2012-06-17, 08:35 | Link #3461 | |
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-Kira gave Yzak and Andrew their scars with melee weaponry. -Kira killed Rau with the beam saber. -Kira took out Saviour with beam sabers -Kira took out Neo Roanoke with beam sabers -Kira destroyed the Destroy (Stellar) with beam sabers Kira likes to use his beam sabers and makes great use of them, He has defeated 90% of known pilots in Seed/Destiny with Melee weaponry. Kira "Prefers" to use Ranged weaponry but also uses Beam Sabers to their outmost limit. BTW there are more examples, I just didnt find a point to make a longer list... |
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2012-06-17, 09:38 | Link #3463 |
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wow, what is going on here? XD....Is this Kira vs Shinn or Freedom vs Destiny?
I would like to drop a few comments here...designing-wise..I don't know why Destiny anti-ship sword does not cover with anti-beam coating....(as we can see IJ just breaks Destiny's sword)...so to me, Destiny has that little "weakness"...you never know when your well-matched opponent can break your sword... I would think that Kira in Destiny would use the shoulder beam boomerang more as a beam saber and would use anti-ship sword in a deciding moment...
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2012-06-17, 10:18 | Link #3464 |
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Just gonna say this, Destined_Fate: The games don't count. None of them count. Not Dynasty Warriors, not SRW, none of them. None of them are canon and none of them make accurate portrayals of the machines used in them. Stop using them as a crutch for this debate. Use the actual canon evidence portrayed in the shows.
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2012-06-17, 10:23 | Link #3465 | |
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Just like how Shinn won that fight in EP 34 fair and square. Because it was battle not an duel. The fact that Kira was distracted by archangel and didn't want to kill a ZAFT pilot is his own problem. Shinn worked his ass off did everything he could to win that fight.
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2012-06-17, 14:12 | Link #3466 | |
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2012-06-17, 17:34 | Link #3467 | |
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But anyway, even if you put anti-beam coating, it might not be as effective on a sword given its shape. |
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2012-06-17, 17:36 | Link #3468 | |
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Perhaps you should bother to read the post I'm addressing before making such a statement as that? |
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2012-06-17, 17:39 | Link #3469 |
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... you're the only who keeps bringing up the games and mentioning the character/vehicle stats in them. Hell, you're doing it again right now. Stop that, because no one uses them as a skill gauge because it's not accurate and not canon.
And where, exactly, did Athrun beat Kira in a melee brawl? Because last I checked, Athrun lost the melee fights against Kira.
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2012-06-17, 17:45 | Link #3470 | |
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Athrun beat Kira just fine in Melee in SEED. SEED Destiny Athrun was a terrible pilot compared to Shinn and Kira but that's because they failed at giving him situations to shine since Shinn and later Kira needed that time to shine. |
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2012-06-17, 18:02 | Link #3471 | |
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For your arguments to hold a bit of weight, you need to remove the blatant confirmation bias that oozes through your posts. You can't only acknowledge the evidence that supports your argument and disregard everything else presented in the series. You said "Athrun beat Kira just fine in Melee in SEED" but failed to acknowledge that Kira beat Athrun "just fine in Melee" in Destiny. |
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2012-06-17, 18:37 | Link #3472 |
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You act like the Strike fared any better. Stop picking through the parts you like and ignoring the rest. Athrun was a shitty pilot for most of SEED Destiny because the plot demanded that he be shitty compared to Shinn, the Main Character, and later Kira who retook the lead role due to rabid fan demand. They should have done it like Zeta and just flipped off the Kira fans like they flipped off Amuro fans and telling the angry fans that Zeta was Kamille's story, not Amuro's so deal with it.
I keep seeing this bias card yet the post addressing me are extremely bias, and actively try and insult me hence why I don't even bother to respond to certain posters, that try and break done Shinn as nothing and Kira as a God which both SEED and SEED Destiny has shown that Kira has been defeated and isn't a God. With melee being the main reason he ever lost a fight. Than there's the part that he supervised the completion of the Strike Freedom. It's telling that Kira ignored melee altogether in favor of massive ranged power. Fact of the matter is that SEED Destiny cemented the Destiny Gundam as Shinn's just like how the Strike Gundam was literally made for Kira as well since he's the one that supervised its creation. There's literally no possible way Kira will ever be able to pilot the Destiny as good as Shinn or the Infinite Justice as good as Athrun, especially since they're far more melee based which is something Kira isn't as good at as they are. |
2012-06-17, 18:38 | Link #3473 | |
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Such a shame really, Destiny was so close to be my ideal MS...right now, if you ask me to pilot one MS from the seed universe...I would choose Freedom (not SF)..melee was never a problem to Freedom...I am not going to say who is better at melee, but I know Freedom can definitely hold its own at that area
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2012-06-17, 18:53 | Link #3474 |
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I seem to recall Kira managing to sword-catch the Destiny's ultimate melee weapon using the Strike Freedom at Orb. The timing and coordination of man and mobile suit needed to do something like that must have been quite impressive. If that isn't close-quarters melee skill, I don't know what is.
If he had fired the beam cannon in S-Freedom's torso instead of the rail guns, he would have killed Shinn right there. Not that I care for Kira as a character or anything, as I think in Destiny he stopped having a personality, but I can't deny he's got it over Shinn on MS piloting skill. Everything in Seed Destiny points to the fact that on an equal footing, Kira trumps Shinn in piloting skill. Kira managed to hold off both Shinn AND Rey with the Strike Freedom. |
2012-06-17, 19:06 | Link #3475 |
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It was a defensive skill which suits Kira's style in melee. That's what makes fighting him a pain in the ass because even though he's not as good melee fighter as Shinn or Athrun he's still smart and skilled enough to know how to evade/block blows and get distance between opponents where he has a huge advantage.
Which Shinn knew he wouldn't, that's why Shinn got that close and could take such risks to defeat Kira. Even than Kira should have won if he was the surperior melee fighter, he has shown that he can easily disable lesser pilots in melee range even if he's much better at disabling at a distance. Overall Kira is the better pilot over Shinn, he's the "Ultimate" Coordinator after all and has years of experience. However Kira doesn't match Shinn or Athrun in melee combat, he's the ranged master for a reason and his personal Strike Freedom represents that. Hold off isn't the same as defeating, anyone can stall. Even Cagalli stalled pretty well even when she was outmatched, even if SEED Destiny turned her into a horrible pilot and her way of stalling was "Get beat up by Shinn with the Akatsuki getting trashed until Kira and Athrun show up with new toys". |
2012-06-17, 19:50 | Link #3476 |
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Do you just actively block out any scene of Kira's where he demonstrates offensive skill with melee weaponry? That's the only way I can think of that you'd consider him lousy at fighting, beyond constantly referencing the games and his stats in said games.
In the meantime, you've yet to answer my goddamn question about when Athrun beat Kira. I haven't seen all of Destiny, but I have seen enough of it to where Kira and Athrun teamed up again, so I've seen all of their fight scenes, and have them all on DVD to check. Remind me again where Kira definitively lost a battle against Athrun, because I sure as hell don't remember it. Also, about the Strike faring no better--it lost an arm in that entire fight and was still mostly intact when the Aegis blew up. The Aegis, on the other hand... well, it blew up. Fact of the matter is, the Strike did fare better, and did as much damage to the Aegis with a single saber, when Athrun needed four sabers to do the same to the Strike.
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2012-06-17, 23:00 | Link #3477 |
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Still you aren't reading my post. I suggest you stop responding to me if you can't stop yourself from cussing and getting angry just because you're misinterpreting everything I've been posting by not reading my post when you respond to them.
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2012-06-17, 23:05 | Link #3478 |
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I'm neither angry, nor am I misunderstanding what you're saying. You have been saying that Kira is terrible at melee fighting and biased against melee fighting in favor of ranged combat, which is completely untrue. I've presented you with the evidence as to why; you've been avoiding my own question and haven't presented any actual evidence to your claims, which puts you at the weaker position in the argument.
You can keep saying that I'm "misunderstanding your posts" or "not reading your posts" but all you've been saying lately is that "Kira is bad at melee." "Kira only does ranged combat." We've all proven that false. Confront it for once.
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2012-06-17, 23:28 | Link #3479 |
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Yes you have misinterpeted what I have said and you post was clearly one filled with anger and frustration. My suggestion to you is that you just stop responding to me since you're clearly emotionaly compromised over this matter.
And no, you've proven nothing of the sort. Though I'll leave it at that. I'm going to let you cool off before I even bother responding to your posts again. |
2012-06-17, 23:38 | Link #3480 |
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If that's what you want, then fine. But keep in mind that until you provide proof of your claims, such as when Athrun definitively beat Kira, not a single person that's participated here will believe what you say.
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