Talk:Grand Magic Games X806: Day Three: Twilight God vs The Misfit Swordsman/@comment-26641784-20180228232005

Despite how short the fight ultimately turned out to be, I found it quite the interesting read. After reading over it several times to find anything that made me think one of you had the advantage over the other I came to the eventual conclusion that Holo was the one that would likely come out of this battle victorious. My reason for this being Leo jumping into the use of God soul so quickly, only being a few attacks into the fight before resorting to an unfamiliar and possibly dangerous magic. While I doubt it was Flames intention, I feel it was a desperate attempt to gain the upper hand early in the fight.

However, given the God Soul basically trades mobility for brute strength I couldn't possibly see why one would think this would give them an advantage in this particular situation. As using the God Soul leave Leo as a sitting duck, unable to dodge any of the attacks Serah would likely throw at him. You could argue that it was a temporary state and that Leo would transform back into a human soon but that just makes the transformation to begin with seem like a waste of magical energy, which the God soul would likely need a lot to enter in the first place. So the smartest thing he could do after using the God soul is to remain using it in hopes of landing at least one good hit on Serah which in the long run doesn't seem like a sound strategy.

Holo's character was small and nimble, likely to be very quick, making the slow movements of the lumbering giant easy to sidestep altogether and I believe Leo would have stood a better chance attempting to match that speed in combat rather than trading it all for brute strength. That's how I see it anyway if either of you disagrees with me feel free to talk to me on the Discord channel. If you are fine with my judging then best of luck to both of you in the next round. Congrats on the win, Holo.