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Supernova For a moment there, he thought the knight had finally decided to fire away. The pain was just as what he had expected. But as he reopened his eyes, he found himself colliding against Cardinal, slashed repeatedly by an otherworldly force. As each hit landed, he began to come back to his senses with screams of agony. He could not muster enough strength to even move a limb. He wasn't even sure if his torso was still there. "... H-Have you ever... worked?" He muttered, hanging on a thin breath, with his dazed eyes desperately trying to focus on Cardinal. "I-I got to where I am from working with my two hands. I reap... what I sow. My struggles... should not be a part of yours." The mech started to run an automatic recovery sequence in response to the dimensional rifts. "Why... do you want to... share my burden? In this arena... everyone fights on their own, for themselves. Some... may have a computer coaching them, but regardless... it's always just a mech against another. No one... has a guardian." Cardinal's face blurred in his eyes, as he gasped for more air to sustain his consciousness.

Supernova "What was that? 'Don't push me'?" Tai clenched his fists, "what's with the modesty all the sudden? Weren't you perfectly fine with killing me just now?" "Oblige me, then, if it makes you feel better about pulling the trigger again!" he rocketed forward, approaching at an even higher speed. His knuckles weren't even up front acting as a riot shield. He was, in all senses of the word, insane.

Supernova, Hellfire Knight, & Cardinal "I did NOT ask for it, you scum! Throughout my career I have never seen someone as underhanded as you, trying to kill even after the battle had ended!" The realization of how the Tenth God had deceived him all along, and the anger of hearing how Hellfire Knight thought it was completely justified to attack after the battle had ended, drove him mad. "If you want me dead so much, then come on! Pull that shit again! Cardinal, leave us!" Tai rushed head straight into the knight's line of fire, leaving himself completely vulnerable.

Supernova vs Hellfire Knight The ample length between the two competitors allowed Tai to pull away from the beam and immediately take cover from the scattered fire. He was lucky that he hadn't hit the shutdown switch yet. "Are you mad? I'm done! Respect the rules, damn it!" He began jumping from boulder to boulder again, avoiding the knight's merciless assault. It was as if someone signed him up for a deathmatch behind the scenes.

Supernova vs Hellfire Knight Tai had already blasted far beyond the leg guns' line of fire by the time the leg made a full revolution, taking a few hits from the spray of fire as the two's distance expanded as quickly as it had shrunk. He flew into another array of boulders, spun his right fist into the ground, breaking his momentum, and then made a sharp U-turn. What was before his eyes, though, was incredibly discouraging; the punch was shrugged aside as if barely anything happened. He pulled his brakes and stopped, taking his time to dodge the knight's rear guns with his thrusters. Everything had already been decided after that point, and Tai himself could see that. He could already see the knight raising their mantle once again in the near future. From a distance... it did look like a shield. That could be the last piece to his Nova Strike's activation. Unfortunately, with the mantle having already demonstrated its function as rocket fuel, Nova Strike would never be able to hit. His armor has already been mostly shelled by the incessant plasma fire. All that was left was for the knight to land the finishing blow, and he couldn't hide forever. "I give up."

Supernova vs Hellfire Knight [3 point Reflex bonus - Guaranteed Dodge: 2/2 used] The knight's rising leg caught Tai's attention as he quickly dived downwards and redirected his right fist to slam the leg back into its place, preventing the leg guns from shooting him. The punch would cause more damage than usual thanks to Hellfire Knight's velocity, while making the knight spin downwards, with their face slamming into the ground.

Aera "Perhaps we can ask them ourselves," Aera suggested. "I'm curious, too."

Supernova vs Hellfire Knight As Hellfire Knight emerged from the wave of plasma, Tai was taken aback by the bold approach. He would never have thought about a FAD personally approaching him. It was almost too good to be true. He immediately rocketed himself to the left, letting the guns lay waste to the boulders around him. He hopped from boulder to boulder, but instead of moving away from Hellfire Knight, he ran toward the direction opposite to where they were going. With the difference in velocity nearly doubling, his opponent wouldn't be able to aim as accurately as before. As the distance between the two shortened, he thrust himself toward Hellfire Knight's right side, aiming for a decisive hammering blow to the right elbow with his right knuckle.

Supernova vs Hellfire Knight [3 point Reflex bonus - Guaranteed dodge twice per battle: 1/2 used] This again? Tai met the approaching claws with his knuckles, knocking both of them aside like a whirlwind. Not even a surprise anymore. He ran from the mantle again, flying into a familiar ring of rubble. He had landed as soon as he got there, hoping to exhaust more heat before the second barrage started. Once again, he readied himself for the next impact. One more... The scrapped tunnel he had made before remained over the ring of rubble. Several boulders were left around the rubble as well. Should he take the plasma one more time, not even a boulder in the way could save him. Like a candle held against a flamethrower...

Supernova vs Hellfire Knight !!! Tai immediately took cover behind a big boulder, bracing the impact with his fists before his face. The wave of plasma consumed his cover and his mech, as well as everything around them... A blazing path was left by the wave of plasma, with a charred mech and its kindles surrounding him. "Good grief," the immense heat almost overloaded his mech. A steady exhaustion of heat allowed him to escape total shutdown, but it was only a short term one. He needed a way out, and fast, all while piloting a mech at its limits. His mech's engines roared once more, "No games? Why are you here, then? Allow me to show you the exit!" He leaped forward, blazing right into Hellfire Knight with a right hook, aiming at their right wing.

Halley (24/48) Active cooldowns: Blaster - Paralyzer (usable next turn) Blaster - Sparkling Suppressor (usable this turn) "A-Again?" Halley jumped back, withdrawing from the new slash wounds. She readied her blaster and suppressed the advancing skeletal units. Action: Sparkling Suppressor on [SYN]/2=3 targets: DT Beast Battalion A, DT Warrior Battalion A, and DT Warrior Battalion C, all for [SYN]=6 + (1d4 for every 4 DEX advantage) damage. Disables Basic Attack and Basic Defense for one turn.

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Supernova vs Hellfire Knight [Melee 6 point bonus: Disengage once per fight - Used] Hellfire Knight's claws caught Tai's mech tightly, setting it up for a thorough grill in hot plasma. His mech radiated light, as every piston in his mech as well as the engines pushed themselves to break free from the body lock, pushing the claws aside with immense force. As Hellfire Knight declared the activation of the Hellfire Mantle, Tai used the opportunity to escape from their melee range and pulled a safe distance between him and Hellfire Knight "Heh, you play with flames as well?" Standing at the edge of the heat, he could feel that the so-called Hellfire Mantle could easily roast him should he let himself get captured. "I'm amazed! You really went up to eleven with the heat." Too bad, I was only able to get one hit in. Not quite enough for the finisher. He couldn't quite muscle his way into the field of plasma without getting heavily damage, so he decided to wait out the incredible heat, paying close attention to Hellfire Knight's next move.

Supernova vs HK Tai noticed his opponent's lasers' approaching with the sound of their collision with the ceiling. He had hoped that his opponent would continue using the same explosive bursts. However, the lasers' combined power would give him significantly less reaction time as he got closer through the ceiling. Not planning on guessing the exact point his opponent was aiming at nor continuing on dealing with the ever-threatening lasers, he switched to plan B. In assumption of his opponent having not moved during his short absence from the ground level, he warped out of the small tunnel, avoiding the laser's impact, and reappeared above the knight. One shot, one shot to beat you back into the defensive! He crashed right down upon the gun-toting knight and slammed their main cannon. [Speed 6 point bonus: Teleport once per fight - Used]

Well, there was Kalos Route 10, an ancient Pokemon graveyard in disguise. Perhaps a jungle route?

Aera "There has to be a good reason why the pace has been so slow, right?" Aera suggested, "perhaps he got a secret weapon ready in meantime." "I believe that he'll be able to help us save Vicky and Wally, so I'll wait as long as necessary."

Supernova vs Hellfire Knight Tai quickly rolled to the right, before going full-throttle. The boulders in his way were not able to impede his movement, as he jumped across some and punched through some more, as if they were mere papier-mâché. His erratic pattern of navigation and his incredible acceleration allowed him to evade the barrage. Ready. After a bit of time, he bounced up and sent an uppercut into the ceiling, causing large amount of debris to crash down around him. He then dug into the ceiling with his fists, and quite efficiently;he had disappeared from his opponent's line of sight before the debris settled down. Should the Hellfire Knight pay attention, they would notice a glimpse of fire as the debris surrounded the mech.

"Ha! Worked like a charm!" Halley was quite satisfied with the results. She then turned to the almost-ruined Archer Battalion, deciding on dishing out some damage personally. Action: Basic Attack (1d8+SYN = 1d8+6) on DT Archer Battalion C. +1d4 damage for every 4 DEX advantage.

Tai - Supernova vs. Hellfire Knight Tai stepped into the cave. The Hellfire Knight stood across him, armed with an intimidating orange cannon as well as an array of guns. The rough terrain could serve as covers as he approached the gun-toting titan. Though, the lack of airspace might hurt somewhat in his evasive maneuvers. The knight's impressive defense was certainly a sight for him. Of course, to him, it was merely another wall to collapse before his assault. He designed his mech to destroy armor, after all. "... Good luck, Hellfire Knight." He announced calmly, clenching his fists. "There will be no more interruptions." His jets roared as if in agreement, echoing throughout the cavern.

almost same. lil' me played Emerald for the first time. He picked up Illumise and thought, "man, it'd totally evolve into a Volbeat!" So I had an Illumise all the way till Lilycove. It got to Level 50 before I gave up and boxed it.

Shadow Mewtwo isn't that tough. You just have to proc its Hyper Mode and let it KO itself with Hyper Mode recoil. Personally I wouldn't count Rift Gyarados as an impossible fight, at its current iteration. It has been nerfed to the ground, with vastly worse stats than before AND lowered level making it a paper tiger or would you say a Paper Gyarados?

Interesting. Time to get to theorycrafting!

C for Cursed.