Board Thread:Questions and Answers/@comment-180.214.233.65-20141121100326/@comment-86.15.147.135-20200303151936

Gsimenas wrote: So has everyone forgot the implications of the medicuboid? Sure kirito could have won if he switch to Excalibur. So... The Medicuboid has a stronger electromagnetic output than both the NerveGear and the AmuSphere, so it can make muscles completely numb and cancel out the spinal reflexes - making it possible to avoid using anesthetics, which still have a small-but-rare risk. It has many more pulse-generated components than the NerveGear and its CPU far surpasses the processing speed of the AmuSphere. These superior specs can enhance the in-game abilities of the user.
 * 1) It was actually 16 for Gleam Eyes. Don't base facts on newspapers that clearly exaggerate.
 * 2) The skill that Kirito used was a default Sword Skill. As in, all he had to do to get it was to level his skill and then just needed to leave most of the work to the system. Yuuki on the other hand used an Original Sword Skill, meaning that she created it from scratch. And that means that she had to pull it all off without the system's help, but as fast as the system assist would. So, while it may have less hits that Starburst Stream, it required far more skill to get. For reference, the longest combo skill before Yuuki was Eugene's 8-hit skill. Asuna barely managed to pull off a 5-hit OSS.

And there you have it. Sister's prayer also mentions something about time slowing down when Yuuki begins to focuss.