[@Xavier Bloodbayne] There's dynamic strength and static strength, lifting vs. explosive motion. ALL motion is based off of strength. Auz, being a speed beast, has enormous dynamic strength, in other words, acceleration in addition to velocity. [quote=@Xavier Bloodbayne] 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. [/quote] Back when you said Auz had a speed value of less than 400, you claimed that he was "slightly superior" to Xavier. Now that it's 590, he's still only slightly superior. You also say that if anything, the characters are "evenly matched". I fail to see how facing an opponent that can endure a sword to the neck, overpower you with raw strength, attack from nearly any angle, and reshape his weapons at will, can be called remotely even with a simple swordsman whose only supposed advantage at this point is speed, which is also being more or less matched. Note that I've had a solid basis for Auz's speed since the beginning of the thread, that being Bruce Lee (whose specialty was acceleration, not at all sprinting). You set a quantifiable speed stat for Xavier three posts ago. Auz, right now, is about six times faster than a peak human striker. I can't do anything really at this point about speed, but that's kind of moot too, since the next attack may most likely decide what occurs. I'm insisting that a layer of reinforced blood won't help Xavier against Auz's slash. Here's how I figure it. [youtube]https://youtu.be/Gw4EoWi5QSM?t=366[/youtube] Skip to 6:05. That kick gets clocked in at 136 mph. Since Auz's superhuman strength at his peak power makes his longsword feel as light as a part of his own body, and since the linear speed at the tip of the sword is greater than that at the base, I'll assume that his fastest swing is 136 mph times 5.9. That's roughly 802 miles per hour, enough to supersede the sound barrier. You say Xavier's blood can equal metal in durability. Large caliber bullets can blow holes in plate metal. Now replace that bullet. Make it a sword with the mass of a human body behind it. I wouldn't be surprised if Auz could outright cleave Xavier in two at the waist. Xavier's bones are tough as shit, I know. There's more bone in his head than the neck, by far, and the vertebrae are segmented so it's easier to separate them. I'm thinking that if I aimed for his head, it'd be pathetically simple for you to duck the slash or let it glance off the forehead plate, especially when you claim Xavier is almost as fast as Auz. We could probably debate over who is faster all week, but both of our character's hits are in the process of landing. I'm arguing that Auz's is far, far more lethal than you give it credit for. I'm willing to let your speed calculations stand, regardless of credibility or my opinions about my own character.