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Tanner gets my vote by the farthest yet out of this contest..

Terrel is a pure tank, powerful, but slow and heavy, he's good soaking up lots of damage. His steam intimidation seems like a big miss on premise, and I can't imagine anyone with any experience in RWBY's style of combat actually being intimidated by that. Terrel's superheated weapon might sound like a good idea, but is really just another miss. There's no mention of how he himself is protected from the heat, and the nature of his weapon makes it ineffective because heat transfer takes time. In reality, all heating his weapon would do is cauterize any wounds he does cause, and make his sword more vulnerable to deformation.

Tanner however has some versatility, and would be easily capable of staying out of Terrel's range while peppering him with bullets, or maybe even just dodging Terrel's slow strikes while Tanner uses the greatsword form of his weapon. This would be a very long, drawn-out battle, but it absolutely goes to Tanner.