Is there any prep involved?
If this is a straight fight, John doesn't stand even a slight chance. I have never seen John use magic in a direct, physically offensive manner (and I own every single issue of Hellblazer), and he doesn't have a clue how to fight. John is not a hand to hand sort of guy whatsoever.
If this is just one on one, no prep, this is spite.
Only chance for Reed to win is through prep time.
John Constantine is underrated in this forum. He has mindraping abilities that far surpasses most telepaths, but not MM-level telepathy.
It also depends what version of John Constantine Reed is fighting with.
Classic would curbstomp him, even with the prep time.
Originally posted by occultdestroyerNot so much.
Only chance for Reed to win is through prep time.John Constantine is underrated in this forum. He has mindraping abilities that far surpasses most telepaths, but not MM-level telepathy.
It also depends what version of John Constantine Reed is fighting with.
Classic would curbstomp him, even with the prep time.
Post scans of him using these powers.
Originally posted by tjcoady
Is there any prep involved?If this is a straight fight, John doesn't stand even a slight chance. I have never seen John use magic in a direct, physically offensive manner (and I own every single issue of Hellblazer), and he doesn't have a clue how to fight. John is not a hand to hand sort of guy whatsoever.
If this is just one on one, no prep, this is spite.
Both get prep. Constantine is very underrated in this department. Constantine is a very good manipulator and will do anything. I could actually see him standing up to Lucifer or close to it, IMO.
With prep, Constantine can take this around 5-6/10, on the basis that he'd being playing a lot more subtly and underhandedly than Reed is going to be expecting.
Constantine is no good in a battle, even if he does prep for it; by manipulating someone into fighting his battle for him (as he always does- such as the freaking Archangel Gabriel), he could probably beat Richards, or find some other method to trick him.