User blog comment:Crimson and Darkness/Volume 25 discussion blog/@comment-34061653-20180506195121/@comment-2602:306:CD9A:C860:51A5:4912:662A:F41B-20180507103046

Any sparring match with Sairoarg would akin to how Issei vs Sairaorg was.

Lint having an Longinus just means she has a better weapon but again that alone does not make her superior Irina. Cao Cao has the strongest Longinus and yet he lost to Issei who has an inferior Longinus. Lint couldn't beat Sha Wujing despite Sha Wujing not having a Longinus. So simply saying Lint outright dominates Irina simply because she has a Longinus is no argument.

Losing Ravel would be a tough lost but that's just about it. Rias has multiple people who are tough to lose. If by chance Strada is taken out by Ddraig then a huge portion of Rias team strength is reduced drastically which in turn just widen the gap. The same can be applied to Kiba. If Gasper is taken out then Rias can't use Balor form. Rias has more sensitive key members than Issei than does. Valerie can't defend herself so if she's out then Rias lose her healer and while the same can be applied with Asia but it's much harder to take out Asia then Valerie do to Asia's OP hax balance breaker.