User blog comment:El Alamein/Voldemort vs. General Grievous/@comment-4484220-20130927200542

Let's celebrate the 2nd anniversary of my presence here with a dissenting vote that ultimately isn't going to change anything.

The only way I see General Grievous winning this fight is if he can get up close to Voldemort and slice him with his lightsaber. Voldemort's best option is to keep a sufficient gap between himself and Grievous so that the lightsabers can't reach him. If Grievous tries to close the gap, Voldemort can easily open it up again by apparating to a new position, or even fly across the battlefield out of reach of his opponent. In this case, Grievous' only option will be to use his SE-14 blaster pistol, whose shots could easily be blocked by a shield charm or be dodged, again, by apparation or flight. Voldemort has a wide array of ranged options such as curses, charms, telekinesis, and various forms of environmental manipulation that could pose as a serious threat to Grievous. Unfortunately for Voldemort, his preferred method of combat, curses, will likely be useless throughout the majority of this battle, as it is a reasonable assumption that lightsabers can deflect curses given that they can also do the same to the force, so Grievous will easily be able to deflect any curses that come his way given that he's got considerable coverage over his body with four spinning lightsabers. Even if Voldemort tries to apparate behind General Grievous, the latter will most likely be quick enough to react quickly enough to a curse coming from behind him, and either dodge or deflect it. In this battle, the direct projectiles from their ranged weapons are going to be useless for the most part due to the warriors' abilities to deflect each other's projectiles. Grievous is going to need to get creative with how he's going to close the gap if he wants to win, and Voldemort is going to need to get creative with forms of magic other than just curses if he wants to win.

This is where Voldemort has the advantage. Grievous' only hope is to keep trying to close the gap between himself and Voldemort, but that's not going to happen. Sure he's quick and agile, but as soon as he gets close, all Voldemort has to do is apparate away, and reappear some distance from Grievous. Apparating is a quick and easy thing to do, so it's very unlikely that Voldemort won't be able to react in time before the cyborg's lightsabers reach him. Grievous can try to disappear behind cover, but Voldemort can literally blow his cover with a reductor curse or rip his cover apart with his telekinesis, keeping his opponent in sight. In the midst of General Grievous trying desperately to close the gap to no avail, Voldemort still has a wide array of magical skills at his disposal aside from just his curses. With these, he'll be able to keep General Grievous in his sights and at bay at minimum. Aside from curses, he can still send shock waves through the room, hurl large debris at Grievous, conjure and manipulate fire as well as manipulate water, transfigure their surroundings into threats toward Grievous, and more. Sure, Grievous will be able to counter some of what Voldemort tries to throw at him by dodging it or slicing through it, but at a certain point all these things together are going to overwhelm and damage General Grievous until he is no longer fit for battle, whereas Grievous won't be able to land a single hit on Voldemort because he lacks any ranged attacks aside from that which can easily be blocked.

Grievous may be more intelligent, experienced, and well-trained, but sometimes no matter how much better trained one warrior is than the other, the less skilled warrior with the bigger gun is going to win no matter how creative the better trained warrior tries to be. That's the case here. Voldemort will make sure that this battle is decided by ranged attacks, and that's where Grievous falls short, and Voldemort shines.