Firstly, there's a few misconceptions that need to be cleared up
He may somewhat outmaneuver, given the right circumstances, but I really do doubt the significance of that in A. Central Park, and B. a situation where the cockroach has the advantage of mobility.
Location: Inside a large skyscraper
They arent fighting in the standard place SBA gives. As such the movement and mobility arguments won't be effective. And if i didnt make it clear, they're fighting in one of this skyscraper's many stories. Btw;
1. Im unsure of the cockroach's height statistic albeit a skyscraper's column roof by average would be..... let's say a 14 foot tall. That being said the cockroach has limited space to encompass and no room to fly unless it wants to rush through a whole storey which its Ap wouldnt be enough to do that in a quick instance but overtime especially if the cockroach is smaller than this storey.
2. With flight disabled, the cockroach has to rely on its legs for mobility which;
A creature this big and long would need time to turn on spot similarly to regular cockroaches, its best movement would be it in a straight line.
This is being slowed by the tight environment aswell.
Acrobatics is not a particularly notable ability. The cockroach can fly, which is objectively better than the acrobatics feats of Akira.
Acrobattics helps the guy when it comes to dodging attacks with the help of his ANPR and skill. With mere ANPR alone, he was abke to dodge attacks from crushers so the same would apply here and his "not notable" acrobattics will be a crucial support to his ANPR. So it is quite notable i must say. The flight argument is debunked via setting until furthur notice.
There is something to be said for being marginally harder to hit, but the roach can also reach areas Akira most certainly couldn't.
If this is based off flight, its been debunked. Akira's Supersonic+ weapon is the mvp here, as the cockroach wont be able to dodge these bullets due to its size, far inferior speed and voidness of combat skill.
There is little chance Akira will be able to play significant range, even with his assault rifle- 10 meters isn't sufficient to justify this being a notable advantage compared against the superior mobility of the bug.
The bugs mobility mvp is its flight which you've made clear to me, and we know the drill about flight until furthur notice. Also no, akira as I've proven is quite proficient with a rifle meaning that he likely wont miss and making it worse, his target is massive making it a easier target. Let's say it
COULD fly, It still wont be able to dodge automatic gunfire as its rushing towards akira's location and these automatic fire would probably defeat the thing before it gets to akira as all these shots are heading towards its weakpoints and move and are able to close the distance between them in Milliseconds. He could even disable its wings by creating holes in them with his bullets. Its not all loss for akira as his enemy is massive and cannot dodge bullets and akira is a adapted gunner who aims for weakpoints so.
Those monsters specifically having a weakpoint does not create a weakpoint in the cockroach
? No because we all know cockroaches have weakpoints. These giant cockroaches are based off the same irl pest that grudge us daily. Cockroaches has weakpoints such as their
limbs (the muscles between connected point) and torso/underbelly as it contains their organs. The bullets can shred these areas with ease albeit overtime via piercing damage from automatic fire.
nor would Above Average intelligence conjure something very particular from thin air.
1. I could argue the rating doesnt matter seeing the feats of akira against major threats and overall planning. And with what I've shown, i dont understand why it would be impossible for him to conjure a plan this simple.
2. Why not? Akira has done it in a timeframe of -59 seconds with a High Tech Bioweapon. With a creature he'd be familiar with albeit in a far larger form, he'd be able to analyze the cockroach's body to shoot its weakpoints in a lesser time.
I ought to be clear that the stench is not an overtime effect, as painted by the defense of Akira. It is an instant effect, but the effect wears down as the battle rages. But as long as it is smelled, it prevents practically all notable actions by right of nausea, for about 20 seconds. The "notable actions" includes attacking, jumping, anything that requires the barest amount of attention. Moving is as normal, but that leads us back to previously discussed matters of a mobility advantage on the cockroach.
Hmm the stench rlly is the only wincon the cockroach has here, and with its nonstop perciverance via its bloodlust, akira would be in the range to smell its stench. Im thinking of giving akira prior knowledge about its stench ngl, as it enables akira with no moves once it gets in range.
The stench of the cockroach procs nigh-immediately, giving the cockroach time to close the gap and also attack.
The fighters start 10 meters away from each other while the cockroaches stench is under 10 meters in range via falling under the
Several Meters rating. With prior knowledge, akira could escape the stench it harbors.
Even if Akira survives these first instances of damage he is most certainly going to take (he probably won't, due to the AP difference), he is then contending with the beast in melee when he only has any semblance of a boon in ranged.
Akira wont be hit due to his mobility advantages via AnPR and Acrobattics aswell as his own skill of fighting far superior monsters (crushers)
IN EVERY category and defeating them with weapons without getting hit once when armed military forces couldnt. He wont need to engage in cqc with such a big opponent, infact in character he wouldnt as he's a caucious individual as he has acess to a gun which could range the hell out of the cockroach after escaping its vicinity via prediction and outplaying/outskilling. You're giving an animalistic creature too much credit, even thinking it could supposedly "hit" someone who defeats similar creatures unharmed which are on a entire different level than just a big cockroach. This cockroach has no stratergy or skill in combat and its moves will be easily predictable especially in a state of bloodlust and desperation from hunger while akira's ANPR is the exact counter to this creature's attacks.
Akira's attacks will do minimal damage, whereas single hits from the roach will nearly kill the poor guy.
Why do some of those here believe akira will engage with this cockroach in cqc when he has a weapon? His weapon has 8-B piercing damage, all akira needs to do is lock in, make his shots count and hit the crucial places.
The cockroach being bloodlusted will cause it to send out brainless attacks out of rage and hunger meaning it's atacks will be even more readable to akira
.... pls see as ive given a argument to the cockroaches melee attacks earlier in the debate.
Also, last thing, to be clear: the roach's main form of attacking is via bite, it uses its legs to grapple (that is, stick to enemies).
So its main attacks in this specific match would be to rush akira to bite him and swinging its legs to hit akira.....
Akira's ANPR will
come in clutch.
Akira has physical mobility on his side, expierence against similiar but superior foes, and range on his side via his weapon. I believe akira can take this effortlessly by shooting the weakpoints of the cockroach bringing it down, depending on where he hits aswell, spaces between limbs will take out the legs of the cockroach meaning it will eventually lose its capability to move, incacipating it or shooting its soft torso/belly which would likely kill it or at least bring it down as its organs are inside there.
