User blog comment:B214/Shin DxD 1 discussion/@comment-1359322-20180721111033/@comment-86.145.211.146-20180721160727

The thing that make it hard to think Issei would loose in the quater finals is that he has Three known power ups waiting for the right event to trigger them. The true DxD with Ophis and Lilith in sync, AxA and ExE. Ria is a good King but Issei has more then one pot convenient way to get out of a tight spot.