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saving the trailblazer from S rank status (quick justification removal)

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hopefully this will be quick

so currently on the trailblazer's profile there is a justification that says "Welt complimented their power, stating that back on his home planet Earth, they would be rated as at least S-Rank in strength". for context, this is a reference to the game welt is originally from called Hi3 which takes place in the same cosmology where S rank valkries are regarded as the most powerful Schicksal valkries.

This sentence isnt bad at first glance, the trailblazer has shown tremendous growth throughout the story so its definetly nothing to scoff at, the main issue with this is well here on the wiki this is being used to actually compare the trailblazer to S rank valkries in Strength, Potency, and other stats and abilities.

why is this a problem?

first off, Welt doesnt actually like know the strength of S rank valkries. the only time welt has interacted with S rank valkries in the story was when he was 8 years old and got saved by reanna (ill come back to her in a bit) and theresa, while the other S rank valkries welt met one named cecilia before she wasnt even S rank (and no diffed her) and the other 2 he genuienly just doesnt know exist which leads into some insane power issues.

secondly, welt says that the trailblazer is AT LEAST an S rank keep these words in mind. the fact he said "at least" leads me to believe that hes saying the trailblazer would be the bottom of the barrel S rank the lowest one which is still an achievement in itself but you will see why this is an issue in a second.

third, S ranks very DRASTICALLY in strength and i mean to the point where you could genuinely argue that S ranks can one shot weaker S ranks so these cant be compared at ALL Otto himself even glazes durandal because theres no S ranks that can compare to her

now let me expand on issue 1 real quick so you can get a grasp of how insane the power gap is between S ranks and why welt comparing the TB to an S rank is a downgrade and not an upgrade.

As i mentioned before, Welt knows an S rank named Reanna who saved his life back when he was 8 years old. Reanna in regards to strength is... pretty fodder, like city level fodder, (do note that the welt who is speaking here is not the same welt who made the statement, the welt in the screenshot here is Welt Joyce while the welt who made the S tier statement is Welt Yang), meanwhile the trailblazer is accepted as low 1-C (most likely 3-C once we get the calc). the fact welt is comparing the trailblazer saying they are AT LEAST S tier would lead me to believe they are the weakest S tier of the bunch putting them below reanna since thats the only one welt got to know.

the other S rank welt somewhat knew was Theresa and... dont even get me started on this one. the only reason shes even S rank is because shes a MANTIS, otto's grandaughter, and has the most broken divine key, Oath of Judah. second eruption theresa you could argue is even weaker than reanna physically (i wouldnt but eh) and she is still an S rank so this kinda just gets rid of the whole S rank requires strength argument and again.. shes infinities below Rita and durandal... which welt has never even met so how would he gauge their strength?

cecilia is also an S rank welt met and like idek how to gauge her strength. if you consider her stronger than SE welt then this messes up all the scaling in hsr because this would mean stelle > welt (which it is narratively implied hes still stronger than stelle at this time) which would put into question why the TB didnt fight zephyro in the alternate timeline if they were stronger than welt. if we say shes weaker... oh boy... the TB would be compared to a like at most moon level character which messes up all the hsr scaling so yea remove this justification

the main reason for this thread is to get rid of the potential chainscaling this will bring about because using this as justification ruins scaling of HSR, the TB is literally being compared to character neither they or welt have like ever met and the last time welt fought with S tiers was in the second eruption... unless we wanna say loli sirin solos 90% of hsr.

TLDR:
the justification should get removed since it doesnt really add anything to the rating, hell the main justification is right under it so removing this wouldnt change anything scaling wise the justification only serves to fuel future chainscaling that shouldnt even be possible because;

1. these characters dont even know eachother exist
2. these S ranks vary drastically in strength ranging from city level to low complex multiverse level
3. welt is just complimenting and this isnt an actual power comparison
4. welt doesnt actually know how strong an S rank is as he has only ever fought with one ONCE in a dreamscape (not to mention theres other requirements for being an S rank than just being strong)


i think that covers everything.

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agree: @Emirp sumitpo @Oblivion_Of_The_Endless @Reiner04
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secondly, welt says that the trailblazer is AT LEAST an S rank keep these words in mind. the fact he said "at least" leads me to believe that hes saying the trailblazer would be the bottom of the barrel S rank the lowest one
How would it lead you believe that? Isn't "At least" usually used refer to something that comfortably clears the baseline of said requirement (and is often far above)? I don't really have a problem with anything else.
 
How would it lead you believe that? Isn't "At least" usually used refer to something that comfortably clears the baseline of said requirement (and is often far above)? I don't really have a problem with anything else.
So what exactly is the “baseline”
 
i was moreso talking in general, i just think it's wrong to assume "bottom of the barrel" from that statement.
the Baseline for S-rank Valk is City level anyway (scaling from A-rank word in Theresa Samsara) for they are the only solution for Emperor Class Honkai Beast which is City level (though some of the strongest A-rank can actually fight and extreme diff Emperor Class)
 
Easiest agree in history nuke this chainscale

Better phrasing on the at least would be more like "Stelle is above the minimum" rather than being bottom of the barrel though
 
the Baseline for S-rank Valk is City level anyway (scaling from A-rank word in Theresa Samsara) for they are the only solution for Emperor Class Honkai Beast which is City level (though some of the strongest A-rank can actually fight and extreme diff Emperor Class)
7-B profile for Honkai Beast when?
 
at the very least HKB profile is straight forward 7-B for Emperor class, Chiyou with 6-B for Judgment Class (Chiyou might be among the weakest since it appear too early), Unknown for Vipralopa Class as this class is just Dev forsaken practically no feat at all beside the fact that its greater than Judgment class
 
i spiritually disagree because i have to keep hi3 agenda going so heres the thing, welt only knowing that one S ranker isnt an good enough argument, hes like main guy in Anti Entropy and should or even better MUST know about the S rank valkyries from Schickal (Otto organisation) that being said just because he didnt meet them doesnt mean his statement isnt reliable
He never saw lord ravagers at all before phantylia and irontomb (i dont count zephyro as that future didnt happen…yet) and we know he knows they can destroy a galaxy and the statement is pretty reliable if u ask me
Same goes for generals and lord ravagers but i can take this with a grain of salt considering the only general who actualy repelled a ravager was huaiyan
As for the S rank statement it just means Stelle is stronger than majority of S rankers that we know/dont know since at the point of story S rankers like Durandal Rita Sushang Kallen and Cecilia are alr above S rank in general especially Durandal who is strongest Valkyrie and comparable to Kevin Kaslana (Base form)
so they would upscale by themselves and the fact most of them are above welt himself anyway
As for the sunday deception…that was just the fight itself so i dont know about this
 
i spiritually disagree because i have to keep hi3 agenda going so heres the thing, welt only knowing that one S ranker isnt an good enough argument, hes like main guy in Anti Entropy and should or even better MUST know about the S rank valkyries from Schickal (Otto organisation) that being said just because he didnt meet them doesnt mean his statement isnt reliable
He never saw lord ravagers at all before phantylia and irontomb (i dont count zephyro as that future didnt happen…yet) and we know he knows they can destroy a galaxy and the statement is pretty reliable if u ask me
Same goes for generals and lord ravagers but i can take this with a grain of salt considering the only general who actualy repelled a ravager was huaiyan
As for the S rank statement it just means Stelle is stronger than majority of S rankers that we know/dont know since at the point of story S rankers like Durandal Rita Sushang Kallen and Cecilia are alr above S rank in general especially Durandal who is strongest Valkyrie and comparable to Kevin Kaslana (Base form)
so they would upscale by themselves and the fact most of them are above welt himself anyway
As for the sunday deception…that was just the fight itself so i dont know about this
i talked with people off site. im fine with the justification staying (it doesnt really add anything to scaling ngl) i just dont like it being applied to chainscaling between the verses. it shouldnt be used for chainscaling and messes up the scaling so we're gonna have to come back to it eventually anyway if people keep applying it to chainscaling. i do agree with most of your points though, however, i dont think stelle is stronger than most S ranks and this statement surely doesnt imply that since he says "at least".
 
honestly this shouldnt even be used for scaling because welt isnt even comparing the trailblazer to a specific S rank what S rank would welt be comparing the trailblazer to they vary DRASTICALLY in strength
 
I’m in the same boat as Mbpoops.
By the time of HSR the S-Ranks we do know are so much stronger than Welt that it’d be narratively inconsistent for TB by Penacony to be stronger than most of em.

“At least S-Rank” is also vague asf since saying TB is stronger than Reanna or 2E Theresa would still make this statement correct cause the gap is just huge between these characters.
It could also apply to Arc City VD and Argent Knight Rita? but based on what really since those 2 would beat Reanna and 2E Theresa.
Heck what if it apples to Kolosten Rita or characters during APHO (who knows how Rita and Durandal are doing during this time period) who are massively nerfed compared to their primes?

Or tldr as Mbpoops it shouldn’t be used for chainscaling.
 
i spiritually disagree because i have to keep hi3 agenda going so heres the thing, welt only knowing that one S ranker isnt an good enough argument, hes like main guy in Anti Entropy and should or even better MUST know about the S rank valkyries from Schickal (Otto organisation) that being said just because he didnt meet them doesnt mean his statement isnt reliable
He never saw lord ravagers at all before phantylia and irontomb (i dont count zephyro as that future didnt happen…yet) and we know he knows they can destroy a galaxy and the statement is pretty reliable if u ask me
Same goes for generals and lord ravagers but i can take this with a grain of salt considering the only general who actualy repelled a ravager was huaiyan
As for the S rank statement it just means Stelle is stronger than majority of S rankers that we know/dont know since at the point of story S rankers like Durandal Rita Sushang Kallen and Cecilia are alr above S rank in general especially Durandal who is strongest Valkyrie and comparable to Kevin Kaslana (Base form)
so they would upscale by themselves and the fact most of them are above welt himself anyway
As for the sunday deception…that was just the fight itself so i dont know about this
I would say the problem is S-rank itself since as you said current S-rank is stronger than most (if not all) of their predesessors that mean downscaling TB from current S-rank would be a bit illogical since they are so strong that Welt (one of the strongest and also a bum in HSR ) is just a random old man who can put up a fight to them, but upscaling from Old S-rank also is not possible as we really only have Reanna and 2E Theresa for that which TB prob already outscaling anyway, the gap within S-rank is way too huge as well as it ranging from 7-B hobo to Kiana and CoF
 
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