User blog comment:El Alamein/Braxas vs. Smaug/@comment-5232784-20120904175727

Very interesting battle you have here El Al. The fire/acid question reminds me of the Xenomorph vs Makhai battle I did. Fire can not only burn but generate smoke, which can suffocate and mess with the eyes. Braxas' acid breath can burn and produce a noxious fume. I do not know which really is the more damaging here, but fire can spread and burn your whole body, while acid, when thrown on you, will devistate but not spread all over you unless there is enough of it to douse your whole body. A fire need not be big enough to consume you to burn you whole, because of its spreading qualities. However, I think that the Noxious fumes of the acid will do more damage to lungs than smoke will. In this category I say dead even.

However, Braxas also has a acid bite and acidic claws, something that will pose a danger to Smaug who has neither. Though Smaug has teeth like swords and claws like spears, Braxas' dentition and nails are just as savage, but with acid added in. Braxas takes an advantage here.

If Braxas is like any reptile, his belly is soft. Dragons in middle earth mythos usually also have a soft underbelly, like a crocodile. But Smaug has a layer of gold and jewels on his gut, rendering him all but invincible. Smaug the Golden has the lead here.

Braxas' eyes are formidable, but Smaug can bend others to his will using his glances. Smaug wins here.

I believe, based on the above, that Smaug will take this. Having said that, wheter he survives the victory is another matter....