User blog comment:B214/Shin DxD 1 discussion/@comment-175.138.188.184-20180926082732/@comment-28884330-20180927171717

Vali's armor being destroyed is incomparable to Crom being mangled and dripping in blood. Armor can be reformed, and the armor is not the body. Meanwhile Crom was covered in blood, and unable to avoid any of Vali's attacks, along with gritting his teeth until they drew blood when his movement was restricted. Even more, Crom landed a grand total of three attacks in the battle, four if we count the fire breath that only hit Vali's wings, not even his body.

How is that a defensive battle? If anyone had the upper hand, it was Vali. And fatigue is irrelevant compared to damage, and Crom was the more damaged one by far.

That Dragon Slayers are not a game changer? Dragon Slayers allowed HALF of Issei's Crimson Blaster, with CxC being Ultimate-class in power, to tear off the wing of the Heavenly Dragon-class Crom. How is that not a game changer? Especially when accounting for the fact that Issei is Heavenly Dragon-class now, so the effects of both Ascalons would be much more significant.

Also, Vali's DxD L is only slightly stronger than Issei's Pseudo-DxD. After all, DxD L was explicitly stated to be Heavenly Dragon-class, and Pseudo-DxD Issei is comparable to Ddraig. They are in the same power class.

Two hours is an immense amount of time. It wouldn't be needed for her to keep Strada busy for nearly that long, so Nero tiring her out that time is irrelevant. Especially since Xenovia doesn't need to use stamina to defend anymore, while she did need such against Nero. She has more than enough ability to keep Strada busy on her own while the rest of Issei's team win the game. Destroying the armor is irrelevant too, because armor can be repaired and the abilities are not affected by it being destroyed, as has been shown several times. And even if she loses power and speed, that's inconsequential. After all, Xenovia doesn't need to beat Strada, she just needs to keep him busy.