User blog comment:Dargoo Faust/Aang vs Edward Elric/@comment-17814994-20170412034042

Elgb's "Elementals" EDGES!!!

Melee: First category and it immidately gave me difficulty to decide... good one Dargoo. Anyways, this is another comparison between overall lethality vs useful practicality. The automails are used by Elric obviously for combat purposes: punching people, turning it into a blade or use it to channel his alchemy. The staff on the other hand is a good blunt weapon but it is non-lethal. While it can turn into a staff or whiff up some air unto an opponent, its damage is very limited and Aang seems to use it evasive fighting than brute force. Overall, I have to give this to the automail since it just offers more damage and overwhelming power in both melee and range (when Eric is using his alchemy). EDGE: EE

Main Element: Elric's fullmetal alchemy may not have a definite limit, but the weapons it produce doesn't really impress me. Creatinga  staff, a sword or a canon from the ground isn't as awesome as being able to use air to move around at blinding speed, block explosions and immobilize people by suspending them up and away. Aang's airbending is jsut more practical and versatile, he can use it for offense, defense and speed. EDGE" AA

Other Elements: At first I was going to give the edge to Elric, since his alchemy is not limted with the materials that he has (except for human flesh). He can transmute almsot anything from solid, liquid to even gas, while Aang can only bend 4 elements (including his trademark airbending). However, Elric seems to rely too much on rocks and metals as a weapon, which is kind of a bummer since he can transmue anythign and still wishes to transute the most common materials he can see. And even if he does transmute it, its not as flexible as Aang; its mostly done on the ground or at a human level. Aang can bend water to trap his opponents, spwe fire from his hands and even create alrge pillars of Earth that can tower over his enemies. Aang's waterbending and airbending alone are enough to immobilize Elric from being able to use his alchemy on the ground and put him out of action. EDGE: AA

Derived Abilities: Again, Aang takes the edge in versatility and poeer. Elric's abilities are mostly melee-oriented, breaking stones and metal, being unpenetrable etc etc. Aang's abilities are mroe functional,while the lightning redirection is a specialized ability that will not be useful here, the ice can damage and entrap enemies, seismic sene helps him track them. EDGE: AA

Deadliest Warrior?

I can go on and on with the weapons edges but its kinda obvious that Avatar Aang will win this fight. His elemental manipulation is just more versatile and powerful than Edward Elric's. And the fact that Ang's evasive and ranged style of combat is pitted against Elric's more up close style of fighting, then there's no way for Elric to even get that close. Hell, Aang can jsut prevent Elric from getting close and utilizing his alchemiy by trapping him in the air, water, ice, or breaking his mostly fragile automail and deprive him of his arsenal. Overall, Elric's powers just falls short against Aang's.