Talk:Great Tomb of Nazarick/@comment-27008999-20151102003532/@comment-27099834-20151102060645

Dear anon, you are mistaking the battle on the 9th/10th floor to be an open field with no conditions. Can Ainz & co win with 41 members against a 1500 strong invasion (weakened) in an open field in an honorable battle? Probably not. Do you think Rubedo & co on the 8th floor also won through honorable combat with each side trading spells in open field?

How did 1000 Greeks (300 spartans) defend against an invading force of 10,000 Persians? By utilising the terrain.

Defenders (in this case Ainz's guild) will always have a huge advantage over the invaders. They know the terrain perfectly and could uiltise them to the maximum effect. Then you have all the various traps set up within the guild. I'm not surprised if the invaders were lured to a choke point or some other trap on the 8th floor and got vanquished in groups by the 8th Hierarchy with Victim's help.

Finally, defenders morale > invaders morale. AOG is fighting for their survival here, if they lose the invaders could reach their throne room and destroy their guild weapon. AOG will then cease to exist. On the other hand, the invaders does not have as much stake in the endeavor, and is more likely to give up. For a guild as meticulous as AOG, who can write minute details onto their custom NPCs, it is very unlikely that they will put all their eggs in 1 basket and bet it all on the 8th floor. I'm certain the throne room also has certain traps and tricks that will make invading it a tough task.