Talk:Kirito vs. Shiroe/@comment-25275196-20161007065545/@comment-3463132-20161007072740

He probably could take regular SAO Kirito, it's once he starts getting into the later arcs that Shiroe simply can't keep up with how quickly Kirito rides the Gary Sue train into higher tiers.

It's entirely possible for Shiroe to chain-spells to keep Kirito entirely unable to fight for an extended period of time- the question is whether the damage Shiroe could do during that time would be enough to take Kirito down.

It's essentially a battle of attrition- Kirito's heatlh vs Shiroe's mana- whichever outlasts the other would win.