User blog comment:GSFB/Xenomorph vs Makhai/@comment-143604-20120701205816/@comment-5232784-20120702052223

In closing, the Xenomorph "hide and strike" strategy, using the shadows to conciel themselves and strike out, is better than the all-consuming charge of the Makhai, but the Makhai know how to strike from the shadows as well (in WotT, they launch a surprise attack on Zeus, capturing him. Considering that they did this in dark tartarus, with eyes and body parts of Lava that glowed, making them easy to spot, shows their skill).

Xenomorphs are intelligent, when their face hugger forms attatch to sentient beings (in one movie, a dog or ox was face hugged and gave birth to a quadraped form, which probably wasn't as smart as the human-based Xenomorph drones), yet the Makhai where once men who died in battle, ressurected as lava shock troops doomed to fight for eternity. That already makes them smarter and more experienced in battle and carnage than Xenomorphs, yet also makes them all prone to ill-mental health, something the Xenomorphs have no problem with.

I have got to go with the Makhai.