User blog comment:TsurugiFan16/MSPD: Inazuma Debaters!/@comment-5954191-20130710121506/@comment-5954191-20130713173718

I was referring to the "regardless". Regardless implies that it has no importance which value a stat has. Something that's simply not true. Stat are more important than Hissatsu techniques. A player is always measured by them. It was like this before and will ever be. In IE2 e. g. Fubuki is more valuable with Wolf Legend than Endou with The Earth. Even though the diference is "only" 8, the success rate of Fubuki scoring a goal is higher than Endou. Of course, in the previous game a decent moveset is valuable, to the point that Captain was considered a good player. But since GO, with the introduction of replacing the entire moveset, the stats gained even more appreciation. Stats are what define players. Hissatsu are a player's means to properly use their ablities to the fullest. I'm honest, they are very, very important. Nevertheless, without good stats, a player can't reach the level of an player with good stats. (phew...) Mystic Thorn is stronger. I'm not doubting that. But I have to recall that th difference is 128! That surely does have quite an impact. The power may be higher, but unfortunately, that does not cover the huge difference of the Block stat. That also applies to Air Bullet. (Other factors like STAB, skills, etc. are also endorsing the power of the player. They should also be taken in consideration.)

That's true. I guess with the discussion about the DF waza the other stats were disregarded. But it's not just the Block that is in favor of Kinako. GP, TP, (Dribbling [if choosing to train Block or not solely Block]), Technique, Stamina, Lucky and Catch are also having an advantage over Fran. A relatively useful Long Shoot and a good OF waza also count in Kinako's strong points. Her Mixi Max enables more options on countering Wind players, lowering her Keshin's maintainance and strengthes her techniques. Her Keshin, while theoratically being weaker than Fran's, gets backed up by her stats (Block, Stamina, GP) and in situations gets furher strengthened by her teammates. I think that those points are good reasons, why Kinako is stronger in the Libero position.