@nickzambuto said:
She ran away from Hawkeye and came back with a sneak attack, and spent the whole Winter Soldier fight running away and coming back with sneak attacks. The fight will probably open with her drawing her pistols, and if Danny can really dodge duel fire from a great (not amazing) marksman while closing the distance, her weapons will give her enough of an advantage to survive in melee combat, giving her the chance to pull back and try a different approach.
And that sneak attack involved Black Widow engaging Hawkeye in melee. What's to say she wouldn't do the same to Danny?
Most of this relies on her knowing that Danny is dangerous in melee, which she wouldn't. Standard morals usually involves attacking in h2h or using melee gear, like batons or wires.
I agree that if Natasha realizes the dire situation she's in and if she manages to run away, she wins. But otherwise...
I think there is reasoning behind her engaging Hawkeye in melee that does not apply to the situation with Danny. For one thing, Widow was completely empty-handed against Hawkeye, the Helecarrier went up when everyone was on downtime, and if she happened to be carrying anything on her, she lost it when she was running from Hulk. Secondly, Widow's goal against Hawkeye was different than it is against Iron Fist. Against Hawkeye, her goal was to rescue her friend from mind control. Not kill him, or seriously injure him. Against Danny, her only goal is to win. She can go about doing that in whatever way is most efficient. Finally, as somebody who worked closely with Hawkeye for a number of years, Widow probably estimated that she could outfight him and the only real threat was that bow. Her tactics against Hawkeye were polar opposite to the ideal tactics against Iron Fist; her tactics against Hawkeye were stay as close as possible, all the time. Against Iron Fist, who she can blatantly guess just from the look of him (charging her empty-handed) is a CQC specialist, she would be less inclined to utilize those same tactics, and might be more inclined to fight like she did versus Winter Soldier. Even if you disagree and think Widow has a particular penchant for going hand-to-hand, I said above that I believe her incredible weaponry will allow her to survive in CQC long enough to say "Okay this isn't going to work. I have to try something else."
With all this in mind, I feel like it takes a lot more assumptions going in Danny's favor (not only assuming he is Widow's definite CQC superior, but also assuming he can't be shot, and assuming Widow will never have the brains to realize fist fighting isn't her advantage, even though she already came to such a conclusion when fighting Bucky and adapted accordingly) for him to win, than it takes for Widow to win (the only assumption we need to make is that Danny can't dodge duel fire from a great marksman while simultaneously closing the distance, and if that's too much of an assumption for you, all we need to assume is that Widow will come to the same realization and apply the same tactics as she already did when she fought Bucky)
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