User blog comment:So-Pro Warrior/Special Sneak Preview of Season 2: Battle of the Ultimate Galaxy Savers: Master Chief vs. Commander Shepard/@comment-143604-20130620185645

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 * Melee- Commander Shepard. Neither Chief nor Shepard are going to be likely to engage in a fist fight at any point during the battle, and when it comes to blades, this is no contest. The Omniblade is near weightless, boiling hot with a temperature that would flay the flesh from an unarmored man's bones, diamond-hard, and deployable near instantly for a powerful attack. It has greater reach than the combat knife, and would likely pierce through Chief's armor and kill him in a single blow, considering the Energy Sword already does that.


 * Pistols- Shepard. Chief's Magnum has a number of natural disadvantages here, from the weaker damage output, to the lower number of rounds in a clip, and while the Magnum has the added benefit of a scope for longer ranged combat, it's still an ordinary ballistic weapon, which fires significantly less powerful bullets than the M-3. The M-3 ultimately will take this because it's a more effective and versatile handgun, able to deal more damage, more reliably with more rounds to fire.


 * Shotgun- Shepard. The Katana has both a range advantage and a power advantage over Chief's shotgun. Both have incredibly short ranges, but the Katana is slightly more useful at something other than what is effectively melee range, while the Halo 4 Shotgun has an even shorter range than previous models. The Katana's shots also have the added benefit of being Mass Accelerator weapons. Considering the shotgun in Shepard's hands is stronger and more effective at a greater distance, it easily trumps Chief's.


 * SMGs- Master Chief. Shepard's Tempest fires significantly faster, and once again is a stronger firing weapon, but Chief's dual wielding his SMGs, giving him a significant increase in damage output, and his firing is more stable due to his augmentations allowing him to simply spray the SMGs without worrying too much about recoil throwing off his aim.


 * Assault Rifle- Commander Shepard. The Avenger is a more accurate weapon, has a greater effective range, deals more damage and does all of this with only two fewer bullets per clip than the Halo Assault Rifle, which is, in comparison, sloppy and shorter ranged. Throw in the additional benefits such as the Avenger's faster rate of fire and greater versatility, and you've got a rifle that curbstomps the competiton.


 * Battle Rifle- Master Chief. The Vindicator has fewer rounds per clip, which is a vital disadvantage in this battle, and Chief's Battle Rifle has greater accuracy at longer distances, though the Vindicator would likely win in a mid-to-shorter range confrontation.


 * LMG- Master Chief. The SAW has a greater clip size than the ME3 Revenant (though smaller than the one in ME2), and a greater rate of fire. Those are the only two relevant pieces of information about these LMGs, so Chief takes this edge.


 * Sniper Rifle- Even. The Mantis deals more damage per shot, but needs to reload more often, while the semi-auto Halo Sniper has a larger clip size.


 * Explosive Weapons- Commander Shepard. The Grenade Launcher fires faster, has greater potential damage, is more versatile as it has far more potential uses in the battle and will simply be the more effective weapon of the two in any realistic conflict.


 * Grenades- Commander Shepard. The Plasma Grenade is a deadly weapon, but that's the only greande in Chief's arsenal that will do any major damage. The Frag is outclassed in every way by Shepard's, and the Inferno Grenade spits apart and covers a huge amount of ground, scorching it apart and making it difficult to fight in the area while also catching everything around the blast on fire- something we already know pops a Spartan's Shields in no time at all.


 * Special- Commander Shepard. Biotic Abilities are, almost always, unavoidable and leave the target, no matter how armored, how powerful or how prepared, defenseless or incapacitated. A single Biotic power would leave Chief unable to move and floating above the ground, making him an easy target. Other Biotic Powers shread apart the worth of his armor and pops his shields without even getting out of cover. Other Biotic Powers transform the entire environment into a damaging field that forces the enemy to come out of cover to escape. Chief's weaponry is nothing compared to what Biotics can do, and while Shepard  easily could've taken this battle with just his firearms, the Biotics are what really seal the deal.


 * Deadliest Warrior- Commander Shepard. Shepard is a better fighter, with more dangerous and harder hitting equipment that is more versatile, more powerful and more effective at taking down the enemy. His stronger shields, his better equipment and his Biotic Powers outdo any SPARTAN training or fan-fiction hyperbole, allowing Shepard to take the Chief down.