Board Thread:Versus Battles/@comment-26134263-20190504053618/@comment-38894999-20190506023711

Big Kahuna has barely had to use Perception during combat so far actually, with one of the few times being against the Kirito he knows in the Floor 4 Tournament. It's already a given that Kahuna hasn't bothered much to Find Weakness because it's not useful to him when he's alone and it's unnecessary when cutting down mobs and bosses with the Blades. When it comes to Feinting, Big Kahuna is literally the player who originally came up with the idea of using Feints in the first place. Perception checks against Feints have been non-existent because literally everyone who uses it in SAO so far is basing it off of his style, so he easily recognizes them until players start putting their own twists on Feinting.

Whether one can identify a piece of the environment doesn't fully translate to keeping tabs on an enemy in battle. It's not fully out of the realm of possibility that Drinking """Problem""" would provide Kahuna with enhanced awareness for battle especially when how high one's Strength or Ranged Skill is directly affects their accuracy in combat. Both Strength and Ranged Skill being increased by his Drinking """Problem""".

As for when Kahuna hits Kirito, if anything about it would surprise him it'd maybe be the amount of HP loss more than bodily damage or reactions to pain. Though he likely wouldn't be surprised anyway considering he's done heavy damage to non-tanks like this before- in the Floor 4 Tournament. Where he kicked his version of Kirito hard enough to knock him out and down to Death's door.

As for Escape- what are the specifics of the Skill? Is it instant? Would it move him farther than 20+ meters? He could possibly play keep away if so.

And remember, Big Kahuna is aware of Sacred Arts. He'll likely try a Sword Skill as soon as he hears Kirito chanting to prevent him from using them, as long as he's in range to do so.