Cole MacGrath vs Claude Von Riegan

[Stillwinston]

So Dimitri vs Cole went alright, now we'll stick him up against the bow guy.

Speed is equalised, this is Infamous 1 Cole vs Pre Timeskip Claude at 7-B. SBA otherwise.

The Conduit: 0

The Golden Deer: 0

Incon: 0

https://vsbattles.fandom.com/wiki/Cole_MacGrath

https://vsbattles.fandom.com/wiki/Claude_von_Riega

 

[The_Wright_Way]

Hmm. Statistics Reduction can be a serious psin, but Cole's more than capable of staying out of their range.

I'll wait for more knowledgeable members.

 

[Schnee_One]

The fact that Claude loses massively in the Range department which is his best advantage gives Cole a massive advantage to start

 

[Chamesthehero]

A bit of a mismatch.

Unlike with Dimitri, who can very barely contend with Aegis to tank some hits, Seal Movement to get in close, and his own attack buffs to slice Cole up (sans, you know, him having Low-Mid), this match-up doesn't work as well, if at all.

Claude is massively outranged to the point both his arrows and magic can't really manage to reach Cole. Using Silence doesn't work because Cole isn't using magic technically. Using Encloser to restrict Cole's movement is out if Cole resists Status Effects, and even if he doesn't specifically resist Encloser's minor paralysis it's extremely unlikely an Encloser-boosted shot would actually reach Cole. Seal Defense's defense debuffs would only matter if Claude could actually get into Cole's range AND that's if Cole couldn't just redirect his projectiles with shockwaves. Tens of meters versus several kilometers with a range spammer like Cole is a big no no. And with SBA, he's in the range to spam.

So with ranged attacks for Claude out, that leaves his swordsmanship skills in a very unlikely CQC scenario. And yet, not only doesn't Claude have the Sword of Belgata by this point to increase his passive healing, a guy with a regular sword and bow (due to him not having Failnaught yet) doesn't seem to have anything really going for him against a guy that can reverse magnetic fields, manipulate the weather, use granades and rockets, amplify his own speed, heal himself, or just absorb Claude's bio-electric energy directly with Bio-Leech to probably one-shot. Would a Defense Seal debuff actually matter here when Claude himself has virtually no resistance to Cole's powers?

tl;dr cole range-spams and very likely haxstomps claude

 

[Stillwinston]

Well if you have any suggestions I'm all ears chief

 

[Schnee_One]

@Chames

You know quite a bit about both it seems, kudos.

 

[Stillwinston]

Okay so I see one of two ideas

We either do Claude vs Mitsurugi, or Byleth vs Cole if that wasn't done already

 

[Schnee_One]

I mean Byleth best bet is divine pulse, does he have anything else?

 

[PTSOXMONKEY99]

Let Cole fight Byleth so he can earn his spot in Smash Bros

 

[Schnee_One]

You could shorten the distance maybe

 

[ABoogieYesSir]

bump