Board Thread:Versus Battles/@comment-26134263-20190504053618/@comment-26134263-20190504060918

All of Kahuna's true damage items are either melee only or once per battle (Wraith Ash). And because both are still within similar AP and use an "HP" stat, Kirito will at least survive the first gunshot to realize how much of a threat Kahuna is (He should already be cautious though since that's just his personality, and especially since he has enough experience with unknown foes and adapting to them already).

Kirito has faced enemies who can one shot him and have more HP than him. This isn't the first time he's gone through this, and especially since he has Incarnation as a passive now constantly changing things in his favor, the match gets even closer.

Kirito is pretty crafty. He constantly seeks openings and uses whatever he can that's available to win, such as blinding the opponent with luminous element, setting up shields with cryogenic element, etc.

Also Kirito has much more battle experience than Kahuna at this point. Most of his childhood practicing Kendo + 2 years of constant battle + 1 year of different games (including GGO, which has guns, which he can deflect (he has an OuSS specifically for deflecting and cutting projectiles so perfectly in its hitbox that it doesn't matter its Durability, he'll shatter it)) + Weeks training in Kendo again with Suguha + Another 2 years training in an actual sword fighting academy and fighting with possible death once again in the Central Cathedral.

Unless Kahuna has some extra experience fighting in life or death battles constantly, Kirito has better battle senses than Kahuna and can survive.

Kirito's main strat is to dodge and cut whatever he can to not get hit anyways, which leads the battle to be one of skill, which Kirito has a seemingly big advantage in, which is not even factoring Incarnation, Hypersense, or Sword Skills above 4-hits yet.