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Katsuragi vs Mercury Black

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Breakdance Fighter with Metal Greaves
Katsuragi Portrait (SKB - RN)
Katsuragi is a playable character in the Nintendo 3DS series of Senran Kagura. She makes her debut in Senran Kagura Burst.

When Katsuragi was still young, she lived a normal life with her parents and her pet dog, Choco. Her parents were both shinobi, fulfilling missions which were issued to them by the higher ups. However, one day, both of Katsuragi's parents failed one particular mission and were told to give up their lives as punishment. To avoid getting Katsuragi involved, the two decided to become renegade shinobi and ran away, abandoning their daughter in the process. Feeling dejected, Katsuragi decided that day she would become a strong shinobi in order to atone for her parents' crimes and reunite with her family. Thus, she enlisted in the good shinobi school of Hanzō Academy.

Katsuragi's a 3rd-year student who does things first, thinks later. A tomboy through and through, she wears nothing under her school uniform which she doesn't wear properly, to begin with. She cares for her fellow shinobi, even if she often deals unwelcome sexual harassment towards them.

Powers and Stats
Tier: High 8-C, higher with Frantic Mode

Name: Katsuragi (or Kat)

Origin: Senran Kagura

Gender: Female

Age: 18

Classification: Shinobi

Powers and Abilities: Superhuman Physical Characteristics, Highly Skilled Ninjutsu Practitioner, Aura, Extrasensory Perception, Transformation, Air Manipulation, Summoning (Can summon a dragon), Statistics Amplification (Frantic Mode boosts attack speed and power even further but reduces defense), Pocket Reality Manipulation (Can create Shinobi Barriers, pocket realms that hide shinobi from regular civilians and minimize collateral damage)

Attack Potency: Large Building level (Should be comparable to Hibari and Asuka, went head to head with Hikage on several occasions), higher with Frantic Mode

Speed: Supersonic (Can keep up with her allies and other shinobi in battle. Should be faster than Murasaki)

Lifting Strength: Unknow, likely Class 50 (Should be comparable to Yagyu)

Striking Strength: Large Building Class

Durability:
Large Building level (Took hits from Hikage, should be comparable to Asuka), lower with Frantic Mode

Stamina: Above average (Mostly due to her training as a shinobi)

Range: Standard melee range with physical strikes and several meters with her strongest Ninja Arts

Standard Equipment: Dragon Rebellion (her special boots), her dragon summon, standard ninja tools

Intelligence: As a shinobi, she is a well-learned fighter all about skill and combat.

Weaknesses: She can't resist wanting to grope or talk about her opponents' boobs, even when engaged in a serious fight. Also highly vulnerable when her clothes are completely ripped in battle.

Notable Attacks/Techniques:

  • Cross Panzer: Katsuragi's metal boots begin emitting a green energy that spins around them like a whirlwind, suspending her slightly in the air. She charges towards the enemy with great speed and launches into a fierce barrage of kicks, ending with her jumping high into the air and slamming her foot down on her enemies.
  • Tornado Spindle: Katsuragi crouches down and balances herself on her hands. She begins to spin around like a break-dancer and whips up a tornado as she does so.
  • Dead Screw Dragon: This move retains most of its uniform action from its previous game. Katsuragi leaps into the air while pointing both of her feet outwardly. Then, she begins spinning towards her enemies like a drill, releasing wind that coats her entire body. To finish off, she's drill straight up into the air, sending her enemies flying as she lands safely back to the ground.
  • Strike Cannon: While in the air, Katsuragi slowly brings her hands, in the position they would be in to flick something, and she flicks both of them at once, releasing a blast that moves extremely quickly.
  • Bloody Dragon: While in the air, Katsuragi moves her body forward while in a jump kick stance. Her entire body is engulfed by her aura in a shape of a dragon.
  • Shinobi Transformation: A physical technique that uses the Attribute of Yang, in where the fundamental essence of the shinobi is used as a battle tool by releasing the body's internal spiritual energy in all six chakras simultaneously.
  • Frantic Mode: A technique that uses the Attribute of Yin, performed by stripping off one's clothing, resulting in a considerable enhancement in speed and attack power by absorbing blood spilt within the shinobi barrier. However, it is a double-edged sword, as it also incurs a significant penalty to defense.
Breakdance Fighter with Metal Legs
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Mercury Black is a gray-haired associate of Cinder's who uses a pair of greaves that also function as guns. Mercury is shown to be rather care-free and jokes around when in the company of Emerald, whom he makes an effort to annoy. He sees to opt for excitement and action, however, when it comes to matters at hand, Mercury drops this attitude, focusing himself on the mission. During a battle, Mercury displays a sense of seriousness and levelheadedness. Based on his fight with Pyrrha Nikos, he appears to test and gauge his opponent before fully committing to an attack, implying that he has a strategic mind. Judging from the nonchalant way he talked about killing Tukson, Mercury appears to have no qualms about killing, even light-heartedly joking about it afterward with Emerald.

Powers and Stats
Tier: High 8-C

Name:
Mercury Black

Origin: RWBY

Gender: Male

Age: Around his 20´s

Classification: Human

Powers and Abilities: Superhuman Physical Characteristics, Expert Martial Artist, Limited Adaptation (Can adapt to his opponent´s fighting style), Aura (Able to use his Aura for numerous purposes), Forcefield Creation (Aura can be used as a full-body forcefield), Statistics Amplification (Can use Aura to enhance his striking power), Enhanced Senses (Can use his Aura to sharpen his senses), Regenerationn (Mid-Low), Potential Realizatio (Can unlock the Aura of another person), Weapon Mastery (Skilled marksman)

Attack Potency: Large Building level (Casually defeated Yatsuhashi Daichi, stronger than Ruby Rose, contended with Pyrrha Nikos, though he forfeited before the fight could conclude)

Speed: Hypersonic (Fought evenly with Yang)

Lifting Strength: Class K (Stronger than Ruby)

Striking Strength: Large Building Class

Durability:
Large Building level (Casually tanked an attack from Yatsuhashi)

Stamina: High

Range: Standard melee range, dozens of meters with ranged attacks

Standard Equipment: Greaves, Prosthetic Legs

Intelligence: High (Mercury appears to be highly observant of his opponents and can easily analyze their powers and fighting styles by sparring with them once)

Weaknesses: Cocky, continual use of his Aura will cause it to decay to the point where he can be left weakened or even incapacitated

Notable Attacks/Techniques:

  • Mercury's Boots - Mercury Black's weapons of choice which he uses in tandem with an acrobatic fighting style, emphasizing kicks in combination with his greaves. Mercury's weapon appears to be a large pair of greaves with a firing mechanism built into them, similar to Yang Xiao Long's Ember Celica. They are shown to be able to fire a variety of different projectiles. Some of the projectiles are shown to have guided or target-seeking properties, taking spiraling paths towards their target. By using a fighting style akin to breakdancing or Capoeira, Mercury can fire a veritable storm of these projectiles that can overwhelm an enemy with sheer volume. Some projectiles also appear to create a smoke or steam effect that can be used to distract enemies. He can also use the boots to jump in midair by bringing his legs together and firing his boots simultaneously, boosting him forward and allowing him to achieve temporary flight. This is likely a reference to the Roman god Mercury, known for his speed and ability to fly with his winged sandals.
  • Dust - Mercury can also control the rounds through Dust use. During his tournament fight, he gathered multiple rounds that spun around him in a manner similar to that of a cyclone surrounding him before the rounds were later unleashed in a devastating flurry. He also possesses marksmanship skills, being able to fire his Dust rounds efficiently despite the barrels being located at the soles of his boots, as shown when he fired a round at Yang before using his cyclone technique during their fight and when he shot Ruby's Scroll out of her hands during their confrontation.
  • Prosthetic Legs - Mercury has a pair of robotic legs which he acquired at some currently unknown point in time. His prosthetics make-up over most of his leg, including a portion of his thigh and everything below the knee. He usually keeps them concealed under his pants. These robotic legs appear to give him enhanced performance in battle, such as being able to withstand blasts of fire without taking damage. This is most likely why he was able to withstand Yatsuhashi Daichi's strong hit from his weapon during their match and easily recovered. He is also able to very easily repair "injuries" to his legs that would otherwise put a normal human out of commission or require medical attention. His kick-based fighting style, as well as his choice of weapon, are likely intended to take advantage of his prosthetic legs. His prosthetics are capable of firing blasts of air, which he makes great use of in combat.
Frantic Mode is restricted and SPEED EQUALIZED

Win via KO, incapacitation, or death.
 
Anyway this is close match,but gotta say that Kat might winning this due of have more tool like her summoning and air manipulation but eh i gotta wait for more input.
 
Mercury literally has no way of winning this. She's more versatile and is 4X stronger then him.

Honestly I'm just going to ignore RWBY vs Senran Kagura matches from now on.

If no one thinks this is a stomp than Katsuragi wins with low difficulty via 4X AP and summoning.
 
Poinciana1971 said:
Honestly I'm just going to ignore RWBY vs Senran Kagura matches from now on.
I'd really appreciate it if you wouldn't. Too many people already do.

That being said even though Merc is more experienced, can adapt to fighting styles (even more easily here since it's his own), and is more likely to take things seriously sooner, I'll close this thread. I'll also only make SK vs RWBY matches where the RWBY character has a distinct advantage.
 
Mercury actually has air manipulation that's not listed on his profile and Kat's summoning lasts only for a few seconds
 
While holding back he managed to disarm one of the most skilled huntresses in training in the entire world, in a serious fight he toyed with two senior class huntsmen in training and almost got them to defeat each other in combat, and even before Cinder recruited him he killed his father, a renowned assassin who Cinder was originally looking to recruit. What does Kat have to compare?
 
Her not being serious is going to be a problem for her seeing as merc beats the hell out of serious people while not being serious and while being serious treats other serious fighters as a joke

Plus the huge AoE attacks he has
 
So you're saying her not being serious is a disadvantage... and your evidence to support this is him easily beating the hell out of people who ''are''?
 
WeeklyBattles said:
That really does not seem like a valid argument... you're saying that it's bad that she's not serious because people who were got pummeled.

Although since her opponent is male she's going to get serious a hell of a lot quicker.

>AoE

That's something SK characters kinda specialize in.
 
When your deliberately not serious and your opponent IS serious with feats of fighting world class fighters while NOT being serious (With WoG saying that if Merc were serious he would have beaten Pyrrha), yes, being not serious is bad.
 
Kat also has feats of beating multiple world class fighters at a time while not serious. As I also said, since her opponent is male she's absolutely going to be serious after-- at the absolute latest-- she gets hit once and realizes she actually sort of felt it.
 
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