User blog comment:Lasifer/A Hole in the Ace - Organized Assassin Battle Royale!/@comment-5795750-20140411022715

BG1's "The Only Card I Need is the Ace of Spades"

8th Place: The African. No need to go into any detail here except he only brings in 2 weapons compared to the rest and pales as a skilled assassin to greats like Lullaby and Trask

7th Place: Shamrock. The reason for his low placement is similar to The African but unlike the African, this Irish bloke brings in more weapons and at least a greater degree of skill than him but still falls short as a better assassin

6th Place: Pelosi Twins. Again, a lot of weapons and decent skills much like Shamrock and their identical appearance should be able to throw the Circus off but as most people point out, they don't have the skills or training to be a cut above the rest

OK so those three will end up definitely being dead or very close to it, the rest here will only either suffer a knockout or minor injury but only one can get close to lopping off the Ace's head

5th Place: Lullaby. Sorry Las but your assassin here has something missing compared to the others. Sure he is an expert marksman as well as an expert close combat fighter but he lacks defensive and tactical measures such as body armour, only relying on his pure senses and physical capabilities which will probably get him into deep trouble

4th Place: Patton Trask. Leo, your assassin is a great person but I have to say that you didn't give him the speciality of being an expert close combat fighter much like Lullaby or indeed the remaining 3 assassins and I have a feeling that trying to unsheathe a falcata from your chest pocket is not going to be as easy as it sounds compared to unsheathing a knife from your belt. Also I have a feeling that Patton works best more or less from a distance given his custom weaponry so I doubt he's going to be the one to bring Ace down.

3rd Place: Slava. Sorry to say this Swg but your assassin isn't going to get the Ace of Spades head here but he will be very vital in clearing the pathway. His skills in stealth and evasion plus his equipment should be able to keep him away from harm and his experience both in the Russian Mafia and Spetsnaz. However there are two people who possess both a greater degree of training and experience plus are going to be quicker on the draw with their more effective and sophisticated weaponry.

2nd Place: Omni-Key. There is something about Hawk's creation here that makes me want to place him very high... it maybe due the more sophisticated weaponry and equipment he brings with guns that are going to be severely underestimated by the rest of the assassins and Circus until Omni pumps out the lead. The combination of his multi-visioned eyepiece, dragon vest armour and weapons suited for both direct and secretive combat should bring Omni very far into this battle

These guys will obviously work together to plow through the Circus goons with ease although they won't do so without a scratch - as mentioned before, Lullaby will most likely knocked out cold and Patton and Slava will most likely get hurt real bad. However, there will only be one assassin who will claim the prize here of the Ace's head after the Ace is distracted by Patton, Slava and Omni-Key - as I see it Ace goes in for the final killing move on Lullaby when suddenly Patton strikes and there is a prolonged knife fight at which point Ace tries to choke Patton then Slava comes in to almost save the day, with Omni providing an excellent amount of covering fire; but then a shot comes out seemingly from nowhere...

with that said

1st Place: Valkyrie. Even without Skull asking me to vote for this guy, I still would have voted for him. He is essentially Slava if he had Omni's gear and instead of the Spetsnaz training, he had the SAS treatment. With weapons that can work well in all ranges plus his great mix of combat abilities (agility is going to play a huge role here), Valkyrie will be able to get the Ace of Spade's head first before either Patton, Omni or Slava could pull it off. Sure he may not the dragon armour or the optical lenses as sophisticated as Omni, Patton or Slava but this he makes up for with his extensive experiences in the SAS and UCC.