Deadliest Fantasy Warrior: Spike vs. Blade

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Deadliest Fantasy Warrior: Spike vs. Blade

Posted on 10 September 2009 by Tim O'Leary, Associate Editor

Welcome back, gorehounds, to another installment of Deadliest Fantasy Warrior, wherein we match up combatants from the realm of fantasy to see who would survive in a fight to the death. Kind of like that Spike TV show. But way cooler.

And speaking of spikes, today we deal with two warriors who have never met, but would surely stack up there with the greatest matches of all time if they did. William the Bloody, now known as Spike, is a tough-as-nails vampire punk, who kept Buffy Summers, the infamous vampire slayer, on her toes (and occasionally on her back) for years. What an interesting long-black-leather-trench-coat grudge match it would be were Spike to ever come head to head with another far less peppy vampire slayer, namely the grim warrior for good known as Blade.

So who is Spike?

Though he was of upper class origins, once turned into a vampire, William Pratt became a rebel without a soul, wantonly killing for the rush of it, and joining up with his sire, Drusilla, and he evil crew, consisting of Angelus and Darla, two of the most notorious vampires ever to come to Sunnydale. After parting ways with them, Spike and Drusilla traveled to Prague, where Drusilla was injured severely by an angry mob. Some time after this, they made their way to Sunnydale and began terrorizing Buffy Summers and her gang.

With us once again to discuss Spike is Andrew Wells, a companion of Buffy Summers and her gang of slayers.

“Oh, where do I begin? Spike is the coolest vampire ever. We really bonded back in the day…yeah, we had a motorcycle ride together and discussed hors d’oeuvres. We kind of have a connection, the kind he doesn’t have with most people, because he’s afraid to be vulnerable in front of them.”

Right.

“He’s pretty sensitive if you give him a chance.”

Andrew, we’re here to discuss Spike’s fighting skills…

“Oh, okay, yeah, he’s a total bleach-blonde badass! He’s young for vampire standards, but he’s mastered all sorts of fighting styles, and has taken on tons of crazy enemies. He killed two slayers, and almost killed Buffy a number of times! And that’s a really big deal, because Buffy is, like, the Borg Queen of the slayers. On top of that, he has this crazy endurance to pain. He’s been tortured numerous times and never gives in. He’s like ten Jack Bauers in one body!”

Moving on to our next fighter, we take a look at the enigmatic vampire fighter called Blade. Blade was born at the exact moment his mother was being fed on by a vampire, which resulted in him being granted several preternatural powers, including a greatly elongated lifespan and the ability to sense other nearby supernatural creatures.

Here to discuss Blade’s combat abilities is Adriana Van Salazar, who hailed from Sunnydale (the same town as Buffy Summers) until it was destroyed. She’s a personal trainer and martial arts instructor who is fascinated by all things vampire, and has made a case study of Blade.

“Blade is a piece of work, let me tell you. You already know about his birth, but what you might not know is that later on, he was bitten by the vampire called Morbius, and given additional powers.”

So Blade is actually a vampire?

“No, he’s more of what you’d call a dhampir – a creature with all of the powers of vampires but none of the weaknesses. So, for example, he has super-strength and agility, but he can also walk in the sunlight. Best of both worlds.”

And his fighting skills?

“He’s hardcore. He uses a double-edged sword as his signature weapon — ideal for beheading vamps. He’s an expert martial artist and lethal with any…well, any blade.”

So how would he fare against Spike?

“Oh, I think I’d have to give this one to Blade. He’s just the tougher dude here.”

“Are you kidding me?” Andrew scoffs. “Spike would beat him in a nanosecond on experience and versatility alone! He’s been bad, good, dead, alive, human, vampire, ghost-vampire-thing … he sacrificed himself to save Buffy and the slayers and then came back all Spike the White, more powerful and with bigger pecs than ever before.”

“Well,” Adriana says, “Blade faced off with Dracula!”

“So did Spike! Say what you will, lady, Spike’s the bizomb.”

We feed all of the stats into our battle simulation computer, and it turns out Spike is indeed the bizomb … or at least, the victor for the most part, as the computer has him winning over 80% of the time in a battle against Blade. It turns out that Spike’s brand of vampirism, combined with his intelligence and ingenuity in battle, is just too much for his day-walking opponent.

“See? Finally that computer makes sense!” Andrew says. “Now I’m heading back to Tibet before anyone misses me.”

Be sure to join us next time for Deadliest Fantasy Warrior!

Battle #8: Spike vs. Blade

Winner: Spike