I actually like most of what the IGN editors said in their analysis.
Here on KMC, we just have characters battle fullout all the time with no regard to their personalities (which is a large part of what makes these characters so special)
the IGN editors seemed to have figured personality, intelligence, experience and many other factors into their equation (hence Doom ends up beating foes who may be physically more powerful than him)
But they don't say how Doom beats them, a common omission of people trying to back their favorite characters here on KMC. They just blindly assume he'd do it with enough prep. And who's to say that someone like Thor or Surfer wouldn't find him and destroy him before he has time to use his uber-prep?
...yeah, they consider intelligence, but they don't consider pure power nearly enough.
Originally posted by DigiMark007
But they don't say how Doom beats them, a common omission of people trying to back their favorite characters here on KMC. They just blindly assume he'd do it with enough prep. And who's to say that someone like Thor or Surfer wouldn't find him and destroy him before he has time to use his uber-prep?...yeah, they consider intelligence, but they don't consider pure power nearly enough.
In a battle between Surfer and Doom, Surfer is much more likely to hold back his power while Doom will likely do anything in his power (including stealing from his mother) to defeat Surfer. If Doom senses he can't defeat Surfer, he'll resort to deceit (which he often does against more powerful foes) until he can get the upperhand.
If you ask: Can Doom defeat Surfer? the answer is yes. Will he? not necessarily, but he has the ability to do so. Therein lies the heart of having a versus debate, so we can talk about the characteristics that may enable a weaker character to triumph over a more powerful foe and many interesting possibilities exist.
If you ask: Is Doom physically more powerful than surfer? the answer is obviously no. Unfortunately, it seems all KMC cares about is raw power. This is ok for certain threads, but it gets boring after awhile when you get the same matchups over and over again. Also, on KMC Flash is God even though rarely does he ever display such power.
There is no way I can agree with half of that list.
Emma Frost loses to hulk? Did we forget what she did to Wolverine?
Nighty Night Hulk
BP beats Kang? A guy that time and again has taken the entire Avengers roster.. East and West Coast to defeat? is beaten by BP?
And Batman beats a GL? I'm sorry say what?! Powerset alone... even if Bat's grabs his own GL ring... the gls especially one like guy, john, kyle or hal all have wayyyyy too much experience for a "rookie" gl.
And Wonder Woman loses to Juggernaut... but Juggernaut loses to Hulk?
Christ! Wonder Woman should beat Juggernaut, especially current... and then... a close fight between her and hulk...
.... see... err.... yah,....
Originally posted by DigiMark007Wait, so they gave everyone prep time, and they still had Thanos lose to Blackheart?
But they don't say how Doom beats them, a common omission of people trying to back their favorite characters here on KMC. They just blindly assume he'd do it with enough prep. And who's to say that someone like Thor or Surfer wouldn't find him and destroy him before he has time to use his uber-prep?...yeah, they consider intelligence, but they don't consider pure power nearly enough.