Talk:Ainz/@comment-26514268-20160124130009/@comment-27557332-20160124213256

Yes. That is correct. But there's consistently large loopholes in that fight if you look back on it after finding out what else he's capable of.

Shalltear was non-hostile up until being actively attacked... anything before that she ignored. Great example: Since she was non-hostile, why limit yourself to your existing manapool. Burn the whole thing and use items to refill. Up until he made a actual attack she stood there not even putting defenses up.

We only see Ainz use Delay Magic within a Time Stop, but they are separate spells. Why not use it to set up a barrage? I'm fairly sure he doesn't even need to do this, he's displayed the ability to set up contingent defenses. The start of the Shalltear fight is essentially the same as Time Stop, without the 'can not affect anything' limitation. He couldn't kill her in one shot... ok, but in that situation he himself was limiting himself to single shot attacks. Probably because he didn't think everything through. (This is me considering how to best utilize spells he has shown; at the time of the fight, as a reader... I would not know of them. So I would have agreed with the statement if only the few arcs were considered, but after taking into consideration other abilities he's shown afterwards... I consider his actions and such during that fight to have been somewhat negligent.)

As I said... the trappings of the whole 'duel' and 'fair fight' was pretty much done for pride.