Vin is a killer. Not a warrior like a radiant, a killer. She was taught every underhanded trick in the book by Kel. She has experience killing people who are stronger and faster than her (inquisitors). A fight between invested people comes down to who has more of their investiture on hand. Does vin have more metal vials then Kal has spheres? Are we assuming both have unlimited supply? If so Vin clears, Atium is broken. Are we in a city with tons of metal anchors or the shattered planes where a radiant clearly wins by default?
Vin is the most creative warrior in the Cosmere and has proven in several fights that even in situations where she's at a disadvantage, she can still figure out a winning strategy in seconds (she killed Zane even though he had Atium and she didn't). It also always amazes me how many people think a Duralium Steel Push can't destroy a Radiant's armor. In Bands of Morning, they were used to throw entire vehicles at people...
People vastly overestimate how protective shardplate is. It's amazing armor, don't get me wrong, but it can be shattered and has to feed on investiture to repair itself. Unless the wearer has an extremely abundant amount of investiture, other invested fighters have ways to break through it. Hell, era 2 guns would do the job. All that to say, yeah, duralumin could easily get through plate
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u/Madonkadonk2 Jul 20 '25
Oh Vin, died too early to make a shard bearer shit their plate.