User blog comment:El Alamein/Isaac Darkstone vs. Finn Müller. Day Four: Hunger Games Tournament Redux/@comment-4661256-20160727194842

El Alamein's Edges:

 Close Range: Katar vs. Katar:  The weapons are the same thing, so both Darkstone and Müller will have the same options available in terms of tactical versatility when it comes to close-quarters combat. Darkstone has the obvious advantage when it comes to training, since, as a career, he's been prepping for this his whole life. Müller, alternately, has the equally important distinction of being the one more intimately familiar with killing. (Note that training to kill is not the same thing as actually committing the act, and while Darkstone has killed already over the past few days of the Hunger Games, this experience pales in comparison to Müller's highly methodical and calculated acts of the past few years.) Therefore, while I do agree with Wass in calling it a draw here, I do so not because both warriors are wielding the same weapon, but because they bring slightly different advantages to the battle with the same tool.

Edge: Even

 Mid Range: Glaive vs. Kilij;  The glaive is a polearm, which could be useful here as it has the potential for being the hand-held weapon with the longest reach here (with only Müller's spear as the potential rival). If Darkstone can keep Müller at bay, then he can pretty much prevent his opponent from landing in any attacks. However, once the head of the glaive is bypassed, Müller can use the reach of the weapon against Darkstone. This is where the kilij stands out. It has a larger killing surface area (as I'm fairly certain that the actual blade of the kilij is larger than the actual blade on the glaive) and it definitely has a more powerful chop. I'm not really sure how good polymer armor really is, but if any of Finn's weapons can threaten to bypass it, it would probably be the kilij. Swords tend to perform better than polearms against opponents on foot anyway, and here we see no exception.

Edge: Fi'nn Mü'ller''

 Long Range: Crossbow vs. Throwing Knives:  Easy win for the throwing knives. They are extremely practical in this setting as either thrown or melee weapons; thrown, they are quick to deploy and could be used in rapid succession. Used in extreme close quarters, they give Finn an advantage at a distance where the reach of Darkstone's other weapons would work against him. The bulk and reload process of the crossbow will render it all but useless in this setting, and it stands no chance.

Edge: Finn 'Mü'ller''

 Special Weapons: Black Eggs vs. Spear:  The black eggs have the potential for opening Darkstone up to an instant-win if he blinds M üller and closes the distance. The problem is that it's not enough for Darkstone to hit his opponent with the eggs. He has to hit him right in the eyes for them to be effective. That aside, they are not in and of themselves lethal. The spear gives M üller a weapon with reach that he desperately needs to compete with his opponent at the mid-ranged category, and its simple combat versatility will make it a damn effective tool. It's a pretty straightforward conclusion when you really think about it.

Edge: Finn M üller

 Armor: Polymer-laced Clothing vs. Spider-Silk Cloak:  This is honestly a hard comparison. Darkstone's clothing will cover more of his body at once, but M üller's cloak is more easily used in a shield-style active defense. Whether this means raising it to block an incoming black egg or as a means of distracting/entangling his opponent, M üller can use his cloak just as much as an improvised defensive weapon as he can a piece of armor. That is a level of combat versatility that Darkstone does not have, and it's something that M üller will definitely be able to use to his favor when every last trick in the book is needed to pull off a victory.

Edge:  Finn M üller

WINNER: FINN MÜLLER

I'm not certain that my argument will convince anyone, but over the course of my vote I have come to believe that the serial killer and wandering merchant, Finn M üller, stands a serious chance at pulling an upset victory and killing the tribute career, Isaac Darkstone. Firstly, he has a lot more experience killing people, which is important. I'm not saying that Darkstone will psychologically be unable to bring himself to kill an opponent (he's done so already), but rather, that M üller's prior experience will help muscle memory kick in. Training is always inferior to experience and this is no exception. Also, a lot of Darkstone supporters seem to be under the impression that Darkstone's Hunger Games training automatically catapults him to victory against an opponent with no training, when this simply isn't true. Reading M üller's biography, we see that he has extensive training with bladed weapons (all of which he is fielding here) and this will help him press the enormous weapon advantage he has at many ranges (including the highly significant long range category, where he has the potential to end the game with a throwing knife before Darkstone can do anything at all in response). Combine this advantage with superior armor and a highly focused one-on-one cramped environment, one that M üller would be intimately familiar with, and it seems pretty straightforward that he wins here.