User blog comment:MrPacheco101/Who's Got The Punchline: The Joker & Team Baskerville/@comment-5223481-20121115021031

Another vote to cast:

Well from what I can see here, this will be one of my favorite battles that I'll read when it's fully completed, but now for the tale of the tape for both sides.

For Weapons: My edge goes to Baskerville

Btuei students at the Butei academy are trained in different fields for almost any situation, and combining them would make a very, VERY potent mix. The weapons listed above are each members personal and favorite weapon to equip and use on the field, plus they diversify in ranges and killing potential.

Now for the Joker, he's simply using his own hand made weapons. Yes they might surprise Baskerville, but this would only slow them down or for Joker to have one of his moments. Dumby bombs, TNT, semtex, the Butei Academy probably dealt with terrorists or organizations that have used similar or even the same type of weapons that the Joker will be using. Unfortunately, these would only do minor damage for the Butei group. Joker will probably use these weapons to create traps and/or bomb sites to cause havoc and chaos allowing the Joker to regroup and have the Butei make sure that innocent bystanders won't die. The gas and poison might surprise them, but this can easily be countered with gas masks.

Overall, Team Baskerville will take this edge due to the range and diversity of the weapons that they have at their disposal to use. Plus they're Butei, they're going to do what they were trained to o with their training.

X-Factors: Even

The Joker can be very unpredictable, in many cases. For a guy who has managed to take on the Dark Knight and cause havoc in a major comic ciy for so long, Baskerville iwll have a tough time trying to take him down. A major city in Japan is like giving him a key to city just for him to wreck havoc upon. With the equipment, skills, and experience he's bringing to the fight the Joker is bound to bomb the Butei Academy, or destroy a major city one way or another.

On the other hand, Team BAskerville is a group consisted of highly trained Butei Assassins. Each with their own training and exceptional factors they'll bring into the battle. They'll be able to keep up with the Joker in the beginning, but in the endgame we'll see how they can handle the Joker.

This edge, Joker gets this with his experience, intelligence, and probably his insanity. While Baskerville will get training, skills, feats, teamwork.

Now for the situation at hand. The Joker will probably send some tape to the Butei Academy, saying the city will be his by the end of the night or days (depending on how long the battle with last) and wishes for anyone to stop him. The Academy might take precautions, and then the Joker will blow something up just for fun. They'll send in Baskerville to look for clues. Blah blah blah blah blah, they find a toy that leads to some abandoned factory, in the factory might be some high ranking official or civilians. And they have to do something to save them. This might end up in a chase, the Joker will blow up more buildings to stall the team to save the civialians. The endgame, I can't wait for that. Grr!

Anyway this battle can be in anyone's favor in my opinion. However, I think that the bad guys will win this one so the Joker will get my vote. Baskerville might be able to handle this type of madman's tactics and psychological state. Plus their training won't matter as much, since this will just be another day at the office for Joker. "Let the good times roll! WHOOOO HAHAHAHAHAHAH AHAHAHAHAHA WHOOPPEE HAHAAHAHHAH!"