He was able to lock blades with and briefly overpower him, probably a massive outlier but it's something he did.
Considering he is not rated as 7-C or Class K for this showing, it would indeed be an outlier. Especially with the wording of "overpower" instead of any finessing of movement.
Have you read what rage power is? It's strength through rage
You claimed it would make him Class K. His page does not indicate this, and if in tandem with the above it's supposed to elevate him to that extreme then it's banned by virtue of 9-B ratings being used for this thread, this isn't a Strongest of the wiki match (And I don't even agree with that, either)
Correct, however he's able leverage his blade to create openings when he's off-guard (such as after a few attacks when he's off balance)
This is very basic, any fighter worth their salt (many of which Reggie has encountered) would do this. Heck, he has this exact thing happen to him in the form of a tough survivor parrying him and 3 guys dog piling him with attacks after the fact and he still came out fine and got used to that kind of combat going forward.
Experience wise it is impressive but it isn't realistically on the level that Edward had, as again he's fought in multiple extended wars over the period of 15 years and has slewn thousands of enemies in singular and multiple vs one engagements
At some point it's not a skill feat as much as it's just a routine. Even if you've lived or fought for a large period of time, a lot of engagements will just happen the exact same way and you won't have your skills tested or elevated, you'll go in with what works and that'll work. In Reggie's case, this is something the ZM was very specifically avoiding by introducing a ton of new enemies that forced the players to re-evaluate the situation and have characters adapt as things ramped up. I've held for years that experience means very little compared to what that skill actively does, and Reggie's entire career is dealing with thousands of enemies on the regular
he's an avid tactician and extremely resourceful man, if worst gets to worst he'll simply outlast Reggie by going days without sustenance and then kill him when his body requires rest.
Reggie can last for days with very little to nothing, and he's even actively performed better when pushed into that circumstance.
Correct, which is why he'd pick openings and wait until Reggie is off-guard to strike (this is a common tactic in blade to blade engagements against bigger fors)
"Bigger forces" is the key term here. A group of enemies can scatter, have disagreements, stumble into one another, a lot more can go wrong than just one guy parrying and in turn waiting for his chance to grab the weapon and flip things way to his favor (which, is not really a common tactic in warfare engagements, most of the time it's not worthwhile, mainly since they're holding their own gear).
Again, he's likely to allow Reggie to attack, using his Agility and Acrobatic skill to evade for long enough to land a clean hit when Reggie has overexerted himself and left himself off-guard.
I'll keep saying it as many times as it needs to be heard... And I was going to just say "skill isn't magic" again, but I think I've already made good emphasis on why just "agility and acrobatics" isn't a compelling way to overcome this situation.
Skill isn't magic, it can't just be casted to achieve an effect. There has to be some through line of actions, and there's nothing he can do to eliminate a risk inherent to melee when he has to use melee. Would he try poking at Reggie to bait his grab then superjump forward? As I mentioned earlier Brutes use that exact kind of tactic and Reggie's more than able to respond to it, and a grab or parry isn't going to have him throw his weight so forward he's unable to do that. Would he try attacking from above? That'd still require a leap, and it'd leave him at the mercy of gravity to send him into Reggie, so it'd better work.
To talk on leaping into the air, he likely could, since he's an incredibly fast draw and a near perfect shot, that may also be a viable tactic to kill him with.
Speed was equalized (and just... Generally is the exact same between them anyways) and Reggie's very comfortable responding to this, as stated before. It's not going to be viable enough to swing things his way decisively, it's just one potential and extremely risky avenue of attack.
Calling the ability to weave, dodge and outlast Reggie mundane alongside the ability to HIT BACK is crazy work.
You are in fact, describing mundane combat tactics. Normal boxers weave, and dodge, outlast if that's what's viable, and of course they hit back. Mastery is when you elevate that to something consistently workable against a lot of people, and Reggie's certainly a cut above a lot of people.
Honestly I have Edward through skill and outlasting.
Either way this thread really can't be resolved with even both of us on the same page, so I'll let votes decide.
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