Rank for Lock-down

Is it really Rank 9+, for all difficulties by just one person?

Hm, I dind't consider the possibility of difficulty being involved.

People only said Rank 9 is needed, and so far, I only tested taht on EASY.

I suppose further testing would be required, but we should at least let the people know something about it for now.

Jiuhin would know more about this since he did the testing entirely, but rA is required for lockdown by a single person on easy, r5 or r4 for normal, and r1 for hard. Two people can lockdown it on easy/normal always at lower ranks, hard I am unsure on as I never got info on testing with that.

It appears that at Normal difficulty, not even Rank 3 Celestial Spike will force him on his knees.

I guess it's either rank 2 or 1. Exspecting 1 on Hard mdoe.

Did a lot of testing for Normal and Hard for minimum amount of total rank required to make him kneel.

Total Spike Rank of 7 (Single Rank A) or higher makes Girgaishy kneel for Easy.

Total Spike Rank of 17 or higher for Normal.

Total Spike Rank of 27 or higher for Hard.

Jiuhin, could you post all the data you got to come to this conclusion?

Also, how do we know the total rank is what matters?

I had my friends helping me with several ranks of Celestial Spike for my data testing. In Hard, I had my friends spike him to check if he kneels, at its minimum amount of total rank (Did for normal as well which is 17). The total rank of spike meaning how many spike are used on him, after successful Shield of Trust during combo in Hard.

• Tried total rank 21 (Rank 5 + Rank 8 Spike), he did not kneel.
• Tried total rank 26 (Rank 5 + Rank 3 Spike), he did not kneel.
• Tried total rank 30 (Rank 3 + Rank 1 Spike), he did kneel.
• Tried total rank 27 (Rank 4 + Rank 3 Spike), he did kneel.

-Spike Rank-

• N = 1
• F = 2
• E = 3
• D = 4
• C = 5
• B = 6
• A = 7
• 9 = 8
• 8 = 9
• 7 = 10
• 6 = 11
• 5 = 12
• 4 = 13
• 3 = 14
• 2 = 15
• 1 = 16

Please post the data that shows that total rank is the determining factor.

The above data is only useful if total rank is what matters.

Might want to mention the "spike rank" in the details, a shortened version that says something like "Rank Novice is 1, rank A is 7, rank 1 is 16, and so forth". Otherwise it can be confusing to some, especially since how the ranking structure is built with letters and descending numbers (I didn't recognize it at first).