Board Thread:Versus Battles/@comment-27175945-20191014041836/@comment-37173421-20191016174833

So, the first bit of the fight effectively boils down to how capable she is of dodging attacks - obviously, blocking won’t do much, so Vayla has to avoid as many direct hits as possible, as she’ll only be able to survive 2-3 with the weakened Barrier before having to dip into death prevention as a last resort.

Vayla’s primary fighting style has always been to optimize on opposing mistakes rather than make the first move herself- wait for them to overextend, or make a move, then counter with twice the force. Additionally, battles of attrition have always been her style, where she’d carefully burn out the opponent’s mana over long fights.

Chances are, in this fight, she’d hold onto all her abilities that SOL had not already seen and reveal them only when the time is needed, while taking advantage of her frenzied state.

Now, whatever device Eileen makes, obviously Vayla can’t be the one to carry it around. It’s surely not small, and SOL, even if angry, isn’t blind enough to let herself get hit by something like that. Though she can chip at the barrier with her Consortium Fire, which would both serve as a good distraction and demand SOLSTICE expend energy and focus into it every time- it’s not the greatest method of damaging the barrier, but it’ll do.

I imagine the turning point will be when Zain is cloaked by illusions and sent to set up or get within range to use the device - Yomishka is better at stealth, but also a bit more important to land the final blow, so best to not put all the eggs in one basket.

That device will be to cripplingly damage the Solar Drive, in which the entire team jumps out and starts wailing on the weakened yet still crazy dangerous robot. From there, a punch or two from Yomishka could put her down.

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So as I see it, Vayla has the tools to delay and create an opening- it’s a matter of, can SOL actually land a hit on Vayla/detect the party/potentially pin down and kill any of them?