Board Thread:News and Events/@comment-24678303-20160112062752/@comment-27389942-20160116035529

Despite how many others seem to be seeing it, I regard this as a relatively even pairing. Each pairing has a number of plusses and minusses so I will simply point out the most striking.

First, Raven and Mary are both fighters who rely heavily on speed, and if either takes a hit head on, the they're likely to be soon out of the running. Regardless of general opinion, I would say that Raven functions well as a medium/close quarters fighter. His weapon releases streams of Dust, something with short range but a definite punch, and his grenades are definently not long range. In terms of ranged combat, this team holds the advantage and will most likely obtain first blood. However, both are lacking in stamina and will give ground the more the fight is prolonged. Thier biggest advantage is that they have much more compatible fighting styles and will be much more able to meld thier techniques.

On the other hand, while they hold a clear advantage in sheer fighting strength, Serena and Seager lack compadiblility. In a series of one on one matches it has been made alarmingly clear the advantages that this team holds, but I believe that the aspect of coopoeration has been severly overlooked. Foremost, is the broad effect of Serena's semblance; if used, her semblance is gaurenteed to inflict friendly fire on Seager who seems to have a definite weakness to cold. Therefore, with risk of hurting her partner, Serena would most likely be unable to use her semblance. Second, Seager's frenzy is a tremendous liability. Given that Raven and Mary posses (in my opinion) first blood advantage, Serena will be damanged well before her and Seager even reach thier opponents. This dramatically increases the probability that Seager will turn on his partner. Lastly, given the nature of his opponent's styles (dust and arrows) Seager's shark skin will play little to no effective role in the combat.

Therefore, on the grounds of plain compatability, brains over brawn, I throw my lot in with Raven and Mary.