will you make a video about King Hassan as soon as he reveals himself? propably my favorite character in fate which is why i am interested in a video about him.
we do actually already get a glimps of his 'true power' in the fight against tiamat, while she is down in hell, he is able to give everyone on the team like a temporarly (permanent) like 10~20k max hp buff, while healing them every turn for 10k and also buffing the dmg for like 300% or smths like that. basically he gives them a near infinity power and immunity to any sort of dmg at that point in the story.
Bao Long uhm no not necessarily. My comment didn’t have anything to do with that aspect of the video. It’s more so that the grand servants are the greatest from each class. I’m also relatively sure that there can only be one grand caster at a time so with Solomon being around Merlin is not technically a grand caster because you can’t have two of them and also grand servants cannot be summoned as it’s either expressly stated or implied that king Hassan gave up his title of grand assassin to be summoned by Chaldea.
Feats we’ve seen Merlin perform: -Casting illusions so real they can even fool reality -Turning Tiamat’s mud into flowers capable of weakening a Beast -Taming an infantile Beast of Disaster -Stopping Gae Bolg from killing Mash -Casually invading others’ dreams -Conjuring copies of Caliburn -Bending the rules of the Throne of Heroes to summon himself as a Servant when he’s still alive -Creating Romani’s favorite idol.
A bit fix: Solomon’s Clairvoyance can see both past and future. Gilgamesh can see the future while Merlin can see only the present. Quoted by the Grand Caster Solomon himself
Merlin's clairvoyance if he only sees the present is like a powerful form of 360 degree telescopic vision that basically allows him to survey the current world. His clairvoyance seems the most limited but the best in finding out current relevant information.
VarniX that’s not necessarily true since you need way more set up to do stuff with skadi Than you would with Merlin. Merlin is broken in the since that outside of buster teams you can still use him in a variety of teams skadi on the other hand doesn’t really have this luxury and while you can use her in non quick teams her utility drops immensely outside of quick teams since she herself lacks any presence past “ I buff one servant my job is done” while waver tamamo and Merlin aren’t really bound by these constraints
There is also the fact that Merlin in Babylonia was mostly busy slowing down Tiamats awakening aka continue her dream which is why he "didnt do much" and was scared of Gorgons pretrification cause him "wakeing up from his dream as a Servant" would mean the instant end of his illusion magic on Tiamat.
Well... there was mention of a certain being that requires 7 counter guardians just to hold back. This was a while back, and grands weren't even introduced back then, so it might actually be 7 grands. Or maybe not. Though it'll probably never happen, because the counter force seems to prefer the bare minimum.
@@sarim9531 CGs tend to be assigned to protecting humanity from itself. Grands often get assigned to deal with outside threats, though there is overlap. Grands are brought in more rarely and for more common or reoccurring threats. Your quote wasn't mentioned in Tsukihime, but from an interview with Nasu. You don't requires 7 Grands to maintaind a Beast, but 7 CGs. One Grands does just fine, at least from what we have seen so far in the Lostbelts chapter.
Zudin Afkar I know, that’s why I put “” around Immortality Because he’s not technically alive or dead, so if you can “kill” him, he’s still alive Though say you can somehow get to Avalon, then you might kill him then
@@LoneWolf20213 no. You can't die within Avalon. In order to kill him, you need to get to the reverse side specifically avalon. Free him from his prison. Drag him OUT of Avalon, then it is possible to kill him
@@logan12satcom83 that would mean archer emiya vs lancer fight would've never happened --> paradox or the 4th and the 5th war wouldn't have happened the same way due to Saber not being present. Furthermore, the whole history might've been different due to Britain's development going differently.
So, my husband was scrolling this on my TV and I read the first part of the title (who is Merlin) and answered at loud without thinking "the neet who gave saber a d*ck?". I may had traumatized my kid today, but, hey, at least my husband look proud. 9 years since he first introduced me to this franchise and clearly he's efforts paid off
Grand Caster: Solomon, Gilgamesh, Merlin Grand Assassin: King Hassan Grand Archer: Orion Grand Saber: ??? Grand Lancer: ??? Grand Rider: ??? Grand Berserker: ???
I’m on board with the theory that Noah would be Grand Rider; dude’s got one of the most famous ships in history, and two of every non-mythical animal on board that he could ride.
Also Merlin does not have regular human emotions, in fact outside of Saber, he merely emulates human emotions. He has a preference for good, he doesn't really empathize with most people. The only real confirmed emotional relationship he has is with Saber as an father/brother like figure
His illusion skill is really something not to underestimate. While the skill _is_ called illusion, the skill is more akin to reality manipulation. While the skill does have illusion like effect, as seen when Merlin saves Mashu and Fujimaru in episode 2, the real power of his illusion is not because it can trick people, but because he can trick reality itself with it. In other words, Merlin’s illusion is capable of becoming reality. This skill essentially function similarly to the reality stone from Marvel, only, obviously, the skill being a far weaker version.
@@KhanMann66 nah fous second the spider is the first and angra is third . this is for mass murder of humans btw still dont know what the spider is but angre says its stronger than fou so sht
@@KhanMann66 primate murder isn't a predator, it's basically a regulator, fou has authority over humanity, he can straight up decide that a certain number of humans should die and they instantly do.
FGO spoiler In the 6th bond story it depicts Merlin actually locking himself in Avalon to observe humanity forever, and a pulled translation from FGO fandom states he did this "as if to say that this is the fate of a foolish man, who playfully meddled with the fate of a single girl."
I assume, that he could actually get out of the lady of the lake's prison if he wanted to. Since, he was able to free cath palug. He just stays to atone or something.
The Time of Birth has Come, He is the One who Masters All.” “The Time of Crowning has Come, He is the One who Begins All." "And ― The Time of Parting has Come, He is the One who Lets Go of The World." "Ars Nova.
For those wondering we only know a few Grand Servant Grand Caster: Solomon (Merlin is a grand caster candidate) Grand Assassin: King Hassan (this guy is no joke) Grand Archer: Orion (he actually failed his mission and is no longer Grand)
To correct 2 things. Both Gramps and Orion threw their Grand title away to summon themselves. Gramps to help us out after the Camelot Arc & Orion summonend himself to save Artemis.
@@MonoReaper and the sad part about Orion is that the Artemis in the Lostbelt is not the one he loves but he still saves her just because he wanted her to be free from the control of the Alien God.
@@griffionwyvrus9063 If we go by the multiverse logic then all the gods in the multiverse are from the same root which means all of them are just "ghosts" themselves transcending time & space from the place of their "original" bodies that are "dead" on the Other Side.
@@haetsh3035 King Hassan is the First Old Man of the Mountain aka the Founder of the "Old Man on the Mountain" Each Hassan carrys on the legacy & title of the Hassan/OldManoftheMountain
funfact merlin became close friends with artoria pendragon and tried to stop her from going to her final battle stating she would die, she refused as soon as he wanted to help and stop her he was Stopped by the lady of the lake and put in a trap it Merlin has also stated in the fate series that he misses pendragon
Oh god you completely got some things wrong.... heck, he's said that he screws up at magecraft because he gets tongue-tied. Genius solution: slap them around with a noble phantasm instead.
@@dylanwilson4484 i mean, would you, if given a chance. Whack people with one of the most powerful sword in existence without the enemy being capable of movement(for the sake of this question), or just constantly apeak and peforms incantations
@@chestertamayo1894 I, for one, am lazy. So I would constantly speak and performs incantations that allow me to whack people with one of the most powerful sword in existence without the enemy being capable of movement. Also, if you mean Excalibur, then that's not it. There's only one Excalibur in the world and the Lady of the Lake has it. What he's using is Caliburn, a holy sword he made himself. So it's possible there are several copies of it.
A few complaints. First of all, you gave some misconceptions about the Grand classes. They are NOT the strongest of their classes. They are merely Servants that fulfill certain conditions and are willing and ideal to fight the Beasts. Orion for example is by no means the strongest Archer. Also, you seemed to imply that there are multiple Grand Casters. That's wrong. There's multiple candidates but only ever one Grand Casters. That's an important distinction, since if Merlin were a Grand Caster during Babylonia, the Three Goddess Alliance likely wouldn't have been much of a threat to Gilgamesh. Also, and this isn't a complaint but merely something that could've been mentioned is that Merlins Independent Manifestation is actually a skill that no servant has. It's a skill assigned only to the Beasts of Calamity. And in the same breath, that is because Merlin is actually a Beast-class candidate. Not an actual Evil of Humanity but an existance that's very similar, and he could've potentially turned into one in a different timeline.
Dang Merlin's story is surprisingly tragic. Merlin an unseen great swordsman, who trained and mentored Artoria. The irony that his voice actor also voices Proto-Arthur.
i mean i think he was known as sword saint...considering he trained artoria that i top class saber then it makes sense that he would have a title related to swords even if he is a mage
Great video. Merlin is my favorite character in Fate but there are 3 fixes which is understandable given Fates source material is massive and also untranslated half the time. 1 Merlin can be summoned but not from the Throne of Heroes he must Manifest himself with Independent manifestation this is how we summon him in game it might be more restrictive than that but that's all we know. 2 In the Garden of Avalon audio book he fully acknowledges that he will become trapped in the Tower of Avalon we don't know why he still enters but it seems as though he acknowledges that he had wronged Artoria. 3 Merlin does have attachments to some humans he has said he regrets doing what he did to Artoira and as you say he wishes her a happy ending we don't know the extent of these attachments but we know he isn't detached from humans entirely.
Ok, but we need to think about 2 things. 1) He possesses Calibur, the original excalibur, and wields it perfectly. This means two things. First, he is using Caliburn (basically just focussed Excalibur NP) instantly, a noble phantasm that needs the wielder of Excalibur to have a magic core to be able to even power it. Secondly, his swordsmanship is nearly on par with that of Artoria's, a *Saber Class* 2) His magical potential was probably enough to eradicate Tiamat immediately. He used what was, to him, a basic strengthening spell to allow a person to kill an immortal. (Also, his most powerful ability: Noble Phantasm looping.)
Here's a thing I never understood about fate Merlin: he should have all the clairvoyance powers he had in legends and during Arthur/Artoria reign to predict/see the future. Still in Babylonia they clearly state he is omniscient but only about the present. Is this due to Avalon or is there something I got wrong?
Technically they never stated that Merlin knew exactly what happen. Everything up until Artoria legend could be explained by his normal clairvoyance we knew of. And then even in the Artoria legend, he only said she will face a bad ending, it was not clear of whether or not he know what will actually happen. So, for this I would say it's either something to do with the Tower in Avalon blocking his access to other dimension including time itself (since time and space exist on different dimensional planes) or it's just the inaccuracy of history as seen in countless of cases throughout Fate itself.
@@thescorbunny9511 Ingame he actually says he can predict the future outcome of dozens of possibilitys. Which leads to many comedic trolls & pranks on his side in some events. While idk how correct the statement is regarding the blocked access. Merlin also states that in his Tower in Avalon he can still see humanity history/aka view them like a TV show as well as apperently seeing the "different timelines" of the Fateverse as well.
Yeah that always seemed like a contradiction to me. Maybe his present Clairvoyance is his most powerful/poignant form of Clairvoyance? And that his ability to see the future is limited in some way?
Sasori2105 maybe it’s predictive. Like he knows every variable, so he knows exactly what’s going to happen in the next moment, and the moment afterwards, etc etc
Fun fact: Cath Palug/Fou wasn't tamed by Merlin in the Stay Night Timeline, but it was instead tamed by Altrouge Brunestud (Arcueid's Sister) and became her bodyguard. I personally speculate this is due to the fact that Altrouge is a copy of the Type-Moon aka Crimson Moon Brunestood and as such has a deeper connection to the Reverse Side of the World. Cath Palug is also known as the Primate Murder or Beast 4, it's the number 1 of The Twenty-seven Dead Apostle Ancestors (who are ranked based on their potential to wipe out humanity)
The way you narrated Fou's journey to find that which is beautiful combined with him with mash and with that OST actually moved me. Good job man. This was like a storytelling session I never knew I needed.
@@laxcatthesleepycat2688 You only say that cause you didnt see Skadi. Remember Quick NP have 1200 % Buster NP have 800 % Arts NP has 600 % Skadis makes Quick hard do ungo bungo stupid dmg. While double Merlin is the Buster Meme he is for a reason. Skadi is the goddess of Quick cause double Skadi memes make Quick NPs Servants do millions of dmg in one NP. One example of ungo bungo Skadi buffs th-cam.com/video/4ROx4oSo02M/w-d-xo.html You dont want to see what dmg Jack does with Skadi buffs^^
In most legends Merlin was trapped by the lady of the lake in a crystal cave located in avalon. and its funny about the mention of the mages eye thing. because in some legends Merlin is blind. and sees entirely through the use of magic.
Spoiler for babylonia anime . . . . . . . For now the closest thing where Merlin probably gonna fight seriously is at the last episode of the Babylonia anime since he gonna be all out against Tiamat final form. And in the game, the lostbelt 6 gonna featured another camelot and we can expect something from Merlin atleast at there so welp.
How I would explain garden of avalon is that it heals everybody who's in the garden. What I mean is also that it improves everbody's abilities since it is said to be an utopia so everybody is at their peak.
A big thing people get mixed up is that they think 1 Beast = 1 Grand. This isn’t even close. A single Beasts require 7 Grand Servants to be defeated. This was hinted at when Nasu said 7 “Guardians” were required to defeat Fou/Primate Murder, and it was later confirmed in the London Singularity, where it was revealed that the servant summoning system in grail wars is based off of the Grand Servant summoning ritual: which is a ritual to put humanities seven greatest heroic spirits against a single powerful enemy. Merlin also says that seven grands are required to defeat Tiamat.
MySpaceBarBroke Never mind, i fixed it you know that our version of fou and the primate murder from tsukuhime are 2 different entities right at the time yes they were talking about guardians were needed to take him not kill him
Clause Tamaki the wording is “for one Primate Murder, seven guardians is the appropriate amount” which most likely means that is the amount of power required to kill him. And we do know it was referring to Grand Servants, as the same interview said “the servants of the holy grail war are based off of these”
@@myspacebarbrokenevermindif9892 When he says "7 guardians are needed" he means Counter Guardians not Grand Servants. Counter Guardians might be even more OP than grand servants in some cases since they get UNLIMITED MANA from the world
Israel Padilla he does mean 7 Counter guardians, but Grand Servants are heavily implied to be a type of counter guardian. In that same interview, he says “the heroic spirit summoning system is BASED off of these” which is exactly what the grand servant ritual is. We’ve seen heroic spirits summoned by the counter force before, and they’re weaker than Grand Servants.
@@israelpadilla8126 You may missremember that Guardians aka Agents are fueld solely by Alaya while. Grand Servants are the ones who are both fueld by Alaya & Gaia together. As if planet level threats like Beasts appear its both in Alayas & Gaias intention to stop them. Well for Gaia it depends. But Grand Servants are the ones who get fueld by Gaia The World & Alaya the combined sea of humanitys minds.
- i go back to the Tiamat encounter. We were told the fugly squeaky lahmu were the equivalent of heads of Demon Gods. And tbh, it looked like Merlin was man-handling the ones he was fighting while Ishtar was getting smacked around. Like, here, let me joke about how I whacked Artoria around with this trick and i'll just smite you right quick.
What I really hope for is that DW would create Morgan Le Fey as a playable character in FGO, aside other knights of round table that are not yet in the game. Morgan's backstory is really interesting and can fit on the Nasuverse. She hated Merlin and Arotoria due to happened to her father and mother. Well in FGO which they can tie Morgan with Mordred's events.
@@elgame6263 I hope so. But just within their own character rooster they still have alot they can put in FGO. Like Archimedes from Fate Extella, Charlemagne on the Extella Link and his own knights, Violet and Kazura Drop from the Fate/CCC the other 2 Alter Egos, the other Kara no Kyoukai characters or Arcueid and others from Tsukihime. Maybe they should create these characters first before creating newer characters from their crossover events.
Raven Ralph we probably won’t get the last members of the Sakura 5 till the end of fox tails since we didn’t get king protea till after her death in fox tails and as for Morgan it’ll be awhile due to reasons since lb6 is basically nonexistent
I’ve always wondered, in the Realta Nua ending of F/SN, Shirou finds his way to Saber within Avalon, would that mean Avalon Shirou now has the capacity to trace weapons made out of Fae Materials or other Divine weapons as he would be a resident of the Reverse Side of the World?
You completely got the idea of a grand servant wrong. A grand is not the best of their class, they are a servant who has the qualities of what the grail looks for in a grand. Casters needing clairvoyance. Also there isn't only 7 grands, there are multiple people who can be the grand X. Although only 1 can be summoned at a time, I do not know where your information came from regarding this, as all wikis and even the story are very specific on this.
5 Star Linux no when he says there are only 7 grands he means there are only 7 people who can hold the title of grand. If someone like king Hassan who is grand assassin doesn’t forgo his title as grand he stays being a grand servant until further notice. There are grand candidates yes but they can’t just take the mantle whenever they want if someone else already has it. Also yes the grand servants are the pinnacle of humanities abilities in a certain class so they would be the best of the best in their respective class
@@amari7782 This is not how this works, it's clearly stated on multiple wikis and in character material that Grands are not the strongest in each class, they fulfill the requirements needed to be classed as a Grand servant. Someone like Orion is not the strongest Archer, he just fulfills the requirements to be summoned into a servant container of Grand. If this is not the case then tell me where you got this information. Also when a Grand is no longer needed at the time they are desummoned, and someone else can be chosen, if humanity didn't need a Grand in Camelot and Baylonia, it is possible that some other Grand assassin could have been summoned. It's not that it's only 1 person who can be summoned as a Grand for that class until they're no longer a grand, it's a handful who can be summoned are chosen from.
@@amari7782 Here's a direct quote from the Wiki "The overwhelming strength that the Grand Servants display against Servants is not because they themselves are that much stronger than other Heroic Spirits, but because they are summoned with a completely different Saint Graph by the World itself." So they're considered the pinnacle because they are summoned as a Grand, not because they are the pinnacle outside of the Grand title.
Although in a small way you are right, they choose people who are very good in a specific thing, such as casters needing to be powerful clairvoyants. So in that aspect they are the pinnacle at that specific thing I would suppose, which to have would therefore make you powerful, just not the auto strongest in class.
5 Star Linux you do realize that we didn’t need a grand in Camelot king Hassan was just there cuz that temple was where he resides the only reason hanam asked king Hassan for help was cuz we were drastically short on men and we needed someone to stall out Gawain long enough for us to make our way into Camelot to fight the lion king.It wouldn’t make sense for them to have a bunch of candidates and not just already have someone who just already just has the title. What kind of sense would that make to be like “hey we have all these candidates but no actual title holder so we’re just gonna keep cycling through this list of candidates each time we need a grand servant” no that makes absolutely no sense if that was the case why not just make Merlin the grand caster in Babylonia instead of waiting till after Solomon ars nova himself out the throne to release data books to say “ yea Merlin is grand caster”
Hoshino uchuni monomino utena rakuyen no hashikara na kimi ni kikaseyo Kimi tachi no monogatari wa shu kufuku ni miche shite iru to. Tsumi na kimo no ni toru ga i... Garden of Avalon!
I knew Fou wasn’t a “squirrel.” I figured he had a connection to Merlin since he immediately smacked him in the face. This was helpful, as I’m only on like episode 4 or 5 of FGO.
If we are going for the Babylonia story, Merlin doesn't yet hold the "Grand title". Currently, Solomon holds that title and only after the final singularity will Merlin get that title.
and based on the arthurian legends merlin should also be able to gaze into the future ( though maybe not the end of times or the far future , which he can see in avalon as it exists outside of the world)so he does have chrono clairvoyance in a way , but i believe it is not as powerful as solomon's , while the advantage he ahs over solomon is that he can decide where his visions take place , so he sacrifices some when for the where. welp that's my speculation about how his clairvoyance will work if he's summoned as a regular servant and not just an illusion.
Thank you so much for continuing Fate content. You're my favorite English youtuber when it comes lore of Fate. I absolutely love how to describe the characters without giving any major spoiler. No homo but keep up the good work 😤💙
Being literally supernatural, his main weakness comes from his desires. He isn't all knowing so he can be manipulated and outsmarted, and his abilities arent enough to destroy 1st Beast of humanity. His ability to trap the beasts in his magic is what defines his Grand title, and since he's lazy, his hero creation and charisma allow him to push the work onto others. If he's a good fighter on his own, he's probably too lazy to get serious, and his abilities allow him to be so.
@@israelpadilla8126 That's weird cause the role of a Grand Servant is to check against the Beasts of Humanity, but ok, he can see anything he wants in the present without being all-knowing. Wooo.
@@seph4707 Well Merlin wasnt grand caster during his time in babylonia, the grand in charge of that is King Hassan. But considering Merlin was able to keep Tiamat asleep for a long ass time as a regular servant makes you wonder what kind of dumb shit he could do with his Grand Servant vessel, that and he dont know the whole extent of his powers yet
Correct me if i'm mistaken but wasn't Solomon the one with the best clairvoyance out of the 3 of them being able to see past, present and future? You know king of mages and all
@AniNews : off the bat, Merlin NEVER held the "Grand" title. He is a CANDIDATE. It's entirely possible he'll never be chosen as Grand. Of all the casters, he's one of many who could be deemed a Grand, if and when the prior Grand Caster has forfeit their role, and IF AND ONLY IF there is a need to establish a new one. The fact you call him and Gilg Caster as grands is quite frankly misleading. Gilgamesh (Caster) is a Grand Caster Candidate. Merlin is a Grand Caster Candidate. Neither ARE Grand Casters.
I doubt he can do it well, to get more info about him he would have to read the El Melloi Case Files light novels. Thats a hard feat to do since there is no full English translations for it, only tid bits on Beast's Lair. English for Fate/Zero wont be a problem but the anime covers the novels well with not much missing.
Grand servants are not necessarily the most powerful of their class It's the vessel the saint graph that makes them Grand. Even regular servants can be summoned as Grand servants
Jyothsna Addanki that’s not necessarily true grands are indeed the strongest in their class their the pinnacle of humanities achievements in that field and a regular servant can’t become a grand servant they would have to met the requirements to become a candidate just to even achieve the possibility of becoming a grand
How Strong Do You Think Merlin Is?
No idea :p
will you make a video about King Hassan as soon as he reveals himself? propably my favorite character in fate which is why i am interested in a video about him.
we do actually already get a glimps of his 'true power' in the fight against tiamat, while she is down in hell, he is able to give everyone on the team like a temporarly (permanent) like 10~20k max hp buff, while healing them every turn for 10k and also buffing the dmg for like 300% or smths like that.
basically he gives them a near infinity power and immunity to any sort of dmg at that point in the story.
@@GunRunner106 Isn't that Eresh buffs? Merlin only heal for like 4k
@@HuyNguyen-xg2xg hmm ya actually correct mage of flowers only provides the 4k heal, while blessing of kur gives atk/np gain/ and max hp boni, hmm
Merlin: “if I need a backstory I’d prefer it to be multiple choice”
bcfb21 whay does that mean ?
Bao Long it’s a joker reference regarding the fact that Merlin has no set backstory.
I still don’t understand the fact that Merlin can see the truth in present make he have the tilte Grand ?
Bao Long uhm no not necessarily. My comment didn’t have anything to do with that aspect of the video. It’s more so that the grand servants are the greatest from each class. I’m also relatively sure that there can only be one grand caster at a time so with Solomon being around Merlin is not technically a grand caster because you can’t have two of them and also grand servants cannot be summoned as it’s either expressly stated or implied that king Hassan gave up his title of grand assassin to be summoned by Chaldea.
bcfb21 tks, but what i’m trying to say is how impactful the seeing the truth is ? Is it really useful ?
Feats we’ve seen Merlin perform:
-Casting illusions so real they can even fool reality
-Turning Tiamat’s mud into flowers capable of weakening a Beast
-Taming an infantile Beast of Disaster
-Stopping Gae Bolg from killing Mash
-Casually invading others’ dreams
-Conjuring copies of Caliburn
-Bending the rules of the Throne of Heroes to summon himself as a Servant when he’s still alive
-Creating Romani’s favorite idol.
That second last point... what?
@@sarim9531 In the Anime they explained that, because he isn't even alive in the age of Babylonia he can be summoned, but in the game he did that
@@luck_adiante are you guys talking about when he showed up at the end to nullify the chaos tide? Or the whole time?
@@sarim9531 Whole time.
When he shows up later it's the actual Merlin.
You know the one trapped inside the Tower
@@luck_adiante so did he independently manifest into Babylonia, or did Gil summon him? I do remember him saying it was Gil
A bit fix: Solomon’s Clairvoyance can see both past and future. Gilgamesh can see the future while Merlin can see only the present. Quoted by the Grand Caster Solomon himself
Merlin's clairvoyance if he only sees the present is like a powerful form of 360 degree telescopic vision that basically allows him to survey the current world. His clairvoyance seems the most limited but the best in finding out current relevant information.
@@Ephideltrance He's basically a super useful normal man.
He's basically a super voyeur ... With a magic and a sword
merlin and solomon is a grand caster what about gilgamesh is he also a grand ?? if so at which class???
Salon is the grand caster Merlin and Gil are just powerful casters not grands
You forgot to mention his most porwrful ability being that he can shift an entire meta to Buster crit memes alone for three years straight
Inb4 Skadi balances the meta field...
VarniX that’s not necessarily true since you need way more set up to do stuff with skadi Than you would with Merlin. Merlin is broken in the since that outside of buster teams you can still use him in a variety of teams skadi on the other hand doesn’t really have this luxury and while you can use her in non quick teams her utility drops immensely outside of quick teams since she herself lacks any presence past “ I buff one servant my job is done” while waver tamamo and Merlin aren’t really bound by these constraints
Merlin is splashabe
@@varnix1006 Skadi memes needs two of her and an aoe quick NP, so two Skadi and a Dates. only whales can use that meta.
Until Orion and Chen Gong revives buster memes again to completely new heights.
There is also the fact that Merlin in Babylonia was mostly busy slowing down Tiamats awakening aka continue her dream which is why he "didnt do much" and was scared of Gorgons pretrification cause him "wakeing up from his dream as a Servant" would mean the instant end of his illusion magic on Tiamat.
Imagine a Fate anime where we saw all 7 Grand servants go all out against some crazy high tier enemy.
Unlimited Budget Works Intensify.
Well... there was mention of a certain being that requires 7 counter guardians just to hold back. This was a while back, and grands weren't even introduced back then, so it might actually be 7 grands. Or maybe not.
Though it'll probably never happen, because the counter force seems to prefer the bare minimum.
@@sarim9531 where it was mentioned?
@@user-zc1kx9ke9u I'm talking about Primate Murder/Fou. I'm not sure where the seven counter guardians thing was mentioned, but probably Tsukihime.
Is it weird I read 7 counter guardians and I imagined 7 emiyas .. maybe 6 and one okita alter? .. 🤣🤣
@@sarim9531 CGs tend to be assigned to protecting humanity from itself. Grands often get assigned to deal with outside threats, though there is overlap. Grands are brought in more rarely and for more common or reoccurring threats. Your quote wasn't mentioned in Tsukihime, but from an interview with Nasu. You don't requires 7 Grands to maintaind a Beast, but 7 CGs. One Grands does just fine, at least from what we have seen so far in the Lostbelts chapter.
If there's something strange
In your kingdom
Who you gonna call?
Arthur: *MERLIN*
lmao it reminds me of 7 d.s.
Hello wizard
One of history's first NEETs, but not by his own choosing
You mean history's first kept man
Bork
Well... We can call him the all knowing NEET... With a cosplaying/blogging sideline.
He will also be the last
@@michaeljohngarcia6432 Yea, must be fun to be a NEET with no one nagging you, man.
It's crazy how Merlin, Orion, Gramps are game-wise really good.
if Grand aren't op it would be weird
also funny how all three are Buster meme
11/10 buster meta lmao
Makuga Tattoba Doesnt Orion have an arts NP?
@@jyon7168 His normal buster still hits like a truck with his np and Merlin
Niko Orion is like hozoin and qin langyu they have an arts np but their actual np is they command cards
combining his "Immortality" and his magic, he is not someone who you call for a straight forward fighter, but as a supporter, he's perfect
Hes not "immortal" he's literally immortal because his original body is on the reverse side
@@rust5427 he can die, it's just very tricky as with Gorgon in the anime showed us
@@LoneWolf20213 actually its not the real merlin that died. The real one still in avalon
Zudin Afkar I know, that’s why I put “” around Immortality
Because he’s not technically alive or dead, so if you can “kill” him, he’s still alive
Though say you can somehow get to Avalon, then you might kill him then
@@LoneWolf20213 no. You can't die within Avalon. In order to kill him, you need to get to the reverse side specifically avalon. Free him from his prison. Drag him OUT of Avalon, then it is possible to kill him
In short , if Merlin didn't exist , Artoria would never have a dic-
arthuria wouldnt even exist because her dad wouldnt be able to NTR her mom.
@@sig1761 technically couldn't this mean that the emiya servant would never exist due to saber not being able to save him from lancer?
@@logan12satcom83 that would mean archer emiya vs lancer fight would've never happened --> paradox or the 4th and the 5th war wouldn't have happened the same way due to Saber not being present.
Furthermore, the whole history might've been different due to Britain's development going differently.
To summarize
"God damn it Merlin what did you do this time?"
So, my husband was scrolling this on my TV and I read the first part of the title (who is Merlin) and answered at loud without thinking "the neet who gave saber a d*ck?". I may had traumatized my kid today, but, hey, at least my husband look proud. 9 years since he first introduced me to this franchise and clearly he's efforts paid off
Family Goals! I like it
"I see why they call you saber" Lady Guinevere
XD
Gwynavere
Grand Caster: Solomon, Gilgamesh, Merlin
Grand Assassin: King Hassan
Grand Archer: Orion
Grand Saber: ???
Grand Lancer: ???
Grand Rider: ???
Grand Berserker: ???
not stated anywhere, but in my mind Santa Claus is Grand Rider
I don’t know if it’s the same, but apparently True Archer: Heracles is a thing. It’s also his strongest form but without God Hand
@@LordOsiris499 Normal Archer Heracles does have God Hand. Heracles Alter is the one that does not.
Artoria with Avalon and unsealed Excalibur would be a good candidate for Grand Saber.
I’m on board with the theory that Noah would be Grand Rider; dude’s got one of the most famous ships in history, and two of every non-mythical animal on board that he could ride.
Also Merlin does not have regular human emotions, in fact outside of Saber, he merely emulates human emotions. He has a preference for good, he doesn't really empathize with most people. The only real confirmed emotional relationship he has is with Saber as an father/brother like figure
He also develops a similar connection with Ritsuka and Mash after watching, helping and interacting with them during the incineration of human history
His illusion skill is really something not to underestimate. While the skill _is_ called illusion, the skill is more akin to reality manipulation. While the skill does have illusion like effect, as seen when Merlin saves Mashu and Fujimaru in episode 2, the real power of his illusion is not because it can trick people, but because he can trick reality itself with it. In other words, Merlin’s illusion is capable of becoming reality. This skill essentially function similarly to the reality stone from Marvel, only, obviously, the skill being a far weaker version.
I wanna mention.
By "free the beast", he means "chuck Cath Palug from the tower".
Yeah, Tiamat the first Beast we've seen, absolutely. (eyes roll over to the first thing the MC interacts with in the game)
Fou fou kyu 😂
Hard to believe the fluff ball is mankind's greatest predator.
@@KhanMann66 nah fous second the spider is the first and angra is third . this is for mass murder of humans btw still dont know what the spider is but angre says its stronger than fou so sht
@@firstnamelastname7298 the spider is type mercury aka the strongest lifeform on planet mercury typemoon.fandom.com/wiki/Type_Mercury
@@KhanMann66 primate murder isn't a predator, it's basically a regulator, fou has authority over humanity, he can straight up decide that a certain number of humans should die and they instantly do.
So basically what you're telling me is,
Thailand is a Merlin reference.
It wasn’t permanent tho thank god.
FGO spoiler
In the 6th bond story it depicts Merlin actually locking himself in Avalon to observe humanity forever, and a pulled translation from FGO fandom states he did this "as if to say that this is the fate of a foolish man, who playfully meddled with the fate of a single girl."
Also apparently he has wifi connection in the tower of Avalon because he's Magi Mari lmao
I assume, that he could actually get out of the lady of the lake's prison if he wanted to. Since, he was able to free cath palug. He just stays to atone or something.
Yeah, seeing the absolute truth of everything, he could get out if he wants to. But he is punishing himself by keeping himself locked.
How strong is Merlin? Strong enough genderswap you in under a minute...
Truly the strongest power in all of anime.
The Time of Birth has Come, He is the One who Masters All.”
“The Time of Crowning has Come, He is the One who Begins All."
"And ― The Time of Parting has Come, He is the One who Lets Go of The World."
"Ars Nova.
uhmm, that is solomon's np
Nooooo the memories
Fuuuu- the tears are rolling again...
@@orcus6893 He's saying that Solomon is better than Merlin.
@@vicount3944 considering the dude has a familiar that literally created the whole event of FGO part 1, he's not wrong
He is very strong with his Hero Creation EX, together with his double and a Jalter, They can destroy a damn beast.
As a wise man once said: "YES YES YES! OH MAH GAD"
Ah Joseph jostar
Solomon's eyes can see both the future and the past
So you're saying dick-Gandalf is nothing compared to the Lord of the Rings himself?
@@derfret1365 yes
@@derfret1365 this is genius
So wait, hes a powerful spell caster, but can also wield a sword.
Reminds me of Ainz.
he's the one who teaches Artoria how to use sword
For those wondering we only know a few Grand Servant
Grand Caster: Solomon (Merlin is a grand caster candidate)
Grand Assassin: King Hassan (this guy is no joke)
Grand Archer: Orion (he actually failed his mission and is no longer Grand)
To correct 2 things. Both Gramps and Orion threw their Grand title away to summon themselves.
Gramps to help us out after the Camelot Arc & Orion summonend himself to save Artemis.
@@MonoReaper and the sad part about Orion is that the Artemis in the Lostbelt is not the one he loves but he still saves her just because he wanted her to be free from the control of the Alien God.
@@griffionwyvrus9063 If we go by the multiverse logic then all the gods in the multiverse are from the same root which means all of them are just "ghosts" themselves transcending time & space from the place of their "original" bodies that are "dead" on the Other Side.
I am confused what is the differenz between King Hassan and the assassin from fate Zero are they even conectet?
@@haetsh3035 King Hassan is the First Old Man of the Mountain aka the Founder of the "Old Man on the Mountain"
Each Hassan carrys on the legacy & title of the Hassan/OldManoftheMountain
12:11
"And task it to seek out that which is beautiful."
>Ishtar
eye c wut u did thar
Rin is the cutest. xD
We all know it ereshkigal
Erashbis best waifu!
My top 3 favorite Servants and Characters
Gilgamesh
Merlin
Archer Shirou
YES
Mine are
1. UBW Lancer
2. Aprocryoh Lancer
3. Shirou/ Emiya (Archer)
Merlin definitely gives off the Main Character look
funfact merlin became close friends with artoria pendragon and tried to stop her from going to her final battle stating she would die, she refused as soon as he wanted to help and stop her he was Stopped by the lady of the lake and put in a trap it
Merlin has also stated in the fate series that he misses pendragon
That moment you realize what that cat on his shoulder actually is......
Me: So why Merlin is so strong?
AniNews: He can make a girl to have a di*k
Me: *SUBARASHI!!*
Oh god you completely got some things wrong.... heck, he's said that he screws up at magecraft because he gets tongue-tied. Genius solution: slap them around with a noble phantasm instead.
thats the problem with merlin, no way you should believe him
@@4NDAYY what kind of logic is that lol
@@dylanwilson4484 i mean, would you, if given a chance. Whack people with one of the most powerful sword in existence without the enemy being capable of movement(for the sake of this question), or just constantly apeak and peforms incantations
@@chestertamayo1894 I, for one, am lazy. So I would constantly speak and performs incantations that allow me to whack people with one of the most powerful sword in existence without the enemy being capable of movement.
Also, if you mean Excalibur, then that's not it. There's only one Excalibur in the world and the Lady of the Lake has it. What he's using is Caliburn, a holy sword he made himself. So it's possible there are several copies of it.
@@kusanagi-no-tachi5303 i mean he has item creator so he could make copies of caliburn or swords that could be closer in power to excalibur sealed
A few complaints. First of all, you gave some misconceptions about the Grand classes. They are NOT the strongest of their classes. They are merely Servants that fulfill certain conditions and are willing and ideal to fight the Beasts. Orion for example is by no means the strongest Archer.
Also, you seemed to imply that there are multiple Grand Casters. That's wrong. There's multiple candidates but only ever one Grand Casters. That's an important distinction, since if Merlin were a Grand Caster during Babylonia, the Three Goddess Alliance likely wouldn't have been much of a threat to Gilgamesh.
Also, and this isn't a complaint but merely something that could've been mentioned is that Merlins Independent Manifestation is actually a skill that no servant has. It's a skill assigned only to the Beasts of Calamity. And in the same breath, that is because Merlin is actually a Beast-class candidate. Not an actual Evil of Humanity but an existance that's very similar, and he could've potentially turned into one in a different timeline.
Guess the answer really depends on how many good buster characters you have
Laughs in King Hassan.
Essentially Merlin's clairvoyance is Twitch
Multi Screeno Durifto
Merlin is watching all the streamers of Twitch tv at the same time.
Dang Merlin's story is surprisingly tragic.
Merlin an unseen great swordsman, who trained and mentored Artoria. The irony that his voice actor also voices Proto-Arthur.
i mean i think he was known as sword saint...considering he trained artoria that i top class saber then it makes sense that he would have a title related to swords even if he is a mage
Great video. Merlin is my favorite character in Fate but there are 3 fixes which is understandable given Fates source material is massive and also untranslated half the time. 1 Merlin can be summoned but not from the Throne of Heroes he must Manifest himself with Independent manifestation this is how we summon him in game it might be more restrictive than that but that's all we know. 2 In the Garden of Avalon audio book he fully acknowledges that he will become trapped in the Tower of Avalon we don't know why he still enters but it seems as though he acknowledges that he had wronged Artoria. 3 Merlin does have attachments to some humans he has said he regrets doing what he did to Artoira and as you say he wishes her a happy ending we don't know the extent of these attachments but we know he isn't detached from humans entirely.
Ah yes the Futa-Making Wizard himself
Here comes the Buster meme gang flexing(I'm guilty of this) their (support) Merlins to the unbelievers of the Buster memes and it's power.
Skadi and Quick gods: Step aside we be critting and noble phantasm every turn. (Too bad its gonna be a while till Skadi is NA)
@@deathstar6998 ok zoomer.
Step aside, coming through with Chen gong hyper farm (and Buster) Memery
Screw Merlin and Skadi
*CHEN GONG MEMERS WHERE YA AT?*
@@demigodz6944 feeling salty that Catapult Turtle and the other non-SSR Casters is the only decent support they have.
Ok, but we need to think about 2 things.
1) He possesses Calibur, the original excalibur, and wields it perfectly. This means two things. First, he is using Caliburn (basically just focussed Excalibur NP) instantly, a noble phantasm that needs the wielder of Excalibur to have a magic core to be able to even power it. Secondly, his swordsmanship is nearly on par with that of Artoria's, a *Saber Class*
2) His magical potential was probably enough to eradicate Tiamat immediately. He used what was, to him, a basic strengthening spell to allow a person to kill an immortal.
(Also, his most powerful ability: Noble Phantasm looping.)
i mean everything saber knows of swaordmanship was taught by him...so he could even now beat most servants in close combat if he wants
Here's a thing I never understood about fate Merlin: he should have all the clairvoyance powers he had in legends and during Arthur/Artoria reign to predict/see the future. Still in Babylonia they clearly state he is omniscient but only about the present. Is this due to Avalon or is there something I got wrong?
Technically they never stated that Merlin knew exactly what happen. Everything up until Artoria legend could be explained by his normal clairvoyance we knew of. And then even in the Artoria legend, he only said she will face a bad ending, it was not clear of whether or not he know what will actually happen. So, for this I would say it's either something to do with the Tower in Avalon blocking his access to other dimension including time itself (since time and space exist on different dimensional planes) or it's just the inaccuracy of history as seen in countless of cases throughout Fate itself.
@@thescorbunny9511 Ingame he actually says he can predict the future outcome of dozens of possibilitys. Which leads to many comedic trolls & pranks on his side in some events.
While idk how correct the statement is regarding the blocked access.
Merlin also states that in his Tower in Avalon he can still see humanity history/aka view them like a TV show as well as apperently seeing the "different timelines" of the Fateverse as well.
it might be that he could see the future through different timeline like Gilgamesh
Yeah that always seemed like a contradiction to me. Maybe his present Clairvoyance is his most powerful/poignant form of Clairvoyance? And that his ability to see the future is limited in some way?
Sasori2105 maybe it’s predictive. Like he knows every variable, so he knows exactly what’s going to happen in the next moment, and the moment afterwards, etc etc
Lets be honest, Merlin is having a *_GRAND_* time in Chaldea
Fun fact: Cath Palug/Fou wasn't tamed by Merlin in the Stay Night Timeline, but it was instead tamed by Altrouge Brunestud (Arcueid's Sister) and became her bodyguard. I personally speculate this is due to the fact that Altrouge is a copy of the Type-Moon aka Crimson Moon Brunestood and as such has a deeper connection to the Reverse Side of the World. Cath Palug is also known as the Primate Murder or Beast 4, it's the number 1 of The Twenty-seven Dead Apostle Ancestors (who are ranked based on their potential to wipe out humanity)
Specialforever nah fou saw that it was a woman and wanted to stay with her over crusty dusty Merlin
Never knew his story was this sad
it would be fun to see a holy grail war where all the 7 participating servants are grand.
The way you narrated Fou's journey to find that which is beautiful combined with him with mash and with that OST actually moved me. Good job man. This was like a storytelling session I never knew I needed.
How strong is Merlin: He reshaped the in-game meta, more or less being one of the best support caster.
Then Skadi dropped and everything changed for the Quick Card Meta.
Reaper_V they got better yes but considering just the amount of utility Merlin has over skadi she really can’t compete with him waver or Tamamo
@@MonoReaper Turning quick cards from trash into descent is not changing the meta. Skadi is overrated
@@laxcatthesleepycat2688 You only say that cause you didnt see Skadi.
Remember Quick NP have 1200 %
Buster NP have 800 %
Arts NP has 600 %
Skadis makes Quick hard do ungo bungo stupid dmg.
While double Merlin is the Buster Meme he is for a reason.
Skadi is the goddess of Quick cause double Skadi memes make Quick NPs Servants do millions of dmg in one NP.
One example of ungo bungo Skadi buffs
th-cam.com/video/4ROx4oSo02M/w-d-xo.html
You dont want to see what dmg Jack does with Skadi buffs^^
@@MonoReaper But that's np5 you cannot do it with np1. While arjuna alter and super orion can do million damage with just one buster crit.
Dick Wizard Extraordinaire... I was literally laughing for, like, 10 mins... I just died
So, can i summon you?
I like to believe Merlin can make Gilgamesh serious in a fight.
How does this man not have a million subscribers yet ???!!!! His content is kind of amazing.
In most legends Merlin was trapped by the lady of the lake in a crystal cave located in avalon. and its funny about the mention of the mages eye thing. because in some legends Merlin is blind. and sees entirely through the use of magic.
In a land of myth and a time of magic,the destiny of a great kingdom rests on the shoulders of a young boy, his name... Merlin
Who's is Merlin, I can do you better, What is Merlin
I can do you better
*WHY IS M E R L I N*
@@anadaere6861 I do better - When is Merlin
@@kouyang9393 I better _ How Merlin
@@laujie6470 I can do you better, Should I Merlin?
Spoiler for babylonia anime
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For now the closest thing where Merlin probably gonna fight seriously is at the last episode of the Babylonia anime since he gonna be all out against Tiamat final form.
And in the game, the lostbelt 6 gonna featured another camelot and we can expect something from Merlin atleast at there so welp.
It should be Proto Meelin this time lol
Dude
i would go whaling for ara2 Merlin v:
The Watcher spoiler buT
Given what I think happened in lb5 we might not get an lb6
@@MadZwe1 Still waiting for Proto merlin to complete my collection.
@@amari7782 hey remember thats theres still some crypters left mmmkay
How I would explain garden of avalon is that it heals everybody who's in the garden. What I mean is also that it improves everbody's abilities since it is said to be an utopia so everybody is at their peak.
A big thing people get mixed up is that they think 1 Beast = 1 Grand.
This isn’t even close. A single Beasts require 7 Grand Servants to be defeated. This was hinted at when Nasu said 7 “Guardians” were required to defeat Fou/Primate Murder, and it was later confirmed in the London Singularity, where it was revealed that the servant summoning system in grail wars is based off of the Grand Servant summoning ritual: which is a ritual to put humanities seven greatest heroic spirits against a single powerful enemy.
Merlin also says that seven grands are required to defeat Tiamat.
MySpaceBarBroke Never mind, i fixed it you know that our version of fou and the primate murder from tsukuhime are 2 different entities right at the time yes they were talking about guardians were needed to take him not kill him
Clause Tamaki the wording is “for one Primate Murder, seven guardians is the appropriate amount” which most likely means that is the amount of power required to kill him.
And we do know it was referring to Grand Servants, as the same interview said “the servants of the holy grail war are based off of these”
@@myspacebarbrokenevermindif9892 When he says "7 guardians are needed" he means Counter Guardians not Grand Servants. Counter Guardians might be even more OP than grand servants in some cases since they get UNLIMITED MANA from the world
Israel Padilla he does mean 7 Counter guardians, but Grand Servants are heavily implied to be a type of counter guardian.
In that same interview, he says “the heroic spirit summoning system is BASED off of these” which is exactly what the grand servant ritual is.
We’ve seen heroic spirits summoned by the counter force before, and they’re weaker than Grand Servants.
@@israelpadilla8126 You may missremember that Guardians aka Agents are fueld solely by Alaya while. Grand Servants are the ones who are both fueld by Alaya & Gaia together.
As if planet level threats like Beasts appear its both in Alayas & Gaias intention to stop them. Well for Gaia it depends.
But Grand Servants are the ones who get fueld by Gaia The World & Alaya the combined sea of humanitys minds.
The game and having him is proof enough that he's earned the title Grand.
- i go back to the Tiamat encounter. We were told the fugly squeaky lahmu were the equivalent of heads of Demon Gods.
And tbh, it looked like Merlin was man-handling the ones he was fighting while Ishtar was getting smacked around. Like, here, let me joke about how I whacked Artoria around with this trick and i'll just smite you right quick.
What I really hope for is that DW would create Morgan Le Fey as a playable character in FGO, aside other knights of round table that are not yet in the game.
Morgan's backstory is really interesting and can fit on the Nasuverse. She hated Merlin and Arotoria due to happened to her father and mother. Well in FGO which they can tie Morgan with Mordred's events.
Maybe in lostbelt 6
@@elgame6263 I hope so. But just within their own character rooster they still have alot they can put in FGO. Like Archimedes from Fate Extella, Charlemagne on the Extella Link and his own knights, Violet and Kazura Drop from the Fate/CCC the other 2 Alter Egos, the other Kara no Kyoukai characters or Arcueid and others from Tsukihime. Maybe they should create these characters first before creating newer characters from their crossover events.
Raven Ralph we probably won’t get the last members of the Sakura 5 till the end of fox tails since we didn’t get king protea till after her death in fox tails and as for Morgan it’ll be awhile due to reasons since lb6 is basically nonexistent
@@amari7782 lb6 still exist its just slowly falling apart
@@elgame6263 Well, what do you think of the Morgan we got?
He is the master of trolling in the Fateverse. Him and Whis from DBS have very similar personalities and could see them getting along well.
The only thing you need to know about Merlin, Buster Memes
That background music, so amazing.
I need to know it
Don't worry, I'm immortal, she can't do anything to me
OH NO, BEING TRAPPED FOR ETERNITY, MY ONLY WEAKNESS
I’ve always wondered, in the Realta Nua ending of F/SN, Shirou finds his way to Saber within Avalon, would that mean Avalon Shirou now has the capacity to trace weapons made out of Fae Materials or other Divine weapons as he would be a resident of the Reverse Side of the World?
Merlin: biggest scumbag of a mage in history, but my big bro from Avalon that I'm proud of
11:13. Kinda ironic that his prison was used as his noble phantasm, just like the Edmond Dantès has Château d'If
as his.
Day 12 of asking for fate zero servant iskander reviews
Welp this is my punishment for oversleeping 3 hours in
DO IT. THE WORLD NEEDS TO KNOW OF MY GREATNESS. IT'S LITERALLY IN MY NAME.
his power level is over 9000 that is for sure
You completely got the idea of a grand servant wrong. A grand is not the best of their class, they are a servant who has the qualities of what the grail looks for in a grand. Casters needing clairvoyance. Also there isn't only 7 grands, there are multiple people who can be the grand X. Although only 1 can be summoned at a time, I do not know where your information came from regarding this, as all wikis and even the story are very specific on this.
5 Star Linux no when he says there are only 7 grands he means there are only 7 people who can hold the title of grand. If someone like king Hassan who is grand assassin doesn’t forgo his title as grand he stays being a grand servant until further notice. There are grand candidates yes but they can’t just take the mantle whenever they want if someone else already has it. Also yes the grand servants are the pinnacle of humanities abilities in a certain class so they would be the best of the best in their respective class
@@amari7782 This is not how this works, it's clearly stated on multiple wikis and in character material that Grands are not the strongest in each class, they fulfill the requirements needed to be classed as a Grand servant. Someone like Orion is not the strongest Archer, he just fulfills the requirements to be summoned into a servant container of Grand. If this is not the case then tell me where you got this information. Also when a Grand is no longer needed at the time they are desummoned, and someone else can be chosen, if humanity didn't need a Grand in Camelot and Baylonia, it is possible that some other Grand assassin could have been summoned. It's not that it's only 1 person who can be summoned as a Grand for that class until they're no longer a grand, it's a handful who can be summoned are chosen from.
@@amari7782 Here's a direct quote from the Wiki "The overwhelming strength that the Grand Servants display against Servants is not because they themselves are that much stronger than other Heroic Spirits, but because they are summoned with a completely different Saint Graph by the World itself." So they're considered the pinnacle because they are summoned as a Grand, not because they are the pinnacle outside of the Grand title.
Although in a small way you are right, they choose people who are very good in a specific thing, such as casters needing to be powerful clairvoyants. So in that aspect they are the pinnacle at that specific thing I would suppose, which to have would therefore make you powerful, just not the auto strongest in class.
5 Star Linux you do realize that we didn’t need a grand in Camelot king Hassan was just there cuz that temple was where he resides the only reason hanam asked king Hassan for help was cuz we were drastically short on men and we needed someone to stall out Gawain long enough for us to make our way into Camelot to fight the lion king.It wouldn’t make sense for them to have a bunch of candidates and not just already have someone who just already just has the title. What kind of sense would that make to be like “hey we have all these candidates but no actual title holder so we’re just gonna keep cycling through this list of candidates each time we need a grand servant” no that makes absolutely no sense if that was the case why not just make Merlin the grand caster in Babylonia instead of waiting till after Solomon ars nova himself out the throne to release data books to say “ yea Merlin is grand caster”
Your voice is so *chillaxsing*
"How strong is Merlin?"
*Buster Meme Intensifies*
Hoshino uchuni monomino utena
rakuyen no hashikara na kimi ni kikaseyo
Kimi tachi no monogatari wa
shu kufuku ni miche shite iru to.
Tsumi na kimo no ni toru ga i...
Garden of Avalon!
1:16 That's Gandalf on the right :D Granted, an old illustration, well before the films.
2:26
*1 year ago*
I sleep
*1 year later*
*REAL SHIT*
Merlin also has something to do with the Paladins of Charlemagne. Bradamante in particular fangirls violently over him.
Makes me wonder if Merlin and Astolfo ever crossed paths ?
@@Storyteller2093 the only one merlin won't use Hero Creation EX
Lest he wants a female Astolfo
@@anadaere6861 Lol even worst for all involved XD then Astolfo could be a Reverse trap 😂
Elizabeth Gamer23 he worked with the knights of Charlemagne for a bit so it’s possible
@@amari7782 I could see that 😊
8:56 𝔇𝔦𝔠𝔨 𝔚𝔦𝔷𝔞𝔯𝔡 𝔈𝔵𝔱𝔯𝔞𝔬𝔯𝔡𝔦𝔫𝔞𝔦𝔯𝔢
Also pls make King Hassan next pls
I knew Fou wasn’t a “squirrel.” I figured he had a connection to Merlin since he immediately smacked him in the face. This was helpful, as I’m only on like episode 4 or 5 of FGO.
If we are going for the Babylonia story, Merlin doesn't yet hold the "Grand title". Currently, Solomon holds that title and only after the final singularity will Merlin get that title.
Solomon's clairvoyance can see both past and future, not just past.
and based on the arthurian legends merlin should also be able to gaze into the future ( though maybe not the end of times or the far future , which he can see in avalon as it exists outside of the world)so he does have chrono clairvoyance in a way , but i believe it is not as powerful as solomon's , while the advantage he ahs over solomon is that he can decide where his visions take place , so he sacrifices some when for the where. welp that's my speculation about how his clairvoyance will work if he's summoned as a regular servant and not just an illusion.
When will there be a video covering the GRAND class and the BEAST class?
His real name is one to be feared.
Those who know it, call him....
*TIM*
8:57 When I heard him say Dick Wizard Extraordinaire I nearly dropped my tablet 😂😂👏👏 Well done!!
Thank you so much for continuing Fate content. You're my favorite English youtuber when it comes lore of Fate. I absolutely love how to describe the characters without giving any major spoiler. No homo but keep up the good work 😤💙
AniNews
How about a video on Solomon
Being literally supernatural, his main weakness comes from his desires. He isn't all knowing so he can be manipulated and outsmarted, and his abilities arent enough to destroy 1st Beast of humanity. His ability to trap the beasts in his magic is what defines his Grand title, and since he's lazy, his hero creation and charisma allow him to push the work onto others. If he's a good fighter on his own, he's probably too lazy to get serious, and his abilities allow him to be so.
His grand title is literally defined because of his Clairvoyance lol not because he can make a beast go to sleep
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That's weird cause the role of a Grand Servant is to check against the Beasts of Humanity, but ok, he can see anything he wants in the present without being all-knowing. Wooo.
@@seph4707 Well Merlin wasnt grand caster during his time in babylonia, the grand in charge of that is King Hassan. But considering Merlin was able to keep Tiamat asleep for a long ass time as a regular servant makes you wonder what kind of dumb shit he could do with his Grand Servant vessel, that and he dont know the whole extent of his powers yet
Correct me if i'm mistaken but wasn't Solomon the one with the best clairvoyance out of the 3 of them being able to see past, present and future? You know king of mages and all
Venom yes
He can only see past and future that's what I know also his revelation skill can help him to chose the right path
my brain just thought of something it's not possible but a grand beast
@AniNews : off the bat, Merlin NEVER held the "Grand" title. He is a CANDIDATE. It's entirely possible he'll never be chosen as Grand. Of all the casters, he's one of many who could be deemed a Grand, if and when the prior Grand Caster has forfeit their role, and IF AND ONLY IF there is a need to establish a new one. The fact you call him and Gilg Caster as grands is quite frankly misleading.
Gilgamesh (Caster) is a Grand Caster Candidate. Merlin is a Grand Caster Candidate. Neither ARE Grand Casters.
No, according to the Extra Material book, Merlin IS Grand Caster now that Solomon has abdicated the position.
@@Mythos66 I didn't make up the rules, it says Merlin is Grand Caster in the FGO Material IV right after the Solomon Singularity
@@Mythos66 Link to what? FGO Material IV is a printed book. You'll just have to find translations or scans somewhere
Dont ever claim someone wrong if you cannot provide proof yourself.
@@CaseNumber00 It's a book, what link can I give? The most you can do is search for a translation on Beast's Lair
Granting him his title "Dick Wizard Extraordinaire"
Words I never thought I would hear
So THAT is why Wales have a red dragon on their flag.
Can't wait for king Hassan video in the Future
Is it possible for you to do some fate zero servants. I am huge fan of Iskandar aka Rider. Best Character Ever!!!
I doubt he can do it well, to get more info about him he would have to read the El Melloi Case Files light novels. Thats a hard feat to do since there is no full English translations for it, only tid bits on Beast's Lair. English for Fate/Zero wont be a problem but the anime covers the novels well with not much missing.
Just imagining Merlin getting serious kinda scares me.. LOL
Grand servants are not necessarily the most powerful of their class
It's the vessel the saint graph that makes them Grand. Even regular servants can be summoned as Grand servants
Jyothsna Addanki that’s not necessarily true grands are indeed the strongest in their class their the pinnacle of humanities achievements in that field and a regular servant can’t become a grand servant they would have to met the requirements to become a candidate just to even achieve the possibility of becoming a grand
Hearing this serious ass video then suddenly hearing "Dick Wizard Extraordinare" just killed me