Each Link carries the soul of the hero and thus is a reincarnation of himself. Thus it is presumed that Link is equally skilled throughout each game, at least as far as potential goes. He still has to learn the skills, but this is Link at his best, so we presume that his swordsmanship and bowmanship skills are equal throughout the different Links. Thus bowmanship feats and swordsmanship feats are equal across all Links, including Dark Link, who is a perfect mirror of Link.
Swordsmanship feats from Link? When stabbed at with a broadsword, he can backflip into the air and land on his opponent's blade. He is incredibly agile, using rolls and backflips in the middle of combat against monsters and dark warriors. As far as skill goes, he's beaten warriors who are powered by gods. Also 9 foot tall (my estimate) demonic warriors who are first outfitted with insane armor and, after that is removed, are far more agile than any human, plus strong enough to toss a sword that probably weighs 150 pounds like it's a throwing knife (and he has beaten 4 of these guys simultaneously). These inhuman guy's also have reflexes great enough to parry arrows fired from only a couple feet away, and yet Link still keeps up with them in swordplay and after fighting a couple, generally dominates them.
Bowmanship skills? Well, when using a magic bow whose arrows travel far faster than ordinary arrows and are unaffected by gravity (several Link's have this, and you CAN'T just say it's a gameplay element because OTHER characters in the same game have arrows that fly slower and drop after a certain distance) he is able to hit a pole off on a rooftop on the other side of a small village. Plus he uses this bow in very short range and aims much faster than normal humans can, backflipping and side jumping to get out of his enemies' range. His bow is basically a sniper-rifle, and functions better than most actual sniper rifles that I've used.
I'd say that in swordsmanship skill Link surpasses Deadpool pretty significantly, in agility he is probably pretty equal (They've both pulled off some really crazy inhuman stunts). Link's disadvantage is in his lack of a healing factor (although most Link's carry around at least a couple fairies in bottles to overcome this at least temporarily). I could also give a whole thing about how Link's life meter SHOULD be included, based on the idea that Heart Containers are magical artifacts that increase a person's durability, but that's a theory of mine and totally conjecture, so it can't be used here (I used it in MY Link topic, because I made the rules. Bahaha.)
Thus it ALL depends on weaponry and THAT all depends on which Link we use. You can't just use the most recent Link, which is usually done because the most recent showings are the most up to date figure of a person's abilities, because each Link here is actually a different person, just with the same spirit. So the logical thing to do is to use the most well known and iconic Link, which is probably Ocarina of Time Link.
In which case, Link stomps Deadpool pretty handily. Ice arrows alone would take this. Add in Nayru's Love, a spell that make's link invincible until he runs out of magic, or Din's Fire, a very fast and very powerful AOE spell, the freaking Deku nuts! (seriously everyone always forgets the freaking Deku nuts! They are like the most useful thing in this battle). Link beats Deadpool most of the time. Deadpool CAN take a win, if he gets off a lucky shot that gets through Link's shields, but I find it MUCH more likely that Link would Deku Nut him first and then cut his head off while he's paralyzed. And this version of Link also has a spell placed on him near the end that halves all damage that he takes. Even if you don't count the life bar as counting, this definitely does, putting Link at at LEAST double human durability.
Other versions of Link can possibly take, and certain versions can not. A Link to the Past Link wins with OP Bombos Medallion and Cane of Somaria/Magic Cape. Wind Waker can go either way with Magic armor, Ice/Fire arrows, and possibly Boomerang if he manages to hit Deadpool. Twilight Princess Link's best shot is with Great Fairy Tears + Magic Armor and if he gets lucky, Bomb arrows, but he's likely to lose some matches (7/10 maybe). All other Link's lose after a long war of attrition due to their superior skill and power going up against a guy who just keeps on healing.
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