[@Doc Doctor] I say the hit can be tanked simply because I have not yet run out of defenses. Xavier is built with interior defenses. A metallic skeletal structure which makes it very hard to lop off any limb with one strike. Ontop of that he is still coated with metal that can provide a split second minor increase in defense. The expected result is a partially severed head. No outcome is final. A blow to the skull is a bit harder to defend, but you chose the base of his neck. And at this point the two would be matched, a point I tried to reiterate before. I understand Auz gets stronger and faster with each death. Where Auz may be able to move large distances faster. Xavier is able to cover short distances faster and with greater force. As well as being able to get going faster. This is the exact reason I chose to favor acceleration above out right speed. Mind you Xavier was still poised to strike. I set the pieces for it in place around two posts back when I attached the metallic threads to his arm. Its a feint because I never intended to need a full swing, only a partial to get it moving. It would be hard to even see the blade move before the chain portion was created. Which is why I say it moves so fast, theres alot of momentum to carry it. No matter how "meager" you interpret that single foot. Xavier is and always has been a battling machine. Every aspect of him was created with battling in mind. . For someone to be able to just surpass him is ludicrous. To match him in battle yes, I could see that. By math, Auz is currently 335.1 units of speed faster than he was in the beginning. Starting with a base stat of 90/100. [hider=Speed Math] 90 * 0.25 = 22.5 + 90 = 112.5 112.5 * 0.25 = 28.125 + 112.5 = 140.625 140.625 * 0.25 = 35.15 + 140.65 = 175.78 175.78 * 0.25 = 43.95 + 175.78 = 219.73 219.73 * 0.25 = 54.93 + 219.73 = 274.66 274.66 * 0.25 = 60.4 + 274.66 = 335.1 Final speed stat - 335.1/100 [/hider] I took the liberty of cranking your speed up to 100/100 since your CS clearly states he favors speed. But even that comes to only 381/100 Now Xavier is capable of delivering a full powered punch of around 3000lbs. The average person can deliver a punch around 178 lbs. While a karate black belt can deliver a 412lb hit. The highest recorded. Now if we say Auz begins with double the power of an average karate black belt, 824, it still does not put him on par with Xaviers muscular power. Which is also a direct correlation between speed. [hider=Strength Math] 824 * 0.25 = 206 + 824 = 1030 1030 * 0.25 = 256.5 + 1030 = 1287 1287 * 0.25 = 321.75 + 1287 = 1609.4 1609.4 * 0.25 = 402.35 + 1609.4 = 2011 2011 * 0.25 = 502.75 + 2011 = 2514 Final Punch Power = 2514 [/hider] Now you will see here that Auz will fall short by around 500 lbs of muscular power. Something directly correlated with speed. Leaving them roughly around the same power level. Keeping in mind that Xavier is clearly almost 10times stronger than the strongest average person, it would stand to reason that his speed would be on about the same level as this. A level which, according to math, Auz falls just short of. So as I said, the two, if ANYTHING, are evenly matched right about now. Please remember also that I gave your character a power boost during the final equation. Your character sheet does not say that your character is twice as strong as a normal human. According to the original math of an average human your character would fall short by even more. I will give Auz his slightly superior speed, but throw in Xaviers ability to get moving faster and they will still be able to almost cancel one another out. All in all, Auz has increased his power by whopping 381%. An amazing jump but certainly not stronger than Xavier. This is all based on the fact that your CS does not state any sort of physical and enhancementa. Just that he was given immortality. You can't argue with math like that.