User blog comment:Marcus Forelli/Harry Dresden vs John Constantine/@comment-125.212.122.80-20130209070627

This battle is pretty much the most debated. These two are the staple of occut detective fiction alongside Dylan Dog and Hellboy. Good job on making it as much accurate as you can, but the thing is there are a lot of things you should reconsider, pretty much on Constantine's side. Its like youre trying to tip these battle for Dresden to win.

In magic, both are powerful. But you have to know that John doesn't use powerful magic unless he has to. So his magic is inconsistent, just like Superman's power. The big difference between the two is that Dresden's powers are just like the magic you'll see in any Fantasy theme series, like using a wand, casting a spell, fighting a dragon, etc. But even so its powerful. John on the other hand consist of anythng he can scurry in the occult. Unlike Zatanna who is a Homo Magi, or Gandalf being an Ishtari, John is just an ordinary man with some parlor tricks. He's just a muggle and has no magical blood in him. Dresden has magical blood which gives him an advantage. Most of all, the Hellblazer series is trapped in real-life maturity. So John's magic has to be somewhat real-like and simple. Dresden's magic is powerful, it can knock down an arch angel with a clean shot. Using his Fcus doesn't just double up his powers, it can rise 100x fold, and it'll keep rising. He can also absorb energy around him, so he has better stamina than a normal person, and his magic always powered up.

But that isn't the case. What Constantine lacks in firepower magic makes up in his defensive ones. Dresden is pretty much a brawler, and won't hesitate in blsting his enemies in smitherins. John's magical circles can block Dresden's magic. His circles are powerful, it can deflect Enchantress's mad magic when she's gone insane. Using his circles, John went toe to toe with Swamp Thing and Dr. Fate. Let us not forget his sigil wards. It doesn't just hide him from radars of his enemies, it can also turn him literarily invisible to the eyes of his enemies. The sigils and runes tattoed in his body protects him from magical attacks, spells, and curses.

Contrary to what some wikis said, John is an amazing close quarter fighter. I mean come on, he easily ripped the spine off the demon Nergal's back. But Dresden would still dominate in close quarters. He's got more close quarter weapons, such as the staff and cane sword. The cane sword would be the game changer in cqc fight. It controls earth magic, so it can shift from metal, to any otheer earth based substance like flint. The ground they're fighting on will be controlled by Dresden with the cane sword. The Sword that ends all creation is a weapon John used, but only used ONCE. Its never really much seen since. His prominent cqc weapon THAT is also a magical weapon is the twin blades. Both the sword and twin blades are the same, it kills anyone by touch, but the twin blades is more accurtely used by John.

John Constatine doesn't carry guns ALRIGHT. Its UK, there's a gun ban there. ANd John hates guns, and will only use guns if it is necessary.

Some of the x-factors needs changing. The speed and agility needs revamping. Dresden should get a 70 or something, he's a martial artist for christsake, and his got foci. But I do agree in John getting the edge.

Overall, my vote goes to John Constantine. In a straight up fight, he may pull a wild card that gets Dresden wet his pants. But he only wins in a slight margin. If REAL DREDSEN FANS are here, they would definatly give legit reasons why Dresden should win.