User blog comment:Victory awaits/The actual outcome of Apocalypse?/@comment-27360776-20160930155047/@comment-73.203.199.6-20160930221323

As stated above, Lucifer didn't want to kill the angels. Some angels wanted the Appocalypse as much as him. They saw it as a purificaiton, a restart. Humans are such a destructive species that they think the only choice is to wipe out the world. Lucifer can't do this with Michael standing in his way. Lucifer loves Michael, but he will do what he must to bring the appocalypse. This is why they were going to fight.

You said he had no chance against the Host of Heaven. He completely did. He could smite each and every angel effortlessly, exept for his Archangel brethren ofcourse. They wouldn't be so afraid to look him in the eye or even speak up against him if they had any chance to overpower him. Lucifer didn't go ahead and start the appocalypse because he knew that any damage he'd cause would be undone by Michael instantly. This is why Lucifer needed to persuade Michael to walk away, or Lucifer needed to win the fight.