Talk:Zoey vs Frank West/@comment-29233837-20181206153854/@comment-27518422-20181207193316

I appreciate the arguments put forward. And I must admit, this was a hard one to call.

While, yes, the Carlito incident was early on my point was that Zoey was naturally better in that category than Frank, no matter how much he learned or developed afterwards. Also, it's worth noting that while he did defeat Carlito three times, two of them came from help with Brad and the other was inside vehicles, where even after Frank forced a crash, Carlito got the better of him and Frank was surely doomed if not for Brad's timely save. It should also be noted that Frank never killed Carlito, he simply forced him to retreat. The first time Carlito was genuinely in trouble was when both Brad and Frank cornered him, resulting in Brad and Carlito injuring each other. Frank did nothing. Zoey would be able to heal up in this case, and return to the battle against Frank with no real issue.

Frank did win bare handed against high ranking militants, and I can not argue against that because physically, Frank would absolutely destroy Zoey- if I were doing this battle in an Antoine Bandele VS Match style, Frank would get a very, VERY comfortable edge. Zoey's police training etc was also never seen, so I won't say it is a definitive edge for her.

I wouldn't compare Zoey to Cletus as Cletus was a very defensive fighter. He set up shop (lol) and defended one specific area whereas Zoey would be used to the methods of run and shoot. Also, Zoey's guns have much more versatility and room for upgrade than Frank's.

I only used DR2:OTR as a judge of personality, but I left DR4's stuff out because too many things need to align for Frank to use them. The combo weapons, for example, need the raw materials to make them and a service room to activate them. Also, as we saw in Death Battle, Frank's Exo Suit was vulnerable to explosives. If I gave Frank access to the suit, I would have to balance it by giving Zoey more of a Left 4 Dead 2 based arsenal. IE grenade launchers. Also, Zoey only used one melee weapon in this battle. If I allowed them to go all out with every possible piece of equipment, then I feel I would have undermined both characters and not done the selected weapons justice by having them only make pointless cameos in the match.