Originally posted by The Ellimist
Whether Superman is the only one who fights him is irrelevant. In the cases where they're both going one vs. one with the others not in the picture, Superman:- sends him flying across the room with a casual punch
- moves so quickly Steppenwolf appears to be standing still, then smacks him down
- smashes him to the ground and then tosses him like a ragdoll
Yes, he can hurt Steppenwolf but he hurt him less than the parademons. Sure Superman can punch guys at superspeed but he clearly doesn't significantly hurt anyone. Even Aquaman knocked this guy around and he's a lot weaker than Superman.
Nobody can seriously watch that fight and think Steppenwolf was in Superman's league. I'm not exaggerating when I say that Captain America has a better shot of beating the Hulk.
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He is a peer to Superman though I would favor Superman in a fight. The point is Superman didn't fly in and speed blitz defeat him in moments like the fanboys claim.
Mind you, this is the same Steppenwolf who was overpowering Wonder Woman, who can deflect staggered automatic gunfire spread across an entire line of citizens. People who can block bullets at point blank range look like statues when they're fighting Superman.
When Superman isn't using super-speed*, it's because he doesn't have to because none of his opponents can remotely threaten him.
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Yes, Steppenwolf is fast just not as fast as Superman.
Batman defeated him. Doomsday killed him. That doesn't fly. Superman gets tagged by slower guys. It happens all the time. WW hit him, etc.
In Justice League which is the assumed version (e.g. seemingly most powerful), the only hits he receives are:
a) When he was disoriented from having just been revived by weird alien tech and not himself, and
b) Totally ineffective
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a) he wasn't disoriented enough to use his powers. Nothing also suggests he wasn't able to use his speed at the beginning of the fight.
b) false. He was affected just not defeated. Superman hit Steppenwolf but didn't critically harm him either so by your logic it was totally ineffective since he showed no signs of injury.
b) is important because we don't think Superman in Superman Returns can't dodge bullets because he doesn't dodge them in that bank robbery scene. He obviously doesn't dodge them because he doesn't need to.
What are you talking about? He was hurting Batman because he had beaten everyone else up. As in, for moments the other members were moving so slowly in comparison to him that they seemed to be standing still. WW, Cyborg and Aquaman tried rushing him at the same time and couldn't do jack.
* Mind you, Superman doesn't have to use super-speed for long to win here, he just needs to turn it on in a single burst and kill them all. [/B]
b) so he's overconfident and doesn't tactically fight. He was clearly blasted by a laser in Man of Steel which obviously hurt him. There went your theory.
They weren't trying to really harm him so no one was going all out. He's clear,y stronger, more durable, and faster than they are anyways.
He's never done so and its out of character for him to kill unless he's saving a life. Even then he cried for Zod like a *****.