Board Thread:Questions and Answers/@comment-25908228-20141222101442/@comment-79.69.226.211-20160413205621

I believe that Kirito is the strongest. Kirito has the fastest reaction time. It has been discussed previously in this forum that Kirito can easily block most of Asuna's attacks in a duel. Also if we go to the Phantom Bullet arc, Kirito was easily able to slice all the bullets that came his way. And you may be thinking that he had prediction lines, but that is not enough to, prediction lines tell you where the bullets go but not when they will hit you. So for a normal person with average reaction time they could easily mistime the swinging of the blade. Kirito also sliced a bullet from Sinon's Hecate II, again it's not enough to look through the other side of the scope because of the issue of where but not when. You could say that Kirito could've used the sound of the shot but have you ever heard the saying "you never hear the bullet that hits you" so Kirito could not rely on sound. This just shows how fast he can react and supports the fact that Kirito could block Asuna's attacks while it would be hard for her to do the same with Kirito. As for Yuuki well I'd he can block a bullet from a powerful sniper then he can definitely block a swing from a sword no matter how fast as it cannot be faster than a bullet. But he lost because he wasn't bothered to win. So that's my theory.