User blog:Dargoo Faust/Soldier: 76 vs Winter Soldier (MCU)

Old soldiers are hard to kill. Tragic, near-death events can be survived by the strong, but it always comes at a cost. One's identity, one's body, and one's morals can all be spent in order to maintain one's will to live. War changes the warrior, and fiction likes to make that change literal with some of its victims. Regardless, tenacity is a value ignored at your own peril. Soldiers like these are living proof that the past strikes back.

 Soldier: 76, an Overwatch agent thought dead who hunts the perpetrators of the organization's fall.

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The Winter Soldier, friend to Steve Rogers rescued from death to be brainwashed and weaponized.



WHO IS THE DEADLIEST?!

SEASON 1  EPISODE 6



Soldier: 76


"I'm a soldier, Ana. Our war's never over."

- Soldier: 76, to Ana

Hunted across the world for his actions as a vigilante, the infamous  Soldier: 76  works to expose the truth behind the collapse of  Overwatch.

Those who rumor the masked man is a former Overwatch agent speak true: In reality, Soldier: 76 is Jack Morrison, former commander of the organization who was assumed dead after a fateful confrontation with the leader of Blackwatch. Surviving the encounter and attending his own funeral, Morrison resurfaced as a vigilante hero, waging a world-wide war against shadowy corporations and the terrorist organizations of Los Muertos and Talon.

Jack Morrison was a member of the American "soldier enhancement program" and is equipped with military and covert training. His biological enhancements give him impeccable combat abilities, including increased strength, agility, and accuracy. His experience in combat spans both his enrollment in the United States Military, his years fighting in the Omnic Crisis, and his vigilante warfare that has continued to the present day of Overwatch's timeline.

Soldier: 76 utilizes an arsenal of stolen Overwatch weaponry, including biotic technology developed by Angela Zeigler and an automatic heavy pulse rifle. His tactical visor gives him access to automatic aim for a limited period of time, and three helix rockets can be fired occasionally from his rifle.

   Soldier Enhancement Program - Soldier: 76's biological enhancements give him enough stamina to stay at sprinting speeds for hours on end, survive direct shotgun and explosive fire from near point blank range, and increased strength that enhances his melee power. Tactical Visor -
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Soldier 76 can temporarily deploy his Tactical visor after several minutes of combat, which automatically targets any foes he wishes to shoot within his line of sight. This cannot target invisible foes unless previously detected. It lasts 6 seconds upon being deployed, and needs to be recharged for several more minutes for another use. Of note is that 76's effective range is greatly increased by hundreds of meters in this duration. Other Examples:
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 * https://comic.playoverwatch.com/en-us/ana-old-soldiers

Winter Soldier (MCU)


"I know who killed Fury. Most of the intelligence community doesn't believe he exists. The ones that do call him the Winter Soldier. He's credited over two dozen assassinations in the last 50 years."

- Natasha Romanoff, Regarding the Winter Soldier

he Winter Soldier is the alias of the World War II-veteran turned HYDRA assassin Bucky Barnes. Born in the Great Depression, Bucky grew up as best friend of Steve Rogers, standing beside him through all trouble the duo went through. By the dawn of World War II, Bucky had enlisted into service despite Steve's inability to join. While Steve Rogers would eventually become the first "Super Soldier" as Captain America, Bucky would be busy fighting on the Western Front before being captured by HYDRA and being experimented on by Armin Zola. Captain America eventually destroyed the HYDRA camp where he was imprisoned, and the duo soon founded the Howling Commandos, a daring spec ops team determined to stop HYDRA. While on mission, however, Bucky was thrown off the train seemingly to his death.

This was not the case, however. Bucky would survive the fall, and be captured into Soviet custody to be further experimented on by "reformed" HYDRA scientist Armin Zola. Continuously brainwashed and preserved through cryogenics, Bucky soon forgot his past life and became The Winter Soldier, HYDRA's most lethal and dedicated assassin. Taking over two dozen lives over the course of fifty years, Bucky was finally freed from his brainwashing after confronting and nearly killing Captain America, his former best friend. Finally free, Bucky set out across the country to discover his past and, more importantly, think about his future.

  <p style="font-weight:normal;font-size:14px;line-height:22px;"> Bionic Arm - The Winter Soldier's bionic arm gives him superhuman strength and durability in that area; enough to rip through solid steel and block high caliber rifle fire. These benefits, however, are not true for the rest of his body. Super Soldier Serum -
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Barns, like Captain America, was injected with the Super Soldier Serum, effectively giving him the same strength, speed, agility, and reflexes; all are on superhuman levels.
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Note:
 * This battle takes place after the events of Captain America: Civil War, so WS is no longer under Hydra control.

X-Factors
Experiance (Combat)-

Both fighters have been combat ready for decades, and in sheer numbers it's about even on combat on both sides. Soldier: 76 gets a slight edge, however, in that he participated in three different forms of armed conflict constantly (His time in the American Military, His time as a captain of Overwatch during the Omnic Crisis, and his time as a vigilante in El Dorado), while the Winter Soldier was only deployed for weeks at a time for a period of 50 years on top of his short service in the Howling Commandos. Soldier: 76 was also a major force in ending the Omnic Crisis, having mowed down countless bastion units and participated in even more recon missions. Even more so, the Winter Soldier's actions under his guise were done in a brainwashed trance, memories he did not retain after he was freed from Soviet and Hydra control. Both fighters are experianced in fighting technologically advanced foes.

Training-

Both fighters were trained standard for the U.S. military of their respective times (Giving S76 an edge here being trained in a much more technologically advanced military), but that's where Soldier: 76 ends. Outside of standard Modern Army Combatives, Soldier: 76 has never shown the advanced martial arts skills the Winter Soldier has utilized. Bucky Barnes was also extensively trained in covert assassinations, and is much better at killing targets one-on-one than Soldier: 76, whose experience and training has constantly been in armed conflicts involving armies on either side save for his time as a vigilante.

Tenacity-

Barns has an iron-clad will to live, but Soldier 76 fights until his last breath. Bucky, especially as the Winter Soldier, tends to flee fights he cannot win, whereas 76 has consistently worked at his best even when mortally wounded. Armor-wise, they match up evenly with Soldier being a bit more bulky in his Kevlar, but adding his biotic field in the mix makes Soldier much more adept at staying alive.

Physicality (Includes Strength, Speed, Durability, and Agility)-

Both fighters endured a soldier enhancement program, and neither has shown himself to be superior than the other in terms of abilities enhanced. The edge marginally goes to Barns, who has shown many more capabilities in all categories but durability and stamina. Even in those cases it is incredibly close. The dude single-handedly took down several fighters jets mid-flight.

Brutality

Both Barns and Soldier: 76 have shown to be hard-held soldiers with a soft-spot for the innocents, and both have no aversion to violence, blood, and any of their affiliates.

Setting
<p style="font-weight:normal;"> The battle will take place in El Dorado, in 2080. Soldier: 76's attention is focused on catching a strange, bionically enhanced soldier he suspects is working with Talon.

<p style="font-weight:normal;"> Barns, emerging from Cryo-Stasis after an unnamed conflict with Thanos, is exploring the new, developing world around him, yet can't find any trace of the Avengers or their legacy. When presented with the year, he freaks out even further, his Soviet ensigna and bionic arm also begins to evoke suspicion. When confronted with Los Muertos gang members, he is assisted by a lone Soldier, who swiftly turns his gun on Barns. He asks questions Barnes can't properly reply to regarding Overwatch, and a fight ensues.

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