User blog comment:MilitaryBrat/The Team vs Freddy Krueger/@comment-4803039-20130527230815

Affectos's Emotions: "What I a butterfly dreaming I was man; or a man dreaming I was a butterfly?"

While I'm a wuss when it comes to the horror films, I have read the synopises for the 'Nightmare on Elm Street' series (It was for a horror film trivia contest). The biggest factor is the experience both team has had with dream manipulation. Krueger is in my opinion, the embodiment of the nightmare, he doesn't have the fear of becoming stuck in a dream. The Team on the other hand carry many risks when entering. Physically, they run the risk of falling into limbo/coma; mentally, they carry around their totems to help them remember if they're dreaming or not.

Freddy carries the ability to win on both levels, in the realm of dreams and in reality. As many of the others have pointed out, Freddy's regeneration abilities pretty much cancel out their guns. And even if one should get their hands on Freddy, dragging them into reality, The Team members are going to be still connected to the drugs (I believe). Unless they keep a person in reality to deliver the final blow, Freddy Krueger gains himself a few more victim.