Talk:Noble Phantasm/@comment-113.212.200.42-20160501130516/@comment-28048698-20160502023607

Just like GeneralT61 said, the classifications only aply lore-wise (in the novels, anime, etc). The NP can be anti-personal, anti-army, anti-fortress, anti-world. With the classification you can know both things: the area of effect and the power.

In example, an anti-personal Noble Phantasm can be Gáe Bolg: Barbed Spear that Pierces with Death (don't confuse it with Gáe Bolg: Soaring Spear that Strikes with Death, the technique). That first Gae Bolg hit only one target. Instead, Excalibur is an anti-army Noble Phantasm so it can hit many targets with one blow. In fact, Excalibur can hit up to 1,000 enemies. Usually anti-personal NP hit one target with A LOT of strength to kill them or sustain enough damage, while anti-army NP are strong to damage many enemies, but not enough to kill all of them. It's like doing 10,000 to one enemy, or divide 10,000 between ten enemies.

Anti-fortress and anti-world NP are a whole new level. They are designed to destroy structures (anti-fortress) or destroy the whole world (anti-world). So they can hit many, many, MANY objectives and also deal an insane amount of damage.