User blog comment:Battlefan237/Deadly Hotel Runners : The Penguin vs. Balalaika/@comment-17814994-20181217123925

Elgb's "Better Hotel than the One in Shining" EDGES!!!

Personal: Tough choice. The penguin has a tremendous advantage in close quarters since dude's umbrella can pretty much resist whatever Balalaika throws at him besides the Dragunov sniper rifle. If Balalaika manages to set up that dragunov taht she has the edge. So it depends manly on who gets the advantage in range. EDGE: Even

Goon Weapons: Again, a bit of a toughy. The Penguin obviously has the edge in weapons since he has both what the USSR's soldiers have as well as better ones for urban combat like the AR-15 as well as high tech umbrellas. But the USSR soldiers are probably better trained at handling weapons than the street gangsters of the Penguin. Hard to say so Imma give it another tie. EDGE: Even

Special: This I have to give to Balalaika. The Joker venom comes in all shapes and sizes (with some that are pretty much nerve gases that can affect even those with gas masks), but the Penguin here is using an inferior gas that needs to be inhaled, which would be useless against Balalaika's men with gas masks. The weaponized penguins are a bit too crazy for me though, and I think their efficiency here will be slim as well since the moment the troops find out that these are weapons, they can pretty much shoot them from afar. The radios and othe rilitary equipment are far more useful and practical for me. EDGE: Balalaika

Vehicles: Yeah besides the cars, the Penguin takes the edge since a military grade helicopter is downright a stomp against a meek military jeep that has nothing to go up against it. EDGE: Penguin

Deadliest Warriro?

At first I was going for Balalaika since she has and her men has the better training but in the end it seems that the Penguin for me has the edge. He may lack the training that Balalaika has, but he certainly has the more ingenious (like those umbrellas) to outright superior weapons (like the AR-15 and the Military Helicpter). It won't be easy though since many of Balalaika's weapons and training are perfect counter to Penguin's, but that's where the Penguin's intellect comes into play. I never see Balalaika as being the msot cunning in the anime (thsoe twod eranged kids were) but Penguin here is on another class of criminal genius (as wella s a scientific one). The dude can basically take down anyone ebfore the battle can even start.