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Originally Posted by Kaijo
Ya know, I've been thinking about a Mikoto/Accelerator matchup, trying to see if there was any way for her to beat him. Came up with a few possibles that may or may not work:
1. He needs to breathe, so there are various ways of removing oxygen, one of which one of the clones tried to do. Lightning does split the air, creating a temporary vacuum; thunder is the sound of the air rushing back in to fill eat. So you can create a "cage" of electricity to block new oxygen from getting in. This has the side effect of also heating the air within, and while he can vector heat away, it would still eat up oxygen.
2. Expansion of the vacuum idea; a vacuum isn't a vector by itself, so send lightning to "miss" his body just barely, and let the resulting vacuum cause physical damage via lacerations. When he loses enough blood, he'll get weak and pass out.
3. Strong magnetic fields. He doesn't unconsciously vector these away since they don't cause harm... but lure him into a metal building and charge it up with a very strong magnetic field and you can begin to affect the iron in the blood and he brain. By the time he realizes what's going on, he's too disoriented and damaged internally. Magnetic fields do have a vector, so it would count on him not realizing what's going on; would need a distraction. Would would come in the form of...
4. Bright flashes of light to blind him, and loud thunderclap sounds near his ears to deafen him. He's not changing the vector of light, and he consciously needs to block out sound; proper application of lightning and thunder would occur too fast for him to change. Even if he blocks out sound, that still leaves him relatively deaf.
5. More of a silly idea, but... follow him around, zapping the food and water he tries to eat and drink so he can't. Hunger/thirst does him in, heh.
Anyway, stupid ideas, not sure if they've been discussed, but I wondered why they thought so strongly that she couldn't beat him, when the application of their powers does leave openings. The only reason I am left with is: "Somehow he would always be able to outthink her" which means powers doesn't have as much to do with it.
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1.) Accelerator can manipulate anything he touches. Even if Mikoto or one of the Sisters cut off the oxygen supply, the vacuum created by lightning would cause air from the surrounding area to rush in to take its place. This air movement is a vector, which Accelerator can manipulate.
2.) Accelerator can manipulate almost anything. It'd be a reasonable weakness if he couldn't manipulate anything that doesn't have a vector, but he was written to even be able to manipulate heat. Heat is a scalar quantity and does not have a unified direction to it, yet Accel can manipulate it. It's safe to assume that Accelator's power would shield him from the vacuum too.
3.) You have no idea what he does redirect. Because...
4.) Accelerator does redirect light vectors. Ever wonder why he's completely pale, his eyes are red, and his hair white? His body redirects the ultraviolet part of the light spectrum, even though small doses aren't harmful to the body at all because the human body produces pigments to absorb light. His body does reflect light, which is why his skin, hair, and eyes have no pigments. As for sound, even if he does have to consciously redirect it, he can do it in no time at all. He redirected Mikoto's electricity and railgun with little effort, and her attacks aren't exactly slow. Also, Accelerator does not have to completely block out sound. Sound acts as vibrations through a physical medium, like air. With Accel's ability, he could soften the sound down to a harmless intensity.
5.)Sure, if you can think of a way to follow him for weeks without getting caught or harming others in the process. A lot of water supplies are through public facilities. If that gets zapped, the entire supply could be affected, meaning others who use said facilities would be affected as well.
Application of their powers does leave some room for debate, but Accelator has shown enough how precise he can be with his powers. If he was able to remove a virus from Last Order's memory without harming any of her other brain functions, he can certainly handle anything less complicated like protecting himself.