Talk:Noctis vs YoRHa 2B/@comment-3463132-20170317050536/@comment-3463132-20170318041454

Well, as a fellow 2B fight writer (I've got her going up against Raiden from Metal Gear myself) I think it'd be useful to have a dialoge with you about what I think are notable advantages she brings to the table- also I think I have a clue plus a theory I would like your thoughts on.

First of all- ze clue and ze theory. I actually have been messaging the official Nier Automata Facebook page and, after initially just getting the generic robot response, I actually got a person. When asked about 2B's evasion I was given the following response:

''"Hi (my real name), the best way to think of it is kind of like a brief teleport style of evasion." ''

So, in light of this, I would theorize her evasion works thus- she begins to teleport, thus no longer being physically present, and the 4 'copies' of her show the locations she can reappear at. Should a larger attack such as the giant chainsaws cover the entire area she can move to- she will take damage because she reappears within the area of the attack and is thus hit.

Not a perfect theory but it's what I'm planning on going with for my match, I was hoping to get your feedback on that as you've also played the game and have seen the evasion I speak of.

But beyond that- one of her biggest advantages is her pod(s) if allowed in a match. I believe she can get up to 3 (haven't managed to progress far enough to get an additional one yet) and this frankly allows her a staggering advantage in combat. Whlie she can engage her opponent in melee, her pod(s) can be keeping up a stream of automatic gunfire at them at the same time. That's frankly quite useful- an opponent has to either constantly stay moving or be incredibly fast to deal with both her attacks and the attacks of the pod.

Which is something else I wanted to ask you about- do you think the pods violate the "No outside help" rule? I don't believe they have a 'true' AI like say Cortana, so I wouldn't view them as sentient outside help. Also unlike traditional outside help like say, Link's fairy friend, not having the pods severely cripples 2B's combat abilities to the point where you're using something like half a character.