While gameplay aspects can be used to calculate how stong a character is, we should use this aspect only if the plot of the game doesnt give us more info. And I have to say, the plot of SV portrait Zegai as a monster, see his third Oboro investigation:
The man is a monster who can take hundreds of soldiers, while Richard and the others are strong, Zegai is in a completely different level, he is on the Georg fighting level. I think he could take Richard or Belcoot on easily. The fact that he was chosen to train your troops should be a good hint of how strong he is.#3: A few years ago, he was out on a hunt when he barely crossed Falena´s border. He got arrested for looking "shady," but they say it took over 100 soldiers to get him. That caught Barows´ eye, and he decided to take Zegai in as a gladiator.
I dont think it is a good point to bring real story facts to prove something in a fictional game, but just to be fair:The fighting 108 wrote:Actually, two-handed swords have been used historically to trump spear wielders. The double soldiers of the Landsknecht knights were pretty well known for this.
- two-handed swords troops were used to defeat spear formations, it was troops vs troops. It is very different from individual fighting, where it is one spear user vs one sword user. The heavy sword was used to break armor, Richard would (for example) have an advantage, since he could hit many times while Belcoot would lose his balance for swinging something so heavy. The same aplies to Zegai vs Belcoot.
If you look only on the weapon people use, Hanna (who uses sword and shield) would be the strongest suikoden character and we all know that's not true.