Board Thread:Questions and Answers/@comment-118.211.8.204-20150302141811/@comment-31338621-20170325190308

ZeHaffen wrote: Equipment is irrelevant, the question was about who was the superior fighter, not who would win. Having better equipment does not make someone a superior fighter, it just means they have better gear.

I repeat: if using two swords to perform the actions you've described is so easy, why don't more people dual wield? If it were so simple, we should have seen more players dual wielding, especially in the original ALO where there were no Sword Skills.

And no, Kirito did not use one sword to defend and the other to attack against Eugene, he couldn't due to the Ethereal Shift ability of Eugene's sword. It is also very clearly stated in v3 that using two swords properly is difficult to the point of being impractical and disadvantageous, even in VR.

Kirito also only avoided the use of Sword Skills in his second duel against Heathcliff, and during that time Kirito very clearly notes that Heathcliff knows what he's doing and is simply toying with him. Using two swords was not beneficial in the slightest during that fight. I'll ask you a question would Heathcliff still have been SAO's strongest player if he was at level 60 and Kirito was at 94? The answer is he wouldn't be, kirito would be. It likely t akes a lot of practice to just be competent with twin swords, it would take even more to be as good as kirito. Kirito used his second sword to parry Eugene's sword and then he attacked.

Leafa's opinion about it being too​ difficult to be practical doesn't apply to Kirito, as he was using it practically. Has kirito ever had problems with twin swords swordplay after he mastered it? Kirito has neither shown or expressed difficulty syncing his twin swords movements ​together, after he master twin sword combat.

That's wrong, using twin swords against Heathcliff was beneficial in the second duel, seeing as it allowed kirito to fight on par with him. Kirito fought Heathcliff was toying with him because he psyched himself out, with irrational reasoning.