I see that you actually agreed on the Become Ethereal point. Fact of the matter is, it's completely counter productive for Dovahkiin going in and out of it on a whim and wouldn't do much for him in this fight. Everything I said about Black Bolt taking him down is based on actual feats that he has consistently perform, not speculation, and it's pretty damn obvious he has super speed, which again refers to my point on whether you have actual knowledge on BB's abilities other than the fact that he has a powerful voice. From the way you're explaining things here have me believe that you think BB is an absolute imbecile and will not utilized his abilities to actually fight here. You really believe he wouldn't just open his mouth and make a sound at all during any of this? Vampiric Drain? So Dovahkiin is randomly a vampire for the sake of this fight now, or am I missing something here? Also, what I meant about you insulting my knowledge in this area was, not that you're literally insulting me, but more like you yourself are assuming I'm not aware of what DB can do. I'm aware of what both fighters can do here, and I think my opinion is pretty unbiased..
Yes, Become Ethereal it's common knowledge that when he takes an action he becomes solid again. The point was that if Black Bolt, for whatever reason was able to attack him, he could Become Ethereal anytime he wanted and be completely immune to any damage that Black Bolt would do. He can sit there while Ethereal and plan his next move(I've done it myself fighting dragon priests in the game) and then when he decides, do the time slow again while still ethereal and come out of it with his next attack. It isn't that I don't know about Black Bolts powers(though I admit I don't know them all), it is that with the time slow shout, he won't be able to use them. And Vampiric Drain is a spell. Vampires automatically have it, but the dragonborn can learn it without becoming a vampire.
One, your explanation on how those Shouts work without a cooldown timer is speculation in itself. Those specific shouts themselves were never describe in detail in lore so no one knows what it's truly capable of so we mostly go off of what's shown in gameplay. Two, again, no one is completely frozen while the Slow Time shout is active. Black Bolt is for a fact, faster than pretty much anything DB has ever faced. The destruction caused by his voice is instantaneous, charge molecules being torn apart at a split second. Even while being slowed down, you must understand that Dovahkiin himself is actually effected to a degree with the same shout, as the only evidence we have is in gameplay and anything else is speculation, so even then all BB has to do is make a sound and that will be it. He CANNOT avoid the pathway of annihilation that will fall on him once he's in a vulnerable spot for BB to actually whisper at him. Becoming Ethereal will do absolutely nothing to give him any sort of advantage here whatsoever. The few options the Dragonborn actually has aren't going to do much show he will not have the appropriate time to even properly use it before BB takes him out. He is totally outclassed physically against someone that has fought against top tiers like the Hulk, Thor, Gladiator, etc and even defeat them multiple times. BB just has too many feats I'm not bother to list at this time due to a long day. I recommend you look through a respect thread of his to understand where I'm coming from here. If you want to ignore any possibility of him winning based on arbitrary reasons, well that's on you reason. Again, I'm not downplaying Dragonborn at all, I'll be generous and say that he would put up a fight and wouldn't get fodderized, but I still don't see him winning.
It isn't really speculation at all. All it is is taking the cooldown away. That doesn't change the way the shouts work, just means that he can continuously shout. Nothing I've said changed the way the shouts work. And no, they aren't completely frozen, but they might as well be when faced with a Dragonborn that can continuously shout. Slow time will give him a major advantage, as will become ethereal. For instance, if Black Bolt somehow gets off a shout despite the time slow, all he has to do is become ethereal and it will do nothing to him. Time slow doesn't just slow down the enemy, it slows down everything but the dragonborn himself. That includes incoming attacks. So, if Black Bolt somehow got off a shout anyway, he simply becomes ethereal, moves at his normal speed(which actually is faster than you think judging by how quickly he traverses Skyrim) while Black Bolts shout or whisper or whatever is moving slowly towards him. And I didn't say Black Bolt has no chance of winning. If he opened the battle immediately with a shout and the Dragonborn was unable to slow time or become ethereal fast enough, he would win. But I just don't see that happening. And his durability doesn't mean anything when his life force is steadily being drained.
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