@Super_SoldierXII said:
@nickzambuto:
Yeah, except I never even mentioned hand to hand skill in my post. That goes to Slade - Wesker just takes everything else.
Right. We have Slade being significantly superior hand to hand. Glad we agree.
We also have Slade as far, far more intelligent. Would you agree to that? Them there are two very substantial advantages.
Why does intellect weigh so heavily in a fist fight you ask? Because Slade's superhuman intellect offsets opponent's speed advantages as has been demonstrated time and again. Opponents who are far faster than him get punked due, principally, to said intellect (coupled with top tier skill to be sure).
It's not like Slade cannot and has not used 90% of his brain to predict far superior opponent's moves before the play has even begun, and deduce all probabilities with exactitude faster than most could even dream of reacting. Oh wait ...
And has Slade's superior hand to hand and intellect seen him defeat foes far superior to Wesker before? Indeed.
The only real problem is durability. I admit to that. The question remaining is can Slade punch through Wesker's durability. I see him able to snap Wesker's neck far more than I can see Wesker getting that advantage over Deathstroke. But to each his own.
Deathstroke is capable of predicting an opponents moves, but that's usually against someone like Flash. Against other martial artists, such as Batman and Green Arrow, it's not that simple, and while I have admitted that Slade edges Wesker out in that department, that's not to say the captain doesn't have some moves. He's went through extensive training, and you can't deny that he's shown some impressive technique. Even before he got his powers, he was shown capable of instantly disarming an opponent and following up with a back kick that brought him to the ground.
I don't think it'd be as easy to predict Wesker's moves when Wesker isn't, well, a predictable fighter like Flash is. Not to mention, Wesker, like Slade, has shown admirable tactical ability. Not to say he's smarter than Deathstroke, but Albert Wesker is a model mastermind. Whereas RE5 played up Wesker's abilities, Umbrella Chronicles was all about his role as the man behind the curtain throughout the series.
He single handidly masterminded the entire Mansion Incident, right up to predicting Brad Vickers immediate reaction to the Cerberous dogs.
After said incident, Wesker started up his own mercenary business (the Hive/Host Capture Force) within a matter of months, all while still maintaining his reputation of being deceased.
With this force under his control, he attacked Rockfort Island, and was capable of completely overtaking the island almost as soon as he arrived.
In the above video, we can see how he manipulated Chris and Jill and Sergei Vladimir into attacking each other. That way, they would take care of most of the BOWs, allowing him easy access inside. He proceeded to defeat Sergei, and steal all of his accumulated BOW data, as well as destroying the Red Queen AI system.
Wesker is the one who took down Umbrella. All Chris and Jill did was shoot stuff. Not like they ever figured that out though.
And let's not forget how he pretty much had complete global saturation at his fingertips in RE5. Through masterful manipulation and extreme cunning, he worked his way into Tricell and, if not for Chris, would have taken over the world.
Wesker was Umbrella's top researcher for a reason.
So yeah, I don't think it's as simple as predicting all of Wesker's moves and just dodging.
I'll admit, if it weren't for Wesker's durability, he would indeed lose this battle. But with it, all I can see is him winning. He's tanked RPGs and 10 tons of steel girders falling onto his head from several stories up barely makes him stumble. After getting a double overdose of his serum and falling 300 feet into a valcano, not to mention taking a point blank gunshot to his face, Wesker was unscathed.
And any damage Slade does induce will quickly be taken care of by Wesker's healing factor. In order to beat someone like Wesker, you need many, quick, concentrated blows with more force than Deathstroke is packing. Slade isn't fast enough to hit Wesker enough times to overcome his healing factor, and he isn't strong enough to overcome his durability with only a few blows. Wesker on the other hand, IS fast enough to overcome Slade's healing factor, and IS strong enough to overcome his durability. A good showing of Wesker's strength can be seen in that video, at about the 1:05 mark, and also the 7:40 (he's jumping dozens of feet at a time with barely any effort).
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