Board Thread:News and Events/@comment-17970636-20140511184304/@comment-24911350-20140512024453

This is very close for me. Generally I just look at the major personality traits, weapons and abilities to decide and am able to make pretty good judgements as the other information can't make up the difference.

But in the end, I think Tianee gets my vote. From reading Kaius' standard battle strategy, I believe the battle would go as follows:

Tianee should have no problem avoiding Kaius' shotguns with her regular speed or semblance, and on Kaius' approach, his Zweihander is a liability against Tianee, who could easily catch it with Ocean Thorn's chain, and disarm him or at the very least make it too hard to use effectively. In either case, or if Kaius recognizes this with his strategic mind, he's going to switch to his alternate weapon.

Kaius' claw gauntlets are the only thing that Tianee wouldn't be able to handle with relative ease. They pose a real threat, and Tianee doesn't have an easy counter for them. One thing I can say is that I don't think Tianee would be terribly taken aback or shaken by their or Kaius' appearance at this point.

But the near-blind rage that his page mentions Kaius goes into as this point isn't good for him. Ocean Thorn is primarily a stabbing weapon, so Kaius would have to take some extra care not to impale himself with his rushing. All of his reconsiderations would give Tianee time to adjust accordingly, and keep the pointy end trained on him. Slashing attacks are easily blocked by a long weapon like Ocean Thorn too, so I feel like any attacks he does manage to make won't land anyway.

At that point it would become a battle where neither side can land an effective hit, but Kaius now having lost his strategic edge makes him more likely to make a mistake, and fall to Tianee. There's no logical point before this when Tianee would showcase Ocean Thorn's spinning ability unless it's already been stabbed into Kaius either, so she could use it for one last surprise to create an opening if needed.