User blog comment:El Alamein/Voldemort vs. General Grievous/@comment-5795750-20130924031523

BG1's "This is no joke match" Edge:

I am actually giving this match to General Grievous for the simple reason he is mostly robotic in makeup and thus many of Voldemort's harmful spells won't work - even Avada Kedavra (though I'd like to hear what the Harry Potter people have to say about spells and machines). For Voldemort to hit Grievous and seriously injure him, he needs to be terribly precise and with Grievous bouncing and leaping in the air for most of the time, that would be a bit of an issue. Weapon-wise, the only thing Voldemort has going for him is the spells which can hit from perhaps a farther distance than the Blaster pistol but as soon as Grievous gets up close, those lightsabers will cut Voldy to shreds and there's nothing he can do about it (even if he uses the blade spell, Voldy is outnumbered 4 to 1). Teleportation is good but as I have stated in another battle, Voldy can run but he can't hide for long. If you want X-Factors, let me break it down for you:


 * Psychological Warfare - Voldemort may have struck fear into the hearts of Wizards and Muggles but Grievous is a Warlord whose name is feared by many aliens and heck he has associations with a very terrible figure and surely that will make anyone try not to mess with him

EDGE: Grievous


 * Strategy: Essentially what Swg said - while both guys are strategic in thinking, Grievous can do the task a lot better since he has waged war as a commander of his troops against a great number of enemies (essentially he's a Sun Tzu-like figure of the Star Wars universe) whereas Voldemort has been directing only his squadron of death eaters, Snape and Malfoy against just one enemy (or three) with almost disastrous results

EDGE: Grievous


 * Combat Experience: This goes hand-in-hand with Strategy and essentially, Grievous has fought in multiple wars across the galaxy whereas Voldemort is only focused on causing chaos on Earth and destroying just Harry Potter

EDGE: Grievous


 * Endurance: Voldemort is made of flesh. Grievous is a robotic being. It's easy to discern which one can last longer and not tire as easily

EDGE: Grievous


 * Intelligence: This is even since the two of them are intelligent in their own ways - Voldemort knows what spells to use and when; same goes for Grievous with his lightsabers and the pistol

EDGE: Even


 * Creativity: Voldemort, while being intelligent and knowing the different forms of magic, is very much predictable since his formula for killing people is to extremely hurt them (with Crucio), extract information and then "AVADA KEDAVRA!" or he'll go directly to the final step if there isnt any info worth recovering; Grievous on the other hand has been trained in various styles of lightsaber combat and together with organic ingenuity, he should be able to switch up his styles every now and then to make for a very unpredictable fighter

EDGE: Grievous


 * Weapon Use: Even again since both are expertly trained at the weapons they use and can use said weapons with great skill

EDGE: Even


 * Brutality: This might be the only edge that Voldy gets since his main aim is to create chaos in the world, even if it involves inflicting massive doses of pain without flinching; Grievous can be very brutal to Jedi especially given his programming but he isn't that much of a terror machine (forgive the pun) as much as Voldemort

EDGE: Voldemort

So as you can see, Grievous takes most of the edges here and thus with that plus his skills in lightsaber combat and his superhuman abilities, I say that General Grievous is the winner

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAND enter the Harry Potter fanboys (even my friends seemed to think Voldemort would win)