Damien Darhk (Arrowverse) Respect Thread

I've seen a lot of Arrowverse respect threads recently, so I decided that I'd make one for Oliver's most powerful opponent.

A onetime friend and rival of the man who became Ra's al Ghul, Damien stole water from the Lazarus Pit and fled to pursue his own path. For over a century Darhk has marauded across the world, working with whoever best served his interests. Finally founding HIVE, Darhk plotted to destroy the world in nuclear fire and elevate his own powers to unimaginable levels in the process.

I've selected the feats that I think best exemplify his powers. Obviously there would be a lot of redundancy if I posted a gif every time he used his TK to freeze someone.

Powers and Abilities

Hand-to-Hand Fighter

With a century of experience and impressive physical strength and speed, Darhk is one of the most formidable hand-to-hand fighters in the world, even without resorting to magic.

Magic

By using a Khushu idol powered by souls, Damien gains a variety of powers. He has telekinesis, can teleport, and absorbs life force. His power is to such an extent that Constantine acknowledged him as exceptionally dangerous.

Telekinesis

Worth noting is that Darhk's TK has virtually unlimited range. If he knows where someone is, he can kill them. He killed someone halfway across the world as easily as he did a person right in front of him.

Teleportation

There are plenty of cases where Darhk has just outright vanished, but they wouldn't make for very interesting gifs. I chose two cases to act as examples. His teleportation is functional both for long range and short range, escaping to a different part of the city or for changing his position in a battle.

Soul Absorbtion

Can drain the souls from people by touching them. During the process they appear to be paralysed, and Darhk can drain them through body armor as easily as without. Additionally, the process appears to heal him of wounds and strengthen him. As a result, it is his preferred method of killing.

Post Havenrock

After detonating a nuclear device on the town of Havenrock, Darhk absorbed tens of thousands of souls into himself, gaining a new dimension of power and displaying an ability to use his TK on a molecular level. All his previous feats should obviously still be applicable in this state.

That's all for now.

Tagging people:

Very nicely done. Was def. My favorite villain

@wf_mxyzptlk: nicely done.

So the only reason he doesn't win, is essentially plot...nice to know.

Solid RT.

Good thread.

@wf_mxyzptlk: cw doesn't deserve respect

Basically, yeah.

@wf_mxyzptlk: Good job man!

Nice work. : )

@wf_mxyzptlk: Great respect thread. Always loved the part where he casually snaps the lady's neck lol. If you can find it, I would post a gif of his first encounter with Thea. It's a good teleportation feat.

@indomitableregal:

Thanks.

I have that gif, yeah. I was hesitant to put it in because nickzambuto made a reasonable argument that it was speed, not teleportation.

Suh dude, this should be useful in the future.

@wf_mxyzptlk: I know Darhk from a old run of Titans. Glad to see that he is finally being used as a villain again after 15 years.

Great thread!

@wf_mxyzptlk: This should be updated.