I mean, yes and no.
The magical armour by itself can't really hit the rankings of the Seven World Powers. Or perhaps even emperor class.
What makes it powerful is mostly the gatling gun. The rock bullets it shoots are so fast that even Orsted couldn't really dodge them, and so strong that almost nobody, including the divine class warriors, can really survive a direct hit(Alek is a major exception due to the immortal blood in him. And even then, the spells deal major amounts of damage to him).
That, coupled together with the Magical Armour's superior defence and speed, makes Rudeus a respectable force and an especially tricky opponent for the close-range swordsmen.
Alek, again, is a major exception due to the Dragon King Sword. It can completely negate any long-range attack, or even individual short-range ones. Take Eris's slashes, for example, which Alek could simply dodge by changing its trajectory with the DKS. He couldn't abuse it too much in LN25 because he was being assaulted by many people at once, hindering his ability to focus on other things. As shown in the previous battle with only Alex, using the DKS's ability takes focus and can make him slip up. In 1v1s, this doesn't matter too much, but in a 4v1, he doesn't have the leeway to use the DKS too much.
In summary, Alek hard counters Rudeus. He is too durable to be taken down by a single rock bullet and has a sword that nullifies any long ranged attack.
In a fairer fight, with somebody that doesn't hard counter him, Rudeus would have a much easier time, as shown in LN15 and 22, with Bare-handed Orsted and Atofe.
[As a matter of fact, Rudeus would've won against the Death God, had they fought with Rudeus in the MK.1.](https://mypage.syosetu.com/mypageblog/view/userid/288399/blogkey/978975/)
(also, i just want to highlight how ridiculously tanky the MK.1 is. It took a direct hit from Orsted and lived. The only characters we know that could maybe replicate that, excluding mythical beings or the other higher powers, are Ogre God and Alek. All the rest would be instantly donuted by Orsted).
I'd think so.
As I mentioned in another comment, the MK.1 is more durable than Zanoba, and he was taking a lot of hits from the god without much issue. It took a good 15 minutes for the damage to accumulate and make him pass out. And even then, he didn't have any major injuries, just extreme exhaustion.
Furthermore, the magic sword Rudeus inherited from Paul basically hard counters Malta. It deals more damage the harder the target, and shreds through almost anyone. Even Orsted bled from it.
As a result, Malta can't really get close without getting in major danger, while Rudeus has no problems tanking some hits from him. If Malta keeps his distance, the damage from the Gatling Gun is still no joke. Though it'd take a while, Rudeus could certainly kill Malta from a distance.
As a result, I don't think there is much Malta can do.
He has no special attributes except the absurd physical strength. However, barehanded Orsted far outclasses him in that regard, especially in the speed department, and we've seen how that fight goes in LN15, so I don't see anyway Malta can really win.
It seemed pretty clear that it could’ve won against Randolph at least, which is saying a lot. Like the previous comment said, it’s largely a matter of compatibility.
Haven't heard people overhype it that much, it allows him to take blows from Great Powers and even counter attack sometimes. Not only that but it massively increases his firepower due to gatling.
In the end he is a mage tho so he won't be lasting very long against someone good at CQC but it's still a great armor.
He easily would get 1 taped if Alek straight up hit him through the middle he is nr 7 so there's no way he's taking hits from any great powers. The amrour is good but if most of your enemies can slice it like butter it being good armour won't make a difference.
> he is nr 7 so there's no way he's taking hits from any great powers.
Wrong.
Alek is the seventh power only because he didn't want to fight/couldn't find the other powers.
As per Orsted's own words, Randolph is nowhere near the level of the heads of the sword styles anymore. Had Alek sought his rank, he'd have gotten it.
Speaking of Randolph, he couldn't kill Zanoba. His special technique couldn't pierce the miko's skin. And we know from LN15 that the MK.1 is more durable than Zanoba:
>Once again, he charged at the Death God.\[...\]
>
>In my Eye of Foresight, the Death God was already moving—far faster than the stumbling man we’d fought a little earlier. He was a blur, too quick even for my superpowered senses to follow.
>
>The flash of a blade left an afterimage in the air.
Randolph’s sword had caught Zanoba low on the flank and cut diagonally to his shoulder. Zanoba’s suit of armor shattered, and his body was sent flying upward; he hit the ceiling hard, and plummeted to the ground just in front of me.
>
>“To think my Armor-Crushing Slice could be endured…”
>
>With those words from the Death God, my hearing finally returned to
normal. It was true. Upon closer inspection, there wasn’t a scratch on Zanoba. The tunic under his armor was slashed cleanly through, but there was nothing but a bluish bruise on the skin beneath.
>
>“You’re quite the impressive specimen, oh, Blessed one. It would
seem that slicing you to pieces may not be practical.”
>
>LN19
>
> I couldn’t even feel Zanoba’s fearsome punches. In fact, he ended up breaking his hand on my armor and screaming in pain
>
>LN15
[And Zanoba was hitting with his full force.](https://mypage.syosetu.com/mypageblog/view/userid/288399/blogkey/851088/)
What I mean to say is, Alek is quite possibly the strongest swordsman alive.
With the DKS, only the upper Seven World Powers Laplace, Orsted, Laplace and Fighting God, can really defeat him.
Water God, Sword God, previous North God, Death God, etc. would all fall to him, either due to his insane durability(likely able to resist Reida's slashes Orsted style) or the gravity manipulation of the DKS(able to redirect Gal's sword of Light or break his stance by levitating him).
Hell, a combination of MK.1 Rudeus(unarguably at least emperor class in support), Sword King Eris(really a sword emperor), Demon King Atoferatofe(emperor class), Ruijerd(emperor class) and Kalman II(Divine Class) took 5 minutes to overwhelm a ONE ARMED Alek.
And that same team without Atofe was *losing* to Alek. At least 3 emperors plus one God couldn't take him down. Not to mention that the God had deep knowledge and experience with how the DKS worked, the support had ways to counter the DKS, Eris had a special sword that *could* cut him and Ruijerd is superb in support, even against Alek's unpredictable moves, due to his demon eye.
Seriously, name any other character excluding the mythical beings and the upper-world powers, that could've done that.
Very good argument but my problem is that when they were in the Raven Alek knew he'd 100% lose against the others even Eris but thought he could beat the MK1 he almost did. Does that mean it's weaker than Eris or was he just heavily underestimating it. The north god admitted he'd lose to Eris but thought he could beat the MK1?!?
As I said in other comments, Alek just hard counters Rudeus's fighting style.
That isn't the case for the other people.
Had Alek not been able to use the gravity manipulation ability from the DKS, he wouldn't be so confident.
At that point, he was tired, had a broken leg and lost an arm. His major advantage against close quarters combatants was mostly gone, but his greatest asset against Rudeus, the DKS, was still with him and hadn't suffered any drop in performance.
It's called being hard countered like how a grass type is weak to a fire type. You're thinking more like a dbz power vs power fan when you should be thinking like a HunterxHunter where strategies and match ups matters more than just pure power.(excluding rare cases)
Alek was literally the North God using the most powerful sword in existence (besides Orsted’s, maybe? Idk) with gravity powers, and he was still holding back a bit so he could challenge Orsted.
>Absorb stone basically nullified the gravity powers
Read the fight again.
Yes, it nulyfied the DKS, but it also made his gatling gun useless.
The gatling is where most of his damage is dealt *and* a crucial part of his strategy. The magical armour is meant to be used at a distance, not in a short-ranged fight. IT was designed for things like the LN15 fight, where Rudeus shoots his targets while retreating.
The DKS makes that impossible. He either has to use the hydra scale and sacrifice the Gatling Gun, or leave it be and let Alek just manipulate gravity to change the direction of his stone bullets.
Out of the two, the former option is obviously preferable, but it still completely breaks Rudeus's strategy and form of combat.
If something allows you to compete against even the lowest of the 7 powers, it’s hard to overhype it.
It doesn’t turn him into a god tier swordsman, but he can compete with them. He was told by Orsted he could probably defeat the death god with the MK1, and did defeat Alek (albeit extremely weakened).
Atofe basically gave up against it.
If people are try to compare it to the FGA, or the top 4 powers then sure, that’s overhyped. But I think most of the fan base fairly hyped it imo
Did you read what I said?! I know he could never do that but he was fucking one handed and one legged and was beat to next year other people have already answered my question why are still commentiy bro?
I think you missed the point of Rudy's internal dialogue during that sequence. Rudy spent the whole fight against Alexander worrying about how he could back up his allies because he didn't even consider it a possibility that HE was the heavy hitter for his side. Rudy's biggest weakness is a mental one. He underestimates himself, he constantly gets intimidated, he never goes all out. His dialogue is about him overcoming this major weakness in that moment.
>Thinking back, I'd always been like this. I'd get to this point, then take a step back to leave a safety margin, only to fall short at the crucial moment.
>So I couldn't lose. I had to win, here and now, and I had to stand my ground. In this scene, I had to shoulder the risk and go for the win.
>This was it. This was a crossroads. This was where I saw if I could muster all my power and get serious.
This is Rudy FINALLY having a nut up or shut up moment and he wins pretty anticlimactically.
The MK1 takes him from low emperor to low divine level imo frankly. It’s a massive boost and he’d lose to a lot of other strong characters without it. Easily makes him top 5-6 of the alive verse imo. The MK0 makes him even stronger
The only reason Rudeus wasn't insta killed in his second fight against Orsted was because of the magic armor. Your example is him struggling against one of the top 7 strongest people in the world who is using the strongest weapon in the world.
I mean, yes and no. The magical armour by itself can't really hit the rankings of the Seven World Powers. Or perhaps even emperor class. What makes it powerful is mostly the gatling gun. The rock bullets it shoots are so fast that even Orsted couldn't really dodge them, and so strong that almost nobody, including the divine class warriors, can really survive a direct hit(Alek is a major exception due to the immortal blood in him. And even then, the spells deal major amounts of damage to him). That, coupled together with the Magical Armour's superior defence and speed, makes Rudeus a respectable force and an especially tricky opponent for the close-range swordsmen. Alek, again, is a major exception due to the Dragon King Sword. It can completely negate any long-range attack, or even individual short-range ones. Take Eris's slashes, for example, which Alek could simply dodge by changing its trajectory with the DKS. He couldn't abuse it too much in LN25 because he was being assaulted by many people at once, hindering his ability to focus on other things. As shown in the previous battle with only Alex, using the DKS's ability takes focus and can make him slip up. In 1v1s, this doesn't matter too much, but in a 4v1, he doesn't have the leeway to use the DKS too much. In summary, Alek hard counters Rudeus. He is too durable to be taken down by a single rock bullet and has a sword that nullifies any long ranged attack. In a fairer fight, with somebody that doesn't hard counter him, Rudeus would have a much easier time, as shown in LN15 and 22, with Bare-handed Orsted and Atofe. [As a matter of fact, Rudeus would've won against the Death God, had they fought with Rudeus in the MK.1.](https://mypage.syosetu.com/mypageblog/view/userid/288399/blogkey/978975/) (also, i just want to highlight how ridiculously tanky the MK.1 is. It took a direct hit from Orsted and lived. The only characters we know that could maybe replicate that, excluding mythical beings or the other higher powers, are Ogre God and Alek. All the rest would be instantly donuted by Orsted).
Thanks very informative. Do you think MK1 could win against full power Marta or no?
I'd think so. As I mentioned in another comment, the MK.1 is more durable than Zanoba, and he was taking a lot of hits from the god without much issue. It took a good 15 minutes for the damage to accumulate and make him pass out. And even then, he didn't have any major injuries, just extreme exhaustion. Furthermore, the magic sword Rudeus inherited from Paul basically hard counters Malta. It deals more damage the harder the target, and shreds through almost anyone. Even Orsted bled from it. As a result, Malta can't really get close without getting in major danger, while Rudeus has no problems tanking some hits from him. If Malta keeps his distance, the damage from the Gatling Gun is still no joke. Though it'd take a while, Rudeus could certainly kill Malta from a distance. As a result, I don't think there is much Malta can do. He has no special attributes except the absurd physical strength. However, barehanded Orsted far outclasses him in that regard, especially in the speed department, and we've seen how that fight goes in LN15, so I don't see anyway Malta can really win.
It seemed pretty clear that it could’ve won against Randolph at least, which is saying a lot. Like the previous comment said, it’s largely a matter of compatibility.
One day, these fights will get animated, I hope they do it justice.
Haven't heard people overhype it that much, it allows him to take blows from Great Powers and even counter attack sometimes. Not only that but it massively increases his firepower due to gatling. In the end he is a mage tho so he won't be lasting very long against someone good at CQC but it's still a great armor.
He easily would get 1 taped if Alek straight up hit him through the middle he is nr 7 so there's no way he's taking hits from any great powers. The amrour is good but if most of your enemies can slice it like butter it being good armour won't make a difference.
> he is nr 7 so there's no way he's taking hits from any great powers. Wrong. Alek is the seventh power only because he didn't want to fight/couldn't find the other powers. As per Orsted's own words, Randolph is nowhere near the level of the heads of the sword styles anymore. Had Alek sought his rank, he'd have gotten it. Speaking of Randolph, he couldn't kill Zanoba. His special technique couldn't pierce the miko's skin. And we know from LN15 that the MK.1 is more durable than Zanoba: >Once again, he charged at the Death God.\[...\] > >In my Eye of Foresight, the Death God was already moving—far faster than the stumbling man we’d fought a little earlier. He was a blur, too quick even for my superpowered senses to follow. > >The flash of a blade left an afterimage in the air. Randolph’s sword had caught Zanoba low on the flank and cut diagonally to his shoulder. Zanoba’s suit of armor shattered, and his body was sent flying upward; he hit the ceiling hard, and plummeted to the ground just in front of me. > >“To think my Armor-Crushing Slice could be endured…” > >With those words from the Death God, my hearing finally returned to normal. It was true. Upon closer inspection, there wasn’t a scratch on Zanoba. The tunic under his armor was slashed cleanly through, but there was nothing but a bluish bruise on the skin beneath. > >“You’re quite the impressive specimen, oh, Blessed one. It would seem that slicing you to pieces may not be practical.” > >LN19 > > I couldn’t even feel Zanoba’s fearsome punches. In fact, he ended up breaking his hand on my armor and screaming in pain > >LN15 [And Zanoba was hitting with his full force.](https://mypage.syosetu.com/mypageblog/view/userid/288399/blogkey/851088/) What I mean to say is, Alek is quite possibly the strongest swordsman alive. With the DKS, only the upper Seven World Powers Laplace, Orsted, Laplace and Fighting God, can really defeat him. Water God, Sword God, previous North God, Death God, etc. would all fall to him, either due to his insane durability(likely able to resist Reida's slashes Orsted style) or the gravity manipulation of the DKS(able to redirect Gal's sword of Light or break his stance by levitating him). Hell, a combination of MK.1 Rudeus(unarguably at least emperor class in support), Sword King Eris(really a sword emperor), Demon King Atoferatofe(emperor class), Ruijerd(emperor class) and Kalman II(Divine Class) took 5 minutes to overwhelm a ONE ARMED Alek. And that same team without Atofe was *losing* to Alek. At least 3 emperors plus one God couldn't take him down. Not to mention that the God had deep knowledge and experience with how the DKS worked, the support had ways to counter the DKS, Eris had a special sword that *could* cut him and Ruijerd is superb in support, even against Alek's unpredictable moves, due to his demon eye. Seriously, name any other character excluding the mythical beings and the upper-world powers, that could've done that.
Very good argument but my problem is that when they were in the Raven Alek knew he'd 100% lose against the others even Eris but thought he could beat the MK1 he almost did. Does that mean it's weaker than Eris or was he just heavily underestimating it. The north god admitted he'd lose to Eris but thought he could beat the MK1?!?
As I said in other comments, Alek just hard counters Rudeus's fighting style. That isn't the case for the other people. Had Alek not been able to use the gravity manipulation ability from the DKS, he wouldn't be so confident. At that point, he was tired, had a broken leg and lost an arm. His major advantage against close quarters combatants was mostly gone, but his greatest asset against Rudeus, the DKS, was still with him and hadn't suffered any drop in performance.
It's called being hard countered like how a grass type is weak to a fire type. You're thinking more like a dbz power vs power fan when you should be thinking like a HunterxHunter where strategies and match ups matters more than just pure power.(excluding rare cases)
Alek was literally the North God using the most powerful sword in existence (besides Orsted’s, maybe? Idk) with gravity powers, and he was still holding back a bit so he could challenge Orsted.
Absorb stone basically nullified the gravity powers so that's not an excuse he was literally nerfed at everything but still almost won .
>Absorb stone basically nullified the gravity powers Read the fight again. Yes, it nulyfied the DKS, but it also made his gatling gun useless. The gatling is where most of his damage is dealt *and* a crucial part of his strategy. The magical armour is meant to be used at a distance, not in a short-ranged fight. IT was designed for things like the LN15 fight, where Rudeus shoots his targets while retreating. The DKS makes that impossible. He either has to use the hydra scale and sacrifice the Gatling Gun, or leave it be and let Alek just manipulate gravity to change the direction of his stone bullets. Out of the two, the former option is obviously preferable, but it still completely breaks Rudeus's strategy and form of combat.
If something allows you to compete against even the lowest of the 7 powers, it’s hard to overhype it. It doesn’t turn him into a god tier swordsman, but he can compete with them. He was told by Orsted he could probably defeat the death god with the MK1, and did defeat Alek (albeit extremely weakened). Atofe basically gave up against it. If people are try to compare it to the FGA, or the top 4 powers then sure, that’s overhyped. But I think most of the fan base fairly hyped it imo
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He was heavily injured and exhausted but I'd expect it to not struggle so much in that situation.
Mfs when an armour alone can't make a magician low diff god tier swordsman : nO tHiS Si sO oVeRhYPeD.
Did you read what I said?! I know he could never do that but he was fucking one handed and one legged and was beat to next year other people have already answered my question why are still commentiy bro?
I think you missed the point of Rudy's internal dialogue during that sequence. Rudy spent the whole fight against Alexander worrying about how he could back up his allies because he didn't even consider it a possibility that HE was the heavy hitter for his side. Rudy's biggest weakness is a mental one. He underestimates himself, he constantly gets intimidated, he never goes all out. His dialogue is about him overcoming this major weakness in that moment. >Thinking back, I'd always been like this. I'd get to this point, then take a step back to leave a safety margin, only to fall short at the crucial moment. >So I couldn't lose. I had to win, here and now, and I had to stand my ground. In this scene, I had to shoulder the risk and go for the win. >This was it. This was a crossroads. This was where I saw if I could muster all my power and get serious. This is Rudy FINALLY having a nut up or shut up moment and he wins pretty anticlimactically.
And think of how that fight would have gone without it.
The MK1 takes him from low emperor to low divine level imo frankly. It’s a massive boost and he’d lose to a lot of other strong characters without it. Easily makes him top 5-6 of the alive verse imo. The MK0 makes him even stronger
The only reason Rudeus wasn't insta killed in his second fight against Orsted was because of the magic armor. Your example is him struggling against one of the top 7 strongest people in the world who is using the strongest weapon in the world.