Archer

Archer (アーチャー), Knight of the Bow, is one of the seven normal Servant classes in the Heaven's Feel ritual; and it is placed among the Three Knight classes along with Saber and Lancer. Servants placed within this class are usually proficient with projectiles and excel in possessing powerful Noble Phantasms. More so than any other class, their true strength, and the qualifying condition to place in the class is determined not by their attributes; but the possession of powerful projectile weapons or special abilities related to projectile weapons.

Their main class ability is "Independent Action”; the ability to act independently for a length of time without an active supply of prana from their Master. This makes them suitable as scouts; it allows them to survive for duration of time if their contract with their Master is severed with more time granted by higher ranks. Those with the highest ranks, such as Gilgamesh; can be difficult to control as this ability allows them to travel where they please, and do as they wish; without anything besides their own moral compass and the threat of Command Spells to restrict them. They also have the class ability of Magic Resistance; however, it is not as great as that of the Saber class. Although Servants of the Archer class will generally, be assumed to have Noble Phantasms relating to a bow; neither the fourth nor the fifth Holy Grail War's Archers' use one as their Noble Phantasm.

Unformatted by a Heroic Spirit, the base parameters of the Archer-class container are: Strength C, Endurance C, Agility C, Mana E, and Luck E.

Known Archers

 * Details are unknown for the Archer class Servants summoned during the First, Second, and Third Wars.
 * The Archer Class Servant summoned during the Fourth War in ‘‘Fate/Zero'' is Gilgamesh summoned by Tohsaka Tokiomi. He specializes in launching weapons as projectiles from the Gate of Babylon. He betrays Tokiomi after learning that he planned to kill him to complete the ritual. He allows Kotomine Kirei to slay Tokiomi, and forms a contract with him that lasts ten years until the Fifth War.
 * The Archer Class Servant summoned during the Fifth War in ‘‘Fate/stay night'' is Emiya summoned by Tohsaka Rin. He is a Counter Guardian from the future rather than a Heroic Spirit from the past; which specializes in Projection magecraft involving the creation of swords. He is able to launch them as projectiles from a bow he also creates using projection. Out of all the classes available to Heracles, Archer is the most suitable for him as someone who overcame many trials with knowledge and resourcefulness.
 * The Archer Class Servants summoned during the Holy Grail War of the Moon Cell in Fate/Extra include No Name; summoned by the Fate/Extra Protagonist; and Robin Hood; summoned by Dan Blackmore. The unnamed Archer is a version of Emiya who made a pact with the Moon Cell instead of the World. Despite Robin Hood acting mainly as a fighter who uses ambushes and poison to defeat his enemies, his Master uses one of his Command Spells to force him to stop using underhanded methods. Lu Bu, summoned as Berserker, also has the qualifications to be summoned as Archer.
 * The Archer Class Servants designed to be summoned during the Holy Grail War of the canceled Fate/Apocrypha project include Atalanta and David. Karna, summoned as Lancer, also has the qualifications to be summoned as Archer.
 * The Archer Class Servant summoned during the non-canon Holy Grail War of Fate/strange fake is Gilgamesh summoned by a magus killed by another magus during the time of the summoning process. He has no relation to the version summoned in Fuyuki, and has no interest in the War until finding Enkidu is participating as Lancer. He takes the woman who killed his Master, Teene Cherke, as his Master in order to fight.