Board Thread:Role Plays (AU)/@comment-24617443-20170624224213/@comment-24828824-20170628101603

Fair points but you failed to take into consideration Egil's own weapon expertise. You should not also underestimate Egil's skill with a sword, when he was at beacon he was definitely within the top 5 when it came to sword fighting. Similar to Roman Torchwick Egil is very defensive already with his combat style meaning he doesn't even need to block every hit Sanuye tries to get on him with his semblance. And while Sanuye can offer more options than i had first expected it still isn't enough compared to Egil.

I am not sure wether or not Sanuye's emblance ranged attacks would or would not penetrate his Semblance Glyphs but even if they did you'd run into the same problem that Egil has with Sanuye's speed. That's why Egil uses his Semblance to trip up and interrupt Sanuye, to create mistakes to exploit at range and up close. While Sanuye can make her own attacks unpredictable Egil can do so with his and her attacks.

This fight is a lot closer than i gave it credit for at first, but still Egil just has more options. For every trick Sanuye has to use to bypass his guard he still has a vast range of options to intercept and counterattack with. Deflect a blow with his sword(s), throwing glyphs to accelerate her strike at the wrong moment or in the wrong direction and return the favour while she's still there.