Board Thread:Questions and Answers/@comment-118.211.8.204-20150302141811/@comment-73.19.129.12-20151013235714

Gsimenas wrote

She saw the shuriken before it was thrown and deflected it back at Merida, creating an opening for an attack (which was successful). If that doesn't count as countering, I don't know what does

Where did I say that she would counter most feints? As far as I remember, I said "two instances of Yuuki countering a feint is enough to consider the usefulness of feints against her questionable"

Unless he judges that using a feint would be risky since a failed feint could leave him open for a counterattack.

The only reason I'm arguing about this is because you said that Kirito "uses feints" as if he used them more than [insert whatever you're comparing it with] would and there's nothing to imply that.


 * Eugene had a sword with a special ability that he couldn't deal with otherwise.
 * Kirito had more riding in the battle with Eugene than with Yuuki.

Why are we talking about Eugene on a Kirito and Yuuki thread anyway?

As I've covered already, there's no guarantee that he'll do better, since it's also likely that he'll start making mistakes. - Merida was using shurikens along with a sword right? That's different from a normal sword feint and Asuna used martial arts along with swordsmanship. That's also different from a normal sword feint. That doesn't indicate most or all feints won't work against Yuuki.

- That's the thing you said feints are questionable in usability against her. Did you mean some, most, or all feints are of questionable usefulness against her. You saying simply that feints are of questionable usefulness against her, most people would assume you meant all feints. If you didn't mean most or all feints are questionable in usefulness against her why say it? If you meant some feints might not work against her, what does that have to do with Kirito's feint not working against her?

- There's always some risk in a sword fight, that's not a reason not to use a feint, especially if it can potentially put the fight in your favor.

-I was making a comparison between Yuuki and Eugene. Kirito used 2 swords against Eugene in the tournament, where nothing was at stake, but didn't against Yuuki either time.

- I don't know why you think I was arguing that Kirito uses feints more than anyone. Although Kirito did in fact use feints more than anyone else in the series.