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Stealth. There's no arguing that Ada's stealth feats outweigh Hit-Girl's, not that Hit-Girl is bad at it by any means (Saving Big-Daddy and Kick-Ass scene proves shes okay at stealth.).
Well not to lowball, but wouldn't her failure to save Big Daddy mean that she failed at stealth? She basically didn't move fast enough, which implies a lack of skill. When Ada was put in a similar situation to save Leon at three different points during RE4, she succeeded every time.
This is most likely due to the experience gap between Ada and Mindy. Hit Girl has the moves, she has the training, but she doesn't know how to fully apply those skills yet. Ada meanwhile always seems to know exactly what to do in every situation; she's basically seen it all and remains calm and collected no matter what, because she is never at a disadvantage.
In fact, in my opinion experience is probably the reason Ada will win this match. Even if we assume she and Hit Girl are even in pure technique, Ada's greater experience will make it so she better knows which technique to use at the right time, how to react in whatever scenario, thus giving her an edge in actual skill (and I don't mean that as purely H2H combat, I'm just referring to general skill. Not that I'm saying I think Mindy is the better martial artist, just that it's Ada's experience and versatility that IMO secures her win, rather than raw CQC ability)
If Ada does sneak behind Mindy, I have no doubt that Mindy could escape. 2 times in the videos you showed that people could move before Ada shot them.
Actually that's incorrect. If Ada wanted to kill Leon, she clearly had plenty of opportunities to do so. However like I mentioned, her mission wasn't to kill Leon. She was just teasing him.
As you can see, even in a serious situation where her mission and life depended on it, Ada would not shoot Leon.
If Ada is actually trying to assassinate Hit Girl, she doesn't need to get within makeout distance like she did with Leon. She can just do this.
The Crossbow has the benefit of firing with very little noise, so all Ada has to do is basically replicate what she did in the above scene exactly, and Hit Girl is toast.
As for Svetlana intercepting her pistol, Ada actually got captured on purpose in order to infiltrate the complex.
No telling what would have happened had she actually been trying to kill her.
Mindy has the speed, skill, and brains to get herself out of a sticky situation. She has reacted to bullets, and used her brain to trick a warehouse full of criminals to run away, then shoots their legs up.
Not bad. If she'd just made that up on the spot and had enough charisma to sell it, that would have been impressive, but since she was basically just telling the truth I'll have to deduct some creativity points. I don't think Hit Girl is smarter than Ada. Not only does the spy have an advantage in her stealth capabilities, but she's extremely intelligent too, meaning Mindy won't be able to out-think her so easily.
Like I mentioned, in every appearance she's made Ada is always portrayed as being one step ahead of the game. She's played for so many teams over the years and been on so many different sides, successfully double crossed pretty much every notable character in the franchise, that for the longest time it was almost impossible to discern who she was actually loyal to, until Resident Evil 6 which led us to believe that Ada was just playing for her own interests the entire time.
She's backstabbed professional backstabbers and manipulated master manipulators. Even Albert Wesker himself was made the fool when he tried to do business with Ada Wong, and her reports during the Separate Ways campaign of RE4 reveal that Ada was basically masterminding the entire Los Illuminados Incident as it happened. Even during the Raccoon City Outbreak, a young and comparatively inexperienced Ada was quick witted enough to survive an actual zombie apocalypse and find a way to infiltrate Umbrella's secret laboratory around all their traps and puzzles, while simultaneously juggling her feelings for Leon and devotion to the mission, and then even after sustaining near-fatal damage against Mr. X she managed to fake her death and drag herself out of the city, being one in some dozen or so citizens out of Raccoon's 300,000+ population to actually escape, and somewhere along the way she miraculously secured a sample of William Birkin's DNA without anyone realizing.
So with all that said, I really don't think Hit Girl is capable of outsmarting Ada. Very, very few people are.
but no matter how good you aim the arrows, they won't travel the speed of a bullet, which Hit-Girl has shown to react to.
But the Crossbow won't make very much noise, Ada can easily just sniper her from a distance that she won't hear, and if she does hear, the sound will be low enough and unfamiliar enough that she won't react in time.
Hit-Girl has said herself that she can snipe from a block away, too bad she doesn't have a rifle here though.
Ada can snipe from far greater than a block away.
Hit-Girl is a fairly good shot with her hand guns, but they won't help that much until the opponents get closer.
Hit Girl's bullet dodging feats are arguably aim dodging since she was staring right at the gunmen as they fired, and those gangsters aren't very skilled. That scan of her taking all those bullets definitely proves she isn't untouchable. I believe Ada has not only the marksmanship, but also the weaponry necessary to tag her, whereas Mindy does not have either in enough abundance to tag Ada.
Ada is more than just a bullet dodger, she's a bullet timer, meaning her reflexes are so advanced that even when caught completely off guard, she's capable of dodging incoming gunfire just from the sound of it (that's Carla but again they are physically and genetically identical)
The same scene from from Leon's perspective shows that Carla wasn't even looking at Chris, but still reacted in time to avoid the bullets.
Taking both characters speed and accuracy into account, I believe Ada would shoot Mindy before Mindy shoots Ada, especially when you factor in Ada's Chicago Typewriter, a fully automatic machine gun, vs Hit Girl's pistols, and then that's not even taking stealth into account.
Close Quarters Combat. This is were I think you're wrong, Ada is no slouch, but Hit-Girl is an expert at incorporating her weapons with her H2H. She is shown to be very agile, dodging, and returning hits with her bladed staff. She can kick people using cartwheels, and easily and accurately use throwing knives after flips.
The problem with Hit Girl is that all her feats are against fodder. And not even elite fodder like ninja or soldiers, just gangsters in a universe that strives to be as absolutely realistic as possible. The only characters she's ever faced who actually knew what they were doing were Frank and Mother Russia, and she got dominated in both of those fights. Admittedly Mindy was going into the battle with Frank already injured, but that doesn't prove she would have won otherwise.
Ada on the other hand consistently matches and surpasses some of the most elite fighters in the world, such as Svetlana Belikova, president of the Eastern Slav Republic and a combat instructor. Now, Ada hasn't "mastered ALL the martial arts in the wooorlldd ahhwwblahh!" like some comic book street levelers, but she doesn't really need a statement like that to back her up. It's clear each fighter has a very high aptitude for, and knowledge of combat simply from the fight itself; they battled at an insane pace throwing blows back and forth and expertly countering each at high speeds, and in the end, Svetlana doesn't manage to land a single hit on Ada whereas the agent managed at least one nice kick to the president's face. And again, that's Ada just putting on a show to make her capture seem legitimate. If she were trying to escape, her later dialogue leads me to believe the battle would have ended much quicker.
But my point through all this is that when it comes to CQC, Ada's greatest strength is her nimble, flexible body and almost Daredevil-esque ability to dodge and evade. She is constantly displaying feats of extreme acrobatic talent throughout the games, and their different playstyles imply that Ada is even more agile that Leon.
This ridiculous, albeit brief display of acrobatics sums up Ada's combat style. It's this talent in conjunction with her keen senses and beyond sharp reflexes, both honed through experience, that allow her to avoid basically any attack, even with no warning.
I think this clip speaks for itself really, Ada has been sedated and is completely unconscious, but snaps awake the instant danger presents itself and reacts in time to dodge the Ganados axe. I don't believe Hit Girl has the instincts necessary to replicate this feat, another advantage Ada's experience grants her.
The chainsaw J'avo is an extremely powerful mutant who even Jake and Sherry, despite their superhuman abilities, failed to handle due to their lack of experience. Yet Ada all alone was able to toy with the monster at several points.
00:20 Ada casually evades the monster by just jumping over it.
4:05 Ada skillfully dodges the monster's chainsaw with little warning.
8:50 Continually avoids each of the monster's attacks and even manages to counter it midair.
Another advantage Ada has over Hit Girl is her signature hookshot, which you can see her randomly using all throughout these clips. It grants her a massive mobility advantage and can easily get her out of a tough spot quickly, and having been using it since Raccoon City, she is beyond masterful with it, specifically at 1:25 in the above clip.
Now, all that said about her dodging ability, Ada is still the farthest thing from a weakling. Another feat from the above clip, at 10:15, Ada actually grapples with the mutant and briefly overpowers it, this same mutant who overwhelmed Jake and Sherry, something that I can not stress enough. More specifically, during a certain death animation the chainsaw J'avo actually attacks the player and sends them flying across several city blocks, yet Ada matched it in strength. She's clearly beyond peak human in strength, supported by her showings against William Birkin and Mr. X.
Ada survives being stabbed by Birkin's claws, this same hit rended through plated steel yet Ada survived. She was injured sure, but still came back later in time to save Leon from Mr. X.
The Tyrant brutalizes Ada and throws her so hard that the metal computer console is actually shattered. Unfortunately Ada then dies.
...Right?
Wait, what's this!?
Yes!! Not only does it turn out Ada survived these wounds, but she actually managed to patch herself up and then drag herself out of Raccoon City, literally fighting through the streets, which is the worst possible place you can be for obvious reasons. A specifically neat showing is at 7:45, where Ada even with one eye and all her fatigue accurately shoots down three crows in the air. Not bad.
Hit-Girl is very fast and accurate. Reacting to bullets, shooting 3 guys in the head before they can react, grabbing a knife and stabbing 2 guys before they can react.
She doesn't seem to be dodging bullets in any of those scans, but I assume you're referring to the other instances such as that gif you posted. Regardless, I've already had my say on speed, and I believe the crow instance counters Hit Girl shooting the two men.
Strength. Hit-Girl may be a little girl, but she has been shown to punch and kick very forcefully, enough to break bone.
Not bad. In RE2 Ada was able to move a big delivery truck with Leon's help, which weighs anywhere from 10 to 15 tons.
Durability. Hit-Girl is shown to be very durable, tanking 8 bullets
That's very impressive. What happened after that? Like I've been over Ada was able to survive beatings from Birkin and Mr. X, dudes who can press dozens upon dozens of tons, so I think it's comparable.
an explosion that sends her flying into a statue
Here's Ada tanking an explosion.
kicks that send her 15 feet, and punches from the arguably superhuman Mother Russia (She had adrenaline for the punch GIF so she didn't feel pain, but still impressive that she didn't get KO'd from the force of MR's hits.).
What makes you think Mother Russia is superhuman? I don't mean to lowball, and believe me I know full well how tough she was (and Hit Girl too just FYI) but nothing she did was really beyond peak human. She might be comparable to even Batman which is saying a lot, but not-getting-oneshotted by her isn't too amazing. Ada managed to survive a brutal tackle from Simmons, and I'm pretty sure he's way stronger than Mother Russia.
Admittedly it stunned her for about a minute, but I believe the adrenaline had a lot to do with Mindy tanking MR's punch, and then there's the fact that Simmons is probably multiple dozen times stronger than MR anyway.
Mindy definitely takes an edge here as all Ada is wearing is a dress.
Does Hit Girl wear armor? I know she did when training with Big Daddy but I don't recall it being an actual part of her suit, she wouldn't have been pierced by all those bullets had she been wearing armor. Correct me if I'm wrong but I believe this is just natural durability vs natural durability, so Ada wearing a dress shouldn't change things in this fight, especially when she can survive things like this wearing only said dress.
Admittedly we don't see the attack land, but... come on it's pretty obvious Saddler is aiming to impale her. Yet we see her in the next scene, unconscious, but alive.
Here's what that attack did to a normal and untrained man.
So don't be hating just cause she's in a dress :P
Equipment. Hit-Girls bladed staff has been shown to easily cut through legs and doors, and if it counts for her comic swords, she can easily cut through a big guys skull.
That's cool, but Ada has a Tommy Gun soo... :P
Morals. I believe this is an edge for Mindy, she was killing people since the age of 5 and has no problem hammering a guys face inside out, a guy who was begging for mercy. I don't know if Ada will hold back against a little girl, you can be the judge of that.
This is Hit Girl's biggest edge undoubtedly. Ada's never been evil, she won't enjoy killing a teenage girl... that said, she has been forced to do some pretty inhumane things over the course of her career and eventually got over them. If push comes to shove Ada will kill her. And who knows, maybe she'll mistake Mindy for a little person like those thugs did :P
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