User blog comment:Monkey Doctor 33/Embrace the Rage! Sabretooth (Marvel Comics) vs Lemartes (Warhammer 40,000)/@comment-32516697-20190908231013

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Both warriors have powers in the same categories, so let's break this down, tabber by tabber. It should be obvious that Lemartes dominates in strength; Sabretooth is impressive, but not ripping-through-power-armor levels of impressive. Their durability feats are quite similar, but with one notable difference; Lemartes's has two layers of durability: his natural body, and his armor. Because of Sabretooth's more lackluster strength feats, that armor is going to take a lot of damage before Sabretooth breaks through it to damage Lemartes directly. Lemartes, meanwhile, has no such issue. Moving on to speed, it looks like their reaction speeds are about even, with both fighters dodging and blocking bullets like nobody's business, but for raw movement speed, Sabretooth takes the edge for his many blitzing feats. Senses are mostly irrelevant here; both warriors will detect each other almost instantly and be able to see incoming attacks with ease, but there's one important detail: Sabretooth's senses can screw him over with a powerful blunt strike to the head, and Lemartes's favorite weapons is, you guessed it, the fantastic blunt Blood Crozius. Finally, we come to the healing factors, where Sabretooth is the clear winner. Normally fatal wounds are no issue for Lemartes, but Sabretooth can come back from having entire organs destroyed.

Okay, let's bring it all together. Lemartes's strength makes close-combat highly dangerous, but that's countered by Sabretooth's speed; he can be quickly moving around the battlefield and attacking from different angles to avoid the worst of Lemartes's attacks. The armor is tough, but it will crack eventually, and Lemartes's healing factor isn't strong enough to come back from a butchering at the hands of Sabretooth and his adamantium claws.

Finally, let's talk about weapons. Lemartes is carrying a lot of explosives, but Sabretooth should be able to tank or avoid most of those. The Rosarius is useless, because Sabretooth is a melee fighter, and while the jump pack might help Lemartes get out of a sticky situation or two, it has limited uses, and once it's empty, it's useless. Sabretooth's claws are pretty simple, but given the sheer amount of things they can cut through, like all kinds of super-metal robots and Fem!Thor's arm, I'm confident that they'll eventually bust open Lemartes's power armor. Lastly, there's Lemartes's Crozius. It's certainly powerful, with it's durability-ignoring powers being the marine's best chance at putting Sabretooth down for good. Nothing bad to say about that one.

If it wasn't obvious, I'm casting my vote for Sabretooth, primarily because of his speed, healing factor, and experience. He's fast enough to avoid most of Lemartes's attacks, and his healing factor will fix him up for the rest. His claws will break through Lemartes's armor given time, and then there's nothing stopping him from eviscerating his opponent. Finally, his vast experience with superhumans and intellect will enable him to use all those abilities I just mentioned to their fullest. Winner: Sabretooth!