Talk:Koopa VS Moblin/@comment-27921095-20190630233658

Eh. Koopa shells are very durable. Moblins don't have the feats that allow them to break brick/stone blocks unlike Mario ubless you scale them to Link, in which case, why not scale the durability of a Koopa shell to Mario? They can hide the whole battle, or even use their shells as an attack and there's nothing the Moblin can do besides maybe deflect the Koopa at best, and Moblins are considered the slowest enemy in terms of foot speed and intelligence, so they aren't exactly tacticians and will likely be overwhelmed.

There's also the fact that spinoffs like the Sports titles which aren't non-canon and have been referenced before as well as the Kart titles which were referenced in Sunshine aren't non-canon unless Ninty comfirms so specifically, so a common Koopa can create afterimages, project energy as well as deflect energy with a racket, and even stop/slow time. They also have several showings of water manipulation.

Koopas are not only quicker, possibly more intelligent, have more abilities, and are more durable within tbeir shells, but they also likely have better AP using their shells in a Shell Spin attack, and even if not, allows them to blitz the Moblins even more. Hell, Koopa Shells have been shown to be able to hover and breifly fly in some incarnations, which gives them mobility and battlefield control as well.

Moblins have range, skill, deadlier weapons, and better CQC, but... that's really it. BotW actually gave Moblins better durability, as they can withstand a bomb blast, but Link's bombs have as much potency behind them as Mario's physicality, so eh.

This is without even taking into account other forms they can acquire as well as other pieces of wquipment, too.