Puma/Silvermane vs Puck/Scorpion

[whacknasty]

Puma and a repentant Silvermane cross one another as they are both looking to stop a new dastardly duo gaining popularity in the criminal underground around Star City. They track Puck (who is deep undercover for Alpha Flight) and Scorpion (Gargan) to a secret indoor jungle where mutate/cyborg crossing experiments are being held. Screaming howler monkeys alert them to intruders moments before the attack.

All combatants are in character, with no prior knowledge of their foes. Teamwork is not a factor, as the teams will work well together despite past run ins. They begin on opposite sides of the facility, out of view. Win by incapacitation or death, no bfr.

Puma: www.comicvine.com/puma/29-15238/
Silvermane: www.comicvine.com/silvermane/29-13846/

Puck: www.comicvine.com/puck/29-5010/
Scorpion: www.comicvine.com/mac-gargan/29-4484/

[Admin]

Silvermane and Puma take this like total bosses.

[whacknasty]

Feb 24, 2012 22:51:27 GMT -5 Admin said:

Silvermane and Puma take this like total bosses.

Lol. How do you think the possible individual match-ups would go? I wasnt sure how balanced the puma/puck or silvermane/scorpion encounters would be, so I just kinda smashed everyone together...

[Admin]

Puma vs Puck: Puma
Puma vs Scorpion: Puma
Silvermane vs Puck: Silvermane
Silvermane vs Scorpion: Silvermane

FLAWLESS VICTORY! lol

[Power NeXus]

I really don't know enough about Silvermane to be able to call this one.

[Admin]

I have tons of scans floating around for him but I don't recall where

[Silver]

I concur with k4tz. Team 1 is simply superior all around, as far as I know, although I do admit to not being too knowledgeable on Puck.

Puma is close enough to Scorpion's strength level for it to probably make little difference in the long run, and he has claws he can carve him up with. Gargan does possess ranged attacks, but Puma's agility and speed should be enough to close whatever initial gap there is separating them. And this presumes that Gargan will employ his projectiles as his opening strike, when he may simply brawl with Puma instead. Even if not, with prior knowledge of each other as provided in the OP, Puma would know to come in close; Gargan, given his tactical ineptness, would probably not be as prone to efficiently exploit the comprehension he has of Puma's abilities. Moreover, in a jungle area, Puma's senses and agility should serve him better than Scorpion's own mobility. Now, Scorpion has a greater reach with his tail, but Puma should be sufficiently durable enough to withstand a few hits from Gargan. From my estimation (could be wrong on this), the two are roughly equal in durability, with possibly a certain edge passing to Puma. In close quarter, Puma should have what it takes to drop him.

If Silvermane engages Scorpion, he is not as maneuverable, from what I have seen, but his strength is roughly equal with the addition of his durability being noticeably superior. Scorpion would be hard pressed to drop Silvermane. It would require a sizable quantity of strikes without receiving any blows in return, which I doubt he would accomplish. Silvermane customarily damages or utilizes the environment to tag opponents with greater agility and/or who retain their distance from him (as he often did against Spider-Man by wrecking vehicles, streets, etc.). In a jungle setting, he could lift trees and use them as battering rams or throw them if need be (such as if Scorpion chooses to climb and leap off tree branches, for instance). Once again, Scorpion could maintain a distance between them because of the applications of his tail and is more maneuverable, but Silvermane is just tougher. And, honestly, I think that would be enough.

Puck, I know less about, but what I do know about him is that his strength equivalent to Spider-Man's base level, his agility is similar to that of Nightcrawler/Spider-Man/Daredevil (right?), and his physical resiliency allows him to resist bullets. All of that is fairly useful, but if that is the limits of his powers, Silvermane should be nigh impossible for Puck to drop. If a ten ton lift is Puck's absolute limit, Spider-Man is stronger than he is, and Silvermane has shrugged off blows from him well enough. Puma, not really sure how that would play out, mostly because I have no idea how their respective preferred methods of fighting would match against one another. Even so, if either Puma or Silvermane can manage to at least keep Puck occupied until the other defeats Scorpion, a two on one should be outside Puck's capability to survive for very long.

Team 1 should win in the end.