@nickzambuto said:
@jayc1324 said:
@nickzambuto said:
@jayc1324 said:
Cold both rounds. What is Cap supposed to do with prep?
What is the MCU's greatest strategist supposed to do with prep? Hmm...
Now that statement is not true at all. And give me one prep feat? Something that shows off any scientific knowledge he has? Can he invent anything? Can he do anything new with his shield? Cap is good at thinking on his feat and giving inspirational speeches but he isn't that smart compared to Snart, who is an engineer. You're hyping Cap up, when he is against someone way smarter than him here.
Prep is for strategy and creating a plan, not just building dues ex technology.
Ok what is one time Cap has done that in order to fight a single person? Red Skull he just punched a lot, same with Bucky, same with Crossbones, same with Ultron, same with Iron Man.
Well that's because he's never been in a situation where he had the opportunity to prepare a strategy specifically for facing a single opponent in battle.
In The First Avenger, he coordinated the plan to infiltrate Red Skull's base by feigning capture, and then getting the Howling Commandos inside. Stopping the plan was the focus, Steve wasn't in a position to think about how exactly he was going to fight Red Skull, just reaching Red Skull was the priority.
In The Winter Soldier, Fury handed the leadership reigns over to Steve, and he coordinated a massive assault plan to bring in the HYDRA heads while simultaneously stopping the Helecarriers. Again, confronting the Winter Soldier one-on-one wasn't really what Steve was focusing on. He had bigger things to prep for.
And Crossbones, Ultron, and Iron Man were all random and unexpected encounters that Steve couldn't have prepared for. Although I would like to point out that he undoubtedly had a big hand in all the planning for the Airport battle where his team was seriously outclassed in power, and they had to repeatedly outsmart every member of Team Iron Man in order to keep up.
This scenario against Cold is a very unique position for Steve that he's never been in before. Where all he has to focus on, is knocking out a single opponent in head to head combat. There's no world-ending plot he has to thwart or dozens of variables to account for including an army of canon fodder opposition and whatever dues ex advanced technology the villain has a hold of. For the first time ever, Steve is finding himself in an extraordinarily simple conflict: find a way to incapacitate this one guy.
Now since he's never been in a situation identical to this, you can argue that he's short on feats. That's fair. But still, he has undoubtedly proven his strategic prowess in far more complex scenarios, including containing the Chitauri invasion to about three square blocks with very few civilian casualties, so I think it is fair to give him the benefit of the doubt, and assume he'll think up something clever to catch Captain Cold off guard. Does Captain Cold have the prep advantage? Sure, that can be argued, but it is still interesting to ponder what precautions and insights into Cold's tactics that Steve will be able to bring.
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