DEATH BATTLE

Your fingers must have slipped. You accidentally potholed to Joking Mode. Someone could misunderstand and make assumption that Spider-Ham vs Bat-Cow is something we don't want when in fact it's something that totally should happen.

Batman vs Black Panther? That's definitely disappointing. Partly because it's Batman again, partly because we had an alternate Batman not too long ago, and also because the result sounds predictable.

T'Challa's suit resists what Batman can do to him, even if Bruce were to find an alternative way to hurt him, he still needs to evade someone with supernatural speed and skill in the meantime, and who can likely detect him via supernatural means (I'm not actually sure of this, but I'd be surprised if someone with the powers of a Panther spirit didn't have some way to track/sniff out a hiding prey). To top it all off, Panther's resumé is darn impressive, considering how many high-tier teams he's been a part of over the years. I'll be very surprised if Batman pulls off a win.

On the other hand, if Torrian's animating this one (I don't know if it's him, but since this is a season premier, it sounds likely), then the fight itself should be pretty entertaining.

Azrael's fire sword could potentially hurt T'Challa. Vibranium suit still transmits heat like most metal do, right? So even if the sword can't penetrate it, it can still turn T'Challa's metal suit into a microwave coffin.

T'Challa fought over lava in that suit

Convection, Schmonvection probably. I don't think Vibranium is heat resistant enough to actually protect T'Challa from lava heat.

Who hasn't fought over lava at some point or another? What said, basically.

Can't remember which version of Azrael it is, but the Swords of Sin/Salvation have effects that are psychological, as well as physical. Even if T'Challa's suit could resist the damage, his mind could still be vulnerable to the psychological effects of being struck with the swords (having to relieve all your sins and/or traumas, depending on the sword) which would certainly knock him off his game.

Quick question: is the sword made of metal?

What do we think of Barbossa vs LeChuck?

edited 15th Jan '18 9:49:55 PM by KnownUnknown

Could they even kill each other?

I'd call that a stalemate. They're both unkillable but for really specific weaknesses the other is unlikely to ever figure out.

I mean, dousing LeChuck in root beer is certainly easier than assembling all the cursed pirate gold and returning it to the chest with a blood sacrifice, but why would Barbossa ever go, "Oh, root beer! There's a plan!"

edited 15th Jan '18 10:34:25 PM by TobiasDrake

Davy Jones would be a more plausible foe with a slightly more functional weakness (just stab his heart).

Hasn't Le Chuck been brought back multiple times?

Sure, but being resurrected afterwards doesn't make a kill stop counting as a kill.

Otherwise, Superman's win against Goku wouldn't have counted since he'll just be Dragon Ball'd back to life inevitably anyways.

They can both be reduced to impotent mushy paste unable to fight back, but yeah. It is true that they can't kill each other.

edited 16th Jan '18 9:17:35 AM by KnownUnknown

Barbossa was resurrected and became mortal again, though.

DB takes characters at their strongest, not their most recent.

Would they get their ships and crew?

Wouldn't Babossa's undead-ness from the original movie fall under the "had it early in the series but lost it later on" caveat as Spawn's deific powers and Gaara being Shukaku's jinchuriki? He's spent more time as a flesh-and-blood mortal in the series than as a skeleton.

Even if we allow him one of the cursed coins of Isla de Muerta, as far as I'm aware the only other mystical object Barbossa possesses is the Sword of Triton, which only confers an advantage to him if he's on a ship.

I meant more Le Chuck's had several very, very different power sets over the series IIRC.

Lechuck at his peak would definitely be Pirate God Lechuck. He has to be fatally wounded in the mortal realm and spirit realm simultaeneously to die. His most consistent form, however, was Demon Lechuck. That was basically Ghost Lechuck, but on fire.

Season 5 is imminent.

The opener is going to be Black Panther vs Batman.

Batman is going to get ripped.

We were already disappointed/mad at it 3 pages ago.

But yeah, 3 weeks.

Not too excited about the matchup, but since Torrian's animating it, I'll be happy watching the fight at least.

Bruce Wayne's silhouette looks a lot like Superman's, and I'm not sure why.