How Accurate is FGO's Siegfried?

How well does Fate/Grand Order portray Siegfried, the Hero of the Nibelungenlied? How close is Siegfried's in-game version to his mythological counterpart? In this video we delve into his character design, in-game skills, and characterization in order to determine that, followed up by giving it a grade in terms of its historical accuracy. Was Siegfried truly a wandering Dragonslayer who tried to grant the wishes of everyone he came across? Find out here!


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Gameplay footage comes from the mobile game Fate/Grand Order.
Maps are from Google Maps or Wikimedia.
Artwork consists of Classical Pieces of Art created since the middle ages, chiefly works in the public domain from the 18th and 19th century.
Animated footage comes from the following sources: Fate/Stay Night: Unlimited Blade Works (2014-2015) by ufotable and Fate/Apocrypha (2017) by A-1 Pictures. Animated footage from either of these sources are labeled by their source in the top left corner whenever such footage is used.


The Proposition GRAND BATTLE 2
Fate/Grand Order Original Soundtrack II
Keita Haga
2018
Disc 1, Track 9



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00:00 Intro
00:16 Class
00:33 Character Design
02:51 Skillset
04:47 Noble Phantasm
05:34 Craft Essence
07:06 Valentines' CE
07:37 Siegfried and Sigurd
08:41 Nibelungenlied
13:33 Fate/Apocrypha and FGO
16:58 Traum
18:33 Conclusion
19:49 Final Grade