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Effective Knockoff: The Servants seen in story actually a mix between this and Shoddy Knockoff Product.

That's not to say a human can't win, however.

Curb-Stomp Battle: The typical result of a human fighting one, as even the weakest Servant is more than a match for the strongest human on a physical level.

Furthermore, historical aspects of a Heroic Spirit - provided they previously existed as mortals - can be overwritten by their legends, granting them access to abilities they never possessed in-life. Though there are exceptions, as Gilgamesh, protagonist of the world's oldest surviving piece of literature, is the greatest Heroic Spirit despite being relatively obscure. The more well-known heroes are in the time they are summoned, the more powerful they are.

Clap Your Hands If You Believe: All Mythological Heroes Are Real.

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It's worth noting, though, that they're from the perspective of their respective time period of their legends, so Deliberate Values Dissonance is in full play here. These tend to be points of contention among the fandom, particularly Gilgamesh's. Character Alignment: All Servants possess canonical alignments in their status pages.This is explained as being required to unlock their power in the Holy Grail War system. All Noble Phantasms must be called out to be used. Calling Your Attacks: When a Servant uses what's usually their most powerful weapon or distinctive skill - their 'Noble Phantasm' - they shout its name.Brought Down to Badass: While some Servants obtain supernatural powers based on the legends surrounding them and the class they are summoned into, others - like Saber and Berserker - end up being much less powerful than they were even in-life due to their arsenals being restricted by their Servant class and/or incompatible Masters, though they are still enormously powerful supernatural warriors.There's also the fact that the Nasuverse is different from our own, so history is fair game. That's why Cú Chulainn has blue hair and red eyes, Heracles is a nine-foot-tall monster, and many other liberties are taken with the legends of mythological heroes. Artistic License: Word Of God establishes that not everything that recorded history and mythology say about the Heroic Spirits' backgrounds is (completely) true, and some parts of their legends may have even been lost to time, forgotten by future generations.Archer is an example of the sort of circumstances a modern person has to go through to become a Heroic Spirit, or an existence similar to one. It's worth noting that most tend to predate the 'modern' world, however, and any actual ones from the future, especially powerful ones, would be rare and special.

Army of The Ages: The Heroic Spirits can be summoned from any time period, even the future, as long as someone has an appropriate catalyst.The Grail system is set up so that heroes who were ordinary humans in-life are bestowed superhuman abilities based on the myths and legends that center around them and the Servant class they are summoned into mythological figures who may not have actually existed in-universe - like Heracles and Medusa - can still be manifested as Servants and in the case of beings that are genuinely fictitious, the Grail summons the Heroic Spirit that best qualifies, as seen with Sasaki Kojirō and Aŋra Mainiiu. All Myths Are True: Almost all myths are true, albeit with various historical and mythological liberties being taken.