User blog comment:Dark is Near/Cobra vs Umbrella Corporation/@comment-5795750-20130604031439

BG1's "Snake Venom" Edges:

Bladed Melee: Cobra's Saw-Bladed bowie has a longer blade and since the blade is shaped like a saw, that would mean a more devastating kill

EDGE: Cobra

Blunt Melee: If buttstroking and pistol whipping are deadly in one-hit then it gets the edge over the baton which requires multiple hits. And I'd like to point out that the pistol whip is NOT what Umbrella is using as their blunt melee weapon so...

EDGE: Cobra

Pistols: The Beretta is accurate and has two more rounds in the magazine but the Tokarev has that edge in lethality

EDGE: Even

SMGs 1: I'm gonna have to back the Skorpion on this since it has a range advantage over the TMP

EDGE: Cobra

SMGs 2: The Uzi has two more rounds which is the only difference I can find between the two guns apart from the fire rate. However two more rounds doesn't cancel out the edge the MP5 with the fire rate

EDGE: Umbrella

Assault 1: There is a very specific reason why the US Army chose the M4 over the M16 - the former is lighter and more reliable whereas the M16 jams up.

EDGE: Umbrella

Assault 2: While the AK-47 is the more reliable and rugged of the two, the 552 has the better stopping power and a greater rate of fire

EDGE: Umbrella

Assault 3: The TAR-21 is light and has a greater muzzle velocity than the G36 but the latter has a range advantage

EDGE: Even

Explosives: Semtex is the more versatile and deadly hidden explosive and the RGD-5 is lethal while the flashbang is not although it does help

EDGE: Cobra

Special: Sure both weapons work at different ranges; also the laser tripwire can be hidden like a claymore mine which is deadly if a person isn't careful but I think that bullets can disable it or make it explode so that's a plus for the sniper rifle

EDGE: Cobra

Overall Winner: I just happen to think Cobra will just pull through here as the champions. Sure Umbrella may be more tactical but Cobra's tenacity and will to fight combined with their ranged weapons and better teamwork should be able to trump this advantage. Things would be a lot different though if Umbrella had their biological weapons at hand though...