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Disappointing; it would've felt more appropriate if she just melted him/vaporized him with her magic, or some other thing.
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> Yup, called it. Now, why the hay doesn’t she just do that in the show during other fights?
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Judging from how they generally seem to revert when or right after they take damage (Ocellus causing destruction accidentally by slamming into something, Pharynx being hit by the Maulwurf, Chrysalis being slammed into a rock from the wind, Thorax being undisguised from being hit by Chrysalis, a changeling losing its disguise from being blasted by Twilight, probably other examples), I strongly suspect it's the case that there's a great disadvantage in that their durability doesn't increase much whenever you do that, so if they turn into a dragon, they're not anywhere _*near_* as durable as a real one, so at best, they're a glass cannon.


 
It's also not like they can from anything we see cast magic in a shapeshifted state unless they're wearing a pony skin, and even if they could, the previous disadvantages still apply, it probably burns up more energy to sustain it, and they're a bigger target to have injuries inflicted upon to then lead into "forcibly reverted", so there's really not much benefit if any benefit in fighting alicorn-level or powerful unicorn threats, to shapeshift into a bigger target. Even say, Rainbow Dash/insert skilled pegasus would only be benefitted by her going to a giant form, because she gets to fly circles around her now slower self, and she cannot perform ranged attacks like she can normally.


 
Plus, for the character reason, aside from those considerations, Chrysalis seems to _*like_* throwing magic around in a flashy manner at the first opportunity whenever she's in a position of power, as opposed to relying on shapeshifting, especially considering she's at master/expert unicorn levels of arcane power at absolute worst, no love boost, depending on if Mean Twilight (slightly stronger and/or was more innately skilled) was alicorn level, unicorn level, or in-between, and shapeshifting would tend to force her to be more defensive in her tactics as well, which she'd prefer not to do.

Disappointing; it would've felt more appropriate if she just melted him/vaporized him with her magic, or some other thing.
"@Background Pony #0F5C":/images/2587231#comment_9582865
[bq]Yup, called it. Now, why the hay doesn’t she just do that in the show during other fights?
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Judging from how they generally seem to revert when or right after they take damage (Ocellus causing destruction accidentally by slamming into something, Pharynx being hit by the Maulwurf, Chrysalis being slammed into a rock from the wind, Thorax being undisguised from being hit by Chrysalis, a changeling losing its disguise from being blasted by Twilight, probably other examples), I strongly suspect it's the case that there's a great disadvantage in that their durability doesn't increase much whenever you do that, so if they turn into a dragon, they're not anywhere _near_ as durable as a real one, so at best, they're a glass cannon.

It's also not like they can from anything we see cast magic in a shapeshifted state unless they're wearing a pony skin, and even if they could, the previous disadvantages still apply, it probably burns up more energy to sustain it, and they're a bigger target to have injuries inflicted upon to then lead into "forcibly reverted", so there's really not much benefit if any benefit in fighting alicorn-level or powerful unicorn threats, to shapeshift into a bigger target. Even say, Rainbow Dash/insert skilled pegasus would only be benefitted by her going to a giant form, because she gets to fly circles around her now slower self, and she cannot perform ranged attacks like she can normally.

Plus, for the character reason, aside from those considerations, Chrysalis seems to _like_ throwing magic around in a flashy manner at the first opportunity whenever she's in a position of power or she feels she's in one, as opposed to relying on shapeshifting, especially considering she's at master/expert unicorn levels of arcane power at absolute worst, no love boost, depending on if Mean Twilight (slightly stronger and/or was more innately skilled) was alicorn level, unicorn level, or in-between, and shapeshifting would tend to force her to be more defensive in her tactics as well, which she'd prefer not to do.

Disappointing; it would've felt more appropriate if she just melted him/vaporized him with her magic, or some other thing.
"@Background Pony #0F5C":/images/2587231#comment_9582865
[bq]Yup, called it. Now, why the hay doesn’t she just do that in the show during other fights?
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Judging from how they generally seem to revert when or right after they take damage (Ocellus causing destruction accidentally by slamming into something, Pharynx being hit by the Maulwurf, Chrysalis being slammed into a rock from the wind, Thorax being undisguised from being hit by Chrysalis, a changeling losing its disguise from being blasted by Twilight, probably other examples), I strongly suspect it's the case that there's a great disadvantage in that their durability doesn't increase much whenever you do that, so if they turn into a dragon, they're not anywhere _near_ as durable as a real one, so at best, they're a glass cannon.

It's also not like they can from anything we see cast magic in a shapeshifted state unless they're wearing a pony skin, and even if they could, the previous disadvantages still apply, it probably burns up more energy to sustain it, and they're a bigger target to have injuries inflicted upon to then lead into "forcibly reverted", so there's really not much benefit if any benefit in fighting alicorn-level or powerful unicorn threats, to shapeshift into a bigger target. Even say, Rainbow Dash/insert skilled pegasus would only be benefitted by her going to a giant form, because she gets to fly circles around her now slower self, and she cannot perform ranged attacks like she can normally.

Plus, for the character reason, aside from those considerations, Chrysalis seems to _likes_ to throwing magic around in a flashy manner at the first opportunity when she's in a position of power or she feels she's in one, as opposed to relying on shapeshifting, especially considering she's at master/expert unicorn levels of arcane power at absolute worst, no love boost, depending on if Mean Twilight (slightly stronger and/or was more innately skilled) was alicorn level, unicorn level, or in-between .

Disappointing; it would've felt more appropriate if she just melted him/vaporized him with her magic, or some other thing.
"@Background Pony #0F5C":/images/2587231#comment_9582865
[bq]Yup, called it. Now, why the hay doesn’t she just do that in the show during other fights?
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Judging from how they generally seem to revert when or right after they take damage (Ocellus causing destruction accidentally by slamming into something, Pharynx being hit by the Maulwurf, Chrysalis being slammed into a rock from the wind, Thorax being undisguised from being hit by Chrysalis, a changeling losing its disguise from being blasted by Twilight, probably other examples), I strongly suspect it's the case that there's a great disadvantage in that their durability doesn't increase much whenever you do that, so if they turn into a dragon, they're not anywhere _near_ as durable as a real one, so at best, they're a glass cannon.

It's also not like they can from anything we see cast magic in a shapeshifted state unless they're wearing a pony skin, and even if they could, the previous disadvantages still apply, it probably burns up more energy to sustain it, and they're a bigger target to have injuries inflicted upon to then lead into "forcibly reverted", so there's really not much benefit if any benefit in fighting alicorn-level or powerful unicorn threats, to shapeshift into a bigger target. Even say, Rainbow Dash/insert skilled pegasus would only be benefitted by her going to a giant form, because she gets to fly circles around her now slower self, and she cannot perform ranged attacks like she can normally.

Plus, for the character reason, aside from those considerations, Chrysalis _likes_ to throw magic around in a flashy manner at the first opportunity when she's in a position of power or she feels she's in one, as opposed to relying on shapeshifting, especially considering she's at master/expert unicorn levels of power at absolute worst, depending on if Mean Twilight (slightly stronger and/or was more innately skilled) was alicorn level, unicorn level, or in-between.

Disappointing; it would've felt more appropriate if she just melted him/vaporized him with her magic, or some other thing.
"@Background Pony #0F5C":/images/2587231#comment_9582865
[bq]Yup, called it. Now, why the hay doesn’t she just do that in the show during other fights?
[/bq]
Judging from how they generally seem to revert when or right after they take notable damage (Ocellus causing destruction accidentally by slamming into something, Pharynx being hit by the Maulwurf, Chrysalis being slammed into a rock from the wind, Thorax being undisguised from being hit by Chrysalis, a changeling losing its disguise from being blasted by Twilight, probably other examples), I strongly suspect it's the case that there's a great disadvantage in that their durability doesn't increase much whenever you do that, so if they turn into a dragon, they're not anywhere _near_ as durable as a real one, so at best, they're a glass cannon.

It's also not like they can from anything we see cast magic in a shapeshifted state unless they're wearing a pony skin, and even if they could, the previous disadvantages still apply, it probably burns up more energy to sustain it, and they're a bigger target to have injuries inflicted upon to then lead into "forcibly reverted,", so there's really not much benefit if any benefit in fighting alicorn-level or powerful unicorn threats, to shapeshift into a bigger target. Even say, Rainbow Dash/insert skilled pegasus would only be benefitted by her going to a giant form, because she gets to fly circles around her now slower self, and she cannot perform ranged attacks like she can normally.

Disappointing; it would've felt more appropriate if she just melted him/vaporized him with her magic, or some other thing.
"@Background Pony #0F5C":/images/2587231#comment_9582865
[bq]Yup, called it. Now, why the hay doesn’t she just do that in the show during other fights?
[/bq]
Judging from how they generally seem to revert when or right after they take notable damage (Ocellus causing destruction accidentally, Pharynx being hit by the Maulwurf, Chrysalis being slammed into a rock from the wind, Thorax being undisguised from being hit by Chrysalis, a changeling losing its disguise from being blasted by Twilight, probably other examples), I strongly suspect it's the case that there's a great disadvantage in that their durability doesn't increase much whenever you do that, so if they turn into a dragon, they're not anywhere _near_ as durable as a real one, so at best, they're a glass cannon.

It's also not like they can from anything we see cast magic in a shapeshifted state unless they're wearing a pony skin, and even if they could, the previous disadvantages still apply, it probably burns up more energy to sustain it, and they're a bigger target to have injuries inflicted upon to then lead into "forcibly reverted," so there's really not much benefit if any benefit in fighting alicorn-level or powerful unicorn threats, to shapeshift into a bigger target. Even say, Rainbow Dash/insert skilled pegasus would only be benefitted by her going to a giant form, because she gets to fly circles around her, and she cannot perform ranged attacks like she can normally.

Disappointing; it would've felt more appropriate if she just melted him/vaporized him with her magic, or some other thing.
"@Background Pony #0F5C":/images/2587231#comment_9582865
[bq]Yup, called it. Now, why the hay doesn’t she just do that in the show during other fights?
[/bq]
Judging from how they generally seem to revert when or right after they take notable damage (Ocellus causing destruction accidentally, Pharynx being hit by the Maulwurf, Chrysalis being slammed into a rock from the wind, Thorax being undisguised from being hit by Chrysalis, a changeling losing its disguise from being blasted by Twilight, probably other examples), I strongly suspect it's the case that there's a great disadvantage in that their durability doesn't increase much whenever you do that, so if they turn into a dragon, they're not anywhere _near_ as durable as a real one, so at best, they're a glass cannon.

It's also not like theyou can from anything we see cast magic in a shapeshifted state unless theyou're wearing a pony skin, and even if they could, the previous disadvantages still apply, it probably burns up more energy to sustain it, and they're a bigger target to have injuries inflicted upon, so there's really not much benefit if any benefit in fighting alicorn-level or powerful unicorn threats, to shapeshift into a bigger target. Even say, Rainbow Dash/insert skilled pegasus would only be benefitted by her going to a giant form, because she gets to fly circles around her, and she cannot perform ranged attacks like she can normally.

Disappointing; it would've bfeenlt more approposriate if she just melted him/vaporized him with her magic, or some other thing.
"@Background Pony #0F5C":/images/2587231#comment_9582865
[bq]Yup, called it. Now, why the hay doesn’t she just do that in the show during other fights?
[/bq]
Judging from how they generally seem to revert when or right after they take notable damage (Ocellus causing destruction accidentally, Pharynx being hit by the Maulwurf, Chrysalis being slammed into a rock from the wind, Thorax being undisguised from being hit by Chrysalis, a changeling losing its disguise from being blasted by Twilight, probably other examples), I strongly suspect it's the case that there's a great disadvantage in that their durability doesn't increase much whenever you do that, so if they turn into a dragon, they're not anywhere _near_ as durable as a real one, so at best, they're a glass cannon.

It's also not like you can from anything we see cast magic in a shapeshifted state unless you're wearing a pony skin, and even if they could, the previous disadvantages still apply, it probably burns up more energy to sustain it, and they're a bigger target to have injuries inflicted upon, so there's really not much benefit if any benefit in fighting alicorn-level or powerful unicorn threats, to shapeshift into a bigger target. Even say, Rainbow Dash/insert skilled pegasus would only be benefitted by her going to a giant form, because she gets to fly circles around her, and she cannot perform ranged attacks like she can normally.