Crossbones vs. Diamondback

Both are in their powered suits. Fight in the streets of NY. Fight starts off h2h but combatants are allowed to grab objects in their surroundings as weapons.

Diamondback easy. His pistons don't hit nearly as hard as Luke, and every hit will only fuel DB's suit.

On the other hand, DB hits just around the same ballpark as Cage, and as stated his suit will absorb every hit CB lands.

The only argument I can see is, if the suit cant protect against the blades on Crossbones gloves.

Otherwise Diamondback just simply outclasses Brock.

Diamondback was straight up bulletproof in that suit, and was strong enough to punch Cage into a large van with enough force to move the thing. Crossbones is a much faster and better fighter though. Plus, Luke was holding back during that final fight, and tried to talk DB down more than once, so he wasn't even giving it his all.

I am torn. Cap put Crossbones down pretty quickly, once he got serious (when Crossbones whips out the blades, you can see a notable shift in gear from Cap, and he literally drops him in 10 seconds flat). But DB only lasted as long as he did against Luke due to PIS (that helmet strap and power pack looked vulnerable as all hell, yet Cage never went for them), and because the latter was holding back.

I think if DB can get Crossbones in a grapple though, he could probably rip those mech arms off, and then the fight tips massively in his favour.

Edit: Actually, thinking about it, Diamondback punched a cop, who was wearing body armour, so hard that he caved the guy's chest in, and sent him flying over 20 feet. So, even with protection, Brock won't be able to withstand a lot of those strikes. Going with Diamondback.

It's purely speculation but I'd put pnumatic spike over a bullet, but cap did tear them off so I could see them breaking before piecing the suit

Well, like I said in my edit, how many hits could Brock take? I know he has the pain immunity and all, but that won't stop his ribs shattering from repeated hard strikes.

And he'll go for the pistons before the blades. So his hits will only make DB stronger.

Crossbones will probably be sent flying with a single hit, though Rumlow would kill Diamondback assuming he hits him in the face.

Should depend on who gets the first strike, though Rumlow could probably take at least one or two hits because he did survive against a blow from Cap

Originally posted by carthage
Crossbones will probably be sent flying with a single hit, though Rumlow would kill Diamondback assuming he hits him in the face.

Should depend on who gets the first strike, though Rumlow could probably take at least one or two hits because he did survive against a blow from Cap

No he wouldn't. Luke clocked him in the face several times. Any physical blow simply has it's kinetic energy absorbed.

He survived a hit from Cap who as standard was only trying to beat him down, not kill him. Diamondback will hit him as hard as he can every single time. The "crush a man's chest and send him soaring 20 feet away" type of hits, one after the other.