Originally posted by spetznaz
Interesting posts, although let me ask. Why bother with Superman's blitz speed, or debates about his acceleration time (check out when he rescued Lois when he was miles ....not a fraction of a mile ...away, and some perp fired a bullet at her ....the bullet had already left the barrel ...and he managed to travel all that distance, catch the bullet before it hit Lois, and even stuffed cotton wool in her ears so that the sound effect from his movement would not affect her) .....in my opinion Superman is not a character you want to get into a stand-off start with, with only a fraction of a mile between you two.In my opinion, Superman's speedblitz is a bit like Doom's prep or Strange's sorcery or Hal's willpower .....extremely versatile, and instant game ender. And the dude's respect page has feat upon speed feat that shows half a mile is nothing for the dude (again, using ONE example, think of what he did when Lois was getting shot and he was miles away and the bullet had already left!)
But that is not important.
Why?
Because the two start off facing each other .....looking at each other .....and one of the characters can emit energy from his eyes that is hotter than solar plasma ....
Why even bother flying towards Shaman, when you are already looking at a guy who is ONLY half a mile away from you, and your eyes can reignite dead stars .......
Unless someone will now argue that light does not travel at light speed?
Damn, beat me to it. HV is all that's really needed in this fight. Even when it comes to magic, Superman has dealt with it so many times already with various foes that even that is not any kind of instant win. Unless Shaman is more powerful than skyfather and skyfather+ level characters (Blaze, Dominus, Disciple, etc.) he would still need some heavy artillery spells to handle Supes.
As well as instant is all relative. Instant for a human level character is still far slower than what instant should be for a kryptonian.
When it comes to speed, there is a scan in the respect thread where Superman moves Batman to a different country in mid-sentence before he can finish a thought. .5 kilometers really is nothing compared to that.
Superman for the win.