So even with Mach 1 sword strikes he has people that give him a challenge, thereby proving he has to have some skill.o_O Well, he still lost.
It's possible that equalised speed could put a dent in his fighting style, the same way it does to Vergil.
I can't see him takng matches off of Link or Marth, either. But that's just me.
Originally posted by LLLLLink
Raphael's version isn't the canon one.First, Raphael's Soul Edge was just a rapier with some veins.
Second, Soul Edge is able to shapeshift, so you really cant claim Raph had the canon one when there candidates with much better presentations.
Besides, in SC2, Soul Edge was incomplete because all of the parts hadn't been reunited yet.
Uh yeah Raphael's ending is the canon one. SC3 even supports this when they say Raphael and Siegfried fought and their battle freed Siegfried from Soul Edge while at the same time Raphael was infected and slowly became a vampire. At the end of SC2 Raphael was the actual one to fight Siegfried.
This is from a Soul Calibur Wikia page.
In his quest for the Soul Edge, Raphael tracked down and pursued its possessor, the Azure Knight Nightmare, at Ostrheinsburg Castle, but after a fierce battle, he was defeated. His body weakened, and his consciousness fading, Raphael looked up towards the Azure Knight about to deliver a finishing blow, and he muttered Amy's name. Emotion overcame Raphael's entire being, and he forced his body to move. The desperate strike he unleashed pierced the center of Soul Edge's eye; and his opponent writhed in pain. That was the last he remembered before losing consciousness. Once he recovered, he found he was alive and that the Azure Knight left without killing him.Raphael dragged his wounded body back to his mansion. He spent several days on the brink of death, and eventually recovered, but he didn't notice the evil energy that had festered in his Soul Edge induced wounds. He had come across the phenomenon of malignity transformation before in his research, but the transformation was already completed by the time Raphael thought of this.
The symptoms even spread to Amy, possibly infected while she was treating his wounds. Their minds were intact, but they suffered physical symptoms: their skin turned pale and their eyes shone red; they felt weak and sluggish by day, and a powerful thirst by night. Not long before, the neighboring people learned of their strange behavior. Thinking it was some form of plague, they attempted to drive them away. Furious, Raphael thought of taking vengeance, but giving priority to Amy's safety, he instead took her away for good.
Originally posted by Wei Phoenix
Uh yeah Raphael's ending is the canon one. SC3 even supports this when they say Raphael and Siegfried fought and their battle freed Siegfried from Soul Edge while at the same time Raphael was infected and slowly became a vampire. At the end of SC2 Raphael was the actual one to fight Siegfried.This is from a Soul Calibur Wikia page.
Didn't he defeat Nightmare and Inferno in his ending? That isn't canon, as canonically, he lost to Nightmare in an intense duel, after which he stabbed Soul Edge. That was how Siegfried was able to regain control of his body.
Originally posted by Demonic Phoenix
Didn't he defeat Nightmare and Inferno in his ending? That isn't canon, as canonically, he lost to Nightmare in an intense duel, after which he stabbed Soul Edge. That was how Siegfried was able to regain control of his body.
That's defeating Nightmare, I never said he beat Inferno, I hope I didn't convey that message for I don't want to intentionally spread false information. He was about to lose to Nightmare and die, but his determination forced his body to deliver one more blow which gave him the victory over Nightmare and freed Siegfried.
You or the Link guy said Raphael's ending is canon. In his ending, he has already defeated them. He then returns to Amy with Soul Edge. That isn't canon.
Facing off against Nightmare is canon.
Meh, doesn't matter anyway.
Originally posted by Ridley_Prime
Given what Wei said about SC2, Raphael I suppose.I like how Nightmare only got one nomination... >.> And how would Dark Khan even be able to do fencing? haermm
He'll just infect the others with RAAAAAAAAAAAAGGGGEEEEEEEEEE! DK wins the olympics.
wait i withdraw my vote for raphael. i didn't see Vergil there. My vote goes to him. Blinding speed, incredible reaction time, able to catch bullets in the air. Also has defense skills that i would venture forth to say as impenetrable, also has disarming techniques from a sword lock with Dante.
We is to strong and skilled for normal human reaction time which is what we are dealing with
Originally posted by Maester_yoda
wait i withdraw my vote for raphael. i didn't see Vergil there. My vote goes to him. Blinding speed, incredible reaction time, able to catch bullets in the air. Also has defense skills that i would venture forth to say as impenetrable, also has disarming techniques from a sword lock with Dante.We is to strong and skilled for normal human reaction time which is what we are dealing with
Wouldn't speed be a part of physical attributes that are all equaled?
Originally posted by Maester_yoda
wait i withdraw my vote for raphael. i didn't see Vergil there. My vote goes to him. Blinding speed, incredible reaction time, able to catch bullets in the air. Also has defense skills that i would venture forth to say as impenetrable, also has disarming techniques from a sword lock with Dante.We is to strong and skilled for normal human reaction time which is what we are dealing with
Bollocks, I know. SC wanted Link to win, so he nerfed everyone 😛.
Originally posted by Wei Phoenix
Improper choice of wording on my part then which I'll happily admit fault. What I was trying to convey was that Raphael was the one who fought Nightmare and won, although he got lucky, not a stomping not that he beat Nightmare then went on to beat Inferno and gain the sword.
Gotcha, happens to the best of us.