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In defense of the WC
Conspiracy Theorist:
But that’s the argument that an old wizard will beat a young wizard in a nutshell, except Harry reversed the script.
It’s telling that Harry deflected Eb’s boulder instead of trying to stop it and Eb is annoyed that Harry finally listened to him NOW. Harry is a much much wilier opponent than he should be for a wizard of his age, it’s not just combat experience, it’s preparation and don’t forget Harry had only his staff, no shield bracelet, blasting rod or force rings. We know as of The Law he has all of these back, he is preparing and that includes taking on the WC and the Merlin when HE is ready.
He is almost certainly developing countermeasures for a confrontation with the WC, I note that he examined Carlos favourite attack carefully during BG, he probably has figured a way to nullify it as Carlos is likely to be used against him.
Tinfoil hat:
Harry cant beat Ebenezer, hes John Cena 2008-2012, Brock Lesnar 2014 and Roman Reigns 2021 combined. While the Merlin is Undertaker at WrestleMania pre brock Lesnar.
Conspiracy Theorist:
--- Quote from: Tinfoil hat on August 12, 2022, 04:39:04 PM ---Harry cant beat Ebenezer, hes John Cena 2008-2012, Brock Lesnar 2014 and Roman Reigns 2021 combined. While the Merlin is Undertaker at WrestleMania pre brock Lesnar.
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Harry has already beat Eb - confidence is a huge thing for a practitioner of magic and now Eb realises he can’t beat Harry without killing him. Harry on the other hand knows he has stood up to the worst Eb can dish out and walked away unharmed.
Harry wins every time now over Eb.
The Merlin requires a different strategy Harry needs to undermine the Merlin politically in any duel they have, show what he has been up to behind the scenes to the assembled White Council destroy his political power and his confidence at the same time.
vincentric:
--- Quote from: Conspiracy Theorist on August 12, 2022, 05:52:13 PM ---Harry has already beat Eb - confidence is a huge thing for a practitioner of magic and now Eb realises he can’t beat Harry without killing him. Harry on the other hand knows he has stood up to the worst Eb can dish out and walked away unharmed.
Harry wins every time now over Eb.
The Merlin requires a different strategy Harry needs to undermine the Merlin politically in any duel they have, show what he has been up to behind the scenes to the assembled White Council destroy his political power and his confidence at the same time.
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Harry "died" when one of Eb's built in auto defenses triggered. He now knows he can survive long enough to run away but that's a long way from winning a straight-up duel.
Don't get me wrong. I believe Harry is a top 10 wizard but the top 3, EB, Langtry and Rashiid will take him down.
Snark Knight:
--- Quote from: g33k on August 11, 2022, 07:03:32 PM ---We've seen 2 Accorded challenges, IIRC. Ortega vs. Harry, and Harry+Carlos vs Vitto+Maddy. The first one was much more formal, with time between challenge & duel, 2nds to be found, a neutral arbiter (who got to define the methods of the duel!). The 2nd one had none of that; a brief pause while the challenged armed themselves, then an "anything goes" fight (no neutral 3rd party, etc).
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Debatably also a 3rd was Harry vs. Ariana Ortega. Technically not proper in that the Red King ordered a disadvantageous choice of method to punish her usurpation scheme, instead of having her choose as the challenged party, but still more structured than the one in WN in that it was limited to one means instead of everything-goes.
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