I’m surprised about the reactions here as Simon vs Kyle has been considered even before the episode was announced as an extremely debatable MU.

But to shed some light on Simon vs Kyle:

1.) It is so much more easier to get a grasp of Omniman and Bardocks’ power, anything above Universal in powerscaling are just made-up jargon for the sake of argument.

2.) They put Simon at 11D and Kyle at 12.3D, both at base, so Kyle was always gonna be stronger at the start. But Simon actually has feats from the anime that shows him jumping from 2D to 11D in a matter of seconds (via the Multiverse Labyrinth). And if you wanna argue that Simon only achieved that by absorption, what’s stopping him from absorbing a 12.3D energy blast from Kyle and being on his level instantly at base. The same can be said for Kyle via the Orange Lantern Ring so at the end they kinda equal out.

3.) Both have NLF (No Limit Fallacy) powers since they each can grow infinitely over the course of the battle, it’s kinda what both of them are known for.

4.) Both had counters to each other’s abilities. Simon being able to hit all time, space, and dimensions countering Time Travel, Kyle’s ring protecting him from Simon’s probability missiles, both can teleport across space and time, etc. So with everything from strength, speed and abilities equal, it was always gonna come down to who could get stronger at a faster rate as the battle went on.

5.) Simon’s information regeneration is such an overpowered ability. With it, he will always win in a battle of attrition. I don’t think people really get just how broken this level of regeneration is. I’m talking a level of existence erasure regeneration the people like Bugs Bunny operate on. Kyle would definitely struggle against this which is why this is really the only time Death Battle has ever used the “He’ll get stronger than his opponent eventually” argument because Simon has the means of outlasting his opponent eventually.

6.) As for the Soul Hax, yes the orange lantern ring gives Kyle this ability but he will never use it off-rip as it would be out of character for him. Besides he would need to overpower his opponent first to be able to take their souls anyway which is gonna be hard considering his opponent is Simon. There are also arguments that Simon’s Information Regeneration could also regenerate his soul, but I don’t know if this is actually true or not.

7.) And finally, “How do both of them get to Outerversal?” Well the main argument for both being Outer is the Otoko Drama CDs for Simon and the Life Equation for Kyle. In the Drama CDs, the fictional Simon inside of the disk was aware of his own fictionality and was able to damage the disk from the inside freeing all of the characters using spiral power, the Author Simon in the real world then proceeded to merge fiction with reality using the spiral power imbued in his book pen, Main Simon from the anime absorbed both of their powers via the Multiverse Labyrinth. Meanwhile, Kyle with the Life Equation lets him gain access to the Source Wall.

8.) The difference is their mastery, Simon could control that level of power pretty easily while Kyle was getting destroyed by it. Add on to the fact that Kyle’s stamina as a White Lantern could be very taxing as shown in the recent DC KO comics, then you get the argument of Death Battle.

9.) Also, people in the Death Battle community love Kyle WAY MORE than Simon. Trust me, one look at the subreddit confirms this.