User blog comment:B214/Volume 23 discussion blog/@comment-31137559-20170320022251/@comment-10330822-20170320061355

Exactly, I feel Issei and Vali want a duel, not a Rating Game, those rules and the fact you have to fight as a team kind of get in the way. Chances are its going to be Issei vs. Vali, and Arthur vs. Kiba, and that will be it.