Flight Edge

Flying bricks hold no advantage over grounded ones in any comic I've read. Could be wrong though

Originally posted by Sin I AM
Flying bricks hold no advantage over grounded ones in any comic I've read. Could be wrong though

Just look at Superman vs. H/P DD to see the flight advantage. Superman was getting his ass kicked a lot less while flying than grounded.

Originally posted by Cogito
Ok, reverse that. When is the last time you saw a flying brick have no advantage against an equivalent grounded brick? I feel like you're thinking of this in terms of a Hulk vs. Thor situation, which has a lot of other factors involved aside from flight.

Just look at Superman vs. H/P DD to see the flight advantage. Superman was getting his ass kicked a lot less while flying than grounded.

Namor/Thing comes immediately to mind. Supes doomsday doesnt seem like a good comparison there are other powers in play

Slight to moderate advantage depending on how well the flying brick can use it in a fight. On paper, a lot of what DarkSaint has brought up is pretty good. In a comic? I don't see that being used much if at all, unless the character's skill is written up that way.

If we're talking BFR, this can give the flier and advantage depending on how far they can knock/throw each other. I can definitely see like DarkSaint's flier puts the non flier in a bear hug, takes them up and drops them, or Facelees' swooping down putting more momentum. Being able to engage or not less of an advantage in a comic(although going by "real world" logic it would be a more significant advantage).

In comics I've seen flight being a bigger advantage than I'm arguing, but that's on greater speed and maneuverability than your topic, like Superman flying around an opponent making them off balance, bombarding them with multiple super speed strikes(while going around them; though that would be another factor included), or both.

Originally posted by Sin I AM
Namor/Thing comes immediately to mind.

That's the only one that fits the criteria that I can think of off the top of my head, and it's a terrible one.

Namor should shit all over Thing underwater, the whole fight was utter PIS

Originally posted by Sin I AM
Flying bricks hold no advantage over grounded ones in any comic I've read. Could be wrong though

Yes, but when was the last time you had two clones fighting each other, except one had flight? There are usually other factors.

Being able to fly is a massive advantage, I don't know how it would be construed otherwise.

Well.....

Simple lift & drop tactic
More force in pushing matches
Able to take advantage of the environment more easily
Also can move fight to a prefered environment
Easier to evade
Silent motion for sneak attack
Can gain more momentum for ram/slam attacks

Basically any additional ability given to one of two "equal" opponents should turn things in their favour.

Originally posted by Sin I AM
Namor/Thing comes immediately to mind. Supes doomsday doesnt seem like a good comparison there are other powers in play

Well namor is a lot stronger than thing and dosent need to use flight advantage,avx aside where he got pinned underwater yet stalemated on land ,he did use flight to slam thing into the ground during their fight on land though

If retard Bizarro can use flight to his advantage, surely any flying brick should be able too. (I know speed played a major factor as well)