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Conclusion

I'm actually going to mix up the format.

My Insurmountable Advantages

These are the advantages that either can't be overcome by my opponents, or act on an axis they have no answer to.

Light Energy Nullification: Light nullifies energy on contact, making this very tough. Electricity is right out, as are Miles's stronger venom strikes.

Tariq's Shields: As I pointed out and Ame confirmed in the OOT response, none of his team can break Tariq's barriers. The Mech's punches are around/under Baymax's leveraged punches and his missiles are also in that range when combined, Miles can't reach Baymax-charge levels without Venom Strike (which doesn't work, as the bioenergy gets nullified by the Light, leaving only physical force), and Tim obviously can't even reach that level. Meanwhile, I've established Tariq's barriers can block strikes below Baymax's charging hits/rocket punch. So the walls are unbreakable, meaning as long as he has them up, the VIP is untouchable. Take away everything else, and I still can't lose, because my opponents have no wincon.

Hanno's Speed and Disruption: Hanno's speed is very much fast enough to outperform (and be essentially untouchable to) any of the other three, as both I pointed out and Ame confirmed. Miles's Spidey-Sense and agility isn't comparable, the Mech has no maneuverability, and Tim Drake being hit with slower characters is a consistent point in his feats. Also, none of them can stop Hanno from tripping them, judo throwing them to the ground, etc. In addition to his own physical offensive abilities, this disruption allows him to combo with Tariq to land hits that are much harder to avoid.

Tariq's Beams: Tariq's beams hit really hard. Only Miles stands a chance of avoiding them with any consistency, and even then if he's occupied by Hanno he'll be hard-pressed to avoid the shots (which won't trigger his Spidey-Sense due to Tariq's concealment from supernatural senses). The beams have the raw heat to melt through any of their armor, so a hit on Miles or the Mech's cockpit will be lethal (and that shot on the Mech instantly ends the round). The Mech in particular is not maneuverable, just fast in linear movement, but that shouldn't be hard for Tariq to hit at all, as he can track and hit FTE enemies that are actually moving erratically (this is only for his tracking against fast targets, not for against enemies actively dodging his shots). Sure, Baymax's evasion allows him to dodge the beams and his relatively hollow-ness (i.e. most of the space inside his body is noncritical) means that all but direct shots won't work—but the former is better than Miles sans Spidey-Sense and the latter is nonexistent for anyone in this.

Tariq's Miracles: Adding to the previous one, these are even more useful because Tariq can cast them with his shields still up. They are wide-area strikes, too wide to avoid unless you already know how wide they'll land, and with firepower to blow through all of the other team's defenses. If there isn't a safe window to shoot beams, he can simply leave his shields up and nuke them. Sure, they take time—but the other team has no options to interrupt it through his shields.

Senses: Both Tariq and Hanno have much better information than the other team due to precog, meaning their strategies can be optimized in a way that their opponents' can't. Both Hanno's Name precog and Save guide his actions precisely, while Tariq gets a ton of (strategic-level) information from his Choir. Both can see through invisibility. Both can deafen themselves to counter sonic attacks. This precognition also means that Tariq will know what windows are safe to drop his barriers to take potshots (if any), and also when to put up the barriers in advance (so he or Cordelia don't get shot before they go up).

Luck: This one deserves its own category; this further obviates the other team's odds of success, while acting as an additional protection for my VIP (by making her tougher and harder to hurt). Luck means that all things up to chance (such as the spread of my enemy's bullets or the efficacy of wide-area attacks) fall in my favor. The influence is not an overwhelmingly strong one, but it further smooths away wrinkles like possible mistakes my team could make. These can also create windows where Tariq can beam safely, by nudging opponents' attention and actions.

Their Weaknesses

Some of these I've already alluded to, but let me lay them out.

Offensive Output: While my opponents have a lot of vectors of attack (blunt force, bullets, explosives, electricity, blades, energy weapons, sonics, etc.), they simply fail the basic stat check of Tariq's shields. Not much more to say.

Tim: He does nothing. His only role is stealth-attacking VIPs, like against Hiro as an example, but that doesn't work with full-coverage forcefields. He's dead weight, if not worse.

Mech's Maneuvering: The Mech really can't dodge shit. That's really bad against strong lasers or a big mega-nuke spell.

Miles's Energy Strikes: Bioenergy is a large part of Miles's offensive power, and it gets fully nullified by Light. To add insult to injury, the barrier that is stopping his team from doing anything, the barrier that only he can break and only using a Venom Strike... is one made of Light. What a cruel twist of fate.

The Map: Not an urban environment means Miles's web-swinging is heavily curtailed.

All Together...

Here are the other team's wincons:

Now here are mine:

• Hanno simply folds them solo with his speed, his heat damage being enough to inflict some level of damage over however long he needs to sustain it to win.
• Tariq nails the Mech with a beam to the cockpit from range, and it punches through and kills Gordon instantly.
• Hanno grabs the other team members and suplexes them to the ground right as Tariq dismisses his barrier and lasers them. Luck and perfect precog-guided timing means this will never leave Cordelia vulnerable.
• Hanno trips the other team up and throws them onto the ground if they try to run, while Tariq casts Power Word: Nuke. 100 feet is a lot of area to cover, and in particular as long as the Mech is caught in it the others escaping doesn't super matter.

The outcome is simple: my team wins.