User blog comment:B214/Volume 23 discussion blog/@comment-185.112.105.215-20170504164928/@comment-29963364-20170505044725

Key Words


 * Demonic Power = DP


 * Power of Destruction = PoD


 * Area of Effect = AoE

Rias definitely has "power" that's comparable to an Ultimate-Class Devil, but their is a reason her "fighting ability" is not Ultimate-Class.

Rias is a Wizard-Power type fighter (in contrast to Sirzechs who is a Wizard-Technique type), so she excels at dealing out massive damage from a distance. This does, however, leave her with some big weaknesses.

Since Rias is not a physical fighter, she is rather weak in terms of physical strength & defense, as well as speed. Although she is above average since she's rather athletic and trains consistantly, she's just not nearly as fast and/or strong as Kiba and/or Koneko.

She makes up for her physical weakness with her massive reserves of DP and her PoD, by unleashing powerful AoE and/or single target attacks that are meant to finish her opponents in one shot. She can also create strong magic shields to block attacks she can't dodge, or use her PoD to destroy the attack (making her PoD extremely versatile).

The greatest testament to Rias' "power" is her [Extinguished Star], which is an ultimate, one-hit kill attack that is on par with Sirzechs' True Form. But Rias, at this point, needs to build/charge-up her DP, convert it into PoD, then shape & compress it before she can finally unleash it. All of which takes minutes to complete. It's basically like Goku's [Genki Dama] or [Spirit Bomb] from Dragon Ball Z.

So Rias is indeed Ultimate-Class (in terms of power), but she is still not skilled enough with her magic and PoD to make up for her weaknesses, making her "unbalanced" and keeping her at High-Class. If she can refine & master her PoD to the same level as (at least) Millicas, then she could easily take on the higher level Ultimate-Class Devils (the one she beat recently was probably not that strong, or her PoD gave her that big of an advantage).

One Devil she definitely can't beat is Diehauser Belial. He can use his [Worthlessness] ability to take away Rias' PoD, which is her biggest (and only) strength, leaving her hoplessly out-matched in all other aspects (speed, strength, defense, etc.). I'll bet Diehauser could even "one-punch" her.