User blog comment:Goddess of Despair/Clone troopers vs Spartans(halo)/@comment-4484220-20121011142107

Spartans began their training at age six. Extreme care was taken to make them the most well-trained soldiers of all time. The amount of training Clone Troopers go through is laughable compared to that of spartans. Clone troopers were hastily bread and not super thoroughly trained. They're basically your average infantry units. Spartans often single-handedly take down groups of enemy infantry units. However, lasers are almost always better than bullets, and as it just so happens, the Spartans in this fight are using the latter, and Clone Troopers are using the former. With that, the Clone Troopers have a weapon advantage in terms of damage. It is noteworthy, however, that those laser bullets aren't nearly as fast as metal bullets, and their respective guns can't fire very rapidly, unless I am much mistaken. Quite a contrast from the Spartans' battle and sniper rifles which have a respectable rate of fire. Now let's compare armor. Spartans have energy shields that defend from hits, and drain as they take damage. If they get drained, the Spartan must take cover and wait for the shields to recharge. As for Clone Troopers, they have limited protection that will wear out after some damage has been taken and not really repair itself. The Spartans have a big advantage here.

With this combination of better training and superior armor, I vote for Halo Spartans.

After looking over Tomahawk's points, however, I still vote for Halo Spartans, but I revoke the belief that this battle is unfair, and now believe that it is fair.