User blog comment:Wassboss/The Science of War: Rudol von Stroheim vs The White Cleaver/@comment-26395956-20180727122132

MD 33's Vote: German Science vs Irish Magic!

Equipment: Rudol's Walking Armory vs Cleaver's Nemesis Loadout

The White Cleaver is definitely hard to kill. His armor is good enough to resist bullets and other magic attacks and his cleaver is an effective melee weapon when it comes to slicing targets. It can also be thrown, but it is nevertheless impractical in range application. Stroheim will definitely get trouble at close-range by the Cleaver's greater melee skills. Problem is, the Cleaver's not going to get in close at any time. Even if he's at melee range, Stroheim's amazing endurance is going to be tough to contend with.

The German will indeed suffer the same problem in taking him down due to the zombie's healing factor, but if any of their weapons do the greatest amount of annihilation, it's Stroheim. The White Cleaver needs to get in close proximity to attack Stroheim but the Nazi is literally a walking armory. His UV Shoulder Cannon may be somewhat useless against him as well as the pistol and the SMG, but the rest of his weapons can raze the Cleaver to the ground within moments.

The Cleaver's armor can resist bullets, yes. But not high-caliber rifle rounds and the beastly shotgun buckshot. Even if he can, the grenades are still extremely damaging and hard to dodge. Plus Stroheim can also let out a stream of armor-piercing machine gun rounds while lobbing grenades at the incoming White Cleaver. Not enough? Stroheim can get his rocket launcher and outright blow the zombie to kingdom come. In melee, it's undeniable that the White Cleaver is better than the Nazi but it's also undeniable that he'll get utterly wrecked before he can even reach him.

Powers and Abilities: Cyborg vs Zombie

Once somebody brings in healing factor into the fray, you know the guy's gonna have an awesome chance of winning. Sure, the Cleaver's healing factor isn't on Wolverine's level but that still gives him extended sustainability here. He has unlimited stamina, but I doubt this battle will last that long. His combat ability is above average and he's definitely a city-class fighter.

How about Stroheim? He has no healing factor and his stats are vague. I can say the former the same for the Cleaver, and Stroheim has outright demonstrated the length of his strengths. From his confrontation against Kars, he's definitely stronger than the Cleaver. Not to mention how practically immortal he is. The Cleaver is also immortal but the guy's not as resistant as Stroheim. When the Cleaver's ripped apart, he can't really outright continue functioning mid-battle. Stroheim? Tear him apart and he still can blast the crap out of his enemies with his mechanized eye.

Not to mention how unorthodox Stroheim's fighting style is. I know nearly nothing of him, but from what I gathered from fellow voters he's quite an eccentric in combat. The Cleaver is good at "conventional" combat but Stroheim is outright anti-mainstream, and the Cleaver's not gonna expect that. This one goes to Stroheim.

X-Factors: 'Heim vs 'Ver

Stroheim: 84

Cleaver: 79.5

Edge: Rudol von Stroheim

WINNER: RUDOL VON STROHEIM

Yeah, it's quite surprising here. At first I thought the Cleaver's gonna tank Stroheim's array of attacks before cutting him down to pieces while having his healing factor to sustain him. Turns out, he's not all that strong and I realized Rudol has more offensive capabilities here. The Cleaver is immortal and a competent fighter, but Stroheim fights in a way so alien I don't think he can even predict his moves.

In addition to how his body works and his immense strength, Stroheim's many weapons can eliminate Cleaver within seconds if he's weakened enough. And though Stroheim hasn't faced as many as the White Cleaver, he is specialized in combating creatures of the dark and his weapons are adequate for such task, including killing this Cleaver. His unpredictability, extreme operational endurance, and versatile weapons (in melee he still has that thrown hand and super strength right?) lead him to victory in this one.