Talk:Vol.2 Ch.50: 28F - Devil of the Right Arm (9)/@comment-5831327-20130205081443/@comment-6084110-20130207000107

I never said Horyang was as strong as Ran + Novick, I was just saying that he's on their level (he didn't get a chance to activate his devil before Cassano stabbed him.

As for the Ran being weakened vs Viole argument, that really isn't an excuse. He fought Horyang and Cassano (with Novick's help) for only a relatively short period of time, only used one powerful shinsoo attack, and had pretty much no injuries. If Ran burns out that quickly, that's a weakness that's a part of his overall ability. Viole, on the other hand, wasn't even really trying vs Ran and Novick; he didn't use many of his techniques, and if he'd wanted to, he probably could've just frozen both of them with fast skip and ended the fight in a couple of seconds (we know he can freeze Novick, not sure about Ran).

@Deadend: The only reason you think Viole's team isn't that strong is b/c all of the teams we know of so far are also stacked. Koon's and Ship's teams are both likely to be top 10, and Chang's team featured a top 5 FM and top 10 WC. The vast majority of teams won't have anyone noteworthy; they'll just be fodder.