User blog comment:B214/Shin DxD 1 discussion/@comment-29890029-20180724003457/@comment-28884330-20180724175920

@vanishing welsh Ruval's team is made up of immortals, Bennu and Unknown Dictator's possessor and has beat several god-class teams. His team actually stacks up pretty well against Typhon's team which is pretty much the definition of power idiot, even more than Xenovia is. This "idiot" quality is what cost them their match against Issei, and since Ruval is an experienced Rating Game pro, he can most likely exploit that quality even more, not to say that "immortality" stacks up extremely well against "power" in terms of affinity as ability, and an immortal can exhaust a power-types stamina effectively.

Your talk about Ruval's team beating Typhon's team making Ruval a Top 10 does not make any sense. After all, this is not only a team match, but also a Rating Game match. It's not like Ruval is going up to Typhon's face and beating him down with raw power. It just so happens his team is well equipped to deal with Typhon's. It won't be easy, but Ruval has the higher chances.

Vali vs Tobio has much more value than Vali vs Dulio. Vali's team would just demolish Dulio's while Tobio's is much better equipped to fight Vali's and is more powerful. Not to say that there is a lot of emotional value in Vali vs Tobio and the rest of the Slash/Dog team. This all outclasses that unnatural concern about them knowing of each other's abilities (which by the way, Vali and Dulio also know of each other since they have surely watched each other's matches). And this is all without accounting for Tobio being stronger than Dulio straight-up.