The Real Wolvie
Senior Member
Originally posted by Phantom Zone
Ok since you wanna be a smartass prove hes equal to Cap in skill.
That's easy. His training is FAR superior. What's Cap's training Judo and some American Boxing right? lol - Wolverine was trained by arguably the best martial artist marvel has ever seen. We are talking about someone who had mastered 12 styles and even invented his own - Ogun Ryu. Okay, now this guy was basically a demon in human form. He could survive being stabbed right through the chest, and when he finally died, his soul was able to possess other people. Heck, he was so powerful, Logan even wondered if he was a demi-god. Anyway, Wolverine trained with this guy for a lifetime, and even after all that this guy - Ogun was his name - was STILL faster and BETTER than him the first time they fought yet Wolverine defeated him by going berserk. This has to be one of Wolverine's greatest feats because it showed that even though he was out-matched in skill and speed he could still win by going berserk. It showed that a berserk Wolverine was a real threat as have other comics.
Anyway, when they were fighting Ogun commented on how good Wolverine had become despite the fact that he was still the master and Logan was still the student. The writers at marvel get it wrong when they claim he learned h2h from the government - the truth is he learned all of his fighting techniques from Ogun. There was nothing the gov could have taught him that he didn't already know ten times better.
Also, when him and Cap were fighting in WWII, Logan had to help Cap fight ninjas who was struggling against them while Logan was using some pipes and beating up Ninjas without getting hit. Now mind you, this was before Cap had reached his full potential but it shows that at that time, Wolverine was better than Cap.
Now, I would say they are pretty even considering what Cap became. Despite his limited knowledge of martial arts he is a very GOOD fighter - one of Marvels finest but he does not have nearly the knowledge that Logan does of Eastern styles of martial arts that much is clear. I guess you could say that Logan knows more about pressure points and Cap knows more grappling and holds but overall, they would match up pretty evenly. You have to understand, I'm also giving Cap the benefit of the doubt here as he clearly has had WAY less training than Wolverine.
That being said just because Cap has less training doesn't make him a worse fighter. You only need to master one or two styles to become an excellent fighter and Cap has maximized the training he does have to become so..however, this does not change the fact that Wolverine has been established as one of Marvels best fighters along side Captain America. His superior and LONGER training would make him at least Caps equal. And that's being generous to Cap considering.
What is ultimately boils down to? These are two VERY different fighters with completely different styles. The fact is, however, that Wolverine possesses skills that Cap simply does not. He has way more knowledge of pressure points and of paralyzing/killing moves. Cap is limited to throws, holds, and boxing punches. He does kick soewhat but he, as stated above, he has no real knowledge of Easter styles. On the flip side, he has knowledge of grapling that Wolverine would not possess. This makes the two characters equal, yet very different. You can't really compare the two since they have different skill sets. To say one is less skilled isn't really giving the character the respect they deserve
Oh, and I'm strictly a Wolverine fan, but I believe in giving Cap the full respect he deserves.