Archer is a Counter Guardian, with a full recollection of the missions that he undertook, and of the amount of people that he killed while acting out his responsibility. I've always been under the idea that each version of Archer, depicted in each route, possessed a different level of experience and strength, due to their past experiences throughout the various timelines, to the point where they might even be the same Archer at different periods. That would definitely explain the implied strength discrepancy between Fate Route Archer and Heaven's Feel Archer.
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Originally Posted by Altima of the Gates
EMIYA just never thought about it. It's a large piece of rock. Just like he would never try Rider's nails, he'd never think of looking into Herc's stone club.
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Archer seems too intelligent (lol Shirou) to underestimate a noble phantasm simply based upon how flashy it is. He was genre savvy enough to smash Zouken's head as soon as he was given the chance, after all.