User blog comment:Piyush Banerjee/Shin DxD 2 discussion/@comment-2600:1702:3600:12F0:1DB7:CCBE:4F4:B192-20190207160114/@comment-2607:FB90:3850:CD4C:0:9:4A31:1E01-20190207182234

I'm sorry but how did Rias have the upperhand at the start? Every attack she launched was canceled out by Issei's dragon shot (his basic attack). She didn't really have good countermeasures. Her countermeasure for dressbreak was weak. She only had the means to recover from it's effects but it still left an opening for Issei to exploit.issei defeated Rias with little edfort.

As for the rating game, Rias only had one decent move which was her surprise which didn't accomplish much.