Thread: vampire vs lycan

I don't even know what a lycan is...

/me Wikis it...

Oh, now I get it: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lycan

vampiiiiiiiiire

lycans are cool, don't get me wrong, but vampires are just way more sexy, and they're working on the sunlight thing now so it's all good

Vampire.

....and muffin.




Muffpire.... (I wonder what that would look like)

Ok, let's weigh them.

Lycanthropes, in the common sense, have super strength, agility, an incredible bloodlust. They are practically immune to all things but silver, but that depends on which Lycanthrope mythology you are counting. In some cases, they can be killed by an irrevokably (sp) fatal wound (ie; decapitation, being blown up, etc etc) However, in some tales, they can be blown to peices and reassemble themselves as long as the wound wasn't caused by silver. Their claws and jaws are weapons with almost no equal. They have an amazing sense of smell, hearing, and a body mass that almost screams "unstoppable." However, in their transformed state, they are killing machines with almost no sense of calculation or tact. They simply destroy and maim and obliterate without much of a gameplan.

Vampires, on the other hand, are much more agile. Their preternatural senses are All magnified equally. (sight, sound, taste, touch, and smell. Not to mention the sixth sense of ESP that nearly any folklorish vampire possesses (sp), to some degree)
While a lycan may hold an advantage by being downwind of it's enemy, a vampire can also sense heartbeat alone from a remarkable distance. The speed of an "elder" vampire is unmatched by nearly any mythological creature, which means a lycan can swing its claws and snap its jaws time and time again and hit nothing but air, when facing a vampire that knows what it's doing. Their minds, as opposed to lycans and even humans, operate Much faster, and actually advance in mental ability as they grow older. A vampire can also get the drop on a lycan rather easily, as they can move through shadow without making any sound whatsoever. The ability to hover, undetected, over an unsuspecting prey comes to mind as a large advantage also. It is hard to say which are physically stronger so, for the sake of arguement, we will call them even in that area. Vampires are deathly allergic to sunlight, which is a drawback, but as lycans are pretty much confined to the light of the moon also, this doesn't play that big a role in such a battle.
Hmmm, what else....ah...many vampires in different "vampire universes" have the ability to cloud the mind of their prey, causing illusions and confusion that help put their enemy into a stupor, if the opponents' own minds aren't strong enough to stop the intrusion. They also share the same near-indestructablity as lycans, save for extreme damage to the heart, decapitation (only in some stories, others they live through it) holy water (I don't see many transformed lycans using holy water in a fight) and the old cross tactic that doesn't seem to work on even Half of the different vampire bloodlines talked about in fictional works. There is also their vulnerability to fire, which most vampires seem to grow out of after a few centuries. (the same with sunlight.)

I may have missed a few points on either side, but vampires get my vote.

yes yes all join my vampire clan

Originally posted by Amethyst Star
Vampire.

....and muffin.




Muffpire.... *(I wonder what that would look like)

how many times do we have to tell you pie won the poll

Originally posted by docthory
how many times do we have to tell you pie won *the poll

Consider this a "Rage against the Machine"... and right now, you're the machine.

Take that any way you want.







And the answer is 42, but only on the grounds that you declare it ever other week or it restarts.

lol freak shows

your poll is missing the pirate option. lame.