Originally posted by srankmissingninAnd what's this stuff I keep hearing about precog?
Here is Deathstroke in a nut shell, physically he is around the equal of Captain America only about 3-4 times stronger; nothing about the guy is 10x better then Captain America. His fighting skill leaves alot to be desired, sure he's good alright damn sure better then any real human but doesn't even have to skill to beat the Punisher in h2h if they were fighting on even ground (Slade having a normal human body) which is why dispite his low level superhuman abilities guys like Eddie Fryers, Azrael, Bronze Tiger, Batman, Nightwing and Deadshot can still give him a world of trouble. Deathstroke's healing factor is one of the tamest in the comic world a doze of hot lead center mass will drop him (see Villians United 6 or many issues of DS own title if you want proof) and while he will be fine eventually he will not be in no condition to put up a fight with anyone. Deathstroke is a prep man plain and simple and he does it better then even Batman but in a strictly melee fight where he has had no prep he really isn't that great.His dozen or so super impressive showings that some people like the base their whole arguements one are for the most part crap riddled with so much PIS and CIS its astonding! After a while you start to wonder if Slade's real power is to make every one he fights act like a compleat moron and forget how their abilities work (looking your way Flash and Green Lantern).
Just a short list here, flipping through fan blades, hitting the Flash and Idenity Crissis 3 are all examples of PIS (with CIS mixed in) and are way above what Slade is capable of. Deathstroke is good alright but not at the level where he can own any street that comes his way and when the person he is fighting has a healing factor that can play apart in the battle not just make sure he is still alive after... well Slade would be hard pressed to pull out a win (with out prep of course)