User blog comment:El Alamein/Voldemort vs. General Grievous/@comment-422690-20130924154219

So...

Weaponry: I have to give the weapons to Grievous. Magic has been shown to bounce off of objects. Grievous has his exoskeleton and his lightsabers to protect his meatbag from anything Voldemort can throw at him. And before anyone mentions how he dies in RotS - Obi-Wan had to pry open his chest piece before placing a shot to Grievous's meatbag. And before any mention of the made-up EMP spell, Grievous has been shot with clone-wars era blasters. The plasma shots are designed to disrupt droid circuits in a similar manner to an EMP, and he has resisted it. That blaster is just icing on the cake, as Drayco pointed out. It's far more practical than the magic, and it's also far more likely to hit on target.

I still feel that requiring X-Factors to be determined by the users is lazy, but since I know a good deal about both I can give them.

Psychological Warfare: Grievous gets the edge here. Grievous doesn't let his emotions control or get in the way of his fighting and tactical capabilities. Voldemort has been shown to make mistakes when angered. Plus, unless you know who he is, that noseless pasty face isn't going to make anyone tremble.

Strategy: This goes to Grievous, hands down. His favoured strategy was to make carefully planned strikes seem chaotic and random, and also showed a willingness to play on the moral compass of his opponents in the Clone Wars by forcing them to choose between saving civilians or winning a battle. That's a far more complex strategic mind than Voldemort's signature tactic of "throw literally everything at your opponents but still get crushed by a bunch of schoolkids," in itself a rather poor strategy.

Combat Experience: Grievous takes this again. Voldemort's got experience muttering a couple words at powerful wizards to make them die. Grievous was raised in a warrior culture, and is a consummate fighter and leader. He fought for his survival from a young age, and once he entered the Confederate army he led from the front and vanquished Jedi and Clones alike. He only fell to Obi-Wan Kenobi, one of the foremost masters of the Jedi Order in combat skill and the master of Soresu, a natural counter to his style.

Endurance: Grievous yet again. That cyborg body is far more durable than Voldemort's noseless meatbag self. Grievous's major vulnerability is his gut sack - what I called his meatbag earlier - that's got some of his organs inside. This is protected by a good deal of armor plating, nullifying this weakness.

Intelligence: Grievous once again. Voldemort's no slouch, but Grievous has consistently shown an ability to analyze and adapt quickly during combat. Voldemort's intelligent by himself, as is Grievous, but Grievous has some additional wiring in his brain to increase it.

Creativity: Once again, Grievous. Voldemort's only shown a "destroy all the things" in terms of his creativity in a fight. Grievous makes use of all six of his limbs in combat, and is able to maneuvre into places no one would expect.

Weapon use: Do I have to say it again? Fine... Grievous. Grievous has repeatedly demonstrated an controlled but unpredictable style of fighting. He's even added repulsorlifts to his legs so that he can use six weapons at a time, and use them effectively. Voldemort, as mentioned, just likes to break shit.

Brutalitiy: Voldemort gets this one. Wait, what? He's getting an edge? Yes, Voldemort's got a higher brutality score than Grievous. Grievous targets civilians due to tactical necessity. Voldemort does it for teh lulz (and yes, Noob, it's lulz in both meanings).

Overall: Grievous wins. Bet you didn't expect that one, right? . At any rate, I've explained my point ad nauseum above, Drayco and Swg have explained it below, and probably most people will explain it even more above. Voldemort is, when you boil it down, a terrorist. He's not a fighter. Grievous is a fighter, a leader, and above all, fucking awesome.