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Monk the Cat wrote: Here's how I see it. You said Light Smash was learned before High Tension and he learned how to go super? If Light Smash is just weaker than Super Smash, but still requires the use of the Chaos Emeralds, doesn't that just make it obsolete in terms of general power? Actually no, I actually never said it needs the Chaos Emeralds as a power source. If that were the case, I wouldn't even be asking because it wouldn't be related to High Tension in any way; it'd just be regular old Super Smash.

High Tension uses your own energy and strength instead of an external power source. Light Smash, being the highest form of it, also uses his own strength. The requirements, as quoted from his page, were being pushed to his limits, feeling a strong surge of emotion with a great feeling of need.

Rephrasing what I said earlier about the Chaos emeralds, my idea was that simply being near them sort of 'unlocked' his ability to use High Tension of any form in the first place. Other than that, they are not required at all for any other transformation than Super. So, even if it was weaker than Super Smash, the fact that he doesn't need Chaos Emeralds, the fact that he's faster, can use his energy-based attacks better than ever, (spirit blast being pretty much twice as strong) and can heal people in this form, I think it has enough to make up for the lack of physical power. It's a fair balance between the two forms.

(Also, the Chaos Emeralds are rarely used in my series for transformations, especially as of late.)

The problem is, I feel iffy about the Chaos Emeralds unlocking his potential for this transformation. Especially, considering the circumstances/context of the time of transformation, the emeralds were actually locked away in a steel container. I also am not sure how I feel about the trigger for the transformation either.