Originally posted by carver9
Lmmfao... at least you know the Flashes outside of one showing is basically irrelevant. Imagine us accepting just one showing from Rhino, how uber he would be. Sadly, his consistency has ruined him on KMC. Flash is Rhino. He has that ooonnnneeee showing that makes him looks relevant while the rest of his fights are shit.
Point out the 'Average Consistency' Rule, please.
A character like the Flash is not going to get hit by someone substantially slower than him unless they have some counter to his powers. Simple as that. Wally West isn't Superman (and I'm going to get in to this in a later post). He can't afford to get hit more than once or twice before it starts to actually impact his ability to win the fight. And this, at the end of all of this ranting on the subject, is where I try to lay it out as best as I can:The Flash/Relevant Character X will use, at a bare minimum, the least amount of speed/Relevant Power, that he is capable of using under average/normal circumstances, required to not lose the fight, or get so badly injured that it will most-likely cost him the fight. Every superhero or supervillain has a minimum amount of effort and competence that they will utilise going in to a fight. For villains that's usually a higher starting point because they like to not hold back, sure, but the heroes aren't going to be stupid either. They are not going to self-sabotage, and they will not let pride, ego or forgetting they have a way to win the fight to get in the way.
-If you put Flash up against someone that can't beat him without PIS, that's not his fault. That's yours.
Mod rulings. If the heralds can't match Flash's speed (Barry/Wally), then they lose. Comics being full of PIS doesn't mean anything. I agree, comics are consistently full of PIS.
Edit: we can twist it around.
Captain Cold consistently does well against Flash, right? All the Rogues do.
So what happens when they get to Marvel? Do they solo the MU?
Walk this through with me:
1. Wally is faster than Death, faster than light, faster than speed, right? Y/N?
2. He consistently doesn't do well against JLA opponents, right? Y/N?
3. Therefore, these JLA opponents are.....faster than Death, faster than light, faster than speed too? Y/N?
Because if your answer to 3 is 'NO', then how do they win? Does Flash let himself get punched? Does he like it? Are all these opponents durable enough to withstand multiple IMPs?