User blog comment:Goddess of Despair/Vampire vs Dingonek/@comment-5232784-20130816154450

Lets take this on big time

1. Strength

In the Deadliest Warrior version, Vampires are 6 times stronger than some atheletes. They can hit 6 times harder than a professional strongman, can bite as hard as a croc (i.e. as hard as a croc can at the top of its snout: the jaw power in the back teeth are beyond the Vampire's capability). However, when you mention the shapeshifting capablities of the Vampire, it makes me think you are using a different type of vampire, perhaps something akin to the regular Bram Stoker version...?

Vampires strength is different wtih some types, some arn't very strong, others like the Chiang-Shi (which are on DF) can rip your limbs off.

However, until further noted, I will go with the Vampire strength level used in DW, and in that case, it should outshine that of the truck-long Dingonek. Its not impossible that the Vampire could grab its tail (braving the spines, or waiting until the spines re used up) and whirl it around like King Kong did Godzilla in that crummy King Kong vs Godzilla movie. Though undoubtably the Dingonek has a stronger bite force, and a powerful tail strike, the Vampire wins in the strength department

EDGE: Vampire

2. Speed.

Vampire speed is close to that of some race cars, based on some calculations of my own (multiplying the faster track race record, 27 mph by 6 fold.). This is an astonishing speed, and based on reinactments in DW, they can go from 0 to great speed in a split second. Dingoneks are probably fast in short, quick bursts ofspeed, but Vampires can go over twice the speed of Cheetahs.

EDGE: Vampire

3. Stamina

Vampires are undead, and should have a fairly good stamina. Consideirng all the exertions they do, and are capable o doing for extended periods of time, Vampires should have superior stamina to the Dingonek. However, the Dingonek can last a long time in a fight due to not constantly flashing around like the Vampire, being more calculated in its use of speed and exertion. Still, the Dingonek has a lot more mass to move around than a vampire, meaning more effort is required to move, and its strength is not as advanced as the Vampires in many regards...

EDGE: Vampire

4. Weapons

While Vampires have claws and detachable jaws like a snake, the Dingnek has waulrus like saber fangs, a horn on its head, hard scales on its body that it can utilize as bludgeoning weapons (tackle, tail swipe, so on), a mighty tail, and a scorpion-like dart at the end of its tail that it poisonous. The poison wont work against an undead, but all the other weapons should can prove damaging, ost of them even fatal, to a Vamp

EDGE: Dingonek

5. Durability

Dingonek wins here as well: its scales give it incredible toughness. The Vampire has to rely on its own flesh for protection, and while they are tough, they don;t have osteoderms like the mighty Doingonek. The Vampire will have to claw through, bite through (it will tak a few bites before the Vampire can hit flesh with its fangs) and or turn the animal over to hit the soft underbelly, for the Vampire to win. The Dingonek wont have such a problem harming the Vampire

EDGE: Dingonek

6. Intelligence

Vampires are anywhere from human to beyond human in intelligence. They grow smarter over the eons, while Dingoneks are animals, limited in their mentality, and don't live anywhere near as long as the Vampire.

EDGE: Vampire

The Vampire here is the deadliest warrior: Though outgunned in weapons and scale shields, the Vampire is faster, stronger, has more stamina, and above all else, far more intelligent. A Vampire wont just try to go in claws blazing at the Dingonek: it will study it, note its strengths and weaknesses, and then hit a vulnerable spot. A human hunter with adequate weapons could fell any Dingonek; how much more a smarter, swifter undead? It cannot be hurt by the tail dart poison, it can move at super cheetah speeds, it hits potentially harder than a Silverback Gorilla, but above everything else, it has the grey matter (Brain) to win.

VAMPIRE VANQUISHES DINGONEK