Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-24382631-20140124224808/@comment-24593407-20140226235638

Both good points, but if I'm not mistaken, Nnoitra had the strongest hierro, and nnoitra still did't risk a fight with Ulqiorra when he had the chance (although this scene may also be misconstrued, and he could've genuinely been joking with him), so I can only assume that Ulqiorra could beat him with resurrection form, which means he could cut any Espada if he could hit them in ressurection form, but you made a good point about Stark being to smart to fool so easily. Stark would never put ALL his wolves far away from him just to pursue an enemy, so the fight could easily come down to whether or not Ulqiorra can dodge, destroy, or take the hits from Stark's wolves. As for the blocking of Cero Mentralleta, the volley is fired so fast, that if the first is hit with Lanza, the next would hit the partially-exploded first and the partially-exploded Lanza, chain-reacting until Stark stopped firing long enough for the Cero on Cero explosions to take place. He would most likely not waste energy continuing it and break the chain almost immediately, but that would still create a second of ceasefire unless Stark pursued Ulqiorra around it or plowwed through. If that was his tactic he'd be easy pickings for the full force of a Cerro Oscuras. That isn't likely though, and more likely than not he'd send some wolves, but they are seen a far ways off. To me it seems most of the fight would be Ulqiorra dodging wolves and having a Cero fight with Stark, and since it is known that Ulqiorra can easily discharge rapid bala, this would suffice to stop a snipe shot from Stark, and would create openings in the Mentralleta. Oh, and i forgot in my last comment, but if a wolf took off one of Ulqiorra wings (not likely unless Ulqiorra was caught off guard), it would regenerate. Considering both our points, I still think Ulqiorra could beat Stark. He'd simply need to outlast him, as he ran out of steam pretty quickly in ressurection form against Shunsui, and Ulqiorra has never, and was only beaten because of his loss of internal organs. Now, if Stark could use Gran rey cero or Cerro Oscuras as the ammo in a Mantralleta, I have no doubt that it would be unblockable and uncounterable, forcing Ulqiorra to dodge or die, but ordinary cerro could be easily deflected, stopped, countered or dodged. As for the wolves, since they can be stunned by a killing blow and take a second to reform, it's safe to assume that while using his speed to dodge, Ulqiorra could delay them long enough to gain some ground. Being hit by Stark's cero Shunsui was practically unharmed, so it's also safe to say that Stark's Mantralleta is meant to kill by barraging, so taking a hit is of little consequence, and in their dense form, it is also easily possible that Ulqiorra could deflect crucial shots, only taking superficial wounds that regenerate. Once close enough, the wolves aren't a problem, as Stark couldn't do much of a blast without hurting himself, and Ulqiorra would need only to outpace Stark's bandoleers and not get caught off guard. As for Hallibel, she was able to be on par with Toshiro easily, but Toshiro also uses a lot of broad-attacking and more devastating attacks, so they often just countered repeatedly. Ulqiorra can do both broad and precise strikes almost simultaneously in segunda etapa form. One hit and she'd suffer considerable damage, but I doubt Ulqiorra would stop at one if he got an opening against a tough opponent. I'm pretty sure Hallibel would lose pretty easily.