User blog comment:Monkey Doctor 33/MD 33's Second Battle: Grimlock (G1) vs Iron Man (MCU)/@comment-5795750-20150618141315

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Powers: Grimlock and Iron Man are almost evenly matched in terms of strength, endurance and durability in those metal shells but Iron Man I think takes this for having those superhuman attributes AND more - the speed, flight and reflexes will definitely help him avoid whatever Grimlock can throw at him

EDGE: Iron Man (MCU)

Weapons/Tech: Again Iron Man takes this one because he is packing a greater variety of weapons than Grimlock and sure Grimlock's can be powerful but they are not as versatile as the secret lasers and stuff that Tony is carrying with him - plus he has JARVIS who can easily spot Grimlock's weakpoints and find effective strategies for Tony's benefit in combat; sure Grimlock has that mighty sword but relatively speaking, its merely a flyswatter to Tony - one that he must and can avoid

EDGE: Iron Man (MCU)

Support Additions: Can I just say that a lot of fans were disappointed that the Hulkbuster armour was used in the fight against the Hulk and not Ultron? Anyway, I have to call this a tie because Grimlock's transformed mode severely limits the range at which he can attack - even if he breathes fire, that flamethrower breath can only go so far... at the same time, as Cfp points out, when Iron Man trades in his normal armour for the Hulkbuster, that's his greatest advantage of speed gone (after all, the only way Tony is ever to beat the Hulk is to be as big and strong as he is) and thus he is limited in his fighting capabilities too. He is still able to use the repulsor beams from a distance but since when did Tony ever use the Hulkbuster from afar to incapacitate Hulk?

EDGE: Even

X-Factors: Average of 90 for Grimlock; Average of 82 for Iron Man

EDGE: Grimlock

Overall Winner: Yeah Grimlock may look like he has the better X-Factors and Iron Man may have the better weapons and thus it looks like theres a tie, right? Not in this case though! I believe that Iron Man (MCU), being the nimble fly or even David that he is in comparison to Grimlock the Goliath, will win out in this one - yes Grimlock may be more intelligent than Tony because he is a robot and his robotic shell may be tough to penetrate but Tony has something that Grimlock doesn't have: human ingenuity. After all that's another X-Factor worth considering in this fight - Grimlock may be brutal but with his weapons, he's somewhat limited in choice as to what weapons to use; Tony on the other hand has the weapons, the mind and the aid of JARVIS and VERONICA to be unpredictably powerful in ways the Transformer could never imagine and that will be its downfall.