Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-101.165.195.170-20180717132827/@comment-17964257-20180717213652

Kuradeel wasn't a scrub level player. That's the only difference. Rosalia and Titan's Hand were very low tier compared to Kirito. Kuradeel is part of KoB and in fact, during their duel, Kirito realized he is actually a threat and had to use a specific technique to win that duel, knowing he may have otherwise lost.