Who wins in a battle out in the open?
Who wins in a battle in the jungle?
Since Vamp has nanomachines to make him come back to life from death and The Fear has stealth camo, we'll say that Vamps nanos are malfunctioning - meaning he still has all of his abilities, he just won't come back to life if The Fear manages to kill him. Also, The Fear does not have his prototype stealth camo now.
Let's look at their abilities
Vamp
- Is an expert with knives (stated in MGS2)
-Can run up walls/run on water (seen in MGS2)
- His combination knife mastery and knowing extensively about human muslce movements makes him deflect bullets fired at him with ease (MGS2)
- Has superhuman speed/agility
- Can jump from enormous heights without being phased
- Excellent sense of smell (MGS2)
Abilitiy not counted: Vamp comes back to life after being killed
The Fear
- Can run on water (seen in MGS3)
- Can climb up vertical objects like trees/buildings/etc (MGS3 he climbs up the tree backwards at the start of the fight)
- Has superhuman speed (seen in MGS3 fight)
- Can jump incredible distances
- Often uses this invisible thread-type material that he uses to hang upside down with and pop up behind the enemy or just shoot from afar ( he does this when he first steals Sokolov and will do this in your battle with him, much more so on harder difficulties)
- Uses his crossbows at rapid speed where he tips them with fire, grenades, brazilian wandering spider venom, etc.)
Ability not counted: Stealth Camo that he uses to become almost invisible to the eye
My verdict: I think the winner is The Fear, ultimately. Vamp and The Fear have much of the same abilities. They can both travel up vertical objects (like when Vamp runs up that pillar and when The Fear dislocates his arms and goes up the tree backwards), they both are able to run on water, they both have a mastery over some type of weapon style, they both have enhanced human speed, I'd even say superhuman.
But here is where I say The Fear wins. Vamp has been shown to read the opponents muscle movements to see what they will do next - The Fear doesn't have Vamp's ability to read his opponents movements - BUT it does not apply to Vamp here. Remember how Vamp couldn't tell where Raiden was going to shoot in MGS2, saying that "his muscles are different" due to the skull suit? Well, The Fear doesn't have the typical human's muscles either. He fights with his arms swinging and dislocated, jumps far distances like a jumping spider, and runs incredibly fast on all fours. To me, I don't think Vamp will be able to tell what The Fear is going to do.
The Fear may not have had as much showtime as Vamp in the series, but remember that the Cobra Unit was a select group of 6 (counting The Boss and The Sorrow) super secret operatives that had extensive military training and were given the most dangerous missions. So The Fear has many kills under his belt and military experience as well.
The Fear might be able to lower himself upside down and go for a quick neck slit, but Vamp has excellent smell, so that might not work if Vamp can smell him...It's about even but The Fear just has 1 or 2 more things going for him, in my opinion, that makes him eventually win in a very hard fought battle.
So what's your take?
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