Board Thread:Versus Battles/@comment-34993922-20180914213348/@comment-34993922-20180915155522

DMUA wrote: I mean

Yearcounts don't mean anything if it was just walking through the battlefield with enough dura to tank a forking nuclear attack for a few thousand years. What did he learn in that time? How can he overcome a power or speed Advantage? How does he deal with Kirito's pretty good skill in swords that can instantly shatter his arsenal?

He learned how to combat other beings, since the part where the war started was around 1500-2000 years ago. And no, he didn't just stand there waiting people to nuke him/tank all. He did combat with weapons and some of his abilities alongside Anikitos for a pretty long time before the latter left for some reasons. How did he overcame power advantage? I will be honest, few people were stronger than him. It even says on his profile as he was one of the strongest. But the few ones that were, he used his light abilities to blind them and right straight use his gun to finish them. Or even use this light abilities to directly make them strike at the opponent. And Kirito may shatter his arsenal, but he still has his abilities. Heck most of his abilities are inborn ones i think you haven't checked. His light abilities, heat ones, even Miracle one, which is a once-in-a-time probability manip move. He is somewhat decent at H2H combat, so if he needs to go melee, he has no problem. Not at the same degree as Anikitos H2H combat, but he knows how to properly fight if involved in those situations.

I can still give statements why Athanatos stands a chance and not a stomp, but i want to see what you think.