Web Animation / Death Battle

"IT'S TIME FOR A DEATH BAAAAAAAAATTLE!"

Boomstick: He's Wiz and I'm Boomstick.
Wizard: And it's our job to analyze their weapons, armor, and skills to find out who would win a Death Battle.

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Death Battle (stylized as DEATH BATTLE!) is a web series hosted by Rooster Teeth (previously ScrewAttack until 2019) and is presented by "Wizard" (Ben Singer) and "Boomstick" (Chad James). Episodes 20-29 were animated by Mr Lange, aka Short Factor (Jordan Lange), with Episodes 29 onwards animated by Torrian Crawford and some guest animators. The point of the show is to take two similar characters and pit them against each other, analyzing their respective strengths and weaknesses to see who would win, similar to Deadliest Warrior.

So far, there are 143 videos (139 Regular Episodes and 4 Bonus Episodes). The first 18 episodes were featured exclusively on ScrewAttack's YouTube account, and starting with episode 19 the series was posted to the redesigned screwattack.com, and now, roosterteeth.com, with a subscription allowing viewers to see it before it premieres on YouTube.

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There is a recap page.

The Rules (unwritten and official) of a Death Battle are:

Rules

Click on the *'s for examples of the rules in action.

1. The warriors can only know of each other if they do know each other in canon in both official universes^* Leonardo strategizing in his match against his brothers^* Darkseid knowing that the Infinity Gauntlet doesn't work outside its own universe^* Billy Butcher having both prior knowledge of The Seven's abilities and weapons designed to defeat them. Otherwise, they cannot know each other's movesets. Even if they do know of each other in canon, no one is allowed to prepare for the fight^* Batman and Spider-Man had to use their default weapons instead of using weapons designed to exploit each other's weaknesses, like Spider-Man's weakness to pesticides ^* Ganon's weakness to holy/light-based weaponry, which Bowser would have no way of knowing about.
   • B. The script for the dialogue has been known to ignore this rule, with characters calling each other by name^* Lex & Iron Man and/or referencing their internet rivalry^* Sonic & Mario, and Deadpool & Deathstroke, but per rule 8, the fight animation should be regarded as pure spectacle, and this will thus not influence the final verdict.
   • C. To prevent fighters from exploiting weaknesses of others for a cheap victory, a character's weaknesses normally only come into play if the enemy can find a way to detect a weakness^* like how Superman and Terminator had x-ray vision or if there is a specific reason why it cannot be exploited^* such as Goku being too honorable to use Kryptonite on Superman. Other than that, if a combatant survives a match long enough, they may discover a way to counter the fighting style of their opponent^*  like Black Orchid figuring out how to counter Ivy's snake-sword, Tai attacking Red so that Charizard would not know how to fight WarGreymon, or Spider-Man knowing that Batman had explosive batarangs.
2. A battle has to end with the loser(s) dying — though not necessarily at the hands of the winner^* Dan Hibiki accidentally ingested one of Hercule Satan's capsules^* The Flash wasn't trying to kill Quicksilver— That statue of the Silver Samurai holding his sword outward just happened to be there when the Flash knocked Quicksilver flying in the general direction of Japan^* Deadpool shot Thanos dead after Darkseid trapped the latter in the Omega Sanction^* Battle Royale losers dying at the hands of combatants other than the winner^* That grenade Tucker threw into a teleporter at the start of Red VS Blue just happened to emerge and kill Sarge at the end—, or at least be rendered unable to continue the fight in the relevant planes of battle.^* Starscream and Mega Man having their physical bodies blown to pieces but still being technically "alive" otherwise, yet unable to affect their opponents in this reduced state ^* Gods and similar characters left with no working mortal avatar to continue fighting with ^* General Sigma and Ultron's fight was never truly about who could beat each others' host bodies up, but who was the victor in the digital realm^* Lopez has survived as a head but cannot affect his opponents after being beheaded. There are two major exceptions to this: the more comical No Fourth Wall "Deadpool vs. Pinkie Pie" episode, and the "invokedChuck Norris vs. Segata Sanshiro" episode. (The latter due to the fight moving beyond mortal perceptions.)
3. Pacifist warriors will not have their peaceful nature interrupt the fight, and both combatants will have any personality restraints from killing removed^* such as Spider-Man and Batman fighting each other to the death when they would not do so otherwise. However, if their traditional arsenal uses nonlethal weapons, they cannot change it unless they are able to summon it at a moment's notice per rule 6-B, and will have to fight using this nonlethal arsenal.
4. All consistent and canon sources available during the time of the episode's release will be examined by the hosts, Non-canon sources will be allowed only insofar as they do not conflict with canon^* As stated with Goku. Expanded universes, like GT, are only allowed to be mentioned if they do not conflict with the original canon, like the Dragon Ball manga ^* The old Star Wars Expanded Universe was accounted for Luke Skywalker because the Luke vs. Harry Potter fight was produced about three years before Disney declared the original EU to be Alternate Continuity, and it was still accounted for the Samus vs. Boba Fett Remastered fight one year after said declaration because it was produced 10 months before the release of The Force Awakens, which completely overwrites the post-Return of the Jedi timeline in which Boba Fett got a greater number of appearances (In the original EU, Boba managed to get out of the sarlacc pit and live another day; in the Disney canon, he had not appeared in any story set after his battle in Return Of The Jedi when the episode was produced.). Characters with multiple incarnations, such as Link, Spider-Man, Deadpool, and Godzilla, will be composites combining the best aspects of their various incarnations, unless said incarnation is drastically different from other incarnations. If a specific incarnation of a character is chosen, the canon used will most likely be the most popular depiction^* G1 Starscream, G4 Rainbow Dash, and post-Crisis Superman and Batman. The research will avoid biases.
   • B. If one warrior is allowed abilities from a non-canon source, the other warrior must be allowed to use their own non-canon sources as well.
   • C. Also, if a certain depiction of the warrior has them ridiculously overpowered or inconsistent^* Shao Khan turning into a hydra in the live-action films, or powers that would be difficult to examine logically^* pre-1986 Superman could destroy entire solar systems with a sneeze and could both "super-weave" and "super-shapeshift", then it will not be used.
   • D. Not every weapon owned by the warriors in every canon will be used. Instead, only the ones they are commonly using or their best or most iconic weapons^* Link and Cloud were equipped with their best armor and magic, Raiden used the Murasama he gained at the end of Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance rather than the weaker HF Blade he used for most of the game will be used.
   • E. If a warrior originated from non-English language media, the English dub will not be used if it contradicts the original source in any way^* Goku's abilities used the Japanese canon, not the English dubs and mistranslations — which, for sake of example, slowed down his Instant Transmission from being literally instantaneous regardless of distance to "just" allowing him to move at the speed of light.
   • F. A piece of media that claims to be canon but clearly isn't will be avoided^* For instance, the 1998 Godzilla film is not used to measure Godzilla's abilities because, as was shown in Godzilla: Final Wars, the monster Zilla is clearly not Godzilla. Also alternate forms of media might be avoided if they are inconsistent with the main media series^* like Shao Khan's film depiction (where he can transform into a hydra).
   • G. Because the warriors are examined by their prime, they cannot use abilities that they canonically lost in their past before reaching said prime^* ie how Shukaku was removed from Gaara or how Kratos, Spawn and Raiden gave up their divine immortality.
   • H. invokedClaims made by fans will only be considered canon if the official franchise or character from an official source recognizes it as such.
5. To get as many common abilities as possible, the warriors will be shown at their prime^* Harry Potter is depicted as he is at the end of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows when he learned all his skills, not while he was a young kid in Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone where he only knew minor spells. ^* Goku knowing Super Saiyan 4 and being 53 years old, which is his age in Dragonball GT, as Dragonball Super was not yet invented at the time.^* Twilight Sparkle is depicted as an Alicorn rather than the unicorn she was prior to the Season 3 finale of My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic, and Career Ending Injuries are ignored for the battle^* Both Might Guy and All Might are, in canon proper, at a point in their lives where Dented Iron is in full effect. Might Guy is wheelchair bound after a Heroic RRoD nearly killed him, and All Might is at 1/60th of his prime power after an injury forced him to pass on his Superpower Quirk, yet both are treated as though in their prime for the analysis^* In canon, the Joker shot Barbara Gordon and paralyzed her from the waist down. She continued superheroics as Oracle, while her fight against Spider-Gwen treats the former as Batgirl in her prime
   • B. "Future canon" will be avoided if it unbalances the fight, because while some characters will gain more power^*  like Superman in the future in DC One Million, other characters will grow old and weak^* like Batman in Batman: The Dark Knight Returns.
   • C. In the case of the sprite and 3D animation battles, a character's depiction in the end fight is limited by what sprites/models are available for them^* such as Harry Potter and Toph having their appearances as children despite using abilities and weapons obtained as adults, Nightmare appearing in his SoulCalibur IV form, and Ganon using his look from A Link to the Past in his first battle, this does not influence the final result per rule 8.
6. Unless the battle asks for multiple characters for each side^* like how Eggman and Wily fought with their robotic armies, Solid Snake and Sam Fisher having their mission support from Otacon and Grim, and Pokemon Trainer Red and Tai assisting Charizard and Greymon respectively, Ratchet and Clank vs Jak and Daxter, the Power Rangers vs the Voltron Force, Batman Beyond and Spider-Man 2099 having their mission support from Bruce Wayne and Lyla respectively, and Red vs. Blue's Red Team vs Blue Team, the combatants must fight alone, even if they are used to fighting with a partner^* like how Pikachu wasn't allowed to have Ash command him..
   • B. While fighters start out only with their standard kit, as defined by rule 4-D, if they possess a means to obtain, or summon to their side, additional equipment at a moment's notice and without outside preparatory time or aid, then it is fair game for them to use it^* Harry Potter can call upon his Firebolt Flying Broomstick using a magic spell he knows ^* Captain Falcon can call upon The Blue Falcon from anywhere, thanks to the reactor might under its hood, opponents may interfere with this if they are capable of doing so^* It's mentioned that while Lobo could deduce Ghost Rider's weakness to holy weapons and was more than capable of speeding off to an intergalactic weapons shop for it, Ghost Rider could keep up with him if he tried, as his bike was faster.
   • C. One exception is if the fighter uses a creature for an attack that can reasonably be replaced by a non-combatant projectile^* like how Peach can summon a sheep that doesn't do anything but fly at the opponent and put them to sleep with contact, or the Goomba firing Mini-Goombas, or King Dedede throwing Waddle Dees and Gordos, or Dracula summoning Medusa Heads that simply fly at Ganondorf, or when the act would fall under using the environment to their advantage^* like how Batman can summon bats from the surrounding area with his gadgets, but the fighter cannot be dependent on these creatures and, in cases of summoning as an attack, the creatures cannot act on their own^* Link and Cloud were not allowed to use summons or fairies because the summons attack on their own once summoned and the fairies are sentient beings making a decision to help Link once he runs out of hearts.
   • D. Another exception is if the other ally is, or can be used as, a living or sentient weapon or suit of armor, or is otherwise a physical part of the fighter^* like Spawn's costume K7-Leetha, Saba accompanying Tommy Oliver, Iron Man's Endo-sym armor, Mega Man using Rush's Super Adapter form, Agent Carolina and the Meta having access to their AI fragments, Venom and Carnage with their Symbiotes, Naruto being the host of Kurama, Jotaro having Star Platinum, Crash Bandicoot with Aku Aku, Geo Stelar with Omega-Xis, Mitsuru with Artemisia, the Dragonzord combining with the Triceratops, Sabertooth Tiger, and Mastodon Zords to form its Fighting Mode, Kiryu housing the spirit of the original Godzilla, or Crona with Ragnarok. In these situations, the ally cannot fight independently unless the nature of the battle calls for it per the main rule.
   • E. Another exception can be if summoning is integral to the character as a primary method of combat in-universe^* Bayonetta is still given full access to her ability to summon Infernal Demons (such as Madama Butterfly and Gomorrah) as this is one of her trademark abilities in all of her games and even guest appearances in other franchises. Not allowing her to do so would be a major disadvantage to her as summoning is so integral to Bayonetta's fighting style that without it her powers and abilities would be severely limited.^* Weiss has full access to all her summons.
7. The terrain chosen in the fight will either be a terrain from the fighters' franchises or would be a location that both warriors are experienced in. The area itself however doesn't matter nor play any role in determining the outcome of the battle, and even the entire battle itself is just a visual representation of the researchers' conclusions per rule 8. The environment only becomes important if a character's skills use it, like with Leonardo hiding in the shadows, Chun-Li/Mai wall-jumping, or Gaara/Toph using it as a primary means of combat. Two exceptions exist to this:
   • If the fight can't take place in neutral territory because it would render one of the combatants unable to exists in a fight-capable form there, it won't be^* Darkseid cannot exist in his true form outside his own realm, and is thus relegated to fighting Thanos using one of his weaker avatars in Thanos's own universe.
   • If a fighter has the ability (usually via teleportation) to change the environment into one specifically favorable to them, they'll be able to do so normally^* Scorpion being able to teleport himself and Ryu to the Netherworld, which strengthens Scorpion while weakening those not native to the realm^* The Flash drags Quicksilver into the Speed Force where the former's powers further increase^* Darkseid using his Boom Tubes to take Thanos to Fourth World where the Infinity Gauntlet does not work.
8. The animation at the end of the episode is not what determines the victor in battle. It is nothing more than a fun little dramatization showcasing the fighters' abilities, and is not necessarily an accurate representation of how the fight would go if the combatants actually met. The winners are determined before the animation through quasi-scientific analysis of their abilities, and the character who is found to have the higher probability of defeating their opponent will win.

The fights so far, in order of airing are:

Season One

1. "Boba Fett vs. Samus Aran" ^Result  Samus wins. Samus has superior weaponry and athletic skill, combined with Boba's homing anti-vehicle rocket (his most powerful weapon) being inaccurate to human-sized targets.
2. "Akuma vs. Shang Tsung" ^Result  Akuma wins. Akuma is an incredibly vicious fighter, so his constant punishment and unmatched skills were more than what Shang Tsung's stamina could handle. Shang Tsung's versatility and power-stealing abilities weren't able to stop Akuma's brutal tactics.
3. "Rogue vs. Wonder Woman" ^Result  Rogue wins. Wonder Woman's outfit exposes a lot of skin, making it fairly easy for Rogue to steal her powers and eventually kill her with her touch. Wonder Woman's fighting style also worked against her as it contains several variations of blows to the face, the only part of Rogue that is uncovered, and Wonder Woman had no knowledge that Rogue could sap power from skin contact.
4. "Goomba vs. Koopa" ^Result  It's a draw. The Goomba's idiocy and the Koopa's cowardice respectively lead to their downfalls. Kicking the Koopa's shell sent it back at the Goombas and the Koopa was too afraid to get out of its shell in time to avoid the lava pit.
5. "Mike Haggar vs. Zangief" ^Result  Zangief wins. Zangief is younger, heavier, larger, considerably stronger, and has been training all his life, whereas Haggar's training is distracted by a political career.
6. "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Battle Royale" (Blocked from YouTube due to copyright but can still be viewed on Rooster Teeth's website.) ^Result  Leonardo wins. Leonardo knows how to pick battles and knows the others inside and out, and has the deadliest of the weapons. Michelangelo suffered from a lack of discipline and overcomplicated weapons. Donatello's bo staff didn't have adequate killing power, and Raphael was weakened from fighting Donatello. Leonardo would pick a fight with Michelangelo right off the bat — knowing that he's the weakest. This would leave Raphael to fight Donatello first — against whom he has a massive range disadvantage.
7. "Zitz vs. Leonardo" ^Result  Leonardo wins. Zitz is a powerhouse compared to Leonardo, but Zitz's strategies always relies on overpowering foes via sheer brute force, whereas Leonardo can rely on his ninja training to outsmart and outflank. When the fight moved to the darkness of the sewers, Leonardo was in his element, and the untrained Zitz just couldn't figure out what to do.
8. "Yoshi vs. Riptor" ^Result  Yoshi wins. Yoshi has been known to be able to take a beating, and his arsenal is varied thanks to his digestive system. Though Riptor is smarter than your average Velociraptor, Yoshi has been described as an incredibly intelligent species by Nintendo and only he has enough intelligence to drive a car.
9. "Felicia vs. Taokaka" ^Result  Taokaka wins. Taokaka has the superior agility, not to mention her razor-blade claws.
10. "Kratos vs. Spawn" ^Result  Spawn wins. The only weapon Kratos possesses that's actually capable of hurting Spawn is the Blade of Olympus, and Spawn has plenty of energy to feed on from Kratos himself, since he's covered in the ashes of his deceased family. In addition, even if Kratos pieced together that only the Blade can kill Spawn, he would also need to know through unlikely odds that Spawn needed to be decapitated in order to die. And even then, Kratos would have to do so while dodging Spawn's array of superpowers that Kratos is not immune to.
11. "White Bomberman vs. Taizo Hori" ^Result  Taizo wins. Taizo has the superior movement when below ground, and unlike White Bomberman, he has a way of controlling his opponent by stunning Bomberman with his harpoon. In addition, Bomberman's own weapons are just as much a danger to himself as they are to his enemies, which crucially allowed Taizo to trap him next to his own explosives.
12. "Vegeta vs. Shadow" ^Result  Vegeta wins. The most evident reason was the vast difference in terms of power and defence between the two; in their base forms, Shadow was at a disadvantage against even base Vegeta — let alone his Super Saiyan self — forcing him to rely on his Super Shadow form to be able to properly do damage. However, this has a time limit of approximately 50 seconds at maximum without supplementation (Rings, etc.), and not even that is offensively powerful enough to kill Vegeta in such a short amount of time.
13. "Mario vs. Sonic (2011)" ^Result  Sonic wins. In terms of battling with their various Power Ups, the two were very evenly matched and able to counter each other blow-for-blow — to the point where Mario could use a combination of the Starman, Metal Mario and Mega Mario to nullify the nigh-unstoppable Super Sonic — meaning that this fight ultimately came down to who was stronger in their normal forms once their supplies ran out. Sonic won out thanks to his Super Speed and generally much wider range of abilities as his base self, with Mario much less able to bring his biggest advantages — namely, his higher strength/defence and jumping abilities — into play due to his much lower speed and agility, and general lack of experience in dealing with opponents as fast as the blue hedgehog.
14. "Justin Bieber vs. Rebecca Black" ^Result  It's a draw. Bieber's fear of thrown objects kept him at a distance while Black's daredevil recklessness put her at just as much risk as it did her opponent. ^note  Actual reason: Boomstick and Wizard hate pop stars.
15. "Luke Skywalker vs. Harry Potter" ^Result  Luke wins. Harry has an inherent weakness in his famous lightning-bolt scar that can be exploited with Shatterpoint. Most of his curses and spells can be blocked or deflected with Luke's lightsaber, and Luke's versatile Force Abilities were more than capable of both offensive (Pulling Harry's Firebolt down to the ground to take away his speed advantage) and defensive (Force-choking Harry to prevent him from casting spells) purposes, which let him control the fight.
16. "Chun-Li vs. Mai Shiranui" ^Result  Mai wins. Although outmatched in strength and hand-to-hand combat skill/experience, Mai has weapons (her metal fans) and superior energy-based attacks, and her ninja training makes her unpredictable to the formally trained Chun-Li.
17. "Starscream vs. Rainbow Dash" ^Result  Rainbow Dash wins. Rainbow is fast and agile enough to dodge Starscream's missiles, and his Null Rays have no effect on organic life forms. Even if they did, his extremely poor marksmanship negates most of his arsenal. Rainbow's speed is also superior to Starscream's, and he has no effective means to counter a target that's faster than he is. Even if the fight had considered a more competent version of Starscream, all incarnations of the Transformer are far better at fighting against larger, non-organic beings than small, organic ones like Rainbow Dash. When one factors in how even high-tier Transformers have been beaten by humans, it seems likely that a Flying Brick with magical powers and Super Speed could take down Starscream.
18. "Master Chief vs. Doomguy^note Despite the thumbnail on the episode showing the Doom Slayer, The episode released long before the DOOM (2016) games in which the Doom Slayer debuted" ^Result  Master Chief wins. Although Doomguy is slightly faster, Chief has superior strength, agility, reflexes, and durability due to his augmentations, is equipped with armor that can counter Doomguy's arsenal (most of Doomguy's weapon are 12 gauge, pistol-caliber, or proximity-concussive, all useless against heavy body armor), has better weapons (one of his heaviest guns, the Doom 3 chaingun, is nigh-identical to Chief's basic assault rifle), and, albeit factoring into his victory to a small degree, is noted to possess incredible luck in battle. Doomguy is also more dependent on power ups than Chief, being pretty much a baseline human without them (aside from Death Battle generously interpreting his in-game run speed as canon), and his armor is a regular flak vest that doesn't help against Master Chief's weapons (and even if it did, only covers his upper torso). Lastly, Doomguy's trump card, the BFG-9000, can be negated by the Halo 3 Bubble Shield (or, in its 3 incarnation, can have its projectiles shot out of the air).
19. "Doctor Eggman ^note With Hyper Metal Sonic, Silver Sonic, Mecha Sonic, Mecha Knuckles, E101 Beta MKII, Egg Robo, Scratch and Grounder, Shadow Androids, and an assortment of lower-level robo-mooks for Infantry, including Motobugs, Caterkillers, Buzzbombers, Egg Pawns, and Swatbots. vs. Doctor Wily ^note With Bass and Treble, Metal Man, Guts Man, Pharaoh Man, Magnet Man, Slash Man, Sheep Man, Yellow Devil, and an assortment of lower-level robo-mooks for Infantry, including Bladers, Sniper Joes, Mettaurs, Hotheads and Paozos." ^Result  Technically, it's a draw, as Wily and Eggman are both killed by Metal Sonic after he was infected by Wily's Roboenza Virus — which has the effect of turning any robot infected by it into a violent, traitorous killing machine — leading to him assimilating the entire Egg Fleet and laying waste to both armies in his Metal Overlord form. The hosts, dumbfounded, debate for a moment on which way to call the draw before just declaring Metal Sonic himself the winner. Wily would have carried the battle due to him being Crazy-Prepared with his booby-trapped robot doubles and the fact that his robots can coordinate more effectively as a team with their more advanced AI and diverse abilities. Together, Wily's robots soundly destroyed Eggman's infantry. On the other hand, Metal Sonic more than made up for the general ineffectiveness of Eggman's other troops by being a One-Man Army capable of beating any of Wily's Robot Masters. The one thing neither Eggman nor Wily counted on was Metal Sonic going berserk and turning on both commanders. A few scans, a Chaos Emerald, and an infection from the Roboenza virus later, and the whole city is ruins; and most likely, the entire world is doomed.
20. "Princess Peach vs. Princess Zelda" ^Result  Peach wins. While Zelda is magically potent, Peach's magical powers can at least match her blow for blow. Zelda's trump card, her Light Arrow, can be negated by Peach's Anger Magic. Where Peach truly carries the advantage is in the physical strengths in that she has a varied arsenal, is shown to be much more athletic, and has a kick that's powerful enough to cause decapitation.
21. "Thor vs. Raiden" ^Result  Thor wins. Thor and Raiden are immune to each other's lightning, but while outside lightning Raiden's main power is martial arts, Thor comes equipped with million-ton hammer and the strength to wield it. Also, he has experience defeating clever foes like Raiden, given that his main enemy is his trickster god brother, Loki.
22. "Cloud Strife vs. Link" ^Result  Link wins. Link has the superior experience and is used to thinking on the fly, as compared to Cloud's predictable brute force style. The Hylian Shield is indestructible and combined with the Golden Gauntlets (which give him Super Strength) can block Cloud's Buster Sword, while the Master Sword weakens Cloud by purging his Jenova Cells.
23. "Batman vs. Spider-Man" ^Result  Spider-Man wins. Spidey's Spider-Sense negates stealth and surprise, Batman's two greatest weapons. Unlike Batman, Spider-Man possesses superhuman strength, speed, and durability, having knocked out a dinosaur in a single punch, running 200 MPH in some canons, and survived grenades to the face and fights with powerful characters like Juggernaut. Batman has weapons but most are designed to be nonlethal, and Spider-Man's reflexes and previously mentioned abilities would make hand-to-hand combat with him futile. Batman is an master escape artist but he would still need a considerable time to escape from Spider-Man's webs, which have been known to restrain the The Incredible Hulk. Batman's greatest feats, such as fighting the rest of the Justice League and succeeding, were only accomplished thanks to the amount of time Batman put into preparing a plan of attack (and prep time is banned in Death Battle), and even if Batman was allowed time to prepare, so would Spider-Man, who also possesses genius-level intelligence and cunning; lastly, albeit factoring in to his victory a lesser degree, Spider-Man already has some experience in fighting strategic, gadget-oriented opponents, such as the Green Goblin, who possesses a similar style of fighting compared to Batman.
24. "Pikachu vs. Blanka" ^Result  Blanka wins. Blanka's survival skills, superior strength, resistance to electrical attacks, and size trump Pikachu's Glass Cannon abilities despite his lack of formal training. Pikachu's dependence on Ash for instructions and lack of techniques that can harm Blanka hinder him.
25. "Son Goku vs. Superman" ^Result  Superman wins. Goku's extreme tenacity and magical equipment combined with Superman's tendency to hold back only prolonged the inevitable. At the end of the day, Superman is simply stronger, faster, and tougher by many orders of magnitude. Taking into account the Super Saiyan forms, even when Goku is in Super Saiyan 4, Superman is still at least 4.125 X 10^13 times stronger, 3 times faster, and 288 times tougher than Goku. In addition, Goku did not know Superman drew power from the sun, and he couldn't blow up the sun since the resulting supernova would incinerate Earth and Goku but not Superman (who has survived supernova explosions), as well as because Goku can't breathe in space while Superman can. As for the argument that Goku could teleport Superman to a red star, Goku has no way of knowing that Superman is drained by red stars, and it would require concentration, which would be very hard when up against Superman. While Superman weakened by green Kryptonite would be defeated easily, Goku has shown various times that he refuses to fight weakened opponents.

Season Two

1. "He-Man vs. Lion-O" ^Result  He-Man wins. He-Man's strength easily overpowers Lion-O's and He-Man is just as fast as him, if not faster. He-Man is more than strong enough to destroy the Sword of Omens, leaving Lion-O vulnerable, and his Power Sword can deflect all the energy blasts fired by the Sword of Omens. This would leave the Eye of Thundera's impressive magical energies as Lion-O's only trump card, but by the time it gets that far, Lion-O would already be in serious danger.
2. "Shao Kahn vs. M. Bison" ^Result  Shao Kahn wins. Shao Kahn's battle experience of over ten thousand years in addition to the absorption of billions of souls, all of which grant him power, was enough for him to overcome for M. Bison's ruthless fighting style. In addition, Bison's soul-fueled Psycho Power isn't the best weapon against someone who eats souls for breakfast, neither is his ability to brainwash and psychically manipulate others against someone who has similar experience. Lastly, Kahn's otherworldly physiology means Bison's soul would find it much more difficult to possess if he had to.
3. "Ryu Hayabusa vs. Strider Hiryu" ^Result  Strider wins. Hiryu's drones were able to match all of Hayabusa's ninpo arts, leaving the battle down to who has the advantage in strength, speed, and weaponry, all of which Hiryu is superior in. Hayabusa can cut someone in half with the Dragon Sword, he can dodge automatic fire, and he has a vast array of weapons at his disposal. Compare that to Hiryu who can cut someone in half with his bare hands, he can dodge computer-guided Shadow-Tag bullets (antiaircraft rounds designed to kill Striders), and he has a plasma blade, Falchion, that can generate enough heat to cut through all of Ryu's weapons except for the True Dragon Sword — which, in and of itself, lacks enough impact to turn the fight around.
4. "Ivy Valentine vs. Black Orchid" ^Result  Orchid wins. Her ability to defeat the millennia-old warlord Eyedol when even the greatest warriors of the past failed highlights Orchid's superior fighting capabilities, as compared to Ivy's spotty win-loss record (3-4, to be precise, but 2 of the wins were rematches) within the Soul canon. While Ivy is able to outmatch Orchid in long-ranged fights, Orchid's ability to turn into a flaming panther and phase through attacks forced the fight into close combat, which Orchid is more skilled in. On the topic of Orchid's finishing moves, while Ivy is known for her infamously enlarged breasts, Orchid's are only a size smaller, meaning neither of them are capable of utilizing Orchid's more well-known finisher (where she flashes her breasts at an opponent, causing them to die out of sheer shock at how big they are) properly; finally, despite her experience in alchemy, Ivy would be unable to negate Orchid being able to turn her into a frog, as Soul Edge's protection does not fare well against other forms of magic.
5. "Fox McCloud vs. Bucky O'Hare" ^Result  Fox wins. Real-life food chain aside, both sides have distinct advantages, rendering the fight close. In space, the Star Fox team's Arwings outclass the Righteous Indignation in both maneuverability and defenses. On the ground, Bucky's acrobatics and Fox's reflectors both render the other's laser fire an irrelevant matter. With both having several advantages over each other (bravery vs. wits, land mobility vs. aerial mobility, etc.), the battle comes down to experience. Fox has fought in more wars than Bucky's rebellion, and singlehandedly won all of them by himself, in comparison to Bucky relying on his squad-mates on field missions.
6. "The Terminator vs. RoboCop" ^Result  RoboCop wins. While the Terminator is faster, more agile, and more "trained" (he has knowledge of combat and tactics uploaded into his A.I.), RoboCop is stronger and tougher. He has survived bombs, lasers, falls from the tops of skyscrapers, and a 3000 psi hydraulic press and been absolutely fine afterwards; T-800/850 units have been obliterated by most of these things. Plus, RoboCop still has the mind of Alex Murphy, meaning he has some human creativity that helps him outsmart machinery, and his arsenal was generally superior to that of his opponent.
7. "Luigi vs. Tails" ^Result  Tails wins. Luigi has more combat experience, but Tails' flight and vastly superior speed allowed him to control the battlefield completely. He is also stronger (able to lift 10 tons, while Luigi can barely lift a radish the size of a car), far, far smarter (with an IQ of 300) than the plumber, and his gadgets make up for his weaknesses. In addition, the randomness of Luigi's greatest weapon, the Negative Zone, produces inconsistent results and is non-lethal in and of itself, as well as the fact that the Poltergust 5000, Luigi's other trump card, can be destroyed by Tails's bombs.
8. "Venusaur vs. Charizard vs. Blastoise Pokémon Battle Royale" ^Result  Blastoise wins. Blastoise has an incredible defense but isn't lacking in attack either. Charizard has an incredible offense but a weak defense, and since he can't learn Sunny Day naturally he can't counter Blastoise's Rain Dance move, which weakens him significantly. Venusaur's most powerful attack takes time to charge up, and the rest of his moveset is filled with double-edged swords and status-effect moves that merely weaken an opponent instead of killing them. Though the three Pokémon theoretically counter each other due to Elemental Rock–Paper–Scissors, when you mathematically break down the 7000+ ways the fight can play out, Blastoise wins 48% of the time, Charizard 35%, and Venusaur 17%.
9. "Fulgore vs. Sektor" ^Result  Fulgore wins. Fulgore was heavily outmaneuvered by Sektor's speed and agility — the latter being 250 pounds lighter and having the training of a ninja on his side — But Fulgore can even the playing field easily by super-charging his nuclear reactor to overclock his weapons and armor, breaking through Sektor's combos with pure brute strength. Fulgore also has a wider variety of options than Sektor in melee, ranged, and defensive combat, and in addition, Fulgore has a better victory streak against his own Archenemy — while Sektor has been repeatedly defeated by Sub-Zero, Fulgore barely lost against Jago only because Black Orchid got involved.
10. "Godzilla vs. Gamera" ^Result  Godzilla wins. While Gamera is faster and smarter, Godzilla is 9 times heavier, much stronger, and vastly more durable, having tanked a city-busting meteor without flinching whereas Gamera barely survived a similarly destructive nuke. As Gamera's shell had been pierced by foes physically weaker than him before, there's no doubt that the much stronger Godzilla could overpower him. Godzilla's Atomic Breath is composed of pure radiation, not oxygen-based combustion, so Gamera couldn't feed off of it. Finally, Gamera often needs two rounds of battle to defeat his opponent — the first to analyze them, and then the second to win the day — whereas Godzilla usually comes out on top the first time, and actively prevents his enemies from running away until they're dead.
11. "Batman vs. Captain America" ^Result  Batman wins. Captain America is physically stronger and faster than Batman, but even with his superior reflexes, Steve has no effective counter to Bruce's stealth and gadgets — being unable to see through the pitch darkness or smokescreens that Batman uses heavily. As versatile as Captain America's shield is for both defensive and offensive purposes — deflecting all of Batman's weapons, including the shock gloves — it's still useless if he has no idea where Batman is, especially since Batman has even hidden from Superman. Furthermore, while Captain America is familiar with most forms of martial arts, Batman has not only mastered all known forms of martial arts, but also has a superior knowledge of pressure points and is generally far more willing to fight dirty; meaning that even in a straight-up brawl, Batman is far from helpless against Cap.
12. "Tigerzord ^note Piloted by Tommy Oliver (the White Ranger) and Saba vs. Gundam Epyon ^note Piloted by Zechs Merquise" ^Result  Zechs/Epyon wins. Zechs is a trained and experienced pilot compared to the less experienced Tommy who was drafted for the Power Rangers out of high school, and despite the size difference the two mechs have about the same durability relative to each other's attacks. The Epyon's Zero system allowed Zechs to see the next move coming which allowed him to keep ahead after the initial delerium and counter all of the Tigerzord's attacks. Not even the combined power of all other Zords forming the Mega Tigerzord was enough to overcome Epyon's predictive capabilities, which it used to strike with precision attacks and shatter the Tigerzord's connection to the morphing grid to clench the match.
13. "Ryu vs. Scorpion" ^Result  Scorpion wins. Scorpion is able to teleport him and his opponent to the Netherrealm, which increases his power indefinitely the longer he is there, making victory a matter of time. In addition, Scorpion being unkillable by physical attacks leaves Ryu with only one move that can actually kill Scorpion — Evil Ryu's Shun Goku Satsu — which he has little experience using and thus could be dodged by Scorpion with relative ease.
14. "Deadpool vs. Deathstroke" ^Result  Deadpool wins. Deadpool's regenerative ability is not only far greater than Deathstroke's, but it's so fast-acting that Deathstroke had no means of putting him down. Furthermore Deadpool's unpredictable nature makes him impossible for Deathstroke to plan against, despite Deathstroke being the far better tactician. Finally, Deadpool's carbonadium sword nullifies healing factors, meaning he could kill Deathstroke with a single well-placed hit.
15. "Kirby vs. Majin Buu" ^Result  Kirby wins. Although lacking the regenerative and destructive ability of Majin Buu, Kirby's agility, strength and durability proved to be more than a match for him — his Warp Star reaches light speed, he's strong enough to throw an equivalent of 3.5 tons to the Sun at escape velocity, had the sufficient combat experience to defeat numerous Lovecraftian cosmic horrors and other such powerful foes, and he has tanked a planet-sized explosion and being sucked into and blasted out through the exhaust flames of a massive jet engine thousands of feet down to the ground among other things — whilst equivalent forces can blow Buu's body apart, making him surprisingly much less durable outside of his regenerative powers. Furthermore, Kirby was capable of absorbing and rebounding whatever attacks could kill him, including the Planet Burst Ball by way of Hypernova Kirby. Likewise, Buu's instantaneous movement has limits in extreme situations due to requiring heavy concentration to pull off — such as when a huge energy ball capable of eviscerating him heads his way, which in turn, was how he canonically died in Dragon Ball Z — meaning it'd be very unlikely that he'd be able to keep avoiding having his own attacks similarly used against him, be it via Kirby's Power Copying or the pink puffball simply inhaling and sending them back.
16. "Ragna the Bloodedge vs. Sol Badguy" ^Result  Sol wins. Sol's centuries of developing a fighting style trump Ragna's relatively short training time with Jubei, and his soul has been through the soul-destroying Backyard, making it strong enough to withstand the combined soul draining effect of both the Azure Grimoire and Blood Scythe. Also, while both combatants have rebounded from seemingly fatal injuries, Sol's ability to withstand punishment outclasses Ragna by an enormous factor. While Ragna's Black Beast form is powerful, Sol's gear form is much stronger, even when he's holding back. Sol's gear form has been proven to take down enemies even more immense and powerful than the Black Beast and even then his power was limited by his headband meaning that it's merely a fraction of his full potential.
17. "Gaara vs. Toph Beifong" ^Result  Toph wins. Although Toph is blind and Gaara's sand allows him to fly, Toph can feel the earth even if it isn't on the ground. Even though Gaara's sand is controlled by his mother, it's still sand, and can be manipulated by Toph's bending. Furthermore Gaara adding his father's gold dust to his own mixture of sand to make it easier to control also works to Toph's advantage, as that gold has trace amounts of iron (bearing in mind that it took a magnetic ability to use the gold dust) and is thus vulnerable to Toph's mastery of metal bending making it easier for her to redirect. Gaara's ultimate move, The Sand Tomb and Burial techniques, could easily be countered by Toph's bending cocooning herself in rock and steel. Gaara's sand armor also lets Toph see wherever he was at any point and her mastery of sand and metal bending helps her see, prepare for, and redirect any attack before it hits her. Maintaining the sand armor also takes a lot of Gaara's Chakra energy. When Toph got in close enough and broke Gaara's focus, it was all she needed to manipulate the sand to entomb and crush his body completely.
18. "Boba Fett vs. Samus Aran REMASTERED" ^Result  Samus still wins. All of Samus's previous advantages still apply, namely her superior speed, maneuverability, and technology. Boba Fett may have better durability and physical strength, but Samus regularly defeats opponents that trump her in those areas. In addition, while Fett has a history of taking down differently empowered individuals, he tends to accomplish through cunning and mind games, playing his prey into traps — this is difficult to accomplish against Samus, who has maintained a high level of distance and anonymity from the rest of civilization. This would give Fett almost nothing to research, making him fall back on an arsenal that, while formidable, simply can't keep up.
19. "Chuck Norris vs. Segata Sanshiro" ^Result  It's a tie though ...there isn't really a result. As far as we know, they might still be going, and Death Battle's instruments can't pick them up. They also possibly ripped a hole in space-time, sending them to another plane of existence or completely destroyed their own. Or both. Point is, neither of them are in any way willing to die anytime soon, so under Death Battle's rules, we can't even call this one a draw.
20. "Guts vs. Nightmare" ^Result  Guts wins. Though Guts was outclassed by Nightmare's incredible strength and powers, he already faces demonic beings leagues above his skill level every day, and he always prevails through his sheer strength and force of will. Although Nightmare can only be hurt by swords that exist in the astral plane, Soul Calibur isn't necessarily the only such sword (as evidenced by how Soul Edge was damaged the first time) and Dragonslayer more than fits the bill. On top of Guts' already incredible resilience to seemingly fatal injuries the Berserker Armor helps by allowing Guts to fight without feeling pain and literally holding his body together until he is too damaged to continue fighting and dies. Even though he takes an incredible thrashing during the fight, neither Nightmare, Night Terror nor even Inferno itself could damage Guts enough to kill him outright. Finally, Guts has dealt with enough demonic trickery to know how not to be enthralled into becoming Inferno's next vessel, and he wouldn't give up the Dragonslayer for Soul Edge anyhow.
21. "Iron Man vs. Lex Luthor" ^Result  Iron Man wins. The various Iron Man suits combined with Stark's ability to remotely summon and change into them at will make him significantly more versatile. Additionally, Lex's Warsuit is only effective against Superman because its weaponry is Kryptonite-based, and thus it's not particularly effective against anything that's not Kryptonian. The Warsuit is strong enough to protect Luthor from Superman's punches, making it strong enough to withstand the Hulkbuster modification, but it's far from invincible and can be penetrated if the fight lasts long enough. The Endo-Sym variation of the Iron Man suit is also capable of countering nearly all of Lex's weaponry by itself. Finally, while Lex considers physical combat a last resort, Tony relies on and actively enjoys it, giving him a significant experience advantage in a duel to the death.
22. "Beast vs. Goliath" ^Result  Goliath wins. Both Goliath and Beast were almost even in terms of strength and speed, making this a battle of wits and experience. Beast is more of a team player and rarely spends time fighting directly — only when he needs to — whilst Goliath is considerably more experienced in hand-to-hand combat, having spent several decades defending Castle Wyvern and New York City from intruders. Goliath is also more durable, having more-or-less shrugged off being shot down from the air by an anti-aircraft round. Finally, Beast couldn't wait until daylight for Goliath to turn to stone for two reasons — the gargoyles in the Marvel universe do not turn into stone by day, so he would not have known about it being Goliath's weakness, and even if he was aware of it, it's highly unlikely the battle would have lasted that long, given that Beast once fought Griffin, a being similar to Goliath, and only won due to the aid of his ally Angel.
23. "Solid Snake vs. Sam Fisher" ^Result  Snake wins. While both are experts in stealth and combat, Snake's mastery of CQC outweighs Sam's equivalent training by a long shot when it comes down to one-on-one battle. The Solid Eye could keep track of Sam anywhere, negating his stealth. While Sam possessed EMP grenades that could shut down Snake's Octo-Camouflage, Snake's Solid Eye and nanomachines would have been unaffected- both having survived far worse in the past. Snake is also more physically durable than the average man- having survived intense exposure in a microwave chamber a full three minutes where a regular human wouldn't even last half as long. Lastly, Sam's and Grim's Mission Control systems have a history of being hacked, whereas Snake's Codec has not. Combined with Otacon's proven track record of hacking into any system Sam's mission support from Grim would be completely disabled. Overall, Snake's superiority in melee combat and having a counter for anything Sam could throw at him clinched the fight in his favor.
24. "Darth Vader vs. Doctor Doom"^Result  Doctor Doom wins. Doom's achievements and mastery of science and magic is simply far more powerful than anything Vader can do with the Force. Furthermore, the magical barriers of Doom's armor and its separation from the physical world has protected him from reality warping and telekinetic attacks by the likes of Thanos and the Silver Surfer, more than enough to handle whatever Force and lightsaber attacks Vader will send his way (and leave Force Choke's effectiveness rather dubious); whereas Vader's armor - while durable - was deliberately engineered with flaws that hamper his ability to fight. Even assuming Vader can penetrate Doom's armor through the Force, Doom's mind is protected by his willpower, which is more than strong enough to render mind manipulations ineffectual. Lastly, although factoring in his victory to a lesser degree, Doom's electric attacks were able to short-circuit Darth Vader's armor.
25. "Goku vs. Superman 2" ^* This battle takes Dragon Ball Super and the New 52 reboot into account for the fighters' abilities.^Result  Superman still wins. Superman has lifted a literal infinite amount of weight, heard things lightyears away in the vacuum of space, and moved at speeds of over a million times the speed of light — all of which Goku can't even come close to matching. While absurdly powerful as a Super Saiyan God Super Saiyan, Goku is still bound by limits, whereas Superman simply doesn't have limits. Goku also wouldn't exploit Superman's weaknesses to kryptonite out of honor, and has no access to magic — Goku's ki may be divine as a Super Saiyan God, but Dragon Ball goes out of its way to say that ki is not magic. Also, while a Spirit Bomb powered by several multiverses worth of ki might be enough to kill Superman, it would take far too long to create, and Superman is pure-hearted enough to ward off such a Spirit Bomb anyway. While Superman has been beaten in fights before (such as his famous fight with Doomsday), this is no more a reason for Superman to lose than to say that Goku was beaten by Raditz, because Death Battle looks at characters in their prime. In the end, the hosts explain why both characters are admirable — Superman is an ideal to aspire towards, and Goku proves that any limit can be overcome with enough hard work and determination. Even so, the hosts maintain their original decision that "in a fight between a man with no limits and a man who can break any limits, only one has limits to give at all".
26. "Donkey Kong vs. Knuckles" ^Result  Donkey Kong wins. While Knuckles has the advantage in speed and agility, DK's Homing Coconut Shooter nullified this advantage through ranged attacks and DK has the advantage in strength and durability on a much grander scale. What's more, Knuckles' greatest weakness, his lack of combat strategy and love of charging forward, played into DK's greatest strength by keeping the battle up close and personal. With DK's strength measured in thousands of megajoules, and the red echidna having no similar feat, Knuckles was simply outclassed.
27. "Wolverine vs. Raiden" ^Result  Raiden wins. Raiden's High Frequency Murasama Blade is the exact kind of Vibro Weapon that can cut through adamantium in the Marvel canon- nullifying Wolverine's advantage in endurance and healing. Raiden has a near-overwhelming advantage in power and speed and another boost from activating Ripper Mode, completely outclassing Wolverine to where he could barely even land a hit. Wolverine's only real shot at victory was to last long enough to drain Raiden's fuel cells, but being dramatically outclassed in so many areas Wolverine had no chance of doing so. Raiden was also able to nullify Wolverine's healing factor by utilizing his superior speed and strength to cut Wolverine's head off and reduce it to pieces.
28. "Hercule Satan vs. Dan Hibiki" ^Result  Hercule wins. Both are Joke Characters and notorious punching bags, but it's under vastly different contexts. Dan is a joke among mostly normal humans; Hercule is a joke among Physical Gods. Hercule is strong enough to pull about 60 tons at once, punch a hole through solid metal, break nineteen tiles with a single karate chop, and is the only Dragon Ball character to have fought both Cell and Majin Buu without dying. By contrast, Dan can barely throw an average-sized person over his shoulder, has utterly useless ki attacks, almost always fails when in combat, and the only win he has under his belt was given to him out of pity by Sagat. Also worth mentioning is Hercule's insane level of good luck, whereas Dan can just never seem to catch a break.
29. "Yang Xiao Long vs. Tifa Lockhart" ^Result  Yang wins. Tifa might be stronger initially and more experienced in combat, but Yang's Semblance to keep getting stronger the more physical damage she takes was able to use that strength against her. While Tifa can lift up large enemies several times heavier than her during her Limit Breaks, that strength seems to be only limited to Limit Breaks, seeing as she doesn't show this strength outside of battle. Tifa's Premium Heart increases her power over time, but resets after using a Limit Break, while Yang's Semblance continues to grow over time until the battle's completion. This, combined with Yang's already freakish durability, plus her aura, meant that Yang could take Tifa's punishment and give just as much to her far less defensively sound opponent.
30. "Mega Man vs. Astro Boy" ^* Announced on 10/24/2015 during the The Industry season finale.^Result  Astro Boy wins. Astro Boy is much stronger, far faster, and vastly more durable than Mega Man, being able to fly around the entire planet Earth in approximately two seconds, catch an entire flying island that was falling to Earth and slow it down enough to prevent any major damage upon impact, and survive being launched into the Sun with only some superficial melting to show for it- putting him on borderline Superman levels of power. Mega Man's only real advantages in the fight were his more varied arsenal and much stronger ranged weaponry- but only very few of his weapons are powerful enough to kill Astro Boy outright, some pose a threat to Mega Man himself, and all but his basic weapons are prone to running out of energy with repeated use. Furthermore, Astro Boy is more than agile enough to dodge the few of Mega Man's weapons that could pose a threat to him, and completely outmatch Mega Man's speed even when he had the Super Adaptor equipped. Ultimately, the best Mega Man could do was prolong the fight until Astro Boy eventually overpowered him.
31. "Green Arrow vs. Hawkeye" ^Result  Hawkeye wins. While both have similar arsenals and remarkable accuracy, Hawkeye has more feats to his name that showcase his superior strength, firing speed, agility, and durability. He's able to dodge machine gun fire and catch arrows out of the air - while blind - greatly diminishing the chance of Green Arrow being able to even land a hit. Furthermore, Hawkeye has distinct advantages such as his Adamantium-tipped arrows being superior to Green Arrow's Diamond-tipped arrows and his ability to keep up an incredible volume of fire despite his bow being almost double the draw weight of his opponent's bow. While the fight was close, Hawkeye's superior reflexes and firing speed simply outclassed Green Arrow's.
32. "Red and Charizard vs. Tai and Agumon" ^Result  Tai and Agumon win. Once Agumon digivolves to WarGreymon, Charizard simply cannot keep up with him, as WarGreymon is several factors stronger, faster, and tougher than Mega Charizard X. WarGreymon also holds a unique advantage with his "Dramon Killer/Destroyer" gauntlets, which are specifically intended to kill dragons - a type that Charizard gains after mega-evolving into Mega Charizard X. Also, while Red and Charizard are undoubtedly True Companions, Charizard can be considered a pet at best. Agumon and Tai, by contrast, treat each other as equals. Agumon feeds off this bond in a much more literal manner than a Pokemon does, drawing power directly from his friendship and courage, as opposed to Charizard merely feeling more motivated. Finally, whereas Charizard is reliant on Red for instructions in battle, Agumon is significantly more intelligent and capable of battling with strategy independent of Tai's command. And while Red is a genius when it comes to strategy, he doesn't do any fighting himself in battle, while Tai historically has no problem getting his hands dirty. This becomes important when Tai attacks Red directly to protect Agumon, robbing Charizard of Red's command and leaving it vulnerable.

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Season Three

1. "Dante vs. Bayonetta" ^Result  Dante wins. While Bayonetta eclipses Dante in pure strength, and their respective arsenals and time-slowing abilities were about on par, Dante's durability outdoes Bayonetta's by a country mile. Because of Dante's near-instant regeneration from otherwise fatal wounds, this meant Bayonetta lacks anything that could effectively kill him. Bayonetta lacks durability on a similar level; she is reliant on evasion and Witch Time to dodge any and all attacks, as any conventional weapon can kill her. Dante's experience as a devil hunter also makes him perfectly suited to counter Bayonetta's demonic summons. Also, while their speed and reflexes were at a similar superhuman level, Dante's Royal Guard abilities allowed him to more effectively counterattack. Bayonetta couldn't kill Dante, couldn't dodge his attacks forever, and couldn't break through his defenses. As such, Dante's victory was only a matter of time.
2. "Bowser vs. Ganon" ^Result  Ganon wins. Whilst Bowser had the advantage in terms of brute strength, Ganon's own considerable strength, deadlier magic, and superior intellect allowed him to outwit the comparatively stupid Bowser whilst still being able to keep up with him in a straight-up brawl. The other key factor was in their endurance. Ganon can only be truly killed by holy weapons such as the Master Sword and Silver/Light Arrows- meaning that Bowser can injure Ganon, but not actually kill him. Bowser- meanwhile- can eventually be killed through conventional means. In New Super Mario Bros. DS, Bowser is reduced to his Dry Bowser form and then dies from a simple fall while still in his Dry form. Ganon also has the ability to decay Bowser's body (Using the same death curse he killed the Great Deku Tree with in The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time), allowing him to exploit this very weakness.
3. "Ratchet & Clank vs. Jak and Daxter" ^Result  Ratchet and Clank win. While Jak and Daxter's abilities with Eco were outstanding, it could not match their opponents' superior teamwork, arsenal and defensive capabilities. Ratchet and Clank's supply of Nanotech was plentiful and more effective in healing than Jak and Daxter's Green Eco, while their shields allowed them to block the latter duo's offensive Eco. Also, despite the Morph Gun's impressiveness, the arsenal Ratchet has amassed over his adventures easily surpasses it in destructive power and versatility. Jak's Dark and Light forms were his trump card, but his limited Eco prevented him from using all of their abilities, and Ratchet's arsenal had the necessary capability to keep up with both forms. Finally, Clank outmatches Daxter in every category, providing ample backup for Ratchet, which Daxter simply couldn't match for Jak. Clank's Zoni biology nullified Light Jak's Flash Freeze, and passing that immunity along to Ratchet gave them the opening needed to claim victory.
4. "The Flash (Barry Allen) vs. Quicksilver" ^Result  The Flash wins. The Flash is simply much faster than Quicksilver - capable of feats Quicksilver cannot hope to match such as thinking and reacting in less than an attosecond and running ten times the speed of light. The Flash can also drag his foes into the Speed Force itself, further increasing his powers. Despite Quicksilver's formal combat training from both Magneto and Captain America, he's dramatically over-matched by Flash and had no chance of catching up with him. In addition, Flash was not as arrogant as his opponent was, giving him an advantage in strategy.
5. "The Joker vs. Sweet Tooth (Needles Kane)" ^Result  The Joker wins. Both clowns are very capable fighters and boast large arsenals, but the Joker's cunning, unpredictability and sufficient durability to survive all kinds of deadly situations — along with all the experience that comes with regularly going toe-to-toe with the likes of Batman, Superman and the rest of the Justice League — edged him over Needles Kane. While Needles' Sweet Tooth had the Sweet Bot as his ace in the hole, the Joker's experience in manipulating very similar people allowed him to play Needles' bloodlust against him and convince him to get out of the mecha to finish him off up close and personal, which gave Joker the one opportunity he needed to hit Needles with his signature Joker Venom. Considering Joker Venom has worked against most of the members of the Justice League — many with superhuman physiology — there is little doubt that it would kill Needles.
6. "Mewtwo vs. Shadow" ^Result  Mewtwo wins. Although Shadow has the edge in speed and strength, Mewtwo's psychic abilities are too much for Shadow to handle. Mewtwo could read Shadow's mind, meaning it can predict Shadow's moves and tactics. Also, Mewtwo can alter memories with precision, allowing it to completely erase Shadow's memories and obliterate his ability to fight. Even in his Super Form, Shadow has no way to counter Mewtwo's psychic power, having been mind-controlled with ease in the past by the likes of Black Doom, the Voxai Overmind and Lyric, and required external help to break free of the mind control in all of those cases. On top of its already-great defense and mobility, Mewtwo also has several techniques (including Barrier and Recover) that allowed it to effectively withstand Shadow's attacks long enough to figure out how to beat him.
7. "The Meta vs. Agent Carolina" ^Result  Agent Carolina wins. While the Meta has more brute strength and destructive capabilities, Agent Carolina was able to utilize her mastery in martial arts and equipment to hold her own and counter the Meta's advantages almost blow-for-blow. With her healing unit, she could more effectively recover from injuries faster than The Meta could harm her— even with The Meta's Time Distortion active— and outlast his energy reserves. The primary factor was with the relation between Freelancer and AI— Maine had 8 different AI controlling him, causing an unintelligible mess of commands that overlap at crucial moments and hinder his ability to make effective tactical decisions. In contrast, Carolina and Epsilon share a mutual trust as partners, allowing them to coordinate their tactics and compensate each other's weaknesses. Plus, if the leaderboards are anything to go by, Maine ranks 7th while Carolina ranks 2nd, proving her continued dominance over some of the best warriors in the Freelancer Project.
8. "Cammy White vs. Sonya Blade" ^Result  Sonya wins. While Cammy may have had the edge in speed and agility, Sonya's deadlier arsenal and greater strength was enough for her to win the fight. Although Cammy has encountered many threats of otherworldly and supernatural nature and has defeated leaders of entire armies during her time with Delta Red and Shadaloo, Sonya has done the same — but for both a longer period of time and on a grander scale, as evidenced by her rank of General by the time of Mortal Kombat X. Also, whilst Cammy was adept at dodging projectiles such as bullets, Sonya's drone and assortment of grenades, bombs, stunning weaponry and the like (along with her greater willingness to fight dirty) meant that Cammy had to deal with a constant barrage of such attacks from multiple angles — and could therefore only dodge for so long before something eventually hit her, nullifying the biggest advantage she had over Sonya.
9. "Tracer vs. Scout" ^Result  Tracer wins. Scout's physicality, more powerful firearms and Bonk! Atomic Punch let him hold his own against Tracer, but Tracer's extreme reaction time and time-bending abilities meant that most of his attacks couldn't do so much as hit her. Even when he could catch her off-guard, her Recall ability let her undo the damage done and then dodge the attack. Also, while Scout did survive a bombardment from three rockets at once in Meet the Medic, it's never shown where exactly they landed and it's unlikely Scout could survive a direct impact. After all, Scout's far more durable teammates the Heavy, Demoman and Pyro have still been one-shotted by individual rockets. Finally, while Scout is genuinely faster than a normal human and his reaction speeds are insane, Tracer is both, albeit on a far greater level — meaning ultimately, he was simply outclassed.
10. "Ken Masters vs. Terry Bogard" ^Result  Terry wins. Whilst Ken and Terry are about on par with each other in terms of years of combat experience and skill, the sheer power Terry's able to use and counter put him above Ken. Although Ken has previously beaten deadly fighters such as Zangief, Hugo and Vega, and is capable of dodging attacks from the all-powerful Akuma on his own, Terry has displayed a far greater resume— keeping up with a man capable of catching and shooting back bullets, and beating his universe's top-tier fighters, such as Geese Howard, Wolfgang Krauser and even Mars, the God of War himself. On the other hand, Ken's greatest opponent, M. Bison, was only beaten with Ryu's help, putting him at a major disadvantage in a one-on-one battle to the death.
11. "Amy Rose vs. Ramona Flowers" ^Result  Amy wins. While Ramona was both smarter and more even-tempered, Amy completely destroys Ramona in the speed department; Amy is capable of catching up with Sonic, whose casual running speed sits at the speed of sound. While Amy and Ramona possess similar hammer feats in destroying giant robots and sending people flying long distances, Amy has shown feats several magnitudes higher by throwing her hammer several thousand feet into the sky with enough force to make a giant robot stagger back, much greater than anything Ramona has shown doing, and has survived being crushed by stronger forces than Ramona as well. Ramona's trump card in her Subspace Suitcase gave her an edge, but as her ex-boyfriend Gideon was able to break out by destroying it, there was nothing stopping Amy from doing the same and taking Ramona's best chance of victory away.
12. "The Incredible Hulk vs. Doomsday" ^Result  Doomsday wins. The Hulk has the advantage in strength while Doomsday has the edge in speed, making the battle fairly evenly matched... were it not for a quirk of Hulk's powers. Even transformed, the Hulk's physiology is human, and due to the way the human body processes anger, Hulk's endless strength is a by-product of his healing factor. If Hulk's healing factor is over-taxed by taking enough damage the Hulk begins to lose his strength and is rendered vulnerable. Doomsday's speed, combat prowess, and immense strength make him more than able to overtax Hulk's healing factor and weaken him enough to kill. Doomsday is also immune to most ways the Hulk could potentially kill him, having been defeated repeatedly by Superman and the Justice League and evolving to be immune to pretty much any form of brute strength.
13. "Roronoa Zoro vs. Erza Scarlet" ^Result  Zoro wins. While Erza has a vast arsenal and powerful magic on her side that could always keep her opponent guessing, Zoro was a lot stronger, faster, and more durable. While Erza's feats of strength are impressive, all of them pale in comparison to Zoro's; he's taken Luffy's damage as well as his own in his fight against Kuma, moved from the top of a tall building to the ground and outside faster than the human eye can process, and had the strength to bisect a mountain-sized Pica with one swing and lift Pica's upper half into the air, which by itself would take more than a hydrogen bomb blast's worth of force. Zoro also has a clear experience advantage; having trained with his swords all his life as well as learning under the world's greatest swordsman, whereas Erza is mostly self-taught and prefers switching between many different weapons rather than fully mastering a single fighting style, which put her on the back foot when pressured. Finally, Erza's last resort is her sarashi form, where she sheds all armor to greatly enhance her speed and weapon power. This boost still isn't enough to close the gap with Zoro however, and shedding her armor ultimately only served to expose her for a quick kill.
14. "Deadpool vs. Pinkie Pie" ^Result  It's a no-contest. Deadpool and Pinkie Pie's common penchant for breaking the fourth wall led to them striking a friendship; culminating in Pinkie throwing Deadpool a birthday party. Even if they had fought one another, Deadpool's healing factor and Pinkie's mastery of Toon Physics meant neither was particularly likely to die. Boomstick theorizes that the combatants' fourth wall-breaking abilities led to almost all of Death Battle's long-standing rules and traditions being discarded. With the hosts flabbergasted and the fourth wall in tatters, Wiz declares that the hosts themselves lost the fight.

Season Four

1. "Lara Croft vs. Nathan Drake" ^Result  Lara wins. Both Lara and Nathan have exhibited superhuman feats of agility, strength, and durability, but Lara outclasses Nathan in all of those categories. Lara has moved heavier objects than Nate and moved them farther. She's survived drops from greater heights and powered through far worse injuries for much longer periods of time under much worse circumstances. Lara was impaled by an iron re-bar and then survived an island filled with hostiles for an entire week; Nathan took a gun shot in a similar area of his body and climbed from a train, and not only passed out shortly after, but needed intense medical attention for three days. However, what really sealed Nathan's fate was the difference in survival skills and strategies. Lara has trained with masters of combat and survival from all corners of the world as preparation for her adventures; she has a strategy for virtually any situation she encounters. Nathan has some training from Sully but is mostly self-taught; he plays every situation by ear and often relies on luck, which eventually runs out if pushed too long.
2. "Scrooge McDuck vs. Shovel Knight" ^Result  Scrooge wins. Shovel Knight has an impressive array of magical relics, but his ability to use them was limited due to a finite magic supply. While Shovel Knight does have a full suit of armor, Scrooge has fought and beaten knights before, so he's familiar with their weak points. On top of that, Scrooge is strong enough to rip apart a pair of steamboat smokestacks with his bare hands, can outrun a silver dollar he himself threw over the Potomac River, survived being dragged through a live minefield after having been hit with a cannonball, and has over 150 years of experience, meaning he outclassed Shovel Knight in every area. Above all that, Scrooge's incredible wealth gives him access to weapons that literally defy the laws of physics, such as the Anti-Inertia Ray and the Neutra-Friction Ray, which Shovel Knight would have no idea how to work around.
3. "Venom vs. Bane" ^Result  Venom wins. Venom's feats of strength and speed considerably outclass Bane's similar showings (Venom catching and lifting up a falling 200-ton ferris wheel versus Bane lifting and throwing a 27-ton armored security van, for example). While both combatants have taken beatings from Superman-level entities and survived, the symbiote's healing factor allows Venom to recover more quickly from critical wounds. Bane is far more intelligent and strategic than Venom granted, but it's unlikely that Bane would be able to deduce the symbiote's weaknesses to fire and sound-based attacks in time. And even if he was aware of them, Bane has no reliable means of exploiting either of these weaknesses on his own, whereas Venom can more easily find and exploit Bane's primary weakness by cutting off the systems supplying the Venom drug into his brain.
4. "Megazord vs. Voltron" ^Result  Voltron wins. While the Power Rangers and their Megazord possess the superior close-range combat skills, Voltron outclasses the Megazord almost everywhere else. Voltron can travel between planets in less than a day, allowing it to easily outmaneuver the sluggish Megazord. Voltron has demonstrated a feat of strength 5.5 times greater than the Megazord's feats, and Voltron has survived forces equivalent to a black hole, while far more powerful Zords have been broken apart by far weaker forces. None of the Power Rangers' other Megazords have come close to matching Voltron's feats either. In addition, Voltron has a larger arsenal of ranged weapons, giving it a tactical advantage.
5. "Natsu Dragneel vs. Portgas D. Ace" ^Result  Natsu wins. Both combatants had clear advantages over the other — Natsu with his strength and speed, and Ace with his durability and endurance. Their mutual immunity to fire attacks also played against each other. However, what sealed this fight in Natsu's favor was his superior use of tactics and experience. Natsu's enhanced senses and more formal combat training allowed him to take note of Ace's ability to turn into fire, forcing Ace to rely more on his human form to avoid being eaten. This, along with Natsu's superior speed, provided him with the opening needed to hit Ace with lightning magic — an element that Ace is not immune to. Given the large amounts of fire Ace could throw, it only served to give Natsu more opportunities to keep his magic supply topped up and eventually land the fatal blow he needed to win.
6. "Sub-Zero vs. Glacius" ^Result  Sub-Zero wins. While both characters were more-or-less equal in terms of their cryokinetic powers, Sub-Zero had the edge in melee combat training due to the more varied opponents he's faced in the Mortal Kombat universe, including other cryomancers. He also had the advantage in agility and versatility, allowing him to maneuver around Glacius' more ranged fighting style and teleport away from his liquid form. At first, it seemed Glacius had better defense with his ice armor; assuming his armor was made of blue ice, the purest and most durable form of ice, it would take at least 57,000 pounds of force per square inch to break it. However, Sub-Zero is strong enough to destroy titanium with a single strike, which requires 63,000 pounds of force per square inch, thus he had the strength necessary to break through Glacius' armor and destroy his vulnerable body within.
7. "Android 18 vs. Captain Marvel" ^Result  Android 18 wins. While Captain Marvel is an incredibly powerful Avenger, 18 outclassed her in strength, durability, speed and tactics. Captain Marvel's personal speed record is flying from New York City to the Earth's Exosphere in under two minutes, putting her top speed at Mach 247 or 200,000 MPH. 18, on the other hand, can match the speed of a Super Saiyan (which was previously calculated in "Goku vs. Superman"), meaning she could move about 15,300,000 MPH (the video listed 340,000 MPH, but the crew posted afterwards they'd lowballed it). She's durable enough to reflect and tank massive ki blasts with no noticable damage, and was also strong enough to break Vegeta's arm, which is notable since Vegeta's bone structure was able to endure the stress of 450x gravity. Captain Marvel's only chance to match 18 was to absorb her power and become Binary, but since 18 can absorb energy as well and has fought opponents who could do so too (the hosts later admitted they'd made a mistake and 18 can't do this, but that it also doesn't effect the result enough to matter), she was able to recognize what Captain Marvel was doing and stop giving her energy. Even if Binary was at full power, there doesn't appear to be any major changes to her durability; in her most recent appearance in Marvel Comics, Binary was taken out by alien weaponry that seems no different from the type that would have injured her Captain Marvel form. With every advantage Android 18 had, she managed to wear Captain Marvel out and secure victory.
8. "Metal Sonic vs. Zero" ^Result  Zero wins. While Metal Sonic might have had the supposed speed advantage by clocking in at around 26,844 MPH, Zero could effectively deal with that via scaling to the original Mega Man, who he was built to surpass. Zero's vast arsenal also allowed him to counter roughly anything Metal tried to use against him, and his time-stopping Dark Hold technique was just as effective as but crucially more instantaneous than Metal's imperfectly-copied version of Chaos Control. In addition, surviving the destruction of the Eurasia space colony meant that Zero held the durability advantage, compared to Metal ramming into and destroying a giant stalactite during his first fight with Sonic. To top this all off, Metal Sonic simply lacked the means to put Zero down for good — Metal ramming at full speed with his 275-pound frame would only amount to destroying a building, when Zero has survived far worse, and Zero is certainly strong enough and experienced enough in dealing with giant Mavericks to bring down Metal, even after reaching his Metal Overlord form.
9. "Lucario vs. Renamon" ^Result  Lucario wins. While Renamon had the advantage in speed and durability, Lucario's aura allowed it to sense and predict Renamon's moves to keep up, and could also use Extreme Speed to add to it when necessary. Lucario also had the edge in strength and adaptability, having a considerably larger arsenal to help adapt to the fight— including various abilities to strengthen itself and weaken its opponent, versus Renamon's purely attack-based ones— and its feats of strength far outclassed those of Renamon. Finally, while Renamon might have had an edge in endurance over time, it's unlikely that Renamon would be able to survive long enough to see Lucario overexert itself, due to Renamon's Glass Cannon fighting style and Lucario's own speed, strength, and aura-based powers of prediction and becoming stronger the more damage it takes being effective enough to keep said endurance from being a factor.
10. "Balrog vs. TJ Combo" ^Result  TJ wins. Both fighters were evenly matched in terms of strength and durability, with TJ edging out in the former and Balrog in the latter, but what mattered the most in this scenario was their fighting styles. Balrog's boxing style fell under the "Slugger" category, sacrificing finesse and versatility for a greater focus on powerful direct strikes and maintaining the offensive. TJ, on the other hand, makes use of a more defensively minded "Outboxer" style, keeping his distance and taking advantage of whenever his opponent misses an attack. Using the real-life triangle theory of boxing, it was determined that TJ's Outboxer style held an advantage over Balrog's Slugger style. Balrog's attacks were predictable and used a lot of force, so TJ was able to dodge his attacks to tire him out and wait for him to make a mistake he could take advantage of, similar to when Muhammad Ali defeated George Foreman in the famous Rumble in the Jungle. In addition, TJ had greater experience as a boxer, having held the World Heavyweight Championship title for twenty years, as well as some minor superhuman abilities from Ultratech's experiments like a slight Healing Factor and the ability to call on a reserve of energy to help him move faster in dire situations.
11. "The Shredder vs. Silver Samurai" ^Result  Shredder wins. Both fighters were incredibly tough, though while Silver Samurai is physically stronger than baseline Shredder and his armor more durable, it also possessed a number of weak points that the more skilled and agile Shredder could exploit with precision striking. Silver Samurai's teleportation has also been primarily used for escape rather than mobility or as a means of attack; even on the occasions that he weaponizes it, experienced fighters can still predict his movements — and a warrior as experienced as Shredder could easily do so. Between Harada's tachyon blade and Shredder's ninja precision, the fight would ultimately come down to who would land the first crucial blow — and Shredder, capable of moving faster than eyesight, can attack twice as fast as Harada can protect himself. Even then, if all else fails, Shredder can absorb mutagen to become Super Shredder — whose strength and durability feats far eclipse those of Silver Samurai — and overpower him that way.
12. "Smokey Bear vs. McGruff the Crime Dog" ^Result  Smokey wins. McGruff had advantages in speed and his smaller frame would be difficult for Smokey to hit, but this is counterbalanced by Smokey being a bear, and thus having far greater physical strength; these also serve as the only way McGruff had the edge on Smokey in the fight. Beyond this, the vaster differences lie in their abilities; both combatants are capable of manipulating the flow of time, but only Smokey can interact with the world around him in the process. Smokey can also change his size and grow large enough to dwarf mountains. Ultimately, Smokey had advantages in both natural physique and additional skills to be more than a match for McGruff.
13. "Thor vs. Wonder Woman" ^Result  Wonder Woman wins. Both combatants were evenly-matched in terms of their experience, weaponry, and super modes, but Wonder Woman's reaction speed — capable of deflecting projectiles fired from across the universe and catching a foe ahead of her in time — far eclipsed Mjölnir's highest known speed when thrown. Thor is capable of withstanding a bomb capable of destroying planets, giving him the edge in durability, but Wonder Woman has moved the planet Earth itself; a feat eight thousand times greater than Thor lifting the Midgard Serpent. Lastly, while Mjölnir is a highly destructive weapon, it is incapable of cutting or piercing, injuries that Diana would be susceptible to; by comparison, Diana's Sword of Athena is sharp enough to cut on a molecular level and has previously killed demigods and other similar deities, meaning Thor had little resistance against a direct strike from it.
14. "Naruto Uzumaki vs. Ichigo Kurosaki" ^Result  Naruto wins. While both fighters had the determination and willpower to push through and battle to the best of their abilities, and even with Ichigo's speed trumping his opponent's by a wide margin, Naruto had overwhelming advantages in strength, durability, and versatility, which proved to be too much for Ichigo to handle. To expand upon this, the hosts went over an extensive review of Ichigo's power. Even giving Ichigo the benefit of the doubt in every area possible by granting him the full multiplier all his powered up forms could possibly give him (even counting forms that were supposedly mutually exclusive), and even compounding the multipliers together to calculate the fullest potential of Ichigo's abilities, that was still not enough for him to overpower Naruto. Not only that, but Ichigo's trump card — Mugetsu — was a Death-or-Glory Attack which would rob him of his powers; Naruto was more than capable of surviving such an attack, and retaliating at full force as soon as Ichigo became vulnerable sealed his victory.
15. "Batman Beyond vs. Spider-Man 2099" ^Result  Batman Beyond wins. Both were even in terms of agility and durability, but Terry had Miguel beat in speed, being fast enough to keep pace with a missile moving at 15,000 MPH. He was also stronger than Miguel as well; Terry's greatest strength feat was easily lifting a dark limestone boulder underwater, which weighed about 200 tons. While Miguel has lifted a large antenna of similar weight, he only did so with the assistance of the original Spider-Man, whose own strength feats still pale in comparison to Terry's. As for their assistants, Bruce Wayne had the advantage with the advanced technology of the Batcomputer and past experience as Batman to aid Terry in battle. Miguel's A.I. Lyla wasn't designed for combat capabilities, and she was unable to hack the Batsuit thanks to the power of the Batcomputer's security, which has held off the likes of the supercomputer-level intellect of Brainiac. In addition, Terry had the edge in formal combat training — Terry has trained with Bruce Wayne, Bruce's old sensei Kairi Tanaga, and Dick Grayson; Miguel has no formal training at all. With Bruce's advice, superior strength and speed, and better training, there was nothing that Miguel or Lyla could do to gain the edge over Batman Beyond before he moved in for the kill.
16. "Sephiroth vs. Vergil" ^Result  Sephiroth wins. Both combatants are powerful and deadly swordsmen, but Sephiroth has vastly superior strength, durability, and magical power compared to Vergil. By scaling to Zack Fair, Sephiroth has been shown to output much greater strength than Vergil, and had enough experience battling fast opponents to deal with Vergil's superior speed. Not only that, but Yamato's dimension-cutting abilities were inconsistent at times; as it struggled with cutting through Dante's Rebellion and Lady's Kalina Ann rocket launcher, and required more force in slicing tougher materials like the mutated Arkham's body, it could not destroy its opposition in the Masamune. While Vergil's healing factor was impressive, Sephiroth was able to sustain similar levels of punishment and cast recovery spells from his infinite pool of magic to keep fighting. By utilizing illusions — which Vergil had been shown to be susceptible to in his home series, even leading to his canonical death — Sephiroth had enough time to patch himself up and perform Supernova, an attack more than powerful enough to overtax Vergil's healing; even if he were successful in cutting through dimensions to escape it, he would have been far too weak to retaliate and be left open to a fatal blow.

Season Five

1. "Black Panther vs. Batman" ^Result  Black Panther wins. While both have similar martial arts skills, genius intellects, and vast resources, Batman simply had no way of getting through Black Panther's vibranium-based suit. Batman's aversion to lethal weapons means he has never — in any known medium — constructed a gadget with enough destructive power to overload the kinetic Energy Absorption of Black Panther's suit, much less have one readily on hand for a Death Battle. Black Panther also edges out Batman in physicality and weapons, as Wakanda's Heart-Shaped Herb gives him supernatural strength, speed, and reflexes and T'Challa's anti-metal claws could tear through any of Batman's various suits and ruin his gadgets.
2. "Raven vs. Twilight Sparkle" ^Result  Raven wins. While both combatants have similar expertise in magic and a roughly even number of spells that could instantly end a fight, Raven has proven to be far stronger and more durable than Twilight, having lifted the majority of Titans Tower by herself, and withstood energy blasts of nearly 300 sextillion newtons of force. Twilight's most impressive feats — moving the Sun and the Moon at the same time, as well as battling Lord Tirek when he had absorbed the magic of every other creature in Equestria — pale in comparison. And even then, these can both be chalked up to outside aid, as Twilight only accomplished both of those feats when she had the power of all four alicorn princesses at her disposal. Most crucially, Raven's Soul-Self is capable of operating independently, allowing Raven to keep fighting even when she herself is incapacitated. The Soul-Self is also capable of overpowering Twilight all on its own, with it able to move at Mach 36, having a track record of being used as an effective battering ram, and being capable of draining emotions from its target, which has been shown to weaken Twilight's magic. Even low-balling its mass to be only as heavy as Raven, the Soul-Self had more than enough power and magical skill to weaken Twilight enough to clinch the match.
3. "Jotaro Kujo vs. Kenshiro" ^Result  Kenshiro wins. Kenshiro is able to sense the fighting spirit of other individuals, and Jotaro's Stand, Star Platinum, is made of fighting spirit. While Star Platinum has been shown to break apart and throw portions of buildings, Kenshiro could topple an entire skyscraper and No-Sell it falling directly on top of him, giving Ken the edge in strength. In addition, Jotaro is accustomed to analyzing and exploiting his foes' weaknesses mid-fight, which would serve little purpose against a straightforward fighting style with few evident weak points like Hokuto Shinken. The only major advantages Jotaro had were Star Platinum's superior speed, the ability to stop time, and the fact that Stands can only be damaged by other Stands. However, Kenshiro had superior durability, and the intangibility skill Musuo Tensei allowed Ken to avoid the worst of Star's attacks. While Ken couldn't damage Star Platinum, Jotaro himself could still be attacked and injured with Star Platinum out. Finally, the length and cooldown-based limitations on Star Platinum's time stop gave Kenshiro enough time to work around all of his disadvantages. Kenshiro had more than enough raw power and techniques from Hokuto Shinken to make up for his own shortcomings, meaning he could certainly land one direct hit to Jotaro's pressure points, which would be all Ken would need to kill Jotaro.
4. "Crash Bandicoot vs. Spyro the Dragon" ^Result  Spyro wins. Spyro had the edge in speed, flight, and elemental manipulation, whereas Crash had the advantage in strength — being able to lift and throw eight-ton boulders — and could keep up with Spyro's abilities using his various gadgets, weapons and protection from Aku Aku, despite not being able to jack Spyro due to his opponent not being composed of Mojo. Both combatants also had similarly massive levels of durability, capable of surviving impacts of billions of tons of force; this meant that, for the most part, neither combatant had a way to truly finish the other off. The only way any significant damage could be dealt in the fight was through Dark Spyro's aether breath; a force that can destroy on an atomic level, which even Aku Aku — who has previously been overpowered by far weaker attacks — would be unable to defend Crash against.
5. "Sora vs. Pit" ^Result  Sora wins. Pit has the ability to fly, far more battle experience, excellent physicality, and a strong and varied arsenal of weapons and powers, which allowed him to put up a good fight. However, Sora outmatched Pit in speed, strength, and durability — with several notably more impressive feats by comparison. Sora's attacks also move faster than light speed, and when combined with the ability to teleport and manipulate time, this meant that Pit would be unlikely to land much in the way of crucial blows. Even when Pit could get some good attacks in, Sora's healing and defensive magic provided efficient counters, whereas Pit lacks a similar means of prolonging a fight: being limited to mostly just offensive magic outside of his generally more basic and less effective recovery and defensive powers. Combined with the fact that Sora's Magic Power could be restored by items or regenerated over time, as well as how even Pit's Three Sacred Treasures could be overpowered with enough force (as demonstrated by his first battle with Hades), this ensured that Sora had all he needed to outlast Pit's limited uses of his strongest powers and weaponry, and then finish the angel off once he ran out of options to fall back on.
6. "Leon S. Kennedy vs. Frank West." ^Result  Leon wins. While Frank matches Leon in durability, and his creative arsenal and strategies kept Leon on his toes, Leon outclasses Frank everywhere else. Though Frank has incredible strength in his Exosuit, Leon has shown far greater feats of strength with no assistance, and his reaction and movement speed are better than anything Frank has ever shown. While Leon's firearms weren't as creative as Frank's combo weapons, Leon still had a very serviceable and overall deadlier arsenal to call upon, giving him an edge over Frank's most useful trait. Combine that with his formal combat training and experience fighting B.O.W.s and other super-powered monsters that could have easily killed him in one hit, plus the intelligence to craft his own creative mid-battle strategies, and Leon simply had an answer for anything that Frank could throw at him.
7. "Doctor Strange vs. Doctor Fate" ^Result  Doctor Fate wins. Both sorcerers were ridiculously powerful, so trying to find upper limits to their abilities was borderline impossible. While both combatants had abilities that could have ended the fight in an instant, the hosts looked for the most reasonable outcome, which saw Fate having the advantage. While Strange had been in a war for over five thousand years, Fate had Nabu, who has been in existence since the beginning of time, over ten billion years ago. Fate also has the advantage of casting spells non-verbally, while Strange needs specific hand movements and incantations to cast his magic. Even removing the Helmet of Fate would not make a difference, as Kent Nelson has superhuman strength and magic even without the Helm's power, and Strange's speed was not as impressive as the Helmet of Fate's "velocity of God" (calculated to be 28 decillion times the speed of light). All of this combined meant that Fate was superior to Strange in every significant area.
8. "Ryu vs. Jin Kazama" ^Result  Ryu wins. Since their base forms were near evenly matched, the hosts used Akuma and Kazuya as base levels for Ryu and Jin's respective Superpowered Evil Sides to see which had the advantage. In these forms, whereas Jin had the speed advantage — being able to take off into Space and reach escape velocity to do so — Ryu had the strength advantage, as Akuma had the power to shatter an island and split Uluru in half by punching them, making him over four times stronger than Kazuya's strongest feat of causing a volcano to erupt by striking the ground nearby. In addition, Akuma survived his feats of strength whereas Kazuya did not, giving Ryu an edge in durability. Even using non-canon sources, like Gun Jack destroying a meteor, Akuma has done far more impressive things than Kazuya and survived them. Likewise, if all else were to fail, Ryu's Power Of Nothingness was an ideal method of defeating Devil Jin regardless of whether or not Evil Ryu could beat him; as established with it having the power to permanently destroy M. Bison and his evil-fuelled Psycho Power when nothing else could. Thus, while Jin had the speed, Ryu had the discipline, strength and durability to overwhelm Jin.
9. "Samurai Jack vs. Afro Samurai" ^Result  Jack wins. While Afro is one of the most dangerous swordsmen to ever live, Jack simply outclassed Afro in every category. Firstly, Afro has no feats of strength to match Jack's ability to jump while holding a thirty-nine ton boulder. Second, while both fighters are capable of moving at superhuman speeds, Jack's feat of dodging concentrated sunlight from a very short distance meant that he was over twice as fast as Afro. Finally, while Afro was able to tank an explosion from a superpowered RPG, Jack's feat of surviving an explosion-propelled fall from space gave Jack the edge in durability. Even Afro's Combat Pragmatist tendencies couldn't save him, as Jack has both fought and beaten similarly pragmatic opponents before. Afro may have had the aggression and sheer ruthlessness to keep Jack on his toes, but Jack's physical capabilities, skills, and experience meant that Afro simply couldn't keep up with Jack.
10. "Carnage vs. Lucy." ^Result  Lucy wins. While Carnage’s healing factor and bloodlust gave him an advantage in durability and versatility, Lucy's vectors were able to reach greater ranges, faster speeds, and higher power than anything Carnage is capable of. Being able to reach outer space in seconds gave them far longer range and faster speeds than Carnage, and the sheer amount of vectors Lucy was able to generate gave her complete control of the battlefield along with keeping Carnage at bay with anything that could've killed her. Finally, Lucy is able to use her vectors to create explosions comparable to nuclear fusion. This capitalized on Carnage’s weakness to heat, and such an explosion could obliterate him down to an atomic level, which not even his healing factor could overcome. A note pointed out that even if the symbiote had survived such a blast, human blood burns at 1,800 degrees, so there would be nothing left of Cletus himself for the symbiote to exist as.
11. "Optimus Prime vs. RX-78-2 Gundam" ^Result  Optimus wins. While the Gundam was an impressive war machine, it paled in comparison to the Autobot Commander. Firstly, Optimus has vastly more experience than Amuro in combat and is several factors stronger and faster than the Gundam. Even with Amuro's Newtype precognition ability that let him keep up with Prime's superior speed to an extent, Optimus is durable enough to survive the limited shots from the Gundam's beam rifle, having survived an explosion powerful enough to be seen from outer space with no apparent injury, meaning any hits he did take were inconsequential. Also, Optimus had faster and unlimited shots from his ion blaster, which is able to reach targets in orbit from the ground level of Earth, and access to the Matrix of Leadership, which could unleash a planet-destroying beam of energy that far surpassed the Gundam's durability. Simply put, there was nothing Amuro could do to close the very wide gap in power between his Gundam and Optimus.
12. "Nightwing vs. Daredevil" ^Result  Nightwing wins. The physical capabilities for both combatants are extremely similar, to the point that the hosts said it's likely that both Nightwing and Daredevil are capable of the same physical feats. Thus, the deciding factor was their arsenals. The HUD in Nightwing's mask could detect the radar waves Daredevil emits, and thanks to training from Batman, Nightwing could quickly deduce Daredevil's reliance on sound over sight. Nightwing's Supersonic Wing-Dings are the perfect weapon to overwhelm Daredevil's extra-sensitive hearing and leave him vulnerable to a killing blow — and since the Supersonic Wing-Dings are part of his regular arsenal, Nightwing did not need to know about Daredevil's enhanced senses beforehand. Though this was one of the closest bouts in Death Battle history, Nightwing just got the edge over Daredevil thanks to better athletic training, detective skill, and superior gadgets.
13. "Mario vs. Sonic (2018)" ^Result  Mario wins this time. When focusing just on the feats shown in their video games (and thus ignoring all other continuities of each character), Sonic's Super Speed is still far greater than anything Mario is capable of. Even so, Mario is several times stronger and more durable than Sonic. Though Sonic could literally run circles around his opponent, Mario's reaction speeds are at a comparable level to Sonic's, meaning it would only be a matter of time until Mario managed to hit Sonic with a deadly blow. Also, Chaos Control wouldn't save Sonic, as he's never canonically used the time-stopping function of the ability in his video games; even if Sonic could use it, Mario's stopwatch power-up has the same time-stopping effect to cancel it out. Also, while each fighter's respective invincibility modes (Sonic's Super Sonic transformations and Mario's Invincibility Power Ups) canceled each other out, Mario has a far wider and more adaptive range of power-ups than Sonic does; several of these could decisively end the bout in his favor instantly, such as freezing Sonic solid as Ice Mario, or turning him into coins as Gold Mario, which Sonic has no natural defense against. Mario also has the ability to hold several of these power-ups in reserve by default, and in infinite supply with the Bottomless Gloves. All in all, while Sonic may always be faster than Mario and could potentially get the win in specific circumstances, Mario is simply too tough and too versatile for Sonic to take down reliably, and thus is the more likely victor.
14. "Ultron vs. Sigma" ^Result  Ultron wins. Simply put, all of Ultron's stats blow Sigma's out of the water. Ultron scales to Thor, who destroyed several planets miles away during his clash with Gorr the God Butcher, leagues more intense than Sigma's closest match in The General, who could at best block a beam capable of destroying one planet. Even if Sigma scaled to the potential star-buster Lumine, he still wouldn't be strong enough to match Ultron's strength or durability. Speed was a similar story, as Ultron was able to move over 1,500 times faster than Sigma's best calculable feat. Even then, the hosts note that it's iffy thanks to said robot Duo never fighting at his best, and Ultron's speed advantage was potentially even wider. Even disregarding physical stats and focusing solely on their assimilating capabilities, Ultron was again the clear-cut winner, with the sidenotes pointing out that Sigma's infecting of the entire Earth with the Sigma Virus tired him out, whereas the Ultron AI was able to take over an entire galaxy with little trouble and infect the Phalanx, a race of techno-organic beings who could also infect technology and assimilate it. In the end, Ultron had the better body, the better AI, and the better mind for battle, landing him an easy victory over Sigma.
15. "Master Roshi vs. Jiraiya" ^Result  Roshi wins. Roshi's strength feats far eclipse Jiraiya's, as Roshi's performance in the Tournament of Power proved that he can keep up with planet and galaxy busters. He also has much greater experience by dint of living — and thus, fighting and training — over two centuries longer. While Jiraiya does have a few instant-win techniques, they all require such specific circumstances that he couldn't base an entire strategy around them. Though Jiraiya has tactical talent, Roshi's also a clever fighter; as shown, for example, when he single-handedly figured out the illusion of the talisman fighter Dercori, and tricked Caway into defeating herself via only words when they fought. Finally, while Jiraiya and Roshi had similar scalable feats of speed on foot, Roshi's Kamehameha that destroyed the Moon moved leagues faster than any speed feat Jiraiya scales to, meaning it wouldn't be long until he was tagged with Roshi's signature attack.
16. "Thanos vs. Darkseid" ^Result  Darkseid wins. While the Infinity Gauntlet could let Thanos stand up to one of Darkseid's weaker avatars, and the Infinity Stones allowed Thanos to nullify the Anti-Life Equation, Darkseid's true power is far greater than anything Thanos could withstand. While Thanos could keep up with beings able to travel hundreds of thousands of light years within seconds, Darkseid could fly to edge of the universe within a similar timeframe. The Infinity Gauntlet and the Omega Effect were both capable of universal-levels of destruction, but only Darkseid could take said levels of destruction and access the full power of the Omega Effect anywhere, whereas Thanos could only reach his full potential within his own universe, which Darkseid could easily remove him from with his Boom Tubes. Even if both combatants were allowed their full power in neutral territory, Darkseid's very presence in his true form would destroy all of existence on a multiversal scale, a level of power that Thanos doesn't even come close to matching. Ultimately, while the Infinity Gauntlet makes Thanos a formidable foe, Darkseid could do everything Thanos could and more, having always been what Thanos needed the gauntlet to achieve.

Season Six

1. "Aquaman vs. Namor" ^Result  Aquaman wins. With both combatants having similar powers, the fight could have gone to either one; however, Aquaman had the superior skills overall. Namor's best strength feat, keeping the island of Utopia from sinking into the ocean, puts him at over a hundred billion times weaker than Aquaman, who scales to the continent-destroying Atlan. Likewise, Aquaman can move on par with Wonder Woman, who can react at several times faster than lightspeed, far more impressive than Namor or anyone he scales to. Even their more esoteric superpowers put Aquaman as Namor's better; only Aquaman could directly control sealife to act on his will, and his connection to the Clear gives them a boost in strength — whereas Namor was stuck communicating to and attacking with ordinary sea creatures — and could use his mind powers to directly mess with Namor's head and weaken him as needed. Despite their similarities and Namor potentially being able to win in certain circumstances, Aquaman was far superior in virtually every significant field; thus was the more likely victor.
2. "Mega Man Battle Royale ^{List of fighters} Rock "Mega Man" Light vs. Mega Man X vs. Mega Man Volnutt vs. Hub "MegaMan.EXE" Hikari vs. Geo Stelar." ^Result  MegaMan.EXE wins. While every iteration of Mega Man has their specialties, EXE greatly surpassed everyone else. Volnutt was the weakest, slowest, and least-armed of the five by far, making it all but inevitable he’d get taken out first. While Classic was tough and had his fair share of weaponry and abilities, his arsenal was limited by the amount of ammunition they could store, and X was specifically made to surpass him in every way; meaning all Classic could do was delay inevitable destruction. X himself was far and away the most powerful of the physical Mega Men but couldn’t compare to the cosmic level feats of Geo or EXE, and X's trump card, the Mother Elf, could be rewritten and used against him by both Geo’s noise manipulation or EXE’s reprogramming abilities. Finally, while Geo's abilities might have been impressive, EXE has shown abilities that allowed him to delete, recreate, and run across the entire Cyber World in seconds, which is an entire universe of its own. This made EXE faster and stronger than anyone else by several ludicrous orders of magnitude. Combined with thousands of battle chips and abilities that could disable any of the other combatants at any time — except Volnutt, as his weapons are manually attached rather than programmed — EXE’s victory was all but assured right from the start.
3. "Black Widow vs. Widowmaker" ^Result  Black Widow wins. Widowmaker's arsenal gave her the advantage in ranged combat and her agility and ruthlessness made her a dangerous opponent, but Natasha has had plenty of experience in closing distance between herself and long-range opponents; having previously fought and beaten similarly-skilled snipers such as Hawkeye and Crossbones. Even Widowmaker's Venom Mine would be of little help: as Natasha's immune system is far stronger than the average human's, and even then, its poison cannot kill or incapacitate a target immediately. Once Natasha brought the fight into close-range, she gained the upper-hand due to her combat training, skills, and years of experience all far outclassing Widowmaker's. Though both fighters have shown similar levels of durability — with Natasha surviving a grenade to the face and Widowmaker tanking a hit from Doomfist's skyscraper-destroying gauntlet — Widowmaker has never shown the levels of precision, strength, or speed that Black Widow has. Thus, it was only a matter of time before Natasha was able to track down Amelie and move in for the kill as soon as she nullified her biggest advantage.
4. "Captain Marvel vs. Shazam" ^Result  Shazam wins. Carol's experience with the Avengers and Phoenix Force meant she could hold her own against Shazam's Stamina of Atlas and had the superior fighting skills, but she simply fell short in every other category. Shazam's speed and strength feats eclipsed anything Captain Marvel or her Binary form has shown. Binary could move at and react to light speed, but Shazam can move hundreds of quadrillions times faster. Captain Marvel could destroy a planet, but Shazam can punch a black hole into existence: the force of which would be equivalent to 97 simultaneous supernovas. Carol's Energy Absorption also had a limit when it came to magic, and the Wisdom of Solomon would soon clue Shazam in to her ability to absorb his energy attacks: which would accordingly let him change his strategy to rely more on physical blows to prevent her taking advantage. What's more, even if Carol did manage to absorb enough magic to revert Shazam back to Billy, he could simply call upon his powers again at will: and she would be unable to intercept the bolt that transforms him without it killing her. Whilst Captain Marvel was far from a pushover, Shazam's powers eclipsed her own in nearly every significant way.
5. "Wario vs. King Dedede" ^Result  King Dedede wins. Wario's tenacity, versatility and sheer unpredictability with his various power-ups and reactionary transformations let him put up a strong fight, but Dedede had counters to most of his tools. Dedede's Blizzard Hammer, for example, could counter Wario's multiple fire attacks, and he did not need any sort of power-ups or transformations to fly versus Wario needing help from his Jet Helmet or Wario-Man form to do so temporarily, giving him control over the battlefield. Scaling their respective speed and reaction times to Mario and Meta Knight, Dedede had a slight advantage, though it was unclear exactly how large that advantage is. With durability, Wario surviving the Shake King's death explosion doesn't stack up to Dedede surviving Queen Sectonia's planet-sized one or being sucked into Magolor's black hole, the latter of which in particular was measured to be at least five times more powerful than the Shake King's explosion. Due to this, Wario had a hard time landing any meaningful damage, whilst Dedede — who should scale to Kirby — can land hits that lie around planet-breaking level, which is more than what Wario could handle.
6. "Ben Tennyson vs. Green Lantern (Hal Jordan)" ^Result  Green Lantern wins. Though Ben has tons of versatility with the millions of aliens in his Omnitrix, he could only transform into one alien at a time, where Hal always has access to all of his powers. Even further than that, none of the feats Ben's aliens had could even compare to the things that Hal Jordan has done, so none of them stood a chance at fighting him, except for Alien X. But even then, Hal has demonstrated feats allowed him to surpass X's speed and power output, defeating beings on the level of and beyond even Celestialsapiens, and had defenses against various abilities such as time manipulation, mind control, and even existence erasure. Ultimately, while Ben is an incredibly versatile and powerful fighter, Hal's arsenal, speed, and willpower surpassed him in the end.
7. "Weiss Schnee vs. Mitsuru Kirijo" ^Result  Mitsuru wins. While Weiss' glyphs and time dilation gave her an edge in versatility and speed, Mitsuru's analytical clairvoyance meant that it would be difficult to catch her off guard, as Artemisia has shown to scale to other Personas that demonstrate similar speeds to Weiss. Also, Mitsuru and Artemisia's immunity to ice attacks meant most of Weiss' strongest techniques were useless, and Mitsuru outclassed her in energy output and durability regardless. Mitsuru also had a far more reliable arsenal, as Weiss' techniques were limited by her aura and Dust, the former of which takes hours to recharge, while Mitsuru's Persona can be recharged in just a few seconds. Also, while Weiss could use her fire dust to exploit Mitsuru's weakness to fire attacks, her limited arsenal and Mitsuru's fire resistance items meant that this advantage wouldn't last or close the gap in power; while Weiss had no resistance against Artemisia's various status effects such as draining her energy or outright ignoring her aura. In the end, Mitsuru had an answer for just about everything Weiss could throw at her; the few places she didn't, Mitsuru still overall outclassed Weiss enough to be the decisive victor in the match.
8. "Johnny Cage vs. Captain Falcon" ^Result  Captain Falcon wins. While Johnny had the superior martial arts skills and could match Captain Falcon's supersonic speed and reaction times, Falcon has fought many tricky opponents before who are similar to Cage, and has far more raw power; his Falcon Punch in particular being measured at around three thousand times stronger than Johnny's greatest strength feat of shattering a block of diamond with a single blow. His durability is also far greater and more reliable; as Cage's shadow abilities didn't let him match up to feats like Black Shadow surviving the exploding Reactor Might, and even then are more specifically tailored to only defending against and fighting gods rather than actually making him as tough as them. This is evident in that Johnny been put down and even killed by much lesser forces in alternate timelines, and the gods he has fought — including Raiden, Shinnok, Cetrion and Kronika — have all been vastly restricted in comparison to the planetary-level threats in Mortal Kombat. Even then, Falcon has the ability to summon his F-Zero machine, the Blue Falcon, at will with his mind link to it; and could simply overpower Johnny that way if all else fails. While it was a very close bout, Captain Falcon's strength, durability, and generally more reliable abilities let him take the victory.
9. "Aang vs. Edward Elric" ^Result  Aang wins. While Ed is more inventive and technically has more combat experience, Aang in the Avatar State had access to ten thousand years of experience from the previous Avatars, giving him the edge in that category. Aang's bending is also more versatile and readily available than Ed's alchemy. Though Ed has potentially lightning-level reactions, Aang has the advantage in speed due to both his seismic sense and the ability to consistently react to and redirect lightning. Ed could survive an explosion that took out most of a ten-story building, but Aang carved a ravine around the entire perimeter of a city in the Avatar State, so Aang definitely had the power to destroy Ed's automail limbs and accordingly take away a lot of his best options. Ed theoretically could reach a similar level of power to the Avatar State by using his soul as a Philosopher's Stone, but only theoretically. Even if Ed could use such power, it would have a very short duration and would almost certainly cripple Ed from burning out his soul, a weakness that the Avatar State doesn't have. Even though Ed is a great strategist and very clever with his alchemy, he simply couldn't match Aang's full power in any category.
10. "Ghost Rider vs. Lobo" ^Result  Ghost Rider wins. Lobo was stronger and smarter than the Rider, and both combatants had incredible healing factors. However, Ghost Rider's inability to be killed by brute force meant that Lobo lacked the means to put him down for good. While Lobo could've deduced the Rider's weakness to holy weapons, those are not part of Lobo's default arsenal. Likewise, trying to flee on the Space Hog to obtain such a weapon would be futile, as Ghost Rider's Hell Cycle is much faster, scaling to Thor throwing Mjölnir across the Milky Way galaxy and back within a minute. Even Lobo's initial power advantage would be nullified when Johnny surrenders control to Zarathos: as Zarathos was considered to be nearly equal to the universe-destroying Mephisto and Galactus, this meant that Lobo could no longer outmuscle him. Despite the fact that Lobo was banned from all forms of the afterlife, his soul was not immune to being destroyed, and Ghost Rider had several methods of doing so: his hellfire bypasses conventional defenses to attack the soul directly, Zarathos could easily devour souls, and Lobo's innumerable sins meant that the Penance Stare would be extremely effective. All in all, the Spirit of Vengeance's relentless tenacity and nigh-indestructability meant that it was only a matter of time before the Main Man's damnation came around.
11. "Dragonzord^note Piloted by Tommy Oliver. vs. Mechagodzilla^note Piloted by Akane Yashiro." ^Result  Mechagodzilla wins. Being a long-time superhero, Tommy Oliver and the Dragonzord had much more battle experience and skill than Akane Yashiro and Mechagodzilla, but this was rendered irrelevant thanks to the overwhelming power and durability differences between the two mechas. Mechagodzilla had a much wider arsenal to control the fight both up close and at a distance, and even if Akane herself lost control, the original Godzilla's spirit could override it to stay in the fight. Both had instant kill moves, but only the Dragonzord's relied on getting close in order for it to hit. While the Dragonzord's Fighting Mode could compete with the island-destroying Rita, it pales in comparison to the Absolute Zero Cannon's power, which destroys matter on an atomic level: and given that Mechagodzilla could survive being in the middle of its own backfiring Absolute Zero Cannon's blast, it's very unlikely that the Dragonzord could even deal lasting damage to Mechagodzilla. The Green Ranger's skill just wasn't enough to overcome the strength and durability of Kiryu.
12. "Sasuke Uchiha vs. Hiei" ^Result  Hiei wins. Sasuke was faster than Hiei due to light speed scaling, and Sasuke's training was also more expansive. However, Hiei's abilities perfectly countered anything Sasuke could throw at him: Hiei's elemental resistances let him withstand the electrical and fire attacks that Sasuke had, and Hiei's Jagan gives him protection from Sasuke's Rinnegan and Sharingan attacks. Even using Human Path wouldn't matter, as Hiei can still fight and use all of his abilities as a spirit. Hiei's power also greatly surpasses Sasuke's: Susanoo destroying a meteor scales to Naruto surviving a moon-slicing attack, which gives Sasuke impressive strength and durability feats. However, Hiei scales to Yusuke fighting Yomi, which made an explosion several magnitudes greater than anything Sasuke has created or survived. While Sasuke was a formidable opponent and could have potentially won in certain circumstances, Hiei surpassed him in terms of raw power and durability whilst still being fast enough to keep up, and had the generally stronger and more reliable powers in combat. This, along with having the means to directly counter Sasuke's illusions — in turn rendering a crucial part of his fighting style useless and taking away one of his biggest advantages — meant that the demon swordsman was the more decisive victor overall.
13. "Ganondorf vs. Dracula" ^Result  Dracula wins. While both fighters were highly experienced and cunning, with hugely varied, powerful arsenals and similar speed/reaction feats between them, Dracula had powers that Ganondorf had no defenses against: such as the ability to directly attack his soul. Even though Ganondorf survived an enormous explosion that engulfed Hyrule Castle and being buried alive beneath his own fortress collapsing on top of him, Dracula survived a meteor strike that was over one thousand times stronger, and had regenerative abilities that Ganondorf — who, crucially, can still be injured even without the holy weaponry he is vulnerable to — simply doesn't have. Also, while both had access to holy magic (which they, in turn, are both weak against), Dracula's Demonic Megiddo is ultimately more powerful and reliable than Ganondorf's Sage Sword. Finally, despite Ganondorf wielding the Triforce of Power, his potential power via his connection to it paled in comparison to Dracula's potential power via his connection to Chaos. The Triforce of Power comes from the Goddess Din, who made the earth: even highballing Din's potential energy output, it still doesn't match up to the Chaotic Realm, which is an entire universe upheld by the power of the single Chaos Entity. Dracula's durability, regeneration, magic, and overwhelming reserves of power ultimately paved the way for the vampire to be the superior Dark Lord over the game but very much outclassed Ganondorf.
14. "Mob vs. Tatsumaki" ^Result  Tatsumaki wins. Tatsumaki has far more training and experience, having fought as a top-ranked hero for two decades, compared to Mob's limited, reluctant experience of a few years as just a middle-school-age child. Though Mob had an advantage with his ability to attack and defend simultaneously with his psychic powers, Tatsumaki's reaction speed to Boros's bullets beat Mob's reaction to lightning, meaning that she could switch between offense and defense quick enough to react to whatever Mob could throw at her. Mob's absorbing shield was his trump card, but it has a known limit, as shown by the energy required to grow the giant broccoli. Tatsumaki redirecting Boros's bullets showed an energy output that not only eclipsed Mob's best psychic strength feat, but also surpassed his absorbing shield's limit. Unlike Mob, Tatsumaki's powers aren't limited by her emotions, so she could always fight at full strength. Mob's powers are passive and more focused on defense, while Tatsumaki's powers were based more on precise strikes and deadly blows. Once Tatsumaki found a way to break through Mob's barrier, he was a sitting duck.
15. "Deadpool vs. The Mask"^Result  The Mask wins. In a deliberate attempt to remove Deadpool from their lives, Wiz and Boomstick pitted him against a character they knew he couldn't possibly defeat. The Mask not only trumped Deadpool in speed and strength, but his cartoon physiology meant there was virtually no way for Deadpool to harm him; Bighead can just decide he doesn't want to take damage, and he won't. And even if the hits could theoretically land, Bighead has survived levels of force that are far greater than anything Deadpool has ever shown to be capable of. Although Deadpool could theoretically trick Bighead into taking off the mask, there's no way he would survive long enough to do so. Once The Mask inevitably won, the hosts realized they'd made a terrible mistake which went against the very purpose of Death Battle, since they clearly were not being impartial. However, The Mask used his fourth-wall-breaking skills to pass a Continuity Gem into a remorseful Boomstick's hand, thus bringing Deadpool back to life.
16. "All Might vs. Might Guy"^Result  Guy wins. Even with All Might's power being scaled up to his full potential as opposed to when he was injured, Guy proved to be faster and stronger by accessing his Gates. Also, Guy has trained his entire life for combat, whereas All Might began learning about his Quirk when he was a teenager. With the Gates that Guy had access to, he was several leagues of power greater than All Might, and All Might simply didn't have the speed to dodge any of Guy's best moves. Also, while opening his Eighth Gate would result in Guy's own death as well, the fact that he would be able to finish off All Might before succumbing makes the outcome a Pyrrhic Victory for Guy instead of a draw. Even so, Might Guy wouldn't even need to open up the Eight Gate in order to defeat All Might. While both are powerful and inspiring heroes, and All Might was a worthy challenger for Guy, the large power difference between the two of them meant that once Guy's Gates were opened, there was nothing All Might could do to close the gap.

Season Seven

1. "Miles Morales vs. Static" ^Result  Static wins. Though Miles had the advantage in strength, Static's speed, durability, and varied techniques gave him the edge. Static's powers provided perfect counters to Miles' abilities — Static's power to sense bio-electric auras neutralized Miles' invisibility, Static's speed could outpace the Spider-Sense, and his electromagnetic manipulation could disable many of Miles' powers, like wall-crawling. Miles had no such countermeasures for Static's defensive abilities, like his healing factor, shield, or plasma powers. And though Miles might regularly defeat Electro, Static is superior to Electro in every way, including both power and intelligence. Static just needed to get one good hit in to read Miles' bio-electric aura, and once he did, Static's victory was all but inevitable.
2. "Black Canary vs. Sindel" ^Result  Black Canary wins. Although Sindel is more than a match for Dinah physically — given her far superior strength (shattering a block of diamond with a single blow versus Black Canary tearing through steel), strong ranged attacks from both her sorcery and Prehensile Hair, and the greater aerial control/manoeuvrability from her levitation — Black Canary has fought beings of similar and greater strength, such as Giganta and Mammoth, and come out victorious each time. Dinah has far greater reaction times compared to the foes that Sindel has faced, and has had a lifetime of mastering several martial arts, whereas Sindel only started fighting around the time Shao Kahn took over Edenia. The decisive factor comes down to which of the two has the stronger scream: the Canary Cry can reach 300 Decibels against the Banshee Scream's 235 at their strongest, easily putting the former as at least a million times stronger at the most potent due to the way sound works and multiplies by decibel. This is an equivalent of the 1883 Krakatoa eruption (which produced, to date, the loudest noise ever recorded by humans) versus a 5.0 Earthquake. Furthermore, since Dinah's ears have membranes that protect them from her own screams, Sindel couldn't kill her in this manner: taking away the main means the Edenian Queen could have had to do so.
3. "Leonardo vs. Red Ranger (Jason Lee Scott)" ^Result  Jason wins. While Leonardo was better-trained and had a slight advantage in speed and reaction times (being able to dodge lightning more consistently), Jason could gain a similar skill in martial arts simply by morphing into his Red Ranger form. Scaling Leo to Baron Draxum — who withstood the complete destruction of his lab — puts the turtle's durability at 12 tons of TNT, while Jason himself survived an explosion in the Rangers' command center worth almost 550 tons of TNT. Similarly, Leonardo's greatest feat of strength is 240 tons, whereas Jason's scaled to a fellow Ranger is 12,524 tons, and all of the swords Leo has used have broken at some point; leaving him more vulnerable to disarming than Jason with his more reliable weapons. Even taking away any possible assistance of the other Power Rangers or his Megazord, Jason had too great a durability for Leo to break through, and too much power for the ninja turtle to withstand.
4. "Genos vs. War Machine" ^Result  War Machine wins. While Genos’ impressive arsenal and power were enough to put up a fight, Rhodey had him outmatched in nearly every single category. In terms of their mindsets, War Machine was extensively trained and educated in the military to the level of Lieutenant Colonel and has been a professional superhero over decades, while Genos is a hot-headed teenager who has only been actively fighting for roughly four years, meaning Rhodey had far more strategic and combat experience than Genos has even been alive. In terms of power, Genos could hit with up to 16 gigatons of TNT through his feat of knocking back the Elder Centipede, but War Machine easily scales to Iron Man, whose many impressive feats of strength include the time he once destroyed a rock island the size of Manhattan - a feat that would yield 286 teratons, making Rhodey several degrees stronger than Genos. War Machine could also reach and accordingly react to speeds hitting up to Mach 624, giving him the edge over Genos in that category as well; even considering Genos' ability to dodge attacks at relativistic speeds, scaling to Iron Man and his more comprehensive array of feats meant War Machine's own reactions were faster as well. Finally, War Machine’s armor had counters for just about any of Genos’ specialized weaponry; being able to hide from his scanners, absorb his incinerator blasts, or simply phase through anything Genos could throw at him. All in all, this meant that the Demon Cyborg didn't even really have a way to seriously harm the Iron Patriot, let alone kill him.
5. "Gray Fullbuster vs. Esdeath" ^Result  Esdeath wins. Gray's Ice Make powers allowed him a wide versatility of weapons, and the ability to eat ice allows him to counter several of her attacks. But Esdeath's tactical thinking meant that she wouldn't be fooled by these tricks twice. While Gray had better defense and their speed was about on par, Esdeath's magic power greatly outclasses Gray's; while Gray's ice could cover a country, Esdeath's could cover a continent. Even lowballing how much energy it took for Esdeath to make her ice cavalry, she's still more powerful than anything Gray could scale to. Gray's best chance of winning was the Lost Ice Shell, but Esdeath's time-stopping Mahapadma could easily counter it. Both are one-use-per-fight moves, but the Mahapadma is more useful because Esdeath doesn't need time to charge it, and she can follow it up with anything she wants. Though Gray's ice resistance meant he could hold off the time-stopping effects of the Mahapadma for a while, the time freeze has been shown to work against opponents with similar ice resistances to his own. All Gray could do was delay the inevitable against Esdeath, as her much stronger magic and more useful abilities decided the match.
6. "Goro vs. Machamp" ^Result  Machamp wins. While Goro may have towered over Machamp and scaling to Kabal and his feat of parrying machine-gun bullets meant that he had a faster punching speed, he couldn't match up to Machamp's strength. Machamp was hundreds of thousands of times stronger than Goro — as proven with it being able to move mountains with one arm and hurl other Pokémon into orbit — and since the Machamp evolutionary family often live in large packs and train together regularly in the wild, this means they're also capable of taking the same kind of damage that they dish out. Machamp's natural moveset also has several natural counters to Goro and his fighting styles; like how Knock Off could easily take away Goro's Dragon Fang knives, Guts could significantly boost its strength upon being burned by Goro's dragon fire, and how one of Goro's strongest moves in particular — the Shokan Stomp — could be directly stopped and used against him with the Seismic Toss. What's more, Machamp had the greater variety of martial arts skills from learning hundreds of different unarmed fighting styles in the process of evolution; which, combined with its far superior power and durability, would be too much for the Shokan Prince to reliably handle. Goro's sheer ruthlessness and centuries of kombat experience let him put up a strong fight, but they weren't enough to beat the Superpower Pokémon's overwhelming physical strength, skill and tenacity.
7. "Cable vs. Booster Gold" ^Result  Booster Gold wins. While Cable had superior versatility and experience, Booster Gold had plenty of deadly abilities in his own right. Booster Gold's force field in particular was a huge advantage, given how it's stood up to forces far beyond anything in Cable's arsenal. While Cable could face Silver Surfer for a time, he could not keep up once Silver Surfer got serious, while Booster Gold could keep pace with the Flash, making him much faster. Even Cable's mind control would not be able to break through Booster Gold's barrier, as it's repelled telepathic attacks from Maxwell Lord, who has displayed similarly powerful feats of telepathy. Cable just didn't have a reliable way of bringing Booster Gold down, while Booster Gold's force field meant that he had plenty of time to figure out how to take out Cable. While Cable may be a soldier from a dark series, and Booster Gold a goofball from a lighthearted series, this only matters in the context of their own stories; when comparisons like those of Death Battle are made, sometimes a hero nobody's ever heard of ends up winning.
8. "Obi-Wan Kenobi vs. Kakashi Hatake" ^Result  Obi-Wan wins. Kakashi's chakra is an internal energy with a limited supply, whereas the Force is external; this means that Kakashi could not copy Obi-Wan's techniques. The Force was also much stronger than any of Kakashi's jutsu — Obi-Wan was able to use the Force to tear apart General Grievous's armor, which could withstand blasts from starship cannons. Even Kakashi's Kamui wasn't a reliable kill move, as Obi-Wan has shown reaction speeds tens of thousands of times faster than Kakashi, and his ability to see a few moments into the future means that it would be very unlikely Kakashi could even land such a hit. Kakashi's Dual Mangekyou Sharingan or his Perfect Susano'o wouldn't be allowed, considering both were only available while Obito was possessing him. And even if Kakashi could use them, Obi-Wan has comparable strength to other Jedi who could single-handedly move black holes, still putting him leagues above Kakashi. The only reason Obi-Wan hasn't shown this level of power before is his adherence to the Jedi Code, which is ignored in the rules of Death Battle. In the end, the Jedi Master's combat skill, experience, power with the Force, and ability to consistently nullify or overpower Kakashi's techniques meant there was nothing Kakashi could do to gain the upper hand.
9. "Danny Phantom vs. Jake Long" ^Result  Danny wins. While Jake was more skilled due to his martial arts training and able to harm intangible ghosts, Danny's level of combat experience and power surpasses both Jake and the ghosts he's fought before. Both fighters had similar reaction speeds, but Danny's flight speed has been shown to be consistently higher. Even Jake's wall-destroying fire breath posed little threat, as Danny has withstood much stronger flames from the dragon ghost Dorathea, which were capable of parting enormous clouds. Danny's more varied arsenal also offered him several counters to Jake's abilities: his ectoplasmic beams could overcome Jake's fire, they had similar duplication powers, his invisibility could bypass the Eye of the Dragon, and Jake himself had no way to counter Danny's Ghostly Wail or possession. Ultimately, while the American Dragon's skills and magical abilities let him put up a strong fight, he was eventually overwhelmed by the teenage phantom's strength, durability, and ghostly powers.
10. "She-Ra vs. Wonder Woman" ^Result  Wonder Woman wins. While Adora was physically stronger, Wonder Woman had much greater experience than She-Ra; Diana has three millenia of combat experience, while Adora only has a few decades. Adora's versatility with her transforming Sword of Protection wasn't much of an advantage, since many of its forms weren't applicable to combat, and the few forms that could protect her (like a shield) robbed her of a way to counterattack. Even then, She-Ra had no way to counter the atom-slicing blade of Wonder Woman, a weapon that has proven capable of slaying gods. Finally, Wonder Woman's speed and reactions were billions of times faster than She-Ra's — Diana blocked shots that originated from the edge of the universe, which is about one hundred trillion light years in DC Comics canon. Adora has no such comparable feat of speed, and the closest one she has needed the help of Swift Wind or Crystal Sundancer, who must logically be faster than she is. In the end, She-Ra's strength and versatility may have kept Wonder Woman on her toes, but the unbelievably large gaps in speed and experience meant that Adora ultimately never stood a chance of defeating Diana in combat.
11. "Beerus vs. Sailor Galaxia" ^Result  Beerus wins. Both combatants' truly incredible levels of power meant none of their instant killing or banishment techniques would work, and Galaxia had a more versatile set of techniques, a slight advantage in speed, and unlimited energy provided by her crystal; Beerus' pool of ki is massive, but still finite. However, those were the only major advantages Galaxia had. Beerus' energy nullification rendered Galaxia's ranged attacks all but useless, and Ultra Instinct allowed him to dodge anything else and force a close-quarters battle, where he had a major edge thanks to eons of martial arts training; Galaxia had neither the battle experience nor training to keep her at the same level. Also, even highballing Galaxia and lowballing Beerus still put Beerus at a massive advantage in terms of raw power. Though Galaxia could create animamates capable of matching Eternal Sailor Moon in strength — who herself once destroyed a mirror universe — it would only make Galaxia roughly comparable to Beerus and Super Saiyan God Goku nearly destroying the Dragon Ball universe, which is several times larger than Sailor Moon's. Said feat was performed whilst Beerus only used a fraction of his power; even when Goku would get many times stronger through techniques such as Kaio-Ken, Ultra Instinct and the Super Saiyan Blue form, Beerus' own power was still leagues beyond what the Saiyan could output, making the gap between Beerus and Galaxia even larger. Finally, attempting to capture Beerus' Star Seed wouldn't work, as he has proven multiple times to be Immune to Mind Control. In the end, though the Sailor of Destruction proved to be a relentless combatant that could keep Beerus backed into a corner for a while, she simply couldn't match the God of Destruction's power, techniques, experience, and vastly superior combat skills.
12. "Prince Zuko vs. Shoto Todoroki" ^Result  Todoroki wins. Zuko had some noticable advantages over his opponent; greater martial arts training and discipline, more precise control over fire, a slight speed advantage, and better close-range combat skills. However, Todoroki had an answer for just about everything Zuko could throw at him. He could easily keep Zuko at a distance and on the back foot using the ice powers of his Quirk; even if Zuko could force the fight into close quarters, Todoroki defeating the similarly vicious Hero Killer Stain in hand-to-hand combat proved Todoroki could at least keep pace with Zuko. In addition, scaling to Denki Kaminari's lightning proved that Todoroki could still keep up with Zuko's own speed and reaction feats. Zuko's flames burn less hot than Todoroki's, and Shoto's cryokinesis proved to be a near-perfect counter to them; Todoroki was able to freeze half of a four-kilometer stadium in less than one second, and freeze someone's insides to the point of shattering them to pieces, which Zuko had little defense against. In addition, firebenders are weakened by extreme cold, and require both precise movements and breathing in order to bend fire. Zuko's sister Azula was rendered helpless when trapped in ice by a waterbender, even while Azula's firebending power was increased a hundredfold; there is little doubt that the same would happen to Zuko in a similar situation. Even in the few places he was weaker, Todoroki was still close enough to Zuko that any disadvantages the Half-Cold Half-Hot Hero had against the Fire Nation prince were ultimately not enough to turn the tide in Zuko's favor.
13. "Wally West vs. Sonic the Hedgehog (Archie Comics)" ^Result  Wally West wins. Because the levels of power for both combatants are outright absurd, their super speed was (ironically enough) a non-factor; what decided this match was the reality-warping abilites of each fighter. Sonic in his base form wouldn't last long against Wally, but the powers of Ultra Sonic proved to be a different story, with the ability to replenish his speed, total invincibility, and reality-bending with Chaos Force. However, Wally would still be able to keep his stolen speed and ensure he were faster regardless of Sonic having his speed replenished, and his phasing would allow him to avoid and resist the reality warping energy of the Chaos Force due to having fought similar reality warpers in the past. Reality-warping aside, Wally's perfect control over every atom in his body allowed him to resist transmutation, his phasing and vibration to a higher plane of existence could allow him to avoid Sonic in his invincible state until he had run out of energy, and his time-travel could allow him to kill Sonic before he could transform or even travel to the moment the Super forms run out. Even Sonic's ability to warp fate around him with the Chaos Force wouldn't be reliable, since Wally has broken fate multiple times, the most notable instance being outrunning Death itself and killing it, and his speed alone was able to collapse the multiverse along with him having had far more experience and control with many of the same abilities Sonic has himself. In the end, while Archie Sonic was impossibly powerful and would certainly trounce just about anyone else, Wally's abilities, connection to the Speed Force, and previous experience against reality benders on a similar level were enough to just barely get the edge and come out on top.
14. "Winter Soldier vs. Red Hood" ^Result  Winter Soldier wins. Both combatants had similar weaponry, reaction times, and physical speed feats, but while Jason had the advantage in stealth and deception, Bucky had the advantage in every other significant area. Jason had a great deal of experience through his training under Bruce Wayne as the second Robin, and then through the League of Assassins; but Bucky outmatched this through his training with the United States Army, personal tutelage under Steve Rogers, extensive conditioning as an assassin and saboteur under the former Soviet Union, and a brief period of experience as Captain America himself. This training was also decades longer than anything that Jason had, giving Bucky the significant edge in experience. In regards to durability, Bucky's metal arm was judged as being tougher than Jason's helmet; likewise, while Jason's arsenal might have had ways to temporarily disable the arm, it had no means to stop it for good, putting Jason at a significant disadvantage in close combat. Using Venom could even the odds for Jason physically, but it's a temporary boost that weakens him afterward, and even then, still nothing compared to the permanent enhancements the Infinity Formula gave to Bucky. All in all, the Winter Soldier had the experience, superior durability, and the more reliable arsenal and strength advantage with which to put the Red Hood out of commission permanently.
15. "Venom vs. Crona" ^Result  Crona wins. Venom had shapeshifting and camouflage abilities that could certainly keep Crona on guard, but they wouldn't serve him for very long. Venom's best speed feat clocked out much lower than the feats that Crona has shown, and even though Venom could out-muscle Spider-Man, Crona forcing open the jaws of their world's Moon meant that they were much stronger. Also, Crona ejecting over nine trillion tons of mad blood meant that there would be no way for the symbiote to invade Crona's body, taking away one of Venom's instant-win moves. The most decisive factor, however, was that most of Crona's arsenal was sound-based, which the symbiote is weak to; though Venom has built up a resistance to sound-based attacks over time, Crona's sound waves were over a thousand times stronger than anything that Venom has survived before. As versatile as Eddie and his symbiote were, and even with the unspecified boost in power the symbiote recieved from being connected to the symbiote hive by Knull and absorbing several codices, Crona and Ragnarok were faster, stronger, and could easily exploit one of the symbiote's biggest weaknesses, landing them a decisive edge over Venom.
16. “Sabrewulf vs. Jon Talbain" ^Result  Jon Talbain wins. Talbain has trained for decades in martial arts, which not only honed his technique, but also let him maintain more of his human mind and thus keep control of his bestial form more easily. By contrast, Sabrewulf failed to find a cure for his condition to the point he had to give into his savagery and fight almost purely on animal instincts, landing Talbain the edge in skill. Through scaling to Glacius keeping up with ARIA, Sabrewulf's reaction capabilities seemed to match Talbain's speed, since Talbain bragged about moving at light speed and Sabrewulf can react in a nanosecond. However, if anything, such a statement was lowballing Talbain's speed; Talbain has kept up with Darkstalkers like Demitri and Morrigan — who could match Huitzil units capable of moving across the galaxy in a short amount of time — putting Talbain's fastest movements well above lightspeed. Even if Talbain's speed was "only half" as fast as those two, he'd still move a great deal faster than Sabrewulf could react. Finally, comparing Talbain's chi to that of other Darkstalkers meant that Talbain's strength was leagues greater than anything Sabrewulf has shown; given that Talbain is comparable in power to the likes of Q-Bee and Anakaris, the latter of whom once sank all of ancient Egypt single-handedly. Simply put, Talbain was faster, stronger, smarter, and in better control of the beast within than Sabrewulf, making the lupine Darkstalker the clear favorite over the former baron in this war between werewolves.
17. "Red vs. Blue"^note Originally episode 16, but was delayed to coincide with the release of Red vs. Blue: ZERO^Result  Blue wins. While the Reds had greater overall firepower and their speed beat out the Blues, the Blue team was superior to the Red team in every other category. The strength of their members in particular exceeded the Reds by a considerable margin; Texas had two lifetimes of training from her AI integration, with more rigid training than most military regimes. Caboose was stronger than Sarge, since Caboose was able to lift a very dense bomb and flip over the multi-ton Sheila the Tank with ease, both of which Sarge tried and failed to do. Sheila the Tank could easily take out the Warthog, the Red's main transport, with little effort. Tucker had some freelancer training, and he was skilled enough to hold off a large team of mercenaries by himself with his beam sword. Finally, Church's own AI integration and skill with a sniper rifle outdoes any of the Reds in terms of range. Compare this to the likes of Sarge and Grif on the Red Team, who are either insane, lazy, or both; they tend to come up with plans on the fly or win by sheer dumb luck. Even the skills of Simmons and Lopez, along with the durability of Donut, wouldn't do the Reds much good besides delaying the inevitable. While the Blues would have had trouble fighting off the Reds in solo combat, the Blue Team excels as a unit, to such a degree that the Red Team would go down to the Blues in a matter of minutes.
18. “Batgirl (Barbara Gordon) vs. Spider-Gwen" ^Result  Spider-Gwen wins. A combination of superior intelligence, training and gadgets helped Batgirl stay in the fight, but she overall had no answers to stop the Ghost Spider's lead in every other category that mattered. Gwen may not have the same amount of formal martial-arts training Barbara had, but she and the other Spiders have often gone toe-to-toe with more experienced martial artists in the Marvel universe — including Captain America and Black Widow — comparable to Batman and Batgirl, letting her at least keep pace in such a regard. Her Spider-Sense also nullified any stealth-oriented tactics Barbara could have gone for, taking away a big part of her usual arsenal, and Spider-Gwen could bench-press at least ten tonnes; blowing Batgirl's merely above-average human strength out of the water. Most importantly, scaling both combatants to Batman and Spider-Man showcased the vast difference in durability; as Peter Parker once survived being in the epicenter of a skyscraper-sized explosion no worse for wear, while weaker explosions were too much to handle for Bruce Wayne or Barbara. Scaling Gwen to Peter in this instance proved that she was far too tough to be stopped by anything that could be reasonably thrown at her by her opponent, on top of being faster and stronger to a similar degree.
19. "Vinsmoke Sanji vs. Rock Lee" ^Result  Sanji wins. Lee certainly had the power and abilities to keep Sanji on the defensive, especially with the Eight Gates. However, Sanji's Observation Haki allowed him to forsee Lee's movements, including the chaotic Drunken Fist style. Also, given the power and speed that Sanji was capable of in his base form — which puts Sanji close to other Straw Hats like Luffy and Zoro — Lee only really had one option with which to defeat Sanji, which was opening the Eighth Gate. However, this boost would guarantee Lee's eventual death, and it's only been speculated that Lee even has access to it since he's never actually used it in canon. Assuming that Lee could open the Eighth Gate, its raw power would be more than enough to steamroll Sanji, but that doesn't matter if Lee can't hit him. Sanji's speed and reaction times were far greater than Lee's, meaning even Lee at his maximum potential would be unlikely at best to land the decisive blows he needed. Armament Haki and the Raid Suit would increase Sanji's power and speed even further, so the gap between Sanji and Lee becomes even greater. Ultimately, while Lee could take the win in a few scenarios, Sanji is the more likely victor overall predominantly thanks to his superior movement and reaction speeds, which Lee simply has no way to match even at his strongest.
20. "The Incredible Hulk vs. Broly"^note The Dragon Ball Super incarnation, to be precise^Result  Broly wins. Hulk had more combat experience, was slightly faster, and he could have also had an intelligence advantage depending on which personality was in charge; but due to the constant clash between them, the odds weren't guaranteed for him getting one of the geniuses, like the Professor, Doc Green, or Joe Fixit. While Hulk is capable of destroying a Universe 120 times over, Broly comes out on top thanks to scaling to Goku; Goku's Super Saiyan 3 form is already 30 times stronger than Worldbreaker Hulk, meaning Broly is thousands, possibly millions of times stronger than Worldbreaker Hulk. While Hulk's strength does increase with his anger, the same applies for Broly, meaning the chances of him closing the gap were slim, with multiple cases of Hulk's body being unable to keep up with his endless strength and turning him back into Bruce Banner. Broly also had the battlefield control advantage with his flight and numerous Ki projectiles, and even when Hulk did get in close enough, Broly had several defensive abilities, such as his force field and paralysis, that could protect him. Combining that with Broly's insane durability — letting him tank hits from Gogeta Blue, who is far more powerful than Broly himself at his strongest — it's unlikely Hulk would be capable of landing a fatal blow. However, the ultimate question was if Broly was capable of putting down the Immortal Hulk long enough for it to count as a victory. Simply put, the answer is yes; the Hulk needs some form of body left in order to quickly resurrect, with the hypothalamus being the key part. With Broly's incredible strength and power advantage, he could completely vaporize Banner; leaving nothing left for the Hulk to regenerate from, and even assuming Hulk could eventually recover from that, it would not be fast enough to return to the fight in a timely manner and thus makes Broly the victor by default.

Season Eight

1. "Yoda vs. King Mickey"

Bonus Episodes

1. "Death Battle vs. The World" ^Result  The Death Battle T-shirt wins against every other T-shirt in the world. This is mainly just a joke. And also to sell t-shirts. Aired between Episodes 13 and 14 of Season 1.
2. "Vegeta vs. Mewtwo" ^Result The Internet wins. The video itself was done as a playful Take That! to the YouTube channel Silvermania, who recruited 30 other YouTubers to help create a 30-minute Death Battle parody. As such, Vegeta and Mewtwo quickly teamed up to destroy Silvermania and then go for beers together afterward. Aired between Episodes 7 & 8 of Season 2.
3. "ScrewAttack Steam Sale vs. Your Wallet" ^Result  The Steam Sale wins. It was released to shamelessly promote The Angry Video Game Nerd Adventures, The Angry Video Game Nerd IIAS Similation and Disorder being on sale the weekend of August 5th, 2016
4. "The Seven Battle Royale"^{List of fighters} Queen Maeve vs. The Deep vs. Starlight vs. A-Train vs. Billy Butcher, with Homelander as guest referee" ^Result Butcher wins. Most of The Seven are on par with each other, except for Homelander, who is vastly superior in comparison; hence, his special role as referee. None of them had an obvious edge over the other. The Deep's abilities were not helpful in a battle, and never showed any impressive feats of strength or durability. Starlight's durability and energy made her well rounded, but she still didn't have the strength to compare to the rest. Her beams are more than likely plasma, and are easily dodged by A-Train, who can run faster than the speed of sound, and A-Train easily beat Starlight in the show, so it's likely he would beat her here. However, despite his high speed, A-Train's not very versatile as he's been easily attacked by normal humans when not running at top speed. He wouldn't last against someone who could withstand his attacks like Queen Maeve, who took the full force of an armored truck, slicing it apart, and didn't feel anything. Queen Maeve would be the winner were it not for Billy Butcher, who had key advantages over the Seven despite literally just being a regular human. He came equipped with prior knowledge on the Seven's abilities, in addition to having weapons designed to defeat them, especially with the laser baby whose plasma eye beams were far stronger than what Maeve could output. The biggest concern was A-Train stealing the baby from him, which he wouldn't know about. Were it not for Homelander killing him at the end, Billy Butcher would have emerged as the proper victor of this battle royale.

The show has a number of spinoffs. First came 1 Minute Melee, envisioned as just the fight animations with no research (thus the winner decided purely through Author Appeal). Due to "undisclosed mismanagement" One Minute Melee has split off to its own publisher (Hyun's Dojo); as such Screwattack hopes to revive the concept under the title DBX (short for "Death Battle Exhbitions"), which aired a pilot alongside Death Battle's season 3 premiere. The Desk of Death Battle, on the other hand, doesn't involve two characters engaged in battle, but covers bits of trivia about characters discovered by the Death Battle researchers that wasn't presented in their episode.

In Season 4 of DBX, the spinoff was revamped. It introduced Ringmaster, who would host the fights by announcing the fighters and providing quick info on them. The fights themselves were each given two different endings that had each fighter victorious. The week before each fight, the viewers can vote on which fighter they would like to win. The fighter who has the highest percentage of votes has their ending released on Rooster Teeth and YouTube. The fighter with the least votes has their ending exclusive to Rooster Teeth.

DBX Season One

1. "Trish vs. Jeanne" ^Result  Jeanne wins.
2. "Jango Fett vs. Master Chief" ^Result  Master Chief wins.
3. "Ronald McDonald vs. Colonel Sanders" ^Result  Colonel Sanders wins.
4. "Amy Rose vs. King Dedede" ^Result  King Dedede wins. Then Kirby wins.
5. "Saitama vs. Kenshiro" ^Result  It's a draw.
6. "Sakura Haruno vs. Rin Tohsaka" ^Result  Sakura wins.
7. "Trunks vs. Silver the Hedgehog" ^Result  Trunks wins.
8. "Ryu vs. Lucario" ^Result  Ryu wins.
9. "Sasuke Uchiha vs. Hiei" ^Result  Both die, and a rabbit gets the Hello Kitty doll they were both after.
10. "Bruce Lee vs. The World^Characters Fei Long, Liu Kang, Rock Lee, Marshall Law, and Hitmonlee" ^Result  Bruce Lee wins.
11. "Spider-Man vs. Mikasa Ackerman" ^Result  Mikasa wins.
12. "Jotaro Kujo vs. Yu Narukami" ^Result  Jotaro wins.
13. "Donald Trump vs. Hillary Clinton" ^Result Both die. Afterward, Captain America calls out the public on picking the worst possible candidates, and a talking Bald Eagle declares Captain America as president for life. ^note So, America wins?
14. "Terry Bogard vs. Jon Talbain" ^Result  Jon (and Felicia) wins.
15. "Spawn vs. Alucard" ^Result  Spawn wins.
16. "Predator vs. Prophet" ^Result  Prophet wins.

DBX Season Two

1. "Iron Man vs. Mega Man X" ^Result  X wins.
2. "Kenshin Himura vs. Roronoa Zoro" ^Result  Zoro wins.
3. "Greninja vs. Espio the Chameleon" ^Result  Greninja wins.
4. "Link vs. Meta Knight" ^Result  Meta Knight wins.
5. "Genji Shimada vs. Raiden" ^Result  Raiden wins.
6. "Guile vs. Paul Phoenix" ^Result  Paul wins. Sadly, his hair does not survive.
7. "Raphael vs. Wolverine" ^Result  Wolverine wins.
8. "Broly vs. Doomsday" ^Result  Doomsday wins.
9. "Aigis vs. Noel Vermillion" ^Result  Noel wins.
10. "Cloud Strife vs. Guts" ^Result  Cloud wins.
11. "Sasuke Uchiha vs. Killua Zoldyck" ^Result  Killua wins.
12. "Mega Man vs. Bomberman" ^Result  Mega Man wins.
13. "Mario vs. Luigi" ^Result  Bowser wins. Don't mess with Junior's birthday, boys!
14. "Zero vs. Strider Hiryu" ^Result  Zero wins.
15. "Iron Fist vs. Akuma" ^Result  Akuma wins.
16. "Ken Masters vs. Blaziken" ^Result  Blaziken wins.
17. "Samus Aran vs. Master Chief" ^Result  Samus wins.
18. "Wii Fit Trainer vs. Dhalsim" ^Result  Dhalsim wins.
19. "Magneto vs. Darth Vader" ^Result  Darth Vader wins.
20. "Vegeta vs. General Zod" ^Result  Vegeta and Trunks win.
21. "Demitri Maximoff vs. Alucard" ^Result Alucard wins.
22. "Noctis Lucis Caelum vs. 2B" ^Result Noctis wins.
23. "Kratos vs. Dante" ^Result Dante wins.
24. "Captain Falcon vs. Viewtiful Joe" ^Result It's a draw.
25. "Goku Black vs. Black Adam" ^Result Goku Black wins.

DBX Season Three

1. "Gambit vs. Taskmaster" ^Result Taskmaster wins.
2. "Lara Croft vs. Jill Valentine" ^Result Jill wins.
3. "Krillin vs. Tien Shinhan vs. Yamcha" ^Result Krillin wins.
4. "Chun-Li vs. Tifa Lockhart" ^Result Chun-Li wins.
5. "Thor vs. 100 Pikachu" ^Result Thor never got hit even once.
6. "The Incredible Hulk vs. Juggernaut" ^Result Hulk wins.
7. "Blade vs. Hellboy" ^Result Hellboy wins.
8. "Monkey D. Luffy vs. Mr. Fantastic" ^Result Luffy wins.
9. "Daredevil vs. Kenshi Takahashi" ^Result Kenshi wins.
10. "Harley Quinn vs. Domino" ^Result  Harley wins.
11. "Akame vs. Killua Zoldyck" ^Result Killua wins.
12. "Yoshi vs. Pac-Man" ^Result  Pac-Man wins.
13. "Natsu Dragneel vs. Iceman" ^Result  Iceman wins.
14. "Sakura Haruno vs. Amy Rose" ^Result Sakura wins.
15. "Juri Han vs. Mileena" ^Result Mileena wins, though Juri wins in the alternate ending.
16. "Vergil vs. Hakumen" ^Result Hakumen wins.
17. "Chie Satonaka vs. Karin Kanzuki" ^Result Chie wins, though Karin wins in the alternate ending.
18. "Burning Gundam vs. Thunder Megazord" ^Result Burning Gundam wins.
19. "Batman vs. Scorpion" ^Result Scorpion wins.
20. "Sasuke Uchiha vs. Ichigo Kurosaki" ^Result Sasuke wins.
21. "Wolverine vs. 100 Baraka" ^Result Wolverine slaughtered them all while taking minimal hits.
22. "Alucard vs. DIO" ^Result  Alucard wins.
23. "Catwoman vs. Black Cat" ^Result Black Cat wins, though Catwoman wins in the alternate ending.
24. "Ruby Rose vs Ragna the Bloodedge" ^Result Ruby wins.
25. "Ryu vs Liu Kang" ^Result Ryu wins.
26. "Bendy vs Cuphead" ^Result Bendy wins.

DBX Season Four

1. "Gohan vs. Superboy" ^Result Gohan wins 57% to 43%.
2. "D.Va vs. Tron Bonne" ^Result D.Va wins 58% to 42%.
3. "Metal Sonic vs. Mega Man" ^Result Mega Man wins 57% to 43%.
4. "Boa Hancock vs. Rider Medusa" ^Result Medusa wins 50.2% to 49.8%.
5. "Venom vs. Spawn" ^Result Spawn wins 61% to 39%.
6. "Link vs. Trunks" ^Result Trunks wins 57% to 43%.
7. "Ezio Auditore vs. The Prince of Persia" ^Result Ezio wins 70% to 30%.
8. "Blake Belladonna vs. Inuyasha" ^Result Inuyasha wins 51.6% to 48.4%.
9. "Frieza vs. Mewtwo" ^Result Frieza wins 52% to 48%.
10. "Batman vs. Iron Man" ^Result Iron Man wins 61% to 39%.

DBX Season Five

1. "Thor vs. Vegeta" ^Result Thor wins 52% to 48%.
2. "Mulan vs. Lucina" ^Result Lucina wins 66% to 34%.
3. "Shantae vs. Shovel Knight" ^Result Shovel Knight wins 52% to 48%.
4. "Lucario^* with Butterfree vs. Blaziken^* with Weavile and Nidoking" ^Result Lucario wins 57% to 43%.
5. "Kid Goku vs. Gon Freecss" ^Result Goku wins 65% to 35%.
6. "Ben Tennyson vs. Danny Phantom" ^Result Ben wins 68% to 32%.
7. "Trafalgar Law vs. Himura Kenshin" ^Result Law wins 52% to 48%.
8. "Yang Xiao Long vs. Katsuki Bakugo" ^Result Bakugo wins 50.1% to 49.9%.
9. "X-Wing vs. Arwing" ^Result Arwing wins 54% to 46%.
10. "Superman vs. Saitama" ^Result Saitama wins 69% to 31%.

There's also another spinoff, Death Race^* Not to Be Confused with the film series Death Race, that started during the break between Episode 10 and 11 of Season Seven. Animated by Devil Artemis, the show is similar to DBX, where the racers try to get to the finish line by any means necessary. The rundown is done by DBX's Ringmaster, with commentary by Wiz and Boomstick.

Death Race Season One

1. Batmobile Battle! ^{List of Racers} Burton Batmobile vs. The Tumbler vs. Arkham Batmobile vs. 1966 Adam West Batmobile ^Result The Tumbler places 4th, the Arkham Batmobile places 3rd, the Burton Batmobile places 2nd, and the Adam West Batmobile technically wins due to being thrown across the line first after being blown up by the Burton Batmobile.
2. Optimus Prime VS Thomas the Tank Engine? ^{List of Racers} Optimus Prime vs. The Flying Ford Anglia vs. Thomas the Tank Engine vs. Lightning McQueen ^Result The Flying Ford Anglia places 3rd, Thomas and Lightning tie for 2nd, and Optimus Prime wins but commits suicide out of believing he only won due to sheer luck and brutality, which he saw as cheating in his code of honor.
3. BATTLE CARS! ^{List of Racers} KITT vs. James Bond's Aston Martin vs. Spy Hunter vs. the Warthog. ^Result Kitt places 4th. Spy Hunter places 3rd, James Bond is second, and the Warthog wins.
4. Sonic VS Mario VS Star Wars VS Initial D ^{List of Racers} A 74-Z Speeder Bike vs. the Toyota AE86 vs. the DeLorean vs. Mario's Standard Kart vs. Sonic's Speed Star vs. The Blue Falcon, delivering pizza ^Result  The DeLorean finishes first, but since the pizza was ruined, it's disqualified. After that, the 74-Z Speeder Bike is fifth, the Blue Falcon is fourth, Mario is third, Sonic is second. The AE86 was next to finish, so it wins.

Also with a character sheet for the combatants and hosts, as well as an episode list.

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Death Battle provides examples of the following tropes:

• Tropes A to C
• Tropes D to M
• Tropes N to Z

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