Arm Wrestle - Black Panther (MCU) vs Captain America (616)
@anthp2000: Sorry, Jash beat me to it. Yeah, that's the one. Although if you don't want to spend time quoting that, I have a screen shot right here:
Just in case it's easier for you to post a scan than to copy/paste-quote something. But yeah, based on this, you can't scale helicopter feat off of Cap and apply it to Bucky's metal arm, and by the same token, for Black Panther, But regardless, I don't think T'Challa is stronger than Bucky's metal arm based on things I brought up above.
@anthp2000: Sorry for longer post. I thought it would be pretty short but I just had more things to say.
which I believe wasn't included in the final cut, where he seems to slightly overpower him
You are correct. I re-watched the airport scene before posting that comment yesterday and that part is composed of two shots. First one being T'Challa pushing the shield downward, and the second shot being Cap's face up-close.
And if you re-watch the scene, you will see that only the first shot makes the final cut. We don't see the second one with Cap's face and the shield being pulled downward even further. So based on the final cut, T'Challa didn't actually overpower Cap. The first shot (the only one that made the final cut) shows Cap stopping T'Challa's assault. What we see later is War Machine pulling his weapon out and the second shot with Cap is T'Challa kicking him and sending him backwards without even touching the shield.
so collectively, I'd say T'Challa is stronger than Cap and comparable to Bucky's metal arm
I disagree simply because he never overpowered him on screen. But even if we take that cut shot at face value, I still wouldn't say T'Challa is outright stronger than Cap. Based on the way strength is used, one can overpower the other depending on a situation if your strength is comparable. Unless you strait up humiliate your opponent or do something as ridiculous that is not even debatable, like Bucky overpowering Cap's entire body with just his arm, I don't think it strait up proves you are stronger.
T'Challa just pushed Cap's arms downward while grabbing his shield, but the way he overpowered him wasn't extremely drastic or one-sided. He just pushed him downward, and that by itself doesn't mean he is strait up stronger than Rogers. Bucky was able to stop T'Challa's "going for the kill" assault even with his regular arm, which should be equal to Cap in strength.
So I wouldn't say he is comparable to Bucky's metal arm either. During their airplane fight, T'Challa was going for the kill while Bucky wanted to tell him he didn't kill his father. They had different mindset, and despite what some people may say, mindset is extremely important in battles, especially the ones that require skill. When Bucky held T'Challa by the neck, he also used his regular arm to restrain T'Challa's other arm and push him backwards. The only reason why T'Challa overpowered the grip was because he used his leg to stop Bucky. Bucky told him he didn't kill his father which gave T'Challa a moment he needed to overpower the grip. But one thing people miss is that, by the time T'Challa started to move Bucky's hand to the side, Bucky immediately broke T'Challa's own grip quite casually.
Prior to it, T'Challa couldn't break the grip to his neck and got pushed backwards (if you find a slow motion version you will see this), until he used his leg to stop Bucky's movement. And even after that, he needed a moment to find his balance prior to the dialogue.
You can also see (in the gif prior to the one above) that T'Challa actually overpowered Bucky's non metal arm with his own. The same non metal arm Bucky actually used to stop T'Challa's assault during their first fight and prevent his arms from moving an inch closer to his face. And for the record, there are a handful of instances when Bucky actually used either his metal arm, or his non metal arm to actually block and counter T'Challa's strikes, something he shouldn't be able to do with his regular arm if T'Challa's strength was actually comparable to, or superior to his metal arm. And skill wouldn't be a factor IMO because T'Challa is a better fighter than Bucky.
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You could also argue that T'Challa used his ring (which apparently has magnetic properties) to overpower the grip. Since he used his right arm to do so, the arm he actually wields the ring on and the same ring he actually used on Bucky before. Although this could be a stretch and I'm just bringing up all the possibilities and letting you decide. It's still worth mentioning, especially because when T'Challa "overpowered" Bucky's grip, it made similar sound effect to the one we saw when this happened:
Regardless, my point is that, Bucky was able to use his regular arm to block T'Challa's strikes and was even able to stop his killing blow using his regular arm as well. By the same token, T'Challa was actually able to overpower Bucky's regular arm as well. Bucky (without his metal arm) is comparable to Rogers in strength, and T'Challa did nothing more to Rogers than move his arms and shield downward, and not doing it very easily. It was also cut from theatrical release and again, by the same token, you can say Rogers was able to use his strength to stop T'Challa's assault and prevent him from pushing him downward, since only the first shot made the final cut.
At the end of the day, I would say Cap, T'Challa and Bucky (without metal arm) are equally strong, and anyone can overpower the other based on situation, circumstances and overall how you apply skill in fights. I already addressed T'Challa overpowering the metal arm. At the end of the day, I don't think any of them are as strong as 616 Cap, even less stronger. I'm not gonna count Bucky's metal arm because it's a bit difficult to quantify exactly how strong it is, since it relies on scaling (valid scaling yes, but still hard to measure).
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