Ddraig v Albion

Gary29 said:
Looking at it from only that way, you are right. But, there are other things to take into consideration:

---In Issei's Balance Breaker and Juggernaut Drive, he doesn't really need a massive boost to his power, as being near-even with Vali allows him to deal out massive damage, and he also has the speed to dodge any boosted attacks from Vali. I don't know the exact details on his current specs compared to Vali's in Balance Break and Juggernaut Drive though, as I haven't read all of the latest LNs yet, so I only have partial info.

---Issei also carries Ascalon, so if he improves upon swordfighting, using Ascalon alone can be a serious threat to Vali, considering it is a dragon-slaying weapon.

As long as Issei can near-match Vali's power and dodge any boosted attacks, it wouldn't be that much of a mismatch for him. Also, someone correct me if I'm wrong, but Vali won't spam Divide, as to do that he opens himself up to a free attack from Issei, which would deal devastating damage and is not worth it when Issei can recover his lost power and has the speed to dodge MOST boosted attacks. He'll be careful with using Divide too much.

Black--Swordsman said:
I'll hold back what I'll say after the season finishes because some of the question and concerns here will be answered soon enough.

Manganese said:


Ahhhhhhhh forgive me but to counter your claim I need to reference something from further in the Light Novels which you may or may not have read

I'll put spoilers in anyway, just in case



Physically they are evenly matched (I think) but technically Vali is miles ahead.

Albion seems to have the perfect skillset to counter Ddraig, removing any possessors and what they can and can't do from the equation

Gary29 said:


I was considering doing the same thing, but I thought why not post a reply anyway and just left out the part referencing what happens in the season's final episodes :P. The only part I referred to technically, was the matched physical power in Balance Breaker.



Yeah I did read about that part, but I forgot to mention it because I didn't remember the specifics about it.



It's somewhat difficult to draw a complete conclusion here, as all of Issei's power-ups and all of Vali's power-ups are not yet seen as the series is nowhere near finished yet. But a big part of this discussion will be displayed in the end of this season.

Manganese said:
Ok, I assume by now you guys will know about the whole Red Dragon vs White Dragon thing.

So we all know Ddraig's powers are basically Boost (which doubles his powers) and Transfer (which transfers them to someone/something) and Albion has the power to Divide and add that divided power to his own.

In that case how could Ddraig ever, EVER, beat Albion in a fight?
Look at it this way (the number representing the power):

Ddraig starting power: 1
Albion starting power: 1
Ddraig doubles his power: 2
Albion halves Ddraig's power and adds the half to himself: 2, Ddraig power: 1
Ddraig doubles: 2
Albion halves and adds to himself: 3, Ddraig's power: 1
etc etc.

I might be missing something, from either anime or Novel which explains this, but to me it seems Albion can simply sit there and siphon off Ddraig's power at leisure, adding it to his own whilst Ddraig is simply stuck at his base power because Albion keeps siphoning it away.

I can't see how transferring the boosted power would help either.

o_O It just seems like such a mismatch.