User blog comment:B214/Azazel Cup discussion center/@comment-30924344-20170219044724/@comment-31137559-20170220004629

@Fandom user And Cao Cao has the holy spear which at full power can half the strongest gods' power. It means nothing if he can't hit the god.

@Bennialover And we have to consider the fact Issei and Vali aren't the only main players in this tournament. And if Indra just wanted to start a war, then what is the point of him competing? We need further clarification on that. He nust might be trying to win the tournament just to use that wish to go to war with Shiva. I rather see Issei forming his team(not peerage) to fight against Vali Team. I believe that Issei would have Rias, Kiba, and Koneko on his team to fight against Vali, Bikou, Arthur, and Kuroka. Because I really don't think Issei is going to fight against opponents he has already fought. That's all the guys he has fought in the first three arcs except for Saji. I want to see how Saji's Balance Breaker matches up against Issei.