Board Thread:News and Events/@comment-933831-20160127201216/@comment-25389303-20160128175910

Man, where to begin?

- There's no doubt that Liath's glyphs are going to be a real pain in the ass for Ulric. A minimum of 20 glyphs shooting at the same time, without fatigue being caused, instantaneously, while mobile...yeah...However, the greatest (and only) weakness I see in that is that it requires his concentration on Ulric to be effective. If he looks away, he'll probably miss or accidently hit Orion.

- Ulric was taught by a guy named Vlad Decemor, who's basically the head of a large counter-terrorism organisation based in Mistral, and overall badass. Since I haven't created a page for him, I suppose I cannot really use that as solid evidence, but while most other students trained to fight Grimm, he was trained to fight other people on a day-to-day basis. So in that respect, the edge in experience in that field I believe should go to him

- Not so much as goading Orion into attacking, but luring him in through overconfidence rather than anger. With all of these 'barrages' of projectiles hitting him, Orion isn't even going to be getting close until he thinks Ulric is beat, which will be his biggest mistake

- Chainsaws in hair is one thing, I suppose. A lance which is several times heavier is not something anyone would expect to be waved around like a stick, though. To say that they have experience fighting unpredictible opponents is fine, but the key word is 'unpredictible'. Unless they go through every possible Semblance combination in the time between Ulric making his first strike and one of them blocking, they won't have much a clue on what to expect until the lance has already smashed into them from behind, exploded, and they're limping away. Like Sideshot said, Ulric has the advantage in the opening moves, and one good hit can easily turn a win into a loss if taken full on. Not to say that will happen - just something to consider.

- When concerning Viridis' arrows, you need to think about it like this - do you really think he would use it if it were so easily countered? The only person who can really make use of the terrain is Viridis, who can use the grass to conceal his movements. Sure, you can burn it down...if you want to focus on gardening rather than on the actual fight. And there's no shortage in grass in the Savanna. Like someone said before - arrows are best used when they are least expected. They may be easy to dodge when you know where they're coming from, but when the shooter's hidden, not so much.

- And I can see it now. Orion and Liath will just jump around and avoid them, right? Well yes, if they want to tire themselves out within minutes (increased dramatically due to the sweltering heat of the Savanna), not to mention it being difficult to really do much when you're rarely on the ground for more than a few seconds. Liath's Semblance requires attention, no matter how you word it, and at least one of them will undoubtably have to be paying attention to Ulric. Chances are Liath will trip on something and fall over if he tries to keep up his volleys while bounding around.

- Make no mistake. It's not like Ulric and Viridis were pushed together and told 'yeah, you fight in five minutes, have fun'. They would have had time to strategise and get to know each other's strengths. True, their teamwork wouldn't be on par with Orion and Liath, but they aren't going to be the incoherrent, difficult partners they are being made out to be.

- A recurring arguement seems to be that Liath will just bombard Ulric, while Orion kind of just fades away since he can't really do much while it's happening. I'll have to remind you that this is a doubles tourney, and Ulric is not alone. When Liath begins bombarding Ulric, he'll have several arrows sticking out of him in a number of seconds. So unless Liath can see both Ulric, who is covered in a storm of ice and fire, and Viridis who is hidden in the grass, or Orion can close the great distance between them and Viridis in time to block the arrow which he won't know where it'll be coming from (or if Viridis is just a crap shot, which he isn't), he won't be keeping up his 'barrage' for very long. And even with his weak Aura, it's going to take a lot more than a few seconds of artillery to beat Ulric down.

- And since Worstdeath doesn't seem to be around, I'll try and back up Viridis a bit more as well. His arrows can be blocked, maybe. They can be dodged - again, maybe. But avoided completely? Not so much. Standard arrows perhaps, but there are still several in his arsenal which are area of effect. I'd like to draw you're attention to the Bright Shine arrow in particular - an arrow with a similar effect to a flash grenade. This is probably one of their most significant advantages, actually, as arrows cannot be avoided when the target is blind, even if his location is known. In addition, Liath's barrage can easily be disrupted by it, as he can't exactly look away from it without losing control of his glyphs, lest he miss or hit Orion by accident.

So...yeah...that's all I have to say for now. I don't know if this has been asked before, but does this fight end when both fighters are out of Aura, or like a submission fight? Because if it's the latter, Ulric's still got a lot left in him.