User blog comment:Wassboss/Age is but a Number: The Stranger vs Bill/@comment-27334870-20180212234551

Dargoo Faust's [REDACTED] EDGES: "Stranger Danger"

Weapons

Melee Edge - The Stranger

What's been said before I can't really say better, but I do want to point out that the combat knife should generally be easier to deploy than the machete in the heat of battle, and it can better used as a stabbing weapon. That put, yeah, the machete out ranged the knife to a large degree, and takes this edge.

Sidearm Edge - Bill

Sure, it's out ranged, but the Magnum has the more powerful round, and has a semiautomatic fire with a clip that can be reloaded as opposed to individual bullets. Paired with my go-to when it comes to pistols, more ammo, the Magnum takes this edge, although it doesn't hit as hard as the Python.

Main Firearm Edge - Bill

Very slight, almost negligible edge. Bill has a large pool of ammo to draw from, but aside from that, both weapons function the same outside of a longer reload time on Bill's part. The latter fact makes this edge nearly invisible, but it gives Bill an advantage in the long battle.

Special Edge - The Stranger

Yeah, no contest here. While Bill can potentially make the flamethrower backfire should he actually land a hit, the flamethrower plainly has more versatility, sustainability, and damage output. Hell, it might be able to content with Bill's other firearms, should he be within range, and it can turn into an environmental threat via lighting the foliage around them.

X-Factors and Verdict

I'm going to give this to Bill due to his edge in experience, namely in a war that involved combating guerrilla fighters and dealing with enemies that utilize stealth in an environment even worse than Blackwood Mountain. While stealth helps the Stranger, his kit doesn't really help him in that endeavor, and Bill's combat expertise is going to make anything short of a premeditated attack useless.

Since we don't have much info on the situation, we can only assume this is a straight fight, which also gives Bill an undeniable advantage, since the Stranger now has to also worry about escaping from combat first before he can use his tactics. That said, this is pretty close, as both warriors have very similar kits and the Stranger even takes an edge with the Flamethrower, however, I want to point out one thing. Both warriors are experienced in fighting supernatural enemies, but only one of them has real experience in killing other humans.