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So, after reading the Visions of V spinoff manga, V seems to be a bit more blatantly super human than we give him credit for. Since we now have some official sources, let's get to rescaling everyone's favorite edgy boi.
Firstly, let's start with some AP feats, shall we? These feats are quite simple:
Griffon lightning strikes an Empusa
Here, we see Griffon call down a blast of lightning on an Empusa. Keep in mind that this Empusa is being struck by Griffon's lightning, which is 7-B in AP. But that's not all...
It gets back up
It gets back up. Not even that long after it's hit, for starters. And then...
It gets struck at least 3 times in short order. By 7-B lightning. Not only does it get back up, but it immediately pursues and attacks Griffon and V...
And gets struck by another bolt. Immediately after being struck by 7-B lightning 4 times, it proceeds to maul Griffon, dealing intense damage to him. And then V...
Kills it in a single blow.
Now, let's get to the arguments against this being 7-B.
1. V was using his cane, which amps his strength and AP.
Aha, but this is proven wrong not two seconds earlier by V grabbing it from a normal shop. Additionally, Griffon himself confirms that the cane is not a Devil Arm, and even states that the only thing special about it is that it might have some materials from the Demon World mixed in. Then he even further disproves this counter-argument by stating that this happens all the time and wouldn't make the cane special.
So this confirms that not only is the cane not special, but that it was indeed V's own AP that killed the Empusa.
2. Griffon had weakened the Empusa, therefore V could kill it.
This is a blatant no. Not only was the Empusa struck four times by Griffon's lightning, it was not in a weakened state like is shown during V's gameplay and in the Goliath cutscene. It is perfectly capable of attacking, and the only time it is knocked down is something that Empusas have a tendency to do in gameplay as well, which is take a while to get up.
BONUS ROUND: Some more stuff for V:
V freefalls from a few stories up onto his back and is unharmed. This reinforces my last calc which put V at Street Level+ durability. Thanks for posting that @DarkGrath, though I'm sad to say it will likely be changed by this.
V, from relatively close range, dodges and blocks Shadow, a MHS+ being. This merely reinforces the MHS+ reactions, but considering that he moved his body to block the attack, it could put him at MHS+ flat, rather than having just his reactions be scaled to it. Additionally it could be argued that, considering how many attacks Cavaliere Angelo, Niddhogg, and the Nobody Trio throw out, it's pretty fair to say we might need to rescale V's speed to MHS+, like how we did to Dante scaling to Relativistic.
That is about all. Good day!
Firstly, let's start with some AP feats, shall we? These feats are quite simple:
Griffon lightning strikes an Empusa
Here, we see Griffon call down a blast of lightning on an Empusa. Keep in mind that this Empusa is being struck by Griffon's lightning, which is 7-B in AP. But that's not all...
It gets back up
It gets back up. Not even that long after it's hit, for starters. And then...
It gets struck at least 3 times in short order. By 7-B lightning. Not only does it get back up, but it immediately pursues and attacks Griffon and V...
And gets struck by another bolt. Immediately after being struck by 7-B lightning 4 times, it proceeds to maul Griffon, dealing intense damage to him. And then V...
Kills it in a single blow.
Now, let's get to the arguments against this being 7-B.
1. V was using his cane, which amps his strength and AP.
Aha, but this is proven wrong not two seconds earlier by V grabbing it from a normal shop. Additionally, Griffon himself confirms that the cane is not a Devil Arm, and even states that the only thing special about it is that it might have some materials from the Demon World mixed in. Then he even further disproves this counter-argument by stating that this happens all the time and wouldn't make the cane special.
So this confirms that not only is the cane not special, but that it was indeed V's own AP that killed the Empusa.
2. Griffon had weakened the Empusa, therefore V could kill it.
This is a blatant no. Not only was the Empusa struck four times by Griffon's lightning, it was not in a weakened state like is shown during V's gameplay and in the Goliath cutscene. It is perfectly capable of attacking, and the only time it is knocked down is something that Empusas have a tendency to do in gameplay as well, which is take a while to get up.
BONUS ROUND: Some more stuff for V:
V freefalls from a few stories up onto his back and is unharmed. This reinforces my last calc which put V at Street Level+ durability. Thanks for posting that @DarkGrath, though I'm sad to say it will likely be changed by this.
V, from relatively close range, dodges and blocks Shadow, a MHS+ being. This merely reinforces the MHS+ reactions, but considering that he moved his body to block the attack, it could put him at MHS+ flat, rather than having just his reactions be scaled to it. Additionally it could be argued that, considering how many attacks Cavaliere Angelo, Niddhogg, and the Nobody Trio throw out, it's pretty fair to say we might need to rescale V's speed to MHS+, like how we did to Dante scaling to Relativistic.
That is about all. Good day!