I love this fight! It's a really close call and both characters are nearly equal.
I see Chris is the underdog, but there's nothing about either of the two characters that really separates them. They are on the exact same tier. Chris has saved the whole world from super villains and their armies of super soldiers multiple times, and he's repeatedly referred to as a legend in RE6. He's even fought and killed Godzilla-sized monsters. He's no different from Cap, they're both the most capable, renowned heroes in a word filled with insanely powerful metahumans. Hell, even look at Chris's portrayal in the Marvel vs Capcom series, where he fought the Hulk, has total confidence against Firebrand, MODOK, Rocket Raccoon, and even Shuma Gorath, and in the MvCInfinity cinematic, when Ultron and Sigma fused and fodderized every hero, Chris was the last man standing and the only guy who landed a blow on him (ineffective as it was, Chris was the only hero Ultron-Sigma acknowledged). So if Capcom themselves, outright disagrees with all of you and confirmed that Chris is at least an equal to the likes of Captain America, what reason do you all have to believe he gets curbstomped? It's bias and preconceived notions, simple as that, nothing more.
But feat-wise, Chris has what it takes to keep up with Steve. He's used to multitasking dozens of enemies at once in hectic and horrific environments. Many of these enemies are much faster than Captain America, some like Jill and Wesker go up to Spider-Man tier, and Chris is always capable of tagging them with gunfire. Although since Captain America has his shield, I understand giving him the benefit of the doubt on closing the gap. Although Chris is a highly adaptable, highly experienced veteran, so he's not going to continue firing straight into the shield like a Hydra goon. I feel like that's the picture most of you guys have in your heads, thinking Chris is an idiot for some reason. But he's a tactical wizard and proficient with virtually every weapon in existence, if small-arms aren't cutting it, he'll switch to a grenade launcher or even a rocket launcher, and blow Cap to kingdom come. Nobody can possibly argue that Cap is going to avoid all explosive blasts while closing the distance without even breaking a sweat. He's in for serious trouble here, and I'm not even convinced he can close the gap at all. And let's be clear on at least one thing; if he throws the shield, he's completely f&%#ed. Chris can easily take the shield out of the air and then fill a defenseless Steve with lead. Cap needs the shield just to have a hope of winning, put a shieldless Cap against Chris with any firearm at all, and Chris curbstomps. So I just don't understand how people can see this as not a close fight. Up close and personal is Steve's fight to win (for the time being. Chris looks to be using a degree of gunfu in the Vendetta trailer, so those feats very well might turn this battle around) but it's still a dangerous brawl given Chris's resilience and overwhelming brute strength.
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