User blog comment:Appelmonkey/Anime Season, Epsiode 4 Horhor/Ghouls (Tokyo Ghoul) vs. Vampires/@comment-26384220-20160203033246/@comment-4661256-20160203052841

I disagree with your ultimate verdict. You seem to gloss over the fact that the vampires' claws give them a huge edge in an "up-close-and-personal" fight. The claws bring with them all the raw power that the Ghouls have but all that killing power is focused on the edge of razor-sharp claws (so, if anything, the Ghouls are at quite a disadvantage up-close-and-personal).

Experience is not based on knowledge in fighting but on... well, I don't know how to define it without using the word itself, but... it's based on how long and how often they've fought, and the vampires take a definite edge there too. As centuries-old sentient beings that experience will work in their favor as their combat experience and opportunity to develop and execute strategy will make them startlingly effective hunters. This is further augmented by their powers (which you basically all-but-ignored in your vote), which includes battlefield dominance (i.e. being able to fly and escape/ambush as the situation dictates) and heightened awareness (made even more relevant thanks to the battle taking place at night, as they have night vision).

Basically, your entire vote is based on the premise that the Ghouls will win in a close-up fight, which is a highly debatable point since the Vampire claws are more than a match for the Ghouls, but you also pointedly ignore many strong points of the vampires just to give the ghouls an edge that really doesn't hold water if you really analyze it properly.