You can kinda gauge relative strength from clash result, from worst to best:
- Instant kill (mook vs aoe)
- Blown away (mc vs big bad)
- Reeling, but stand ground ("lieutenant" vs most aoe, or a very motivated brother Do vs big bad)
- Negate the attack and counter (peer or stronger)
Yeah, I know. But with a lot of these now they're switching to another fight before the results are clear, and on top of that there's quite a bit of "That looked decisive . . . but wait! I have power you had no idea of!" "Well
I had power
you had no idea of!" "Oh yeah? This isn't even my final form!" stuff going on, and again, it cuts away before you're clear who actually has the jump on who, and by the time it comes back I've forgotten which fight this is.
If I focus and think about it I can get an idea, I'm just saying there's a lot of high-tier folks battling at this point and they're all good enough for some big special effects.