Hit and Run
Senior Member
Originally posted by marvelprince
Just to interject, I've loved reading jrod and hitandruns posts cause they write so intelligently but I just have to get in my two cents.If the only agruments for DD winning the majority is that DD will hit nerve points and just won't get touched, then DD is going to lose.
This has been tried like in the X-men iss. where Wolverine was a horseman and was fighting Kitty. She stabbed him various times in many nerve areas but didn't accomplish anything. Recently Elektra tried the same thing with her sais in Enemy of the State and that didn't help her much either. DD took down Wolverine with a punch to the throat, well all i can say there is PIS since it was later that Wolverine was shrugging of explosions. This is a guy who has survived almost on the surface of the sun and takes hits from the Hulk and got stabbed in the neck with his own claws so I doubt that should have hurt him at all.
As to how DD won't get touched. Please explain this to me. Cause simply knowing that your opponent is planning to attack does not equal being able to avoid them. The best example here is with Mister X. Even before he figured out X was a telepath he was still doing well against him. This was when Wolverine was carefully planning out moves in his head so X knew exactly what was coming. Still he got hit a few times, he didn't lose but he got hit. This is like DD. Just because hornhead knows Wolverine is going to attack does not mean he has the speed to dodge the blow. Their speed and reflexes are so close that they are negible.
SO now we have men who are almost equal in speed and skill. DD has his senses, don't forget Wolverine has heigthened senses too he just doesn't use them most of the but since this is full potential he'll use them. DD has his billy clubs, Wolverine has his claws and healing factor. If DD's best chance to win is by trying to hit nerves of a guy who matches and bests him in many categories then he loses the majority.
Correct me if I’m wrong, but wasn’t Wolverine enhanced in some way when he became a horseman? Even so, this was the same story arc where he takes down the Hulk with a few slashes to the neck and almost kills him (despite the fact that the Hulk has, you know, incredible durability and a FAR superior healing factor).
And “Enemy of the State” is not often regarded to being the best writing out there. In this very story, Wolverine takes down the Thing (the guy who has taken blows from the friggin Champion and kept on going) down with one stab to the shoulder.
I’m also surprised that you consider Wolverine dropping to his knees from not being able to breathe more PIS than Wolverine shrugging off explosions and blows from the Hulk. As Darkcrawler has said before, Wolverine only survives incidents such as those because his opponents give him time to heal. Logan does have a high tolerance for pain, but he still needs to breathe like every one else.
On that note, almost NO ONE tries to take down Wolverine with a pressure point, especially not someone like the Hulk or Sabretooth. Whenever, someone far stronger than Wolverine attacks him, he takes adavantage of his durable skeleton and healing factor to overcome it. But DD has way to attack AROUND the skeleton where Logan is just as vulnerable as anyone else.
Just how good are Mister X’s reflexes? Because, even if he was once a very skilled fighter, it’s very possible that he may have been too reliant on reading his opponent’s mind, which failed him against Berserker Wolverine. Daredevil’s reflexes have been shown to be on par with Pre-“Other” Spider-Man (again, not equal, just on par) and no matter what state of mind Wolverine is in, Matt can still read his body language by sensing his muscle movements. DD’s reflexes have shown well enough to consistently give Spider-Man trouble in a fight and even bat away bullets. This is why DD will be able to avoid Logan so well.
Logan’s senses are as enhanced as an animal’s (one of the many reasons he is called “Wolverine”). He can smell, hear, and see, just fine. But he doesn’t have a radar sense like Daredevil. He can’t sense his opponent’s movements like DD can (I don't rcall ever learning of any mammal capable of doing this), which is why DD has the advantage in that area. As enhanced as Logan is in terms of senses, reflexes, agility, and fighting skill, Matt’s got him beat.
Wolverine CAN beat DD with a fatal slash- it’s not impossible. It’s just not very likely, considering all Matt has to do is use his superior reflexes to attack first in a spot where Wolverine is vulnerable. If Wolverine’s breathing is stopped, then he WILL fall to his knees until his healing factor fixes it (he still needs to breathe). Even if DD doesn’t attack him there, he can still attack Logan in plenty of other places to at least stun him long enough for DD to pull an even more devastating move or nerve strike.