Fate/Strange Fake Ep.06 - Saber can use any item as Noble Phantasm.

Episode 5 of Fate/Strange Fake continues from where we left off, with Saber and Ayaka going around trying to find allies to fight against the unexpected guests of this Holy Grail War. Saber's first choice is Enkidu, who is honestly not very interested in the war at all and is merely trying to protect his Master.

The recruitment goes well, and even Assassin joins in. It seems almost certain that Sigma will eventually join as well, though that remains to be seen. This should even the odds a bit against the entities they are trying to fight, even though everyone seems to have their own objectives, making coordination difficult.

Ayaka seems to be one of the few sane persons in this grail war. Throwing around noble phantasms just to befriend someone? Come on!

Even Francesca is unable to penetrate the barrier that Enkidu put on the forest. Richard completely disappear from her radar the moment he entered.

Assassin is obsessed with murdering Jester, Enkidu wants to protect his Master and stop Rider and Avenger from merging, and Saber really just wants Ayaka to survive. Sigma remains a wild card due to the presence of Watcher, as we have no idea what powers it has or what it is trying to achieve.

We also received more information on Richard's innate powers. It seems he can use literally anything as a Noble Phantasm, even a tree twig, because of his obsession with King Arthur during his life. It kind of reminds me of Berserker Lancelot's ability in Fate/Zero to use any weapon as if it were his own, just taken to the extreme.

Of course, the power of the executed Excalibur strike is limited by how close the item is to the original. In the video I attached, you can see that the "Excalibur Twig" wasn't able to do much against even a normal defense from Enkidu. However, I am sure it is more than enough to annihilate lower-tier Servants.

The next episode seems to return focus to Jester Karture (the Dead Apostle). He appears to be planning something with Rider's sleeping child Master, though I am not sure exactly what. According to Enkidu, if Rider and Alcides merge, it could spell the end of humanity.

As usual Fate can't go away from heinous rituals being used to gain power. In this case it was Tiné Chelc (Master of Gilgamesh)

Apparently Berserker can take pretty much any form he likes. This can be quite useful for infiltrating, but doesn't really fit the berserker class...

In a small frame at the beginning of the episode, Rider was referred to as "the cursed, plagued wind of death," which makes me assume he is not really a Servant, but more of a phenomenon of sorts. This is similar to Watcher for Sigma, but we will have to see if they reveal more about it next week.