@nickzambuto:
In a scenario like this, where the skill gap is FAR larger than the stat gap, the skilled fighter will win. If the stat gap was larger than the skill gap, as it is with Gorgon and Shang-Chi, then the stat fighter would win.
This is not true though. Miles is not a martial artist but still a smart fighter who taken down beings and characters well above the High street weight class. He does this through his own combat experience and power set. Why should someone way less then Electro, Venom, Green Goblin, Warmachine, Giant Woman, ect be a factor at all?
Your argument amounts to Captain America beating up someone like Luke Cage in a fight because he is more skilled. You show me what happens to a guy like leon, who is less than a ton in strength fights another with 6 ton strength. It would be like Mike Tyson vs a 5 year old kid who is a master fighter. The stats are still too much.
Your still not accounting for other powers. Miles uses invisibility to hide and surprise attack.What counters does Leon have in a random fight vs a person who can just go invisible? How about Webbing? What counter Leon have to being webbed up? Venom Sting? Need i say more? One touch win. Spider Sense? not a huge advatage, still helps to react to any attack Miles is not aware of.
Your not even counting on any of this is your posts. Leon loses. Both in stats and HAX powers. powers that Leon has no experience against.
Think of it this way. Neither of them are incompetent fighters, but whereas Miles is good at thinking on his feet, Leon is also good at thinking on his feet PLUS he has the more refined training and experience to aid him even further. Both Giant Woman and Venom were oneshotted by Miles' Venom Sting so those fights aren't examples of Miles using skill to overcome someone superior, and this might be a low showing, but since Ultimate Cap tore War Machine apart, I have to assume that he isn't very powerful either. Green Goblin is physically inferior to any generic Tyrant, although he does have his firepowers so that's something, and Elektro isn't the most competent guy either. Miles has his superpowers to help him defeat these opponents, Leon however needs to rely on pure skill. When Miles faces Elektro all he has to do is use his spider agility to dodge the blasts and then sock Elektro in the face, but Leon is just a human, he needs to constantly rely on more tactical awareness in order to overcome. I really don't see how you can argue that Miles is in any way comparable to Leon in regards to skill.
The physical difference between Captain America and Luke Cage is ginormous, Luke Cage is dozens and dozens of times stronger, but Miles is only maybe two or three times stronger than Leon, and not much faster at all. This stat gap is small enough that skill can overcome.
Leon has highly keen instincts and senses, on several occasions he has been able to anticipate danger and future ambushes despite no warning at all, and he has faced whole hordes of invisible opponents before who were just as agile as Miles, although unlike Miles, the Novistadors had razor sharp claws and were out for blood. They also spit acid, which is similar in danger to the Venom Sting. The fact that Leon defeated these creatures proves that his "skill" can overcome superpowers. The webbing isn't impossible to dodge nor is it impossible for Leon to shoot it down in midair or cut through it with his knife, and Ultimate spider sense isn't as advanced as maninstream Spider-Man's, nor is Miles as skilled with it as Peter Parker is. Granted, the Spider Sting is a huge advantage, but whereas you say one touch win, I counter with one bullet win.
Again, explain to me what makes Miles that much better than Jack Krauser. Because Krauser was strong enough to crush a thick steel beam in his grip, rip it up from the ground, and throw it like a spear at superhuman speeds hard enough to make the concrete explode. He was also fast enough to dodge bullets, leave after images, and disappear in flashes of light. Not to mention his mutated arm, just as dangerous as the Venom Sting since they both have the potential to oneshot Leon. Basically I'm not seeing a major stat gap between Krauser and Miles, and whereas Miles has his other superpowers, Krauser had an armament of weaponry including guns, explosives, and flash bangs, and super soldier skill and experience. Krauser is very comparable to Miles, and since he's obviously a much better fighter, I would say that Krauser can definitely defeat Miles. So if Leon was quick, skilled, and tactical enough to defeat Krauser, why can't he defeat Miles?
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