User blog comment:B214/Shin DxD 1 discussion/@comment-36663391-20180920083134/@comment-34061653-20180922015853

The reason I say Vali could have lost is because Vali waa getting exhuasted but Crom wasn't. Remember that Rias lost Fenrir and Arthur lost to Strada due to being exhausted. Also Vali had no reason to hold back. The moment he went DxD L was the moment he became serious and Crom had no reasom to hold back since he was fighting somone on his level. Remember that both of them are battle maniacs and they fought a 1 vs 1 dragon duel.