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Old 2009-08-23, 23:30   Link #2308
AdmiralTigerclaw
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Except that a charged up Levantine sliced right through Bardiche like a hot knife through butter and later damaged its core... and a charged Graf Eisen chipped away at RH's core like a rocket powered jackhammer. Neither were Jewel seed power, but did significantly more damage to the devices.

Cannon insists that there is some level of magical reinforcing to them, which explains why a magic boost makes a sword that is no more sharp suddenly cut so much better. One should also note that the release from the Jewel seed was not all that physically destructive because there were two considerably less resistant to 'blow-the-f*ck-up' fleshbags named Nanoha and Fate right there standing in the core of the 'blast' holding on to those devices, and that despite the 'nuclear fireball' effect we get to watch, they remained physically unharmed. Even when fate grabbed the seed bare handed.

So it is not a clear cut example.

Though the point is prudent. Good Tactic it is NOT unless you have something designed specificly for dealing with it. You're talking about hitting a moving target the size of your fist with a high power precision attack. Essentially the magical version of "BOOM!" Headshot.

In direct combat with a mage, this may be futile when they actively spot the attacks and are defending. This leaves you with standoff and surprise. Not only do chances of hitting the mark go down with distance, but the mage and/or device are probably in constant motion.

Still, a weakpoint is a weak point, and you must always account for them, as you never know when you may need to, or can exploit it.


EDIT: @ Dezo
In A's, Shamal was charging the cartridges like they were batteries.
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