User blog comment:B214/Shin DxD 1 discussion/@comment-95.210.189.106-20180809123512/@comment-28884330-20180812092203

@anon Useless? Crom’s intuition simply allowed him to hit Vali, but Vali’s superior speed allowed all of his attacks to hit. Crom could barely defend and could not avoid any of Vali’s attacks not blasts, which shredded his body and made him bleed all over, and Crom breaking through Half Dimension required constant effort that made him grit his teeth until they drew blood. While Vali seemed more tired from their battle, Crom was the more injured one by far, and also as shown by Issei, the wyverns can be reconstructed, so Crom swatting them away was no big issue after they did their job since Vali can reconstruct them. The battle was far more equal than you are suggesting.

Crom was holding back in Volume 16, but durability cannot be held back. You can punch with less than your full strength, but you cannot make your body resist more or less damage depending on your whims, especially when Crom consciously tried to defend from the attack by covering with his wing, which means he thought of the attack as a threat in some measure.

@Bodo.b9 So now you have to resort to high school-tier insults? Well, I shouldn’t expect more from a logically challenged person such as you.