User blog comment:Monkey Doctor 33/Does a Patriot Know Fear? Senator Armstrong vs Man-Thing!/@comment-27334870-20180310230659

Dargoo Faust's [REDACTED] EDGES: "Don't F*ck with This Swamp"

Physical Edges - Senator Armstrong

Artmstrong takes edges in spades with his vastly superior strength and durability, and his speed is something that can keep up with Raiden himself. It took a load of BS for Raiden to even start harming him. Man Thing mainly just scales off of the heroes he fought and certain outlying feats, he's going to get pummeled into the ground in the beginning of the battle namely because Armstrong is too cocky to be afraid of him that early in the battle. That said, Man-Thing has better sustainability, but Armstrong outclasses it in every other way.

Powers Edges - Man Thing

Armstrong barely misses this edge, mainly because Man-Thing's regeneration is leagues and bounds above what most of his arsenal can produce. Wass did well to mention how his nanomachines need a ridiculous amount of power, a supply that is not infinite. Man thing on the other hand has sustained damage far more substantial than what Armstrong can produce, although I can see several coordinated fire attacks disintegrating it if Armstrong can catch it off guard, which is possible, but not too likely. If Armstrong notices he's on the loosing end of the battle I doubt he'd really give into fear, he'd probably get more pissed, although this is a possibility much later into the fight.

X - Factors and Verdict

Armstrong is a much more capable fighter, has better offensive options, everything is leaning in his favor. Why then, do I think Man Thing has this battle in the bag? It's plainly that it can regenerate from much more than what Armstrong has shown to be capable of production. Blunt force trauma isn't doing to put it down. I mentioned that fire-based attacks might wither it away if used in coordination, but knowing Armstrong he's far more likely to turn this into a fistfight that he will enjoy at first, and get tired of rather quickly. He won't have enough energy after that to annihilate the Swamp creature, and at this point it'll be a slow battle of attrition that will progressively get the senator more and more pissed off, until he starts wasting precious energy. Looks like Man loses to nature for this round, damn environmentalists were right all along.

WINNER - MAN-THING