User blog comment:MilitaryBrat/Slenderman Vs Harry Potter/@comment-3404780-20130303212328

Since edges are inapplicable here because of the unconventional listing of these weapons, I'll just cut to the chase. Harry Potter is a great fighter, but is totally not prepared to fight the Slender Man. Discounting time travel that would make this fight non-existant, Slenderman has few actual demonstrated combat abilities, but even those he has are more than enough to defeat the Boy that Lived. Take for example his face-attack, in which if you look at him directly you go insane very quickly, either that or plain die (It's not proven in Slender, as far as I know). Magic in Harry Potter requires, in almost all cases, to look at the target to actually have a chance of hitting it. The sole example that I remember is Sectumsempra, which Harry won't use that often because of his nature as a good person. Slenderman's very presence induces fear, paranoia, and insanity in victims-can Harry really fight that? It gets worse as you get closer so close range apparating is unwise. Not to mention the tendrils that would spear Harry not unlike a regular victim. Not only that, but it's entirely possible for Slenderman to simple teleport behind Harry and gut him like a fish at the beginning of the fight-it's possible, and given that you went with the Surge version, it's possible for it to do that in combat. Harry's best chance here is the Protecto spell, which tragically doesn't cover his mind. Harry isn't very good at occlumency, which is going to be his end here. Slenderman doesn't fight like anything in the HP universe-he fights according to his own rules. Harry Potter relies on eye contact and using his natural skill, and downright luck sometimes to defeat his foes. Slenderman relies on stealth, fear, and cunning to win, not letting his foes understand what they are fighting at all. Harry jsut isn't prepared to fight something of this magnitude. Also, a couple things I think should be clarified.

-Voldemort is feared in HP for his bloodlust and skill, not something like Slenderman's telepathic skills that put fear, paranoia, and insanity in his victims. Courage against a known, tangible foe is not applicable to Slenderman. Mystery is the Slenderman's weapon.

-Does training really decide a match when the idea of combat is streched to a different level? Harry is trained with non-lethal combat in mind, using expelliarmus to win without killing. That doesn't work on Der Grossman.

-The Tall Man has existed since biblical times, possibly even earlier. He's fought and killed since then, so he knows more and, though doesn't display in a style that is easy to recognize, knows how to make an opponent fear him and not have any idea what to do. You know how the game has reaction videos of sheer terror? That's how he operates in-universe.

I shouldn't have to say it after all of this, but this battle goes to The Pale One.

WINNER: SLENDERMAN