User blog comment:Battlefan237/The horror from the bottom of the pond : Kappa (Japanese Folklore)vs. Tikoloshe( Zulu Myth)/@comment-11361577-20180630233553

Appelmonkey's "Mythical Mischief" Voye

I am gonna give this to the kappa straight away. This will be a pure melee battle which will not work out well for the tikoloshe. Now, the tikoloshe will have an advantage at the start of the battle as the battle starts off, however as soon as one of them attack a kappa the other kappa will be on high alert and it would be hard to take them by surprise. The tikoloshe's nails are brittle and can easily be broken on the kappa's shells, which means that they need to rely on the objects they can find in and around the house, even then the kappa are stronger and even have a beak to go with their claws.

If the tikoloshe want to gain another edge on the kappa they gotta retreat to a nearby leak or pond to drink water, but at that point, one of the kappa can get into the water and ambush him.

Lastly, the kappa's intellect really works in their favour as they are able to more effectively strategize and work together which might allow them to counter the tikoloshe's invisibility.