Board Thread:Versus Battles/@comment-27574279-20191230042452/@comment-29716726-20191231071257

Ethan resists Matter Manip to an extent, but still, assuming it's effective, it's still close range, Ethan would be trying to stay more than 150 feet away at all times after experiencing Sticky Fingers, and as an XRW, he's really used to running away like a wuss all the time. Speaking of XRWs, Ethan's (by extension, all Protags) intellect is the only thing going for them when they are fighting the sea of tricky opponents as well, the amount of tricks he has should be enough to whittle Jay down to the point when he can win with a fire attack to beat Demonic Essense.

Remember, Jay is the pursuer here, so his traps are much harder to lure Ethan into than Ethan's are by nature, since the one that flees controls where the enemy is going because they need to chase, meaning that Ethan's Traps are much more likely to be hazards than Jay's are