User blog comment:Cfp3157/Minotaur vs. Sphinx/@comment-24796936-20140805161147

Well since voting is still open I'll vote.

Close range: I'm giving this to the minotaurs superhuman strength. While the sphinx's teeth can tear through flesh easily, I feel the superhuman strength of the Minotaur will overpower a sphinx's head coming for it.

Medium range: I'm actually going to give this to the sphinx's claws. While the minotaurs horns can break rock with ease, while he's charging he has a high chance of missing. I'm pretty sure the sphinx won't miss with it's claws.

Mental X-factor: this was easy for me, the sphinx's human intelligence. The bestial rage of the Minotaur can more dangerous, but increases the chance of it making a mistake. The sphinx, with it's divine knowledge and genius level of thinking, will be able to outwit the Minotaur in its rage.

Physical X-factor: I say the sphinx's senses. Having the Minotaur being able to use weapons is a big factor, but the sphinx has the heightened senses of a lion, which are smell, sight, touch, reflexes, and great hearing. In fact, lions are able to see what an area looked like a while ago. Those heightened reflexes would help in fighting the Minotaur with a weapon.

Winner: the sphinx. The sphinx is just more intelligent and has better senses, as well as the claws. The minotaurs just to dumb and to bestial to beat the sphinx