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On a more constructive note, maybe we can come up with certain stipulations that would determine the level of difficulty it would take for August to defeat or at least keep up with his opponent. To be sure, similar levels can also be proposed for other powerful characters, such as Acnologia, Zeref, and Irene.
(0) no difficulty: he doesn't even transform, and the opponent retreats or relents or surrenders due to his mere presence or magical aura
(1) very low difficulty: he can either stay or transform, and he just nullifies the opponent's spells and selectively throws them back as a show of force
(2) low difficulty: he transforms, he mainly engages in physical combat while nullifying the opponent's spells and tactically throwing them back as a counterattack
(3) medium difficulty: he transforms, he nullifies and copies whatever spells he can, while strategically unleashing simple spells from his collection
(4) high difficulty: he transforms, he nullifies and copies whatever spells he can, while strategically unleashing more complex spells or spell combinations from his collection
(5) very high difficulty: he transforms, he nullifies and copies whatever spells he can, while unleashing many of the various moves he could muster that aren't lethal for him
(6) extreme difficulty: he goes all out and uses all the moves he could muster that aren't lethal for him, with the generous assumptions that he has already copied all sorts of caster magic regardless of their special requirements, and that the nature of his magic grants him special physical stats
(7) last-ditch effort: he launches an attack that would also severely injure or even kill him, not because of plot but rather after all his other attempts fail
(X) bonus: he surrenders or retreats without a fight, or he is taken down without even getting a chance to fight
For this fight against God Serena I can tentatively put it at a range from (2) to (4)...
ADDENDUM: My manner of scaling for the king of magic may come off as rather quirky, in that (3) and (4) may not even really involve that much effort. But if an opponent were to make August work just a little bit harder than what he did to Jellal and company, then that already says something
The real challenge starts at level (5) though
(0) no difficulty: he doesn't even transform, and the opponent retreats or relents or surrenders due to his mere presence or magical aura
(1) very low difficulty: he can either stay or transform, and he just nullifies the opponent's spells and selectively throws them back as a show of force
(2) low difficulty: he transforms, he mainly engages in physical combat while nullifying the opponent's spells and tactically throwing them back as a counterattack
(3) medium difficulty: he transforms, he nullifies and copies whatever spells he can, while strategically unleashing simple spells from his collection
(4) high difficulty: he transforms, he nullifies and copies whatever spells he can, while strategically unleashing more complex spells or spell combinations from his collection
(5) very high difficulty: he transforms, he nullifies and copies whatever spells he can, while unleashing many of the various moves he could muster that aren't lethal for him
(6) extreme difficulty: he goes all out and uses all the moves he could muster that aren't lethal for him, with the generous assumptions that he has already copied all sorts of caster magic regardless of their special requirements, and that the nature of his magic grants him special physical stats
(7) last-ditch effort: he launches an attack that would also severely injure or even kill him, not because of plot but rather after all his other attempts fail
(X) bonus: he surrenders or retreats without a fight, or he is taken down without even getting a chance to fight
For this fight against God Serena I can tentatively put it at a range from (2) to (4)...
ADDENDUM: My manner of scaling for the king of magic may come off as rather quirky, in that (3) and (4) may not even really involve that much effort. But if an opponent were to make August work just a little bit harder than what he did to Jellal and company, then that already says something
The real challenge starts at level (5) though
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