Connor is, without question, one of the greatest living martial artists in the world. He's not THE best, but he's close; well within the top ten in the world, at least. The (second) Green Arrow is skilled enough to be compared to the likes of Batman, Batgirl, and even Lady Shiva. Connor's natural aptitude for the martial arts, combined with his training, has honed him to the point where he hit Lady Shiva not once, not twice, but THREE times in one fight. Granted, it was only Robin's intercession that prevented Shiva from killing him by the end of the battle, but that's more than any other living person has ever managed. And this is while he's only entering his twenties.Connor has received training in many different styles of martial arts; he just has a natural aptitude for it.
Connor's primary fighting style is Aikido, a passive style designed to subdue an opponent without doing any actual harm to them, through a variety of blocks, holds, and throws.
In addition to Aikido, however, Connor is well familiar with several other styles of the martial arts; most notably, several different styles of Kung-Fu. Connor picks and chooses various maneuvers as the situation warrants; a kick here, a hold there, and so forth. Connor is more than capable of holding his own against several opponents- though as the individual skill level of his opponents rises, the actual number of opponents he can feasibly fight decreases. Hence, Connor can easily hold his own against a gang of thugs, but he'd be hard pressed to fight any two members of the bat-family at once and come out intact. (Of course, it'd be tricky for Connor to fight any ONE member of the bat-family and come out intact, either. They fight dirty.) Connor's not invincible, either; while his actual skill is phenomenal, a lot of that is based in technique, failing to take all sorts of other outside factors into consideration
He is pretty good.
Connor may not the greatest Archer alive (that title's reserved for his father) but his skill with a bow is nothing to scoff at. If Connor wished, he could easily win an entire rack full of Gold medals in Archery (provided that Ollie or Roy didn't enter the competition as well, of course). To say that he's an Olympic level archer is an understatement; after all Olympic archers get to stand still.While armed with his bow, Connor can hit a bullseye at a range of up to a hundred yards with little effort. He's good enough that his accuracy is barely diminished by "extenuating circumstances," such as wind, low visibility, uneven ground, the fact that he's firing on the move, other people shooting BACK at him, or whatever else might come up. Examples of Connor's skill include shooting approaching arrows from the air, firing up to three arrows at once, or even managing to hit a Flash-level speedster in the leg. Suffice it to say, if he shoots at something, he's going to hit it. The most common display of Connor's skill, however, is his ability to incapacitate someone with an arrow, rather than kill them. In fact, such subdual shots have become second nature to Connor.
Generally, the more complex or tricky a shot is, the longer it will take him to aim; granted, this time is measured in seconds- but it's the sort of thing that could provide a canny opponent with an opportunity.
Originally posted by jrodslam
Ive heard that Connor is one of the top 5 fighters in the whole DCU. And Ollie is top 10.Connor has a better chance than Ollie, but they are both very capable of beatng Cap in a fist fight.
I'd say ollie isn't top 10, he's a damn good fighter, but he really just kinda brawls for the most part. He's the best archer evar. EVAR. He's taken on guys like Solomon Grundy, although he barely won. In Dark Knight returns he was shooting his bow with only one arm (and his mouth)
I think this would be a very close fight, I'm sure Ollie could dodge a thrown shield, he's also got plenty of trick arrows.
If it really came down to the wire, he could just use his GL ring to womp all over CA.
Originally posted by Nataku8188
I'd say ollie isn't top 10, he's a damn good fighter, but he really just kinda brawls for the most part. He's the best archer evar. EVAR. He's taken on guys like Solomon Grundy, although he barely won. In Dark Knight returns he was shooting his bow with only one arm (and his mouth)I think this would be a very close fight, I'm sure Ollie could dodge a thrown shield, he's also got plenty of trick arrows.
If it really came down to the wire, he could just use his GL ring to womp all over CA.
Differences in opinion about his ranking, but i do agree that hes the best archer ever.
Him trying to use that ring would take to long. Cap would let off a nice combo on his ass. 😆
Nice thinking for bringing that up though. I didnt even think of that one. 😆
Originally posted by jrodslam
Differences in opinion about his ranking, but i do agree that hes the best archer ever.Him trying to use that ring would take to long. Cap would let off a nice combo on his ass. 😆
Nice thinking for bringing that up though. I didnt even think of that one. 😆
Ring isn't hard to use, GA has been around GL long enough to know how it works.