Maybe, but if push really comes to shove he can pop the amp and at that point I don't really value Cirno's chances.
See, Travis is really good at blocking attacks from multiple directions at once, even ones much faster and smaller than Cirno's danmaku, I don't really see shots making it through his guard with any degree of reliability.
Fair and true, but I do have a question after looking at Travis' profile more in depth. Are his Dark Side amps something he can pick and choose at will, or are they luck based? It seems to be the latter at a glance.
What the hell is going on in these gifs lmao
The roulette is probably a gameplay thing? It's never really explained, but in the 3rd game there are abilities tied to it (the mechs) that Travis has been shown to be able to use at will so he can probably do them at will. Probably.
Multiple people at firing at Travis with automatic guns from several different directions, he's blocking everything
That's probably fine, then? not too sure tbh
I'd argue that omnidirectional danmaku is a lot harder to block than gunfire from one or two people, but this is pretty damn good regardless. Hence why I think Travis can last a while, but not forever.
Eh, I disagree. Bullets are much smaller to the point that you need to be absolutely pin-point and they're even faster than sound so he can't even hear them. Danmaku seems way more overwhelming but it's ultimately much slower, bigger projectiles that travel in what are usually mostly predictable patterns, with 99% of them never actually being a threat since they go in all directions- I understand that them having safe spots is kind of a self-imposed limitation in Touhou but even then I don't think that wouldn't mean there'd be no gaps between. Even if that's not the case he can probably just hack his way through them, given that he can just bat energy stuff away at will.
Danmaku isn't really that slow in Touhou, it's mostly like that for the sake of gameplay; A fair number of attacks are light speed at minimum but are still visually slow. Also, I wouldn't really argue that Travis not hearing bullets moving is a big deal, considering uh. gunshots themselves are really fucking loud.
Fair enough, but I meant comparatively slow, which is what matters with speed equal.
Yeah but they also move faster than sound, you can't react to the noise no matter how fast you are since they'll reach you before it.
That is fair (although his ESP/Precog might counter it, I say might because it's a touch unreliable) but those come after she's taken a good chunk of damage, right? It's unlikely she'll pull out all the stops if Travis can't seem to get close to her at all, and if he does she's dead.
Ehhh not really, Minus K is the second attack she uses in one of the fighting game routes, and Freeze Sign "Perfect Freeze" is her signature technique she uses in nearly every single appearance. I think it's fair to assume that she'd lead with the latter.
Honestly this seems fairly easy to avoid, it's all roughly coming from one direction unless Cirno gets up close enough and if she does that's a big issue for her, and if Travis can cut through automatic gunfire (or literally snatch dozens of bullets out of the air in a later key) he can probably do the same with much bigger energy attacks. Being able to reflect one of the big clumps before they explode feels like it'd be a problem for Cirno actually
The gimmick seems like it actually works against her here, Travis can just chop away at any bullet close enough to threaten him when they're not moving and at that point the threat of the pattern is significantly lessened.
The clumps are sub-absolute zero until they explode so that's probably a bad idea on Travis' part.
She still fires occasional danmaku while the first volley is frozen, so I'd think Travis would be more likely to focus on that rather than something that isn't an immediate threat.
Honestly? Yeah, I think an incon is probably fine. It's definitely not as decisive as I originally thought.
What are they being upgraded to?Thanks for what may very well be the last fair and enjoyable Touhou debate before the revisions make everything a gigastomp.
Cirno's still gonna be 8-B but good god Touhou has so many stupid passive verse mechanics it's not even funny.
