And it isn't like Ivy is some random scrub who uses a serated whip
Then again, I'm using assumptions for both of these characters since I have next to no clue about either of their backgrounds
Backrounds:
Wikipedia on Ivy said:
As introduced in Soulcalibur, Ivy was raised by the Valentines, a noble family in London, England. Ivy's father became obsessed with the cursed sword Soul Edge, and worked himself to death. Her mother died shortly afterward, and revealed to Ivy that she was not their biological daughter. Becoming an alchemist, Ivy learned of her father's obsession and decided to destroy Soul Edge. She created an animated, segmented sword, bringing it to life by unknowingly summoning Soul Edge's current host, Nightmare, and was convinced to become one of his servants. After learning the truth, and that her real father was the sword's previous host Cervantes, with her intended to be its next, she departed. Continuing her quest to destroy the sword in later games, Ivy was attacked by Cervantes and her soul consumed in Soulcalibur IV. Using an artificial soul to keep herself alive, her body began to crystallize once depleted. However, her sword sacrifices itself to save her, and deciding to live, she heads towards an uncertain future.
Not much battle experience really...
This doesn't mean she's a scrub, but she really relies on her animated sword. The sword wouldn't retract IRL(or all of the pieces would slide to the bottom of the whip).
Street Fighter Wiki said:
Though employed by S.I.N., she is actually a mole for an American intelligence agency (most likely the CIA) investigating the BLECE project
The CIA gives intense training...
She has LOTS of battle experience.
HOLOpaW said:
http://www.wikihow.com/Become-a-CIA-Agent said:
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articipate in job training.
For some positions, particularly those in the clandestine service, you may have a probationary training period during which you must successfully complete training for your specific position. You may have to relocate during your training period (about six months), and the Agency will usually not pay for relocation of your family during this time. You will not be an official case officer until you pass the
rigorous training, which, depending on the position, can be very difficult.
Rigorous training.
I'd imagine this would mean combat training.
From what I can tell, Ivy has plenty of experience dealing with weapon wielding foes wherelse Viper has shown next to none
If Ivy was shown to have little skill with the whip, then I'd be inclined to believe Viper can move in to seal a deal, but that isn't the case
Ivy has weapon exp but not much...
From what you're suggesting, I'd suppose Viper could close in on varies other limited range weapon fighters as well such as Ike
Despite the clear range advantage
First, if it was Ike vs. Viper she would lose. Ike's sword is
all sword. Ivy's weapon is half metal half wire...
Next, 8 feet isn't long... Ivy would only be able to get a few pieces of the sword in Viper...
Ivy has a disadvantage in melee range.
Viper has a disadvantage in long/middle range (and Ivy doesn't have long range).
The point being, Viper has much more at risk than Ivy
I disagree and agree...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1kkWt3ktlBA&feature=related
Given, Ivy's whip would be different than the vids due to weight and such, but I sure don't wanna get hit by that
:/
I always loved watching those crack. I saw a professional do it at Gatorland. ^_^
Let's look at the physics of whipcracking.
Wikipedia; Whipcracking said:
The whip's crack is produced when a section of the whip moves faster than the speed of sound and creates a sonic boom. The creation of the sonic boom was confirmed by high-speed shadow photography in 1927.
The high speed of the tip is explained by the law of the conservation of momentum. The initial motion is applied to the handle, and the initial wave along the whip's thong has a much larger mass than the end wave at the whip's tip or popper (a thin flexible piece of material tied at the end of the whip). Since the momentum is the product of the mass and speed of the moving object, the smaller the mass, the higher the speed, hence the light popper moves extremely fast.
Look at the bolded parts.
Ivy's weapon wouldn't be able to crack like that. The tip of the "whip" is, I'd imagine, pretty heavy.
Also, that guy is flipping his whip at nothing; it'll be slower if he was hitting something.
I'm pretty sure this would be tied. Ivy's weapon is very deadly, but due to length and damage issues, Viper should be able to get close enough to Ivy to taze her with her gloves, then it's all over.
That would hurt if the parts hit you, but it wouldn't go far into your body.
If they were like SPIKES on either side of the parts, then this would be different.
