User blog comment:Piyush Banerjee/Shin DxD 2 discussion/@comment-33939194-20181229062541

Did Indra's advice help at all? In volume 25, he said the difference between Rias and Issei is that Rias is strong without him but Issei can't function without Ravel. That it was important for Issei to fix this once he gets in the main tournament. However in the rating game against Rias, Ravel's plan worked and Ravel herself didn't get defeated nor was she retired. So was his advice pointless?