User blog comment:Josephyr/Oliver vs Slade/@comment-6677347-20140327161724

1: Fighting experience: Slade > Oliver

Slade is older and has 17 years of fighting experience compared to Oliver's 5 years on the island.

2: Physical abilities: Slade > Oliver. Reflexes: Slade < Oliver.

It takes a lot of power to hurt Slade and every punch Slade throws is like being hit by a sledgehammer but Oliver has the best reflexes, Oliver caught the flechette that Roy threw at his face but Slade hasn't been able to catch any projectile so far.

3: Oliver has already been successful in protecting a leak of his true identity.

4: Slade seeks revenge but Oliver fights for the survival of his family, Oliver will fight to death in order to protect his family.

5: Oliver has to bring special arrows: poison, explosive, high sound (like Canary's device), flashbang, tear gas, sleep gas etc.

In conclusion: Oliver is younger, more agile and has better reflexes. He can't fight Slade without paralyzing his sledgehammer arms and Oliver has to use any and every trick he can with all the types of arrows he can create.

Oliver has to fight Slade alone so that he won't have to worry about any of the team members getting hurt and Oliver can stay focused on Slade.