MARVEL:
Black Panther (no herb use)
Capt. Amer.
Moon Knight
Night Thrasher (Tentative)
Iron Fist
Red Skull
Temugin
Nick Fury
Daredevil
Hawkeye
Punisher
Shang Chi
Black Cat
Elektra
Psylocke (tentative)
DC:
Batman
Nightwing
Richard Dragon
Master Kigiri
Timothy Drake (aka current Robin)
Onyx
Cassandra Cain (aka current Batgirl)
Lady Shiva Wu-san
Right now I have only enough for 8 Marvel and 8 DC fighters unless anybody has anymore legit suggestions for DC fighters
Originally posted by azndrgn
What does Onyx do?
She is an insane female fighter who was trained as a monk in the same Buddhist/Daosit (i'm not sure if they are Buddhist or Daoist, but it is one of them) monastery that Ollie honed his skills with the bow. She was so good that Batman has used her several times.
She is around 5 7, African American, with bald head, and with fighting abilities by the drove. She is far from the best, but in pure martial arts she is better than NightWing.
Originally posted by laydiiplayette
what about lady deathstrike before she got her implants? Or domino? Both of them are masters of several forms of combat
Ah yes. I forgot about those deadly ladies. So I will most likely add them to the Marvel pool cuz I need more females fighters overall. But I really need more DC fighters if anything or I'll have to cut some of the Marvel fighters from the contest
Some more DC characters.
Here are the excerpts, all copied and pasted for your enjoyment (LOL):
Bruce Wayne (with Kigiri hidden within the text):
Batman is the pinnacle of true masters. He is the highest master in 127 major martial arts styles and he knows at least quadruple amount of other styles he can utilize when needed. He is an accomplished master who has made a style of fighting for himself. He observes and watches his opponents, using their styles against themselves and then switches styles to best counter their own. However, the biggest threat in Batman's martial arts skills is the fact that he can study and learn and then defeat the opponent. Only the masters like Shiva and Master Girigi's ninjas have given Batman a run for his money. He can use a style or a plethora or go full bore and use all of his skills, also this fact makes him an unconventional and unpredictable opponent, quite capable of using Karate and then switching to Aikido, from there to Jujutsu and then Capoeira and from there to Jeet Kune Do and from there Crane and Tiger style and maybe even Drunken boxing. While combating Batman, you do not face a style, you face different styles intermeshed into a fine art, a poetry of motion and discipline. From Aikido to Yaw-Yan, Batman is the most dangerous combatant on Earth. Many obscure specialties of forms and skills are in his possession. He is the master, second to Master Kirigi himself, in the art of the Whispering Hand. This punch can obliterate bodies, destroy the whole target or the real inside. Or it can be used to knock out, cause heart attacks. Only Kirigi and Batman have progressed in this art to this level. The Tiger Fist he learnt from H'Sien Tan in the Himalayas also. The Tiger is punch that can destroy anything, from wood to granite. It is reputedly the most difficult upper cut style punch ever devised. It requires the wielder to know his body, to completely and utterly be in tune with himself and the surround world in order to succeed and then there is the Leopard Punch. It is Lady Shiva's trademark and yet Batman is the one who's mastered this technique to the level that not only is he lethal, he can disarm and disable opponents with it, a level of mastery Shiva refuses to learn. Then there are other techniques the Bat uses, to disarm and disable opponents: from spinning attacks to arm locks to pins. All in all, he is a one-man army.
To add to the things, Cain taught Bruce to read his opponents' moves and body language. He's not as well taught as Cassandra Cain but he is almost as good as Cain in this field. Furthermore Batman's skill in the Haragei, the hyper expansion of senses, and the Kiai, the ability to feel someone's intent long before it happens, this is called Sakki. This means that Batman has the ability to control the fight in any which way and he is even able to, thanks to his training, take the combat from the physical plain to the mental level, as demonstrated in Legends of the Bat: Tao pt 2. Here Batman demonstrated his near full capabilities as he took the combat to the mental plane, his Sakki, Kiai and Haragei turning the combat into a contest of wills. No physical punches were thrown but after that exhausting battle, Batman emerged victorious. Sakki is the intent, but in many ways it can be utilized quite a lot like the Chi into projecting the mental energy into someone else.
Cassandra Cain:
From a young age, Cassandra was trained as a living weapon. Instead of reading, writing and arithmetic, she was taught all of the 127 major styles of martial arts. Her entire brain was devoted to fighting, replacing her language skills with fighting skills. She is an expert in everything from Aikido to Yaw Yan and many, many things in between. Even the skills she doesn't often use herself are there, so she can recognize the style and how best to fight against it of her foes. Her skills are so well trained that she has even beaten Lady Shiva in a fight, elevating her to the unofficial title of the world's greatest martial artist.
Her senses are so attuned that she can dodge bullets - blindfolded.
Dick Grayson (Nightwing)
Being a practiced master in only a half dozen or so martial arts, Dick is an accomplished martial artist who is reknown around the globe for his grace and prowess in combat. As knowledgeable as he is of the martial arts, he is not the world's greatest practicioner of the arts, such as those like Connor Hawke or Lady Shiva, Batgirl or even the current Robin, Tim Drake. Rather, Nightwing is such a formatable opponent because he prefers to ultilize a method to his combat more in line with his mentor and greatest teacher; The Batman. Dick is rather imposing to square off against thusly for two primarily reasons - the first is that he is adept in many styles and arts, combining them all into a very natural and adept blend that suits his own natural strengths (acrobatics) and weaknesses to make him stronger rather than set in any one form and secondly, he cheats. His greatness and reputation as the suberb combatant that he is doesn't stem from a mastery of training or martial skills, but rather his gift to go with the flow and maintain his own balance and do thatever he can to get his foe off theirs.
Jean-Paul Valley (Azrael)
Similarly to his knowledge with swords, Azrael has available to him the combat prowess of more years than most humans can comprehend. The many styles he can call upon include various forms of karate, kickboxing, wrestling disciplines, and a few lifetimes worth of dirty street-fighting. While he lacks the sheer knowledge of various styles that Batman does, Azrael is able to compete on a near level with the Dark Knight. In fact it is from the Bat that he learned much of his ability to guage different styles and how to better integrate his own knowledge into a comprehensive and flexible, customizeable fighting style. Most often his techniques favor brutal strength-based attacks that savage opponents, and can get quite dirty in keeping with Azrael's dangerous nature
LAdy Shiva Woosan
It almost goes without saying. Lady Shiva is the best martial artist on the planet. Not only is she the best on the planet, she may be the best that anyone has ever heard of - anywhere. This is not nearly enough to explain exactly how good Shiva has become. Most people approach the martial arts as a form of defense or fighting or even something so mundane as exercise. To Shiva this truly is an art. It is an art she has dedicated herself to mind, soul and body. She has been practicing and perfecting this art for over two decades now and it shows in every motion she makes, her body moving with a grace and fluidity which has become unconscious.
Thousands of different punches and kicks and moves all combine in her head to create an almost infinite number of ways to take down an opponent. Not only will she choose the most effective way to fight an opponent but the most aesthetically pleasing, the most stylish and artistic way to win. Every blow is placed precisely for an intended effect, followed by another and another, making a composition beautiful to behold.
Connor Hawke:
A son of the original Green Arrow, Connor Hawke entered the same ashram monastery that Oliver Queen had sought asylum in years earlier. Raised as a Buddhist monk under the tutelage of Master Jansen, Connor trained extensively in the martial arts. Though he sought inner peace, he also yearned for adventure, spurred by the adoration he held for the father who never knew him. A new path appeared for the teenager when Ollie returned once more to the monastery. Hawke didn't reveal that he was Ollie's son at first and traveled a while with Queen and mercenary Eddie Fyers until the elder Green Arrow's death in an airplane explosion over Metropolis.
Continuing his father's legacy, Connor became the second Green Arrow, eventually joining the JLA for a brief period. Though an expert marksman, Connor's greatest talents are in the martial arts. In fact, his reputation as a hand-to-hand combatant brought him unintended attention as the target of a challenge by a martial arts cult, a challenge in which the deadly Lady Shiva nearly killed him. With Oliver Queen's recent return to life, father and son protect Star City together. The junior bowman is now recuperating from a near-fatal injury at the hands of the bizarre villain known as Onomatopoeia.
Richard Dragon:
Master of masters, Richard Dragon has taken his training in the martial arts to the extreme and beyond.
Once the best martial artist in the world he lost the title to Shiva Wu-san, apparently due to his love for her that caused him to not best her in battle. He is still considered by some to be the best.
Adept in over a dozen killing styles, and all 127 major styles, Dragon is a terrible enemy. Able to fight several armed enemies at once, while blindfolded, he has taken the arts to a new level.
As said he is a master of masters, knowing all known fighting styles, and personally training all but one of the members of the League of Assassins in fighting styles ranging from Capoeira to Monkey kungfu. The only one he never trained was his love Shiva, who instead trained him.
Dragon was also one of the teachers that Bruce Wayne went to for his martial education.
Ben Turner (Bronze Tiger)
The original teacher that introduced Richard Dragon, Ben is a true master. Using strength and speed he is the tiger, an unstoppable fighting machine. Knowing several martial arts he is one of the best in the world.
Hey is Karate kid from the legion of super heroes over the top? Or stick who taught daredevil and elektra. Stick has died and was reborn as a child. So it would have to be before his death. And Karate kid lives in the 31'st century. Karate kid would be unfair, maybe? He is only human, but he can probably give super man a hard time.
Originally posted by jplatinum
Did you see any of his movies.
Blade would destroy all these people jsut like he did squads of armed henchmen and super vampires st the same time.
Blade is not allowed in this tournament because he has an inherent healing factor whereas the other possible contestants named so far do not. They may have powers that heal themselves, but they will not be allowed to use them
Originally posted by srankmissingnin
Every single one of these guys fight hordes of armed men, often with out getting hit.Are Iron Fist and Shang Chi aloud to do chi ampage, because even with out chi amping Shang would break even with Shiva.
I believe chi is a very real thing in the martial arts. But in this case, Iron Fist cannot summon his chi through his hands because they can give him healing powers and an unfair strength advantage over his opponents in this contest. I am unfamiliar with how Shang Chi uses his chi, but if it's anything beyond just concentrating inner strength, he will also not be allowed to use it.
Current pool of fighters
MARVEL:
Black Panther
Capt. Amer.
Moon Knight
Gambit
Night Thrasher (Tentative)
Iron Fist
Red Skull
Temugin
Nick Fury
Daredevil
Hawkeye
Punisher
Shang Chi
Domino
Black Cat
Elektra
Psylocke (tentative)
DC:
Azrael
Batman
Ben Turner (aka Bronze Tiger)
Connor Hawke
Nightwing
Richard Dragon
Master Kirigi
Timothy Drake (aka current Robin)
Onyx
Cassandra Cain (aka current Batgirl)
Lady Shiva Wu-san