User blog comment:El Alamein/Boris the Animal vs. Doctor Octopus/@comment-5795750-20130509002253

BG1's "And from that day forward, any time a bunch of animals are together in one place it's called a zoo!" Edges:

Close Range: To be honest, I don't think the tentacles may be short enough to help him so really Otto is using just his body to fend off Boris's attacks. And while Otto is superhuman in strength, I also doubt he'd be able to fend off against Boris's razor sharp teeth - the latter is more than compensation for Boris's missing arm.

EDGE: Boris

Medium/Long Range: A 40ft projectile vs a 24ft limb... well upon first glance, the projectile wins but then again, Boris has only got one hand he can shoot it from so fire rate is an issue and sometimes the projectile might miss - after all Otto is very dextrous with his tentacles. Also, Otto can easily use his tentacles as a defence against the parasite both when it shoots its spikes and it crawls out to attack individual.

EDGE: Otto

X-Factors:

Psychological Warfare: An intergalactic criminal vs a genius-level atomic scientist? Well this one can be kind-of a no-brainer. Otto will be able to plan his attacks and adapt quite well - the only thing that might drag him down is the tentacles being more sentient and out-of-control if his concentration is not 100% but then again, he can use that to his advantage. Plus 6 arms vs 1? Surely Boris will feel intimidated here.

EDGE: Otto

Combat Experience: Let's look at the enemies of these quys - the MIB and Spider-Man so to speak. Well the MIB is certain a lot tougher seeing as how they pack in more futuristic weaponry and they are more efficient but Spider-Man isn't that weak an opponent either. I have to say though that since Boris has been chased by the MIB for a long time whereas the SM2 version of Doctor Octopus hasn't been like that for long...

EDGE: Boris

Weakness: I have already stated above that the warrior's weaknesses will have a significant effect on the outcome - but as I have also stated, Otto weakness can be turned into an advantage since his out of control arms will be something Boris might not expect or even dodge (even the collateral damage)

EDGE: Otto

Endurance: Both warriors are very durable and can keep on fighting for quite a while. I'm not sure really who's more durable as there are a lot of factors to take into account (like whether Boris or Otto is going to be trapped under a huge pile of rubble).

EDGE: Even

TBC