User blog comment:MrPacheco101/Enter The Gate of Oblivion! The Lone Wanderers Walk The Pathway To Hell: Scorpion vs. Ryu/@comment-5078776-20140709082734

'A NEW CHALLENGER APPROACHES! ' Ryu is easily the superior hand-to-hand combatant, at least on a basic level. Scorpion's superhuman strength, speed, agility, and stamina contribute greatly to his style, but at the end of the day his moves are easy to predict and counter. Ryu's mastery of his art, knowing how to hold back and learn, puts Scorpion's highly choreographed style to shame. Ryu's more intelligent approach to combat gives him an edge in basic hand-to-hand, at least for me. This is where the iconic wraith makes up for his lack of basic skill; His magical Hellfire is something that is capable of incredible things. The Hadouken is a powerful projectile attack, but it's slow and leaves Ryu open for combat. Scorpion's teleportation allows him to move around the battlefield, taking control of the environment. He can keep Ryu constantly on his toes, movign them from environment to environment and around the battlefield at his whim. His Hellfire, while not as initially as powerful, offers several different kinds of options for the wraith. He can throw fireballs, breath fire, power up his punches and kicks, and who knows what else. Scorpion's cheap way of combat will be a key factor for him. His ninja training and weapon usage is beneath Ryu's sense of honor, but the wraith is more than willing to use them. He'll disappear, reappear, and repeat the process. He can wear Ryu down, he can steathily eliminate him, or he can unleash a fatal slash or stab when Ryu least expects it. Ultimately, desptie Scorpion's cheap tactic of using weapons alongside his superhuman state and his OP'd magic, if Ryu does reach the point of the Satsui no Hado, he'll dominate the wraith with ease. It increases his power immensely, allowing him to catch up to Scorpion physically and magically. I was initially going into this battle rooting for Ryu, and he does come from something better. But despite his far more intelligent approach to combat, his honor and moral code limits his potential to take the Wraith down on an equal level. While he's the weaker hand-to-hand combatant, Scorpion's usage of weapons, stealth, his brutality, and his OP'd magic is something Ryu on his own can't take down. Even as Evil Ryu, as long as Scorpion stays cautious he can slowly drag Ryu down. In this battle of the two most iconic fighting game characters ever, Scorpion is going to bring Ryu over to his grave.
 * Basic Hand-to-Hand: Ryu 
 * Magic: Scorpion 
 * X-Factors: Scorpion 
 * Evil Ryu vs. Weapon Usage: Ryu
 * WINNER: Scorpion