Kratos Versus Ryu Hayabusa

Because Screampaste needed somewhere to expose his GoW fanboy without lollinklove getting in the way. 😉

Kratos finds himself traveling to the East in search of a way to bring down Mt. Olympus. On the way he runs into Ryu Hayabusa, who was deceived into believing a gaijin had taken the dragon sword. Both are out for blood.

Kratos has access to his magic, his full combat abilities, and his equipment including the Blade of Olympus. Ryu has his various weapons, his ninpo (that's his ninja magic stuff, yah?), and his own skills. Can the speedy ninja make Kratos dine in hell, or will the Spartan be the facilitator another unending rivalry?

Been done before. Kratos still wins to my knowlege; physically stronger, more durable, a more versatile arsenal, better magic and weapons (plot-based and otherwise) and his only disadvantage is speed, which is utterly nullified in the composite comparison (being the God of War), along with the fact that he's dealt with things like teleportation.

It could be a fist-fight, a second specialty of Hayabusa, and Kratos would still probably win.

I'll give this to Kratos. He has the Golden Fleece for the projectiles and AoE attacks if Ryu wants to go near him. Finally, there's Rage of the Titans and Prometheus Torment.

Kratos gets move vote.

The only advantage Ryu has here is speed, but that will just allow him to live a bit longer. Kratos takes it.

Ryu has very similar durability feats and much greater speed feats. Additionally he wields the Dragon Sword which has the potential to destroy the world. He can also throw a small black hole as a projectile. I would say that his defeat of the Vigoor Emperor and the Dark Dragon Blade alone is beyond the abilities of Kratos.

I have much in the way of durability feats from Ryu. I've seen his speed, but his speed won't be enough. Kratos somehow beats Hermes whose speed feats in GOW 3 put him above Dante levels from what I've seen in an off-screen video.

Perhaps. Hermes does run down a mountain, and Poseidon is able to break the sound barrier while flying (?). Hermes is bound to be faster than Poseidon.

Kratos then gets Hermes' sandals, which will most likely amp his speed.

Hermes is fast, but he MAY not be as fast as Dante (Dante outran a car, btw).

Spoiler:
YouTube video

You guys are deeply underestimating Ryu here.

Durability: Survives multiple megaton explosions that level the area he's at. Falls from ridiculous heights with no damage. Can take multiple tank shells at point blank range. Explosions that demolish entire buildings(cathedral and bell tower) without taking a scratch (Alma 1st form, and whoever the fire god is).

Reaction time: He's fast enough to block every single bullet from a mini gun mounted on the side of a helicopter. Dodges Missiles in midair while throwing black holes at the aircraft that fired them.

I need to play the games again, I'm sure I can come up with 9001 more feats are extremely impressive. He basically does what Kratos does in GoW but without any power beyond his own and the Dragon Sword.

Originally posted by iChaos
Hermes is fast, but he MAY not be as fast as Dante (Dante outran a car, btw).

Spoiler:
YouTube video

That video shows exactly why he's FASTER than Dante.

He goes up a completely vertical chain in an absolute blur. His speed in short bursts looks the same as if he's teleporting.

And he runs down Mt. Olympus casually.

*in my first post I meant to say I have NOT see much in the way of durability for Ryu. Typo sorry.

Originally posted by iChaos
Hermes is fast, but he MAY not be as fast as Dante (Dante outran a car, btw).

Spoiler:
YouTube video

Outrunning a car isn't his best feat by far. Dante also runs down the side of a building (perhaps he moves faster), but Hermes is able to run up a really long-a** chain. He also has movements that appear Arkham-like.

I don't remember Dante's feats in 4, but he hasn't got such a feat in the other games.

Originally posted by Cyner
You guys are deeply underestimating Ryu here.

Durability: Survives multiple megaton explosions that level the area he's at. Falls from ridiculous heights with no damage. Can take multiple tank shells at point blank range. Explosions that demolish entire buildings(cathedral and bell tower) without taking a scratch (Alma 1st form, and whoever the fire god is).

Reaction time: He's fast enough to block every single bullet from a mini gun mounted on the side of a helicopter. Dodges Missiles in midair while throwing black holes at the aircraft that fired them.

I need to play the games again, I'm sure I can come up with 9001 more feats are extremely impressive. He basically does what Kratos does in GoW but without any power beyond his own and the Dragon Sword.

What are these multiple megaton explosions? The only one I can think of is possibly that guy he beats on a volcano. But it doesn't even seem like it actually hit Ryu. From what I recall the guy blew up in the air, and Ryu would have been below the blast. If he took it, it most definitely wasn't point blank. Did he ever canonically get hit by tank shells at all? Or Alma's blast?

How far has he fallen, I can't remember? Kratos falls so far in God of War 1 after Ares sucked him into the vortex that he caused a crater upon landing.

Hold on a sec, full access to all abilities mean God Kratos in this thread, right?

Originally posted by CosmicComet
That video shows exactly why he's FASTER than Dante.

He goes up a completely vertical chain in an absolute blur. His speed in short bursts looks the same as if he's teleporting.

And he runs down Mt. Olympus casually.

Which is why I said "MAY". It doesn't show how fasts he hits.

Isn't Ryu Hayabusa faster than Dante?

This is an interesting set up, but I think Kratos main advantage is not his reaction time, which is questionable compared to Ryu's speed, but the head of medusa.

Hasn't this been done before?

Is Ryu or Hermes faster than this?

YouTube video

I don't know about Hermes as I don't have GoW3 yet and I refuse to watch that video. Anyway, Cyner posted pretty good feats in Ryu so it's a stalemate in my POV until I see what else Kratos can do in GoW3.

If you want to see cutscene feats only start here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-JpRQVlFLqs

then click on video response after each vid, goes up to 6 i believe.

Actually it goes up to 14, some pretty good stuff in there.

Hell just read the wiki or something. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ryu_Hayabusa

Ryu is just being greatly underestimated in this fight. Research must be done! (goes to find a copy of NG2 for purchase)