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Originally Posted by Rising Dragon
Nonette is forgotten as usual. Lol.
But the way I see it, the Knights of Round had no true opponents and thus grew complacent. There were no real threats to them until Kallen. And as it is, we do know they have skill, so long as they're allowed to show it. Bismarck, Gino, Anya, Suzaku, and Luciano all have skill that we've seen--Bismarck was able to fight Xing-ke to a standstill, Gino and Anya were both able to hold their own in battle even against Kallen, and Luciano combatively raped people up until he went up against the Devil of a Knightmare Frame piloted by one of the show's top two pilots.
Nonette, at the least, we can assume has skill. While we never see it, Cornelia is scared shitless of her, and we KNOW how good a pilot she is. Dorothea, despite being the throw-away character she was, we can give the benefit of the doubt to--she wasn't given a chance, I'm betting the Lancelot Albion was firing from a range Knightmares normally don't have. If anything, Monica is the only anomaly since instead of getting the fuck out of the way, she decided to shout Suzaku's name (and not even get to finish saying it). And judging by the time interval between Albion's appearance in front of her Knightmare and her destruction, she DID have time to attempt to dodge. At most, she would've lost her Knightmare's arm.
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Bismark actually had an advantage over Xing-ke
Gino and anya got curb stomped by kallen at the same time
despite that, gino has shown some skill against other opponents (xing-ke, gillford and jeremia)
anya on the other had, is a faux action girl who gets taken out in every single fight ever
luciano gets props for lasting as long as he did against the SEITEN, but he never stood a chance
the other fems never really had a chance to show what they had (a satherland cant hope to fight the old lancelot, and here they are up against the albion)
and while Nonette is someone who scares cornellia, there is no way to know if its her skill or her personality that does so
in total, the KoR had SOME skill, but not enough to justify the rep they get
part of it might be the lack of experience against real enemies of their caliber
they get super prototypes on par with the lancelot, and then spend all their time fighting mooks in the EU
and the first time ANY of the KoR ever faces a flight enabled enemy is when the guren gets the upgrade