Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-24382631-20140124224808/@comment-24593407-20140226034913

In his Segunda Etapa, Ulquiorra's power and strength was amplified to the point where Ichigo's hollow mask was destroyed in an instant. He was also fast enough that Ichigo couldn't track his movements at all in hollow mask for most of the fight. Considering this, it would seem that Barragan, who was characteristically slow (except when using a sonido) and whose attack Respira travels very slowly, would be almost a sitting duck under Ulquiorra's incredible ability to use Cerro and his Lanza del Relampego. As for Stark, his total lack of defense when firing his guns would mean that all Ulqiorra would need to do is hit him with a solid blow to beat him using his Lanza del Relampego. As for Stark's cerro's, Ulqiorra's wings are incredibly versatile and durable. Enough so that in just his ressurection form he could effortlessly deflect a black getsuga tensho from ichigo when he was wearing his hollow mask. While fighting Uryu he proved those wings to be quick enough to block virtually all sides at once. Then for Hallibel, he would merely dodge her broad attacks. While Hallibel can control water, she has never shown an ability to do so on a small scale, so the blood in someones body could easily be beyond her power, and if she fired a cerro, Ulqiorra could simply match it, creating a massive fiery explosion that could most likely take care of all the water in it's radius and create an opening to move in for precision attacks. In my opinion, had Ulqiorra shown Aizen his segunda etapa form, Hallibel would've been left behind as Espada 4, and Ulqiorra would've gone as the new Espada 1.