User blog comment:Mikeylango/Game leads vs. Super heroes battle one: Master chief vs. Iron man (Movie rendition)/@comment-5559147-20130502130652

Lets start as we almost always do. With weapons edges.

CLOSE  RANGE - MA5B vs Repulsers

Lets be honest at first glance this seems to be a no brainer. Because the MA5B appears little different from all the other assault rifles that Tony has faced and whose users have been put away with repulser beams.

Truth is though, its not that simple material sciences in Halo are more advanced then they are in the real world. So even though the MA5B uses 7.62mm ammo like a number of its real world counterparts. It doesn't mean that they have the same ballistic performance as those modern rounds.

infact I'm pretty sure the fact that they are higher velocity has been established and the metal itself is also going to be higher quality.

All that said its only going to make a minor difference as Tony's armors even his cave version have taken .50 rounds and it goes up from their.

So while I am not certain how much damage Tony can do to Chiefs armor with repulser beams, as they didn't consistently penetrate armor or hard surfaces, they are still going to rattle Chief worse then bullets are gonna rattle Stark.

EDGE: IRON-MAN

MEDIUM RANGE - M41 Rocket Launcher vs Arm-mounted missile launcher

From what I recall Stark only ever used one missile per outting, well full missile anyway. In IM2 he fired multiple much smaller explosive projectiles in burst.Even so they all fired at the same time effectivelly making it a one shot weapon. Well if we are only counting the arm mounted launcher anyway. He did have other launchers elsewhere. Where as the the M41 holds 2 rounds ( right? ) and Chief carries even more rounds on his person The M41 also seems to fire the larger more powerful explosive and may have a better range as Tony never used his missile at anything, but near point blank.

EDGE: MASTER CHIEF

LONG RANGE - SPARTAN Laser vs Uni-Beam

Lets see they are both destructive, both take a fair amount of time to charge. The SPARTAN laser is going to be easier to aim, but the Uni-Beam is going to be easier for Stark to access. So yeah.

EDGE: TIE

SPECIAL - Energy sword vs electro-punch

While thhe sword has marginally better reach and is likely more LETHAL over all, against an armored opponent, the electro-punch has a better shot a dibilitating Chief in a single hit. Not by causing severe damage to him per se, but rather by fubaring his suit. I hat doing this again, but

EDGE: TIE

Before I move on I think that their is some thing worth noting in terms of weapons that don't show up in indevidual weapons comparisons. That is while MC has to manually switch between weapons and carry them all externaly and exposed, some of them in a way that could hinder movement. All of Tony's are built in and do not hinder movement while not in use, this also means like a mentioned briefly above Stark is going to be able to to switch between weapons faster and more fluidly then John. On the other hand Chiefs weapons don't draw power from his armor the way Tony's do. Nor does damage taken to his armor risk rendering his offensive arms un-usable. As it might with Iron-Man. Though this tends to mean they are more limited in terms of ammo capacity.

So lets talk about abilities. Stark may be smarter in a technical/academic sense, but not in terms of combat and tactic etc, he is also not as mentally conditioned for the rigors of combat so the more this drage on the better it is for Chief. Also obviously John is ( outside the armor ) far more physically powerfull then Stark and better trained in martial combat.

So lets talk about that armor. Chief's armor actually has something Tony hasn't scene a lot of. That is energy shielding and he is going to have to adjust his tactics accordingly. Luckily he has demonstrated the ability to think on his feet and out side the box a number of times. Still I'm not sure effective Starks energy weapons are going to be against the shield ( knowing Starks luck, they'll just recharge it :) ). On the other hand his missiles and fists should be fine, though lets be honest he should avoid tieing up with Chief. Moving quickly thourgh some other aspects of the the armor, while where it both have enhanced reaction time, strengh, as well as obviously durability and all the sorts of things you'd expect from combat power armor. That said Tony's armor has one major advantage.

He can fly and not just fly, fly at super sonic speeds with a ceiling window of top of the line modern aircraft. He can rain death down on Master Chief from a height and speed that Chief'll never see it coming. Sure John can minimize this by going underground. Into the subways and sewers etc. Trying to Force Tony to come to him, but this means that Stark chooses the the pace. Even if Chief can lure Tony into close combat in a "no fly zone" Tony has a chance. Which is some thing Master Chief has if he gets caught in the open.

Alll in all...

IRON-MAN

is the

DEADLIEST WARRIOR

He is more versitile, with more options, and better at changing things up as he goes. He is the talented amateur that Master Chief should fear.