Well now, hold on.
Those are all pre-Ansemification Riku fights.
Riku shows to be kinda on par with Sora during the final fight in KH II, and as of now he's canonically stronger (way stronger, considering 0.2's ending) than Sora. If they battle, right now? Sora will lose.
Sora is always expressed as stronger than Riku, but if they fought now. Then yes, Riku would win. Sora as of now is as weak as an average wielder from the Chi Era (those NPCS that only have Starlight +1, now don't take this seriously. Its made to be a comparison) But if it was KH2 Sora then he would win, but all we know is this. KH3 Sora will be the most powerful version of Sora, we would have to go up against Xehanort. Who was taught by a Keyblade Master, and that Keyblade Master was taught by the Master of Masters.
Also, there's no indication Sora wins the Destiny Islands duels. I actually think he doesn't story-wise: Riku was always depicted as the better fighter until Sora got the Keyblade.
That is why I said if you even consider it. Its us, our choice as the Player effects who wins.
Ok, KH III is a mistery, but as far as we know now Sora can't bust out Forms outside of Limit without his friends.
This is actually an interesting point: Sora's power are his friends. Most of his power is drawn by fighting alongside them, in a one on one fight... he's still strong, but not at his best. Especially not against fighters more suited to single battles.
(and of course him fighting with Donald and Goofy vs just Riku would be kinda cheating)
Well, isn't KHIII adding in new forms? What if some of those can be actived without having friends around? But yeah, Sora in a Single-Battle would still tie with Riku. But, we DO play as quite a few characters that can fight at peak performance alone. Aqua, Terra, Ventus, Mickey, Riku, and our Player fall into this category.
Wow...When writing this, I thought Sora would at least prevail over Riku by a hair. But if it was a single battle, Riku would definitely wipe the floor with Sora...If Sora wasn't his friend, he would gain a bit of power by fighting Riku. So it would come down to our choice most likely...
SIDE NOTE:Upon writing this, I then remembered about that Sora isn't exactly smart...Riku could win by mere wits alone.
Really?
He got pretty corrupted in DDD alright.
Is your comparison with Terra just an intuition or are you connecting him to the Lingering Will creation somehow? Because then I think Sora is kinda weaker even on the will side.
Sora let his guard down, thus having darkness creep inside him. And me comparing him to Terra, is that they both have strong wills. That is it, Terra made Kairi's Nobody) meaning it has some sort of power, and the will of is tied with the soul. (Correct me if I am wrong, my lore about souls is a bit rusty)
Unlikely. He didn't have them so far, why would he now.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LbIlv_7Ox1g
Does that solve it? If you don't trust links, then I will explain it. Roxas shared his memories with Sora, and they both share powers. Anything Roxas can do, Sora can do and vice versa. It would only make sense if he could use Roxas' powers. As we have yet to have a game after 3D (That focuses on Sora, and isn't a remix)
Canonically Master Xehanort is the strongest one ever lived.
And even then I doubt Sora even ranks amongst the strongest.
...Xehanort was nearly beat by Terra, but that is probably because of his old age. But Chi is now considered cannon, meaning that the Master of Masters is the strongest one to have ever existed. And Sora does rank on the list, probably evenly with Riku.
SIDE NOTE:Now, does Mickey rank above them? Or does he rank with them?
ultima-demi said:
If KHUX is anything to go by she'll have broken buffs/debuffs and one shot you after.
Now where is that dispel medal?
