User blog comment:So-Pro Warrior/Special Secret Battle of Season 1! Kamen Rider Amazon vs. Spider Man (Miles Morales)/@comment-143604-20130111235929

Drayco90's Edgy Edges of Edgy Edgines-AMERICA!

Due to the nature of this battle, and my preference for breaking down votes into edges whenever possible, I'm going to present these as various key points that I think will determine which way the fight will end up.


 * Powers- Spider-Man. While Amazon has a great array of powerful abilities and strong attacks backed up with some incredible feats, Miles Morales can more than match him in nearly every respect here and has a great deal of additional abilities. Blow for blow, I honestly feel that Morales has a greater level of potential strength than Amazon does, dinosaur choping or not. Miles has struggled with the depth of his power, and he continues to show that even he doesn't fully grasp how strong he can be yet- a battle with a warrior like Amazon will push him farther than he has ever been pushed before, and will bring out new feats from him. In addition, Miles has his Venom Strike/Blast which is a complete game-changer for someone who can move like a Spider can. Able to dodge about and strike with speeds and grace that Amazon won't be able to match, Miles will be able to hit key points with his strikes and completely disable the Rider as needed. Amazon has some strong attacks for sure, but Morales Spider Senses will protect him from harm by allowing him to forsee and avoid strikes with great precision, though it will be less of a factor than with Parker due to Miles' lack of understanding or mastery of it yet. Miles also has the key ability of Camoflauge. Being able to cloak oneself, in addition to having a one-hit crippling blow is enough to drastically tip the edges in his favor. Miles can play it smart and safe, using his (what basically amounts to) invisibility, Miles will be able to hit Amazon from behind with a battle-ending blow with ease.


 * Mobility- Spider-Man. This is another huge one. The ability to control and move about the battlefield will be a huge piece of the puzzle for both of these warriors, and I feel Miles has a greater wealth of them to bring to the table. Sure Amazon is fast and The Jungler will give him new options not otherwise present to him, they pale in comparison to someone as agile as Spider-Man. Miles is a smaller, more acrobatic figure than even Peter Parker was, and the OG Spidey was already one of the greatest master of this edge around. His Web Shooters can be used for far more than just stunning or attacking a target- they make a far more effective grapple than Amazon's bike could ever hope of matching, and they will make large scale and mostly quiet traversal an easy feat. I bring up being quiet for a reason that I'll get to later, but it's another big one for me here. Either way, Miles will also be able to crawl across any solid surface, which is another huge edge in mobility- being able to crawl around in the nooks and crannies of an area, especially areas where people rarely think to look like the ceiling, presents a huge array of additional options for engaging an enemy. Between this wall crawling, his web slingin', his speed and acrobatics and his all around smaller and less burdened build, Miles will be able to out-move Amazon in any encounter.


 * Veterancy- Rider Amazon. Miles Morales is still a greenhorn- he doesn't even understand the depth of his own powers yet- his Spider Sense is heavily nerfed in use, he doesn't really have a grasp on his own strength and he's not quite as graceful as Peter was. Amazon has fought a great deal longer than Miles, and has encountered and defeated more numerous and varied foes than the Spider-Man, giving him a definitive edge in experience. Amazon has trained alongside other Riders and has had more time to hone his ablities, but Miles is definetly on the up-swing in terms of training that makes this a less clear cut edge than Experience- Jessica Drew and Captain America have both taken Miles under their wings to an extent to help train him and make him a more effective warrior, and while it hasn't lasted long enough to make a dent in Amazon's own training, it's enough to be notable- after all, Amazon himself is mostly self-taught, and I'd hardly call self-training legitimate training.


 * Stealth- Spider-Man. This is one very important factor in Miles' favor. He's proven in the past that he is willing to fight a little dirty if he has to, and he can be a bit more dangerous in his style than Peter ever was, so he would hardly be above such tactics as ambushes, traps and surprises from behind. With his cloaking ability, Miles will easily be able to take advantage of his surroundings, surrvey and plan new angles of attack, and get in a Venom Strike, which will cripple the Rider. Unlike Amazon, who has an inheriently loud vehicle provide him a lot of mobility edges, and is wearing a flashy costume/armor, Miles has a very subdued and quiet set of mobility options and equipment, allowing him to more easily blend and move about without attracting attention, while Amazon's coming will be telegraphed from quite a way aways. He can easily blend on the roof, slowly and silently crawl until he's right above Amazon and jump down, slamming an incapcitating strike on him from above. He could easily swing into the shadows and webzip into a venom strike to a vital point. He could easily come up with hundreds of takedowns and finishers from a quiet and tactical location anywhere on any battlefield. Being smarter and quicker than his foe will only give him a greater leg up in this category that can easily seal the whole battle.


 * Personality Profile- Spider-Man. Amazon may have training and experience in the X-Factors, but the other important ones, the "personality" ones for lack of a better term, are squarely in Miles' corner. He's smarter than Amazon by quite a fair margin, allowing for more tactical options to be considered and opening new doors that a dumber warrior wouldn't be able to notice. He's got more creativity, allowing him to invent doors that otherwise wouldn't open, or create workarounds for doors that are stuck. Okay, that metaphor's a bit out of hand- point is, his smarts and creativity will allow him to plan, improvise and use his battlefield in ways that Amazon won't be able to predict or react to. He's not quite as fierce as Amazon, but when you can take things slowly at your own pace and plan accordingly, allowing for quick and decisive strikes that quickly end a match, it becomes irrelevant how fierce you are.


 * Deadliest Warrior- Miles "Spider-Man" Morales. This is certainly a close battle with no easy victor, but Miles will ultimately be able to prevail. He is faster and more agile, has a greater set of powers and the personality to use those powers in ways that will hard counter a lot of what Amazon tries to throw at him. His disabling and stealthing moves allow him to make decisive blows, while he also has the leisure of being able to predict Amazon's attacks and stealthily observe and plan. Ultimately, Spidey will take this for the same reasons Peter Parker always did.