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Gil VS Shirou in UBW is laughable at best: as explained by Endless Twilight, Gilgamesh is way too confident and ended up being beaten by his own game, despite he could kill Shirou any time he wanted. The problem is how Nasu has the huge tendency to put incredibly "overwhelming" fighters, but crippled them with situation or health status to make things "fair" while they aren't (many Tsukihime and FSN situations define the very issue of not having a proper power level chart, since power doesn't mean much with Nasu).
Archer is meanwhile a though cookie to gauge, because his utmost advantage is how versatile he can be due to his arsenal being as various as Gil's GoB, while stats are average at best.
This is the very reason why he can beat Berserker (since only Servants with several A Rank NP can defeat him at full health). Although DEEN may have suited the story to their own, it is very likely Archer had to use UBW, considering how overwhelming Berserker can be in term of speed and strength. Surely, he can use Broken Phantasm and all, but it is doubtful he can keep Berserker at bay without showering him with multiple NP/BP.
If we assume that Gil takes Archer a "little seriously", Gil would own him in term of weapons rain, because:
1) Gil probably has weapons Archer didn't cast his eyes on, due to the obvious difference in term of time axis
2) Gil has proper originals, while Archer has only replica (and counting BP isn't a good idea since prana consumption has to be factored if BP are used)
3) Gil has more than just Swords: he has a silly amount of weapons AND shields alike, while Archer can only trace Swords and Rho Aias, the latter being much more prana expensive.
If you add Ea in the pack, the whole problem is "solved".
Shirou's fights in HF are basically way too situational, since he hardly face them one-on-one, save Dark Berserker, which is pretty much the same situation as Archer VS Berserker.
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