User blog comment:GothamCityRiddler/Silas (The Da Vinci Code) vs The Assassin (Angels & Demons)/@comment-379205-20130817011041

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 * Melee 1: I'm going to go with the dagger, as it is actually intended as a weapon, unlike the ice pick. Edge: Silas


 * Melee 2: The Branding Iron will cause greater blunt force trauma and is more likely to score a kill.


 * Handguns: The USP .45 has a larger round (.45 vs .40), as well as an extra round in a the magazine and a longer barrel for accuracy. In addition, if I remember correctly, the USP in the novel has a silencer.


 * X-Factors: The Assassin takes Combat Experience and training, being a trained killer, whereas Silas is simply a religious fanatic. He also takes Agility and probably physical condition, both due to superior training, and the fact that Silas engages in self-flagellation to atone for his sins, which may weaken him slightly. That would also, however, give Silas a slight edge in pain tolerance. Silas also takes the edge of fanaticism, however he also views murder to be a sin, and believes he must inflict pain on himself afterwards to atone, whereas the assassin simply considers murder to be a way of making a profit, giving him the edge in killer instinct. Overall, the assassin takes more edges, and most of the important X-Factors.

Overall Winner: The Assassin take this match in spite of Silas having a slightly better sidearm and bladed weapon. The assassin achieves this with his far superior score in the crucial X-Factors of Training, Combat Experience, Agility, Physical Condition and Killer Instinct.