User blog comment:WanderingSkull/The Definition of Madness: The Joker (Nolanverse) vs. Vaas Montenegro/@comment-5795750-20150405115049

BG1's "You Don't Scare Me, Freak" Edges:

Leaders Melee: Hmmm where have I seen this before? Oh yeah! Waffle's Black Mask vs Big Smile Lee battle; and most people there gave it to the machete in spite of the fact that it is an improvised weapon in comparison to the switchblade and it is a bit more unwieldly. However I will now concede that they are right - I mean, the machete is made even more useful and deadlier in this scenario because of its great length and power advantage

EDGE: Vaas

Sidearm: Well this is something, aint it EA? I mean the M1911 copy here has almost similar specs to the original gun with its big bullet and all that but honestly I must side with the more automatic, more compact and has the bigger mag size

EDGE: Joker

Shotgun: Rule of thumb - if a sawed-off shotgun is going up against a normal shotgun, chances are the normal one is deadlier owing to its greater range and accuracy

EDGE: Vaas

Gangs Melee 1: Hammer = improvised weapon, KA-Bar = military weapon. Need I say more?

EDGE: Vaas

Melee 2: Same edge as the leaders one

EDGE: Vaas

Pistol 1: Same edge as the leaders one except my evaluation is slightly different with the Glock 17 which is semi-auto as opposed to the Joker's Glock 18

EDGE: Joker

Pistol 2: D'eagle < any other gun except revolvers due to its recoil and weight

EDGE: Joker

Revolver: Magnum rounds from the S&W 629 are perhaps more powerful than the .32 from the Model 15

EDGE: Vaas

SMG: MAC-10 has larger calibre, bigger magazine and higher rate of fire

EDGE: Joker

Rifle: Easily the AK-103 trumps over the WWII relic that is the M1 Garand

EDGE: Vaas

Explosives: The original beats the copycat; need I say more

EDGE: Vaas

X-Factors: Average of 75 for Heath Ledger the Joker; Average of 75 for Vaas

EDGE: Even

Overall: Despite my admiration for Heath's Joker and his insanely clever villainy in The Dark Knight, Vaas Montenegro comes out as the definitive winner here - with X-Factors between the two even, it comes down to weaponry and the Joker is not packing the right stuff for an all-out fight in the open jungle where Vaas and his men are; there's also the fact that the Joker can be a sadist sometimes and end up killing his own men whereas Vaas, I don't think, is that much of a mentally unhinged guy to start killing his own men just for the heck of it. So while Joker and his gang are more suited to urban or suburban combat, Vaas is more prepared and definitely going to be giving the Clown Prince of Crime a deserving whooping.