Voting for Bass. While he may be weaker, any one shot would result in him coming back via Spare Bodies and learning his lesson. He's also similarly skilled to Rock, who should have more experience than the MvC counterpart who seems to cap at 8 while Bass is comparable to Modern Rock. MvC Rock has also no counters against M-tank or attacks that are colder than -200°c, instantly making Bass win the fight
Also, Shadow Blade will screw up Rock's tech considering
it can do that.
Experience =/= Skill
Experience can contribute to skill, but it does not outright determine it. In both Mega Man and MvC for example, we have plenty of lesser experience characters proving to be far more skilled than those with countless years of "experience"
That being said, I do think Mainline Rock based on his list of skills feats
IS more skilled than MvC Rock (MvC Rock sadly doesn't have the cracked skill scaling that other characters in MvC have). The problem is, I wouldn't ever really say Bass is on par with his rival in skill. He's certainly on par power wise, but Rock always seems to outdo him, even while reluctant to even fight the guy. Heck,
Rock can beat the brakes off an amplified Bass
I'm more inclined to give MvC Rock the skill edge against Mainline Bass, given MvC Rock is stated to learn from his fights to become better, and has defeated the likes of Onslaught while the latter was aided by his own summoned fighters and Sentinels. Plus, as I mentioned above, there's no debate that MvC Rock is a better hand-to-hand fighter on the basis of...he
actually uses strings of
hand-to-hand attacks and grapples while Bass is primarily a ranged fighter. Of course, I think this fight will be using a lot of ranged attacks, but eh, it's wroth addressing
I will grant you that MvC Rock has no resistance to the cold-based attacks from Bass. Shadow Blade and M-Tanks are definitely wincons, though I don't think Bass would use the M-Tanks in-character if he's treating MvC Rock with the same rival-attitude he's got towards Mainline Rock
However, you did remind me of something that I'm only realizing now
The Spare Bodies could prove to be troublesome, but not towards MvC Rock. Since MvC Rock, in-characters, takes the abilities of the opponents he defeats. If Bass comes back...he's gonna being facing an opponent who's not only still stronger than him, but has now absorbed is abilities
M-Tanks could still overcome MvC Rock if the latter absorbed the abilities of Bass after taking him out for the first time, but like, I'm unconvinced that Bass would use that here in-character
