Necromorphs vs Xenomorphs

[TehSpoderman]

Who would win in a fight? Necromorphs or Xenomorphs and why?

[Crab_Spider]

Necromorphs. Because of their core codifier which states that exposure to radiation of the markers prior to death causes the body to become a necromorph, this means xenomorphs can potentially become a necromorph. The Hive would get overwhelmed in the pursuing battle and any decaying or dead flesh would just assimilate with the Hivemind (necromorph hivemind)

[DoctorOctopus]

Necromorphs.. Necromorphs have the ability to tap into the Xenomorphs natural desire for growth and expansion making it an inevitability that the Necromorphs will overrun the Xenomorphs with each kill the Necromorphs make and seeing as how they don't have a working vascular structure and are already deceased slashes wouldn't be as devastating as on humans or creatures who are alive..

[shyshadow]

I mean, considering for every xenomorph made there would 1 necromorph so I mean... pretty sure Necromorphs would win. Especially since they have regenerators.

[TehSpoderman]

I mean, Xenos have acid and they can just melt away when they die.

[shyshadow]

Yeah, but like. What if a necromorph is made while a larvae is inside?

[TehSpoderman]

There are no facehuggers. Only full grown Necros and Xenos. Maybe should have specified that...

[shyshadow]

Well, this is a toughy. Necromorphs don't die from being decapped nor from normal means. If it's a Drone and a regular Necro. I would say a Necromorph would win. Especially if it's a first encounter, I would assume that the Xeno would go for that decap as in their inner mouth shit. I doubt it would do much and then the Necro would just stabby, stab stab. And that Xeno wouldn't last for long.

[Crab_Spider]

Necromorphs are killed by dismemberment, as the Hivemind loses connection to the corpses. They are killable, but uh... yeah. But to be fair, the acid blood would probably be effective in doing such a thing, if we were to play the "1+e6x stronger hydrochloric acid" thing straight.

[TehSpoderman]

But the Xenos also have acidic blood. The Necros would get melted.

[TehSpoderman]

I would say a Xeno is smarter than a average Necro. Necros are mostly mindless

[Crab_Spider]

I would say a Xeno is smarter than a average Necro. Necros are mostly mindless

That's debatable honestly. Necromorphs are controlled by a hivemind, but this hivemind too is.... stupid. You see, necromorphs have only one purpose, and that's to spread their gospel, just like the xenomorphs. The markers are giving off a frequency that compels those alive and around it to kill themselves to "join the gospel" and any that refuse are killed by the necromorphs to join in aswell.

They have no goals other than to spread the gospel, a sick, depraved, mindless, never ending gospel.

[xywenx00]

Necromorphs, they can just slice through the Xeno's head killing it. They might loose an arm from that though.

[TehSpoderman]

Xenos can handle more, I think. They can handle bullets fine. Necros are a bit more fleshy. Xenos can tear them apart.

[Steven Sneider]

I believe the marker is designed to transform anything thats alive to dead meat. Maybe it would disrupt the xeno hive mind and cause chaos in the hive. Xenos would fight each other and the dead ones would transform into necromorphs.

[Boltersam]

Xenomorphs can't infect Necromorphs, Necromorphs can raise Xenos. Necromorphs win the war of attrition, especially because Xenos are immune to acid, so raised Xenos would be even more effective.

Plus, the Necromorphs who can regenerate would be really difficult for the Xenos to deal with.

[Liran343]

You all forget how easy it was for one human to go through a hole station full of necro cough*dead space*cough. But it took another human multiple tries to go through a station with only one xeno cough*alien isolation*cough.

Yeah I see the xenos struggling the first few encounters with the necros but when they'll figure out that you only have to aim for the limbs they're golden. Not to mention that if a necro sticks his spike arm thing inside a xeno it would melt, rendering him useless until it regenerates it.

Now if the hive starts with a queen than it would be very difficult for the necros to fight the xenos in their home turf. Sure the screech doesn't work on necros (maybe pop the little guys) but the wall of eggs will. Xenos have a very adaptive impregnation method, But I'll still need to note that the necro wouldn't die from a chest burst (as there are no vital organs only limbs). so... if they nest a necro they can impregnate him multiple times.

[Steven Sneider]

Assuming the virus will work on necro flesh and you really are comparing the game balances for dead space and alien isolation?

The necros are created from the dead bodies which will mostly be from the dead casued by demented subjects of the marker.
Now if we got xenos that means we got dead hosts inside the hive. The queen considering she has the most developed consciousness would be affected by the marker.

Now for the combat, xenos blood wouldnt really affect necros that much considering they got no self-preservation. They would manage missing a limb or two. Also the necro variations would be large in number, there could be an immortal type that wouldnt care at all for losing a limb and would just regenerate.

EDIT: hate my phone when it comes to typing.

[Crab_Spider]

Assuming the virus will work on necro flesh and you really are comparing the game balances for dead space and alien isolation?

The necros are created from the dead bodies which will mostly be from the dead casued by demented subjects of the marker.
Now if we got xenos that means we got dead hosts inside the hive. The queen considering she has the most developed consciousness, she would be affected by the marker.

Well, the Queen Mother might just overshadow the hivemind and sever any potential ties the Marker would have.

[darkwahn]

You all forget how easy it was for one human to go through a hole station full of necro cough*dead space*cough. But it took another human multiple tries to go through a station with only one xeno cough*alien isolation*cough.

Isaac was vastly more competent and well armed than Amanda, and the xeno in isolation was kind of OP from an IU perspective.

Anyways, I'd probably give it to the necromorphs but it'd be a "tough" fight for them. I'm not terribly sure how much stealth works against necromorphs though, which might give an edge to the xenos depending on terrain.