Board Thread:Versus Battles/@comment-26134263-20190504053618/@comment-38894999-20190505072007

Xmark12 wrote: Here's how I would see one of the battle possibilities playing out:

-Because Kahuna wouldn't open with a shotgun in the face and instead try to close the gap against this version of Kirito, and because Kirito doesn't know his enemy's AP advantage, they would both charge in towards each other.

-Kirito would likely get the first hit considering Kahuna doesn't use Sword Skills as an opener in-character iirc, but then he would realize how tanky Kahuna is and how little his HP budged. Now there's two situations that can arise from this:

--1: Kirito gets hit by Kahuna's true damage melee attack and suddenly realize that his Life is basically either half or in the red zone (He definitely wouldn't get one shotted because of Hypersense + battle instincts helping him at least move out of a critical blow).

--2: Kirito manages to not get hit.

--Either one of those will lead to this next one anyways:

-Kirito escapes into the fog and heals himself up with luminous element, then plan to use the environment from there as much as he can.

From there it's just a battle of who could out-last each other, which would be pretty even, considering that Kahuna has Battle Healing and Kirito has Incarnation + luminous element spam to heal (and remember they're in a forest. Kirito won't lose any resources any time soon to spam Sacred Arts).

So let's say the Big K notices just how much damage he actually did to Kirito with only an attack or two. There's incentive for Kahuna to end the fight quicker because he sees he can end the fight quicker. If Kirito tries to disengage and heal, what's to stop BK from hailing him with projectiles or giving chase with Sludge's knockback? Using Balls' tactic he could even use Sonic Leap to tackle and pin Kiri and end the fight with a few shotgun blasts and claw strikes. If he does get away, it's time to start bombarding his general direction with trees.

And even though this is more of a hypothetical, the fact that Big Kahuna was able to sense Xcalibur's life being in danger and appearing to save him immediately twice makes me doubtful that Kirito could use the Mists to hide from Kahuna in combat. It's fully possible that Drinking """Problem""" is more effective than Hypersense, so neither party could rely on stealth here.

As for the intelligence of Laughing Coffin and other PKers, I can't really say anything considering they're being snuffed out under Big Kahuna's gradually forming martial law of Aincrad. He hasn't had to deal with many personally since the Misfits tried to assassinate him.