User blog comment:Piyush Banerjee/Shin DxD 2 discussion/@comment-108.217.172.134-20190108132254/@comment-10330822-20190114050735

He probably would have lost if he didn't summon Ddraig, because he would have been double-teamed by Typhon and Vidar. That would not have gone well. The Dulio fight was challenging because he wasn't stronger, if he fought Dulio now, he'd probably wipe the floor with him.