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How could MagnaAngemon be strong enough to defeat one Mega Level Digimon when
he's at the Ultimate Level?

As Angemon, he was able to defeat an Ultimate Level Digimon like Phantomon.

As MagnaAngemon, he was able to defeat a Mega Level Digimon like Piedmon and
he has proven that he's strong enough to defeat BlackWarGreymon.


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In Digimon, how could MagnaAngemon take down one Mega Level Digimon?


The "levels" of Digimon are not directly related to their power.  
This makes more sense in the Japanese version.

Japanese | Kanji | English  
---|---|---  
Baby | 幼年期 (Younenki) | Baby  
Child | 成長期 (Seichouki) | Rookie  
Adult | 成熟期 (Seijukuki) | Champion  
Perfect | 完全体 (Kanzentai) | Ultimate  
Ultimate | 究極体 (Kyuukyokutai) | Mega  
  
As you can see, a Digimon evolving is "growing up", not "getting stronger". Of
course, the latter often comes hand in hand with the former.

But there are also different paths, as we saw in the anime with Skullgreymon.  
Here's a reminder, both of these are level Adult:

Numemon | Togemon  
---|---  
[![enter image description
here](https://i.stack.imgur.com/sxPR7m.jpg)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/sxPR7m.jpg)
| [![enter image description
here](https://i.stack.imgur.com/dddCLm.jpg)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/dddCLm.jpg)  
  
The level is not describing strength, but age. The game Digimon is based on is
a raising sim. In a raising sim the goal is to get your character to a certain
point before a time limit is up. When you do bad the character will age, but
be weak and if you do good it will be a lot stronger before it reaches a
certain age.


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## Level is not the only deciding factor in a fight.

Although Digimon of the same level can be considered to be on par with each
other in a general sense, there are exceptions. For example,
[Lucemon](https://wikimon.net/Lucemon) is described as a Child (Rookie)
Digimon with power greater than a Perfect (Ultimate) Digimon, while [Lucemon:
Falldown Mode](https://wikimon.net/Lucemon:_Falldown_Mode) is an Ultimate
Digimon with power exceeding Mega Digimon.

Although neither [Angemon](https://wikimon.net/Angemon) nor
[MagnaAngemon](https://wikimon.net/Holy_Angemon) state in their Digimon
Reference Book bios that they're particularly strong for their level, the
descriptions do imply that their natures are oriented towards fighting evil.

Furthermore, the primary three [attributes](https://wikimon.net/Attribute) or
types into which Digimon are classified are Data, Virus, and Vaccine. In the
virtual pets, this is used as a sort of rock-paper-scissors mechanic, with
Vaccine having an advantage over Virus. As one might infer, Angemon is
Vaccine-attribute while [Phantomon](https://wikimon.net/Fantomon) and
[Piedmon](https://wikimon.net/Piemon) are both Virus-attribute.

In conclusion, we can infer that Angemon/MagnaAngemon is intended to be more
powerful than other Digimon of the same level, at least when fighting
"evil"-natured Digimon.


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