Board Thread:News and Events/@comment-933831-20160123205543/@comment-7497475-20160127005830

This seems fairly one sided to me. For Leo and Azulius.

I don't mean to dismiss Darian and Penelope, but as a team they are seriously outmatched from my view. In a straight up two vs two match, I couldn't pick a winner. But in a serious fight going all out I think Leo and Azulius have it in the bag. First thing that comes to mind is Penelope being a glass cannon. She certainly has the damage, but with Leo's endurance and Azulius' excellent capabilities as support things would quickly turn against her. Which is why Darian makes such a good partner.

But, this is where I think things go downhill for them. Azulius likes to make illusions, and from what I read he's damn good at it. Combine that with Leo's terrifying melee abilities and you've got a very scary scenario. Normally Leo's semblance would not be indicative of a winning move, but should Azulius throw in illusions to conceal him until he was upon his target the disadvantages of his semblance would be significantly lessened. Penelope definitely has the agility to avoid him, but add in this confusing mix of more than one Leo and the very real threat of being hit by a human freight train and I don't see her defeating Leo. Why? Because Darian is in the same boat. With them both having to confirm which Leo is the real one lowers their chances greatly, even more so should they be separated.

But they wouldn't, because they're aware of this. Of course they are. Which is exactly why Azulius would counter with with MORE illusions. They get separated because they both have an illusion of the other nearby. This doesn't guarantee they do separate of course, but the chances do increase quite a bit. And so I see Darian being the real threat to Azulius and to a degree Leo. Because of the intensive semblance use on Azulius' behalf, he would most likely be stationary. Now if Darian was mostly left in the clutches of illusions, he'd had no real opposition. So he'd naturally go looking for the source of these illusions to remove them.

But this is where things are in a bit of a grey area. On his page, it states that Azulius is unable to conceal himself with his semblance. But immediately following that gives an example of how he'd make a distraction so he could sneak past people. I took this to mean that he couldn't remove himself or others from view, or make things invisible in other words. However, if Azulius doesn't need to move there is nothing that stops him from putting up an illusion AROUND him. For example, if he placed himself in an alcove then made it look like a flat wall. Azulius isn't removing himself from sight, he's preventing himself from being seen. This is the only part of my argument that is in the air, though not from my perspective. I leave it to you to think what you will.

Moving on, lets see how it ends. Who wins? Well, if Leo tangles with Penelope one on one, he should take a win. It would undoubtedly take him time, which increases the chances of Darian joining in, or finding Azulius, but I think he would do it. Should this happen, Darian is now in a two vs one scenario. So he's fighting a tank and an illusionist. I'm aware that Darian has fought someone like Leo before and won, but the situation is reserved in this case. Darian would be at a disadvantage here.

BUT, Darian hasn't been worn down by an opponent yet, so why will he lose? Simple, Darian's melee style revolves around whittling down his opponent before breaking their defences. Leo is his worst enemy. He's built around defence. So with Azulius in the mix, Darian isn't going to be able to achieve this with any certainty.

And so Leo and Azulius win for me.