Talk:Rimuru Tempest/Abilities and Gears/@comment-36209226-20190711012551/@comment-10330822-20190714183213

You are 100% right by the WN, but that isn't what Dxf is talking about. Dxf is talking about the LN.

In the WN, Rimuru has to dodge Hinata's Melt Slash because the light attribute in it can penetrate his Defense Barrier of his Covenant King Uriel. As a result of all the dodging, Rimuru picks up Future Attack Prediction (Clairvoyance) to foresee all the attacks. However, after he uses Wisdom King Raphael to undo Yuuki's tampering, Hinata gains her Hero Egg and her attacks become diffuclt to predict due to the egg. So, Rimuru uses Beelzebub to devour a Melt Slash at the cost of a bunch of damage so Raphael can gain access to the light attribute and empower the Defense Barrier to block it, basically making Hinata harmless, Rimuru could catch a strick by her with his bare hand.

In the WN, the first time Rimuru copies a skill without eating it, with Manas: Ciel just copying it based on site, is when he copied Gozurl's Restrainer by seeing it once. By this point it is implied Rimuru can copy any skill, Unique or otherwise, and any magic just by seeing it.