User blog comment:Weew1213/Season 2 Off-Season Battle: Talion vs Batman (Arkham Series) "A Ranger in the Knight"/@comment-26395956-20161218194202

MD 33's Vote: "Shadow of Gotham"

Equipments: Talion's Mythical Arsenal vs Batman's Tech-Toys

Note: May automatically expand to powers and abilities.

As what Wass said, the hacking device and disrupter are left out in this one. None of Talion's equipments are electrical in nature. In this edge, I'll give it to Talion. But I have to admit, giving him the edge ain't easy for me. Batman has faced other killers that filled Gotham's underworld, and the terrors of Arkham City/Asylum. And with his non-lethal gadgets and fighting skills, he managed to defeat murderers. But I have to note that the goddamn murderers he faced are mostly unskilled. Save for guys like Shiva, Deathstroke, or Al Ghul (both Talia or Ra's). But Celebrimbor/Talion combo? Oh, this one's another issue. He's a supernatural warrior, yes. But Batman has defeated and faced Solomon Grundy, right? Don't get me wrong, but Talion's kind of supernatural here is different. All of Talion's weapons are more practical than Batman's gadgets, but Batman knows how to use it. The freeze blast, batarang, batclaw, as well as smoke pellets can be extremely advantageous to Batman. But let's see...

Throw a batarang at Talion, what will happen to him? Distracted? Yes. But that does not matter as his Wraith Realm ability can still locate Batman. This one also applies to the smoke pellets. But on the other hand, Batman's own "detective vision" is a catalyst to the Wraith Realm. But know this: The Wraith Realm is completely different from the detective vision. Sure, they both are technically the same. But the Wraith Realm, imo, tracks enemies better than the Detective Vision. Besides, how could the Detective Vision identify him? I mean, what colour would the detective vision give to identify Talion? Rainbow? The explosive gel could deal intense damage to Talion, but remember, he's undead. He doesn't need to breathe, eat, sh*t, or keep his body together....

Ok, the last statement's pretty wrong.

Anyways, what also counters Talion's deadly arsenals and seemingly "limited" abilities is the Batman's genius level intellect. Hell, he figures everything out within seconds! But I gotta ask... how will Batman be able to identify what "creature" is Talion? Though, simply by saying, "He's a ghost", is something... Also, Batman's stealth is much better than Talion's, from the X-Factors. Not just that, Bat's training is much more intense than Talion. But all and all, what makes me think, that TALION wins this match?

Ok this one is going FAR from being just from equipment. It's basically the entire vote lol. Apologies if it is a bit senseless. And because of how long it might be, I'll just put it on numbers.

1. The batarang, explosive gel, etc, all of those could be trumped by the Azkar bow. Batman can avoid it, but not for long. Even if so, if he's hit, he's gonna be f*cking screwed up, a lot. 14 shots of spiritual elven arrows that can also PIN down Batman, or knock him back using the small fire explosion? That's a huge no-no for Bats.

2. As I said, smoke pellets can blind people, obscuring their vision using the thick-ass smoke. But then, the Wraith Realm serves Talion, and in that state, he can fire his arrow... but Batman himself has something else like that, as I said, which is the Detective Vision. But what makes me think that the Wraith Realm is better than the Detective Vision is because of the... Azkar! Though I must say, Batman's Detective Vision is more detailed. Still, the detective vision detects the body, not the spirit of one being, which I believe the Wraith Realm does, sense the spirits of other beings. (If you don't want to consider this, it is OK)

3. Batman tries to takedown Talion. What happens? Remember, being an undead means that knocking out Talion is pretty hard. Talion's takedown is essentially insta-kill, with his sword. Dirhael's sword ain't gonna act much here, unless he uses it as a sidearm. Though outmaneuvering each other... now that's hard.

4. As much as how Batman's more trained than Talion, and the wide array of villains he has faced, the terrors of Mordor that Talion has faced makes the villains nothing compared to them. Bane, Joker, Scarecrow, etc. Those guys are deadly to Batman. Batman defeats them using sheer wits and tactical analysis, but he is limited to not killing them. With that said, Talion has no doubts of killing a hostile, and it makes Talion hard to contain by Batman and can achieve a quicker victory. Plus, Talion's a damn undead wraith, with another elven wraith backing him up. Oh and an unrelated note: If the Batman gets branded by Talion's Domination... it'll be freaking humiliating, I think... and painful.

(Sigh) This one... is a damn hard blog to vote, and due to my tiredness (it's dawn here!), I gotta say that the things above are my explanation why Talion wins. Count it as a half-vote if you want, or tell me if anything's wrong, and I'll fix it. By far, this one, with EA's Tripods vs AT-ATs, are the hardest blogs I've voted in. As for the X-Factors...

Talion: 75. 75

'''Batman: 80. 75'''