Fair enough, but Majima will be amping every stat (even the damage of his heat actions) faster than her since late-game Majima gains about 3 bars of heat when dodging an attack. Higher heat means he will use more heavy-hitting heat actions that will make it difficult for Myo probably even with her amps. And unlike Myo in her Savage Mode, Majima now doesn't lose control when he uses Mad Dog to its highest potential.
I'm assuming they start at a few meters away from each other, so she'll probably go for her assault rifle first.
Ten thousand clones, and the process lasts for a whole year.(although technically it's only a week in real time cause of their use of a time accelerating device.) Also as you said the winner also gets all the other clone's memories, essentially resulting in her acquiring 10,000 years worth of combat experience,(which is pretty substantial especially considering the clones also subtly differ from one another resulting in significant variance in tactics and combat styles, so it's not like the R Corp soldiers are effectively fighting the exact same foe thousands of times.)
In Myo's Durability section it says she's "been depicted both as especially resilient to slashing and blunt force damage on her level" so I don't think Majima can do much damage to her even with his amps when she's already naturally resistant to Majima's weapon's on top of her amplifying her defenses.
Not having a gun in and of itself is the huge advantage for Majima, since he won't have to deal with her assault rifle anymore. Even then if he gets close to her, he'll at least be able to use a heat action and steal her gun. He probably should have minimal problem fighting against a gun user since he was able to defeat Jo Amon who uses a whole plethora of ranged weapons and scales to Kiryu who has fought CIA agents and Andre Richardson (who duh uses guns proficiently). Since Kiryu casually dodges bullets like it's nothing, Majima should be able to do so too, albeit easier via Thug's double sidestep, Breaker and Mad Dog to the point of dodging a point-blank shot behind his head. And Slugger's funny bullet reflection magic go brr and he should be able to tank bullets long enough to probably get a win (without factoring in the coloured bullets since that will give him some trouble but his optional equipment might help mitigate their effects).
That's assuming her knives hit him or are still in her hands if Majima hasn't stolen them yet. Keep in mind that he's also a knife user (tanto to be exact) who has fought two particular individuals who incorporate knives into their fighting style:
Fair but Majima will also be amped up on every stat, while Myo is only for speed and defence, meaning that he may be able to hit hard enough to deal good amounts of damage via heat actions. And he really loves to fight dirty, and seeing that Myo has her head exposed, he's going to go for poking her in the eyes and/or flipping her from the head. Even then, a good amount of his attacks in all styles focuses on the head in addition to other parts of the body. He should also be able to use pressure points attacks to deal more damage.
Just to be clear Myo's Savage Mode isn't something she goes into immediately, she only does it after sustaining a significant amount of damage which will probably take a while considering Majima can't do much due to Myo's durability.
Fair enough that normal Majima hits may not do much to Myo's body but does the durability extend to the head? Most of Majima's heat actions and a few of his normal attacks hit opponents on the head and they will do a lot of damage. When in heat mode, Majima should be able to damage her greatly and possibly keep up with her amps. Even then, he should be able to knock her off her feet and displace her stance or something of the sort regardless of whether he damages her greatly or not to get more opportunities for more hits.
The way Majima in Thug Style disarms opponents are more like 'I frick you up and when you lose your grip I take your weapon' kind of disarm rather than the traditional sense. These are heat actions, so they'll hit like a truck. Here's three specific ways he can do this:
Heat amps his strength, speed and durability to high heavens, making him run faster, evade faster, block harder hits, shrug off damage like it's nothing in addition to his pain tolerance, hit harder and even speed up his combos. And he can accumulate this amp way faster and earlier than Myo. Regardless of his amp, he's still able to tag Jo Amon when the latter is faster than him due to his heat and enhancing his copied Mad Dog style. He's consistently going to be above Myo in terms of amps.
His clones are one and the same, they incorporate both his speed and his heat aura, making him practically indistinguishable from the rest since the original Majima also takes the clones' appearance.
Seeing this leads me to one of Majima's big ways of defense: Attack Counters.
It does, yes.
This is Myo's speed rating: Massively Hypersonic (Notably quicker than most people at her level, with her specialty being listed as "rapid movement"[6] and her namesake technique of Myo's Prowess revolving around exploiting her superior speed compared to that of her foes. Even ordinary Rabbits are significantly faster than Proselytes capable of extreme speed bullet deflection), higher with amplification (Myo gains speed with charge and as she sustains more damage), far higher in bursts (Myo's Feral Knives attack allows her to rapidly attack up to five enemies on her level with multiple attacks before they're able to respond in kind). While the Stat's being equalized would make it so that they both have Hypersonic combat and reaction speeds the amps would will still function the same way. With that being said, Myo's Feral Knives attack allows her to outspeed foes who are both faster than her and have Instinctive Reaction so again Majima can't really react to this and so will have to take the hits.
Both at the same time, it's both afterimage creation AND Duplication, meaning she has to fight 5 Majimas at once.
Not notable nor mentioned doesn't mean it won't be good enough, since the difference between Majima and his heat mode is still very noticeable, even if it's not as high as Myo's.
Since LS is identical, it will actually go either way, but iirc Majima can amp his LS to better disarm them. But as I've said, it's not the traditional grabbing and taking it away. His grabs are stronger in heat mode and even if she wrestles out of his grip, that's one condition for a heat action to the head.
Getting hit by 5 attackers will probably result will probably result in Myo amplifying herself pretty quickly so it probably won't take long for her to reach her peak. Plus her amps also boosts the damage of her guns so I think she can take them.
Tornado isn't vibration manipulation, it's wind.
They can be taken out in one hit unless it's Majima himself. But as usual, hitting him won't be easy via evading and counterattacks.
Ok here's the rundown:
Given this, I'm leaning towards Majima here but I'll wait for any counterarguments to this before voting.
Majima can spawn 4 clones of himself with shit durability but other equal stats, and since every Majima gets coated heavily in heat, they're practically indistinguishable
Actually 10k years is how much combat experiance she accumulates after each battle royale. It was stated that "this process is done relatively often, and Myo has been with R Corp for at least ten years and has undergone these cycles throughout her tenure.". So she would have at least 500,000-1 million years worth of combat experience by this point in the story.
Would you mind explaining why you think so?
1) What are you talking about? He only has 2 weapons in his standard equipment
5)While that would allow him to last for a while eventually the damage and heavy bleeding will incapacitate him.
mb, I assumed he'd have other weapons via his optional equipment similar to Kiryu but his profile doesn't provide that liberty for him. Sad, but he should have that in his profile.
Pummelling Bat's durability is infinite and he can block from all sides, so infinite blocks, yay. But he'll usually strive to reflect it back in this style. Otherwise, he'll block it as much as he's able to shrug off the damage or just plain evade it.
Firstly, faster and higher is different. Yes, she'll get to the point that this will become true, but Majima can get full heat very quickly, even if Myo gets an amp immediately soon after. His heat mode brings more things to the table than just amps, making up for his lower amps than Myo's. And this statement is countered by 4). It'll just take Majima longer and have him more serious to get the win.
Staminan Xs go brr. He has a healing source via that and on top of that, he can heal in his heat mode and also specifically in slugger style. Even then, as long as he has heat, he's going to shrug the damage off in addition to his extreme pain tolerance.
White Damage can be dealt with slightly by Majima's Protective Amulet along with his status effect inducement resistance.
Pale Damage can also be dealt with slightly by Majima's Sacrifice Stone and his status effect inducement resistance.
I asked about this awhile ago, and apparently the way it works is (Dimensionality>Layers>Scaling>Baseline) so I don't think Majima's Protective Amulet will work.
Fair enough about the Protective Amulet since it only resists fear manipulation, but his sacrifice stone works like the totem of undying from Minecraft, and he'll spring back before chugging down some staminans.
Resist this, resist that, but it's not complete negation nor immunity. What Majima will essentially be doing is chipping her away slowly and steadily. Katana blinds can help and the sleeping one can completely make her fall asleep. Since Myo doesn't have any sort of healing on her, the lesser damage will culminate into a loss on her end. Even with that high of a resistance, his heat actions will do most of the heavy work.
Majima will almost always close the gap. Expect the tornado to be right at her face rather than from far away.
I meant his teeth. He grabs the blade between his teeth (though I'm not sure he does that for knives, since he almost always does it on katanas).
Doe Soul/Death Manipulation even exist in the Yakuza verse? Cause it seems like it would be NLF to assume that the Sacrifice Stone would work against something that was never used against it. With that said, assuming that it can work against PALE damage it's description says that it breaks after use, and there seem to be only 2 missions listed in Yakuza 7 where you can get them so he will probably only 2 in stock at most. Also it says that you need to equip it in order take effect, and Majima wouldn't know what PALE damage does until after he gets hit by it at which point it will already be too late.
Also is there an in-universe reason for why Pummeling Bat's durability is this way? Cause if there isn't then this might just be game mechanics.
Firstly, we can't factor in Yakuza 7 regarding inventory and equipment since he's not playable there (you have to fight him, which is the norm). His playable games are 0 and Kiwami 2, and taking from that Majima will only have one equipped at all times, along with his other equipment. His stone shattering will be enough for Majima to go serious.
You also have to factor in the location, which is stated to be Japan's backstreets and alleyways. Because of his Yakuza background, he should be able to navigate this area well (even if it's not a city he's familiar with). This area will have ample cover for him to evade gunshots to close the distance safely till he gets in her range. Stealth Mastery will also come in handy here, as he can stealthily evade enemies while trying to get someone out of the danger zone, and hiding with another person holding his hand isn't as easy as it sounds. Or he could also surprise her with his Majima Everywhere shenanigans like he did Kiryu. And he's able to catch him off guard multiple times.
Replaying the game again, and I found out this move only works with swords. Oh well, Knife Deflect go brr.
No, but if you're wondering why Slugger is like this, then it's because that's the signature weapon of his style. Do keep in mind that Slugger can be used with ALL WEAPON TYPES, and he has at least three of them (minus his tanto and baseball bat). Even when you fight him as an enemy in Kiwami 1 (where he retains slugger), his baseball bat doesn't break from Kiryu's punching. You have more things to worry about than whether Pummeling Bat can break or not.
Fair enough, though the point still stands.
Not really, as Majima can suddenly appear from sewers and from other people's windows too. Half of the Majima Everywhere system doesn't require him to change outfits and his noteworthy ones are not from that system.
Even if the pummeling bat and tanto break (which they shouldn't), it's going to take a long long time before they can be dented since Majima has been using that tanto till 2023 from 2005. The other non-style-specific weapons are fair game, and so is Myo's assault rifle.
Don't you mean experience with assault rifles? While it's not exactly assault rifles, most of the yakuza cast have dealt with bullets (Kiryu got a taste of dodging missiles so there's that). And as I've said time and time again, he should have no problem evading the bullets, which this location helps him with. It's not just dodging either too, Slugger is still beneficial for bullet avoidance. He's going to hold up well till the CQC part where the gun becomes a non-factor by breaking it (since it's your decision pointing out that the bat can be broken) or disarming it from her. Damage Transferal is going to be a bitch to Myo and he has healing too via drinking Staminan Xs.
