Top 10 Hand-to-Hand Fighters in Marvel and DC

[LadyTerror]

I don't have much time to post details right now. I might add them later.

10. Taskmaster

9. Batman

8. Bronze Tiger

7. Lady Shiva

6. Cassandra Cain

5. Black Panther

4. Richard Dragon

3. Iron Fist

2. Shang-Chi

1. Karate Kid

Honorable Mentions

Deathstroke

Wolverine

Rha's Al Ghul

[TatyanaTheEmpress]

I've never heard of the first two, and the last one is a villain I believe.
Iron Fist is a good fighter, the glowing fist is his main advantage, but the others are more skillful than him, especially Black Panther, Batman and Lady Shiva. I haven't seen much of Cassandra Cain's fighting actions and moves, so I can't be sure about her, I'm also clueless about Richard Dragon, and Bronze Tiger, but they both look dangerous.
Honorable mentions are underrated too.

[LadyTerror]

Iron Fist actually has the memories and experiences of every Iron Fist before him, just like how Black Panther does with all of the previous Black Panthers. T'Challa did admit that Iron Fist is better than him though, but he'd only call Shang Chi a true master. Even Captain America tried to imply that he's the best fighter he's faced.

Lady Shiva and Cassandra Cain are pretty evenly matched but Cass has one win over her. It's 3-2

[TatyanaTheEmpress]

Without his glowing fist, Iron Fist wouldn't be able to beat Power Man (Luke Cage).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4h3m7B4v6Zc

[LadyTerror]

Yeah but Luke actually has superhuman durability. And that too, really high class superhuman. He's pretty much bullet-proof. Many of the best fighters wouldn't be able to hurt him, regardless of how good their skills are. And he's also said to be able to lift up to 25 tons in the comics

[TatyanaTheEmpress]

I never knew he was that strong. How much can Jessica Jones lift?

[LadyTerror]

In the comics, she's considered around the same as Captain America, which is around 2 tons. Not sure about the show though. We've never seen her reach her limit yet

[TatyanaTheEmpress]

Thank you for MHO, oh wait, you deactivated? :(

[Iron_Man]

I know you don't have the Incredible Hulk in there but that's my favorite, as far as I'm concerned he beats them all

[LadyTerror]

Yes but he wins because of his strength. His fighting skills aren't that impressive

[Iron_Man]

As long as the Incredible Hulk wins does it really matter After all?

[DonkeyRick69]

Pretty sure deathstroke has beaten batman. Shang chi Is no match for iron fist.
Can't believe you missed out Daredevil for lady Shiva.

https://youtu.be/xt5HBEHn37A

[LadyTerror]

I would have placed Deathstroke above Batman pre-Flashpoint but he doesn't have many impressive hand to hand feats in the New 52. Iron Fist would definitely beat Shang Chi in a fight but he also has a lot more chi control. Shang Chi has better skills though. Nick Fury and Black Panther consider him to be better

[Justinaveragedude]

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Deathstroke gets an honorable mention, Taskmater is in the list, Karate Kid is the top of the list, Batman is way down on the list... Just no... Not ok, not on. Where is Karnac, because he would kill this list very easily. Luke Cage? Ok, Daredevil sometimes uses billy clubs, BUT YOU HAVE TWO SWORDS MEN ON HERE... Just... no...

[LadyTerror]

Lmao Karate Kid is hands down the hand to hand best fighter in the DC universe and regularly goes toe to toe with Kryptonians. There's just no competition for him.

And #9 is definitely not low, but Batman also has virtually no feats to suggest that he's better than any of the top 8. He can definitely beat Bronze Tiger because his gear is superior, but Tiger has shown better skills. Lady Shiva has kicked his ass pretty much every time they've fought and even Cass has surpassed her mother now. Not to mention, David Cain and Batman seemed evenly matched when they fought.

I was planning to place Deathstroke higher and would have if the New 52 didn't happen, but it did. He hasn't had many impressive hand to hand skills since then. I was also planning to add Daredevil and Captain America in the honorable mentions.

[LadyTerror]

The reason I added Taskmaster is because he can copy any fighting style he wants and the same one won't work on him twice. Luke Cage does have an impressive record street fighting and with military training but he seems to rely more on his strength and durability.

I haven't read a comic featuring Karmac though. I'll check him out

[Justinaveragedude]

@Lady terror
Karnak (From the inhumans or Karnak), who stops projectiles (including bullets, light beams and energy blasts) with his hands. Hits people, and where he hits them litterally shartters, hence why he is called the shatterer. And I firmly believe he would kill karate kid, because he can see the flaw in all thing, including karate kids fighting style.

Also, batman beat the entire justice League solo, I would have had him at 6.

[LadyTerror]

I'll have to check him out. Thanks for letting me know :)

And Batman beating the League didn't have as much to do with his fighting skills. It's definitely impressive, especially considering he's only human. But he relied more on his brains and resources.

[Justinaveragedude]

Fighting is as much mental as physical. But yeah, Karnak, he is horrifyingly powerful and has little to no mercy. He is an awesome morally grey character.

[ChocoLada]

Why the hell isn't Batman the first? Or Wolverine? And who the f*ck is Karate Kid, that boy from the 80s movie? Come on, any of the lower ranked heroes here would beat him up. 😒

[LadyTerror]

No. The DC character. Was around way before the movie

[ChocoLada]

Meh, I don't know him, but I know that Kung Fu is better than Karate ;)

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[LadyTerror]

Lol you definitely know more about martial arts than me, so I'll take your word for it

[JudgmentDay]

I absolutely had no idea they had a character name "Karate Kid" in comics, wonder if they got any influence from those "Karate Kid" movies when they created him though.

[LadyTerror]

Well the movie is from 1984. This character was created in 1966

[JudgmentDay]

that's even more interesting then, did the movie producers read the comics first and then got influenced and borrow ideas from the character maybe? Or maybe somehow they just thought hey, the title of "The Karate Kid" just sounds good or cool enough to them and they believe that it is marketable enough that they wanted to make movies with that title name.

[LadyTerror]

I have no idea. I think it was just random

[Cadillax02]

karate kid was a member of legion of super heroes wasn't he... Think he died fighting nemesis kid...

[Femdomina]

I don't agree, Batman, Black Panther, Ra's Al Ghul, Lady Shiva and Cassandra should have been ranked higher, and where is Wonder Woman?

[LadyTerror]

Yeah I was thinking of Wonder Woman and Captain America but forgot about it

[ThisDudeHere]

A major flaw that many of them have in common: the cape. In hand to hand, or indeed any combat, it is a hindrance.

[LadyTerror]

Yes. Yes it is

[DonkeyRick69]

I always remember the guy who got his cape caught in the revolving door in watchmen or capes in the incredibles https://youtu.be/4R2aW03pwL0

[Bvroon]

These were all very interesting characters for sure, but no mention of DareDevil? ;)

[LadyTerror]

I was thinking of adding him. Captain America too

[DonkeyRick69]

https://youtu.be/xt5HBEHn37A
Should have

[Bvroon]

See there you go, both are very good at hand to hand combat. :)

[ObscuredBeyond]

Is it just me, or can you get away with adding a lot more pictures than I can?

[LadyTerror]

Well the GaG FAQ says that you can add 15 but I've been able to go up to 20. This take has 13

[ObscuredBeyond]

I tend to get blocked if I go past 10.

[LadyTerror]

Huh. That's strange. You should try to contact the admins about it

[DonkeyRick69]

It's to do with xp points. Also maybe 10 for questions

[ObscuredBeyond]

A list of top 20 pest heroes would be cool. Maybe I'll write one after work.

[greycadillacs]

Yikes, I recognized only like 4 people on here. There's a superhero literally named Karate Kid? Is he a tongue in cheek character, or handled seriously?

[LadyTerror]

I like him

[RationalMale]

Ehh it's pretty easy for some writer to say "and this new xyz character is a genius who can beat anyone".

[LadyTerror]

Most of these characters aren't new

[CasaNorba]

awesome, they are all badass!

but I would like to add Luke Cage to the list as well

[LadyTerror]

Luke relies more on his durability though. Does he have many years that require fighting skills?

[CasaNorba]

but I thought one of his main powers and abilities was being skilled at street fighting?

[Tanisha69]

Deathstroke has never lost to Batman, and has beaten him convincingly. Jean-Paul Valley (Azrael) has beaten Batman and Bats used trickery to beat him the second time. Wonder Woman beat Batman without using her powers and he said she was the best H2H. Karate Kid is right for #1 he is far above everyone and beat Batman when he was near death he also stole Batman's belt right off his waist while beating him and Bats didn't notice.

[John_Doesnt]

What about the comic book characters Jesus vs Muhammad? Could they win in a fight?

[LoloWaye]

Black Panther and Wolverine are my favorites, hands down.

[DizzyAster]

Task Master's my dude.
The Karate Kid, gotta look into that superhero

[Anonymous]

Karate Kid? LOL...
Batman: "Wonder Woman is the best melee fighter in the world".

[Tanisha69]

Karate Kid beat Batman while Bats was healthy and KK was near death with a virus. He also stole Batman's belt right off his waist during the fight and Bats didn't even notice until the end of the fight when KK handed it back to him.

[Opinion Owner]

@Tanisha69 That's not plausible in real world, that's why Batman has lots of movies whilst Karate Kid has none related to the original comic character, which is irrelevant (compared to Batman or any other superhero, even Aquaman) :P

[Asad1ONE1]

Taskmaster looks bada**, even though I never heard of him.

[alice55]

I was thinking Batman would get ranked higher.

[LadyTerror]

Well #9 is still a good ranking. There are a lot of characters though, and some of them are really good

[alice55]

I don't know every character you listed so I can't really say. I'm just surprised by the big difference between Batman and Cassandra Cain.

[LadyTerror]

Yeah she's the best fighter in the Batfamily and one of the few he didn't train to fight. He only taught her how not to insta-kill people. She also understands the human body better than him

[Cadillax02]

Batman should be at least 1st or 2nd

[LadyTerror]

@Cadillax02 nope! He's definite #6 within the DC universe. How he compared to Marvel characters is debatable

[fenixx0083]

You forgot the best one of them all...

[LadyTerror]

Ah I was planning to add him too...

And he's no longer in your pic 😡

[fenixx0083]

Howard the Duck?

[Ephemera1]

Dead pool is the best.