Originally posted by SupremeMan
I think that argument has already been debunked but not sure. Basically, she's got a knife. But your argument hinges on this: if it cut Superman, it automatically cuts Black Adam. That ignores that BA has no weakness to magic. We don't know that the tiara could cut through something that 'invulnerable' because Superman's invulnerability is much less vs. magic.Assuming this knife can hurt him, does one normally throw all-out punches at a knife wielder? No, you'd grapple them. Plus she had to throw it with a lot of force to cut Superman. A grapple doesn't give her room for that.
As someone already pointed out, this is a way of using the tiara that we've never seen her do and have no evidence that it would work. It would be just as legitimate to say, as soon as she stands there holding the tiara in her hand clearly intending to use it hand to hand, he pulls off his shirt and wraps it around his hand and arm so he can grapple her. If she can use a device in a way we have no proof could work and that she's never done, he can use his shirt in a new manner he's never done and its exactly what you'd do against a knife.
It comes down to the fact that she has almost no chance of winning without her magic devices and, even with them, she has no chance of winning without creating a new way of using them with multiple assumptions about how it would work and additionally assuming he isn't allowed to use tactics he doesn't normally use while she is.
Grappling only works if both you are skill enough (something BA isn't) and you counter the knife attack. Trying to grapple against someone who is waiting for you to attack will result in you dying quickly ever time. If BA reaches to grab Diana then Diana just cuts off his hands or side steps and cuts his throat. So there will be no grappling here.
And my argument wasn't debunked.
Fact1: Superman is not weak to magical items. So the tiara cut him off of pure force.
Fact2: Diana is strong enough to draw blood from BA with her bare hands.
Fact3: The tiara is indestructible and sharper than a razor.
Fact4: By being a supreme martial arts master, Diana has mastered the art of countering, side-stepping, and parrying.
Facts 2 and 3 alone proves the tiara can cut BA.
Fact 4 proves that grappling won't work regardless of whether BA is using his shirt (lol).
And Diana has used the tiara in a similar manner before. That point is moot anyway since power set and optimal strategy is what the debate is about, and not Jobber Aura, abc logic, popularity(bias), or sexist beliefs.
P.S. And whose's to say that Diana won't counter BA's first strike attempt with an elbow/knife hand in his throat or a palm strike pushing his nose to his brain, and thus winning in the first instant everytime? I totally agree that Diana wins 10/10 without her weapons. The weapons are just overkill.
