Talk:Payne/@comment-49.145.96.227-20200410012901/@comment-45405164-20200410053033

Just no. That battle isn't Payne vs. Maple but instead a 4v1.

Dred uses God Speed and Drag uses Berserk, and then Frederica uses Multi-Full Transfer to transfer the buffs to Payne. God Speed grants invisibility and Berserk removes the delay at the end of skills. Berserk also likely grants a damage bonus.

Next, Payne and his group attacked when they were sure Maple had expended all of her skills. Had they known about Atrocity, they would have waited until she used it. A single block with Devour destroys his sword. A single Paralyzing Shout can paralyze him.

Maple's HP is 1,000 and her AGI is 50 with Atrocity active. Even though he could 1-shot a 200 HP player with an armor penetration skill, she is now easily beyond that. Her new AGI will allow her to avoid armor penetration skills since they all have a big windup (cast time).

Payne even says it himself in the web novel just after the 4th event (guild competition); if he and Maple were to have a 1 on 1 with all their skills available, he sees zero possibility of winning.

.. Maple actually gets noticably stronger after this event through a passive skill that makes people with Poison Immunity not so immune and a new summon skill.

If you want a battle with Maple (no skills available) vs Payne, Payne would win. He only got so close to killing Maple because he knew about her before the event and acquired Poison Immunity and armor penetrating skills. It's like walking into the first boss in an MMORPG with equipment, gear, and items meant to face the last boss. Your argument is invalid because you want Maple to be naked with 0HP 0VIT while Payne has 99999 fixed-damage on each attack.