Originally posted by XanatosForever
Greater speed + reaction time means Kratos can't keep him in his sights long enough to stone him, nor will the AoE work, since he can outrun it. He dodge Alec's potshots until he's finished off the first two, then the guerilla is so much monkey chow.
Kratos does not need to keep him in his sites, the AOE stone is an enormous AOE, you cant run out of it and he wouldnt know when its coming, he would get into about 8 meters within Kratos' range and BOOM the gorgon head flashes with light and Mercer is a statue.
Dodge every one while dodging Kratos swinging his blades and the Shaman letting loose earthquakes that splitting the land or totems and lightning attacks? I didnt increase Mercers durability, one hit from Kratos and hes probably going to be mush if he doesnt block, Mercer and Thrall are not going to sit back and relax while hes tossing Kratos around either.
And th guerilla? he prob just jumps back as Mercer jumps at him, not noticing the tiny box on the floor that opens into a singularity and absorbs the poor bugger.
Dante is not as quick as you seem to want to believe, certainly not while in a fight and trying to defeat opponents. With the right spacing between them Mercer could be fireing thermobaric warheads, huge missles that would turn Mercer into a stain on the ground if he does not get out of the blast.
Ill advised, Mercer cannot run or hardly move while using the tentacle, as soon as he stops to use it unless hes flying through the air then he gets dissolved by a Mason shot or turned to stone. This tactic of yous all takes time regardless of any speed enhancement ive given Mercer, slicing Thrall, pulling him in etc hell even transforming his arm from hands to tentacle takes a second or so....
No not necesserily, Dantes speed as in, his legs, his movements, Dante has no speed affecting tranformations......the pull and release I may be able to factor but you see, Dante has no appendages like a tentacle, so its a long haul to think Dante would be quicker with it than Mercer, Dantes a fast runner, a quick fighter, but his speed is not high enough to stop Kratos, Thrall and an invicible Mason all at once without getting a hit.
As I said, Mercer cannot move when using the tentacle to throw out, unless ofcourse he is in the air at the time, either way hes going to have some tmiing between selecting diffrent powers.
Well, hold on there. At first you said he had little to no movement when using the tentacle on the ground, meaning he still had at least a little bit of motion. Even if it's just the ability to shuffle, combined with Dante's speed, it'll enhance that.
You say his speed is in his legs, but where has there been showings that Dante can run like the dickens, but is slower than molasses when wielding his weapons? You can't pick and choose how an ability works, you have to take it for all that it is, and that means that all of Mercer's abilities will be faster.
Assuming Mercer is motionless during his tentacle attack on the ground, then he can simply take to the skies, and with the enhanced speed still catch Thrall and have him reeled in within a few seconds.
Originally posted by XanatosForever
Well, hold on there. At first you said he had little to no movement when using the tentacle on the ground, meaning he still had at least a little bit of motion. Even if it's just the ability to shuffle, combined with Dante's speed, it'll enhance that.You say his speed is in his legs, but where has there been showings that Dante can run like the dickens, but is slower than molasses when wielding his weapons? You can't pick and choose how an ability works, you have to take it for all that it is, and that means that all of Mercer's abilities will be faster.
Assuming Mercer is motionless during his tentacle attack on the ground, then he can simply take to the skies, and with the enhanced speed still catch Thrall and have him reeled in within a few seconds.
Ok so it will be from a slow shuffle to a quicker shuffle....no major diffrence.
No...speed is all about what momentum and forces you can control with your body, Dante can control his legs, movements with a sword, sure, but that does not mean that a whip is going to be faster, its based on diffrent principles, friciton etc...
a few seconds is all it really takes for a good few shots on him with a dissolve gun or for Kratos to charge stone powers....besides Shamans have many shields, fire, cold etc, theyll harm Mercer, so will shocks, he could hit Mercer with that shot burst or w/e that annoying spell disrupter is and knock him off balance out of the air, hell if hes knocked out of the air (where Dantes speed will not help him) he has the choice of falling like a rock and having Kratos, Thrall AND mason the ability to have pot shots at him, OR he can slowly glide....