the shen-hu had much more potential that xing-ke just couldnt make use of
he was fighting the guren (kasoshki) and tristain using 40% power and they both out manuvered him
and bismark went even farther if kicking his ass (despite not using his geass)
but if he could use it at its full potential he might have had a better chance at winning
the lancelot (original) was more powerfull then any other machine in its time, but only when matched with a pilot that could use it effectivelly (other pilots could bearly make it move)
gillford could match toudo's costume gekka (which for all intent and purpose, was a zangetsu without a float unit) while using a glosster (season 1 ep 25)
this despite toudo matching him using his burai kai in ep 11
a machines strangth is only as such as the pilot could make use of and in that regard xing-ke is not on the same level as suzaku and kallen
both were hampered by the limit of their machine potential until being given the newer 9th gens (as evident by their ability to use them effectivelly)
once given the 9th gen the machine potential stopped to matter as both were now limited by their own skill level rather then the limit of what the machine could do)
xing-ke on the other hand was given an 8th gen KMF (possibley the strongest 8th gen but still only 8th) and wasnt able to use its specs to its full potential
he was matched evenly against toudo
pushed back by the tristain and manuvered into a death trap by the guren
and all and all trashed by the galahad
its not likely he would have done better in a 9th gen since he couldnt even make full use of his corrent machine
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