Board Thread:Questions and Answers/@comment-118.211.8.204-20150302141811/@comment-6697950-20150928220534

73.19.129.12 wrote: 3. If I remember it right, feints were never used to burden the AI of monsters. How successful a feint is depends on in large parts, what feint is used, what situation it's used in, and on how Yuuki responds to it. Just because she responded favorably to feint when fighting Asuna doesn't mean she would do it against vs Kirito.

Yuuki noticing how her friend, who she's been with for a while, feints is expected. Also you said it yourself that it was ambiguous how she notices the feint.

What Volume and Chapter did you read this happening? I couldn't find it.

See Kirito vs Lizardman Lord at the very beginning of volume 1. Kirito fakes running away to get the lizard to use a charge-type attack and then counterattacks with Horizontal Square. Later on in the volume he comments how having Asuna along made it much simpler because of switching.

By your logic, Yuuki would instantly notice any of Kirito's feints, since they've known each other for at least a month by their second duel, and she was able to figure out Merida's feint after knowing her for just a couple of weeks even though she had never faced her in PvP... or even participated in any PvP at all.

5. Kirito probably didn't know that it had a paralysis effect until he was hit. Even if he did, I could just say he's overly emotional when it comes to other people getting hurt. When he's alone he doesn't show that problem. Not that I think he's overly emotional though

Let me put it like this, there's nothing suggest that Yuuki can accomplish what Heathcliff did. Also where did you read  about Asterius and Kirito incident I couldn't find that either? What volume and what chapter?

Like Kirito wouldn't know that breath attack = bad? He just didn't think and responded emotionally. Which is what I've been trying to prove with these three examples. And as the fight with Heathcliff shows, his emotions get in the way even when others aren't in direct danger at the given moment.

And there's no proof that she can't accomplish it either. That's why argumentation based on assumptions and hypothetical situations are stupid and why I didn't want to bother with such a cheap argument (the initial one about Kirito winning if it was a life or death situation because he supposedly does better in such situations) in the first place. The only thing that can be discussed in that claim is whether or not Kirito does better under pressure, and I've given quite a few examples why Kirito isn't always better under pressure. It doesn't mean that he absolutely won't do better, but there is sufficient reason to believe that pressure might have an adverse reaction on him instead of a positive one, thus the argument is disputable. The fact that it's disputable is what I'm trying to prove.

The battle with Asterius was near the end of Progressive Volume 1. You can only read that if you buy the official translation, since the fan translation of the Progressive series was dropped due to licensing.

P.S. What's with all the random formatting in your last post?