User blog comment:Lasifer/Suicide Squad (New 52) vs Straw Hat Pirates (One Piece)/@comment-143604-20120523234520

Drayco90's Edgy Edges of Edginess


 * Deadshot vs. Luffy- Even. If this was post-timeskip, Luffy'd have an undeniable edge here, but before his two years of training, Luffy wasn't as good at dodging bullets. In his gears, he's still fast enough to outmove Deadshot's guns, and to win this all Luffy needs to do is close the gap of distance. Deadshot's not exactly a superhuman fighter, whereas Luffy has incredible strength, enough to level entire buildings on his weakest power levels, and his Gum Gum abilities allow him to strech and hit Deadshot from anywhere with just as much force, and allow him to wrap around and immobilize or guard against the guns. Deadshot's best bet, is also his primary strength- as a sniper. Deadshot can keep stealthy and away from Luffy, and take pot shots at the Captain who won't be able to block the bullets with his rubber skin due to their speed and sharpness of a modern firearm. Deadshot's Armor? It didn't help Don Krieg, and it won't help Deadshot, who's armor is nowhere near as good, so the only prayer Deadshot has it at range. Fortunatly he's good enough at range, subtle enough and good enough at distance that he can maintain this as an even battle. I'd call it a solid 50-50.


 * Harley Quinn vs. Nami- Suicide Squad. This would normally be a fantastic and interesting match-up, but Nami just doesn't have a single way to defend against a modern firearm. Really, Quinn should lose the gun, because it puts this one too far into Quinn's favor.


 * King Shark vs. Chopper- Straw Hats. King Shark is a mindless animal, who can barely think due to Waller's torture. Chopper, on the other hand, is a brilliant mind and a doctor, and his three basic forms allow him to move quickly around the battlefield and whittle his opponet down. Once he eats a Rumble Ball, all bets are off, and he quickly becomes much, much, much faster than Shark, able to guard against Shark's only real attack method with ease and is strong enough to match Shark. King Shark is viscious, but he's dumb and slower than his foe, and Chopper can match him in raw strength if he needs to- while Shark has to keep falling back on biting, which Tony can block. If he eats three rumble balls, all bets are off, and he will overwhelm Shark, and most of the other Squad before he can be brought back down. Tony Tony Chopper can simply out-think, out-move and out-fight this one.


 * Black Spider vs. Roronoa Zoro- Straw Hats. Black Spider is a strong hand-to-hand fighter with an awesome array of gadgets and tech, but he's reckless and rather fragile- making him polar opposite to Zoro. Zoro is an excellent swordsman and has some crazy good SH strength, but his endurance is what makes him so powerful- the man can take MOUNTAINS of pain without slowing down or stopping, can face thousands of wounds and rebound from instantly-fatal attacks like nothing and just keep going like an ungodly machine. Black Spider will foolishly get right up in Zoro's grill like he always does, the Leeroy Jenkins that he is, that his superior mobility won't do him squat. Zoro's attacks are strong and fast enough that some of them actually have RANGE, and he can jet about the battlefield with swordstrokes that can cleave through buildings. Spider will just run up and get himself damaged and put out of the fight....again.


 * El Diablo vs. Sanji- Suicide Squad. El Diablo will hesitate to use the full extent of his powers against the Straw Hats because of his morality and the fact that the Straw Hats are pretty good people, but Sanji might be enough of a wanker to get El Diablo mad enough to start using some of his more dangerous attacks, but he will NOT be using the full extent of them in the battle- it would be incredibly out of character for him. Sanji's attacks are pretty unorthadox, and his unarmed style has more range, mobility and damage, but Diablo can have some decent range abilities when he needs to, and Diablo is less durable, he's also more focused and can do more ranged damage, and the Diable Jambe will be greatly weakened against him, giving El Diablo just enough power to overcome this.


 * Light vs. Nico Robin- Straw Hats. Both of these fighters are kind of the weakest link here, as far as I'm concerned...mostly because I dislike them both. Robin, however, is an absolute genius, both in books and tactics, and Light is in the middle of some INCREDIBLE trauma that's left her weak and distracted. Robin may not be able to fly, but she can just create arms around Light's neck while she's flying and choke her out or snap her neck is she's feeling brutal. Robin's body parts can be anywhere, including on Light, which makes her range infinite and damn hard to counter.


 * Deadliest Warriors- The Straw Hat Pirates. They have MUCH greater teamwork, and are closer because they're Nakama- they have the most important bond a team could have, while the Suicide Squad can barely tolerate each other. They have a wider array of powers, and greater versatility with them, and are a more skilled as a whole than the Squad.