Talk:Link vs Kirito/@comment-12846745-20150822011219/@comment-3463132-20150827125219

The thought process was something like this:

Link isn't fast enough to fight Kirito in CQC, meaning Kirito can simply get around the Hylian Shield; Kirito happens to have experience doing just that against several shield users.

Kirito holds an actual feat of cutting a shield in half from 5 meters away- no skills, no abilities, just a regular sword slash; meaning he'd likely cut through Link's armor without issue. At best it will take more than one hit- which I accounted for.

Link has to pull out his equipment to use it, he doesn't just walk around with Fierce Deity Mask on- his setup is Master Sword and Hylian Shield; alongside some armor. He adapts as needed to his opponent; but his opponent isn't going to simply stand there and let him do whatever are they?

And Link simply doesn't hit hard enough for me to think he could down Kirito's entire health bar before Kirito got in a fatal hit. Kirito was tanking multiple swords bigger than he was being stabbed into his chest and still going strong- Link simply doesn't compare.

Kirito is kind of BS since he's canonically a video game character. He can take a killing blow and just laugh it off; Kite has the same thing- he's just less blatant about it.