User blog comment:El Alamein/The Tatsu Rebellion/@comment-4661256-20181012021353

El Alamein's Attempt at a Transparent and Unbiased Vote:

^ This is because everyone else, with the exception of Battlefan (whose third-party vote is immensely appreciated) has resorted to tribalism, incredibly faulty (if not outright false) logic, and liberal employment of scenarios that favor their side without considering the likelihood of said scenarios realistically playing out. I am writing this introductory paragraph before I have started the rest of the vote, and though I may end up voting for my side (that is, the revolutionaries), I hope that the logic I present in this vote will demonstrate that, should I indeed vote for my side, it will be as the result of a fair evaluation and not baseless and self-serving conjecture.

On with the vote.

 Leaders: Wassboss vs. Leolab:  I'm going to discount Wassboss' Death Gauntlets out of hand because they are reliant on physical contact to be effective, and that's simply not going to happen with the massive amount of overpowered ranged weapons at play. Yes, the Death Gauntlets are lethal and dangerous, but there's just no way I see Wassboss either 1) surviving long enough to close the distance and use them, or 2) even attempting to use them himself when he has better tools at his disposal. For  that reason, I'm just going to completely ignore Wassboss' close-range weapon.

The Scepter of the Ancients is obviously much more potent because it can shoot lightning, which I assume will be undodgeable. This can disintegrate Leo and it's something that I will be taking into consideration. However, it should be noted that, if Leo kills Wass, someone else can pick this up and start using it themselves—so there exists the potential for the Scepter of the Ancients to, at some point later on in the fight, find itself reappropriated by the revolutionaries. I am not going to hinge my vote on this scenario (since I am specifically opposed to the self-serving scenarios that abound in some other votes here), but it's still quite possible and worth considering.

The God-Killer Bow is all right. As far as I'm concerned it's a powerful and deadly weapon that can kill Leo, but Wass still has to aim accurately and land his hits, something that he will be hard-pressed to do against Leo's auto-aiming bow.

So now we get to Leo. Leo's Mystic Eyes of Death are interesting, although I'm not quite sure that they're necessary, considering the fact that Wass isn't using any defenses that would really necessitate the use of a spell that outlines an opponent's weak spot. If Leo hits Wass with one of his weapons, Wass is basically dead, irrespective of where that blow lands, so I think the Mystic Eyes might actually be superfluous here. This is not to say that they are bad or won't work properly, but rather that it's kind of like mounting a 20x zoom scope on a minigun that you're about to fire at a prisoner tied up five feet away from the barrel of the gun—you would have killed the target even without the scope.

Leo's spear is a nice insta-kill, although I'm actually going to mostly ignore it for much the same reason as I did Wass' Death Gauntlets. Leo has to survive long enough to close the distance or else chuck the spear at Wass (a bit more practical than the gauntlets, which can only be used at arm's length, but it's not enough in my opinion.)

Obviously this comes down to Pinaka. It's the best weapon in play here. Leo could basically string this and fire his arrow as soon as the fight starts and it will be guaranteed to hit something. Combine this with the Mystic Eyes of Death and Leo will be auto-aiming an unblockable shot that will make for guaranteed kill shots.

Many people have called this a draw, but I'm going to give a slight edge to Leolab. That's because, when it comes down to the Scepter of the Ancients vs. Pinaka, Pinaka is slightly more useful. One, it can't be picked up and repurposed by the enemy should the user fall in battle, but of far more importance, Leo can use this bow at whatever distance he feels like, even if he doesn't see Wass. I'm pretty sure that Wass will have to at least have an unobstructed line of sight to his target to be able to strike them with his lightning-bolt scepter, whereas Leo could be around the corner firing 360 no-scope trickshots with Pinaka, that will be guaranteed to hit a lethal spot thanks to the Magic Eyes. Now, to be clear, this edge is hinged not on a specific scenario where Leo is hiding around the corner doing just this, but instead on 1) the feasibility of this and 2) the general tactical flexibility that the superior versatility of Leo's combation of Mystic Eyes and Pinaka offers him that Wass' arsenal does not. Will Leo be in danger? Of course. But do I see him consistently coming out on top, given the factors I considered in my vote? Yes.

WINNER: LEOLAB