Superhero Matchup!
Samus Aran vs Iron Man
Aliases: The Hunter, The Hatchling
Abilities: Enhanced strength, speed and durability. (In Power suit - Extreme durability, life support, compatible with any weapon system, "Space Jump" ability to jump on air repeatedly, ability to fold down into a ball, and enhanced vision (Echolocation, X-ray, Thermal, Combat).)
Weapons: Various beam weapons, missiles and bombs, power bomb, Grapple-beam (drains energy), "Screw attack" (creates an electric field around her while space jumping, also causes Samus to be invincible during the attack).
Home Location: K2-L
Aliases: Anthony (Tony) Edward Stark
Abilities: (With Extremis) Ability to connect to and control other communications devices across the world, super strength and durability, High speed flight, healing factor, enhanced senses and vision, Genius-level intellect.
Weapons: Repulsor beams (beams of superheated plasma), "Uni-beam" (Controls full range of the electromagnetic spectrum), EMP generator, energy shield, sonic blaster.
Home Location: Long Island, NY
Notes
This fight precludes the outcome that Tony Stark seduces Samus, thus forgoing the fight altogether. Both Stark and Samus have several variations on their suits, so obviously which one they fight in has a big impact on the outcome of this matchup. While both are seasoned fighters, Iron Man may have an advantage with his genius-level intellect and strategic planning.
The Scenario
The two armor-clad heroes will fight on Earth, in the Nevada desert. Iron man is in his Extremis suit, with all the upgrades, and Samus is in her enhanced original Power Suit.
The Fight
The fight begins on the ground. The two armored heroes face off, each analyzing the other with their enhanced vision, gathering information and determining how to attack. After Tony reminds Samus that as a Superhuman, she has a duty to register, she wordlessly begins blasting Iron Man with her standard power beam, keeping her distance. The beams bounce harmlessly off Tony’s energy shield. Iron man responds to this attack by blasting at Samus with repulsors. While she is able to dodge some of the blasts, the others that struck home similarly bounce off her own shields. Iron man takes to the skies, flying above his opponent as she begins to charge a more powerful blast. Samus space jumps into the air after Iron Man and releases the blast, followed by a barrage of missiles. The blast hits Iron Man, causing him to momentarily lose balance.
He quickly recovers and faces Samus, blasting her with a powerful uni-beam attack and knocking her back down to the ground. She looks back up, still undamaged. Iron Man swoops down and lands on top of Samus, punching her repeatedly and finishing with a close-range blast from his repulsors. Samus’s shields are failing, but she is not defeated yet. She whips out her grapple beam, attaching it to a surprised Iron Man, draining energy from his shields. Tony quickly kicks away from Samus, activating his rocket boots to escape the grapple. Samus begins to charge another powerful Power beam attack, taking aim at the fleeing armored Avenger.
Suddenly, a massive beam of energy punches through the atmosphere from a highly advanced Stark Enterprises weapon satellite that Tony had connected to and locked on to Samus, obliterating her shields and armor. Tony wins.
The Outcome
While both characters are fairly evenly matched so far as firepower and abilities go, Tony has the advantage of being able to control other machines, providing him with an unexpected last-resort, providing him the win.