Raiden vs Hiryu Blog Post

 Raiden vs Strider Hiryu

Before we start what we'll be using is all of the Strider games for Strider Hiryu and the Manga.

as for Raiden we'll be using MGS2, MGS4, MGRR and other sources such The MGS4 Database.

Background

Raiden

Born in Liberia Jack was a young boy when his parents got killed by Solidus Snake the third and Youngest son of Big Boss. After losing both of his parents Solidus would adopt Jack and enlisted him in the Liberian Civil War. He was a prodigy and due to his High kill count he gained the Nicknames "White Devil" and "Jack The Ripper". After the Liberian Civil War ended Jack was placed in a relief center by Solidus where would be taken away in to the United States without Solidus knowing any of this. In the US Jack would go in counseling before landing in the hands of the Patriots who implanted him with Nanomachines to wipe his memories.

Jack would eventually join the Military where he would go through 300 VR simulations including simulations of Shadow Mosses Island and Tanker Mission where he would take the role of Solid Snake the Greatest Soldier of all time. After a while he would meet a woman named Rosemary they would fall in love and marry. Jack would Join FOXHOUND a special forces unit where he would end up on his first Mission which was to Infiltrate Big Shell and stop the Terrorist group called "Dead Cell" this is where he would get his codename "Raiden". In this Mission he would meet the Legendary Soldier Solid Snake alongside him he would stop the Terrorist group leader who was Solidus Snake his adoptive Father.

After the Big Shell Incident Raiden's memories of his past as a child soldier would come back to haunt him making him spiralize into alcoholism, and he would have arguments with Rosemary which would end up having them separate. Raiden would participate in the Raid of 51 promising a fallen comrade to rescue her Baby from the Patriots. Raiden would succeed and would give the Baby to Snake and Otacon.

Raiden would be captured by the Patriots and transformed into Cyborg Ninja like Frank Jaeger before him. With this new body he would help Snake put an end to the Patriots and he would reunite with Rosemary after she reveals that she had her son.

After the Fall of the Patriots Raiden joined Maverick Security and Consulting Inc. where he would work as a bodyguard for Prime Minister N'mani. Whilst working with N'mani they would be attacked by Desperado whose plans were to kickstart the War Economy. Raiden fails to protect N'mani as he was kidnaped and killed by Desperado's Leader Sundowner. Raiden would end up dueling Samuel Rodriguez or better known as Jetstream Sam who would decimate Raiden blinding his left eye and cutting off his left arm. After receiving a new cyborg body he would foil desperado's Plans and find out politician Steven Armstrong would be behind it. He would confront Armstrong who planned to reform America so that people can fight for their own decisions and after intense battle Raiden would come out Victorious stopping his plans and securing a better future.

Strider Hiryu

Hiryu was a young orphan of Asian heritage that's all we know of his Childhood. He would join the Hiryu Program like his older sister Mariya and alongside her he would make friends with Cain, Sheena and Kubira. Hiryu was a prodigy excelling in each class and mastering the Cypher gaining him a reputation. One day Mariya Hiryu sister would go insane and kill ten strider trainees and Hiryu was given the mission to hunt her down and kill by director Kuramoto. Hiryu would end up accepting the Mission and try to reason with his sister before being forced to kill her something he would regret.

Six months later Hiryu would be given the orders to stop a terrorist organization called the Phantom Unit and rescue Dr. J. Hogan. Hiryu would comply but Cain would be concerned for Hiryu thinking he wants to die in battle, Hiryu would kill the leaders of the Phantom Unit and rescue Dr. Hogan but he would be heavily injured and when he checked the Injury he would discover that a necklace that he was wearing to remember his sister stopped the bullet Hiryu would take this as a sign that Mariya wants him to live so after this mission he would leave the strider program and live in a plateau in Mongolia with someone he met named Rin.

One day he would be approached by Matic Vice-Director of the Striders asking him to come out of retirement for one last mission. Eliminate Cain, Cain has become a nuisance to the Program, at first Hiryu declined but after Matic would threaten to kill innocent Villagers and Rin, Hiryu would comply. After he arrived in Kazakh he would be reunited with Sheena he would keep his mission a secret from her they together found Cain unconscious in the secret police HQ afterwards they would look for shelter from a blizzard.

Cain would gain consciousness and attack both Hiryu and Sheena wounding and killing Sheena. Hiryu was able to restrain him Cain after restraining him he would find a implant in Cain's neck asking one of the captive officers what the chip does and he would find out that the truth about entreprise's and Zain Project, they would brainwash people Hiryu then realized Mariya went Insane because she also had the same implant Hiryu vowed to put an end to the Zain project. After Cain woke up and recovered they would mourn the death of Sheena and burry her. Together Hiryu and Cain would that find the Zain Laboratory kill everyone involved, they also figure out that the striders are supporting this project but also that Matic was the one behind it after fighting through all of Matic's men they confront Matic who reveals his plans to take over enterprise's and the striders and frame Hiryu and Cain for Kuramoto's death but they would engage in a duel which was interrupted by Kuramoto and the striders who have all turned against Matic. Matic would be killed by Mother Zain the core system of the Zain Project which start attacking anyone nearby Hiryu spots its core and destroys it.

Equipment

Raiden

Codec

The codec allows Raiden to receive orders and calls with it he can save his mission data, ask for advice or information about his opponents or ask for mission objectives.

Skull Suit

Raiden throughout the was wearing a Skull Suit which protects him from Outside Temperatures and Toxins. This Skull suit is better than Naked Snake's Sneaking Suit which could endure Liquid Nitrogen. It's also outfitted with a Exoskeleton.

High Frequency Blades

Raiden has a collection of High Frequncy Blades from his normal high frequency blade to one that has Solid Snake's Soul imbued in it. These weapons resonate at extremely high vibration frequencies weaking molecular bonds and making it cut through anything.

Raiden's High Frequency Blade that he uses throughout MGRR

HF Murasama

The High frequency Murasama was passed down through generation of the Rodriguez family. It belonged to Jetstream Sam who had it upgraded into a High Frequency Blade enhancing its cutting power. It has a sheath with a rifle mechanism and a trigger that can be used to unsheathe the blade at high speeds for rapid attacks.

Fox Blade

Once belonging to Gray Fox this High Frequency Blade has Gray Fox's Soul still echoing through the blade.

HF Armor breaker

This High Frequncy Blade was designed to be effective against armored foes. Its modelled after Kabutowari.

HF Long Sword

This sword gives Raiden better reach. Its modelled after Nodachi. It was used by Samurai's warriors of feudal Japan.

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HF Stun Blade

This Blade is infused with 2 million volts and it can shut down cyborgs brains or UG's optical neuro AI's.

HF Machete

This Blade was modelled after common machetes from South America. It goes well with Raiden's Mariachi Uniform. It can also be swung faster.

HF Wooden Sword

Blunt Force Trauma

This weapon was crafted by Honduran mahogany. This blade is suited for Pacifist due to its inability to cut anything.

Hebidamashii

A Sword that is possessed by Solid Snake after he passed away. Snake can talk to Raiden and does talk whenever he does something. This Item is only Available in the Japanese version of MGRR but its basically the HF Wooden Sword just with Snake's voice attached to it.

HF Pincer Blades "Bloodlust"

Two hard hitting High Frequency Machete's that can be weld together or use separately. it was used by sundowner. it also uses Sundowner's Battle Data

Tactical Sai "Dystopia"

Sai that is imbued with Electromagnetism and it works like a EMP being able to disable Cyborgs. it also uses Monsoon's Battle Data.

Pole-arm "L'etranger" 

A weapon that can be used like a Spear or a Whip made tripods arms which is also a grade weapon to clear army of men. it also uses Mistral Battle Data.

Other Weapons

M9-Tranquilizer

A Berretta 92 pistol equipped with a Silencer and a laser pointer. It takes time for the enemy to fall asleep depending on what body part you shoot him.

Socom Pistol

A Handgun that Raiden was given by Snake during the tanker mission.

M4

Nikita

Stinger

Grenades

Chaff Grenades

can disrupt cameras, electronics and cyborgs.

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EMP Grenades

Disrupts Cyborgs and electronics.

RPG

Jamming Grenade

 

Same as EMP and Chaff.

Red Phosphorus Grenade

a Smoke Grenade.

Drum Can

A Drum can which Raiden can use to hide and roll around.

Cardboard Box

A Cardboard Box which hides Raidens's heat signature from Night Vision.  

3D-Photo Frame

A Hologram display of a sexy lady that distracts soldiers.

Magazine

A Magazine of Sexy Ladies to distract enemies.

Claymores

Claymores that are invisible to the naked eye Raiden can carry up to 16.

Body Armor

A Vest that reduces damage from bullets.

Coolant Spray

A Spray that Raiden used throughout Big Shell Incident given to him by Peter Stillman. He can use these to Freeze Explosives, put out flames and scare off bugs.

Rations

Rations were used by Raiden during the Big Shell Incident that he could eat to recover health.

Repair Nanopaste

Electrolyte Pack

A Pack of Electrolytes that Raiden can use to replenish his fuel cells.

Wigs

Raiden has access to a bunch of wigs which supplies him with either Infinite Ammo or Infinite Energy.

• Brown Wig: Gives Raiden Infinite Ammo.
• Blue Wig: Gives Raiden Infinite Oxygen which allows him to breathe underwater indefinitely.
• Orange Wig: Gives Raiden Infinite Grip Strength which allows him to hold onto ledges indefinitely.
• Infinity Wig A: Gives Raiden Infinite Ammo for his sub-weapons.
• Infinity Wig B: Gives Raiden Infinite Fuel Cells for Ripper Mode and Blade Mode.
• Blade Mode Wig: allows Raiden to stay indefinitely in Enhanced Blade Mode.

Strider Hiryu

Cypher

Hiryu's main Weapon its tilt resembles a Tonfa. It uses Plasma Energy to enhance its cutting ability so well it can cut through everything. It can also be used as Boomerang.

Cypher Techniques

• Reflect Cypher: By concentrating plasma energy into his sword Hiryu can deflect any Projectile.

• Explosive Cypher: by pouring all the heat from the plasma Hiryu can set enemies on fire and by using the Charged Cypher he can explosions.

• Ultra Cold Cypher: Hiryu turns Plasma into cryogenic plasma and anything that comes into contact with Hiryu's Blade will be frozen solid. Whilst being frozen enemies can be break free after a while you can stand on top of them.

• Magnetic Cypher: Hiryu generates Plasma with a magnetic force.

• Plasma Arrow: by charging up Plasma energy Hiryu can send a fast Plasma Bullet towards his enemies.

Boots

Hiryu Boots that can be upgraded throughout his Journey.

• Aqua Boots: Allow Hiryu to walk on water.
• Attack Boots: Hiryu can kill his enemies with his slide.
• Magnetic Boots: Hiryu can walk up walls.

Plasma Capacitator

These Plasma Capacitator store plasma which allows him to call his options and use his kunai's and allow Hiryu to do multitude of stuff such as double jumping, perform enhanced kicks and perform the Plasma Catapult.

Climb Sickle

a Pair of Climbing Sickles that can climb on walls of any angle an it can be used on material such as stone and metal. It can also be used as a Projectile.

Glider

This Glider is used by Hiryu during his mission to infiltrate the enemy base once Hiryu lands at the destination it flies away on its own Hiryu has also shown to be able to call for it. Whilst Gliding it makes no noise.

 

Option A

Option A is a small robot that moves around Hiryu and locks on and shoots any enemy nearby with a ring shaped projectiles.

Option B

Option B is a Robo panther that lunges at enemies and attacks them with his claws.

Option C

Option C is a Robot Hawk that attacks enemies by throwing bombs on them or attack them with his claws.

Option D

Option D is a Device that is used for Navigation it scouts Hiryu's surroundings and it can also track down Power Sources.

Kunai

Like every Ninja Hiryu has Kunai's which he can also enhance to give them the same effects as his sword. 

• Reflect Kunai: These Kunai bounce of the Wall and enemies as well.

• Explosive Kunai: Once these Kunai's land on any surface they will explode after a short time they can also be placed on enemies. 

• Ultra Cold Kunai: Just like the Ultra Cold Cypher once an Enemy is hit they will turn into a solid block of Ice.

• Magnetic Kunai: Once thrown these Kunai's will target the enemy until it hits them.

Gauntlet

A Gauntlet that stores Plasma energy

Gauntlet Techniques

• Plasma Catapult: Hiryu can dash around like a Bullet.
• Reflect Catapult: Bullets that touch Hiryu whilst dashing will bounce off.
• Explosive Plasma Catapult: Anyone who is in Hiryu's path while dashing gets put on fire at times they could explode. 
• Ultra Cold Catapult: Anyone who is in Hiryu's path while dashing gets frozen.
• Magnetic Catapult: Anyone who gets hit by Hiryu during his dash will get magnetized and stunned for a few seconds. Any projectile being shot will return to the enemy.

Power-ups

Hi Kanji Mark

Heals Hiryu by a small bit.

Hiryu Kanji

Heals Hiryu fully.

Cypher

Extends the Cypher's wave range.

Invincibility

This Power up grants Hiryu Invincibility. He can also create afterimages that imitate all of his moves giving him more attacking power.

Boost

This Power up allows Hiryu to tap into his Boost mode he can keep 5 of these with him.

 Tricks

Hiryu has access to a bunch of tricks these can range from offensive tricks to even healing. These use up Energy Points.

• Fire: Hiryu can shoots a Fireball.
• Medical: Hiryu can heal himself by a small amount.
• Medical 2: Hiryu can heal himself by a decent amount.
• Medical 3: Hiryu can heal himself by a huge amount.
• Spark: Hiryu can shoot a spark of electricity that can travel along the ground.
• Jump: Jump increases Hiryu's jumping power.
• Ground: Hiryu can summon an earthquake. 

Techniques and Abilities

Raiden

Blade Mode

a Technique where Raiden's perception is slowed down by 50% to 90%. It capable of detecting Weak points. It also increases Raiden's speed by 2 to 10 times.

Zandatsu

Whilst in Blade Mode Raiden can cut and take his enemies Fuel Cells to replenish his own. 

Quick Draw

A Techique where Raiden sheath his sword and charges a Powerful attack that shoots out of the sheath at high speeds.

Ripper Mode

 Ripper Mode is state where Raiden ignores all pain is consumed by his bloodlust it increases his Strength and Speed tenfold.

Strider Hiryu

Charge Mode

In this mode Hiryu's body gets engulfed in Plasma Energy and he percieves time way slower also his weapons are twice as stronger and have longer range. This mode lasts for 5 seconds.

Boost Mode

With Boost Mode strengthens his attack and each attack make a plasma wave that homes on the nearest enemy.

Hax and Abilities

Raiden

Superhuman Strength

Raiden has shown being capable to throw stuff such Metal Gear Ray and Excelsus.

Enhanced  Speed and Perception

Raiden in his Cyborg body can run pretty fast and with Blade Mode his perception can be boosted.

Electricity Manipulation

Raiden can summon lightning that he either strike his enemies with or imbue his weapons with.

Stealth Mastery and Disguise Mastery

Raiden has infiltrated Big Shell and Area 51 and he has used various disguises throughout his Mission such as when he had to find Ames where disguised himself as the enemy.

And when he went into Mexico disguised with a Sombrero.

Save and Load

Raiden has access to save files which allows Raiden to load back in whenever he dies. Character such Snake talk about his death and Ocelot mentioning that if Snake dies that he has to go through a long way again. 

Quantum and Vibration Manipulation and also Durability Negation

Raiden HF Blade can disrupt atoms by creating quantum decoherences at the plank scale, shrinking their electron clouds.

Acrobatics

Raiden has shown the ability to jump very high being able to leap from rocket to rocket.

Martial Arts Mastery

Raiden went through the FOXHOUND Training which teaches him Hand to Hand Combat and He's a CQB Master. Whilst he went through Solid Snake's Missions that should make him on par Snake. The Problem is Snake during the events of Shadow Mosses and The Tanker Mission was restricting himself from using CQC meaning Raiden wouldn't know any CQC.

Nanomachines

Raiden before the Big Shell Incident was Injected with Nanomachines which allowed him to access his codec and also with them he could also hack into systems automatically. They also supply him with a supply of nutrition, adrenaline and Sugar.

Weapons Mastery and Swordsmanship

Raiden can pick up any Weapon he finds and use it with efficiency as shown when he first got a HF Blade after minutes of using it he was capable of using it.

Sleep Inducement

Via Tranquilizer

Non-Physical Interaction

Raiden's Soliton Radar can detect the electromagnetic waves of the living and the the dead and he has a Camera which he can use to take pictures of ghosts.

Magnetism Manipulation

Via Dystopia and EMP Grenades

Information Analysis

Raiden can use AR Mode which allows him to Zoom in and also Mark enemies and show how far they are away from him.

Strider Hiryu

Stealth Mastery

Alongside Cain he was able to infiltrate Enterprise's headquarters without being detected. Striders were also trained for Infiltration missions.

Disguise Mastery

Whilst infiltrating Enterprise's Hiryu is seen wearing a Disguise.

Enhanced Eyesight

Could see a Plane before Rin could see it. He also saw the Strider Symbol from far away.

Martial Arts Mastery

Hiryu is a master of Superhuman Taijutsu being capable of slicing of limbs.

Energy Manipulation

Hiryu can use Plasma Energy to engulf his Cypher with Plasma which allows him to reflect bullets and enhance his Cypher.

Surface Scaling

With his Magnetic Boots Strider can walk up walls. And he can also use his Climb Sickle.

Fire/Explosion Manipulation

With his Explosion Cypher/Kunai/Catapult he can explode enemies with a Charged Cypher attack and engulf them in flames with a normal Cypher attack.

Ice Manipulation/Absolute Zero

Via his Ultra Cold Cypher/Kunai/Catapult.

Magnetic Manipulation

Via his Magnetic Cypher/Kunai/Catapult.

Electricity Manipulation

Strider can unleash massive amounts of electricity and send sparks of electricity.

Earth Manipulation

With his Ground Trick Hiryu can create a Powerful earthquake.

Supernatural Willpower

Hiryu could resist Paralysis with his sheer Willpower alone.

Information Analysis

With Option D Hiryu can figure out how far he is from the objective and also track power sources.

Healing

With his Hi Kanji Mark and Medical trick he can heal himself.

Time Manipulation

With Charge Mode Hiryu can slow down time for 5 seconds.

Temporary Invincibility/Intangibility/Duplication

With Bunshin Power up Hiryu can create two afterimage's of himself which copy each of strider moves just a bit after he attacks they are Intagible. Hiryu is also Invulnerable during this state which last 30 seconds.

Resistances

Raiden

• Paralysis Inducement: can break free from Vamp's Paralysis.
• Extreme Temperatures/Heat/Ice Manipulation: Raiden's Skull suit protects him from insulation from the Environment. His Sneaking suit could potentially even make him resistant to Liquid Nitrogen as Big Boss's suit was capable of withstanding Liquid Nitrogen −196 °C (−321 °F).
• Poisons/Toxins: His Skull suit also protects him against outside Toxins.
• Enhanced Senses: With his Skull suit he can't be detected by Thermal Goggles.
• Analytical Prediction: Vamp couldn't read his muscle movement.
• Radiation: Raiden was sure that he could go through the Microwave Hallway which emitted Radiation.
• Extreme Heat: Could survive Ray's Plasma Beam.
• Pain Manipulation: his Pain inhibitors allows him to negate pain.
• Empathic Manipulation: Nanomachines suppress hormones in order to suppress emotions.
• Electricity Manipulation: can survive hits from electrified Battons which should paralysis people and Cyborgs when hit with it.
• Mind Manipulation (Debatable): Went through the Shadow Mosses Incident in VR meaning he's fought and defeated Pyscho Mantis.
• Illusion Creation: (Debatable): should resist Pyscho Mantis Illusions like Snake.

Strider Hiryu

• Paralysis: could break free from Paralysis with his sheer Willpower.

Feats

Raiden

Overall

• Defeated Dead Cell (Except Fortune).
• Infiltrated Area 51 and Big Shell.
• Completed over 300 VR Missions.
• Had a Kill count in the thousand as a Child.
• Defeated each Desperado Member and the Winds of Destructions.
• Defeated numerous Metal Gears.
• Defeated 2 Politicians.
• Defeated Solidus who had the best Exoskeleton in the series.
• Exoskeletons enhancing the wearers strength by several times meaning at least 3 times.

Strength

• Can break the Floor by simply stepping on the floor.
• Flipped Metal Gear Excelsus.
• Sliced Ray in half. (87-100 Kilotons)
• Metal Gear Ray could damage Rex who has the most advanced armor meaning it is stronger than Peace Walker who's Mammal Pod was stated to need a Nuke to pierce through its Armor by its chief designer.
• Sliced through an APC. (3.829 Megatons of TNT)
• Raiden swung Excelsus Blade. (36 Megatons of TNT)
• Raiden can slice through APC units. (65-105 Megatons of TNT)

Durability

• Can survive a bunch of Strykers being thrown at him. (4.6 Tons of TNT)
• Can endure Ray's Plasma Beam which could destroy a building. (93 Tons of TNT check comments)
• Halted Outer Haven (156.78 -852.74 Tons of TNT)
• Arsenal Gear a inferior version of Outer Haven crashed and destroyed a lower portion of lower side of New York. (859.15 Tons of TNT)
• Can survive shots from Fortunes Railgun which is a miniaturized version of Rex's Railgun which shoots at a 100km/s. (2 Kilotons of TNT)
• Raiden survived the destruction of Excelsus. (182 Kilotons of TNT)
• Raiden can survive APC being thrown at him. (65-105 Megatons of TNT)

Speed

• Raiden could cut three Geckos in a fraction of a second.
• Can deflect bullets.
• Could see bullets and helicopter propeller in slow motion. 
• Dodged Fortune's Railgun. (Mach 294)
• Could block bullets from four directions. (Mach 407.2)
• Could jump from to missile against Ray and Hammerhead.(Mach 7884 and Mach 2976)
• Raiden when entering Ripper Mode and Blade Mode can make the Rain look frozen. (2.6%c)
• Raiden could take two steps before Ray "Laser" could reach the ground. (Mach 81305 or 9%c) (see Before Verdict)
• Raiden can swing his sword several times before Grad can lock on with his Laser. (1.48c) (check comments)
• Raiden can swing his sword whilst Raindrops are frozen. (62.05c)
• Raiden swings his swords several times whilst perceiving Excelsus's Laser in Slow Motion. (21151c) (see Before Verdict)

Hiryu

Feats

• has fought and defeated Zain, Mariya and fought evenly against Matic whilst being wounded. 
• sliced of limbs barehanded.
• Hiryu is a A Class Strider a C Class Strider was stated to be equivalent to a well trained special forces team. 
• Defeated Grandmaster Meio and his army.
• Defeated The Kuniang including Xi Wang Mu who trained them.

Strength

• can destroy wall. (17 Kilojoules)
• Could destroy Zain which destruction lead to the building they were in to collapse.
• Can Destroy Gravitons.
• Strider Vaporized a Gravity Core. (408 Tons of TNT)
• The Gravity Core can lift the Third Moon into Orbit. (8.6 Exatons)
• Strider can hurt Meio who could endure falling back to Earth. (7.4 Kilotons of TNT)

Durability

• survived re-entering earth at hypersonic speeds. (7.4 Kilotons)
• survived the Balrog Battleship explosion. (1.1 Megatons - 3.5 Megatons of TNT)

Speed

• Could dodge Shadow Tag Bullets and move faster than the eye can see.
• could also create afterimages. (at least subsonic)
• Blitzed Commander Keith.
• You only have knife. I have Gun.
• Created a Sonic boom. (Mach 1)
• Many of his weapons can shootout electricity. (Mach 176)
• Can swing his sword faster than Shadow Tag bullets. (Mach 211)
• Hiryu's Glider can fly from Orbit to Earth in 3 seconds. (Mach 3202)
• Hiryu can dodge Lightning. (Mach 4133 - 57868)
• Could slash faster than a Laser. (9.26c)
• can swing his weapon faster than a "Laser". (119.44c) (see before Verdict)

Scaling

Other Metal Gear Protagonist 

• Solid Snake survives being near Rex whilst Exploding. (2.95 Megajoules)
• Venom Snake can survive a tank explosion. (0.37 Tons of TNT)
• Big Boss can halt Cocoon. (0.82 Tons of TNT)
• Big Boss RPG can vaporize ruble. (0.90 Tons of TNT)
• Venom Snake can stand near Sahelanthropus whilst landing. (21.27 Tons of TNT)
• Big Boss could endure 10 Million Volts. (23.55 Tons of TNT)
• Solid Snake's P Bombs could vaporize Metal Gear MX-55. (10-533.73 Tons of TNT)
• Jetstream Sam can effortlessly block bullets. (Mach 0.76) 
• Solid Snake can escape Outer Heaven before it self destructs. (Mach 2.95)
• Solid Snake can dodge Railgun fire in a blizzard. (Mach 30.88)
• Big Boss can dodge a Tank Shell. (Mach 528)
• a Young Solid Snake can move in tandem with Laser. (0.19% to 50%c)
• Solid Snake can punch in tandem with Lasers. (1.37 c)
• Jetstream Sam was capable of dominating Raiden in his Patriot Body and react to him whilst in blade mode. (upscales from Patriot Body Raiden)

Metal Gear Villians

• Volgin could punch holes into a Wall.
• Volgin survived a Lightning Bolt. (0.20 Tons of TNT potentially higher explained in this document)
• Revolver Ocelot could react to Volgin's Lightning. (Mach 17.34)
• Volgin Lightning Speed. (Mach 20.49)
• Ocelot can dent Outer Haven with a Punch.
• Outer Haven was being attacked by USS Missouri which had Tomahawk Missiles and Outer Haven tanked all of them without any visible damage the Tomahawk Missiles have a yield of 450kg Tons of TNT or 0.49 Tons of TNT)
• Solidus's Exoskeleton is the best in the Series and Exoskeletons can increase once strength by several times meaning at least three times he can also remove his Tentacle Arms for more agility and Speed.
• Solidus can deflect automatic gunfire. (Mach 4182)
• Armstrong blitzed Raiden.
• Armstrong could make Magma rise to the Earth surface. (110.61 Megatons to 28.35 Teratons of TNT) (see before Verdict)
• Crying wolf can dodge The Solar Gun. (0.85%c)
• Ocelot could dodge Rex free electron laser. (0.68% the speed of light to 2.5 times the speed of light)
• Liquid Snake survived Hind D's Explosion. (probably Wall Level)
• Liquid survives a fall that he stated could even kill Snake.
• Tengu's can block M4 bullets. (Mach 1.81 - Mach 8.92)

Miscellaneous Metal Gear Characters

• Meryl survived 2 Sniper shots.
• Ursula/Elisa survived Metal Gear Raxa exploding whilst she was inside. (0.87 Tons of TNT)
• Gray Fox can halt Metal Gear Rex which weighs 505.450kg.
• Gray Fox can throw soldier hard enough to cause craters in the wall. (0.005 Tons of TNT)
• Gray Fox blitzed Ocelot.
• Olga can deflect bullets. (Mach 1.68)
• N'Mani's Guard can dodge a Explosion. (Mach 0.98)
• Gray Fox blocks bullets from a Rotary Cannon. (Mach 8.01)
• Gray Fox slices bullets from a FAMAS. (Mach 29.93)

Other A-Striders/Strider's with the Codename Hiryu

Other A-Rank Striders 

• Kain outran Helicopter fire.
• Kain destroyed a Tank.
• Sheena could destroy a Helicopter.

Other Strider with the Codename Hiryu (Debatable)

The Director of Strider 2014 states that the Hiryu in Strider 2 is a Clone. And taking the fact that they fought and defeated the same Grandmaster Meio means that they should scale to each other.

 

As for Zeku he's called the first ever Strider but he has not defeated Grandmaster Meio its also implied that he's Ninja group end up becoming the Strider Organization. outside of that there is nothing saying these two scale to each other.

I am going to labeled Zeku as Debatable and the scaling is left for the reader to decide if you think OG Strider scales to Zeku.

2nd Strider

• Survived The Third Moon Destruction. (50.11 Petatons of TNT) (Debatable)

Zeku 

He's got nothing notable except that he scales to the Street Fighter crew. (Debatable)

• Juri's Feng Shui generator can absorb enough energy to destroy a Mountain. (15-133 Megatons of TNT)
• Juli can didge bullets point blank. (Mach 5)
• Chun Li's Kikosho vaporizes a big part of land. (3-432.378 Kilotons of TNT)
• Ryu survives Akuma Island bust. (119 Megatons of TNT)
• Ryu's energy is used to charge Psycho Drive which destroys a City. (33.3 Megatons - 1.1 Gigatons)
• Zangief can jump into space. (2.7 % the speed of light and 597 Kilotons of TNT)
• Mike Haggar can pile drive the Earth. (10.4 Petatons of TNT)
• Mike Haggar can charge at Lightspeed. (1c)

Strider Villians

• Meio's defeat caused The Third Moon to explode. (50.11 Pettatons of TNT) (Debatable) (See before Verdict)
• Solo caused the Balrog Battleship explosion. (1.1 - 3.12 Megatons of TNT)
• The Kuniangs can attack faster than artillery fire. (Mach 300.32)
• Meio plans to turn the planet into a Black Hole. (1.8 MegaFoe) (Debatable)
• Xi Wang during her quest to achieve martial arts perfection  she nearly transcended the realm of man.
• Arana swam from Africa to Amazonas.

Weaknesses

Raiden

Raiden suffers from PTSD which makes him mentally unstable. In his earlier bodies Blood must also be changed if not done in time he can suffer a shock and die. Without his Wigs Raiden has as limited supply of Electrolyte and stuff such as Blade Mode and Ripper Mode use it up in an instant.

Hiryu

Strider has a very limited Energy Points for his tricks meaning if he runs out of them he can't use most of them. His Options can also be easily be taken care of with a good hit.

Before Verdict

Laser or not ?

So I included some Laser timing/dodging feats for both Raiden and Hiryu. But are they actual Lasers. We got Four Lasers to look at so lets get into it. First of all Metal Gear Ray's "Laser Beam" the feat I included was Raiden taking 2 steps before Ray's beam could reach the Floor the issue with this is Ray is not using a Laser as its called a Plasma Beam in game by Boris and its shown to explode unlike Laser which burn the only thing saying its a Laser is the Official Piggyback Guidebook and nothing else. 

Next is Excelsus the feat being Raiden swinging his sword dozens of times whilst its Lasers move very slowly coming out to 21.151c. In this case I have concluded that its not a Laser as if you pay close attention whilst in Blade Mode when it hits the floor its makes and sounds like Explosions and again being called Lasers by a Guidebook isn't best proof as you'll need to show some properties of Light.

Now lets move over to Strider in his Case we also have two Lasers. First one is that is Strider can Slash as fast as the Laser which came out to 9.26c in Striders case these have shown to be Lasers as they leave burn marks, don't explode and they travel in a straight line. so yes this Laser qualifies as one.

There's one last one we have to cover which is Strider swinging his Weapon faster than a Laser however this beam isn't a Laser as we can see it exploding when it hits a surface and it bounces off everything which Laser only do on Mirrors and Metal. So again not a Laser.

Armstrong Magma Punch

The Magma Punch or what I like to call it Armstrong's Asshole after Taco Bell. This feat has been debated if this feat is legit or not. So is it buyable simply put yes. First of all it shown to be Magma as it has shown Liquid properties.

Against Sam in the Jetstream Sam DLC he also uses the same attack the problem with that is it shows no liquid its solid fire.

Third Moon Explosion

The issue with the Third Moon is Strider tanking it. We don't know if Strider in the end of Strider 2 if he was on the Third Moon whilst it exploded cuz after defeating Meio he had no reason to stay on an exploding Space Station. Also the explosion could have been caused by tech failing or chain reactions instead of Meio's defeat.

I am gonna label this as Debatable as it could be that Strider survived the Explosion like the Balrog Explosion.

Verdict

Strength

Strength wise at a lowball both are around the Town to City ranges but Raiden has feats being comfortably around the City to Mountain ranges so at a Lowball Raiden is stronger but if include Highballs Raiden best is 28.35 Teratons of TNT or Country Level this falls in comparison to Hiryu who can "survive" the Third Moon Explosion which comes out to around 50.11 Petatons and destroy Gravity Core which lifted the Third Moon into Orbit which comes to around 8.6 Exatons which makes Hiryu a Thousands to Hundred Thousand times stronger this even with Ripper Modes 10 times Multiplier this doesn't change a thing.

(Wank)

And if we decide to use Highest ends for both its still doesn't change if we use the Highest Highball for Armstrong's Magma Punch then we would have Raiden at 49 Exatons and with his Multipliers he'll reach 490 Exatons but Hiryu is still stronger with Meio's creating a Black Hole which reaches 1.8 Megafoe which makes him 87 Quadrillion times stronger.

Speed

Speed wise both are around the FTL ranges with Hiryu being capable of slashing faster than Lasers which come out to 9.26c. However Raiden is around 1.37c through scaling to Snake who can punch in tandem with Laser and with Ripper Mode and  Blade Mode he should be 27.4c and then there is him swinging his Sword whilst rain is frozen which comes out to 62.05c or around 6.7 times faster than Hiryu. Raiden is faster regardless if we use low or highballs as even MGS2 Raiden should be as fast as MG Snake who could dodge Lasers which comes out to 0.19%c and Hiryu could dodge electricity which came to Mach 57868 or 0.06%c so Raiden is 3.1 times faster even at a lowball.

Hax and Resistances

Hax wise they seem to have a lot of similar Hax Martial Artist Mastery, Electricity Manipulation, Magnetism Manipulation. The only one's that stand out being Time Manipulation, Invincibility Duplication and Earth Manipulation for Hiryu but Raiden has way better Hax than Strider disrupting atoms, being able to load back when he dies and putting Hiryu to sleep with his Tranquilizer.

Resistance's Raiden can few resistance to counter some of Hiryu's Hax's for example Electricity and potentially his Ice abilities as Sneaking suit can resist Liquid Nitrogen which is around -196°c whilst Hiryu's weapons are called Absolute Zero and absolute zero is around -273.15°C but the issue with Hiryu's weapons are that they freeze the enemies and after a while they can break out of it which is impossible in absolute zero temperatures. Raiden also should be able to withstand being set on fire by the Explosion Cypher.

Strider doesn't have any note worthy Resistance's.

Other Factors

Raiden is way more experienced and Skilled then Hiryu. Hiryu was trained from a young age and went into retirement half a year after the death of his sister and two years later was brought back for one mission. Raiden was brought to a Warzone at the age of 6 and was in there until 1996 so he has a lot of experience and that's not taking his time in the Military and 300 VR missions and Solid Snake Simulation and what he did after MGS2.

Hiryu's Invincibility will give him a good chance of killing Raiden because Raiden has no answer against.

Raiden can end the fight quickly by shooting Hiryu with a Tranquilizer Dart and put him to sleep which Hiryu has no answer to as other Strider such as Kain were effected by it. Also Hiryu has no answer to Raiden's HF Weaponry.

Summary

Raiden

Advantages

• Stronger if Lowball are used.
• Faster with low and highballs.
• Better Weapons.
• More experience and skill.
• Better Hax.
• can disable/destroy Hiryu's options easily.
• Save Files.
• way more Stamina.
• can detect weak points with Blade Mode.

Disadvantages

• is way weaker if with Highballs.
• can't outlast Invincibility.
• Ripper Mode makes him unstable and a mindless monster.
• Crossover Fighting game fumbled.
• Ryu Hayabusa victim.

Strider Hiryu

Advantages

• Stronger with High ends.
• More agile with Plasma Catapult.
• can end the fight with Invincibility easily.
• Could overwhelm Raiden with his duplicates.
• Better Healing.
• Crossover Fighting Game is Goated.
• Is top tier in MvC.
• Better Ninja.

Disadvantages

• Slower.
• has no answer to HF Weapons.
• Can do nothing against Save Files.
• Tranquilizer can put him sleep easily.
• Options can be disabled/destroyed.
• Limited supply of Energy Points.
• Also Ryu Hayabusa Victim.

Sprite Art

My Thoughts before Conclusion

At first I assumed Hiryu would destroy Raiden but it turns out I was wrong this is another case where one can one-shot the other whilst the other can outhax and blitz the other. thats all I have to say.

Conclusion

Hiryu might be able to oneshot Raiden but Raiden speed and the fact he can multiply it by 20 times makes him hard to hit taking into the fact that Raiden arsenal allows him to put down Hiryu easily.

In Conclusion Raiden has all the Gear necessary to put down the A-Rank Strider.

In the end Hiryu path has come to Raid-end.

 The Winner is Raiden.

Next Time

Kazuma Kiryu vs Jotaro Kujo

(Like a Dragon vs JoJo's Bizarre Adventure)