (FZ & FSN), also Apocrypha and Extra, aren't 'chasing' Artoria but Saber class in general as that is the only class you can be sure you're getting reliable combatant with good parameters and a notably strong NP compare to other classes where you're basically gambling for good heroes with good stats and good NP without catalyst.

Example of this-- well, we already see how Kayneth is still satisfied as long its Saber Diarmuid even after losing chance of summoning Iskandar. Einzbern specifically want Artoria because they have knowledge about both Avalon and Excalibur. Leo is considered strong as his Servant, Gawain, is among famous mythical Saber.

Its on later works that people are all OK about not getting a Saber (as long its somewhere among Gil, Karna, Enkidu, Herc, LOL).