So now that all is said an done, who is the weakest character that can legitimately defeat Barbatos without 'weakness exploitation'(ie. the use of divine metals or w/e)..?
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I’m not sure we really know. All we know is that Barbatos killed his master a long time ago, who was an implied peer of the monitor and anti-monitor. I would argue the Over-Monitor; “the most powerful being in the Multiverse,” is inferior as well. Pretty sure a weakened Barbatos also tanked/survived the blast capable of reaching the edge of the Multiverse and punching a gaping hole trough the source wall, so there’s that.
I would say that it would take entities on the level of The Endless or Mxyzptlk to undo Barbatos, if I’m being honest.
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- He killed the original forger of worlds; who had the ability (from Element X) to create worlds/universe.
- Barbatos has the ability to destroy universe(s) if they are in his realm. We know this because that was essential his entire plan.
- Barbatos clearly did not have the juice to destroy the entire multiverse because his plan to destroy it all at once was using the overmonitor/antimonitor brain/power.
- He can't even brake through the chains that were forged by a weak Overmonitor
He is probably on the level of Nekron/White Lanterns. It seems DarkMetal borrowed a lot of Blackest Night. Definitely below Mxy, Cosmic Armor Superman, COIE AM.
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But in all seriousness, I'm not really sure where to rank Barbatos in comparison to the Overmonitor. On one hand, the Dark Knights had captured Monitor [somehow] and were beating the shit out of him... On the other hand, chains forged by Monitor were strong enough to permanently contain Barbatos. /shrug
Personally, (Galan can correct me here), but Mxy seemed to indicate that he was also scared of Mr.Oz but we know how that turned out. Yet, Mxy was scared of some silly trap that can trap him>
It is entirely possible(and moreover probable) that Manhattan will indeed turn out to be > Mxy, unequivocally.
That said, pretty much every character is hyped before their reveal -- especially when that character is essential to the plot of an upcoming event(like Manhattan obviously is.) Some characters ultimately live up to their hype, and some fall terribly flat... So I'll wait until Manny is fleshed-out a bit more before I comment on him definitively.
Yeah, TBWL stated that Overmonitor was "just starting to reform after the last multiversal Crisis", so it's likely that he was nowhere near full power when they abducted him.