User blog comment:GSFB/Athena (Tomorrowland) vs Terminator/@comment-5232784-20170922193132

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1. Short range

No contest: an energy pistol will hit harder and obviously has more tech than a regular pistol. Energy trumps lead.

EDGE: Athena!

2. Mid range.

The time freeze grenade is very impressive, something that can be utilized for an all powerful sneak attack. You only have to set it off near your opponent, get your gun ready, then fire when the effects of the grenade wear off. This would make for an potentially easy kill.

The winchester is a reliable rifle, one that has stood the test of time. Unlike the time grenade, it is highly lethal, capble of firing off multiple rounds in mere moments. However, it doesn't enable one to have such a one sided advantage that the time grenade allows. The Terminator could be frozen in time while holding the winchester, then after its effrcts run out, Athena can plug him with an energy pistol or one of the terminator's own weapons (M79 Blooper being a good choice).

Though the winchester actually can kill or destroy, the strategic value of Athena's time grenade makes it the superior weapon.

EDGE: Athena!

3. Long range

The 1-kiloton sphere grenade is far more devistating, and far more likely to kill its intended target than a minigun. However, it takes nearly two minutes to explode after being armed, and it has a significantly high chance of killing both opponents. Athena will have to book out of there fast in order to survive the initial blast, or at least find a suitable shelter from the explosion. Considering that she csan outrun a truck at high speed with ease, this might not be such a problem for her, but the minigun has none of these very serious drawbacks.

Still, the 1-kiloton sphere will destroy its opponent, while the minigun might only slow down or even tick off Athena. Plus, it will be difficult to hit her, considering her size and running speed, while the 1-kiloton sphere wont have that much of a problem hitting its target.

The best strategy to use the 1-kiloton sphere is to either freeze the Terminator with the time grenade while setting the 1-kiloton sphere off, then running out of there super fast, getting maybe 2 or three miles (depending on her top speed) before the blast goes off. Or she could throw it at the terminator from a long distance (usiong her superhuman strength) and then book like crazy. No one knows how far Athena could throw a ball, but considering that the top distance a baseball has been throw (larger though most likely less dense than the 1-kiloton sphere) by a professional baseball player is 445 feet 10 inches, and considering Athena's incredible strength, it seems like she could chunk that sphere a considerably longer distance, thus giving her an advantage when it comes to escaping the blast.

Though in many ways the minigun is more practical, I give this to Athena due to the power and tech of the 1-kiloton sphere.

EDGE: Athena.

4. Special

The slef destruct mechanism is a "If I go down, you're coming with me!" weapon. If it is used, Athena has already been defeated, and will hope that her blast will take out her opponent or a grave threat (like happned with the Monitor in "Tomorrowland"). Meanwhile, the M79 Blooper is quite capable of destroying her, perhaps enough so to destroy the mechanism before it can be used. The Terminator can survive using the M79 Blooper. No contest.

EDGE: The Terminator!

5.

TBC