Who Is Deadliest?

Garble, the teenage dragon and raider of phoenix eggs or Gilda, the only Gryphon to have ever kept up with Rainbow Dash. Which of these cool Gs is deadlier? To find out we call upon experts of both Gilda and Garble to submit information. Representing Garble is Spike, Garble's old friend and now ambassador for Equestria.

"I recently reignited my friendship with Garble and can tell you more than anyone on how dragons are one of the strongest species" Spike says while showing a picture of him and an older Garble shaking hands. Representing Gilda is Rainbow Dash, Gilda's former friend.

"I may not be friends with her anymore but I respect her skill enough to support her in this fight" Rainbow Dash says, attempting to sound confident in her statement. Let's find out Gilda's stats to better determine her chances in this physical brawl.

Gilda

Type: Gryphon

Special Talent: Non-applicable as far as cutie marks go but would probably have to do with speed

Height: 6'

Weight: 450 lbs

Short temper

Gets jealous easily

Went to Junior Speedsters Flight Camp with Rainbow Dash

"Gilda is almost as fast as me when I'm not about to do a sonic rainboom" Rainbow says with a hint of arrogance. Spike scoffs at the cyan pegasus' arrogance under his breath. If looks could kill, Spike's soul would've been erased from the universe from the stink eye that Rainbow gave him. "Okay, just as fast" Rainbow amends, still looking at Spike viciously. "Gilda also has the strength of a lion and the claws and beak of an eagle to help in CQC" Rainbow Dash says before looking at the back of her hoof to check her notes. "Gilda's tail is also pre-prehes-,err, it can grab things" the pegasus finishes lamely before walking back to her seat. A hole in space and time suddenly appears next to the podium and Pinkie shoots out of it.

"Now hold on a minute Dashie! You forgot to spell out Gilda's weaknesses for the readers": Pinkie shrieks before leaping onto the podium and taking over. "Gilda isn't very smart and fell for Dashie's pranks way too easily for someone who should know about them" Pinkie says while pulling out a diagram explaining a gryphon as a "bird-brain". "Gilda also gets angry alot and would probably rage in seconds if Dashie isn't there to calm her" Pinkie finishes before leaping back into hyperspace.

"Gee I wonder if bad temper is the curse of all these fighters"  Dark-heart mutters from his position in the judges' chair before waving Spike forward.

Garble

Type: Dragon

Special Talent: Not applicable as far as cutie marks go but is the strongest among the teen dragons

Height: 10'

Weight: 1000 lbs.

Leader of the teen dragons at the rookery

Respects strength

Ambassador of the dragons to Equestria

"As a dragon, Garble's bite can crush stone with ease and his claws can tear through rock with little trouble" Spike says before proving his statement by taking a chunk out of a ruby and eating it. "Garble's hide is heatproof against natural fire though it has no special resistance to magical fire" Spike says while showing a clip of Garble getting burned by a phoenix and himself getting burned by Twilight's teleport. "Garble can belch fire but his fire is not very hot and will fail to kill a pony" Spike said, demonstrating by blasting a dummy with fire. "Garble's tail is strong and prehensile as well" Spike says while giving a triumphant look at Rainbow Dash.

"No dragon is better than gryphon! Spit out his weaknesses" Rainbow roars angrily. Spike returns his own stink eye and continues

"While Garble can fly, he's not very agile or fast in the air" Spike says, chuckling in remembrance of an event in which Garble had almost instigated war with the minotaurs by crashing into their chieftan. "Garble is also rather reckless and has put his thick skull through its paces many times" Spike says in a hushed tone like Garble was in the room. "Speaking of which, Garble is also pretty blunt and not clever compared to me, though he isn't dumb." Spike concludes then bows with a flourish and goes back to his chair.

Now that we have our data, let the fight begin!

Garble looks over the gem deposit hungrily and starts to chew on the amethyst geodes that grow out of the wall of a mountain. Before Garble can really dig in though, Gilda slams him to the ground feeling that this stranger is taking from her property. While most would've been stunned by the shock of the attack, Garble simply headbutted the gryphon to knock her off of him. Gilda groans and clutches at her skull to attempt to rub out the pain that was pulseating through it. Garble roars out a challenge and charges forward to choke slam the gryphon. Gilda recovers just in time and takes off with a flick of her wings. Garble's skull then makes connection with a boulder behind Gilda, stunning the dragon. Gilda wraps her tail around the dragon's head and begins to constrict. Garble's attempts to breather fire failed as the tail cut off his breathing. Garble then came up with the simple solution: he bit the tail. Gilda squawked in fury and pain as the bones in her tail cracked and snapped. She whipped around and slashed Garble across the face, leaving a set of bleeding triple scars.

Garble touched them in shock before exclaiming "You hit me in the face"

"You bit my tail" Gilda retorted before returning to blowing on the bitten area

"You....hit....me....in....the....face" Garble says with rage building at the boldness of this chicken.

"You bit my f*cking tail!" Gilda shrieks before charging forward and slashing at the dragon. In her fury she forgot about Garble's wings and he took to the air, dodging her slash. Gilda snarled before boosting off the ground and charging after the dragon. Garble looked around frantically, the gryphon had disappeared. He soon discovered where she was when she hammerclawed him to the ground with a resounding crack! Before Garble could even recover his senses, Gilda followed up with an aerial stomp into Garble's gut. Blood flew out of Garble's mouth and he fell to the ground with his eyes rolled back. Gilda snorted and spat at the body before turning back to her cave. Suddenly, a blast of flame struck her in the back and floored the gryphon. Gilda's back was covered in second degree burns, crippling her and making the gryphon know true pain. Garble held up Gilda by the throat before catching her in a bear hug.

"Check if their dead next time" Garble snarled before intensifying his bear hug and shattering the gryphon's spine with a sickening crunch! The gryphon fell to the ground, bits of drool sticking out of her mouth. Garble then heeded his own advice and grabbed the Gilda's beak in his claws before ripping the gryphon in half from the top down. Garble let out a screech of victory, letting all other beasts know this was his territory.

The winner is Garble! While Garble was a fool in not checking his surroundings, his scales protected him from the worst of Gilda's assault. In this case Garble's recklessness helps him to escape as a more rational creature would've panicked instead of being blunt. However, Garble's recklessness comes to bite him as he charges Gilda before restraining her. Gilda's agility and speed allowed her to escape Garble's charge and attempt to choke him with her prehensile tail. Gilda did not think this through and this results in getting bitten. Gilda's temper causes her to overlook Garble's wings but this is of small issue as she easily out speeds and outmaneuvers him. Gilda's stupidity cost her dearly as she though Garble was dead when he wasn't. Garble could come up with this plan because while he's not clever, he is not dumb either. After Gilda was crippled by his fire it was a matter of ease to use his draconic strength to finish the job.

"The computer was probably Chinese and so it picked a dragon" Rainbow excuses while Spike mumbles something about racism.

The winner is Garble.