Like always, everything is faster and deadlier in the Haloverse, with the exception of things that happen extremely often in the Halo games, like reloading, frag throwing, and switching weapons. It'd be hard to predict who'd win in a fight, because we've not been presented enough cinematic material to make a safe assumption. We have been presented a good amount of material with Spartans and Elites, but even though the [i]amount[/i] is good, it doesn't accurately represent the characteristics of Spartans and Elites according to the books. Yeah, I know it's Ensemble, and not Bungie, but since people seem to often throw this in with Bungies Haloverse, [i]How in the holy hell does a Marine with nothing but old fashioned armor plating pin an Arbiter when Master Chief, John 117 himself, struggled with an Elite, post-SpartanII-augmentation?[/i] Things just don't line up, and on a regular basis, and since the books are now more consistent with the Canon than the Games, I think it's better to go off of what the Books suggest. I think Elites would definitely have the upper hand against Brutes. Primarily because of their cool nature, in opposition to the Brutes Hot-head nature. Sure, they both go for glory in the end, but Brutes play with their enemy; Elites just kill them. I think it wouldn't be too difficult for a Brute to get the upper hand against a Hunter, primarily because Brutes can use multiple weapons systems, and Hunters are stuck with a mid to long range weapon with a slow projectile. A lone Hunter would be hard pressed in CQC, even against a couple of grunts, which is why they're deployed primarily as Support Weapons than as troops. They aren't a joke, but at the same time, they are considerably slower than Elites and/or Brutes. In the end, it's pretty obvious, the order that most people will end up with, because that's how the picture is portrayed. If it weren't so, then the title of this thread would probably be in a different order. [Edited on 11.18.2010 4:22 AM PST]