[Locke]

So far out of suit Strike has been really well handled, Dragon Knight has a handful of side characters who are non-Rider's but they all add to the plot and make themselves worth being around. But when it comes to showing him in suit it's just kinda bad. Strike's first in suited appearance literally involves him just stepping into frame, I'm not over simplifying that...he just walks on set and stands there.

His first action of substance is venting Thrust, killing off a Rider is obviously a big deal but there is pretty much zero context for the death as Strike basically stumbles across him by chance and randomly changes his focus to him and kills him, before changing his focus back to the guy he was originally fighting.

If anything, given that Torque was reprimanded for Venting the utterly useless Camo, it makes even less sense that Strike is able to get away with randomly Venting a Rider out of nowhere, who had firmly decided to stand on Xaviax's side to serve his own personal interests.