Board Thread:Questions and Answers/@comment-118.211.8.204-20150302141811/@comment-73.19.129.12-20150908095515

Kirito reset his stats and Yuuki transfer over her character, then trained longer then Kirito. If stats only had a minimal effect then Excalibur's stat increase wouldn't be enough to give him the win against Yuuki like the author stated it would (unless he would have won duel wielding with another sword other than Excalibur)