Board Thread:Questions and Answers/@comment-25908228-20141222101442/@comment-31648308-20170402035824

What about the last episode of season 2 when they were in a dual and kirito was hit with the 9 hit combo, Mother's Rosario and with a inch of health still remaining, came back and almost finished Zekken with a headshot who only had a quarter bar of health, if not for the timer. Zekken was even on the ground in a trance because he came at her so fast with plenty of time to defeat her. So I think, like others have said, if it was a real battle, Kirito would have won. Though, Zekken is superior at the game aspect like Kirito pointed out.