Talk:Beelzebuth/@comment-197.165.236.161-20180815163417/@comment-10330822-20190220010447

He's never had to consume the thing solely to analyze. The Great Sage is also capable of analysis on its own. The only necessity to devour something is to stack Predator's Analysis skill with Great Sage's Analysis skill. That is what Rimuru did after analyzing Infinite Prison with just Great Sage failed. And, to be honest, as Great Sage developed to Raphael and later Ciel, it only got better at analyzing. The fact his analysis of Infinite Prison shot dramatically up after Great Sage evolved into Raphael should make that obvious. With Ciel, the Wisdom Core, in existance, Rimuru doesn't get much help in analysis from devouring anymore, he just does it if he wants the skills and experience of the thing he is fighting.