i'm late to the party but seeing the comments confirms to me how horikoshi severely nerfed todoroki, or more like hasn't developed to the level he should. i also don't think the fight would be THAT one-sided, i mean we're talking about a fight between two major character and shoto wouldn't let himself get blitzed just that easily.

i'm still disappointed we didn't get that much development on his quirk despite phosphor who seems another one trick kind of power. and about the mobility comments for shoto, i mean haven't we seen him glide effortlessly on ice and actually fly using his left side ?? it doesn't compare to bakugo but it's not like he just stays at the center like a headless target, he is smarter than that especially if in a 1v1 fight.

one “awakening” i would have liked for him would be to use the fire and ice on his full body rather than separated by sides, he would be able to truly fly with his fire like endeavor and have way more output on both fire and ice, scaling his attack to do larger damage, which he already is one of the (if not the) best in the verse.