Poll: Kratos VS Bayonetta

[Parasite_Girl]

I thought with all the serious and semi-serious posts it might be fun to do a pointless video game character death match poll ( or PVGCDMP for short). This round it's Kratos versus Bayonetta. Who would win in a fight to the death?
On one hand you got the literal god of freaken' war but on the other you got a god/demon/angel/whatever-the-hell-gets-her-way killing witch...who is also near immortal. Both are badasses. Both have great games.
Who would win? Would anyone win? Would both win?

 

[Aeshi]

My money would be on Bayonetta simply because she's so much faster and has a lot more ranged firepower.

 

[Casual Shinji]

Neither would win, neither would lose.

Kratos eats gods for breakfast, and Bayonetta can just pull shit from her hairy ass (honestly I never did get her power range).

I would assume they'd beat eachother up to an inch of their lives and then just get bored.

 

[FalloutJack]

Mighty hair VS mighty bald? Well, I think AFTER the two get hair-based weaponry and chained blades tangled up in each other - both of which are basically indestructible - Kratos whips out one of his other none-chained weapons or powers and ends it all at close range. I haven't played Bayonetta, but judging from the actual Death Battle she was in, she needs speed and dodge-ability. If that screws up early on, it ends up a very short battle. And I know it can happen, because I'm sure that in her game, you can die in very simple ways to low-grade enemies.

 

[Zhukov]

I was going to say Bayonetta on account of the whole hair demon thing, but Kratos tends to treat death like a mild inconvenience, so I guess he'd eventually win through sheer persistence.

 

[Benpasko]

I was going to say Bayonetta on account of the whole hair demon thing, but Kratos tends to treat death like a mild inconvenience, so I guess he'd eventually win through sheer persistence.

That's very possible, but it would take a lot of persistence. Kratos isn't exactly slow, but Bayo has Witch Time. I don't know if he has the dexterity to ever land a hit on Bayonetta, no matter how many times he tried. Like, Bayonetta is so stupid OP that it turned me off her series, as a fan of Devil May Cry (If you ever wanna talk about who COULD beat Bayo, Dante from DMC4 is a strong contender. The only issue is that unlike Bayonetta, we don't ever even get a glimpse at his upper levels).

 

[Silentpony_v1legacy]

My guess would be Kratos because his whole thing is killing impossibly powerful entities like Bayonetta, whereas Ms. B wouldn't be able to grind Kratos to death.

 

[Denamic]

Bayonetta. Kratos simply doesn't have the speed or mobility to keep up. Any attack Kratos throws, Bayonetta can counter tenfold by warping time itself. Though I wouldn't think Bayonetta's grappling attacks are going to work on Kratos.

 

[CaitSeith]

I going to side with Kratos in this one. Bayonetta summons giant monsters to finish her enemies off. Killing giant monsters is one of Kratos' specialties.

 

[Samtemdo8_v1legacy]

Kratos and Bayonetta would just bang each rather than fight

 

[Samtemdo8_v1legacy]

Kratos and Bayonetta would just bang each rather than fight

I kind of doubt it. Kratos is promiscuous, but Bayonetta seems like a cocktease.

And even if she was promiscuous she would be the dominant one.

 

[Samtemdo8_v1legacy]

Kratos and Bayonetta would just bang each rather than fight

I kind of doubt it. Kratos is promiscuous, but Bayonetta seems like a cocktease.

And even if she was promiscuous she would be the dominant one.

If they did, I think they'd dominate each other simultaneously, like Molotov Cocktease having sex with Brock Samson and totally wrecking the room. No wait, they didn't have sex. But rough sex is how I'd imagine it.

Damn I was dissipointed in the last season of Venture Brothers because I wanted more. The whole season was great but it ended abruptly

 

[Frankster]

Voting Kratos mainly due to the death battle between Dante and Bayonetta in which she was shown to be an agile speedster that hits hard..But durability wise she can't take many hits and Kratos has a plethora of weapons specifically designed to kill god like beings and giant monsters, let alone witches.

Kratos on his side can take enormous punishment and just keep on trucking, so unless Bayonetta has some trick up her sleeve such as spell that 1 shots sinners (which Kratos is), then all it takes is for Bayonetta to slip up once and she is screwed, and in an extended fight it's a question of when rather then if.

Ultimately I see a fight between the two going like this: Bayonetta having the upper hand for most of the fight with her speed but failing to kill Kratos cos he is such a stubborn mofo, meanwhile Kratos goes through his armory until finally he gets something that surprises Bayonetta (maybe herme's speed boots?), and once that happens she is toast.

Also it's worth pointing out, that whereas for Kratos dieing isn't a big deal, he can just fight his way out of hades as he has done so multiple times, for Bayonetta death is pretty much final, her game over screen is her being dragged down to the underworld after all.

Also I thought VS threads weren't allowed on the escapist? Guess things might have changed.

 

[Dr. Thrax]

Hmm, if we're talking about Bayonetta 2's version of Bayonetta, then she stands a good chance.

Both Bayonetta and Kratos have:
- A vast arsenal of incredibly dangerous weapons of supernatural origin. Bayonetta has the advantage of a large arsenal of ranged weapons on her side, including the ever-trustworthy Love is Blue. I'm not really sure how Kratos would fare against magical firearms.
- Supernatural strength. Each of them survive attacks that would turn regular humans into meat salad, and they are both much stronger than their appearance shows. Bayonetta gets a bonus in her agility and dexterity, as well as heightened senses.
- Magic, though each of them uses it in different ways.
- "Rage Mode". Kratos' Rage of the Gods/Titans, and Bayonetta's Umbran Climax. I would say Bayonetta has an advantage in this area, as Umbran Climax causes every attack she makes to also summon a Wicked Weave, with certain combos summoning an Infernal for an AoE attack. She's also able to use it more often than Kratos can use Rage of the Titans (at least, in the first game, anyway. I don't know if its charge time has improved in the other games, but it was real fuckin' slow to charge from what I remember), Bayonetta also gets a small health regen while in Umbran Climax.

I think I have to hand this to Bayonetta.
While Kratos has plenty of experience fighting massive beasts and powerful gods/goddesses, Bayonetta has superior mobility and plenty of support abilities to back her up. If she can simply play keep-away while firing on Kratos with Kafka (homing arrows that poisons their target), Kratos won't even be able to lay a finger on her. I'm gonna assume that we're not even including the various Accessories that Bayonetta can use to further augment her fighting abilities, Moon of Mahaa-Kalaa anyone?

 

[Sniper Team 4]

I am not very familiar with Kratos' extended power set, as I've never played any of the games because I play games to stop people like him, however I think Bayonetta has one thing of Kratos that would really make all the difference:

Witch Time.

The ability to slow down time for her enemy would mean certain death for Kratos. They seem to be pretty evenly matched in terms of speed, combos, and endurance, but if Bayonetta busts out Witch Time and then uses one of her Wicked Weave attacks, Kratos may be able to get back up, but he's going to be hurting, and Bayonetta can just use it again and again until he doesn't get back up.

 

[Strelok]

Kratos, how many times has he been killed? "Oh I'm in Hyades again..." sound familiar? Also he decapitated a God by pulling his head from his body, and beat another to death with his bear hands, that is just two of the Gods. I don't think hair fetish girl has a chance in... Hyades.