The personal variation of Gradation Air (Projection) that Shirou Emiya and Archer use, referred as Tracing due to the unique aria, "Trace On", that is used for its activation.
Tracing greatly differs from normal Projection in the fact that not only does it reproduce the shape and substance of an object, but also its entire history as well. Objects created with tracing are slightly inferior to the originals due to the fact that only so much information can be gathered by sight alone, and Noble Phantasms are degraded by an entire rank. The only exception to this is Avalon, which Shirou can replicate perfectly due to his body preserving a complete record of it after having been fused with it for over a decade.
Objects do need to be seen directly in order to be traced.
Archer mentally divide the process of Tracing into seven steps, which include: • Judging the concept of creation. • Hypothesizing the basic structure. • Duplicating the composition material. • Imitating the skill of its making. • Sympathizing with the experience of its growth. • Reproducing the accumulated years. • Excelling every manufacturing process.
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The personal variation of Gradation Air (Projection) that Shirou Emiya and Archer use, referred as Tracing due to the unique aria, "Trace On", that is used for its activation.
Tracing greatly differs from normal Projection in the fact that not only does it reproduce the shape and substance of an object, but also its entire history as well. Objects created with tracing are slightly inferior to the originals due to the fact that only so much information can be gathered by sight alone, and Noble Phantasms are degraded by an entire rank. The only exception to this is Avalon, which Shirou can replicate perfectly due to his body preserving a complete record of it after having been fused with it for over a decade.
Objects do need to be seen directly in order to be traced.
Archer mentally divide the process of Tracing into seven steps, which include:
• Judging the concept of creation.
• Hypothesizing the basic structure.
• Duplicating the composition material.
• Imitating the skill of its making.
• Sympathizing with the experience of its growth.
• Reproducing the accumulated years.
• Excelling every manufacturing process.
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