This thread is a compilation of all of Maseo Yamashiro's (appearing in Arrow season 3) feats and accolades that I could find.
As a (extremely) quick backstory, Maseo is a former Argus agent and League of Assassins member (until his death), husband of Tatsu Yamashiro, father of Akio Yamashiro, and former friend/partner of Oliver Queen during his days in Hong Kong. As Maseo, he was portrayed as a loving husband and father, as well as a loyal friend to Oliver both during their time working together in Hong Kong and during his time with the League of Assassins.
After his son's death, Maseo joined the League of Assassins and was renamed "Sarab" (Arabic for phantom) by Ra's Al Ghul, and he forsook most of his former personality. As Sarab, he became a ruthless assassin loyal to the will of Ra's, albeit still retaining some measure of compassion/loyalty to Oliver, especially evidenced by his hesitation before shooting at Felicity after killing the mayor, and saving the lives of Oliver's friends. Maseo was killed during a fight with his wife Tatsu, though as he died, he thanked her for releasing him from his prison (the grief and anguish over not being able to save his son from dying).
Feats
The feats will be shown in as close to chronological order as possible.
Maseo stomps Hong Kong Oliver Queen in H2H combat. Note that this is the same Oliver who was able to survive for an extended period of time in H2H combat against a Mirakuru-enhanced Slade Wilson. Yet Maseo is able to drop him to the ground in only a few seconds.
Easily breaks this guy's hand (one of China White's bodyguards/henchmen).
Displays excellent situational/combat awareness flipping up the metal slab, as well as good reaction time to block the bullets. Proceeds to send this guy stumbling several feet backwards with a kick.
Another good showing of situational awareness, Maseo recognizes these dock workers are undercover and a threat, and proceeds to drop them before any harm is done to his family (and Oliver).
Solid strength feat: Maseo KO's this guy by slamming the truck door into him.
Knocks Oliver out with a hit. Maseo is one a select few characters to KO Oliver with pure physical force (the others being Mirakuru Slade and Malcolm Merlyn).
Maseo easily dispatches of three league of assassin members. Demonstrates skill and accuracy utilizing throwing knives as well as easily stabbing through the league armor of the third.
Displays legitimate arrow catching reflexes.
Shows himself to be a near equal to season 3 Oliver Queen in melee combat, only "losing" due to Oliver's archery gear. Watching the fight closely, the two are extremely evenly matched: Oliver lands the first hit to Maseo's face (0:16), followed by Maseo landing two body/leg shots on Oliver (0:24), before Oliver knocks Maseo to the ground and pulls an arrow on him (0:26). Ra's then intervenes and the fight ends.
Maseo manages to shoot all 3 assassins before Malcolm can even engage them in combat. Now 1 of 2 things happens in this scene, and I'm really not sure which it is. Either: Maseo is fast enough on the draw to shoot all 3 of them within a split second of each other, OR Maseo is capable of firing three arrows simultaneously. Regardless of whichever option is true, this is an exceptional feat of archery.
Maseo is shown to be the slight superior to Tatsu in sword-fighting (no small feat considering a 5 yrs ago Tatsu was capable of fighting China White and season 4 Tatsu is a perfect equal to Nyssa Al Ghul).
Additional Feat: In the Al Sah-Him episode fight between the League assassins and Team Arrow, Maseo showed himself to be a match for Nyssa as well. Due to how the fight was filmed, it is almost impossible to make coherent GIFs showing the brief fight between Nyssa and Maseo.
Conclusion
Despite his lack of showings compared to other major characters in the show, Maseo has been established as an extremely skilled and formidable combatant, capable of matching season 3 pre-Ra's training Oliver. He is a master martial artist, archer, and swordsman, and has mastered other weaponry including guns and throwing knives. He has also been portrayed as possessing peak human physicals (evidenced by easily defeating Hong Kong Oliver, matching season 3 Oliver etc) and top tier reflexes, evidenced by his ability to catch arrows.
Hopefully you all find this thread useful and enlightening when evaluating Maseo as a combatant, who I feel is a bit underrated on the battles forum. Enjoy! If I missed any feats, please don't hesitate to let me know.
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