Thread:Maddog98/@comment-4842541-20151115095231/@comment-4842541-20160112024934

Well I bought CP Extend, so yeah. Though that is technically the first game I played on my own as the other times I just played my friend's Blazblue copies.

And yes this is one of those cases. Though technically, Mark is more powerful than Rai by the start of the story due to the instant power up of the Earth's Blessing which serves as his power up. The thing is at that point in the world, Mark for two years never had a serious fight, and got a little bit arrogant when it comes to fighting. Leviathan and Rai would pretty much turn all that around for Mark and wake him up.