Yes it does. Gildarts isn't doing that.
Well, first, we don't even know if Gildartz can do it or not. He sure has the speed feats for it and his cubing technique has only been countered through hax before. Not to mention, he has a track record of oneshotting numerous opponents and has never struggled against Natsu when they were sparring.
And again, Hakune oneshotted Natsu. If she lost to Laxus, I don't see how Suzaku's feat of oneshotting Natsu and Erza puts him above Gildartz, who is likely above Laxus by a solid margin.
Cause turns out she did it with hax, which takes time and can be countered. And she's is fodder in stats, which opens up possibility to one shot her before she hax the enemy
Suzaku did it with pure combat stats. No cheat hax, no nothing. He was simply far superior, that's it
In my personal opinion she should've made it past Laxus, but Suzaku was far more convincing.
I don't think hax matters in this tournament. There's no restriction on it.
As long as the character can convincingly win the match with the feats that they have, then they should advance to the next round. Not to mention, Hakune's MP freezing technique can be casted quite instantly.
Also, just because a hax can be countered, it doesn't make it any less of a feat, especially since Natsu could not counter it himself.
Suzaku may have superior combat stats, but this tournament
doesn't distinguish between raw stats and hax.
Hax can be just as superior as skill (whether we like it or not) and is a legitimate way of winning in this tournament.
Anyways, I'm not calling anybody out on Hakune vs. Laxus, but clearly, Suzaku's feats, hype, and portrayal have all taken a major hit.
Like I said in the early stages of this tournament, Gildartz and Hakune were the 2 characters who had the potential to challenge Natsu/Suzaku for the title. The latter two were never the automatic winners in my eyes.
So what if it was Geore who defeated Kurnugi? Suaku became powerful after eating, it has nothing to do with current Suzaku who have Kurnugi's powers that he didn't back then
It matters a lot that Georg was the one who defeated Kurnugi, and for 2 reasons:
1) It severely decreases Suzaku's hype/portrayal because it shows that he doesn't have feats of slaying an actual dragon. Even with Kurnugi's power, he has never shown the feat of slaying an actual dragon; therefore, we cannot assume that he ever did.
2) It destroys his credibility as a character because he initially made the claim that he was the one who "slew Kurnugi", but then just a few chapters later, straight up admitted that Georg was the one who killed the dragon while he simply feasted on someone else's effort.
Suzaku has the feats of one shotting Natsu and Erza
He also has the feat of cutting a DG tier on the cheek BEFORE she decided to job.
He also lasted powered up Selene until she knew it was George who defeated Kurnugi, and only at that point she decided to job
He also has the feats of dealing non insignificant damage to Selene. Yes, she decided to take the hit and job. Yet he still managed to cut her.
If he was some fodder, he wouldn't be even able to scratch a DG tier with his attacks, he can just keep attacking until he exhaust himself, and he still wouldn't land a scratch
Again, having feats of oneshotting Natsu/Erza doesn't automatically put him above Gildartz, especially not when Hakune could perform the same feat against Natsu (and ended up losing to Laxus in the previous match).
As for Selene, he may have damaged her, but it was allowed intentionally by Selene herself. It isn't particularly difficult to inflict damage on someone who
wants to be injured in order to fool their opponent.
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