"Lelou, I was thinking…" she asked, tentatively approaching while he worked on his computer. Recruitment forms, it looked like. "What is the best way to fight an unknown Stand?"

"That's an interesting question," he replied without looking away from the monitor. "I see. You're concerned about what might happen if I'm not around to give you advice?"

"S-Something like that."

"There's nothing too specific I can advise," he said. "Each Stand appears to have its own set of rules, to the point where good advice for defeating one is terrible against another. Unless you know the rules, it's unlikely you'll be able to win."

"Then, I should start by discovering the rules?"

"No," Lelouch said. "There's a term in sports that fits in this situation; Play the man, not the ball. Before you can understand your opponent's abilities, it seems to me that you should start by understanding what kind of opponent you are fighting. At that time you can figure out their own 'set of rules'."

There was a chess set on his right, and still without looking away from the screen he picked up the Black King, knowing its position from memory alone. He used it to knock back the Pawn in front, placing the King within that position instead.

"And when you have that," he said. "It seems to me that the most satisfying manner to defeat anyone with power is…"

-Lulu's Bizarre Rebellion Chapter 29