The Brazilian Slaughter, Guo Fu is actually extremely nimble for such a huge guy. He's not as fast as Jing, but he's probably about AGI 7. I know the general stereotype in RPG's is that you have a big, burly but slow fighter, but it's probably more helpful to think of Guo Fu as more akin to a freakishly athletic and huge American football or basketball player. The guy is fucking fast.
One and Two continue to battle Guo Fu. He is surpisingly nimble for his size, and what he can’t dodge he blocks. Since the weapons given for the tournament are blunted, he stops the swords against his bare arms without any problems.
Physically, the only advantage that we have on him is speed, but not by much.
The 2A is because we do not have a vast qi reserve (toad demon unlocked the potential for that, but we're not there yet!) and it's talking about a Yanshi Hundun-specific thing so it just feels safer, though this will probably hinder us from learning fireballs when we go off to poke around the fire cult.
I'm not so sure if it's such a great idea to try and absorb a shitload of
qi from someone who has such vast reserves of the stuff. Given our mediocre END score, perhaps it could cause us injury. Releasing our qi could cause problems too, I guess, but because of our condition, I feel that it gives us a great method of
qi disruption that we don't have as of yet.
treave, would 2B be something similar to Yao's Yuhe Finger technique?
Anyways, I'm going to go against the grain on the technique choice and go for C. Speed and strength are great, and they are Jing's best assets as a fighter, but let's not turn our physical abilities into a crutch. Jing's greatest weakness is that he coasts on his raw talent and he doesn't devote himself to the study of technique. I believe that 1C is a great way to refine ourselves as a martial artist by understanding the intricacies of technique and using that to our advantage than always relying on our physical abilities. There's always going to be someone out there more physically gifted (we barely handled a Guo Fu without formal training) so I think that what distinguishes a real Master is his ability to use what he's got to aid his technique rather than relying on it as a crutch.
CB, could be convinced to flop.