Originally posted by EvilAngel
Again, you are compeltely wrong.Ryu more of an assassin one or two strikes and his enemy is dead. This requires blinding speed and great insight true.
Sephiroth is a Swordsmaster. His battles consist of swordplay with other combat specialists. In SOLDIER he was KNOWN to be the single greatest one of them all. This implies huge skill and experience when it comes to battles with other people who possess amazing skill, speed and strength.
While Ryu is skilled, Battleing against someone like Sephiroth would play into his hands. Ryu lacks the experience to Defeat Sephiroth blade to blade.
From my PoV i can't even see how this is debatable
Ryu has incredibly blinding speed, I agree with that.
Ryu is also a skilled swordmaster. He has massive speed that is on par with Seph's in the KH battle. DOA and Ninja Gaiden are two intwetwined games, DOA Hayabusa is younger than NG Hayabusa, thus he has had years pf experience and skill throughout the years of DOA 1,2,3,4 and soon to be 5, and in Ninja Gaiden 1, and soon to be 2.