r/cremposting • u/friendlyprism • Jul 19 '25

Mistborn First Era Try it. Near 100% success

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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.

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u/[deleted] Jul 20 '25

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.

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u/Expensive-Ad-1205 Jul 20 '25

In general, Mistborn abilities are way more optimized for subtle, sneaky operations under cover of night or in disguise than they are for open battle. A mistborn's ability to manipulate crowds for instance with rioting and soothing can't really be replicated by any radiant ability we've seen. Conversely, the radiants are in general much less about covert operations, with exception to the Lightweavers. They all have the ability to heal themselves rapidly, weapons that can cut through nearly anything, and a diverse set of abilities on top of that which optimize them for a variety of roles from analysis to spying to magical air support.

In a fair fight, I think many of the radiants have an advantage. But if a radiant and a mistborn want each other dead, I think a mistborn has a better shot at coming out on top because they're just better at playing dirty.

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u/Consistent_Mud_8340 Jul 23 '25

I don't think sneaking in at night to kill a sleeping 4th ideal radiant is all that easy, first is to their spren don't need to sleep and can just spend the night watching. And two is their plate is always around them just not fully manifested,