TheVaultDweller
Front line cannon fodder
Originally posted by Arachnid1
DD is above peak human when it comes to reflexes at least. That scene where he flipped between the russians close quarter full auto fire (aim dodging likely) and fighting evenly with the Black Sky who was durable enough to take the Iron Fist, fast enough to block bullets with her sword, and strong enough to KO Iron Fist (as she took out all the defenders at the same time; I'm pretty sure Cage was effected by the gas but still impressive), not to mention some pretty great damage soak and his scenes against the ninjas. I'd put DD above the human enemies Cap has fought
Fair enough. Even without gear, he did WAY better than the 10 armed Hand ninjas who tried to take her on in the dark during her training (who she defeated in about 10 seconds, despite starting unarmed lol). And he has also improved a lot in terms of not getting hit in fights. People as skilled as Iron Fist and Murakami were struggling to tag him, and Bakuto couldn't manage it at all, even two-on-one. Even Elektra wasn't having it easy. And I honestly don't recall a single fodder tagging him throughout Defenders (though, if there is an instance, feel free to point it out). Though, in terms of Crossbones at least, the guy did have the piston arms with the blades, dead nerves/pain resistance, and was decked out from head to toe in thick body armour.
And I think in the scene where she KO'd Luke, the gas was still playing a big factor. In no other scene in the entire show does she actually knock all of them out cold like that, especially with that level of ease. Hell, Danny got KO'd by the gas alone (despite the fact that it had already dispersed quite a bit) upon contact, just as he was about to Iron Fist out. Or just look at DD himself. A single superhuman hit to the chest in that encounter laid his ass out, whereas he took two comparable hits during their very first fight (when he got punched like 15 feet through the one glass pane, and then later kicked probably about 10 feet across a room into a bookcase, breaking some shelves on impact) that, despite clearly hurting him, didn't actually KO him.
Stick mixed up the gas, so it was likely something from the Chaste that he was already immune to (he specifically mixed it up to clear the path to Danny, so makes no sense to poison himself). As to why Black Sky was not affected? Stick did raise her and she was also a Chaste member until her death, so it might be similar to Stick. Or maybe the fact that she is the resurrected superhuman Black Sky might make her more resistant to those kinds of things. Or it is bad writing. Because them getting KO'd like that is inconsistent with all the other fights.