Well, then there's no telling what Venti actually starts with. Cause it can be a way to beat Slash but does he do that first thing in the fight? Isn't he primarily a bow user in the present?
Venti is primarily a bow user in the present yes, but there’s no evidence he ever used a bow at all in his prime as Barbatos (iirc), and I think the assumption the wind god starts with his wind is fair, especially since we know very little of what else he has in his options in that key
Using wind is a safe assumption but using it like a binding thing like a TK as first option with so many other options? Not likely. Seems very specific to be used first thing all the time. How do we know Venti won't use a push back, a wind slash, or a tornado or something?
The thing is, anybody who used a Seiken is by default just not a normal human. Regular dude literally cannot used the holy blade.
And that assumed Venti used his wind to wrap around Slash and not just one direction blow him away.
Venti’s winds, if they surpass Slash in LS, ragdoll him hard, my point is he won’t get to press buttons or swing swords in that state, and Venti will be able to then go into his exact control over his body once he picks up on Slash attempting to push the button, which will happen very quick thanks to Venti’s intelligence
Speed is equalised so reacting to light speed attacks and all doesn’t hold any meaning here, these characters obviously cannot actually blitz the people they are facing if they are still losing matches to them. Being on guard doesn’t mean you can act on an instantaneous force rag-dolling you, from thought based hax meaning that Venti doesn’t even have to lift a finger to signify an attack incoming. Forgive me if I’m wrong but every attack I’ve seen in the scans on this thread have been big and flashy and what not, does Slash even have experience dealing with attacks that have 0 indicators they are incoming?
The point I'm making is that even when people attack at a much faster speed, someone like Buster who is slower than other, is able to react and counter it. Then how os Venti attack who's speed is equal supposed to catch him off guard?
Ragdolling doesn't mean you can't perform any movement. It's only the fully TK thing that would prevent that which I highly doubt Venti would start with.
Teleportation spamming light swords, attack that erase time, spacial manipulation that is though based.
He has NPI and AoE isn't an uncommon thing he ever faced iirc
Like that ever going to happen considering the skill that Slash have tbh
Ok I’ll give it to you those probably are about as quick as Venti’s winds, if he can fully react to those AND perform an action to counteract them then I’m willing to concede in this match, since Venti has very few options outside of his winds (against someone like Slash)
Well, the problem I'm having here is how would Venti know what Slash will be going for? Because I feel like many of Venti's win cons would only happen if Venti has previous knowledge on Slash and knows how to perfectly deal with him before the fight actually happens. He wouldn't know Slash's sound has power null or that his sword and buttons emit sound or any of that while Slash would know how to deal with wind based off training with Kenzan and fighting Saber.
