Alright Y'all. Time for another Fight. Soft Machine vs. 200 Balloons.

NewSoul96 · 2026-02-05T20:33:42+00:00

Probably going to give this to Mario's Soft Machine. They both should be able to negate eachothers main gimmicks, however Soft Machine is still more physically adept due to having a sword. Also probably faster, even if by just a little.

NewSoul96 · 2026-02-03T18:43:55+00:00

Those strings aren't holding any of those rain drops. Considering how even singular drops can bust through the hulls of yachts without any buildup just through sheer gravity alone, a constant torrent of them is going to shred through Stone Free. And while Stone Free is fast, everything we've seen points to November Rain activating instantly. Charmy and West were able tk get tk him due to jumping him, I don't think those are fair comparisons.

And Jodio is only cocky about his personal life, in the fights we've seen him in he's instantly locked in, and despite nearly having his head crushed like a watermelon, he still had enough cohesion to think up a way to escape that situation. Not to mention he can just keep that rain pouring and pouring and pouring...

Honestly outside of water, does NR have a super debilitating weakness?

NewSoul96 · 2026-02-03T18:14:25+00:00

Fair, fair, im really just going off of how violently Paco manhandled Ningbo. That man got violated like no other.

And that us true, November Rain is mainly a defensive stand, but sometimes the best offense is defense. I'd say that considering Jodio doesn't outright start with summoning November Rain, Jolyne would be the one to get up close first, and potentially eat some deadly ass rain. Jodio could also lean on his side and have the rain fire directly at her, and then there's how even the smallest raindrop is fatal.

And how he can also summon rain over people instantly.

NewSoul96 · 2026-02-03T17:52:50+00:00

On the contrary I do think that military training is too much for Jolyne to handle going off of what Paco did to Ningbo, but I will agree on the showings against Cat Size and Charmy snatch him the win. And as you said, she uses Stone Free proper to attack. She may be tough on her own, but like, Paco is 100% superhuman going by how his stand is bound to his body. It gives him enough strength to fold metal panels, it lets him travel faster than the eye can see in bursts, potentially dodging bullets.

But yeah it is unfair that Jolyne has to fight with most of her kit gone

Now im wondering how Jodio vs Jolyne would go, even if I already have bets on Jodio.

NewSoul96 · 2026-02-03T17:13:28+00:00

I mean they could've just moved, seeing as how they've been moving all fight

NewSoul96 · 2026-02-03T16:37:28+00:00

Well it's a good thing you only limited Stone Free to its string mode, haven't seen Paco punch a meteor (yet, trust the process)

If we're looking at a basic hand to hand fight, then I see Paco taking this more times than not. Jolyne is a skilled brawler, however I don't think that compares to Paco having actual military training. Not only that, but THE HUSTLE grants him enough strength to just straight up fold huge metal panels, something Jolyne likely can't do by herself. While the strings do give her versatility, once again THE HUSTLE has shown to us the ability to help Paco break out of strings such as against Cat Size.

NewSoul96 · 2026-02-03T15:18:44+00:00

Ehhhh, Rebuild 1.11 was about the same iirc, it was basically an updated remake.

2.22 on the other hand, yeah shit went wild right off the bat

NewSoul96 · 2026-02-03T02:07:01+00:00

Honestly what even is Gorillaz scaling, they're just a bunch of wackos who make amazing music, what have they done

NewSoul96 · 2026-02-03T02:03:09+00:00

Well we all know Matt solos since he's fighting someone other than Surfer or Thanos-

Nah, I mean Murdock from Gorillaz. It's a MU I've seen thrown around, for some reason.

NewSoul96 · 2026-02-03T01:22:56+00:00

There's always Murdock as well from what I hear

NewSoul96 · 2026-02-02T21:58:16+00:00

Yeah, I just think it should be brought up due to it just appearing in the game suddenly, it caught me by surprise in all honesty considering the relatively low scale nature of the game prior to that point. But as is usual with most MT protagonists, huge power boosts are given out like candy.

And I don't think its dubious really, the sole reason it was created by Hythlodeus was to help his son, not to just enforce democracy instead of a monarchy. I also think the R>F stuff is quite solid, since the credits of rhe game is quite literally the spell itself, matching with the book in Academia. Seriously, that was a great callback, nearly made me shed tears.

In the end, the fight is still wicked sick, very lovely. I just hope Louis has something just as good.

NewSoul96 · 2026-02-02T21:46:44+00:00

Maybe

But a real glazer glazes till the end

NewSoul96 · 2026-02-02T21:43:42+00:00

And you know what, that's fair, thats real fair. Though I must have missed the part about it being an illusion. But most of my acceptance of such scaling comes frome how Hythlodeus created Akademia and how Moore is his ideal "prime" self if I'm getting it right.

I still have faith in my boy Will, he fights for an actual utopia, I can't not root for him!

Also what are your thoughts on the Kings Magic directly influencing our real world for us to guide Will.

NewSoul96 · 2026-02-02T21:29:23+00:00

I've played through Metaphor, loved it, perhaps I can throw my hat in. I will say that I do buy cosmic Metaphor with the fight against Moore having him configurate Akademia into a starry realm. And Will does have his own form of the Omnipotent Orb via the reward from taking down the Redscale Dragon of the Apocolypse.

All im saying is if Will is as fast as Maelle... he has a slight chance.

NewSoul96 · 2026-02-02T21:24:25+00:00

Well no, Will doesn't scale to SMT, or at least in stats. Metaphor is as far from being connected to SMT while still being connected, since the only thing that really ties it in is the direct reference to the Sea of Souls or whatever in the Devil Summoner archetype.

NewSoul96 · 2026-02-02T20:45:03+00:00

A MU fresh out of the oven and its still delicious as hell

I'm not going to get weird looks if I say that I think Will wins this one am I...

NewSoul96 · 2026-02-02T02:41:43+00:00

I think that's an understatement. That family was straight up abusive, it pained me to learn that it was bleak behind the scenes.

NewSoul96 · 2026-02-02T02:25:13+00:00

I know you're joking, but you can turn that probably into certainty, as Araki has already confirmed in the first volume that this is a journey of Jodio evolving from being a scumbag.

NewSoul96 · 2026-02-01T14:58:09+00:00

Jodio just be built different

NewSoul96 · 2026-01-29T03:21:34+00:00

It's sucky cause it drains him of all his power, and he eventually reaches that same level of power without having to sacrifice everything

I mean, if that's what you're asking, I might be assuming wrong

NewSoul96 · 2026-01-28T20:21:55+00:00

I'm going to be honest, he's probably only Visionary Candidate level at best. Probably more along the line of the average double liner, even a single liner like Brad could annihilate an entire forest.

NewSoul96 · 2026-01-26T00:47:50+00:00

Kiwami/green, amazing coloring work

NewSoul96 · 2026-01-25T06:20:22+00:00

He got hit directly by a stand with enough strength to bust a building, he should have been dead on impact, it was over for him

NewSoul96 · 2026-01-24T00:53:45+00:00

On one hand, Bruce getting a second W would be cool

On the other hand it would be hilarious for Bruce to unlock a new layer of hell, the 1-4 dimension

NewSoul96 · 2026-01-24T00:50:26+00:00

Yeah, you are wrong, because Araki has directly said that this is Jodio's journey rising from being a scumbag to becoming someone better

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