Board Thread:News and Events/@comment-933831-20160127210719/@comment-25924729-20160129113346

To Side. Fair enough, both your crossbow and traffic arguments are logical. Though there wasn't an Element of Suprise with the crossbow to begin with anyway (someone points a crossbow at you, you already know what'll happen next)

I'm going to elaborate a bit more on how the Lava Dust works. An extract from the Dust Tattoos page: "When in use, the user must first focus their Aura onto the Dust Tattoos, which will cause them to charge and build up energy within. The charging process usually takes a few seconds and during which, the Tattoos will glow brightly in their respective Dust's colors. Some Dust can be used even while Charging, while others must be released to have effect. The charging process can be stopped as long as the user hasn't released the Dust yet, and the tattoos simply stop glowing and revert to their normal, black states. No Dust is used if the user cancels the charging process."

Imagine her tattoos as a gun. Charging equals to cocking the hammer, firing is the release, the actual bullet fired is the effect. Lava Dust can be used even while charging, and doesn't need to be 'fired' to work. Thus no 'bullet' is 'fired' and she spends no Dust on the Lava.

To Moon: To create enough ice for a solid platform would require massive amounts of Dust. While it is a good idea, it would severely drain their ammo and Dust, weakening them and making a further advantage for my team. Another fact i just thought of is the only way back up from the water/ice layer is the ladder, which Vale could easily cut through with her Lava (i'm assuming it's metal, but rope or wood would burn just as easily. Can't think of any other materials ladders are made of). Thus trapping them below and more easily picked off by Vale's crossbow or Amil's weapon's gun form.

It's been implied that as it is her semblance, Vale often climbs buildings and incorperates it into her fighting style. She would have become used to vertigo long ago, or found a way to deal with it. Making that a non-issue.

5 meters is 16.67 feet, assuming one foot is the standard 30cms.

Alright, finally got read up on all the factors and details. And i'm not gonna lie. Winning this fight will be darned difficult.

Ideally, Vale and Amil would go beneath the bridge and do their hit n' run thing, especially with the explosive bolts. Vale could reload from safety underneath, jump out, fire, go under again, and repeat. Until her bolts run out, then she will have no choice but to engage in melee.

She would target Feacha first, if only because at first glance she would appear as the weaker of the two. Her only options now are close ranged combat, which coincidentally limits Feacha's ranged and AoE ice attack options. Vale trained specifically in fighting multiple opponents, so she would have decent reflexes and can keep up with Feacha's speed.

Things could be complicated if Jericho intervenes, but as stated above she is skilled in fighting multiple opponents, so she could dodge for a while, while continuously damaging both of them, still focusing on Feacha and her wings.

Ideally, she would trick/force Feacha into using her last resort semblance extra powered strike on her, possibly eliminating her from the match, but not before dealing significant damage to them both and removing Feacha's semblance. From then on it'll be up to Amil to deal with a severely weakened Feacha and slightly weakened Jericho.

She is willing to forsake her own life and wellbeing for victory (RP evidence present). But her sacrifice may still allow Amil a chance of winning the match afterwards.

This is only Vale's basic strategy and much conjecture. I cannot factor in how the other fighters may react, possibly changing the outcome. This will also likely be my last argument on this thread due to lack of time, so.... Thanks for reading and Happy Voting!