u/mvehy21

For reference: Yuseong endured 4 kicks, 4 punches, 2 tackles. He dodged 1 hit, landed two, and blocked one against the PB copy.

Meanwhile he was knocked out cold in two punches by strength mastery base Gun.

I'm mainly asking this for the people who say the fist gang will progressively get stronger as the arc goes on. Aside from Jinyoung (who can grow by copying stronger people), what is there for Elite and Tom when they have 4Ts, their unique skills, confirmed to not get path in the flashback?

I thought about James who trained physically after getting 3 masteries but what exactly did that do? Assuming it wasn't only dedicated to endurance, did he improve his other attributes? How does that make sense when acquiring mastery needs you to overcome your physical ceiling in the first place. Do you get another ceiling or what?

James isn't a glass canon, he endured everything Tom landed (including being stabbed), and was able to withstand punches from Kitae. According to Gun your endurance increases with every hit you receive.

So when James said he'd train his body, do we think he fought and got a thorough beating from Kitae, or he went the Zach route?

Daniel started fighting Kitae after he was hit with a unique skill from a king, used blitzkrieg three times, roughed up by Ryu and literally impaled through both hands with considerable blood loss. His condition wasn't the best so he couldn't use his path as well as he normally would.

At full health he would have no qualms about dodging Kitae which drains negligent stamina and he can attack using the weak spots on his body. The only way his condition can get worse is if he's forced to use crisis, however I think that's not too likely bc Kitae isn't THAT much faster than him, nor does he have a unique skill like Paecheon that can catch him off guard to trigger crisis. And as far as we know, Kitae doesn't get faster when using his path.

Of course Kitae can reduce the damage he takes but to what end? The theories about him getting stronger the more he's hit are still just theories. Daniel will sustain no injury while Kitae will become a punching bag and he has to tap out at some point.