X-Men
Pros
The obvious advantage this team has is numbers, with a roster of 9 field members they are the largest superhero team on film that I can think of. Another plus they have is how well they work together, considering the Xavier institute is a school many of these guys have worked together since childhood and know how to complement each other in battle. The last big advantage is the diversity of powers they have, not one member doubles up on powers making each member unique.
Cons
Even with the teams incredible powers, they still can be taken down one at a time if outmatched. Another downside is that the public is against mutants, not a huge deal in a fight, but when fighting a team like the Avengers the public opinion may need to be considered. The X-Men are also all still human. Meaning they have human limits and can still be killed by conventional weapons.
Avengers
Pros
Perhaps the biggest advantage the Avengers have is that they are resilient, able to overcome incredible odds simply by refusing to give up. Another advantage they have is the power levels of the members, unlike the X-Men some of the Avengers are borderline unstoppable. The next major advantage they have is training; half of the Avengers have military training that is vastly superior to anything Xavier's Danger Room can cook up, and Thor was raised fighting giants and monsters across the 9 realms. Lastly the Avengers have the backing of SHIELD, meaning resources, technology, and even backup if needed.
Cons
The biggest con the Avengers have is that they spend little time acting as a team and usually do things their own way, the best example being Iron Man. Also because of the SHIELD overview the Avengers have a bit of a trust issue.
The Fight
Against each other we start with who has the best leadership, in this case I believe Captain America can out strategize Cyclops, partly due to the numbers being easier to control with a smaller team, but also because Captain America has military training and a super soldier formula allowing him to process information faster than Cyclops. But this won't have a huge effect on the fight until later on.
Next we move on to heavy hitters. The Avengers have Thor and Hulk, both of which are incredibly powerful, however Rogue provides a bit of a wildcard, in the films she can take abilities and memories of those she touches, does this transfer affect non-mutants? I don't know but for the sake of an epic fight I say yes. So Rouge ends up Hulking out early on in the battle, taking Hulk out of the fight.
Because a nullifier does exist in cannon for mutant powers SHIELD would have access to it, the problem being how close you have to be in order for it to work, but Hawkeye's arrows would be perfect for getting the "Cure" into the X-Men, this would take at least 1 X-Men down, probably the untrained Angel, evening the score. Of course this won't work more than once.
After one loss on each side Cap will try for a shock and awe by taking the X-Men's big gun Wolverine. As the movies have shown he can't be stopped, but he can be restrained or taken off the board. Add the fact his bones are laced with metal all that needs to be done is Thor hits him, really hard, into a large body of water. Then Cap moves on to the next target, the hulked out Rogue and has Iron Man fight her. Because there is no skin to touch Iron Man is able to get in close with a Hulkbuster armor (or whatever the equivalent is in his movie armory) and simply wear her out until the Hulk powers wear off, then incapacitates her.
Cyclops, seeing the fight being lost then has the X-Men pair off with an enemy to divide and conquer, like in every other X-Men film and Storm battles Thor, Iceman is up against Hawkeye, Colossus battles Hulk, Shadowcat fights Black Widow, Cyclops battles Captain America, and Iron Man fights Beast.
Thor easily is able to best Storm, and is a little insulted she claims to control the thunder.
Black Widow's superior fighting skills allow her to out maneuver Shadowcat until she makes a mistake, Black Widow wins her fight.
Colossus battles Hulk to a standstill, but as time goes on Colossus simply isn't able to keep up with the relentless attack from Hulk and is defeated from exhaustion.
Iceman fares better, able to keep the fight at a distance Hawkeye is unable to get an arrow past the Ice barrage. Eventually he runs out of arrows and Iceman is able to beat him.
Iron Man's armor proves to strong for Beast to penetrate, and even with his heightened abilities he is unable to beat him.
As for the leaders, Cyclops is trying to keep the fight at a distance with his optic blasts, but Caps shield is protecting him. He slowly moves in closer until a hand to hand fight breaks out. Doe to his increased physical strength and training Cap is able to incapacitate Cyclops.
Seeing his entire team defeated Iceman surrenders to the Avengers knowing he can't take them all.
Meanwhile as the fighting has been going on Jean's powers have been causing problems for herself. Unable to hold back anymore she becomes the Phoenix. The Avengers prove to be no match for her and call in support. Tony analyses the Phoenix and comes up with a way to beat her. SHIELD support arrives armed with Destroyer and Chitauri guns (See Item 47 short). Seeing no other option Cap recruits all non-incapacitated X-Man into the Avengers for support. The Avengers distract Phoenix as Thor and Hulk move in with a cure arrow, unable to focus on the more immediate threat the plan works and Phoenix is "cured". Victory goes to the Avengers.
Final word
I know some will disagree with my choice of winner, but honestly I feel that the Avengers simply have more powerful members, at least in the movies. But please feel free to leave your comments below.
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