Fate/Apocrypha is a story that unfolds between seven "Black" Servants versus seven "Red" Servants, for a total of 14 Servants + 1 Servant. It's an unprecedented "Holy Grail War." In this article, we'll introduce all of the Noble Phantasms of the Black Servants that add excitement to the battle scenes.
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Lancer's Noble Phantasm
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King of Capital Punishment (Kazikul Bey)
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Using the skill "Demonic Guardian of the Nation," a large number of stakes appear in the space, impaling enemies. The attack range is 1km, and up to 20,000 stakes can be deployed simultaneously. Even if the stakes are destroyed, they can be regenerated almost infinitely as long as there is a source of magical power.
Can attack multiple enemies at once
Activating this skill for just 3 seconds will capture and eliminate more than 500 enemies at once. The stakes gradually increase in number, blocking the enemy's retreat, and becoming more difficult to avoid as time passes. As the number of stakes increases, a cursed psychological effect occurs, inflicting fear and a sense of mental oppression on those who see them. The Noble Phantasm is not a stake, but a "stirred stake," and the fact that Vlad struck with the spear in his hand creates the concept of "impaling," allowing the stake to manifest in a state where it is impaled with the target's heart as its starting point.
Legend of Dracula
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He materializes the image of Dracula and transforms into a vampire. After becoming a vampire, his normal skills and Noble Phantasms are sealed away, but he gains special abilities such as a significant increase in his physical abilities, the ability to transform into an animal or mist, the ability to heal, and the ability to enchant his magic eyes, making him far more powerful. However, the price of this overwhelming power is that he also gains weaknesses to sunlight and holy symbols.
Archer's Noble Phantasm
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Antares Snipe
Archer fires an arrow from the Sagittarius constellation in the sky, piercing the opponent. Its power and precision make it the most powerful of all his attack methods. Even more noteworthy is that Sagittarius in the sky "already has the arrow nocked and drawn," so all you have to do is aim at the target, allowing you to fire with zero time lag, which is something that is always present with a bow as a weapon.
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Activate once per day
Note that this Noble Phantasm can only be used once per day, and once activated, it cannot be used again until the following night. Because it is based on a later anecdote, even the Red Rider, who knew Archer well in life, was unable to counter it. The "Scorpio" in the name refers to the constellation Lizard, or Scorpio, and in the actual starry sky, Sagittarius appears to be shooting an arrow at the heart of Scorpio.
Saber's Noble Phantasm
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Fantasy Great Sword: Tenma's Fall (Balmung)
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The Sword of Dusk possesses the properties of a magic sword. The blue gem embedded in the hilt stores True Ether, which is used to activate it with the True Name. By releasing the True Name, it unleashes a wave of Dusk that spreads in a semicircle centered on the greatsword. Like Gram, it deals additional damage to those of dragon descent. Compared to other anti-army Noble Phantasms, the charge time required to activate the Noble Phantasm is extremely short, allowing for follow-up attacks and multiple attacks.
Armor of Fafnir (Evil Dragon's Blood Armor)
A constantly active Noble Phantasm obtained by bathing in the blood of the Evil Dragon. It completely nullifies physical attacks and magic spells of B rank or lower, and even attacks of A rank or higher are greatly reduced in power, with the damage calculated minus the B-rank defense value. Furthermore, attacks using Noble Phantasms by legitimate Heroes grant a defense value equivalent to B+.
Its defensive strength is so strong that it can even withstand a spear attack from the Red Lancer with only minor damage.
Rider's Noble Phantasm
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Touch and Fall! (Trap of Argalia)
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A golden jousting lance favored by Prince Argalia of Katai. As its name suggests, it knocks anyone who touches it to the ground. When used against a Servant, it forces only the enemy's feet into spirit form, preventing them from materializing. This effect inflicts a negative status effect, making it impossible for the victim to get up for a while, and it also ignores defenses such as armor.
The Luna Break Manual
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Inherited from a certain witch, this book contains methods to defeat all forms of magic. Simply possessing it grants A-rank magic resistance, and it also provides resistance to status marking and Command Spells. If he could unlock its true name, he could even defeat powerful magic... but he has completely forgotten its true name. The title "The Universal Magic Guidebook" was a bit arbitrary.
The Magic Flute That Invokes Panic (La Black Luna)
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This horn is said to terrify demonic birds that hear its sound and flee in fear. In the planning stages, it was a Noble Phantasm that interfered with the opponent's mind, but in the novel version it was transformed into a sonic weapon. (It appears that the mental interference ability is still intact.) It is usually small enough to hang from the waist, but becomes gigantic when used.
An Otherworldly Phantom Horse (Hippogriff)
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He can run through the sky at high speeds, and his charge is equivalent to an A-rank physical attack. Furthermore, by releasing his true name, the Hippogriff, an "impossible" being, is sublimated from this dimension and erased from existence. So, just before it completely disappears, a real-life "rider" can pull it back into the original world, causing it to disappear for just a moment before reappearing. For the brief moment it disappears from this world, it becomes possible to escape all observation and nullify attacks.
Berserker's Noble Phantasm
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Maiden's Chastity (Bridal Chest)
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A war hammer shaped like a tree branch, radiating a discharge of electricity. It absorbs stagnant magical energy from the surrounding area and makes it her own, making it a kind Noble Phantasm for Berserker's Master, whose magical energy consumption is extraordinary. It efficiently collects and stores the magical energy leaking from herself and those around her. During battle, when excess magical energy is constantly being generated in abundance around her, it functions in conjunction with "Galvanism" to simulate a "second-type perpetual motion machine." The sphere at the tip is her heart, which she keeps close to her even when not in combat.
Blasted Tree
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An anti-military Noble Phantasm, this weapon stabs "Maiden's Chastity" into the ground, discharging electricity. It rains down from the silhouette of a towering tree, spreading and tracking the enemy. It can be activated even without "Maiden's Chastity" if the enemy is single and close range. If all limiters are removed and it is used at maximum output, the user's life functions will cease completely, but there is a low chance that a second Frankenstein's monster will be born. However, the user will be unable to see this as she will be dead.
Caster's Noble Phantasm
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Crown: Light of Wisdom (Golem: Ketermalkuth)
Aviceibron's ultimate golem, a wish to be completed during his lifetime, but was unable to achieve his goal. Noble Phantasms are usually already completed, and apart from the conditions required to activate them, there are no materials required for the Noble Phantasm itself; however, there are exceptions such as "objects too large to be possessed by a single Heroic Spirit" and "objects that are incomplete and therefore carved into legend", and in order to activate these Noble Phantasms, they must be manufactured using current materials after the Caster manifests into the world.
Immortal Golem
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In addition to the ability to create an autonomous, unique barrier that transforms the surrounding area into another world, it also possesses the ability to restore and regenerate damage caused by the blessings of the earth. The longer the Titan exists, the greater the power of the paradise that transforms the area around it into another world. The greater the power of the paradise, the faster the Titan's recovery speed increases, making it invulnerable and immortal, even invulnerable to harm.
How to Defeat the Strongest Golem
Equipped with their own intelligence to carry out their assigned tasks, they are also capable of melee combat, producing obsidian swords. Though inexperienced at the time of creation, they possess an incredibly rapid learning ability, and with the strength and skill belying their physique, they rise to the level of heroes, and their offensive capabilities also increase. The only way to destroy them is to sever their connection with the earth before the paradise is completed, and then simultaneously destroy both their spiritual core in their head and their reactor core in their chest, without a moment's delay.
Assassin's Noble Phantasm
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The Mist
A barrier Noble Phantasm that recreates the devastating sulfuric acid mist disaster that struck London, caused by the massive soot and smoke. Magicians will continue to take damage, and ordinary people will die within a few turns. Heroic Spirits will not take damage, but their agility will decrease by one rank. Furthermore, to escape the barrier, they will need the power of a skill such as "Intuition" or external guidance. The range and targets of the barrier can be freely set, so it can be effective only on enemies even in situations where allies and enemies are mixed together.
Maria the Ripper
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Normally a D-rank knife, it will dismember its target without question if three conditions are met: "nighttime," "the target is a woman (or female)," and "there is fog." When activated, a confusion of causality occurs. First, the "murder" of the dismembered corpse occurs, followed by the "death" of the target, and finally, much later, the "logic" leading up to the dismemberment.
Summary
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I think everyone is captivated by battle scenes using Noble Phantasms. If you want to see the intense battle between the black camp, be sure to check out the original manga or the anime!
