Talk:Hōzōin Inshun/@comment-38040348-20191013210416/@comment-40030758-20191118003905

...Uh, what? There's a lot to unpack there.

First of all, regarding Siegfried's armor, the wiki for it even states that "It requires attacks of A-rank and above to harm him..." The Gae Bolg is a B rank noble phantasm, so Cu would need to aim for the back as well. But disregarding that, Inshun wouldn't need to land a sneak attack just to win. His skill as a fighter and noble phantasm could easily compensate for an "Opponent who can only be hit from the back." But losing to Siegfried doesn't automatically make him worse than Cu, anyway.

Secondly, Hercules is one of the stronger berserkers out there if he has Nine Lives. Inshun is more than capable enough of killing him at least two or three times, at worse, but it's hard to say if he could actually kill him. The same applies to Cu, however, as Hercules would be able to come back to life after any Gae Bolg.

Third, as long as he's using his cuniform spear, Inshun also has some magic resistance, and his noble phantasm can adapt to the specific caster's way of fighting (just not their range).

Fourth, Karna is one of the better lancers out there. He's said to be on par with Gilgamesh. There are very few servants that, in lore, could likely beat him, and most that do would have to put up a hard fight to do it. Saying that Inshun is worse than Cu because he can't beat Karna, when Cu himself would likely have a hard time beating Karna, really doesn't prove anything.

Cu does have an advantage over him in regards to having a powerful offensive noble phantasm, which doubles as a ranged attack, and being better at surviving lethal blows. But in the same vein, Inshun is a more skilled general fighter, though he doesn't have a powerful offensive noble phantasm like Cu does. Their strengths lie in different places, but in regards to how generally capable they are in their own ways, they're about the same.