User blog comment:Sws004/Alex Mercer vs Jackie Estacado/@comment-66.50.121.105-20121217015743

I love Jackie, but I really think hes out of his league.

First I'll make a comparison list.

Strength:

Alex: easily able to lift 80 ton tanks, while doing so his jump height and running speed are barely affected if at all. Also, 80 tons is the heaviest thing we"ve seen him lift but that doesnt mean its his maximum weight.

Jackie: Able to lift up to 2 tons.

Winner: Alex, this shows how alex is AT LEAST 40 times stronger than Jackie.

Speed:

Alex: able to outrun Apache helicopters whos top speed is around 300 mph.

Jackie: able to fly, teleport, etc.

Winner: Jackie

Inteligence:

Alex: Super Genius. Theres something most people dont get. They say alex is smart because he used to be a scientist. THAT WAS HUMAN ALEX! Virus alex gains the knowledge, memories, talents, and abilities of everyone he absorbs. He has abosrbed thousands of soldiers, giving him training in military comabat, strategy, etc. He has absorbed many scientists making him an even smarter being, and not to mention all the civilians hes absorbed which added knowledge to his mind. Alex's mind holds more knowledge than the human mind could possibly hold. HE IS A SUPER GENIUS, its just not shown in the game because why would he need to think about killing his enemies when he can just walk in and do it? Also, when they say alex has no experience, that makes no sense. He has the expereience of every single soldier he has ever absorbed!

Jackie: street smart, not gullible, etc.

Winner: ALEX BY ALOT!

Allies:

Alex: while alex was never seen summoning the infected, it is made apparent that James Heller is able to summon brawlers. James Heller and Alex have the same powers they just use them differently! Alex could summon brawlers if he wanted to but his game didnt let him, get it? Anyways, brawlers are super tough infected beasts able to take several shots from tanks and keep fighting. They have been shown to destroy tanks and helicopters easily and can pick up and throw cars with little effort. Also, the have the ability to self destruct on the controllers orders causing them all to become seperate devastators. But, we have only seen these beasts being summoned in small squads.

Jackie: Able to summon massive armies of darklings as well as powerful dragons. Each darkling has its own ability giving jackie a huge amount of choices.

Winner: none. I think this section is pretty much tied. I mean sure, Jackie has alex beat in numbers but Alex has Jackie beat in power. If it takes several tank shots to kill one brawler, I dont think Jackies darkilngs could do anything to them. But, Jackie does have the ability to summon powerful dragons. I believe that the dragon or dragons could beat the brawlers after a few hits, but even so the resulting devastator would probably kill of the dragons anyway.

Tactics:

Alex: alex has the knowledge, experience, and strategies of anyone and everyone hes ever absorbed, that includes many soldiers, scientists, etc.

Jackie: is a smart crime lord, able to think on his toes.

Winner: Alex. Jackie may be smart, but hes going up against a being with the knowledge and talents of thousands of people. Alex wins by alot, again.

Options:

Alex: able to shapeshift, able to make different sets of weapons and items with his powers. I know how most poeple think that alexs powers are limited to the ones that we saw in the game but theyre wrong. Alex has been shown to use several powers in his comic that were not seen in the game. Also he is able to make metal, plastic, cloth, sking, bones, and pretty much anything. This ability was shown when james made his own jacket and was able to make a working gas mask with his powers as well as a working cell phone. So Alexs powers arent as limited as you may think. Keep in mind that were mostly comparing a video game character to that of a comic book which had more time to develope. If we would compare video game jackie who can be downed by a simple assult rifle to alex then he wouldnt even be considered a fight.

Jackie: Able to shapshift, and make pretty much anything he imagines out of the darkness.

Winner:  Alex. I know this is the one that most people are going to diasgree on but keep an open mind. Lets say Jackie did copy one of alexs powers, do you really think it would be as effective? Jackie is able to make darkness solid, so the material he uses is different to alexs. But to give you a clear example, imagine if Jackie copied Alex's hammerfist. First of all if it was the same weight as alexs hammerfist it would probably slow jackie down alot. Also you need to keep in mind that jackie's maximum weight limit is 4000 pounds. Now compare that to a guy who can easily lift 160,000 pounds, now give them both the hammerfist. Who do you think it would hurt more to get hit by? Even if Jackie did copy alexs powers, they would just be a cheap knock off and he wouldnt be able to use them anywhere near as effectively as Alex could. Compare Alex's whip that can take down attack choppers in a single blow to Jackies whip which took two shots to kill the weakest of opponents in the game. Jackie cant make anything he wants, he can mold the darkness to take the shape of any object he desires. That doesnt mean it would be the same as the actual object.

Final Verdict:

ALEX MERCER WINS. In the end the only thing Jackie has going for him is that he cant die, andthat invulnerable armor. Which by the way jackie has been seen getting hit by powerful attacks and still getting hurt while wearing te armor. If jackie cant die then Alex would just keep KOing him and the darkness would have to keep bring him back, which by the way it took the darkness 4 hours to heal a gunshot wound to jackie's head, I wonder how long it would take to heal being sliced in half by Alex's blade or being blown to bits by his hammerfist's? So in the end Jackie wouldnt be a threat to alex, but an annoying opponent who keeps coming back no matter how long alex kills him. Besides alex is more than strong and fast enough to just weight for the sun to come up and kill jackie. So thank god that Jackie has Alex beat in locomotion because if he ever fights Alex, he's going to need to run away fast.