Originally posted by Burning thought
I like how you class a second or less as forevor when Kain does something but when Bowser does something that takes just as long if not longer its "Kain could never dodge this!" when a human could probably do so. Real life mist is not Kains mist clearly, Kains mist is under his control, not anything else and passing wind does not disrupt him, neither does his movement while real mist is quite easily evaporated, Kains remains in all his environments, I cant guess at how powerful the wind vortex trap is. This also tells you that he can survive this damage, not just die instantly and lava is far hotter than Bowsers fireballs which do not seem to do much damage in the vids youve shown me, even bowser himself does not take much damage from him and note, Vortexes and Bowsers breath have something in common, easily avoidable and very short range. Considering kain can move several meters in <second in mist form and instantly go in and out of it, these fireballs and breath attacks are ignorable for Kain.
No, Kain teleporting takes more than 3 seconds, which is why I classed that as "forever." Bowser has shown a 3 second charge time once, whereas all others have either not had a charge time or were less than 1 second. Now, then, the Vortex trap is not strong enough to pull in a solid Kain, but it is strong enough to pull in his mist form; so, it's fairly weak, compared to Bowser being able to inhale full sized humans. As for lava, Bowser's flame typically either does the same amount of damage as lava, or in some cases more. In Galaxy, Bowser's flame and lava deal the same amount of damage. In Paper Mario, lava deals 1 damage and Bowser deals 10. Not sure where you get the "weak" thing from, especially since Bowser can turn trees to ash in seconds. It's more than likely Bowser's flame is hot enough to damage Kain regardless of his form.
It gives Kain more than enough time in both examples, the intent is obvious, as I said a human can bypass that, let alone Kain. One mist dodge and kain could be behind Bowser if hes close enough, killing him before he can react or too far to the left or right for the fire to be a problem.
Mario is, again, human in only the most technical sense. I don't doubt Kain could really get that close given the range of Bowser's attacks anyway.
Why would he use full strength when as shown, his full strength is a multiple of that? tbh, he never shows to show full strength at all, that would suggest grunts or struggles which he never does even in his best feats, unlike Bowser. Correction, unless I can actually get a temperature we cannot gauge the exact heat, I cant make anything up unless I pulled a number out of thin air.
I thought you were mr "has to be in a cutscene!" guy? since thats all you talk about concerning Kain yet you show hypocrisy here since neither of these vids is in a cutscene. Also, is that all from one game? so theres only one game of him using claws, does this game hold any strength feats for this bowser?
You're basing Raziel's full strength off how he pushes the blocks, but you don't think he'd use his full strength pushing the blocks. I'm sorry, what? Grunting is not a good indication of effort, you're grasping at straws there, especially since Raziel is dead. Unless you can get an exact temperature, saying that Kain can't tank any heat at all is making things up. You misunderstand about the cutscenes, as I said I'm only going by the rules you keep putting up. Since you seem to say it's okay for gameplay to be used, I'll use gameplay. And are you serious? I just linked 2 different games (Paper Mario and Super Mario RPG) with Bowser using his claws, and you're claiming it's only a one time thing? Fine, you want a strength feat?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CGti_e46fco#t=3m45s
There. Bowser and a guy who Bowser defeated holding up the ceiling of a castle. You find out later that the floor collapsed. I don't know why you seem to think it's a different Bowser, though.
I just gave examples, ive never seen the stronger bowsers use claws for one, and as I pointed out, difference in base stats like strength and size, very large differences, especially confusing when their stats dont scale. Kain does not vary on a base level, other than the fact technically Kains base stats would vary, and I fully recognise this since each younger Kain is weaker than the Elder, apart from BO2 Kain who is older than BO1 but possibly weaker before the end. I do apply the same standard for the canon, when have I ever claimed BO2 or BO1 Kain can do everything Defiance Kain can do? I never did afaik....while you on the other hand use Bowser as a whole as if hes always capable of everything hes done which is disproven, as hes too weak to do more than make small holes in planetoids despite being many times the size, or rarely uses all his powers, unlike Kain he also seems to have access to power sources, like the star rod that are unique in certain games.
Except Bowser has a legitimate ability to change size, and he is always extremely strong, as the link I gave you above demonstrates. You know, the one with Paper Bowser, who uses claws. No, what you're doing is claiming that Defiance Kain can do everything the other Kain's can, such as cast spells or use Dark Gifts, which he does not do. Why is only making a small hole in a planetoid weak again? You mean Bowser is exactly like Kain, who seems to have access to items like the Flay and Font of putrescence that are unique to certain games?
I am saying that the reason Bowser may not use his claws in the games he shows strength in, would be that high pressure at the end of them would smash them, or kill him. I can see a pattern to the stronger bowsers only using their fists, and I have yet to have you show me him using his claws on something durable. Take Raziel, he can take his pressure at his claws, they seem to be damn strong since even Kain deflecting them and all that pressure does not harm Raziel, while Bowser punches almost all the time.
'k, aside from the notion that Bowser is always a different character, I have already shown you a claw using Bowser holding up a ceiling until the floor collapsed, without damage. You're making conclusions based on false premises and guessing at things when there's no indication. There is no reason to assume that Bowser's claws would break if he used them, and as already proven the pressure of his strength is not a problem.
Not fast enough that I cannot observe him with my human eyes, I wonder how slowly Kain will think it looks, slow enough for any one of his spells. Well no, if he were lucky enough to have Kain let him ram him, either his spikes based on the evidence would break and him with them or little to nothing would happen, Kain would just get knocked backwards as if he was punched. Whats the, "bowser is quite heavy" based on but tbh all ive seen is him flying about like hes light, very light indeed.
Are you implying that I cannot track Kain with my human eyes? He's not physically faster than Mario, and he's been hit plenty of times by slower things. There is no evidence to base Bowser's spikes breaking on anything, why are you making things up? Bowser's spikes have been hit by a meal hammer wielded by a multi-ton Mario and failed to break, so evidence actually lends itself to Bowser piercing Kain here. Once again, your conclusions are lacking in crucial information.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CN8G7rozbNM#t=3m26s
Such as Bowser being able to body slam through several layers of stone blocks. Almost as if he were extremely heavy, you think? Well, Bowser does have some ability to manipulate gravity, so he can seemingly change his weight as he wishes.
He did react, he said he was burning, also I dont know how hot those flames are, but the heat of his own fire in the earlier video certainly sent him running in terror.
What earlier video, and what do you mean by terror? Because based on the evidence provided Bowser can feel fire but is not overly bothered by it.
No not really, you can see in all these videos hes moving the same speed as a normal man, you claiming hes faster argues with the evidence unless you can counter, although you know Mario is just as varied as bowser from game to game, because he has different power sources, like whatever allows him to fly around (those stars?) in Mario galaxy, either that or he just randomly gains it in this story. Each mario, and each bowser have access to game specific feats and abilities, many of which are contradicted later, while Kain is not contradicted, he just seems to either be stronger or weaker but he never gains plot specific power ups that are relevent here. (yes he gains the nexus stone to resist the soul reaver in BO2, but its irrelevent as I say).
Again, you're implying that Defiance Kain can cast all the spells and Dark gifts as Blood Omen Kain can without evidence (and seems to be contradicted,) why can't I do the same with Bowser and Mario? The "power sources" hardly explain what you're trying to do here, Bowser is consistently strong and his basic abilities do not vary much, if at all.
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Why are the first 2 useless? The Iron ball is heavier than any stone Raziel might pull, and it is actively working against him, so Mario's stronger than Raziel most likely. The castle is odd, but you can't deny that Mario has super strength.
Doubt it, since Bowser is the opposite of frail, so it'd probably just bounce of his shell or something, like everything else does.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CxJDa6QgBm0#t=5m48s
Notably, Bowser's shell can tank another Bowser's spiked shell, with the same stone crushing power as himself.