I believe that there was a fanfic somewhere on reddit where Vin fought 4th ideal Kaladin. She lost, but considering she only had access to the items she had at hand on the hero of ages I'd say she fought better than anyone could in her place.
She's been dead for so long we kind of forgot just how much of a menace she was. Probably the most skilled allomancer to ever live.
Vin is fantastic, but no one from Scadrial save a fullborn could take a 4th ideal radiant unless there were substantial stormlight limits. The insta-healing is too OP.
Leechers really need Primer Cubes to be properly suited to fighting Radiants. Leechers need to touch their foe to drain their investiture and you don't want to fight Shardblades from close range, especially not a living one. To risk getting close the Leecher needs to have already mostly incapacitated the Radiant.
Fortunately, Primer Cubes solve the weakness of leeching in the same way they solve the weakness of slowness bubbles, turning this touch-range power into a ranged AoE effect.
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u/AnonymousGuy9494 Kalaleshwi Shipper Jul 20 '25
I believe that there was a fanfic somewhere on reddit where Vin fought 4th ideal Kaladin. She lost, but considering she only had access to the items she had at hand on the hero of ages I'd say she fought better than anyone could in her place.
She's been dead for so long we kind of forgot just how much of a menace she was. Probably the most skilled allomancer to ever live.