Frustration

The koloss win by intimidation more than skill. When Elend charges them at the start of HoA they sit there and let themselves be killed for several minutes before they start raging. Why pull on the coin? Pull on the Mistborn.

or if you use a reverse lashing pulling them towards you as they fall preventing them from getting a coin underneath them.

So it says, but I doubt the mechanics. My issue isn't with knowledge but with ability. The perfect move might be to raise your sword to block this incoming strike, as otherwise you get hit, but if there's too much force and it breaks through your guard then what do you do? Or if two attacks are coming at once because you are fighting multiple people, you are only fast enough to block one, now what?

Era 3 is only 50-70 years after era 2, but after SA 10 yes.

I'd point out Vin almost killed herself doing that, not to mention that requires you to get in close. Koloss also took forever to swing, and stared blankly if you did something unexpected. Lash the Mistborn into the air and let the fall kill them.

It's at the end when Shallan is talking to Mraize, she calls Thaidakar "Lord of Scars"

You understand what's wrong with this sentence right? His balance is better, but his spine isn't any more flexible. No, he moved to block and she changed direction. It wasn't a coin flip he got outmaneuvered. Which is a completely unrealistic moment unto itself, but that's how it was described. If a seer got stabbed in the heart of decapitated would he be okay? No. If a seer got hit with that axe that Vin did would they have lived? No. But how? I'm not asking how the book describes it I'm saying that reality doesn't work this way. For an example imagine jump rope if you will, you can tell when to jump, but you can't always do it. There are simple limits to the human body that can't be overcome. If the rope is going fast enough that you land and can't jump again before it comes around you get hit. If you are too tired to jump you get hit. It doesn't matter if you know what to do if you don't have the ability to do it.

None of the windrunners oaths say "I won't kill someone who isn't a direct threat to me." And as long as it isn't explicitly said there will be those who can do it. There aren't enough leechers or grenades to do that. They could have maybe twelve or so at best, but that's for the entire basin.

They can't take stormlight off world either. Yet.

No, it doesn't.

Because you are heavily outmatched in the damage department. If you get close enough to hit the radiant, the radiant is close enough to hit you, and they have the sword that can kill you through your healing. If one lashing doesn't cost voidlight why would multiple? And even if for some reason it did you can carry aroind voidlight the same way they can stormlight.

There are a lot of places that would be helpful. Like when Kaladin locked him in a room and he just pounded on the door and had his servants dig him out. Or when he locked Kaladin in the well, he could have gotten through the lid and continued to attack. Healing isn't conscious, it just happens. Windrunners are faster than the Heavenly ones. If there was no difference in what their powers could do then there wouldn't be a difference in speed.

Radiant surges and fused surges are different. Stonewards can't walk through stone. Elsecallers can't teleport. Heavenly ones can't lash thenselves multiple times. Magnified ones can't grow crops etc.

It doesn't make sense give its own established rules. The only way you can claim it works as described without being incredibly weak is if "special focus is needed to pull it off" If you have to add rules not hinted at it the text in order for it to work that is an inherent weakness in the writing.

Or... It's just bad writing.

The momment in the attack doesn't matter because you are always in the atium shadow. It's one continuous shadow, not a different one for each attack. Any time someone reacts to a seer will split the shadow.

I feel like you are splitting hairs here. If setting up an if then is all that matters: I stab, if they lean back the keep going forward.

If it takes the seer's actions into account, how did Vin split the shadows?

I know what HEMA is. That's what I just said. But Vin did go into it thinking about reacting to him. And Brandon said that the atium burner can change the future by showing others what to do, ergo any reaction to them will change the shadows. I have felt that particular Frustration before, why can't words exist for the ideas I need! No, Atium shows what the seers opponent plans to do. Not what they will do assuming the seer reacts to it, otherwise it's going to be constantly fluctuating. You can back away easier when burning pewter, so if we assume one person got hit you have to assume they both did, in which case the pewterarm has the high chance of survival. Look, you thrust forward. According to the books the seer simply leans back until the blade won't hit them. Not steps back, leans. You can lean forward further than you can back, ergo just lean forward more, and they will fall down before you do. They reacted to people backing away why not to them leaning back? I understand. I get that Hollywood fight scenes look nothing like real battle. I know. Now, back to the source of this particular quible you have. In WoA Vin thrusts at Zane, and he LEANS back to dodge it. He doesn't step, he leans. To counter this all you have to do is keep learning forward, leaning back will cause you to tip faster than leaning forward.

Both sides will have allies during the space age battle, so it doesn't matter if one side has stronger magic.

Yes I am referring to Hollywood dodges, which it seems you are aware of them being completely made up, so I guess this doesn't apply but I always seem to find people who believe them, and thought I'd cover my bases. Let me put it this way, you're saying the only qay to split a shadow is to start following a shadows path and then change course mid way through right? The thing is you are always following the shadows course, any change of plan, any reaction and you will break the shadow. I mean getting stabbed in the gut while burning pewter is less life threatening then while burning atium. How would they move to the side all of a sudden? In the book they lean back, and you can lean forward a lot more than you can lean backwards. So in krder to counter this, simply lean forward more, you opponent will lose balance before you do.

Glad to know I'm not the only one who thought that whole thing was dumb.

The humans that came to Roshar were so covered in ash and burns that the singers thought they had skin patterns. (See Raboniel's grandmother's description.)They went from really low oxygen, high temperature environment, and instantly stepped into Shinovar, with its high oxygen.