User blog comment:Dargoo Faust/Battles Across Fiction Tournament: Round 1/@comment-3189283-20180814110554

Let's see shall we

The victor of this battle is going to be decided largely based on how long the battle drags on for. Kayneth has the advantage in the early stages of the battle because Volumen Hydrargyrum can essentially block whatever Dean can throw at him. Based on conversations with those more knowledgeable on Supernatural than me it seems as though while Dean's Angel Blade and Colt can kill any living thing (with exceptions) it's unclear if a big ball of mercury counts as a living being so it could very well just block them in the same way a inanimate object would. Furthermore Dean isn't keen on using his Colt bullets due to their scarecity and his Angel Blade requires him to get quite close Kayneth, not an easy feat with his big ol' ball of mercury protecting him. This puts him on the back foot in the early stages of the fight, when he's trying to figure out how Kayneth's powers work and could lead to him getting killed before he can figure out a counter.

However as the fight drags on Dean has a much bigger advantage. His ability to improvise and think of the fly means that once he figures out the limitations of Volumen Hydrargyrum (namely it's kind of slow attacking method which Kiritsugu could dodge even without resorting to his speed haxs) he can work to nullyify it. The wards he can cast to protect areas from supernatural influence will stop Kayneth having access to his magic and from there it becomes pretty easy to just shoot him in the head or stab him. Kayneth's only option beside his magic is an antiquated weapon he used once to shoot an old man in the back (which FYI he only used because his magic circuits were fried and he had no other options).

Ultimately I think Dean Winchester will come out on top here. Kayneth is heavily reliant on his preperations in order to succeed and in an unfamiliar arena and only 5 minutes of prep time he's going to struggle a disadvantage Dean doesn't have because he just goes with the glow and adapts his plans to whatever he happens to be facing. Furthermore Kayneth is incredibly arrogant and very easy to trick or lead into a trap, as shown when he tired to take on Kiritsugu and was emabressingly shown up and trumped. Dean should have no trouble luring Kayneth into an ward protected area to nullify his magic and then using the Colt to blast his brain out especially as Kayneth will heavily underestimate him because of his use of conventional weaponry (he won't know about the special properties of the Angel Blade or the Colt).

Dean Winchester: 3,500

Kayneth Archibald: 1,500