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Part 4: Does Raiden Solo?

... but does that matter? Raiden can certainly take a licking and keep desperately kicking, no matter how torn to pieces he gets in the process. Even taking a potshot or three from time freezing belmont and luminaire, to say that Raiden would be put down before he lets it rip is only possible if he gets REAL unlucky with debuffs. Almost assuredly, he's taking down more guys with him. If no one has anything to stop him in his tracks, that's game.

... but Sypha has Break. And I see temporary petrification, especially on a target who's getting revived, providing a LOT of openings.

The critical weakness to Raiden is being able to end his onslaught - if you're capable of getting room to breathe instead of the guy mauling you mercilessly, there is nary a thing to do about it, he will just keep winning. But having disruption, being able to either endure and counter or somehow stop the pain, that allows for openings. I would normally consider Sypha waaaay too squishy for this strategy, as it's a rather short-range cloud of effect - but Raiden's up close and her team is uniquely built to make sure that this status can get off. And unable to defend himself and already wounded... THIS is where I see Raiden falling. Needing a full stall and multiple party members worth of effort to beat him... but I think he's beatable, even while motivated.

While this is a very long narrative, I wanted to lay everything out, out of respect for both teams. Both have very strong merits and bring a lot to the table - an endless bag of tricks versus utterly overwhelming force that's been allowed to thrive. I wanted to judge this, not just by raw statistical powers and feelings, but how I felt every merc would be able to cooperate, feel, and contribute at every step of every encounter, while also considering the permutations. Please, accept this decision in the spirit of that.

Tingle Tingle, Kooloo-Limpah.