Blocking something with a branch is easier than with a toothpick. Similarly, blocking something with a sword is easier than with a horseshoe. Y'know, stuff with a large frontal area is easier to block with. He basically defends with something like a single brass knuckle.
Not a relevant point given the thing I mentioned after this so moving on.
Not precognitive, merely predictive. Not seeing the future. Just being extremely good at reading body language and predicting what the opponent will do.
This is recognized as precognition, as it states on our page for the ability. This is precognition, DT, so tell me, is she precognitive or not?
Dodge... or shoot it down mid-air with a weapon or block with a held weapon or just catch it. Unless that thing does complex aerial maneuvres rather than fly straight to its target, I doubt it overcomes that.
Anime shit isn't always the best strategy, lad. Not when it's moving with the force to crack your head like an egg. Just food for thought, for this argument.
Because Lu actually can make multiple attacks simultaneously (or nigh-simultaneously). She one time jumped over a table to deliver a kick and while doing that threw several Fei Cha and a Wan Ren Di, broke off her kick and in the same movement used the Fei Zhao. Unless Deserter decides to tank these, he will need to dodge and/or block. And, I will say it again, these all are surprise attacks.
If Deserter wants to get a counter-attack in he will need to throw the horseshoe. At that point, he will have nothing to block left in his hands. Lu meanwhile can pull out more hidden weapons to block with at any point. (faster than pulling out a sword and stuff)
Hence there's a difference in action economy.
With speed equalized, not as much, no. If she's dual wielding or something, fair's fair, but I strongly doubt she's outputting several times as many actions as the deserter. Most of your descriptions require us to more or less assume the Fanged Deserter is sitting there dumbly waving his horseshoe around in the air. He can swing and attack at the same speed as Lu. That is a fact you must accept for this fight. The Fanged Deserter takes up a significant amount of this action economy, and he can use his weapons to a better degree due to other factors (aforementioned Wizard Teeth and the horseshoe's powers).
1/6 isn't a very high chance and Lu has the skill to defend much more reliably than Deserter. Not to mention, whle Lu's attacks can't instantly kill, she has the skill to precisely hit tendons and joints with them (from quite a distance) to incapacitate, which is feasible.
Every attack from the horseshoe, if it hits, has a 1/6 chance of
instantly killing Lu. Let's say 1,000 fights occur and that's what we vote off of. In 1/6 of those fights where Fanged Deserter gets a hit in
at all, that's the game. If he gets two attacks in, 2/6 chance of instant killing. So on and so forth. Ignoring the fact that these are still damaging attacks, that's an absurdly high chance of instant death. So no, I just strongly disagree, for such a substantial upper hand, 1/6 is incredible odds and in a prolonged fight more or less guarantees her death.
Because she has demonstrated the capability to do that and in a coordinated manner at that. Has Deserter any such showings? If so, excuse me for making assumptions. I had the impression he has no actual combat showings.
I don't understand what you're arguing here. My argument had been "why can't Fanged Deserter just not go for silly flashy bullshit strategies and just dodge".
Again, the point is that you have no evidence of that. It isn't "he is illiterate so he can't have tactics" it is "he has no evidence of tactical intelligence at all and his general intelligence doesn't support making any assumptions on it either".
As you said, Deserter has no actual showings that the combat style you suggest is actually his in-character combat style. And other than "he knows how to use his weapons" you have given no evidence that this is a strategy he would use against unknown foe. Your whole argument is "Fanged Deserter should use the combat strategy I think is the best one, because he has some general soldier-level+ combat skill". There are tons of characters on this wiki that are super good fighters and don't use what we would think is the optimal tactic by the showings they have. That a character that is a decent fighter and has no showings whatsoever makes better usage than them is incredibly speculative. Ultimately tactics and combat styles are also things that need feats, just like stats. And just like a character isn't assumed to be stronger than shown, I won't assume a character fights tactically better than actual feats exist for.
Except that part isn't true. Even in the short lore blurbs you
do get for these games, Fanged Deserter has explicitly moved with a very large amount of militant groups. He is a trained soldier. But you, in an attempt to disparage whatever "skill feats" he might have, decided that because he is illiterate, he must be extremely unskilled, too. It's a piss poor argument and I'd like to think you know that.
His foe is medium sized. His weapon instant kills medium-sized foes. He knows how to fight. DT, it really is as simple as that. This is like arguing Lu wouldn't know to use her best weapons simply because she doesn't know the Fanged Deserter's social security number. Good heavens.
The profile lists several hidden weapons explicitly.
And yes, he is outdone. Maybe the horseshoe deals more damage, but that is meaningless if it doesn't hit. And that is the only weapon in his arsenal with the range to deal with most that Lu has. The moment he throws it, he is defenceless until it comes back. If it comes back at all, because a boomerang doesn't return if it gets blocked and that's how the horseshoe is stated to work.
Not in the standard equipment section, it doesn't, though this may just be a bit of sloppy profile making. In any case, no he isn't lol. Normal throwing knives aren't equivalent to a horseshoe that can instant kill. And, again, you're ignoring the fact that he can
- Dodge
- Just wield another weapon as the horseshoe isn't a two-handed weapon, in fact most of his weapons aren't
So again we are required to ignore
quite a lot of context in order to take your side.
Are you arguing he has all of
this? He doesn't even have the lifting strength to carry that. If he gets all of that, he will have serious trouble managing his weapon, to the point that it probably doesn't help him. I assumed he gets the six standard things like in the last tournament thread involving him.
Given, in mid-range a bow isn't a great weapon. Taking an arrow out, putting it in and aiming takes too long (and definitely requires both hands). Until then Lu would already have done things to prevent that, like toss several thrown weapons or go into close range once he puts the close-ranged weapons away.
In the first place, I thought you were arguing he doesn't use those weapons but prefers the horseshoe? Can't have both and a weapon not used is irrelevant.
And I think the summoner thing more than conclusively demonstrates how Lu has zero problems deflecting flying projectiles likes the horseshoe. I see no evidence of capability to counter that, so my assumption that it doesn't work is justified.
Btw. Lu's attacks can destroy internal organs as well (as the profile says before you get back on that). So it's not like the horseshoe has an ability Lu can't match. Even if it's not supernatural but more due to shock and stuff.
I'm saying it is his standard equipment, aye. And aye, he does, as the beasts are considered to be lifting a lot of it. That's the whole point of getting carts and mules in MORK BORG, to drag your shit around. I don't really know or care what happened in the last thread, it is irrelevant.
I'm arguing he is going to use the horse shoe as it is his best tool and he will know that the instant he is aware of his enemy. I am also arguing he can use other weapons as they are available to him if need be. I am arguing this latter point because you are under the incredible assumption that for whatever reason he will be dumbfounded by the existence of throwing knives, when he himself has a very much diverse arsenal, if he so chooses to use it.
The man can use a bow as fast as he can swing a sword, so this is just you assuming again, mind.
Every attack can destroy internal organs, DontTalk. This is not quite the same as a guaranteed instant kill. So yes, Fanged Deserter has abilities that Lu cannot match. An ability that is an incredible boon.
So I will ask you one more time, and I want you to answer me as best as you can. Is Lu, your character that you've entered into this tournament, precognitive? Does she need a CRT?
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