WWH showed it was possible (and why didn't anyone else think of it before) to take out Wolverine and his healing factor by bashing him in the head until his brain turned to mush, stopping all his body processes.
Who is the WEAKEST brick that could duplicate this feat, given the opportunity?
Durability will play a big factor, since I'm sure Logan won't just sit and take it, so unless they are armored, (Colossus, Thing) or just tough as nails (Power Man, Hulk) they won't get the chance.
Wolverine has more or less base level human durability (obviously more but relatively speaking it is close enough to human level), anyone above class 5 strength can liquify Logan's brain with a good punch, the difficult part however is racking up enough diminishing returns in the healing process that damage starts to accumulate after each consecutive heal.
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Hulk received some pretty nasty cuts from that. If I remember it correctly Wolverine did cut his eyes blinding him. The only reason Hulk was ok afterwards was his healing factor.
So it isn't easy to do. n order to do it your gonna have to be able to either out right take the damage or heal it later.
So people Rhino even though they could do it based on strength they shouldn't be able to cause by the time they get chance to they should already be pretty messed up.
Someone mention about WWH getting his eye cut, Logan stated his skin is thicker to cut, so he went for the eyes, but WWH allowed to come that close to get a hold of him. It would of suffice if he did a thunder clap to knock Logan on his feet, but I am no writer.
lol, well after Rhino clean-up his act and found a wife and she died because of Spiderman, he turn to a villain again with totally changed up tough attitude.
If you didn't have the stip "he won't just stand there and take it" as in, he's not defending himself at all. I agree with srankmissingnin.
But since you said he'll be fighting back. We've got problems now. Wolverine's claws have cut Namor, Wrecker, Thor, WWH (deep too), Thing, Count Nefaria, and other top tier bricks. There is some dispute concerning Colossus vs Wolverine's claws.
WWH survived it because of his insane healing factor. No one else I've listed above has that defense vs Logan should he get lucky and make contact with a vital body area and start to let loose, it's game over.
The brick would either have to a) have truly invulnerable skin or b) some kind of reach/size advantage that would take Wolverine's claws out the picture (IE by grabbing both his arms and binding them with one hand, while pummeling him with the other).
The few I can think of off the top of my head : Classic Juggernaut, Absorbing Man, Ethan Edwards, Mr. Fantastic, and Sandman. Of these, I DON'T think Mr. Fantastic is strong enough and I don't think Sandman is strong enough even though they can both laugh off Wolverine's claws. Classic Juggernaut and AM are too powerful, so that leaves Ethan Edwards. He's not Hulk/Thor level strength but he's more than good enough AND Wolverine can't cut his skin or hurt him in any way.
So I nominate Ethan Edwards unless I'm missing a weaker character.
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I think the OP meant who can survive long enough in close quarters with Wolverine to duplicate WWH's feat of KOing Wolverine by bashing him till his brain liquifies. It's not meant to kill Wolverine and it won't anyway (as we saw on panel).
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