@nickzambuto: here is the difference Altair killed armored up people that were grouping, Leon has not a gank squad of Templars would likely kill Leon if he only had a knife and no gun Ezio and Altair can fodderize these groups in seconds Leon would struggle to take out even 5 with just a knife and that's not downplaying either Templars are not fodder they are pretty damn skilled then again Leon wasn't born in that era so that makes it more against him aswell, Altair and Ezio both have beat Apple of Eden wielders and in all honesty Leon couldn't take Altair's master wielding one while Altair kills him.
What's your proof that Leon couldn't take more than 5 soldiers? There is no proof, and I'll tell you why; Because never has an RE character actually been in a situation where they had to face a large group of fodder with just CQC. They've faced large groups of fodder with weapons; just never while restricted to CQC. It doesn't mean they're incapable, we just haven't ever seen it happen, so we have no idea what would happen. Maybe you're right, and Leon would be overwhelmed by just five Templars. Or, maybe Leon is capable of slaughtering thousands of Templars at once. Just like the Ezio vs army scene, we simply don't know. There is no proof one way or the other, so the comparison is completely irrelevant. Altair's performance against the Templars does not tell us how he relates to Leon, because there is nothing to compare it to.
What Resident Evil characters DO have, is amazing feats in one-on-one combat against established opponents, often while being at physical disadvantages. And although fodder feats are handy for quantifying and creating a scale of context, I think Leon's feats in one-on-one battles speak for themselves. He's squared off with some amazingly impressive opponents, like Jack Krauser and Chris Redfield.
Let's start by talking about Ada. Now, this chainsaw J'avo is CRAZZYY POWERFUL. He's strong enough to completely shatter giant, neon billboards with one swing, and the death animations show him wacking Ada hard enough to send her body flying multiple stories up and a city block away, crashing into a wall. Getting rammed by a speeding train didn't even stop this monster. Sherry and Jake TOGETHER were barely able to survive against this freak, despite both of them being highly skilled superhumans, and also having a whole arsenal of weaponry at their disposals, the Chainsaw J'avo gave them complete HELL singlehandedly.
Now Ada has to fight it by herself... and she's just toying around! She's making wisecracks, outright taunting the thing, basically having a ball! And she doesn't even need weapons to do it. This really goes to show the skill difference between a veteran like Ada, and talented youngsters like Jake and Sherry. I mean, just look at how effortless those movements are. How she's agile enough to counter the beast while in midair. She even uses grappling to control the beast in a struggle while the train approaches, then easily kicks him to the ground at the perfect timing.
Ada has ninja-like senses and outright superhuman agility. Even after being tranquilized, and rendered totally incapacitated, the moment her unconscious body senses danger, she snaps awake and dodges on pure instinct.
Ada Wong is a QUEEN. I think comparing Ada to Altair would be a compliment to the assassin. She's clearly a lot more agile.
Now how does Leon deal with this superhuman acrobat, smooth, sexy, intelligent deadly trained killer? Leon isn't as over the top as Ada is, he's a lot more down to Earth and gritty when he fights. She's almost agile enough to fly, for Pete sakes, he obviously can't match her there. But that's okay, because more importantly is that he's a lot smarter, and a lot more skilled. She gets right behind him and holds a gun to his back, literally the most dominant, advantageous position a person can get, and in a flash, he completely reverses the situation and makes her look like a child.
Now let's look at Svetlana Belikova, the President of the Eastern Slav Republic, and combat instructor for her army and the Soviet Union. Svetlana is a master of the Russian fighting style Systema, and extraordinarily advanced and difficult, but equally deadly style of combat that focuses on joint locks and pressure points.
Ada displays some downright inhuman speed and dexterity in this fight, but it's clear that the whole time, Svetlana is just toying with her. Ada tries every trick in her arsenal, she even pulls out a knife, but Svetlana literally dances around her every move, before disarming the knife and simultaneously slashing Ada in one motion so smooth, that Ada barely dodges it. For all the amazing skills Ada displays in this fight, Svetlana is clearly her master.
Yet when Leon shows up, we all know who the king is. Not even Svetlana can defeat Leon. In this scene, you have to keep in mind the circumstances, Leon isn't expecting Svetlana to be a combatant at all, he thinks she's just a politician, and he's also surrounded by a Special Forces team aiming rifles at his head, with his only protection being Svetlana as his shield. So when Svetlana attacks, Leon has to adapt to the situation instantly, and his own fighting style is restricted by just trying to capture her. So while she is completely free, and could utilize strikes, holds, throws, whatever, Leon has to simultaneously worry about the SF team getting a bead on him if she gets too far away, and has to coordinate the fight in a way that she stays in between him and the soldiers, while simultaneously limiting his moves to grabs, and extremely close range strikes like that leg sweep and knee. In these circumstances, the two are dead on par, neither one can land a hit on the other. But that's a holding back Leon against Svetlana at her best. She's still just as dangerous as ever, notice how she literally throws Leon 10 feet into the air and back with one hand. That's superhuman strength. Yet she can only match Leon, when his fighting style and focus are restricted by more than half. Leon at his best very well might stomp her.
A character with skills similar to Ada and Svetlana is Jack Krauser, who is Special Forces trained in USSOCOM, and even acted as a mercenary during his days off because he felt combat was his only purpose. Even a guy like that, couldn't keep up with Leon's super-agent skills. He needed to become a Super Soldier with blurring speed and the strength to rend solid steel in his grip, just to become a match for Leon. And on top of that, he had prep time and lured Leon to a boobytrapped battlefield with puzzles, explosives, and turret drones all on his side. And on top of THAT, he mutated his arm into a gigantic, bulletproof claw of immense power, compared to Leon's puny knife. He had ALL these advantages, and Leon STILL FRIGGIN WON.
Look at that skill, he's dancing around Krauser's every move and maneuvering him into opening up for a 540 kick straight to the jaw. Look at those reflexes, Krauser moves at superhuman speeds, and his claw is immensely powerful and huge, but Leon is always a step ahead.
Even a man of Krauser's talents, coupled with all this power, still can't match Leon. Leon is the greatest fighter on the planet. It almost seems like he can do anything.
There is only one person in the whole world who is shown to truly be able to match Leon, and that's the legendary hero Chris Redfield. All the powers and enhancements in the world, and nobody was able to match Leon's sheer skill. Instead, it took a soldier of similar skill and determination to finally match him. Chris, who is a skilled enough fighter to counterstrike Wesker, and could launch a giant boulder 10 meters away with his bare hands through sheer determination. That's what it took to finally match Leon in CQC.
After typing all of this, suffice to say, it's going to take a lot more than killing a dozen Templars to convince me that Altair is as skilled, deadly, competent, and capable as Leon is.
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