Board Thread:Questions and Answers/@comment-118.211.8.204-20150302141811/@comment-73.19.129.12-20150928234139

Gsimenas wrote: See Kirito vs Lizardman Lord at the very beginning of volume 1. Kirito fakes running away to get the lizard to use a charge-type attack and then counterattacks with Horizontal Square. Later on in the volume he comments how having Asuna along made it much simpler because of switching.

By your logic, Yuuki would instantly notice any of Kirito's feints, since they've known each other for at least a month by their second duel, and she was able to figure out Merida's feint after knowing her for just a couple of weeks even though she had never faced her in PvP... or even participated in any PvP at all. Like Kirito wouldn't know that breath attack = bad? He just didn't think and responded emotionally. Which is what I've been trying to prove with these three examples. And as the fight with Heathcliff shows, his emotions get in the way even when others aren't in direct danger at the given moment.

And there's no proof that she can't accomplish it either. That's why argumentation based on assumptions and hypothetical situations are stupid and why I didn't want to bother with such a cheap argument (the initial one about Kirito winning if it was a life or death situation because he supposedly does better in such situations) in the first place. The only thing that can be discussed in that claim is whether or not Kirito does better under pressure, and I've given quite a few examples why Kirito isn't always better under pressure. It doesn't mean that he absolutely won't do better, but there is sufficient reason to believe that pressure might have an adverse reaction on him instead of a positive one, thus the argument is disputable. The fact that it's disputable is what I'm trying to prove.

The battle with Asterius was near the end of Progressive Volume 1. You can only read that if you buy the official translation, since the fan translation of the Progressive series was dropped due to licensing.

P.S. What's with all the random formatting in your last post? 3. I didn't read progressive. I thought Merida spent more time with Yuuki. I was wrong though. Kirito hasn't shown the need to use feints against monsters.

5. That situation against Heathcliff is an outlier, he never faced a battle that uphill one on one (which is why I called it an outlier). In the fight with Asterius he didn't know it had a paralysis effect, which may of affected his decision making. I don't believe I made the assumption that he would win if he was under pressure just that he does better. I'm using Microsoft Word, and I was typing quickly, tis is the cause for the formatting.



6. Let me ask you this why do you think Kirito was only serious for half of his duel against Yuuki the first time?