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Neclord's got some cool things that give him an advantage against Squall:

- He can fly around and Balamb is large enough to give him plenty of space to flee
- He's a better mage than Squall and can get off spells quicker than him. At range Neclord will be able to get the first strike and keep pounding Squall with lightning/wind spells to prevent Squall from casting higher level spells or getting too close.
- Neclord knows his opponent will have the SDS and will want to stay out of melee range. Neclord's cowardice will keep him safe and sound.

The SDS is essentially just a very large broadsword. Squall's gunblades are deeply silly gun/sword fusions that aren't handled in the same way as a more traditional sword. Squall won't be able to use the SDS super effectively because he's wasted so much time learning to use some stupid gunblade thing.

I'd also like to emphasize how hard it is to take out Neclord when you are working solo. In Suikoden II to kill Neclord you needed vampire hunter Kahn Marley to seal Neclord in place to prevent him fleeing, another Runic Vampire to cut off the Moon Rune from him and it still takes a full party of 6 to kill him in a fairly challenging boss battle. Squall's got nobody to hold Neclord in one place and Neclord doesn't just crumple to holy based attacks.
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MonkClive0
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