User blog comment:Laquearius/Baraka (Mortal Kombat) vs Lust (Fullmetal Alchemist)/@comment-3189283-20200109214558

Let's see shall we

Weapons 

Lust's claws appear to have the further reach to them because of their extending properties and given this battle is going to take place almost entirely at close quarters that is a pretty significant advantage. I guess Baraka can use his blades sparks to attack Lust from a distance but he doesn't seem like the kind of guy who just sits back and spams projectile.

Edge: Lust 

Special Skill

Being trained in martial arts is nice but let's be real it's not going to be nearly as useful as the Philosophers Stone and it's regenerating properties. So therefore even if Baraka does manage to get in past the claws and start hacking away he probably isn't going to kill Lust for a while.

Edge: Lust

Final Verdict 

As other voters have said before me while the edges both go to Lust this battle is significantly closer than it would appear. Yes Lust has the better weapon and the more useful secondary power but her love of watching people suffer means she isn't going to be quick to land the finishing blow and Baraka is tough enough and determined enough to keep pushing even through seemingly fatal wounds. Furthermore he has more relevant combat experience as a fighter in multiple mortal kombat tournaments and two invasions of the Earthrealm whereas Lust doesn't seem like she has been in many fights, having spent the entirety of her 400 year existence working as an assassins/seductress rather than a out and out fighter.

These two factors combined means that if Barak can just hang on long enough and get in past the reach of the claws he probably has a decent chance of winning. However I'm still ultimately siding with Lust just because if she does decide to just end the fight at any point, then she has a much easier time doing it. In short Baraka needs to do a lot of work to kill Lust whereas Lust has to do little to finish off Baraka and therefore she's likely to win more times than she loses.

Lust: 2,900

Baraka: 2,100