Who wins when two surgically enhanced Predators go head to head.
The Genetically upgraded Assassin Predator versus the Cyborg Stone Heart Predator.
In the Red corner we have Assassin.
From the movie, The Predator, Assassin is the product of a tribe of research-caste Yautja.
He was made by combining his Yautja DNA with that of many different species, increasing his size and strength.
He also has digitigrade legs for increased speed and mobility, implanted vision modes, and an exoskeleton he can activate at will.
Assassin stands 11 feet in height, with beige skin, which turns grey when his armour is activated, and black dreadlocks.
For weaponry, Assassin has a wrist mounted version of the Plasmacaster, and a large single wristblade, which can be fired out, and has a wire attached, allowing him to recall it after firing, or use it as a snare.
The Assassin is thought to be a bad blood, as he is a genetic hybrid, and is seen killing another Yautja.
His mission was to destroy the Fugitive Predator ship, called The Ark, and recover the Predator Killer suit.
Strengths
Assassin is the most powerful Yautja from the movies, and has superior mobility, speed, and more weapons than Stone Heart does. He is also slightly bigger.
Weaknesses
Although tough, his armour is not quite as strong as Stone Hearts, as a Plasmacaster shot was seen to knock him down, but the same does not happen to Stone Heart. It also doesn’t work permanently and has to be activated.
And in the Blue corner we have Stone Heart.
From the game, Predator Concrete Jungle, Stone Heart was a former member of the Dark Blade clan who was cybernetically augmented by Borgia Industries.
After his capture, he was tortured and brainwashed, before having parts of his body enhanced with machinery, as well as having armour plating implanted under his skin, giving him a high level of protection.
He stands somewhere between 8 and 9 feet tall, and has green skin, black dreadlocks, and cybernetic components visible on parts of his body.
For weaponry, Stone Heart is a pure melee fighter, and has a pair of brass-knuckle like blades on each hand.
The NECA toy of him has double Scimitars on each arm, but canonically, he doesn’t have these, as they don’t appear in the game; so, they won’t be counted in this battle.
Alongside two other Bad-blood cyborgs, he was ordered to hunt down the ScarFace Predator after he escaped from Borgias labs.
Strengths
Like Assassin, Stone Heart also has upgraded strength.
And his armour implants are more durable than Assassins exoskeleton; as mentioned earlier, a Plasmacaster shot only does minimal damage; and it works permanently, instead of needing to be activated.
Weaknesses
Although matching his opponent here in strength, Stone Heart is also slightly smaller than Assassin, and is much slower, and nowhere near as agile.
He also lacks any kind of ranged weaponry and has to get in close to do any damage.
The Assassin Predator touches down in his spacecraft, he is on the lookout for his next target.
But his presence is detected by Borgia Industries, who send out Stone Heart to intercept him, and bring him in for study, dead, or alive.
While Assassin is searching around, he turns to see the other Yautja staring him down.
“Who are you? State your business.” Assassin calls out.
But there is no answer, the strange Yautja instead begins approaching.
Assassin scans him, and the report says that cybernetic augmentations, and psychotic brainwaves have been detected; this Yautja should be considered extremely dangerous, even for him.
Assassin takes aim and fires his Plasmacaster, it streaks through the air and lands on target, exploding with a brilliant blue flash; but the strange Yautja doesn’t even falter, and he then speeds up from walking pace, breaking into a slow, heavy-looking run.
Stone Heart reaches Assassin and throws his hands out to grab him, but they are met with Assassins, and they interlock mid-air, and the two huge Predators grapple with each other.
They are both fairly even when it comes to strength, and neither one is going to give up easily.
However, Assassin stands over a foot taller, and uses this to lift Stone Heart off his feet and throw him on the floor.
Stone Heart jumps back up, and soulless, mechanical eyes stare at Assassin,
who takes up a fighting stance, and activates his protective exoskeleton.
He isn’t going to be captured alive.
But instead of coming at him again, Stone Heart raises two massive clenched-fists up into the air, and smashes them down onto the ground, the tremor rocks everything around them and knocks the Assassin off-balance and falling to the floor.
Stone Heart runs towards Assassin, and slams his fists down again in the direction of his face, but he rolls out the way just in time.
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