User blog:Leolab/Siege Breakers Season, Battle 3: Guts (Berserk) vs Nightmare (Soul Calibur 3)



Nightmare: The soul-devouring personification of Soul Edge

Versus

Guts: The Black Swordsman and Demon slayer extraordinaire

Guts
Note - this is Guts during the Conviction arc, after gettig his weapons upgraded by Godo and before he reaches Albion


 * -| Dragonslayer =



The Dragonslayer is a gigantic sword. Estimates of the sword's length vary, but a common figure is between 7' and 7'4". It was created by Godo, a blacksmith whose work is of legendary quality. Due to being used against Apostles and the like, it now exists both in the Astral world and the Physical one. All that means is that the sword can harm things that originate in the astral plane


 * -| Repeating Crossbow =



Guts has a repeating crossbow that can be strapped onto his prosthetic limb. It's got nothing particularly fancy or special about it, save for the fact that it was the only one in the setting for quite a while. Now that Rickert's making crossbow Gatling guns, though, its only real claim to fame is that Guts is damn good with it.


 * -| Cannon Arm =



Remember that prosthetic hand I mentioned in the last tab? well, aside from being solid metal (and having a magnet to allow Guts to use a sword), the hand can swivel down at the wrist to reveal a cannon. The cannon is miniaturized, but it still packs quite a punch. Guts has even showcased his sword skills by using the recoil from the cannon to add extra power to his strikes.


 * -| Miniature Bombs =



Guts also carries a pouch of miniature bombs. Also created by Rickert, these are exactly what they sound like. Guts can ignite the fuse using his prosthetic arm, and then throw it. After three seconds, it will explode. The miniature bombs have been shown to be powerful enough to cut into solid rock.

Nightmare

 * -| Soul Edge =



Nightmare's sword is the cursed Soul Edge, shown here in its SCIII incarnation. And yes, this is the SoulCalibur III incarnation of Nightmare. The title card should have made that clear.

Anyway, Soul Edge is a cursed demonic sword that eats souls. Nightmare, as of SCIII, is the soul of the sword itself possessing an armored construct. It has shapeshifted into a greatsword, which fits the fighting style Nightmare has created based on the memories of possessing Siegfried.

As for why this is Soul Edge and not Soul Edge (Phantom), Nightmare is only able to become Night Terror with Soul Edge itself. He does canonically reacquire Soul Edge in the game itself, and so is represented here as such.


 * -| Night Terror Transformation =



Nightmare has the ability to transform into Night Terror. Night Terror is a beast of massive power, and is able to use variations of Nightmare's moves along with some of his own special abilities.

As befitting the game's bonus boss, his moves are cheap and powerful. Many of his moves have a long charge-up time, but he is usually invincible during the charge. One of his signature moves is his eye beam. Exactly what it sounds like, he shoots a Devil Jin-eqsue beam from his eyes/horn. It's rather linear, but it comes out fast and is wide, so it's difficult to avoid. It takes off a good 60% of the lifebar in-game, making it one of the strongest - if not the strongest - moves in the Soul series to date.

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