Major Events

Joey brings out The Claw of Hermos, which Valon welcomes, claiming that defeating this opponent will give him the perfect victory. Even when the resulting combo blasts him off his feet, his armor's effect allows him to survive.
- Valon uses Hermos' power against Joey in the very next turn, destroying the dragon's combo and pummeling the unprotected Joey so badly that he collapses. But to Valon's shock, Joey staggers back to his feet, declaring that the will in him won't be stopped so easily.
Joey comes back by activating a card that gives him his own suit of armor, bearing the condition that if it is destroyed, he will lose automatically. Valon finds this interesting, as it is now a duel to be the last one standing.
Mai arrives at the scene and demands that Valon allow her to have this duel. He refuses, but not only because he doesn't want her to endanger herself. Instead, he's noticing just how devoted Joey is to this cause. Even his own confidence is shaking with opposition like this, but by the same token, he becomes determined to give his all to his own defense of her.

Notes

In this episode, official Duel Monsters rules are bent a little to allow for the effects of "The Claw of Hermos":
- When Joey fuses "The Claw of Hermos" with "Rocket Warrior" to generate "Rocket Hermos Cannon", it is then equipped to Joey's "Brigadier of Landstar" and used to destroy Valon's Armor Monsters. Appearances by the "The Claw of Hermos" (or any of the Legendary Dragons) often walk a very fine line between legality and illegality if transposed to real-life Duel Monsters, however this particular step does not violate any rules.
It should be noted that since "The Claw of Hermos", or any of the Legendary Dragons cards, do not exist in real-life, the notes above are strictly for the purpose of reconciling what takes place in the Yu-Gi-Oh! anime with real-life Duel Monsters rules.

Summons "Brigadier of Landstar" (900 ATK / 1200 DEF) in Attack Position.
Activates Spell Card "Monster Reborn" to Special Summon "Rocket Warrior" (1500 ATK / 1300 DEF) back from his Graveyard.
Activates "The Claw of Hermos", fusing it with "Rocket Warrior" to create "Rocket Hermos Cannon", which he equips to "Brigadier of Landstar".
Uses "Brigadier of Landstar" to attack: thanks to "Rocket Hermos Cannon's" special ability all of Valon's Armor Monsters are destroyed.
Before it's destroyed, Valon's "Active Guard" prevents all damage being inflicted to him.
Before it's destroyed, "Data Brain's" special ability activates: it copies Joey's "Rocket Hermos Cannon" and generates a copy of it on Valon's side of the field (NOTE: in the real game, this would not be possible because as an Equip Card, "Rocket Hermos Cannon" must have a valid target to equip itself to (see 'Notes' section above); It is possible that the copy is generated as an Armor Monster, however).

Activates "Psychic Armor Head's" second special ability, Special Summoning it (0 → 500 ATK / 500 DEF) back from the Graveyard.
Summons "Burning Knuckle" (0 → 500 ATK / 1000 DEF) in Attack Position.
Thanks to its special ability, "Burning Knuckle" gains +200 ATK for each face-up Armor Monster Valon controls: with 2 such monsters this totals to a +400 ATK bonus ("Burning Knuckle": 500 → 900 ATK / 1000 DEF).
Valon equips "Burning Knuckle" with his copy of "Rocket Hermos Cannon".
Uses "Burning Knuckle" to attack: thanks to "Rocket Hermos Cannon's" special ability all of Joey's monsters are destroyed and he is inflicted 900 damage (Joey: 1300 → 400 Life Points).
After its use, the copy of "Rocket Hermos Cannon" generated by "Data Brain" is destroyed.

Summons "Black Hole Shield" (0 ATK / 0 DEF) in Attack Position ("Burning Knuckle": 900 → 1100 ATK / 0 DEF).
Uses "Burning Knuckle" to attack Joey directly, but Joey activates Trap Card "Aura Armor": he pays half his LP (Joey: 400 → 200 Life Points) to negate the attack and Special Summon a "Player Token" (? ATK / ? DEF) with ATK/DEF values equal to his own LP ("Player Token": ? → 200 ATK / ? → 200 DEF) (NOTE": in the anime, Joey is shown to 'equip' his Player Token's "Aura Armor" as if it were his own armor).
Sets a card.

Activates Spell Card "Roll of Fate" and rolls a four: Joey draws 4 cards and sends the top 4 cards of his Deck to the Graveyard.
Activates Ritual Spell Card "Red-Eyes Transmigration", tributing "Red-Eyes B. Dragon" from his hand and his "Player Token" to Ritual Summon "Lord of the Red" (2400 ATK / 2000 DEF) in Attack Position (NOTE: in the anime, just like with "Aura Armor", Joey 'equips' the armor of "Lord of the Red" as if it were his own armor)
Uses "Lord of the Red" to attack "Psychic Armor Head", but Valon uses the special ability of Armor Monsters and redirects the attack to "Black Hole Shield", tributing it to negate the damage ("Burning Knuckle": 1100 → 900 ATK / 0 DEF).
Sets a card.

Activates Spell Card "Monster Reborn" to Special Summon "Buster Pyle" (0 ATK / 0 DEF) back from his Graveyard ("Burning Knuckle": 900 → 1100 ATK / 0 DEF).
Joey activates Quick-Play Spell Card "Scapegoat", Special Summoning 4 "Sheep Tokens" (0 ATK / 0 DEF) in Defense Mode.
Since two Spell Cards have been played this turn, "Lord of the Red's" special ability activates: all other monsters on the field are destroyed.

Uses "Lord of the Red" to attack Valon directly, but Valon activates Trap Card "Extinction Fist": Joey's attack is negated, "Lord of the Red" is destroyed, and the monsters used to Tribute Summon it ("Red-Eyes B. Dragon": 2400 ATK / 2000 DEF) (Aura Armor's "Player Token": 200 ATK / 200 DEF) are returned to Joey's side of the field.