Talk:Arthur Mitchell/@comment-83.166.196.147-20121218041029/@comment-124.189.24.113-20130309194222

I would disagree, I'd say Brian is the greatest serial killer apart from Dexter.

He could've killed Dexter over and over again, mainly because he knew who he was. He constantly gave him those mysterious clues to lead him into his own world (i.e. killing without reason or regret). And Brian's able to escape from he police by dropping Dexter with a knee to the head - no one apart from Brian's really able to handle Dexter that well. Dexter does, however, manage to outsmart him in the end. Brian's only real mistake was screwing up when he tried to kill Batista and of course, leaving that menthol wrapper at the crime scene of Tony Tucci (on which was a partial finger-print).

The only reason Travis was able to pull off his attack successfully against Dexter, was that Dexter began getting severe headaches and nose bleeds, caused by his encounter with the poison gas. If those symptoms had began just 1 minute later, Dexter could've injected Travis and killed him easily - remember that even with those symptoms affecting him, Dexter put Travis (who had a gun) to the floor of his boat and was about to inject him with M99, but was unable to move a muscle due to the impact of the symptoms. But when Dexter was fully well, he was able to knock Travis out with a single punch (through Travis was armed with his bronze sword). As for the attack on Miami Metro, Travis wasn't able to pull that off on his own - he had Beth Dorsey do it for him, a surprise attack, which Miami Metro never expected (to his credit no doubt, because no other serial killer in the series finds accomplices to pull off his work that perfectly).

Travis is, without doubt, an amazing killer, but I would put Brian above him - Brian's only real flaw was his affection for his kid brother and as you said, Dexter could've killed Travis in their very first encounter in his car, but the only way he could've killed Brian was if Brian came to him (so he could trap him, as he did).

As for Trinity, I wouldn't underestimate him that much, although I agree that Dexter screwed up time and time again, when it came to him. Trinity's success doesn't lie in his combat ability or glamourous kills (like Travis and Brian), but his ability to remain hidden and unknown as a serial killer for over 30 years - no one in the entire series has reigned that long, although Dexter is catching up and might eventually outreign him (he has a 21 year reign so far).

As far as combative skills go, I would put Travis above Trinity, but as far as ability to remain hidden goes, I would choose Trinity.