Thread: Leonardo?
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Old 10-24-2002, 11:24 AM   #40
heretic888
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Let me just say that none of the turtles are "the best fighter". They all have strengths and weaknesses. Overall, Mike's the most "well-rounded" fighter. Leo's most skilled, and Raph's most enthusiastic. Don's kinda a pacifist, but still knows what he's doing.

As for who would win between Leo and Raph. It'll all depend on circumstance.
Not quite. In the rpg, it is described very ambigously saying that leonardo is the 'most skilled' fighter, Raphael is the 'most deadly' fighter, and Mike is the 'most talented' fighter. In actual gameplay, however, Mike possesses far superior ability to dodge and parry attacks and to connect with his own attacks than his other brothers do. And with his superior physical prowess and ninjutsu's reliance on coordinated full-bodied movement, he would realistically cause more damage with his attacks as well.

Leonardo and Raphael are better at rolling though.

I guess what you mean by Mike being the most 'well-rounded' is that he possesses qualities that enable him to damage his enemies and avoid their attacks much better than the other three do. leo is the most 'skilled' in the sense that he is the most rigid and the most concerned with 'form' (as opposed to formlessness). Raphael is the most enthusiastic in the sense that he is the most impulsive and enjoys violence more than the others (there's that egocentrism again).

And, under most circumstances, leo would beat raph.
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