User blog comment:B214/Volume 22 spoilers/@comment-28087053-20161030231922

Do you guys think Issei and Vali will face each other in the tournament ? If they do who would win in your opinion??

For me i find it hard to say since issei's DxD was nerfed, and i'm not sure if vali's DxD wasn't. So if Vali's DxD wasn't nerfed it could mean his is stronger than issei at his current level with his DD. So i can see it vali winning although i want issei to win, sadly i can see his odds against him(issei), because of the fact that this is his first game as a king and obviously he is unexperienced. But if the game they fight in is a power type or fight type like it was with sairaorg then it will be a direct comfrontation of power to see who's stronger. So i could see vali winning unless Issei unleashes more power from the armor. It could become a tie or something interrupts their fight.