Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-96.224.225.28-20141201044200/@comment-1173941-20141201055324

96.224.225.28 wrote: During that time she started to talk Kirito more and more on pointers about the game on swordsman ship considering she was fairly new in the game. That's not mentoring; that's trading info and tidbits. She was new to ALO, but she was still better as a fighter than Kirito. 96.224.225.28 wrote: Lastly even Asuna stated that Kirito is way stronger than her if he was fighting her with one sword just because he's considered the fastest in the game. I'm not sure what you're trying to say here. I don't recall Asuna ever saying Kirito was stronger than her. 96.224.225.28 wrote: We also have to keep in mine that he isn't the same level as he was before considering he started over again. Well then, keep in mind that Yuuki was new to the game, and only played a couple months total.

And lastly, the Author himself has outright stated that Yuuki is stronger.