User blog comment:SPARTAN 119/Revy (Black Lagoon) vs Bandou (Elfen Lied)/@comment-4661256-20120702205302

El Alamein's Analysis of Boo-Boo's and Band-Aids:

Close Range: Berettas vs. Deagles: To paraphrase Gugun Deep Singh, "I love the Desert Eagle. What the hell would you do with the Desert Eagle?" Its only advantage with great stopping power is offset with enormous recoil, a smaller than usual magazine, and awful potential in battlefield combat. The Berettas hold way more bullets in their magazine and because the recoil isn't gonna make you facepalm you can keep on target and shoot a lot faster. The 9x19mm Parabellum round isn't a slouch either, and when you get hit by it, while it won't knock you on your rear end like the Deagle, you'll still have to at least clench your teeth in pain. Edge: Revy

Mid Range: PM63 vs. MP5A4: The MP5A4 is an improvement of the H&K MP5 because it comes with a select-fire option, meaning you can fire semi-automatic or fully-automatic. The outdated PM63 is stuck on full-auto. The MP5 has a larger magazine (around 32 rounds per mag as compared to the PM63's 25-round mag), it's got a faster rate of fire (800 rounds/min as compared to the PM63's 650 rounds/min). They shoot the same round (the MP5 has the 9x19mm Parabellum and the PM63 has the 9x18mm Makarov, which are essentially Cold-War counterparts), so when looking at how they function it's clear that the MP5A4, with the option to choose how you fire and the ability to fire faster, gets an edge. Edge: Bandou

Long Range: RPG-7 vs. M72 LAW: It's too bad that the LAW has such a bad rep, because I like it a lot - it's disposable, which means in a war situation you can fire it once and drop it and high-tail out of there. It does the damage it needs to, it's cheap and can be mass-produced, so misfires aren't really a problem when you have 4 more LAWs laying next to you. However, in a one-on-one fight if you miss you're screwed and you don't have the U.S. government constantly supplying you with these. The LAW is more accurate though and because it's a more complex weapon the operator using it will be more skilled. The RPG is just as portable and ultimately it can be reloaded, so if a warhead misses (likely with this piece of crap) you can just shove down the barrel another warhead. While the RPG is better as far as combat is concerned the LAW is better logistically as you can fire it and then you have one less weapon to carry. Call me crazy but it's a tie. Edge: Even

Explosive: M79 vs. M203: You need the M203 to be mounted under the barrel of a rifle, otherwise it's useless. The M79 is a stand-alone weapon, and since Bandou doesn't have a rifle to slip the M203 on, he's one weapon less effective. Edge: Revy

Winner: Bandou

Revy's got a huge advantage with more practical weapons like the Berettas and RPG, and Bandou has some poor weapons choices with the Deagle and the M203, but the MP5 is enough to carry the game for him with the LAW scraping up a decent second place. The MP5 is going to be able to put enough rounds downrange to keep Revy's head down and behind cover. The LAW can obliterate said cover and it's far more accurate, plus Bandou won't have to lug the thing around after he shoots it. If it wasn't for the MP5, Bandou would be royally screwed over but guns win the day for everyone and the MP5 is the gun that will win this game.