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My bets go to the Zerg because you can't exactly 'adapt' to being crushed by an ultralisk. Duke it out in the comments!
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The Zerg versus The Borg
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ZERG RUSH GG
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I guess it depends. In a land engagement, the Zerg take it. The Borg have repeatedly shown failure to adapt to anything past frequency-based energy weapons, and the Zerg will be using claws, acid sprays, talons, wings, just general melee combat. Plus if they take out a Queen near any Borg drones, as First Contact showed, it's over for them - at least in that particular small group. I know the Zerg have things like the Cerebrates to guide them which could also be taken out in a similar fashion, but again, that ties back to how Borg dealing with melee combat is a bad idea. Any assimilated Zerg will just get torn down by the other, "free" Zerg rushing the Borg en masse. Plus assimilation with nanoprobes takes time, a few minutes. It just won't work. With that said, I think in terms of space engagement, the Borg take this, hands down. They have greater range and weapons at their disposal. So, I'll say depends on the circumstances.
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Totally not the tyranids FRA ovo
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Sure, the Zerg have good enough immune systems and adaptability to resist Borg Assimilation like Species 8472 did; but that still doesn't mean that a single Borg cube couldn't solo the entirety of the Zerg. Even the most powerful of all Zerg units, max powered-up Primal Queen of Blades Kerrigan, is only High 6-A AP and Dura, while Borg vessels (of which there are countless thousands) all have At Least 5-A AP and Dura.
In-character, we know from the confrontation with Species 8472 that the Borg don't really know how to defeat their enemy by coming up with good tactics to just kill them, if they can't assimilate them; however, that only really MATTERED because Species 8472 had ships with AP and dura at least on the same tier as the Borg. The Borg were just as happy to simply destroy or drive off Species 8472 as they would normally be to assimilate a species, once they realized that they COULDN'T assimilate Species 8472. It would be the same with the Zerg. For a while, the Borg would stubbornly try to simply assimilate The Zerg in ground confrontations, because obviousy the Zerg are a valuable, genetically superior species with great psionic potential and would be worth assimilating. But, once the Borg eventually realize that they can't assimlate the Zerg under Kerrigan no matter what they do, they will simply send a cube straight to Kerrigan's planet and blow the whole thing into a cloud of vapor.
So the Borg take this. Easily. Not by human perspectives of "easily," but by theirs; they would lose billions or trillions of drones, most likely, during attempts to assimilate the Zerg and engage with Kerrigan using their ground-forces, before finally giving up on that and deciding to just destroy the un-assimilatable threat. But to the Borg Collective, the lives of individual drones don't matter, and losing a few trillion of them would be like the loss of a hand for a character who can regenerate limbs; nothing more than a minor setback.
In-character, we know from the confrontation with Species 8472 that the Borg don't really know how to defeat their enemy by coming up with good tactics to just kill them, if they can't assimilate them; however, that only really MATTERED because Species 8472 had ships with AP and dura at least on the same tier as the Borg. The Borg were just as happy to simply destroy or drive off Species 8472 as they would normally be to assimilate a species, once they realized that they COULDN'T assimilate Species 8472. It would be the same with the Zerg. For a while, the Borg would stubbornly try to simply assimilate The Zerg in ground confrontations, because obviousy the Zerg are a valuable, genetically superior species with great psionic potential and would be worth assimilating. But, once the Borg eventually realize that they can't assimlate the Zerg under Kerrigan no matter what they do, they will simply send a cube straight to Kerrigan's planet and blow the whole thing into a cloud of vapor.
So the Borg take this. Easily. Not by human perspectives of "easily," but by theirs; they would lose billions or trillions of drones, most likely, during attempts to assimilate the Zerg and engage with Kerrigan using their ground-forces, before finally giving up on that and deciding to just destroy the un-assimilatable threat. But to the Borg Collective, the lives of individual drones don't matter, and losing a few trillion of them would be like the loss of a hand for a character who can regenerate limbs; nothing more than a minor setback.
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I disagree on 5-A dura and AP, btw. I recently raised a big stink over this, that the Enterprise-D was only 6-A at best, but point remains and I agree, a single cube can destroy every planet the Zerg are on, wiping out the surface until nothing is left of Zerg creep. And they have thousands if not millions of cubes to help them scour the Zerg presence from the galaxy forever.
Pretty much backs up what I said above, doesn't it? It doesn't matter if the Zerg are immune, since the Borg won't be fighting in a land engagement. If the planet is lost, they'll just raze the surface until the creep is gone and all of the Zerg units die. They also have the ability to analyze and adapt, which was shown all the way back in "Q Who" and confirmed by Riker in "Best of Both Worlds" so they'd discover which units are the ones who "guide" the lower Zerg, the greater minds which do so, and act accordingly with this information. The only problem I could see is you need Dark Templar energy to take out a Cerebrate, and... the Borg don't have that, so they'd keep regenerating. But hey, if they wiped out all their minions, the Cerebrates would be left with nothing to rule, so, it's still a victory. XD
Pretty much backs up what I said above, doesn't it? It doesn't matter if the Zerg are immune, since the Borg won't be fighting in a land engagement. If the planet is lost, they'll just raze the surface until the creep is gone and all of the Zerg units die. They also have the ability to analyze and adapt, which was shown all the way back in "Q Who" and confirmed by Riker in "Best of Both Worlds" so they'd discover which units are the ones who "guide" the lower Zerg, the greater minds which do so, and act accordingly with this information. The only problem I could see is you need Dark Templar energy to take out a Cerebrate, and... the Borg don't have that, so they'd keep regenerating. But hey, if they wiped out all their minions, the Cerebrates would be left with nothing to rule, so, it's still a victory. XD
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Even Zerglings are significantly stronger than the Borg drones, plus that excessive mass in numbers is another advantage. Also, I should note that cerebrates don't have a profile yet, but they have so pretty broken regenerative powers; I believe it's high Regenerationn; and which Protoss needed void manipulation to bypass. Zergs can also reproduce at rapid speeds. I'm pretty sure they far outnumber the Borg given their like in the Quintillions as opposed to Borg's being in the Trillions.
And as for Sarah Kerrigan herself, she may only peak at High 6-A physically, she has some super broken levels of mind hacking abilities. She controls interstellar wides of Zergs and she can also brainwash some of the most intelligent Protoss. She's also dealt with some pretty potent Hybrids as well. Though she did need a lot of outside help, she also fought against the Xel'naga. Who range were High 5-A. Though, Kerrigan never fought their true forms but has fought against does who carried weapons on that level. Kerrigan might be able to infect some of the Borg technologies and use it to against them. Though, would be difficult.
And as for Sarah Kerrigan herself, she may only peak at High 6-A physically, she has some super broken levels of mind hacking abilities. She controls interstellar wides of Zergs and she can also brainwash some of the most intelligent Protoss. She's also dealt with some pretty potent Hybrids as well. Though she did need a lot of outside help, she also fought against the Xel'naga. Who range were High 5-A. Though, Kerrigan never fought their true forms but has fought against does who carried weapons on that level. Kerrigan might be able to infect some of the Borg technologies and use it to against them. Though, would be difficult.
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Xel'Naga scale from this calc. Though, doesn't scale to Kerrigan directly as she only ever fought weakened Xel Naga, but said foes had weapons on that level. Also, I know the cubes will easily wear down her defences, but Kerrigan could still sneak in some plagues and viruses spread by her flying units like Leviathans. Kerrigan is also far superior to any ghost or spectre in the series who have interstellar range hacking and telekinetic abilities. Tosh had a voodoo doll that worked on Tychus from 6 light years away.
Kerrigan's mental powers also often grow over time as she trains and reproduces Zerg. Who are spread out across the galaxy.
Kerrigan's mental powers also often grow over time as she trains and reproduces Zerg. Who are spread out across the galaxy.
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Yup, you'll be surprised how much more potent she is in heart of the Swarm and Legacy of the Void. Wings of Liberty isn't falling too short either.
Side Note: This goes without saying, but Kerrigan's ascended Xel'Naga key would solo/stomp this thread.
Side Note: This goes without saying, but Kerrigan's ascended Xel'Naga key would solo/stomp this thread.
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For StarCraft 2 the order in the trilogy is Wings of Liberty, Heart of the Swarm, then legacy of the Void. Also, Blizzard did recently release Wings of Liberty being downloadable and playable for free iirc.
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Zerg FRA
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Ngl, I wish Blizzard made the Protoss stronger and prefer to do planet busting rather than surface wiping since it would have been cool to see more planets blow up rather than getting burned to death imo.
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I kinda miss High 6-A Star Wars since now we can't do Plo Koon VS Zeratul.
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Also Alarak VS Vader.
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Votes so far?
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I actually noticed this is a Fun and Games board, not a Vs Thread.
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Oh rip lol
