I dont need to provide a defense. All attacks in WoW and others have specifications on how they work. In special those that manipulate a soul and are used by the Lich King. All of them have SOUL in their name or description. YOU are the one that needs to prove that it was Soul Manipulation, because there is no evidence of such and you are the only one implying it is true. There is no evidence of it being a soul manipulation attack, and with no specifications, it falls in the category of any other attack, unlike the attacks that are ACTUALLY soul manipulation.
Check nearly anywhere. Kil'jaeden was stated to destroy the worlds the Eredar fled to (mentioned in Lore, if you read the novels you should know), Archimonde's spell, "the strongest eredar are capable of blowing up planets" (also mentioned in Lore) and a random Eredar did a High 6-A feat wiping the surface of a planet, mind you, Archimonde and Sargeras are far above that random Eredar.
Once again using "game mechanic". Friend, if say, Kil'jaeden is defeated ingame but before that he manages to kill guaranteed 5 players in a scripted scene, that is something that indeed did happen in the confrontation the heroes had with Kil'jaeden. ITS SCRIPTED. "Game mechanic" is a feature that makes a game a game. A flaw in design, a unintentional bug, a error in scripting, etc. Many easter eggs fall on game mechanic. Exploits for having infinite potions fall in game mechanic, yadda yadda yadda. Something scripted that DOES happen is NOT game mechanic. Its a scripted scene where feats CAN and WILL appear in. Heck, say, Undertale. In Undertale, there is a game mechanic, the first turn is always the player's. This is a game mechanic and wont happen in an ACTUAL BATTLE. Hence Sans literally screwing up game mechanic to prove this.
Arthas oneshotting all heroes and the description of abilities are NOT GAME MECHANIC. They have been placed there WILLINGLY by the authors of the game to add to the scene, lore, etc. to make the game more enjoyable and intersting. It is to PROVE that we could NOT defeat the Lich King, that when he fought seriously, he truly wiped us out in ONE ATTACK.
Let me ask you a serious question: The developer of the game (WoW) knows that the lore of the game is important and does add to it in many ways, such as creating a new villain, creating new raids, etc. Now, when he does a scene where the Lich King defeats all heroes, what was his intention? When he purposefully added a quote that said "This attack was going to destroy the whole world", what was his intention? Mind you, Warcraft isn't a game where he can show this quite often, since most battles are fought by the players that are present, and so are lore important characters. He can't just blow the world and call it a day, killing all heroes and lore characters and doing a massive event in the franchise which would probably be shitty for sales. So, he instead mentions it, WIDE AND CLEAR FOR EVERYONE TO SEE that said character can do this through a STATEMENT. When he says Kil'jaeden and Archimonde can blow up a planet, they can.
Also, just to get this out of the way, THAT is a game mechanic. Not a scripted scene in a game or a statement, that right there is a game mechanic. Its something not to be taken into account because it truly is just a foundation of the game so that it is fair and realistic based on the games genre and playability. A scripted scene like Megaman X losing to Vile in his armor during the beginning of the game is not a "game mechanic". It's there purposefully and should be used by all means. Otherwise, Samus, Megaman X, Mario and nearly all videogame characters will go out of the Wikia for having no feats. What you are saying and constantly repeat is baseless and simply ignorance of what said words actually mean.
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