Combat test: Tactical vs Utility [PRIVATE]

Trissaia presses her hands together, closing her eyes for a moment. The air around her begins to glow faintly, before a white hot sphere appears above her head, flying higher and higher into the sky, before finally disappearing. Then, small droplets begin to rain down from what seems like nothing. At first glance, it just seemed like a blur of orange and red material, although a closer look revealed that it were tiny tongues of flames, falling to the ground with a hiss.

She then outstretched her arms, and small, blue, pellet-like objects pierced through the empty air. However, as soon as it came into contact with one of the flames falling from the sky, the water would burst into a cloud of steam. In minutes, the area around her was nothing more than ominous clouds, allowing her to disappear from sight.

---

(yeah so im better at descriptions than at fighting so this is a little more that 100 words ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ sorry)

The battle had only just begun and Deivi had already lost her sight of her opponents. In order to combat this she raised her right arm, causing a swirling black portal to appear and suck in all of the mist that was on the battlefield. As all of the mist was disappearing, she called upon her flash gate and sent a spear of blinding light darting towards the first silhouette she could make out. Without hesitation, she retrieved one of her throwing knives, now powered up from devoid to do increased damage, and tossed it at her opponent's left thigh. That area of the body should be one of the last to move out of the way since it was near the center of the body and was on the most commonly non-dominant side. If she managed to get a hit, she was hoping that the damage would at least hinder their movement for the duration of the battle and give her some sort of edge. Finally, she made sure to dart out of the position where she was and assume one about 30 ft behind her. This way she could keep her opponent guessing as to where was was and avoid any possible counter attack if they happened to track where she was from the trajectory of her weapon.

____________________________________________________________________________________

That's the closest I can manage to under 100 words. 220 FTW.

Tris staggered back, taken aback by the smokescreen being sucked away and blinded by the light of the spear. She felt something slice against her thigh, and blood running down her leg soon after. Aware of the situation she was in, she slapped her hands together again, summoning on her Solar Rain, relying on the fact that it didn't need to be aimed to hit properly. Then, she gripped a disc-shaped piece of metal, smaller than her palm, and threw it behind her weakly. It was a gamble, but Trissaia had to assume that her opponent would appear behind her to get an advantage.

(Fiyah! Explosions!)

Deivi was happy to see that her attack landed, however, soon fire rain began to fall from the sky once again. This time she raised her arm to the sky and used devoid to once again and it began sucking in all of the fire rain near her. While she was doing this her enemy had managed to guess her position and throw some sort of metallic disc at her. without deactivating devoid, she attached a marker on one of her powered up throwing knives and threw it directly at the disc. It sped forward about as fast as a fast pitch baseball and came in contact with the disc, activating what she had assumed was some sort of mine or grenade. She knew it probably wasn't best for her to stay in the exact same place now that she was found out, so she moved to be somewhere in between 30 ft behind her and beside her on her left side, making sure to consciously suck the fire rain around her with devoid in order to avoid getting damage. This way she could still have the advantage of being behind her but keep her position unknown. Once she had positioned herself she created five more of her light spears and placed markers on all of them. She sent them all around her enemy, before making them fly straight for her one after another. As soon as they were near her enemy, she would make the markers donate, creating a chain of explosions one after another from all directions.

____________________________________________________________________________________

259 this time. I end up adding words vie editing. Whoo! The only thing I really changed is that she kept up devoid the whole time so the rain won't hurt her.

Trissaia heard the explosion, meaning that the mine had detonated. Where, and if it hit, she still didn't know. The next thing she did know were that five more light spheres were suddenly flying towards her. She slammed her hands on the ground, and a three-foot circle appeared around her, the ground glowing hot white and orange at the edges. Then suddenly she was engulfed in a ten-foot-tall pillar of lava. The spheres exploded around the pillar, in blinding flashes of light, and the pillar fell. Since the fire rain still stormed down, she created another smokescreen, hoping it would give her enough time and cover to move. She sprinted to one edge of the arena whilst placing mines around herself, hoping they would give her some protection.

(128. Hmm, good enough for me.)

Deivi's attack had been blocked by a pillar of fire, but before she could attempt another attack another smokescreen began to envelop the arena. Soon the only thing she could see was the small space around her that was kept clear by devoid. In order to try and locate where her opponent was, she put markers once again on her light spheres, which were still around the same area where her enemy was, and had them travel across the floor. If they encountered anything on the floor such as the disks from earlier or her enemy themselves, the markers would explode. She watched and waited only being able to see foggy blobs of light moving around the arena in different sizes and brightness depending upon how far away they were. Eventually, she heard a chain of explosions from the other side of the area and saw a brief flash of red. She called upon her other 5 marked light spheres, sending them all over the scene, and had them all gather together in one giant sphere of light. This time she sent them to attack her from above so the pillar trick her enemy used last time wouldn't work.

____________________________________________________________________________________

199 words this time! Around 200 words does seem to be my average.

Both the minefield and the smokescreen had worked against her favour. Pinned against a wall; now there was another ball of light to inevitably crush her spirits. Quite literally, since it was coming on her from above. With no time to react, Trissaia was attacked by a giant ball of glowing white.

As she came to her senses, she realised that the smokescreen was beginning to dissipate. She saw a faint shadow of a human in the fading vapour and placed her hands on the ground one final time. She was weakened by the explosion, yes she still wouldn't admit defeat. All she had now was to hope her Grand Geyser hit her target.

---

114 words. It's hard not putting immense detail into a post!

All Deivi could see was a bright flash of red and orange as her markers exploded in the thick mist. In the moment of silence afterwards, the mist began to thin out and she could begin to see the silhouette of her opponent. She began to prepare her next attack, but before she knew it, a column of fire erupted underneath her feet. Suddenly her body was stuck with a burning sensation. In the chaos her brain began to work at much faster than it normally does, thinking and deciding without any words. Her devoid was able to gather some of the fire to reduce the damage, but it could not possibly absorb that much fire that quickly. She already had a marked throwing knife in her hand from when she began to prepare her attack from earlier, and it was plenty powered up since she had been using devoid for awhile without any throwing knives. As the pillar began to reach it's highest point, she threw her throwing knife at where her opponent had stood last she saw her. It flew though the pillar of fire as fast as a bullet and took some flames along with it. When it hit something, it would explode in a in a much more vicious and fiery fashion due to the flames from the pillar. Soon the pillar disappeared revealing a now semi clear landscape. It was enough for her to see clearly all the landmines that had been places all around the ground. She conjured up her last four sphere and marked them along with the ones she had already summoned and sent them at the mines, hoping to at least clear the area and to surprise her opponent.

____________________________________________________________________________________

288. Meh, whatever.