User blog comment:El Alamein/Voldemort vs. General Grievous/@comment-143604-20130924041052

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 * Melee Weapons- Grievous. The Lightsabers don't have any competition, but they are so helpful in this battle they're worth their own category. Outside of Grievous' immense skill with the blades and his overwelming, ground-covering offensive style, we've seen before that a Lightsaber can be used to reflect magical style of attacks, as they've directly blocked and reflected Force Powers before. It makes sense, then, that many of the magic abilities at Voldemort's disposal will be blocked in the same method. Despite his appearances and cough, Grievous is also still extremely quick and extremely mobile, allowing him to get in close easily and end the battle quickly when he does. Plus, he can wield lightsabers with his feet. Game, set, match, son.


 * Ranged Weapons- Even. Voldemort has a huge array of spells that he can use with his spells, for numerous purposes including defense, offense and mobility, but there's a good chance that Voldemort's bread and butter- his basic offensive spells and his killing curse, will all be deflected by the blade of a lightsaber. Grievous, while lacking in variety at long range, has a lot more practicality. You can't conjur yourself out of having a laser coat the wall behind you with the thoughts that used to reside in your brainpan. I call this even because Voldemort's got variety, but Grievous has practicality.


 * Psychological Warfare- Even. I don't really see this factoring into the battle too much. Both warriors are famous for striking deep fear into the hearts of their foes, and both are skilled at preying on that fear and using this to their advantage in combat.


 * Strategy- Grievous. Grievous was a famous warlord and General in at least two wars, one of which was greatly stacked against his forces (and prevailed in spite of them), and one on a galactic scale the size of which we have never known in human history. Voldemort, in comparison, was the mind behind small scale skirmishes and acts of terrorism which don't even compare. Grievous is known far and wide not just for his skill and brutality in combat, but for his wartime strategy and ability to command troops to victory even when they're at a major disadvantage.


 * Combat Experience- Grievous. Once again, Grievous has fought in multiple major wars, one of which far exceeds the scale of Voldemort's entire world's collective history. Grievous has been a warrior for many, many years, while Voldemort is less of a fighter and more of an angry cult leader who knows how to say a couple words to make people you don't like fall over dead.


 * Endurance- Grievous. Thanks to his full-body armor, Grievous takes this in spite of his crushed lungs giving him a slowed down reaction time and nasty cough. He's still significantly faster than Voldemort in spite of his handicaps, and the armor and cybernetics mean that it's likely that Voldemort's beloved killing curse wouldn't directly perform its dark business on him- its been established the curse works like an explosive projectile when not hitting an organic target, and the vast, vast majority of Grievous' body is now cybernetic and feels no pain. Voldemort, in comparison, is a normal dude in cloth robes. He gets one lightsaber slash or one well placed blaster bolt, and he's dead as disco.

* Intelligence- Even. Both of these warriors are fairly well educated, but both are also driven to the brink by their own bitchass insanity and rage, lessening their brilliance in combat. Voldemort possessed more "book knowledge" having been a school student for most his life, while Grievous was more of a warrior culture knowledge, having a wide genius in more combat oriented fields. Both are useful, both are handicapped, thus both are equal.

* Creativity- Grievous. Voldemort has a great deal of potential, but he has no finesse with his use of them- he slings around generic projecitles and spams one instant-kill move with no room for much else. In theory, he has the potential to never be seen by his target as he teleports around the battlefield, and could read his foes minds to know their every move, but instead he's content to toss a fireballs and avada kavadras without thought for how he could be more effecient. Grievous, on the other hand, has forged an incredibly unique style of combat that takes full advantage of the benefits of being fully augmented as a cyborg, and has a unique lightsaber style to make up for his lack of Force potential by making him effectively wield four blades at once, deflect numerous shots in numerous directions and close in on the target with deceptive speed and grace.

* Weapon Use- Grievous. Kind of touched on this one up above. Lumped these two together cuz that's how the Drayco Train rolled this time. Choo Choo.

* Brutality- Voldemort. Voldemort is needlessly cruel and short-tempered with everyone around him because he's an irredeemable prick. Grievous, on the other hand, has a tendancy to treat his enemies and his droids around him like shit, but still follows some forms of honor and warriors path- though he has no qualms falling back on "cheating" tactics if it means winning, he's not really the kind of villain to kick a puppy because teh lulz. Voldemort would kick a puppy because it's super edgy and what all the cool kids without noses are doing.

* Deadliest Warrior- General Grievous. He has the superior weaponry, skills and the vast majority of the X-Factors. The only edge Voldemort takes is in mindless brutality, and that hardly wins serious conflicts.