<p>If you want my opinion, Kirby's regen is going to help with Kratos' strength, and he resists a lot of Kratos' hax. In the same vein, Kratos also resists Kirby's hax and normal strikes aren't going to be as effective against him. But i believe Kirby opens with friend hearts if we go by star allies, so there's that. Kratos shouldn't resist it</p>

<p>I think Kirby has this</p><p>
</p><p>(discussed on Discord, this is kratos with basically everything)</p><p>
</p><p>so like, Kirby can resurrect and so can Kratos, but Kratos needs to go through some extra steps to kill Kirby for good. Its unlikely that he will do that right away which leaves Kirby with more chances to do whatever he needs to. Kratos could one-shot with equal speed and all, and both mutually resist some of each other's hax, but not all of it. That being said, Kirby has way more stuff, fatal stuff even, that could work on Kratos. Since he has everything, Hope resurrection could come into play, but there are ways of getting around even that, such as power null/absorption or inhale. Kratos likely wouldnt appropriately counter that either while Hope ressed because he doesn't realt use his other equipment while in that state. </p><p>
</p><p>Fairly close and I could change the verdict but Im not sure if i would. </p>

<p>Gotta go with my boy Kirbster for basically the reasons listed above. Kratos is stronger but Kirby is just as if not more versatile and has some hax I think would definitely come in handy here, such as the Friend Hearts and BFR with the stomach dimension, cause iirc Kratos has no way of getting out of there (Unless there's something I missed).</p>

<p>Yeah i think Kirby would take it more often then not cause of versatility and hax</p>