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Originally Posted by Sunder the Gold

Dusk Taker's ability allowed him to take Aviation, an ability that required all of Silver Crow's potential, and still had room left for a number of powerful items that Silver Crow could not possess, on top of his ability to steal other, better items as the opportunity or need arose.

My guess is that it is only three other items, the bolt clippers, Pyro Dealer, and tentacles. DC failed against CP's pile driver, that could mean no more free space as well. But minor point.

Originally Posted by Sunder the Gold

Aviation is more than just Silver Crow's wings; it's also in his Kick and Punch attacks; especially the Punch, when it unfolds and unleashes a jet. Silver Crow's SP plummets rapidly whenever he uses Aviation to supplement a Punch or Kick. His wings turn those normal moves into Special Moves.

Not special moves, Gold. They're still normal moves, but Crow's high speed gives them a lot of energy. Mechanics says kinetic energy is 1/2 x mass x velocity of object squared, so to make up for his light body and still deal enough damage, Crow had to fly as fast as he could.

His foot-to-the-face on Cherry Rook, thus, did so much more damage simply because 1) they were falling from a huge height, lots of speed, and 2) larger combined mass of Cherry, Armour, and Crow. Enough to destroy the stage, and Demonic City as that.

And during his IS training, Crow's last Laser Sword on the old Tokyo tower made his gauntlet open up just like his flying Punch. If IS only unlocks the potential that was always there, then..he never lost Punch? This is what I can think.

Originally Posted by Sunder the Gold

There is another possibility. Namely, that Dusk Taker always had a hidden power, just as Silver Crow initially did. But for whatever reason, Noumi didn't achieve the trigger condition that would reveal it.

Demonic Commandeer might not have been purchased as a level up bonus, but merely unveiled like Aviation... just much, much later.

This still doesn't explain why either ability would be hidden to begin with, especially since those abilities are the entire focus of the avatars.

Your point on turning the tables brought up something:

For equal level, equal potential, Dusk Taker MUST have something, this we agree.

So what if Noumi was always able to steal at level 1? In other words, his special move, requiring a full SP gauge, was to steal from the opponent. This is a fair 'turning the tables' move as you said.

However, Noumi was limited because when he stole, it was for that fight and that fight only. Should he steal, win the duel, and challenge another person, the stolen equipment is not retained. In other words, more like borrowing, or KYH's Absolute Cutting.

Thus, his Level 4 bonus, the one that is more suited for fighting in the UNF, is retention; the retaining of the item he stole. In the UNF, this makes sense; after the opponent respawns, the tables are still turned in Taker's favour because he's still holding on to said equipment.

The problem thus arose when this ability was not restricted to the UNF only, so he started using it in duels.