Board Thread:Questions and Answers/@comment-118.211.8.204-20150302141811/@comment-6697950-20151002204825

73.19.129.12 wrote: 3. Wait she countered that feint? I thought she just saw through it?

She saw the shuriken before it was thrown and deflected it back at Merida, creating an opening for an attack (which was successful). If that doesn't count as countering, I don't know what does.

Feints are varied. Saying Yuuki would counter most feints simply because she countered those 2 is faulty IMO.

Where did I say that she would counter most feints? As far as I remember, I said "two instances of Yuuki countering a feint is enough to consider the usefulness of feints against her questionable".

I'm not saying that Kirito is going to use a feint simply because he has used it twice before. I'm saying he'll use it because he'll probably come to conclusion that it may be effective against her and also due to the fact he can use it. Him not using feints against her is like a fighter not using kicks against a former boxer who recently became an MMA fighter. The question is why wouldn't you use it in that situation. It's more likely he will use a feint then won't.

Unless he judges that using a feint would be risky since a failed feint could leave him open for a counterattack.

The only reason I'm arguing about this is because you said that Kirito "uses feints" as if he used them more than [insert whatever you're comparing it with] would and there's nothing to imply that.

- Kirito didn't even use dual swords against Yuuki, but he felt the need to against Eugene in the tournament.


 * Eugene had a sword with a special ability that he couldn't deal with otherwise.
 * Kirito had more riding in the battle with Eugene than with Yuuki.

Why are we talking about Eugene on a Kirito and Yuuki thread anyway?

It's more about whether or not Kirito gets better under certain conditions, then how Yuuki would fare.

As I've covered already, there's no guarantee that he'll do better, since it's also likely that he'll start making mistakes.