Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-71.82.164.213-20150409225706/@comment-1173941-20150411003115

Gsimenas wrote: On the other hand, Kirito was shown to make absurdly stupid mistakes in a life-or-death battle. He knew full well that using Sword Skills against the guy who made them in the first place was the most stupid thing to do, but he did end up using one anyway. And that would have resulted in him dying, if Asuna hadn't taken the blow for him. Just going to clarify here (because he said he hasn't read the LN): Gsimenas is talking about Kritio's fight with Heathclif/Kayaba. The anime puts less emphasis on Sword Skills, but Kirito knew before the fight started that using Sword Skills against Kayaba would get him killed, but he ended up using one when provoked by a scratch. This nearly got Kirito killed, and he could have seriously lost that fight, if Asuna didn't jump in the way.