alright mb for the late response
starting off with stats, wesker obviously has the AP and durability advantage, more than enough to both one shot zhu yuan and also take pretty much anything she can throw at her. zhu yuan debatably has a massive LS advantage though which could come in handy if she ends up in close quarters with him. as far as speed goes, i believe he should have faster travel speed, but zhu yuan has faster combat/reaction speed, which also isn't taking into account the ridiculous amp she gets with vital view.
obviously with prior knowledge of his stats zhu yuan's going to play extremely cautiously. she'll be aware of the fact that this guy is not only faster than her but is also way stronger than her to a ridiculous degree. as such i think it's pretty clear that she'll rely on attacking from a distance to whittle him down via ether corruption effects. she can also avoid dangerous encounters with wesker thanks to her superior reaction speed, not to mention vital view also being able to help with that
Unless her weapons are Hypersonic + attack speeds Wesker is going to dodge all the shots from them, and even if they are they sure as hell have to be shot from point blank range or off guard or he is 100% sidestepping them.
If Wesker can use the BOWs specifically in the station at the time of RE9 he gets at least one Tyrant ( T-501) that has superior physical stats to Leon ( except for speed ) with the durability to endure close to 1 ton (8-C+) weapons even to its exposed heart/ weakspot meaning it can take a lot of hits and Wesker can shift his strategy based on how it performs, most likely it dies but ends up giving him enough intel on what he should be specifically avoiding from her.
At least Wesker sending lackeys is sufficiently IC for him so I can’t see him rushing to fight without info and getting caught lacking unless his opponent is Chris Redfield.
i'm pretty sure her weapons should scale to her combat/reaction speed, though even if they don't, vital view gives her a ridiculous speed/perception amp to where she should have ample time to get attacks in, while also being able to utilize it to dodge attacks and reposition herself if necessary
i'd need more context on the BOWs thing cause i don't RE so i'm not really sure what those are or how they work
It depends on how versatile her homing bullets are and if they don’t dissipate if they hit the environment, homing may be not good enough if the bullets cant 180 degree turn within meters of missing a target and end up hitting a wall instead, specially in a closed ruined environment like the RPD.
from what we've seen in both gameplay and cutscenes don't think they're versatile enough to the point of being able to hit full 180 degree turns, although like i mentioned before VV should be able to give zhu yuan opportunities to get attacks in regardless of wesker's speed
Ether Corruption doesn’t seem like an instant incap from what I read but a debilitating status effect that can be accelerated to eventual incap the Tyrant isn’t a threat at his speed but enough of a bother to warrant her using her abilities to take it down giving Wesker knowledge to what she can do.
pretty much yeah. although the more hits she racks up with her ether bullets the faster ether corruption kicks in, so wesker will likely be feeling the effects of it relatively quickly if she's constantly harassing him with bullets
And ngl some of the status effects besides the one that go straight into damaging opponents or render him completely unable to fight are lowkey something the Tyrant can ignore because T virus inherently shuts down a lot of nervous system and cerebral functions like pain and empathy.
makes sense, although afaik he should still be susceptible to the transmutation which is kinda like the main aspect of ether corruption lol. ZY can also still hurt him despite the AP gap with both dura neg and resistance negation
IMO it depends on wether she can reliably hit Wesker before she runs out of bullets, at worst I see him getting a phyrric victory 6/10 times winning because his AP wincon is instant whereas hers seems to be over time.
honestly pretty fair assessment. i think vital view is the main thing helping ZY out here. as long as she's dodging his attacks it gives her ample time to counterattack and load him with bullets, and i think if she does that consistently for long enough while also playing keep away and avoiding his attacks she could eventually mess him up with ether shenanigans
