Originally posted by illadelph12Ditto
Hmm...You know, I might catch a lot of heat for this, but I'll play devil's advocate, and I'll take Nimrod.
My reasoning for saying this is that Nimrod (the classic Nimrod before being reworked into Bastion) not only had a database of all mutant powers that he had either encountered or were documented, but he also had technology that could examine the genetic structure of his targets to either counter or nullify their x-genes, rendering mutants powerless against him.
Doomsday's powers are genetic.
Nimrod could analyze Doomsday and nullify the biochemical process that facilitate his adaptations, which are a physical change in his body, and once that happens, it's down hill for Doomsday, because like him, Nimrod adapts on the fly, but Nimrod also has a vast energy projection arsenal, as well as being outfitted with time travel hardware. Not to mention Nimrod has far superior intelligence, and unlike a hero, he doesn't have any emotional or moral hang ups to hinder his judgment.
I'd give Nimrod the slight majority out of 10.
I think Doomsday probably has the edge here, because Nimrod's scanning wouldn't work. I'm not quite sure how it works, but it would encounter problems if it tried to read Doomsday's DNA-- he doesn't have any. Even if it wasn't entirely dependent on DNA to analyze him, I still think it would fail. Lex Luthor's scan of Superman created Bizarro-- an inferior duplicate. I think that Nimrod's response to Doomsday would be similarly ill calculated.
Originally posted by inimalistand why not the other way round : nimrod evolve past anything DD can throw at him
this would be a killer fight...both would just continue to upgrade or evolve themselves... maybe indefinatly?
like was said before, like page 1 even, I think its likely that Nimrod would be on top for a while, until DD just evolved past anything Nimrod could throw at him...
both DD & nimrod were never stated to have limit to their adaptation so we have to suppose that they can both evolve indefinitly
Originally posted by weaselsoup
I think Doomsday probably has the edge here, because Nimrod's scanning wouldn't work. I'm not quite sure how it works, but it would encounter problems if it tried to read Doomsday's DNA-- he doesn't have any.
I think this is the most "WTF?" comment in this thread.
Of course Doomsday has DNA. Anyone who's read any comics with Doomsday in them would know this. Apokoliptian tech has cloned Doomsdays from his DNA samples. He's had his own DNA spliced with Kryptonian DNA to make him more controllable, etc...
Hmmm... where has this thread been all my life. I confident that nimrod will find the weakness and be able to nullify DD's powers but even if Nim gets rid of DD adaptation I don't think Nim can put down DD before he get destroyed.
Then again, Nim once nullifying the DD adaptation might be able to exploit somekind of weakness in DD very very quickly for the win. Not sure, this could be a toss up...