User blog comment:Tomahawk23/Arrow Villains Vs. Nolan Villains/@comment-5795750-20140129134754

BG1's "The Vote I Owe" Edges:

Ra's vs Merlyn: Between being excellent at long range and being excellent at short range, I gotta go with being excellent at short range; don't get me wrong, though - I find that the two are very very good when it comes to H2H combat but Ra's (as others point out) has experience on his side as well as training which I guess beats out young brute force; and while Merlyn's archery skills are excellent, it is rendered useless by Ra's stealth which means that Merlyn is either gonna waste all his arrows or take too long, tire his arm out and then Ra's gets the drop on him

EDGE: Nolan Villains

Barsad vs Deadshot: No contest here - while Barsad is a second-in-command in the League of Shadows and is trained in their ways of marksmanship and H2H, Deadshot can just pick him off from a longer range before the close combat fight ever happens (especially given his array of weaponry and targetting system)

EDGE: Arrow Villains

Joker vs China White: Triad might be more organized than the Joker thugs but the Joker and his men are more brutal and creative - killing sharply yet sadistically and planning quite unpredictability; the Joker thugs might fall to each other and the Triad members but the Joker himself will take none of the damage despite his rather small physical stature - he can just hide in the shadows and get the drop on everyone on China White's side before the latter can compensate for the damage

EDGE: Nolan Villains

Scarecrow vs Count Vertigo: Count Vertigo's drugs work when injected which requires precision and stealth and the delivery system is rather... fragile. For Scarecrow's drugs to work, they must be inhaled which means it enters the body a but more slowly but its more effective in its delivery; in terms of handguns, the pistol ALWAYS beats out the revolver unless the latter is backed up by marksmanship which I doubt the count has; with regards to their thugs, then of course Scarecrow's thugs will be more loyal to him and given their League of Shadows affiliation, they will be better armed (even if both sides are carrying the same weapons)

EDGE: Nolan Villains

Bane vs Deathstroke: Welp, for a minute I thought Deathstroke would have it but then I realised upon reading, he isn't like his comic counterpart with the healing factor and thus is just a normal person underneath that mask and while he is in the peak of human condition, Bane has exceeded that level and will break Billy's back after finishing off the sword - the only way he can be beat is if his life support is disconnected which I think Billy won't be able to pull off easily

EDGE: Nolan Villains

Two-Face vs Fyers: Like the above edge but in reverse since the movie adaptation of Two-Face presents him as a normal human being that just happens to physically and partially mentally be like his comic book counterpart - however I only say partially mentally since they only retained the personality but not the excessive smarts and tactics; and much like the Scarecrow vs Vertigo edge, pistol > revolver

EDGE: Arrow Villains

Overall Winner: Carrying a majority of the edges and perhaps a greater use of teamwork, the Nolan Villains win this battle of TV vs Movie; with Joker's unpredictability, Bane's strength, Ra's leadership and logistics, and Scarecrow's scare gas, the Nolan villains should be able to do away with most of the gun-toting crew with little losses on their part (i.e. Two-Face, Barsad and perhaps some thugs but no more than say 8) before going to the real showdown with Malcolm whom Joker and Ra's should dispose of without too much difficulty (after Merlyn has killed off Bane and Scarecrow)