Originally posted by dark1365
Unarmed combat:
The Chief has carbon-plate grafting onto his bones(now virtually unbreakable by anothing under 5 tons of pressure). His muscles are 3X denser(more strength), and a catalyst pellet was implanted into a section of his brain, giving him greatly increased reflexes. He has better night vision than regular humans.Samus has Chozo blood, which greatly boosts her reflexes, strength, flexibility, and her trait of flipping through the air.
Though you made the Chief's sound fancier, I'd still say that sounds even. Both=Enhanced strength and reflexes (I'd give the reflexes and dodge skill edge to Samus, but Chief is more durable unarmored) So I'd say that's still a toss up, as Samus has never had to fight hand to hand in any games, making guaging her skills there impossible.
I said that the sniper capabilities aren't useful to Master Chief in a fair fight between the two, as there would be no chance for him to use them. I'm saying that using them as argument for who would win in a fight is invalid, as they are useless here.
Though the Chief's average fights take "more skill" than Samus's, the big stuff she faces is farther above her than that which Chief faces. So you can't say the tactics advantage goes either way.
Samus would not be stupid enough to roll up 10 feet from an opponent in a ball... Plasma grenades don't have a perfect accuracy over real distances. (Samus's cannon has better range than some sticky 'nades...) She could get within her own range, pop up, then whip out the plasma or ice beams and go to work. (This is still assuming that Chief could get away from Samus, which I think he can't, so...)