Best home field advantage

What character, hero or villain is at their best when they have it?
Not that they arent good without it, but when they do, they just have that extra edge to overcome.

Characters like Superman and Flash arent what i'm talking about. Aside from the "this is my city" factor, they're just as formidable where ever they are.
Spider-man's on the bubble. While he knows NYC best, any big city gives him what he needs to fight at his full potential.

Top of my head picks...

Batman. He knows every nook and cranny of Gotham, has the timing on everything from mass transit to when a red light is going to happen.

Daredevil. Same as Above, in Hell's Kitchen.

Dr. Doom in Latveria.

DarkSeid on Apokolips.

Ka-Zar in the Savage Land.

Man-Thing in the Everglades.

Silver Surfer in space, not planet side.

and so on...

Originally posted by riv6672
What character, hero or villain is at their best when they have it?
Not that they arent good without it, but when they do, they just have that extra edge to overcome.

Characters like Superman and Flash arent what i'm talking about. Aside from the "this is my city" factor, they're just as formidable where ever they are.
Spider-man's on the bubble. While he knows NYC best, any big city gives him what he needs to fight at his full potential.

Top of my head picks...

Batman. He knows every nook and cranny of Gotham, has the timing on everything from mass transit to when a red light is going to happen.

Daredevil. Same as Above, in Hell's Kitchen.

Dr. Doom in Latveria.

DarkSeid on Apokolips.

Ka-Zar in the Savage Land.

Man-Thing in the Everglades.

Silver Surfer in space, not planet side.

and so on...

Knowing a place is fine, but it's not going to let, say, Bruce or Matt fight out of their weight class, so to speak. It's more like a tiebreaker against an evenly matched opponent. I don't really consider those to be big advantages. Nor Surfer in space.

A couple of those are decent picks, because they have extra defenses built into their home. Darkseid has a planet of minions to call to battle. Doom has...stuff. Man-Thing or Swamp Thing in the right settings are also good choices.

But the couple that come to mind with organic advantages are Hydro and Sandman.

Another gigantic one is Black Panther. Forget knowing the forests outside of Wakanda; the defenses he has at his command change him from a low meta to probably able to match a low herald.

Punisher at night in nyc
Aquaman and namor in or near water

What about the obvious choices, marvel's hell lords?

Mephisto in his realm

Originally posted by Digi
Knowing a place is fine, but it's not going to let, say, Bruce or Matt fight out of their weight class, so to speak. It's more like a tiebreaker against an evenly matched opponent. I don't really consider those to be big advantages. Nor Surfer in space.

A couple of those are decent picks, because they have extra defenses built into their home. Darkseid has a planet of minions to call to battle. Doom has...stuff. Man-Thing or Swamp Thing in the right settings are also good choices.

But the couple that come to mind with organic advantages are Hydro and Sandman.

Another gigantic one is Black Panther. Forget knowing the forests outside of Wakanda; the defenses he has at his command change him from a low meta to probably able to match a low herald.

I do disagree on Batman and Gotham though. He once successfully hid from Superman when they first met, causing Supes to believe he was a meta. Bats just knew Gotham that well.
This was pre-latest-boot, but i believe its something that hasnt changed.

I disagree on Surfer, too. In Space his speed and maneuverability are at their best.

Still, this is shy i wanted different takes on this idea...!

Dr. Fate in his Tower/ Strange in the Sanctum.

Nice.
Reed Richards in his lab/FF HQ in the same vein, then...

The Elementals in the Green/Red.
Hell Lords in their dimensions.
Batman, especially Damian, in Gotham.
BP in Wakanda
Namor in water
Uncle Sam in the US?

Captain America in Nazi germany

Pendaran in cbr.

Jack Hawsmoor

Jack Hawksmoor

Magik in limbo

WBH in the Dark Dimension.

Any GL fighting on Mogo. Ka-Zar in Savage Land, he even manage to beat Thanos there although it was retcon to be an avatar or something.

Hawksmoor in any large city.

Wolverine in the jungle.

I always pictured Wolverine as more of a forest guy than jungle (not as good as Panther or Ka-Zar), but i would give him a nod in either case.

As to Hawksmoor, how effective is he when NOT in a city? Serious question.

Depends.

But here, Bendix is a normal human male.

And the fight goes on for 3 pages of this.

Darkseid on Apokolips, the whole Planet is at his command, all armies, all slaves, warriors, in the Crossover even the Planet faught at his whim.

Shazam in the Rock of Eternity, he did very well against Spectre.