User blog comment:Battlefan237/John Doe (Se7en) vs. Hannibal Lecter/@comment-27334870-20171013223917

Dargoo Faust's [REDACTED] EDGES: "Pride and Gluttony"

Weapons

Melee - John Doe

The baton certainly has more reach, however the dagger will land a kill more often. Both warriors aren't proficient enough in their weapons for the distance to really come into effect very often, and if the two get into a melee scramble (which, personally, I don't see this battle ending with) the dagger's lethality will end up being more useful than the baton's reach.

Firearm - Tie

After a brief amount of research, and correct me if I'm wrong, there isn't enough of a difference between the Taurus and the Browning for me to really swing to either side on this one. This isn't a fight between professional sharpshooters; the I know the Hi-Power has a number of small faults however I don't think they make a reasonable difference in the odds here.

X-Factors & Verdict

John has an incredible advantage in this battle in that he's starting off this battle in stealth mode, hunting Lecter down. While he doen't know who Lecter is or what his opponent's capabilities are, he'll take his usual precautions when murdering someone on his M.O., and I honestly think he can outmaneuver and outstealth Lecter. Neither of them are remarkable gunsmen, and in a direct confrontation without prep from either side it's up to a coin-flip. So honestly, this battle boils down to whether John's superior stealth tactics can land a sneak attack on Lecter, who has a much greater ability to outsmart his opponents. Another problem is, both of them are unnaturally cruel, and will probably mess up a chance to straight up kill one another just to mess with one another.

This is incredibly close, but I see John Doe winning this battle off of the fact that he's hunting Lecter down, and not the other way around. Lecter functions on a much higher level with preparation - many of his feats such as breaking out of the prison and outsmarting detectives were done with a great amount of forethought. Considering neither of them know about each other, and that I can see Doe landing a hit on Lecter before he can properly react and assess the situation, Doe should take this more often than not, by a pinch.