Quote Originally Posted by Ark
It's not if they can beat him, it's how much he has to sweat to beat them. Mikoto would be swirling around the place, probably dropping shit on top of him and then bailing with guerrilla tactics. That accel is stronger than her isn't the point, it's how much stronger he is that enabled those sort of calculations in the first place.
I agree with your argument that Accel being stronger than Mikoto isn't the point, and rather it's how hard he has to try to get there.

My point however, is that the whole "difficulty" thing in practice isn't based on how strong Mikoto's strength is - it's based on how many shits Accel gives during that particular experiment. If he feels bored, he'll stand there till you're tired. If he feels like playing with you, he'll make things interesting on purpose. If he's hungry he'll just walk over you in an instant, then head for fast food.

Accelerator doesn't care for Mikoto raining shit on him. (Reflect trumps anything she's got). Accel doesn't care for guerilla tactics (he's faster and can just demolish buildings). The only reason guerrilla tactics get employed for as long as they do is because Accel allows them to. As soon as he's had enough, he goes "fuck this" and kills whoever.

It doesn't matter if it's a Sister running around with guns and grenades.
It doesn't matter if it's Mikoto running around with railguns and magnetised whatever.

The all do the same thing as far as Accel's concerned. Mikoto really doesn't make Accel sweat like you suggested.