Contest of Marvels II Thread 4

Meggan
Super Adaptoid (trumps Holocaust on almost every step)
Invisible Woman
Apocalypse
 
*Swarm - (I'm really happy to be rid of this character. Since I got him, I knew I'd have to fight through the obvious ways to eliminate him. He's really too much of a hassle to own.)

*Super Adaptoid - (Excellent debate, guys. I'm only sorry my vote will probably determine the winner.)

*Invisible Woman - (Like I said in the discussion thread, this match wasn't even worth debating. I'm glad to be rid of this character, too. As my opponent and I said last round, whoever wins, looses.)

*Apocalypse - (This is obviously one of the easiest decisions Harlekin will ever make. Beware Invisible Woman...you have your hands full next round.)
 
Final Results:

Meggan beat Swarm 9-2
Super Adaptoid beat Holocaust 6-5
Invisible Woman beat Pestilence 11-0
Apocalypse beat Mach IV 10-1
 
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BRACKET 7,

Match 7:

Dusk (ZOKEN) bio

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vs.

Madman (MIDNIGHT ICE) bio

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Match 8:

Magneto (KYTRIGGER) bio

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vs.

Rogue (PHAEDRUS45) bio

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BRACKET 8,

Match 7:

Star-Lord (PHAEDRUS45) bio

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vs.

Her (WIEGEABO) bio

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Match 8:

Domina (JEWISHHOBBIT) bio

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vs.

Kurse (AHURA MAZDA) bio

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LOCATION: Genosha (After destruction)

The island is located off the east coast of Africa and boasted a high standard of living, an excellent economy, and freedom from the political and racial turmoil that characterized neighboring nations.

In New X-men #115, the entire island was reduced to rubble and its mutant population was slain by Sentinels ordered by Cassandra Nova. Magneto and Xavier have since then joined forces to rebuild the island nation. A few survivors and newly arriving mutants who wish to help with the rebuilding process remain on the island.

(The island is pretty much wiped out. The main players from the comic, Excalibur, which featured Charles Xavier and Magneto, are not in this land. But, figure there will be survivors around; but, just like in the comic, they will be in hiding.)
 
(Ahura is away for a couple days, and he asked me to post the following opening debate.)

Kurse vs. Domina:

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Kurse is one of the most powerful creatures in the Marvel Universe. His strength is off the charts. He is over 4 times as strong as Thor.

First of all here is a ranking of his powers:

Strength: (currently) Incalculable (12/12)
Speed: Enhanced Human (5/10)
Stamina: Immeasurable (10/10)
Durability: Demi-godlike (11/14)
Agility: Enhanced Human (5/7)
Reflexes: Enhanced Human (5/7)

The best thing about Kurse is that all of his powers are inherent. The Beyonder changed his physiology and he has armour grafted onto his skin. It took all the combinned magic of both Mjollnir and Stormbringer (draining them of all their energy) to knock him out. Domina does not have that kind of power at her disposal.

Now, neither character will know anything about the other. Kurse did not even exist in Nordic Mythology so really there is nothing she can know about him. He will also know nothing about Domina.

Domina has a variety of abilities but she cannot use them all at once.

Kurse has one ability, the ability to destroy anything that comes before him.

Domina will not be able to negate the power of this native of Asgard. And she has nothing that she can hurt him with, however, Kurse could crush her as easily as one would crush an ant.

Winner - Kurse
 
Dusk Vs. Madman

Well, quite obviously, Dusk can't take Madman Physically. HOWEVER, she has speed on her side. Her teleporting has always been show to be completely at her whim and not-tiring. all she has to do is keep him disoriented by being a fast moving target. also, a few teleports to high altitudes could probably fix her lack of strength. more than likely it would act like a strong punch (enough of them might put him down). This will be a difficult fight, but as Madman would have to catch Dusk before he could beat her, it's likely he won't beat her.
 
Magneto (KYTRIGGER) bio

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vs.

Rogue (PHAEDRUS45) bio

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While Rogue is a power-house in her own right, she is simply outclassed here against Magneto.

Powers: Rogue can absorb other's life force and powers by touching them. Right now she can turn on fire, fly, and has superstrength.

Magneto can control the entire electromagnetic spectrum. He can create forcefields that stand up to nuclear bombs, and levitate asteroids. He has superstrength (when he augments himself) and can do countless other things with his mastery of magnetism.

Prep time wise, it is a wash since both know each other and both know the place very well.

Basically, Rogue has fought Magneto before, but everytime they beat Magneto, it's an entire X-Men team, not just Rogue, and even then, he usually puts up one HELL of a fight. Rogue by herself is just outclassed by Magneto.

Winner- Magneto
 
Her vs Star-Lord

Prep-Time will do little for either character.

In battle, Star-Lord is an experienced and powerful fighter. The problem is that he's going up against the female version of Adam Warlock. Star-Lord is strong, Her is stronger. Quill has his element gun, Kismet will just power through the elemental attacks. And Her can wield cosmic energy. Enough energy to bring Star-Lord down.

As valiantly as Star-Lord will fight, he just doesn't have what it takes to stop Her.

Her wins
 
Kurse Vs Domina

Okay, I thought that this would be close match, but in reality, this is a tough one for Domina. I'm rooting through all of Domina's powers, and though they are many, most are ineffective in this match. However, Domina's most basic traits will be what wins this match for her.

Neither character will know of each other, so none know how to prepare. Kurse will know nothing of the location and I'm going to assume that Domina won't either. She was approached by Magneto just prior to Genosha's destruction and it is assumed that she died there in it's destruction. It really doesn't matter any way... it's basically just a waste land.

So the match begins. Here's what I think will help Domina win this match. She is a predator. The girl killed Sinister several times. She is a hunter and an assassin. She is a weapons expert and very ruthless. She carries several weapons with her, mostly knives and daggers and such. She has many powers but the only ones that will be effective in this match are 1) Her ability to track 2) her increased strength, agility, stamina, etc. 3) Her ability to create energy and give it form (typically small things like rope and such) and 4) Teleportation of herself and others.

I think that Ahura did a good job explaining Kurse's powers, but he did forget to mention that though Kurse is way powerful, he also has a weakness. According to his bio he is weak against Iron. I would assume that all the knives and daggers that Domina carries are made of some type of Iron, so those could wound Kurse.

So the match will begin and I imagine Kurse and Domina finding one another fairly quickly. Being that neither know one another they'd just start fighting. Domina is smart and she will begin to realize that none of her powers are working, and so she would go on the defensive while she figures out what to do. She will be teleporting and using her agility to dodge attacks made by Kurse. Even if she doesn't know him, she can see by looking at him that he's a brute and will know to dodge him physically as much as possible. She is smaller and can hide more, and once she gets his smell in her nostrals she can always find him and know where he is, so once they confront one another, she can keep him in her sights while staying out of his.

Now I know that Kurse is a brute and I am not going to underplay him in the slightest. I know that if he can get one full on direct blow in, Domina is out, but this girl is agile and stealthy. She's not stupid, and though she is a little cocky, she is calculated. She came in and kicked the crap out of a whole team of X-Men on her own without getting tagged at all. She is good at keeping away from being tagged, and though Kurse is an asgardian, I feel that she could still dodge him as needed. She would know she was outclassed in the beginning and she would retreat to recollect herself and figure out what to do, knowing that after having his scent she can always know where he is and dodge him.

Anyhow, so now comes to offensive manuvers that can win her this match. Now Domina is all about killing. She does not care about the lives of anyone not of the Neo, so she won't care about killing Kurse. My guess is that she will learn in her initial attack that Kurse can be hurt by Iron. She fights by hand more than not, so using her weapons in a fight is very in character. She will know that he is quick and strong and powerful and will know it best to not fight face to face. She will then take advantage of the teleportation power and will begin to teleport in and attack then out again quickly. Each teleportation will be with her appearing behind him or out of reach. She'd run a dagger through him and then vanish again, sometimes taking him elsewhere to make him lose his barings. She'd just cut at him for a while. This would work but it would get risky and she'd get bored. So I imagine that finally she'd appear behind him again and would then just slice at his neck and teleport, taking his head with her, killing him.

I'm trying to be fair to Kurse, as I could just have her go in for the teleporting kill, but I think the above scenerio is just more likely. Kurse's strength and such are phenominal, but it won't take Domina long to learn this and as long as she survives the initial attack (and she's good at that kind of thing, so it's very believable) then she will know to do the teleporting deal. Kurse's strength is great, but if he cannot make contact with his foe then that strength isn't worth much.

Honestly, I can see her teleporting in once and just run her dagger through his neck or head, killing him swiftly from behind, or appearing and sliting his throat, etc. She knows she's outclassed, but she's ruthless and stubborn. She won't give up and she will go in for the kill.

And again I state, if Kurse doesn't know she's coming, then he can't prevent what is coming. He is weak to Iron and Domina has her weapons that can hurt and wound Kurse. She can also stay out of his way with her agility and teleporting, which she's very very efficient on, so that's not hard. A teleporting attack driving a dagger through his throat or in his mouth cannot be dodged. And if for some reason that don't work, she can always just teleport him in two or such, killing him.

She's a trained effeicient killing machine. Again I remind you. She killed Sinister multiple times, and I don't even know how that can be done, but she did it. This is a tough match for her, but it's not hard to pull off. She just has to survive through the learning process of how to take him out. That's really all that's up for debate, and she is a killing machine and a manuever queen. She can survive no question, and she can kill Kurse because of his weakness to iron.

Winner - Domina
 
Darn it all!!!


I just spent a good 1/2 hour or more doing my Star-Lord/Kismet write-up, and the darn Hype had some kind of delay or something.
 
Darn it all!!!


I just spent a good 1/2 hour or more doing my Star-Lord/Kismet write-up, and the darn Hype had some kind of delay or something.
That's happened to me maybe 4 or 5 times in the past week and a half. And for some reason it's always when I doing an argument or rebuttal here so it's an actualy worthy post.

It seems there is a zoken-luck epidemic going around.
 
Kurse Vs Domina

Okay, I thought that this would be close match, but in reality, this is a tough one for Domina. I'm rooting through all of Domina's powers, and though they are many, most are ineffective in this match. However, Domina's most basic traits will be what wins this match for her.

Neither character will know of each other, so none know how to prepare. Kurse will know nothing of the location and I'm going to assume that Domina won't either. She was approached by Magneto just prior to Genosha's destruction and it is assumed that she died there in it's destruction. It really doesn't matter any way... it's basically just a waste land.

So the match begins. Here's what I think will help Domina win this match. She is a predator. The girl killed Sinister several times. She is a hunter and an assassin. She is a weapons expert and very ruthless. She carries several weapons with her, mostly knives and daggers and such. She has many powers but the only ones that will be effective in this match are 1) Her ability to track 2) her increased strength, agility, stamina, etc. 3) Her ability to create energy and give it form (typically small things like rope and such) and 4) Teleportation of herself and others.

I think that Ahura did a good job explaining Kurse's powers, but he did forget to mention that though Kurse is way powerful, he also has a weakness. According to his bio he is weak against Iron. I would assume that all the knives and daggers that Domina carries are made of some type of Iron, so those could wound Kurse.

So the match will begin and I imagine Kurse and Domina finding one another fairly quickly. Being that neither know one another they'd just start fighting. Domina is smart and she will begin to realize that none of her powers are working, and so she would go on the defensive while she figures out what to do. She will be teleporting and using her agility to dodge attacks made by Kurse. Even if she doesn't know him, she can see by looking at him that he's a brute and will know to dodge him physically as much as possible. She is smaller and can hide more, and once she gets his smell in her nostrals she can always find him and know where he is, so once they confront one another, she can keep him in her sights while staying out of his.

Now I know that Kurse is a brute and I am not going to underplay him in the slightest. I know that if he can get one full on direct blow in, Domina is out, but this girl is agile and stealthy. She's not stupid, and though she is a little cocky, she is calculated. She came in and kicked the crap out of a whole team of X-Men on her own without getting tagged at all. She is good at keeping away from being tagged, and though Kurse is an asgardian, I feel that she could still dodge him as needed. She would know she was outclassed in the beginning and she would retreat to recollect herself and figure out what to do, knowing that after having his scent she can always know where he is and dodge him.

Anyhow, so now comes to offensive manuvers that can win her this match. Now Domina is all about killing. She does not care about the lives of anyone not of the Neo, so she won't care about killing Kurse. My guess is that she will learn in her initial attack that Kurse can be hurt by Iron. She fights by hand more than not, so using her weapons in a fight is very in character. She will know that he is quick and strong and powerful and will know it best to not fight face to face. She will then take advantage of the teleportation power and will begin to teleport in and attack then out again quickly. Each teleportation will be with her appearing behind him or out of reach. She'd run a dagger through him and then vanish again, sometimes taking him elsewhere to make him lose his barings. She'd just cut at him for a while. This would work but it would get risky and she'd get bored. So I imagine that finally she'd appear behind him again and would then just slice at his neck and teleport, taking his head with her, killing him.

I'm trying to be fair to Kurse, as I could just have her go in for the teleporting kill, but I think the above scenerio is just more likely. Kurse's strength and such are phenominal, but it won't take Domina long to learn this and as long as she survives the initial attack (and she's good at that kind of thing, so it's very believable) then she will know to do the teleporting deal. Kurse's strength is great, but if he cannot make contact with his foe then that strength isn't worth much.

Honestly, I can see her teleporting in once and just run her dagger through his neck or head, killing him swiftly from behind, or appearing and sliting his throat, etc. She knows she's outclassed, but she's ruthless and stubborn. She won't give up and she will go in for the kill.

And again I state, if Kurse doesn't know she's coming, then he can't prevent what is coming. He is weak to Iron and Domina has her weapons that can hurt and wound Kurse. She can also stay out of his way with her agility and teleporting, which she's very very efficient on, so that's not hard. A teleporting attack driving a dagger through his throat or in his mouth cannot be dodged. And if for some reason that don't work, she can always just teleport him in two or such, killing him.

She's a trained effeicient killing machine. Again I remind you. She killed Sinister multiple times, and I don't even know how that can be done, but she did it. This is a tough match for her, but it's not hard to pull off. She just has to survive through the learning process of how to take him out. That's really all that's up for debate, and she is a killing machine and a manuever queen. She can survive no question, and she can kill Kurse because of his weakness to iron.


Ok this whole strategy is based on his dark elf weakness against iron. I would like to discuss that.

First, she could not know that and as such unless she was very backward she would not be carrying any iron weapons as steel or titanium would provide sharper and lighter weapons. Iron is not used in modern weaponry. Therefore she is unlikely to have any.

Second, he wears armour grafted onto his skin that has no weakness against Iron. Only if that armour is penetrated could Iron have any effect.

In conclusion, witthout Iron she does not have any chance and by the extremely remote chance that she would have iron weaponry because she likes antiques she would have to penetrate his armour first.

In addition, Kurse does have superhuman speed as well so him catching her with any type of blow is probable and even if it is glancing, with his strength it would at least be enough to shake her giving hium more time to finish her.

This is the end of my debating unfortunately, but real life is keeping me very busy thsi week.

Winner - Kurse
 
Darn it all!!!


I just spent a good 1/2 hour or more doing my Star-Lord/Kismet write-up, and the darn Hype had some kind of delay or something.

See, even the Hype knows it's no point to argue this one. :p


I've gotten into the habit of copying a post to the clipboard before submitting to the Hype. That way, if it screws up, I can just paste in back in.
 
Ok this whole strategy is based on his dark elf weakness against iron. I would like to discuss that.

First, she could not know that and as such unless she was very backward she would not be carrying any iron weapons as steel or titanium would provide sharper and lighter weapons. Iron is not used in modern weaponry. Therefore she is unlikely to have any.

Second, he wears armour grafted onto his skin that has no weakness against Iron. Only if that armour is penetrated could Iron have any effect.

In conclusion, witthout Iron she does not have any chance and by the extremely remote chance that she would have iron weaponry because she likes antiques she would have to penetrate his armour first.

In addition, Kurse does have superhuman speed as well so him catching her with any type of blow is probable and even if it is glancing, with his strength it would at least be enough to shake her giving hium more time to finish her.

This is the end of my debating unfortunately, but real life is keeping me very busy thsi week.

Winner - Kurse

Didn't think about the armor. And pretty much all the neo stuff are antique, as they are from an ancient under water civilization. And she wouldn't know of the weakness, she'd learn it in battle.

But The iron was just one method. The more powerful and probable method is the teleporting. He is agile and quick, but so is she. She is also very smart and an expert in battle. She is an absolute warrior. She will learn quickly that she's out classed and will go for a final blow. She will start teleporting quickly when she realizes that he is much stronger than her and more agile than a normal human. Once she realizes that she can't win in a physical fight, she will not hesitate to tear him apart by teleporting him in half, and that's something his armor or resilience cannot prevent.

Now as for his tagging her. It's possible, but like I said, she has enhanced strength, speed, agility, durability, etc herself, so she can dodge most. If he can manage to get a blow in, as long as it isn't direct (and that'd be very difficult to land) then she can survive. She will be dazed by it, granted, but instinct will take her away from the battle to rethink her strategy. At that point, it will be time for a killing blow, and she will go in and tear him in half with her teleportation. He is strong, as I said, but he can't hit what isn't there, and he can't prevent being teleported in half, so he's dead as soon as she tries it.

It's a tough match, but she can definately pull it off.

Winner - Domina
 
See, even the Hype knows it's no point to argue this one. :p


I've gotten into the habit of copying a post to the clipboard before submitting to the Hype. That way, if it screws up, I can just paste in back in.

After I do it, I've tried doing that; but, for some reason, it won't let me cut and past stuff I'm working on in the submit portion.
 
Kismet(HER) vs. Star-Lord:

The bios on each character isn't the greatest thing in trying to determine powers and levels; but, luckily, each has recently been included in the latest Official Handbook. Here are the official bios for both characters:

Kismet:

Kismet's cells serve as cosmic energy batteries, allowing her to absorb, store, and use cosmic energies. Her form is cosmically enhanced; she can press 70 tons and survive in the vacuum of space; she is virtually tireless. She can project force blasts, levitate objects with anti-gravitons, and rearrange small volumes of matter. She can fly at Mach 10, and generate rifts into warp-space. She possesses lilmited telepathic abilities; she can understand any language and, as Ayesha, she could control minds. If seriously damaged, Kismet's body will automatically generate a regenerative cocoon around her.

INTELLIGENCE 3
STRENGTH 5
SPEED 7
DURABILITY 6
ENERGY PROJECTION 5
FIGHTING SKILLS 2

(One important fact to take into consideration, this version is not Ayesha; so, Kismet is not able to control minds.)


Star-Lord:

Star-Lord can survive in the vacuum of space, fly at trans-light speeds and generate a personal force field; though these abilities were originally attributed to his costume, he has been seen to use them when the costume was incomplete or damaged, suggesting they have become innate. He possesses enhanced healing, superhuman strength and an intuitive understanding of mechanical items. He also automatically translates any written or verbal language. He carried an Element Gun, which generated and manipulated fire, air, wind and water, teleporting the material from the planet R-Ralmis; controlled by his will, no one else could fire it. Star-Lord is a skilled marksman, swordsman and unarmed fighter. He recently gained cybernetic implants, including a left eye able to see all energy spectrums and a memory chip granting 100% recall.

INTELLIGENCE 4
STRENGTH 4
SPEED 7
DURABILITY 3
ENERGY PROJECTION 6
FIGHTING SKILLS 4


So, let's look at both characters, first taking a look at their numbered attributes on the scale of 1-7. With Speed, we see both characters are equal, peaking out at 7. These speeds have as much to do with space travel, and neither will be speeding around the location of Genosha. (After all, you cannot leave the field of battle.) With neither having the speed advantage, we notice that Kismet has an extreme durability of 6; but, that durability is in the fact that if she gets severely hurt, a protective cocoon will be generated to aid her. Her durability is a factor of her regenerative ability, not necessarily her ability to survive in a hard fought battle. Finally, Kismet is stronger by a point. But, looking closer at Star-Lord, he has a point higher in Energy Projection. One is stronger, the other is stronger in Energy Projection. I deem this evens them out, just as with Speed.

Now, that leaves two very important factors: Intelligence and Fighting Skill. Star-Lord beats Kismet in both categories. This is important, because as everyone knows, you can be the strongest person in the world (like Rhino), but still get beat every time by smarts and skill (most people that beat Rhino). (Now, I'm not comparing Kismet's brains to Rhino, just showing that Rhino is usually stronger than most of his opponents, but usually fails due to smarts and skills.) Intelligence and Fighting Skills will win a battle more than pure strength any day.

I have yet to read my opponent's opening argument; but, I can be sure a comparison to Adam Warlock might likely be included when talking about Kismet. And, Adam Warlock has a certain aura about him; but, remember, we do not have any kind of gem associated with this match, and I think the bio shows that Kismet is not as powerful as many voters might envision her to be. I'm even sure that many voters might be surprised that Star-Lord does have certain advantages over her.

Finally, I just want to point out that Kismet has been involved in some major Universal events throughout the years, and it's very possible that Star-Lord can use his memory chips and access to computers to have information on Her. That isn't the case with Kismet. She has no advantage with Prep-Time. Star-Lord does. If anything can be found, and as she's been involved in altercations with Warlock, Thanos and others, it's very likely information is available, or that Star-Lord's 100% memory recall will remember past information about her or her associates.

It's a tough battle; but, I think it's clear I've shown it's a tough battle for both characters. I'm sure before reading the biographies, many might have thought Kismet had the advantage; but, I believe I've given good enough reason to dispute that, and with looking at Fighting Skills and Intelligence, have likely switched the mind some voters on which character might now hold the advantage.

Winner = Star-Lord
 
Prep-Time will do little for either character.

As seen above, I dispute that. I believe with Star-Lord's new cybernetic capabilities, he might very well have some access to who Kismet is; after all, she's been involved in some major Universal events in Marvel's past.

[quoteIn battle, Star-Lord is an experienced and powerful fighter. The problem is that he's going up against the female version of Adam Warlock. Star-Lord is strong, Her is stronger. Quill has his element gun, Kismet will just power through the elemental attacks. And Her can wield cosmic energy. Enough energy to bring Star-Lord down.[/quote]

As also shown above, Kismet isn't "all that." Her strength is a bit stronger than Star-Lord, but Star-Lord's Energy Projection is stronger than Kismet's. Plus, you can have all the strength in the world; but, without intelligence and skills in fighting, it will do you little good.

As valiantly as Star-Lord will fight, he just doesn't have what it takes to stop Her.

I'm sure after reading both bios on each character, you might take back some of the bravado in that last statement. Star-Lord does have what it takes and this battle is much more even than most people would originally believe it to be. I'm putting experience and "know how" over brute strength any day.

Winner = Star-Lord
 
First off, thanks to Phaed for the better bios.

Second off, time for the rebuttal.


Star-Lord may be able to get info on Her during prep-time. And his memory chip will give him total recall of the information. But it won't give Star-Lord the advantage it sounds like it would give him. The first question is if any information he may find about Her would be helpful. If it's just basic stats about her, it won't give him much to work with.

Her won't need a great deal of information on Star-Lord. His powers won't stop her in one shot. So even if Star-Lord does get the jump on Her, she'll be able to quickly adapt and continue the fight.


Looking at their powers, Star-Lord may be somewhat stronger, but Her's strength and durability will help counter that. Her's may fire powerful blasts, but Star-Lord's speed and forcefield will help counter that.

Star-Lord also seems to have more intelligence and experience. But Her is no slouch in these departments either, having tackled with some very powerful people. People that would probably beat Star-Lord too.

But Her's other powers will decide the outcome of this fight. Her powerful energy blasts and manipulation will counter Star-Lord's elemental attacks. (She could redirect the energy from his fire back onto him, or just absorb it into her.)

Levitating objects with anti-gravitons means she can also shove objects away. Meaning she could push Star-Lord around without getting close to him, redirect him if he tries a high-speed attack, or fling objects like boulders at him from a safe distance.

Her telepathy gives her a chance to see what Star-Lord is planning and thinking. A distinct advantage.

But what may prove to be her most useful power in this fight is matter manipulation. Limited it may be, it's enough to disable Star-Lord's elemental gun and other weapons. She could alter the air in his lungs. Or, if she is felling particularly nasty, alter parts of his body. Not necessarily to kill him, but incapacitate him and inflict serious pain.

This seems like a somewhat balanced battle. But Kismet's list of powers and abilities will prove far more useful in this fight than what Star-Lord can bring. Should be one to watch, though.

Her wins
 
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BRACKET 7,

Match 7:

Dusk (ZOKEN) bio

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vs.

Madman (MIDNIGHT ICE) bio

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Here is a match between one of the Hulk's most dangerous enemies and Dusk. I will admit that Dusk may have Madman on speed(although we have seen Hulk move pretty fast and he is like the Hulk), he could easily defeat Dusk with no problem.

If madman is having problems getting to Dusk, then since this is Gensoha with rubble all around, it wouldn't take long for Madman to throw half a building her way to crush her or distract her while he threw something else or came in close for the knock out or possible kill.(Would only take one punch)

Winner:Madman
 
Rebuttal: Star-Lord vs. Kismet:

Star-Lord may be able to get info on Her during prep-time. And his memory chip will give him total recall of the information. But it won't give Star-Lord the advantage it sounds like it would give him. The first question is if any information he may find about Her would be helpful. If it's just basic stats about her, it won't give him much to work with.

Her won't need a great deal of information on Star-Lord. His powers won't stop her in one shot. So even if Star-Lord does get the jump on Her, she'll be able to quickly adapt and continue the fight.

Knowing what you're facing is a pretty good advantage, IMO. It won't win you a battle; but, I think everyone would agree not knowing a character has been one of the biggest disadvantages a person can have in this contest. In fact, not knowing a person's power has lost quite a few characters a battle in Contest of Marvels I and II.

As to adapting to Star-Lord's tactics, I will point out Her's intelligence and fighting skills isn't really that high, and adapting to a person's assault is closely associated with both. (And, from the appearances I remember of Kismet, adapting was never one of her high points. She even seemed to rely on others, like in her appearances with Adam Warlock.)

Looking at their powers, Star-Lord may be somewhat stronger, but Her's strength and durability will help counter that. Her's may fire powerful blasts, but Star-Lord's speed and forcefield will help counter that.

Star-Lord also seems to have more intelligence and experience. But Her is no slouch in these departments either, having tackled with some very powerful people. People that would probably beat Star-Lord too.

But Her's other powers will decide the outcome of this fight. Her powerful energy blasts and manipulation will counter Star-Lord's elemental attacks. (She could redirect the energy from his fire back onto him, or just absorb it into her.)

But, with Star-Lord's 100% memory recall, intelligence, and fighting skill, he will be able to adapt his attack if needed. Also, Star-Lord isn't just about elemental attacks. It's part of what he can do; but, he's so much more than that. I believe this is a very close match, and definitely much closer than people might have given Star-Lord credit for. In the end, Kismet has, in many of her appearances, been a pawn or relied on other's to help her. She definitely isn't one of the great independant thinkers of the Marvel Universe.

Levitating objects with anti-gravitons means she can also shove objects away. Meaning she could push Star-Lord around without getting close to him, redirect him if he tries a high-speed attack, or fling objects like boulders at him from a safe distance.

Her telepathy gives her a chance to see what Star-Lord is planning and thinking. A distinct advantage.

First, she only has limited telepathic abilities. Plus, Star-Lord's abilities to see all energy spectrums will make her ability to hide impossible. Second, we are fighting in Genosha, where the people have many, many places to hide. Someone with the fighting skills of Star-Lord won't be making himself an easily hit object.

But what may prove to be her most useful power in this fight is matter manipulation. Limited it may be, it's enough to disable Star-Lord's elemental gun and other weapons. She could alter the air in his lungs. Or, if she is felling particularly nasty, alter parts of his body. Not necessarily to kill him, but incapacitate him and inflict serious pain.

As you say, this is limited, and her skills are even much more limited. Remember, Star-Lord may very likely know some of these things about Kismet; but, Kismet is going into this match blind. It's very, very likely the first shot made will be by Star-Lord and the ability to adapt to the fight is much more in Star-Lord's advantage than Kismet's.

This seems like a somewhat balanced battle. But Kismet's list of powers and abilities will prove far more useful in this fight than what Star-Lord can bring. Should be one to watch, though.

Yes, it is a pretty balanced battle. Both character's have powers and abilities to help them win the match. And, if Kismet knew who Star-Lord was and his abilities, I'd be much more worried about the battle. But, in my opinion, what helps give Star-Lord an ever slight advantage is the fact he's going to have some information on Kismet, he has a pretty good intelligence, and a great fighting skill.

Winner = Star-Lord
 
Magneto vs. Rogue:

This is an interesting match for a few reasons. First, Rogue and Magneto have quite the history, and even though it might be debatable, it's very possible they've bumped uglies in the past. Secondly, and more important, is this is Magneto from Excalibur; but, it's Rogue from after Decimation with Sunfire's powers. Magneto will be totally unaware of these powers. Each character knows the other very, very well; but, the advantage now goes to Rogue in this department.

Here is a list of Rogue's powers:

AbilitiesCurrent powers:
  • Absorption of psyche and powers through skin to skin contact.
  • Project heat and flame.
  • Envelop herself in a fiery aura.
  • Immunity to heat and radiation.
  • Ability to see the infra-red spectrum.
  • Flight.
  • Increased strength through focusing her flame powers inwards.
    (details)
Magneto is going to be expecting the Ms. Marvel powers. Rogue knows she will have to strike quickly. And, Magneto is powerful, but not all-powerful. The element of surprise can win a match, and this is what Rogue will use, along with her past history with Magneto.

Winner = Rogue
 

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