[Akiyoshi]

First off, i thank you Keroko for bringing some order here xD

now to the matter:

Originally Posted by Keroko

Like lightning? Or wind?

Fire has the advantage of always being a highly damaging spell by virtue of being... well... fire. Yes, this comes with drawbacks, but then ice and wind have the drawback of not being dangerous until sufficient quantities are used.

Both are natural enemies of fire and while it's true they aren't instantly damaging, the fact they can rely on themselves instead of on an outside powersource is a great advantage against stuff that can shut down Fire's combustion

Originally Posted by Keroko

Also, ice user against fire user. Do tell me who's most likely to come out on top.

It depends on the setting, in Nanohaverse fire is purely offensive but lacks dynamism (unlike other series where Fire can be manipulated into a myriad of creative and effective ways, Signum and Agito just get conformed with throwing fireballs and flamethrowers ...pretty basic stuff).

On a straight match Fire has an edge, on a battle against skilled elemental users Ice can be pretty dangerous, swift disposition of walls, weapons, and big solid structures can protect the user effectively against flames. Unless the heat of those reach near-lava levels the user will be also vulnerable to throwing ice spikes and the like.

Originally Posted by Keroko

How? By running? Cypha has no reason to stay.

Playing hit and run with her maybe? You know attacking her but dissapearing before she can counter attack and then tease her a bit. Cypha totally looks like the type of villain who likes to talk a lot and gloat over her abilities. Heck, even prolonging the chat between the two will suffice. But then again, Signum seems to have awakened with a "less talk, more slash" mentality that morning xDU.

It's true Signum attempted to capture Cypha at first but she should have changed strategies once such task proven to be beyond her capabilities. She's not (as much as it pains me to admit) a knight anymore, she's an officer, if an officer can't handle a situation they retire until a way to do that comes out. She took bad desicions and the criminal got away with their goals anyway so in the end she got nearly killed for nothing.

Originally Posted by Keroko

She did, and she scored several hits doing so. It's just that attacks with magic weaponry on Infected have a negative effect on the weapon and thus hits can't be scored often enough to turn the tide of battle.

Which should be a signal to stop and aim for a different approach but Signum just got cocky and attempted to beat and capture Cypha with a damaged weapon and a couple of defective spells.

Originally Posted by Keroko

Jumping into a forest just gives Cypha a chance to shrug and leave.

If her main goal is the safety of the kids then tricking the criminal who has proven to be stronger than you into leaving the scene alone could be a damn good resolution to Signum's current dilema.

Originally Posted by Keroko

Isis' explosions were chemical, not magical.

I know but that's not the point. Just like the Hucks can cancel weight of a magical construct (an ice mountain being put togheter entirely by magic for example), i bet they can't cancel shockwaves provoked by explosions (unless those are Hollywood explosions that somehow doesn't provoke any shocckwaves at all until the plot request xDU). Otherwise i'm still expecting to know how Agito got to block Tohma's Silver Hammer o_oU

Originally Posted by Keroko

It was an indicator of how dangerous the Eclipse virus is for mages. Notice how they drop the name "Mage Killer" several times during the fight.

Yet the only mage decisively defeated by them and nearly "killed" was Signum. Curren didn't even used her Eclipse abilities to trounce Hayate, Vita and Erio xDU That doesn't talk very well of the "Mage KillerS" nor for Signum xDU

Originally Posted by Keroko

Also, Aki? By the logic you're using, Nanoha is weaker than Vita.

By the beginning of A's Nanoha was, in fact, weaker than Vita, that's why she received such a horrible beating. The excuse of the cartridges falls flat behind the fact Fate hold herself much better against Vita despite lacking upgrades. Then Signum, who was stronger than both at the time, appeared and stompped Fate quickly.

Once they received their upgrades they took the Wolks by surprise on round 1, then during round two Vita had no interest in fighting Nanoha so she fleed the scene.

By StrikerS there's no doubt Nanoha is the stronger of the two ...Vita is still a stron girl but, like Signum, has started to be left behind by the flow of time and the quick progress of the other characters.