Talk:Geld I/@comment-518270-20200407093431/@comment-10330822-20200407141332

Geld I has Self-Regeneration, so he's able to regenerate even without eating a soldier. He can however, regenerate faster when he devours a soldier using Starved. That's because the Starved ability grows Geld's power and EP levels higher with every being he eats. So he has more EP to use on Self-Regeneration the more people he eats.

One of the reason that Rimuru's Predator overpowered Starved was in part because Rimuru had Ultraspeed Regeneration at the time Geld had only Self-Regeneration. Ultraspeed Regeneration is an evolved and faster form of Self-Regeneration that Rimuru got when he fused the Mimicry ability of his Predator with the Self-Regeneration skill he had intrinsically as a slime.

As a result, Rimuru was regenerating faster than Geld could destroy him, and Rimuru was retaining more and more of himself as Geld was breaking down due to his inferior regeneration skill, the less Geld could regenerate.and harm Rimuru. So Rimuru overwhelmed his Starved and Self-Regeneration ability and devoured him, getting Starved in the process.