Board Thread:Questions and Answers/@comment-25908228-20141222101442/@comment-1173941-20151211002722

92.18.223.168 wrote: Oh before I forget. Heathcliff had to use system-assists to beat Kirito in their duel, he probably would have won anyway but I just had to add that in. This debate is old, but I'm going to support this: In Kirito's and Heathcliff's second fight, Heathcliff doesn't use his "System over assist" like before, and he was still beating Kirito. Heathcliff would have beaten Kirito without cheating, assuming Asuna didn't interfere. The only reason he cheated the first time was because he under estimated him (or something to that effect)