User blog comment:Cfp3157/Season Break Battle: Gabriel van Helsing vs. Abraham Lincoln/@comment-5078776-20130829225846

CFP3157'S EDGES OF MASSIVE DESTRUCTION: "Voting cuz I can!"

Close Range: Abraham Lincoln

The Woodcutter's Axe is much longer than van Helsing's saws, as well as the fact that it is much more user friendly and is Abe's primary weapon of choice. Given it's better length and Abe's skill, it gets an easy edge over the saws.

Mid Range: Gabriel van Helsing

Despite the fact that the knives are a lot faster than a revolver, the revolvers have a longer range than the knives and are arguably the more accurate weapons.

Long Range: Even 

This range ultimately goes to neither warrior. The Crossbow has a larger magazine (about 50 against the Henry's 15) and a faster RoF, but the Henry is more precise and much lighter than the heaviver crossbow.

Special: Slight edge to Abraham Lincoln 

This is definetely one of the tougher weapon matches, but Lincoln's superior physicality will let him run circles around van Helsing. The Silver Stake can do an instant one-hit kill, but compared to Abraham's axe, he can't get close enough to use that effectively. Abraham has the speed and strength to keep van Helsing at a distance so he can't use that silver effectively.

WINNER: Abraham Lincoln 

In my opinion, Abraham will win this fight because, while the Crossbow and revolvers could keep him at a distance, van Helsing lacks the power up-close compared to Lincoln to compete. Lincoln's superior strength and speed will make him a hard target to hit and an even harder target to hurt, not to mention he is smarter than van Helsing. Despite van Helsing's experience and long-range game, he lacks the close-range superiority to put those two things to advantage against someone like Lincoln.