Even then, Asuna & Javen will be 5x faster than anything cobalt can do and the former has precognition. She'll be able to see this coming ahead of time and plan around, and javen can summon a star in front of cobalt (If he hasn't used his clones and made a bunch of them to overwhelm her already, that is
) which will block it and also just incinerate cobalt before she does anything, and that goes for anything else she uses too,
so her deconstruction doesn't really matter when javen can likely kill her instantly this way, especially if his clones are out and they simply attack from outside cobalts range.
Honestly at this point I’m pretty sure she resists the stars, tbh, considering that she resists the combined heats of multiple stars and that was your reasoning for Asuna surviving Javen’s stuff too. She is also a scientist at heart so she knows alll about this and it would take a very minuscule amount of time to know how she could use her power to survive/handle it (but this is also something she probably offhandedly thought of in spare time, honestly). Pure heat isn’t gonna incinerate her Energy either (it’s a supernatural force) and her attacks will slowly deconstruct the stars anyway, potentially causing them stability problems. She could also transfer to hyperspace during the attack and rest up there
Javen could also use his imagination manifestation to make some sort of significantly better version of
atomic goggles, which can protect human eyes from nuclear explosions which are
100x brighter than the sun. It's never stated that the lights are brighter than a star or anything, just that they are bright in general im pretty sure, so i imagine this would completely get rid of the effects for both of them when they can barely see it, or not see it all. From there dodging the deconstruction beams should be simple, and this is assuming they don't counterattack in any way, which they naturally will.
I don’t think this is going to help so much, the colors are still gonna get into his head. Filtering them out isn’t gonna just work, he’d probably have to blind himself, and then he’d have to be carried to dodging it by Asuna, which could become a lot more difficult if cobalts clones are swarming too. The beams are homing ones.
This deconstruction aoe seems deadly, although i should mention again that it's range is simply miniscule, especially compared to javen because cobalt is planetary, and with asuna's riftways it's not hard to move out of it instantly either. Plus plutonium death palms range is only dozens of metres. Asuna also has [Intangible], which without any non-physical interaction i can see from cobalt means she can focus on supporting javen if this happens as well.
- Temporary Intangibility (Via [Intangible] Skill. Allows asuna to pass through any physical attacks without suffering any damage, which was made in response to haruka's [Barrage of Despair] Skill, which induced Empathic Manipulation on Contact. Though likely only active for a fairly short period.)
Cobalt has ways to get around the range problem. She’s extraordinarily smart and has the power of plutonium gates, which are based on the hyperspace gates, if cobalt needs to these things can have insane range (i mean these ARE the portals which send her to hyperspace too), and someone like garou using the same principle of portals goes from Jupiter to earth in no time at all. If she stretched her power and combined efforts with clones I don’t think it’s out of the question that she could catch up with Asuna and Javen and remain in range with her attacks. She could also just send a ton of attacks through these portals too. When it comes to death palm, they actually start within its range as soon as the battle begins, but cobalt is unlikely to use it right away. But if at any other point they are within that range, it’s likely fair game, especially with how this has been going.
Keep in mind cobalt clones are described as being literally non existent so I’m not sure they can be sensed or detected by danger sense in the traditional sense at all
I mean the hyperblade can slice the fabric of space-time, if that’s not non physical I don’t know what is lol. She just has to slice out the area either Javen or Asuna are at and they should be erased with it
Aside from that, if asuna & javen end up in a pinch against it despite precog and speed amps, asuna can always use this, which cobalt couldn't get out of easily cause no supernatural willpower
- Spatial Manipulation & Pocket Reality Manipulation (Via [Barrier of Chaos] Skill. A mimicked version of haruka's Void of Despair. When in adequate range, asuna can entrap opponents in a white space that she can control to her whim. Typically, asuna will unleash a flurry of skills and attacks at random into it, entrapping the target with danmaku-like attacks that are near-impossible to dodge. Like Haruka's [Void of Despair], it is likely that a target must require an incredibly strong will to cancel it out, or otherwise they will face attacks the whole time it is active. However, this is not effective against massively stronger opponents.)
And here it'd be easier for javen to land hits with his star shenanigans too. I think cobalt got out of this with astral projection, but if asuna uses the same strategy from asuna vs cobalt 2 then it's just incon/whoever gives up first.
The hyperblade can slice out of it, it can destroy the fabric of pocket realms and something like this wouldn’t be any different as far as I can tell. This sounds a lot like a V. Verse pocket realm too. Plus don’t forget cobalt is stronger (much higher with concentrated aura on) and that’s a condition for escape.
Cobalt won’t give up. She can rest in hyperspace fast enough without losing via SBA, and I feel her intellect and hax can get her to a victory over time, unlike before where it felt like a true incon to me.
I know cobalt has a strong will, but she doesn't have actual supwill listed on her profile nor any feats of it other than maybe living a pretty harsh live with marsh for quite a while, meanwhile willpower is literally asuna's whole thing and she has a ton of feats for it
Plus with javen by her side and destiny likely being taken out as previously mentioned, especially with no speed amps of her own, i don't think cobalt could outlast them in this way, especially if they take turns sending clones in to fight in their place.
She has higher hax than both, and far higher intellect than both combined. Her real form can rest in hyperspace and come up with plans. Her scientific knowledge gives her all the things she needs to know to survive the star stuff. And destiny being taken out is no guarantee since cobalt will definitely portal her too. I think it’s only a matter of time before cobalt comes up with the right plan for both and is able to take them out. It’s in character to do that too
Or at least get Javen out. I’m super confident she’d beat Asuna in a pure 1v1 considering her previous key got an incon, but he’s greatly complicating everything
