[R1M1] 1st Bane of Buildings Tournament - Natsu Dragneel vs. Valena (4-0-0)

[ExSENNA]

Welcome to the First Match of the First Round of the 1st Bane of Buildings Tournament! (Bracket) (Event Leaderboard)

On the blue corner, we have Natsu Dragneel, submitted by @MintyBoi1!
On the red corner, we have Velana, submitted by @ThePrimalHunter
Duel 1, let's go!

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Natsu is 2.18 Tons, Velana is 0.46 Tons. Natsu has a 4.73x AP advantage.
Natsu has Peak Human, Valena is Athletic Human LS. Natsu has LS Advantage.

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Speed equalized.
The location is the Gates of Hell
The starting distance is 15 meters.

Natsu:4
Valena:
Incon (coin flip):

 

[MintyBoi1]

So Natsu takes AP and LS and has his elemental powers to overwhelm Velana. I see she has some decent hax though, so maybe this could be a hard fight for him.

 

[ThePrimalHunter]

So Velana should pretty quickly learn that Natsu can feed off of fire and will stay away from moves like burning hands. She'll probably just try to spam Eldritch Blast and use Shield & Mirror Image to help her play defensivley. I also don't see any resistance to Mind Manipulation on Natsu's profile so Crown of Madness could be used to find creative ways to harm Natsu that technically isn't having him harm himself, such as having him "accidentially" trip & fall down a large hole or something

 

[MintyBoi1]

So Velana should pretty quickly learn that Natsu can feed off of fire and will stay away from moves like burning hands. She'll probably just try to spam Eldritch Blast and use Shield & Mirror Image to help her play defensivley. I also don't see any resistance to Mind Manipulation on Natsu's profile so Crown of Madness could be used to find creative ways to harm Natsu that technically isn't having him harm himself, such as having him "accidentially" trip & fall down a large hole or something

How’s she learn that? Natsu’s trick of eating fire is a surprise even to other fire users. Anyways, a Fire Dragon’s Roar likely burns away an Eldritch Blast or shield since it’s hot enough to vaporize someone and Natsu has AP. And Natsu would dominate in close quarters which he’s rather comfortable resorting to. The mind manipulation seems like Velana’s best bet, but it says that can be broken out of. How does that work exactly and could Natsu do it?

 

[ThePrimalHunter]

How’s she learn that?

Using burning hands and observing that he's eating it, or True Strike might be able to reviel it to her as it gains insight on her targest defences, so she's be able to see that he resists fire

Anyways, a Fire Dragon’s Roar likely burns away an Eldritch Blast or shield since it’s hot enough to vaporize someone and Natsu has AP

Eldritch Blast is a bolt of magical energy so idk if it can really be burned away, Eldritch Blast has harmed Fire Elementals before and those guys burn hot enough to harm people that have also survived fire hot enough to vaporize humans, so he won't be burning away the bolts

And Natsu would dominate in close quarters which he’s rather comfortable resorting to

If he starts getting too close for comfort Velana will likely resort to her more AoE like attacks such as Arms of Hadar or just Mind Manipulate him, and that's assuming he hits the right Velana, as Mirror Image will make it look like there's multiple of her and it's in-character for her to use that

The mind manipulation seems like Velana’s best bet, but it says that can be broken out of. How does that work exactly and could Natsu do it?

Crown of Madness lets Velana take control of the persons mind and attack any creature nearby other than itself. She can also control their movements and what they try to attack. It can be broken out of, but even for strong-willed characters, that can take a minute, so Velana will likely have some time to find a way to make Natsu "accidentally" harm himself like she has in the story before, or just make him walk super far away, break control and spam ranged attacks at him

 

[MintyBoi1]

Using burning hands and observing that he's eating it, or True Strike might be able to reviel it to her as it gains insight on her targest defences, so she's be able to see that he resists fire

Eldritch Blast is a bolt of magical energy so idk if it can really be burned away, Eldritch Blast has harmed Fire Elementals before and those guys burn hot enough to harm people that have also survived fire hot enough to vaporize humans, so he won't be burning away the bolts

If he starts getting too close for comfort Velana will likely resort to her more AoE like attacks such as Arms of Hadar or just Mind Manipulate him, and that's assuming he hits the right Velana, as Mirror Image will make it look like there's multiple of her and it's in-character for her to use that

Crown of Madness lets Velana take control of the persons mind and attack any creature nearby other than itself. She can also control their movements and what they try to attack. It can be broken out of, but even for strong-willed characters, that can take a minute, so Velana will likely have some time to find a way to make Natsu "accidentally" harm himself like she has in the story before, or just make him walk super far away, break control and spam ranged attacks at him

Ok makes sense, I thought you meant she just knows he eats fire.

That is tough, though Natsu can amp himself and his flames with Fire Dragon King Mode and add Lightning to his fire which also will rend Velana numb if he lands a hit. There’s a part where Natsu rapid fires projectiles, so he could pull that on her.

The tendrils might damage Natsu, but Sword Horn could give Natsu an aura and burn it all away. Natsu also has AOE with explosions so clones won’t help too much. He set a whole town ablaze in a few minutes and destroyed a house by just ramming into it.

So she could make him hurt himself, though Natsu is extremely high spirited, so he will break out sooner than later. And if she tries making him burn himself, that’s a no go. It seems Natsu can tank just about all she has, so she’d need a lucky break or the environment to put him down.

 

[ThePrimalHunter]

She seems to have somewhat better battle IQ as she has faught with and outsmarted Hamden before and she has better range, so if she keeps Natsu out of range she could probably just kill him eventually with spammed Eldritch Blast, though this begs the question of if she can even do that or not or if she could put down Natsu before he gets to close

 

[MintyBoi1]

She seems to have somewhat better battle IQ as she has fought with and outsmarted Hamden before and she has better range, so if she keeps Natsu out of range she could probably just kill him eventually with spammed Eldritch Blast, though this begs the question of if she can even do that or not or if she could put down Natsu before he gets to close

How good is Hamden? Natsu beat Ace without even being able to physically touch him and is a skilled martial artist on top of mastering a highly rare magical art. And Natsu can go hella fast with Sword Horn as shown in his calc, keeping him back will be very difficult. I’m leaning Natsu rn

 

[ThePrimalHunter]

How good is Hamden? Natsu beat Ace without even being able to physically touch him and is a skilled martial artist on top of mastering a highly rare magical art. And Natsu can go hella fast with Sword Horn as shown in his calc, keeping him back will be very difficult. I’m leaning Natsu rn

Hamden was an extremley skilled tournament fighter, outsmarting and defeating knights that trained their entire lives in combat. He was only ever defeated by a Golden Knight (Knights trained since birth that were bred for no other reason than fighting) and another Extraordinary Genius that had busted potions. Velana could frequently outsmart him in combat and defeat him, even getting him out on a technicality their first battle.

And since speed is equal and Natsu doesn't seem to have Statistics Amplification, that implied that Sword Horn is just his normal travel speed, so that won't be too impressive here (unless equal speed works diffrently in VS matches)

 

[MintyBoi1]

Hamden was an extremley skilled tournament fighter, outsmarting and defeating knights that trained their entire lives in combat. He was only ever defeated by a Golden Knight (Knights trained since birth that were bred for no other reason than fighting) and another Extraordinary Genius that had busted potions. Velana could frequently outsmart him in combat and defeat him, even getting him out on a technicality their first battle.

And since speed is equal and Natsu doesn't seem to have Statistics Amplification, that implied that Sword Horn is just his normal travel speed, so that won't be too impressive here (unless equal speed works diffrently in VS matches)

That sounds like a good skill advantage. But Natsu still has raw stats and abilities to go off of.

The DB seemed equal speed too though. I think it just lets him go fast like if you dashed at someone, not necessarily stat amps. Velana could react, but Natsu will be charging her. He has a rather good battle instinct himself so he might be able to tell she’s weak up close.

 

[ThePrimalHunter]

That sounds like a good skill advantage. But Natsu still has raw stats and abilities to go off of.

The DB seemed equal speed too though. I think it just lets him go fast like if you dashed at someone, not necessarily stat amps. Velana could react, but Natsu will be charging her. He has a rather good battle instinct himself so he might be able to tell she’s weak up close.

So from what I can tell, win-cons are as follows:

Natsu:

• Closing the distance & using his better AP & LS to win

Velana:

• Keeping Natsu at a distance and using her ranged attacks to wear him down and win

We've extablished that Natsu would try to close the distance and probably could, so ig Natsu's winning here

Voting Natsu

 

[MintyBoi1]

I also vote The Salamander

 

[Javenplayz253]

Not sus fra (Natsu)

 

[VeneficaAuthor]

Natsu FRA

 

[MintyBoi1]

Adding this