Mac Gargan has superhuman strength, agility, reflexes, stamina, and endurance, and also has the ability to cling to walls. In addition to his superhuman physique, he was traditionally armed with a cybernetic, seven-foot mechanical tail, which can whip at incredibly high speeds. The tail has in the past been equipped with projectile weapons (usually an electrical generator, although it has also been equipped with an acidic spray and a plasma energy projector). The Scorpion is substantially stronger and more durable than Spider-Man, though a much less skilled hand-to-hand combatant
