Cole MacGrath (Infamous) vs Nora Valkyrie (RWBY)

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Electromasters that can be a bit too destructive.

Starting distance 15 meters. Location is a combined city of Vale and New Marais.

Scenario 1 - Infamous 2 Cole versus Nora on her base form. All good karma powers allowed

Scenario 2 - Vampire powers are allowed and Cole gets evil powers that aren't the Beast's. It's also night.

Scenario 3 - Cole gets his Infamous 1 form only alongside Kessler's power.

Speed is equalized only if needed

 

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[Jinx666]

Nora, via Semblance

 

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In all scenarios? Cole's kinetic force is higher than MCB.

 

[Cropfist]

Cole via skill and precog.

 

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[PTSOXMONKEY99]

Hmmm, well considering that both are immune to electric based attacks, this comes down to who has the better non-electrical abilities,skills and training.

Nora outclasses Cole in terms of training and experience, since she has been training to be a huntress for a few years, whereas Cole only had his powers for a few months. So she has the the edge there.

Nora also has the edge in raw strength, since she is on the GJ+ range and Cole is only in the GJ range. And she gets stronger when charged up with electricity.

They're about equal in terms of natural durability, since they are both MCB. However, Cole has two advantages. Cole's durability is Town level with shields, and he has a better healing factor, since it allows him to heal from bullet wounds in seconds and heal from a beating from David in just a few panels, twice.

Cole has the edge in range, since Nora's only notable long ranged weapon is her grenade launcher, which Cole can easily counter by using a shockwave to reflect the projectiles or maybe shoot them with bolts to prematurely detonate them. Cole has rockets, grenades and shockwaves that can travel quite a distance.

Also, all of Cole's bolts are now useless in this fight, since they are simply pure electricity and would do nothing but add onto Nora's strength. If Cole doesn't realize that all he's doing is empowering Nora quick, then it's all over for him.

Luckily, Cole doesn't rely solely on electricity to fight. His grenades, rockets and shockwaves are more focused on kinetic energy than electricity. It literally says in the games description of the moves that they "deliver a payload of kinetic energy," so they should be able to harm Nora, with only giving her a minimal power up, since they do use a bit of electricity. Combine this with his fire/ice abilities, and Cole now has a better shot.

Round 1: I say Cole mid-high difficulty. If he realizes that his bolts are useless early on, and uses his range advantage with his ice attacks and grenades, rockets and shockwaves, he takes this. Also, Cole can heal himself up and regain his stamina quickly, whereas Nora would slowly lose Aura as well as strength.

Round 2: I say Cole low difficulty. Basically for all the same reasons above, but now Cole has fire attacks and is WAY more ruthless. Combined with the fact he can turn intangible via Bat Swarm, he take takes this pretty easily. He can one-shot with Ionic Drain, and could possibly drain her blood, though I think her Aura could protect her from his bite.

Round 3: Cole high difficulty. Though he is forced to rely solely on his grenade/rocket/shockwave attacks, he can now regain energy much more quickly, and now has a barrier he that protects him from damage. He can also summon attack drones to distract Nora and give him time to breathe. And his phantasms can psyblast her, and they are immune to physical attacks, just touching them will blast your mind. Two of these almost killed end game Cole, so they are pretty deadly. His ground pound attack could throw Nora off her feet. So yeah.

 

[Morlock435]

Personally I think Nora takes round 1. With no prior knowledge of eachother Cole will power Nora up to an extreme amount. Remember, the energy conversion rate on her is insane, just 1 lightning dust bullet made Nora fast enough to catch Tyrian off guard and forced Tyrian to reveal his tail. And Tyrian is extremely powerful.

 

[PTSOXMONKEY99]

To be fair, Tyrian was manhandling RNJR before and after he revealed his tail.

There is also the possibility that Cole could disarm her of her weapon via electromagnetism.

And Cole can amp his own reaction/combat speed with the use of Precision, which greatly lowers his perception of time and increase his reflexes and bolt speed.

And I think Cole can figure out pretty quickly that his bolts are useless against Nora. In inFAMOUS 2 most of his bolts literally bounce off of tougher enemies (ravnger, crusher, hive lord, titan, behemoth, etc), and deal no damage. So when he see that for every time he hits her with a bolt, and she gets faster and stronger, he'll be able to put two and two together and switch strategies.

And Cole's shield gives him Town level durability, so add that in with his own natural durability and healing factor, even if he does amp Nora at the beginning of the fight, I think he can last long enough for her charge to die down and return to her normal stat levels.

 

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[Morlock435]

Depending on how next episode goes, Nora could get upgraded to small town or town level AP for defeating this new Grimm that destroyed Ren's town, but we don't know till the episode comes out so it is best to wait

 

[PTSOXMONKEY99]

I guess that would even things out, but Cole is also up for an upgrade at the moment.

 

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