User blog comment:Sir William Of Chalitton/Red Queen Mother Vs Balrog/@comment-5232784-20140414164121

Okay, lets give this a reconing

1. Short range

Balrog's fire axe and mace have a longer range than the Xenomorph's teeth and tongue mouth, and are designed for warfare. If they are chipped or broken (unlikely), they will not hurt their wielder. You break a Xeno's fangs or tongue, and it will smart.

EDGE: BALROG

2. Mid range

The Xeno has a two to one advantage here against the balrog, but once again you cant hurt a Balrog if you break its firesword, while a queen will reel from having its tail or claws sliced off or broken. However, the Xeno's tail will have the longer range.

EDGE: RED QUEEN

3. Long range

The Xeno acid spit is a well recognized instrument of death and disfugrement, and I believe it might equal the acidity of its blood. However, the Fire whip is an ungodly powerful weapon: when Melkor, the original baddie in the Tolkien universe, was about to be devoured by Ungoliant, a mountain sized, sentient spider, balrogs came to Melkor's defense, using their fire whips to drive it off. To get something that large, fire whips have to carry a tremendous sting. One blow and the Xenos probably a big time goner!

EDGE: Balrog

4. Special

This fight makes me think of my first battle here on DF, the Xenomorph vs Makhai battle. There was a similarclash of flame and acid. The Balrog's fire is intense, but the Red Queen's fire resistant hide might be able to withstand it.

Meanwhile, the Red Queen packs acidic blood, and it is a question of whether it can harm a Balrog. Will its flames burn it up, or will it eat right through to its hide.

While the Red Queen can harm with her blood, the Balrog does not need to bleed to harm others with its powerful flames, which are all over its body. Before the Xenomorph's blood spews, the Balrog's fire can be brought out to bear in this brawl

The Balrog's flight gives it a major edge in this battle,: much like in the Xenomorph queen/Geryon fracas, air superiority is a super major advantage. WW2 was won with air superiority. I doubt that the Red Queen can overcome that.

Intelligence and Experience: The Balrog has been around since ancient times, a sentient being of countless eons with much, much battle experience. The Red Queen has nowhere near as much experience, and its intelligence is meager compared to its opponent.

EDGE: Balrog

WINNER: BALROG!!!!

The Balrog is made partly of fire, can fly, is vastly more intelligent, has far more battle experience, has weapons of war empowered by fire, and is a supernatural being, not a physical one. This is key: the Red Queen will die of wounds that will not kill or even bring low a Balrog, for a Balrog is made of shadow and flame, not flesh. This battle will be over quite quickly, in my opinion.

BALROG BOMBARDS RED QUEEN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!