I guess the main issue atm is Ixa bringing scaling that is a bit hard to understand in terms of his relation to Metal's stats atm
Like, is Kuuga's Stat amp is enough to reach the 2x difference, plus Bubble Shield Metal creates.
Alright, have sweet dreams. :3
In the meantime, my counter argument to your current argument on the AP difference is that your argument brought unquantifiable scaling. As someone arguing for Metal, I'd say its not enough to surpass Metal's AP or be on par with, who also tanked and/or caused an explosion that 2x Kuuga's calced explosion.
My argument hings on higher AP/Durability, Bubble Shield for further (but unquantifiable) increase for Metal's durability, better mobility (Metal's method of flight is superior to Kuuga's), not feeling pain for his is a robot, and his Explosions and City range, from this gif shown here:
Ope, just as I said that.
For my counter arguments for everything:
Titan's main amp is durability and resistances. Since Kuuga in his other forms resists explosions already, titan has much higher explosion res. Titan's amp doesn't really have a definitive number so that's tricky to determine. All I know is Titan often no sold attacks from enemies that were stronger than Kuuga at the time. I forgot about Kuuga's RPL TBH like Velox said but in show, when Kuuga gets to a critical condition, he gets stronger. Which makes me think Titan + RPL + Regen I think is good enough to surpass HMS's AP.
Kuuga's Rising Pegasus Form as all the KR supporters explained. Rising Pegasus's senses (sight and hearing) scales >~100x his other forms/1000x normal humans + Extrasensory Perception. Of course the counter arguments for that was HMS's analytical prediction. This was also countered by the fact that this form allows him to react and accurately shoot down people who are able to blitz him. (Shown by how Decade used Pegasus's ability)
Regarding the Bubble, does that last forever or does it have a time limit? If it goes away for some time, Kuuga can take advantage of the down time (with senses of course). If it lasts forever, Kuuga has to hit it continuously.
For mobility, Rising Dragon will be enough to maneuver around. He has been shown to leap from skyscraper to skyscraper easily in BoS Base Dragon. Rising Dragon heavily upscales from that because he had multiple evolutions by EoS.
BoS Base Dragon's mobility:
Also, Gouram has been ignore this entire fight but that's my fault since I didn't explain it fully. Gouram is a mechanical stage beetle that flies around and helps Kuuga (Instinctively). It is equal to Kuuga's own AP (durability is higher than Kuuga's but yet again it is unqualifiable). It can recreate it's own armor so that it's never out of the fight. It can attack/defend for Kuuga while Kuuga does his own thing.