[b][color=green]Verdict 2[/color][/b]

The piercing attack of Xavier is defeated by the nature of Dias' beam attack. The properties of Dias' attack is set to destroy matter "instantly" which is a time modifier that denotes how long it took for it to dissolve objects it establishes contact with. Xavier's attack, to be a piercer, would require two elements for a successful attempt: The substituted material and the projectile itself. This goes into the same ruling as Pollen or Argryia's fight where the latter, much like your bout, does not have any defining characters of energy we can base our analysis off of. So by roleplaying mechanics and previous rulings we have concluded that the ball would be destroyed by the power of Dias’ attack since it has made first contact before subsequent actions of Xavier would enable it shield his Dread energy.

The Dread energy, itself, however can potentially be preserved but not in this attack. Evidence suggest that dread energy attempted to dampening the beam as a cloud during Xavier’s initial AOEs. Dread Particles, by admission of Xavier, would not fair well or almost at all against the energy emitted by his adversary; however, the second element of Xavier’s counter-attack (his piercer) is not simply a separated cloud of dread particles but an active state of Dread Energy. We cannot factual deduce how energy of one type (Narria beam) can effect another, though Xavier and the judges have given credence to the allowance of how Dias’ attack operated.

We are basing our ruling now off roleplay mechanics and TZDL’s scheduling system. The attack of Dias has no active stipulation or weaknesses governing its behavior. It has already proved effective in dispersing non-concentrated dread matter in its more gaseous state and effectively damaged his opponent’s natural defenses for the time being. The piercing attack Xavier attempted is thwarted but the Dread Energy passing into the attack is another matter. This half of the is only preserved up until a certain range, but since it isn’t the concentrated attack of Dias’ Narria Beam (including 8 seconds and its destructive capabilities) it will dissipate much like the dread particles that came before it. This implies Dread energy of perhaps the same variety at a stronger payload may result in desired effects should Xavier decide to pursue it. A lack of weakness of Dias’ attack would suggest that if a full stop-destruction of any effort Xavier tries to fight this beam and its speed would rank it Schedule 2 (no one but Pollen’s shroud would have a real good chance at it either). This is an outcome we want to avoid.

Over some distance the dread energy launched without any protection will be defeated. Xavier you may make the changes to your post on your 2nd EOD. We’ve based our findings off the established events from both parties to deduce the outcome while adhering to TZDL. Proceed.