Board Thread:The Last Sovereign Discussion/@comment-27713488-20180615004848/@comment-29984007-20180723201416

FerrumOmFIre wrote: There is one thing, I have been wondering about. When Nalili teach Simon and changes Heroic Imitation intoUnified Strike, she mentions that is seems like Simon is trying to draw power from somewhere else. And when Simon is under stress he can draw power not from the shard but elsewhere. It could be like he always had the skill, but not a power source. You can say Simon is a failed Alonon, that starts to use the power of darkness. Which also plays into LS tendency to play with perspective.

In a Level world power beats Intelligents. Meaning that even if Simon was as great as Caesar and Napoleon, he would still be just a soldier if he could not turn to a hero unit. heroic Imitation was a 'divine' strike, had the same damage type of the chosen skill. how simon managed to learn i don't know. but nalili was refering to the skill itself.