There is not much Cap can do in round 2. The suits absorb any kinetic energy they get hit with. So, all Steve's strikes will do is power Killmonger further. They needed plot-device sonic tech to temporarily weaken the suits so that T'Challa could stab him.
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The new Black Panther suits are basically a vastly superior version of the Diamondback suit, as they seem to function on the same principals, yet the BP suits are far more efficient, and can actually redirect the stored energy better, whereas the DB suit could only use it to power itself. Not to mention they don't leave your chin exposed lol.
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Yeah, he can still get knocked around and such, but the suit will negate a significant portion of the effect it would normally have. T'Challa took a hit from an underslung grenade launcher at one point, yet it didn't do much more than send him stumbling a bit. It didn't actually damage the suit or injure him. In comparison, even with his shield, comparable shots have sent Cap flying (such as the highway scene from TWS).
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It shows Panther can be stun. And so far, nothing Panther has taken matches Steve betaken shots from Tony repulsir blast, nor Thor lightning charge hammer strike.
Even after the former, Steve was a okay, and we know Thor hits far harder than anyone Panther has ever fought.
Are you...are you using Thor an Cap's first interaction when he did the forest clearing hammer slam on his shield? You realize that by being under the shield he negated all of the force from Thor's strike? He may as well not even have hit him because the energy was absorbed and redirected along the disc of the shield. That's why the blast wave took out the woods around them. So that's irrelevant, as it's not like Cap himself took the blast.
And Steve has been stunned worse by comparable shots. And in CA:CW, a single repulsor shot from Tony floored Steve for way longer than the grenade affected Black Panther. Hell, at another point in the film he literally jumps on another one and is fine as well.
And KingD already addressed the Thor bit.
Plus, it's not like Killmonger is some unskilled noob, totally dependent on gear. We're explicitly told about all his training and experience. And we see him kick T'Challa's ass during their first encounter, and give him hell in their second.
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Last edited by TheVaultDweller on Feb 18th, 2018 at 03:53 PM
Oh, and he's ignoring how T'Challa was point-blank when Klaw shot him. He only had that box as protection for a vibranium powered blast that knocked him from the second floor to the bottom of the first floor on the opposite side of the room.
Okoye(Bald General/BOdyguard) was completely unconcerned and told Nakia(his future queen) that he'd catch up to them when they chased Klaw. And a few seconds later he was running full speed into the street, completely fine.
Also yeah, Killmonger was just a beast. And judging by the dots, he's got at least a few hundred confirmed kills. The one plus I'll give Panther in the Herbless challenge is that he'd literally just found out his father killed his uncle and left his cousin as an orphan in America. He was still reeling and his heart was nowhere in the fight.
They were pretty much equals IMO. Because Killmonger still pushed BP hard during the final battle, despite the fact that T'Challa has more experience fighting in the suit, as well as fighting while enhanced with the herb. He has had far more time to test and hone the limits of his enhanced abilities. And that kind of thing makes a difference.
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Round 1: Cap beats unarmored but heart-shaped herb powered Killmonger after a good fight. Too many high-level H2H feats against too many opponents for Steve vs Killmonger's one (impressive and formidable) movie appearance.
Round 2: Cap gives it the ol' college try, but Killmonger certainly comes out on top. Cap strikes will only power the vibranium black panther suit, and Eric either stabs, claws, beats down, or vibranium AoE attacks Steve to win. No options for Steve + plenty for Eric + in essence, invulnerability in the suit = a Killmonger victory in Round 2.
EDIT: Added "in essence, invulnerability in the suit" to the final sentence.
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