Board Thread:Questions and Answers/@comment-118.211.8.204-20150302141811/@comment-6697950-20150914194306

73.19.129.12 wrote: 1. Like I said in the post above Phosphorent last post, if stats were had minimal effect Excalibur stat increase probably wouldn't be enough to beat Yuuki unless some other things were true. 2. If I remember  it right Gleam eyes was much higher level then the one Yuuki and her friends fought. 3. Even if Kirito was 10+ levels higher then the expected level it doesn't mean he was far stronger then what was needed to beat Gleam eyes. In fact Kirito almost lost, with Duel Wield. That boss was apparently made for several players to take it on at once. 4. With Skill Connect he can cancel delay of his skills so duel wield skills probably are useable in pvp


 * 1) The Excalibur is supposed to be the best sword in the game, thus it should have a considerable difference in stats. And even if it doesn't, it's supposed to be better than Gram, which had a special ability, so it's not unlikely that Excalibur has some tricks of its own. We don't really know what makes Excalibur so special, since its specs were never given or even compared, so all we can do is to take the author's word for it that it could have made the difference. Either way, my original statement was about player stats, not weapon stats. The weapon's attack power was mentioned as one of the four things that were taken into account in damage calculation (along with attack speed, hit location, and target's armour) in v3c2, so a weapon's stats may have a greater effect than player stats.
 * 2) And there are no levels in ALO, so all the bosses are around the same difficulty, since they don't have to be boosted to account for players leveling up. The boss's difficulty would like be more influenced by how many tricks the boss has (like Wadjet the Flaming Serpent, for instance) than the floor. And neither the Gleam Eyes, nor the giant 27th Floor Boss were shown to have any troublesome tricks.
 * 3) And other bosses weren't? Do you think he would have survived if he didn't have the advantage in levels? The recommended levels are usually determined for a raid, not a single player. Single players usually don't rush off to fight bosses alone in a death game.
 * 4) Skill Connect makes use of chaining in one-handed skills that leave the user in a stance that is similar to the pre-motion of the next skill in the chain. It does not mean that you actually use dual wielding skills. And I should rephrase "usability" to "usefulness". Of course he could chaining one-handed skills in PvP, but, as I said, a player that is under attack is not made rigid during a Sword Skill attack like bosses are, and chaining skills is not always successful. Thus, whether or not chaining skills would be useful, or too big of a risk, is questionable.

P.S. Sorry for the late answer. I was kinda busy and the forgot about this until Phosphorent triggered another notification for me.

Phosphorent wrote: Kirito would of won if his if any lives were in mortal danger but he knows that death doesnt mean death in real life like SAO. Thats why he is Better under pressure. Yuuki has not experienced the things that Kirito has faced and is more laid back in ALO. In ALO kirito is also laid back, but he tries to become the best player. He even admitted that Yuuki ( Zekken ) would have the Dual Wielding Skill. As Kayaba said, whoever has the Dual Wielding Skill will have the fastest reaction time.

That's "what if" speculation at best. There's no proof that Yuuki wouldn't also do well if her life was in danger.