Okay, this is my take on the fight for now, hopefully it will get some thought processes going, I'll break it down into 3 fights.
Batgirl vs. Daken
As I said before, I think this fight might depend on Daken's ability to always be where his enemy isn't looking to be interesting. On one hand, Daken's ability might circumvent Cassy's move reading ability because she won't be able to read his moves if she can't see any moves to read, on the other hand Cassy's move-reading might make it impossible for Daken to ever be where she is not looking, as long as she sees him in the beginning then she could use her move-reading to keep track of where he is going and thus cancel his ability. There are other things to consider as well, if they got in a straight h2h fight then obviously Cassy would have the advantage due in large part to her move reading but Daken's own speed and skill (he is classified as peak human so his speed can't be any less than Cassy's though she holds the advantage mentally and Daken has defeated Wolverine in hand-to-hand so he should be able to hang on) should keep him in the fight, perhaps it would be long enough for his super endurance to kick in and he might simply wear her out but I doubt it. I think Daken's best tactic (and he has demonstrated his tactical expertise on more than one occasion) would be to try for a stealth attack, with Vash around this should be easier to perform and with his ability to always be where his opponent isn't looking it could very well be possible. The problem with this is that Batgirl has demonstrated an uncanny awareness of her environment such as when she dodged the sniper bullet and I think with proper use of shadows Daken has a chance. Over-all I see Batgirl winning more times than not, especially is she's smart enough to use her gadgets.
Batgirl vs. Vash
In this fight I believe Cassy's move reading and speed will allow her to dodge all of Vash's conventional shots, after all, Wolfwood dodged them and I don't know if he's even peak human. Also of essence is the fact that Batgirl can move faster than bullets, so even if Vash lead his shots Cassy would be able to see them coming and move out of the way. One more thing in the way of Vash hitting Cassy is the fact that he doesn't aim at Cassy's center, he aims to take Cassy out of the fight, he's aiming at her limbs, tendons, anything but her heart and head and since he is aiming at her peripherals, she doesn't have to move much at all to dodge his shots. No, I think Vash is going to have to to use some of his tricks if he wants a chance at hitting Cassy. Perhaps he could surprise her with his cybernetic arm, Cassy should be able to tell that his one arm isn't real just by the lack of tendons stressing and other things only she could detect but would she know that it concealed a gun? If he tried using it as a surprise then she wouldn't be able to read it's movements like a regular arm and hand but she wouldn't be surprised by the fact that it wasn't a hand and she's fast enough to take cover before she gets mowed down. Perhaps, after studying Cassy as he usually does and figuring out that she reads moves he could switch his revolver to his cybernetic hand so that she couldn't see the clench of muscles or whatever else she sees that give away a shooter's intent to fire but I don't know if that would be enough to shoot Cassy since, again, she can move faster than the bullets that he fires. I think Vash's best tactic might be that trick where he sets up his revolver with a string so that he can fire it remotely. This way she won't be able to read his movements, even if she sees him tugging on a string, by the time she sees where the string leads it will be too late. Maybe he sets up his revolver so it's poking out from the side of a crate, fires it to draw Cassy's attention and then use his sub-machine gun to catch her as she tries to get closer to his revolver. As for how Cassy can get Vash I think her best bet is to get in h2h range, I believe Vash is faster but if he is, it is only by a small margin and I believe that prodigious skill and move-reading can overcome any speed advantage he might have. The problem, of course is getting in close range, seeing as how Vash isn't completely stupid, that might be quite a feat. I think this is one instance where Cassy will actually have to use something besides her martial arts, she has gadgets just like Batman and she could use flashbangs, sonics, smoke grenades, other gadgets, and cover to stun Vash and allow her to close in. Besides that, Cassy could simply waste all of Vash's ammo so that he has no choice but to finish the fight in close range, besides that she could use her stealth to clsoe the distance and try to finish the fight in one attack. Once is close range, Cassy still has to keep Vash in close range to finish him, however, and that, I think is the problem. If Vash is out of ammo then he might stay in close voluntarily but he might not, if he really wants to escape I think he is fast enough to do so, the only way to keep him in close range is to corner him. There are other gadgets she could use like bat-arangs and the goo gun but I don't think Vash is stupid enough to fall for them, maybe KO gas could work though. Over-all I'm favoring Vash but that might be because I simply like him more.
Daken vs. Vash
This was the fight I didn't plan on. First to discuss is Daken's ability to always be where his opponent isn't looking. Again, I don't know if it would work on Vash anymore than it would on Batgirl. Vash doesn't have move reading but his speed is such that he doesn't really need to , it depends on how Daken's ability works. He says he isn't super fast but maybe its simply that his movements are extremely sharp like those of a fly. A fly doesn't move faster than we do but it's movements are so jerky and random (and its so small) that we often lose sight of it (or at least I do) as it darts across the room. In this case Vash's speed doesn't matter so much but if he trained his eyes to detect small movements like those of bullets then he might be able to detect Daken's movements. The other explanation is that Daken simply has an intuitive knowledge of where his opponent's blind-spot is and constantly moves to remain in that spot. In this case Vash might just have to move his head fast enough that Daken can't move fast enough to remain in it, maybe it would be something like Daken always being on the edge of Vash's field of vision which would be interesting but I think Vash could handle that. Vash once fought someone who temporarily dulled his senses so that he only detected her when she was right beside him (with her gun touching his head) which he initially mistook for some kind of tele-porting much like with Daken. Each of these times though, Vash was able to dodge the shot and so I think even if Daken's ability worked on Vash, he would be able to dodge his attacks. Daken's best tactic in this case could be to maneuver Vash into a corner and engage him in hand-to hand, this would undoubtedly he extremely hard since I don't think Daken has any noteworthy long-range attack which he could use to position Vash and there's also the fact that Vash isn't stupid. I think, again, Daken would have to use stealth in order to close the distance, with Cassy around it would be easier and with Daken's ability to always be where his opponent isn't looking, it could be possible, all Daken needs is one lucky strike and he could finish Vash. Meanwhile, he have to look at Vash's ability to take Daken out of the fight, Daken is peak human and he has the ability that I've been talking about and, again, Wolfwood has evaded Vash's bullets, so should Daken. However, I don't see Daken evading very many of Vash's bullets, Vash is a smart shot and if he really has trouble getting Daken with conventional fire then all he has to do is use one of the tricks I already described against Batgirl, over-all Vash should be able to tag Daken but I don't think that's the issue. The issue is, of course, Daken's healing factor, bullets aren't going to bring Daken down, at least not for long and especially if they are fired by Vash. Vash will be aiming to cripple Daken which he might for a few seconds but then Daken's healing factor would kick in and he'll be back in the fight in no time, Vash will be very pressed to take Daken out of the fight for good. The only way I can think of for Vash could bring Daken down would be to KO him and he can do that by either knocking him on the head in close range or shooting him in the head. It's hard to say who would win in close range, to me it would be speed vs. skill. Not that Daken is slow or Vash isn't skilled but Vash is obviously faster than Daken and Daken is more skilled (at least when it comes to h2h) because while Vash might show skill in close range, I don't think he's a master of martial arts like Daken (Daken beat Wolverine once so I think it's fair to say that Daken is at least a high tier fighter in Marvel). However, I think Daken might hold an edge over Vash in h2h because of his claws which have greater attack power than Vash's fists and his finishing blows aren't limited those to the head. If it comes to Vash shooting Daken in the head, I think it will be interesting to see if Vash was willing to go that far. Vash has no guarantee that Daken will survive such an attack but he might not have another choice. Nevertheless, I think this is Vash's best bet to defeat Daken for now. If Vash can't bring himself to do this then I think it might come down to Daken whittling down Vash's supply of ammo and then outlasting Vash and finishing him when he's tired. Over-all, I think Vash is over-all better than Daken but he might lack the ability to take him out of the fight.
That's my view for now until proven otherwise.
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