Tanking a hit from Kirk is impressive now? I'm going to go out on a limb and say that Kirk isn't even on Jason Todd level. I'm talking Jason Todd when he was Robin. Deathstroke is far faster and arguably stronger. And since this is pre 52, his healing factor is on par with Khan's. Durability is the only possible advantage Khan has. And it's not enough to help.
I've already agreed that being hit by Kirk and being hit by Deathstroke are very different things. Yes, Khan would be more affected by a punch by Deathstroke than a punch by Kirk. That's obvious. But, we don't know by how much more he would be affected by a punch from Deathstroke. I am trying to point out that he was so durable that he completely ignored Kirk's constant attack for a half minute or so. It's not that it just hurt him at little--he didn't even feel it. In fact, it looked like it hurt Kirk to punch Khan. So yes, I do think tanking a hit--or rather, a constant barrage of punches, elbows, and knee strikes--from Kirk is impressive.
So, what effect are Deathstroke's punches going to have? Some, but are they going to take Khan out? No, not easily. I think it would take many, many punches to do that. And while that's happening, Khan is going to get some hits in too. Remember that Spock--whose strength is superhuman as well--Vulcans are usually estimated to have the strength of 3-5 humans, and he has (in the normal continuity) been shown to casually bend iron bars--was not able to significantly damage Khan either, until Uhura showed up and started blasting him with a phaser. And that was only after he walked away from an enormous starship crash and then dropped 100 feet to the ground.
On the other hand, while Deathstroke certainly is not getting one-shotted by a normal human punch, he has been reasonably injured by punches from guys like Batman. He does not simply stand there and take punches from normal humans as if he doesn't notice them. He gets hurt.
So Khan's durability seems to be significantly higher than Deathstroke's and I think that will help him quite a bit.
Faster? Stronger? Hard to say. Personally, my feeling is that Khan has an edge on this, but at worst they're even.
Healing factor? Deathstroke's is pretty good, I agree. For Khan, we don't get to see Wolverine-style healing going on in front of our eyes, so it's impossible to know exactly how good it is. But, its effects on others' health are clearly extremely impressive. The characteristics of his blood brought a girl from a terminal illness into good health very quickly. It brought Kirk seemingly back to life after radiation burns. It brought that stupid tribble back to life. Deathstroke's healing factor, while good, is not at these levels.
Skill? Deathstroke has the advantage here. Khan's H2H skills were not significantly on display in the situations he was in in the movie, although clearly he has some. But in any case I don't think he is as skilled as Deathstroke.
So, certainly it's possible that Deathstroke's skill advantage will give him the win. But, given that Deathstroke is at best equal on strength and speed and tactical thinking, and that he has a significantly lesser durability and probably lesser healing factor, it won't be easy.
Are Vulcans superhuman in the reboot tho? I don't ever remember them mentioning it in the first movie or in this latest one. Yeah..when Kirk was hitting him, I thought he was absorbing the energy or something since Khan had no damage but Kirk looked like he had just gone 3 rounds with a prime Mike Tyson. LOL.
I'm going to have to say that Batman hits much harder than Kirk as he has kicked through trees..knocked people through brick walls and defeated superhumans with only his fists. So I doubt Khan would tank Bats shots. Especially once Batman figured out he was dealing with an augmented human.
Khan didn't have any speed feats anywhere near Deathstroke's level. He's taken out groups of people who have peak human and arguably superhuman speed. Not just once either.DS would've easily wasted those Klingons with just his sword and faster than Khan did.
I think the jury is still out on the healing factors. It really only helped him recover from Scotty blasting him with phaser. And surviving the crash. I've seen DS survive worse though. TBH, I don't think Khan could even beat Nightwing.
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