Quote Originally Posted by Kraco
In fact he does seem to have troubles understanding not everyone is a great warrior like he is himself. He believes that marching head-on to confront the enemy is perfectly valid since, you know, everybody can fight like a monster.
That is not true. Again, refer to Ainz vs Shaltear. Cocytus can size up a vampire vs a mage. Neither of those fight the same way he does. He's not incapable of sizing up beings that aren't super warriors. He's not incapable of figuring out what they're good again, and what they're bad against.

We saw no indication of him applying any this, but we know he's capable of it.

What are the chances of a lizard man taking on 2 skeletons? or 3?
And how did he come to that answer? We know he can evaluate:
-elemental weaknesses and strengths.
-weapon/equipment effective ranges and handling
-What about morale? Supposedly he underestimated this, but we've never seen him estimate anything during thsi fight.

Our portrayal of Cocytus has been from guy who others go to for a run-down of combat, to someone who says "charge". We know this guy can do better.

See my earlier post:

Quote Originally Posted by Buff
He can analyse opponents. That much is evident. He didn't become a great warrior by just making himself strong, but he also knows how to read opponents, apply abilities and read the flow of battle. He doesn't have to be the greatest general, but he should at least do something aside from zerg rush.