7:9 - Unstoppable Wasp (Nadia Van Dyne) vs. Mr. Terrific (Michael Holt)

[UMPIRE]

SEASON 7, ROUND 9

Unstoppable Wasp (Nadia Van Dyne)

Slot: The Team Evil Genius
Season Wins: 2
Season Losses: 0
Fantasy Team Page
Read more about Unstoppable Wasp (Nadia Van Dyne) at Wikipedia
Official Site: Marvel

Mr. Terrific (Michael Holt)

Slot: The Team Evil Genius
Season Wins: 1
Season Losses: 0
Fantasy Team Page
Read more about Mr. Terrific (Michael Holt) at Wikipedia
Official Site: DC Comics

Battle Terrain
Genius Challenge: Who wins the battle using only Chemestry skills

[C.T.]

Ah, well this is a very tough match. As with most comic book super-geniuses, once you get to a certain point, it is pretty subjective on saying who is smarter than who. Reed Richards, Tony Stark, Bruce Banner, Bruce Wayne, Lex Luthor, et cetera. These two as well. They are in that range of ridiculously intelligent, all with their own specialties. Now, I do think that Mr. Terrific has more extensive knowledge in more scientific fields than Nadia does(in no small part due to his age compared to hers), but in this particular case I'm leaning towards her. She is widely versed in many fields as well, but like her father, her specialty is in chemistry. More specifically, biochemistry. 

She shares his natural aptitude and honed mind in that regard, and even Reed Richards admitted that Hank is the leading expert in that field among Marvel's smartest people:

[Macklemore]

C.T. is right. While Mr. Terrific is on a level that is incomparable to human geniuses of our own world, he can still kind of be beaten by comic book geniuses in specific territories of science. While he is the perfect all around genius, what he's best in is physics. Most of the greatest accomplishments of his include physics, as that is the thing he has put more effort into mastering. It's not to say that he couldn't become a better chemist than Nadia, but as it stands, Nadia's accomplishments are strictly better in this category.

[DSkillz]

Hmmm ... Holt draws chemistry for the second round in a row ... This could be a tough one.

I'm still looking for any chemistry feats Terrific might have, but I noticed that Nadia doesn't seem to have chemistry as a specialty, either. Does she have any specific feats in that regard herself?

[C.T.]

59 minutes ago, DSkillz said:

Hmmm ... Holt draws chemistry for the second round in a row ... This could be a tough one.

I'm still looking for any chemistry feats Terrific might have, but I noticed that Nadia doesn't seem to have chemistry as a specialty, either. Does she have any specific feats in that regard herself?

It is her specialty though, lol. 

Her replicating her dad's work in biochemistry and mastering control over Pym Particles is what let her escape imprisonment from the Red Room in the first place. You know, the top secret, more secured than Fort Knox place where they trained Black Widow.

Or, for example, making it possible for her to transport Scott Lang from across the universe in moments:

Though, admittedly that's a mix of several fields beyond biochemistry and the Pym Particles, but that's a part of it and shows her level of intelligence quite well. 

On a strictly more chemistry level, there's the fact that Spider-Man went to her for help of all the possible people like Reed or others, because that is her strongest field. She lent assistance in trying to concoct a serum to return the Lizard to normal and then, when confronted by a Venom symbiote that had taken over Spidey, she adapted on the fly and weaponized chemicals to take advantage of his weakness to fire: 

 

[DSkillz]

Well, ugh. That last feat didn't seem to work out so well for Nadia, though. 

Finally found one showing of chemistry knowledge for Holt. Not sure how it compares, but there's that.

[C.T.]

23 minutes ago, DSkillz said:

Well, ugh. That last feat didn't seem to work out so well for Nadia, though. 

Finally found one showing of chemistry knowledge for Holt. Not sure how it compares, but there's that.

Yeah, hesitated when she saw Spidey and it cost her with Venom knocking that explosive concoction down at her feet instead. So that hurt lol 

[C.T.]

Also, there's this moment, where she was blinded by strange circumstance and held prisoner by unusual microscopic creatures that could count as well? 

[UMPIRE]

Match Final Results

Unstoppable Wasp (Nadia Van Dyne): 7
Mr. Terrific (Michael Holt): 5