R1: Adrian wins this. If he's able to go at the Rogues his way, he's gonna take them down for sure. Prometheus is a tactical genius, far beyond even Snart. The degree to which he manipulating events in S5 is staggering, including with powerful figures like Ragman and Black Siren. And that was without even trying to kill his targets, merely make them suffer. If he's trying to do something significantly easier like kill, and he's got prep for his machinations, the Rogues are screwed. He's gonna be smart enough to target Mirror Master first, his powers are the most hax, and if they do catch on Mirror Master would be nearly unstoppable. He wouldn't be difficult to assassinate, and Adrian would make it look like gang violence or something to mitigate suspicion. He'd go after Snart next, as the smartest (sane) member of the Rogues. Snart's incredibly effective in combat, but that's because he has control of the variables, Prometheus is one of the few opponents smart enough to remove that control, meaning Snart goes down as well. Next he'd attack Heatwave, someone I don't think Adrian would like to face in combat, so he probably does something like set explosives (Mick isn't exactly careful). It's important to eliminate him early due to his connections to Time-Travelers, who are immensly dangerous. It would be risky to attack Weather Wizard this late, as the Rogues will have caught on by now, and Wizard's got literally city scales of raw power. Adrian's smart enough to track him, and eventually Mark will need sleep, which is when Adrian kills him. Trickster is a genius too, but too crazy to do much with it, and I don't see him tricking Adrian. Top is kind of a non-threat, and the last on he targets.
R2: Rogues definitely win this if they're prepared for a fight. I'm not sure how much Adrian could do with prep, he's better at manipulating non-combat factors than directly bolstering his own fighting ability. He could maybe assemble his own Team like he did last season, perhaps even attain some Mirakuru, though I doubt he'd ever risk inhibiting his mind for a much less valuable stat booster. Mirror Master will already be in the Mirror-Verse, nearly untouchable and primed for some BFR. Weather Wizard will have protective measures, and blows anything Adrian can produce out of the water in power levels. Snart and Mick have crazy levels of teamwork, and they'll be fully prepped. Trickster will have some machinations in order. Adrian just can't face all that versatility and power head-on.
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