Board Thread:News and Events/@comment-933831-20160127201216/@comment-933831-20160128085608

Alright, laziness is maximum at the current moment, so today I'm using the magic of jot points.

-Ulric isn't going to be dealing with Liath's casting easily, if at all. With up to 20 spells from diferent places, and AoE attacks too, at that, in a plethora of different dust types, a shield isn't going to be helping at all. He doesn't need to be ready to deal with some projectiles, he needs to be ready to play some damn touhou.

-Was looking for mentions of who taught Ulric, and beyond his dad, who was a mistralian officer, who seemed to have more a political presence than a combat one. That hardly constitutes as "The best". Many OCs who were trained by master huntsmen or world reknowned rogue huntsmen who kill tons of well trained graduates all the time (Shameless plugging) would have no troubles cutting down a mistralian officer like that.

-The reverse-goading point is fairly moot, because Orion would simply laugh off any attempt to reverse the goading, and work off that for his next attempt.

-Not sure you actually took a glance at Bianca at all when you made the comment that they wouldn't expect seemingly impossible attacks. Because really, that's what they train against all the time. Bianca has chainsaws on her wrists, and then controls her braid to weild a third one. It can come in from many different angles, in even more impossible ways than Ulric can give. This is where experience comes into play. They have plenty of experience to counter that type of combat.

-So, the comment with Viridis' special arrows having on hit effects would be concerning, if they weren't able to be literally dodged with fairly little effort, or even caught and weilded. And if Liath DOES decide to block them, he can simply recreate the weapon. It's a construct as it is.

As it stands, Neither Ulric or Viridis have enough advantages here to justify a win.

Long range: Even, or Liath. Liath's spells may have less range, but they're far harder to be dodged or blocked.

Mid range: Liath. Mr Rainbow Artillery.

Close range: Orion holds the advantage due to versatility, and endurance. Armor provides some benefit, but only really after aura is alreay out, at which point he's already out. Thus his low aura in a tourney literally translates to less endurance. Not to mention their practice against the blender wolf.

-So, take all those advantages, and we have a clear cut match. They try to hide in the tall grass, Liath burns it. They try to do teamwork, Liath and Orion trump their POWER OF FRIENDSHIP by a good chunk. I practically ship it, if Liath wasn't already making lovey eyes at the she-blender.