User blog comment:B214/Volume 23 discussion blog/@comment-139.190.27.252-20170321092843/@comment-31137559-20170321142930

Why do people say what Dulio's team was low? Because they used a smart tactic and exploited Issei's weakness? This is the Rating Games. They involve various tactics and strategies. It's not like it has to be a fair fight. Why do people jump on another team when they beat Issei? For example when Sona's peerage had the advantage in the Rating Game match due to the rules. People say she cheated and that Rias' peerage was at a disadvantage. Yet Issei used a cross and holy water and boosted them to defeat Riser. Wasn't that a low and cheap trick. Issei used a cheap trick to defeat Cao Cao but I hear no one complaining. You can't defeat every opponent with pure strength. If you go into Rating Games like 'My team is OP! There's no way I could lose' you would get overconfident and then someone could come up with a countermeasure for you and make you look like a fool.

Rating Games just don't come down to who's the strongest. You could win by being smarter than the opponent or more cunning. There are different kinds of Rating Games, different kinds of approaches, and different kinds of strategies and tactics to use. That's what makes the Rating Games so appealing and so fun to watch. For example, Rias vs Vali. Instead of just thinking which members of Vali's team could beat Rias' team, we can also think about what kind of strategy and tactics they can use against each other. How they can exploit each other's weaknesses. Not saying I don't like fights like Issei vs Sairaorg. But there's way more to the Rating Games than that.