His relation with Ky Kiske has also been commended by reviewers. Todd Ciolek from Anime News Network described it as a "true relationship", and IGN writer, Ryan Clements, called them a legendary pair, IGN's Vincent Ingenito said "Ky and Sol might very well have been the next Ryu and Ken ... or at least the next Scorpion and Sub-Zero". Writing for GameSpy, Benjamin Turner commented that they "... are the closest you'll get to a Ken and Ryu, but they look approximately a thousand times cooler." On the same subject, Clements, however, said their clashes were "... great melodrama".