User blog comment:HazelQuill7445/Awesome fan art/@comment-25936766-20180704225950/@comment-27144409-20180705033926

Maybe I just read that scene wrong, but archer said, "to think there is a weapon that can pierce Rho Aias," "You completely destroyed my shield." Besides, if someone, with enough magic firepower, had gotten him from behind, Gae Bolg would have been irrelevant given the limited coverage.

They weren't his phantasm, but they were comparable to real phantasms.

I was talking about Caldarrow and Gae Bolg. They were easily the most generally destructive "Phantasms" based on what I saw. Excalibur was very focused, so not a lot of area damage or a particularly high body count without careful aim at the right kind of environment and collection of targets. (an army trapped in a narrow canyon would be an ideal target) Gilgamesh was boring as heck with his arsenal, just launching them in a straight line, overwhelming the target with high velocity melee weapons, and he barely caused any actual destruciton with them. I was using the most deadly as my reference point to try to acknowledge what they're really capable of when let loose.

But Gilgamehsnooze is another issue. I should proably also stop talking about this. Sorry for bringing it up. I'm a little irritable today, but I should not have taken that out on you.

I stand by the intent of my first response in this chain though. Just not the severity.