@detective38: >calling other people fanboys

>demanding that they 'respect the classics'

Nice hypocrisy there mate.

I was tempted to pick New 52 but I chose Arkham Origins.

Can't go wrong with the classic.

@k4tzm4n said:

Deathstroke's role may have been lackluster in Son of Batman, but I really liked his design. Might even buy the figure at some point.

Agreed! (Although I think the sculpting is a little lazy)

I picked Son of Batman due to that being my fave representation of the character so far.

Arkham Origins by a mile. His "classic" costume is freaking ridiculous.

Arkham Origins

It has this whole "heavily armored military ninja badass who you shouldn't mess with" feel to it (not to mention the fact that he had arguably the best boss fight in the game)

I'm not that crazy about the New 52, but when it comes to Slade that's most def the dopest version. I really liked the Arkham Origins design as well(although the boss-fight in itself was a complete waste of one of DC's best characters).

Am I the only one that really hated his design in Injustice? I loved the game but Slade's design was almost as weak as Batman's...

young justice version looks terrible

I like a cross between Teen Titans:tas and Young Justice:tas. I always prefer Deathstroke's mask to be metallic (as in TT) rather than fabric or like a hockey mask. I think TT really nailed getting Slade to look menacing and formidable. But the overall design is rather plaint, and could use a few of the touches from the YJ design. Overall though, I'd say TT is closest to what I want.

They are all amazing! However, I had to go with Injustice. Origins is a definite second place for me and I can see why that is currently taking the top spot.

@nightwing_22: holy crap the eye is on the wrong side! MY CHILDHOOD

Teen Titans animated version! First off, I don't care that much for some of Deathstroke's other costumes, which I think has to do with the fact that they seriously over complicate his outfit with a bunch of extraneous gear. To a point, it looks cool but they can't seem to help themselves from adding too much.

For example, for his classic first suit, I always wondered why he had that bandolier of ammo cartridges strapped to his chest. It seemed pretty useless as those looked like gigantic sized bullets like rifle sized and he seemed to only carry a pistol so ... what was the point? Not to mention that I couldn't believe that some stray shot couldn't set off the whole string which was STRAPPED to his chest. It was like he was begging someone to try and take a shot at him. The swashbuckler orange boots and the long flapping straps from his mask also don't help and make him look goofy. The straps were probably for dramatic effects, sort of like a mini-cape or something; or to try and make him look more militaristic like those pictures of Vietnam-era soldiers wearing scarf covers on their heads that dangled down in the back.

And while I could appreciate the slight modernized look in his blue-black suit; the coloration just does not suit him very well. The Flashpoint outfit was just a mishmash of his looks, plus with the whole trenchcoat and the two-toned head scarf on-top on his head was stupid-looking. It sort of made him look piratical, but felt too heavily influenced by his past costumes. His 52-suit by Art Thibert is another costume that simply has too much stuff going on and too much unnecessary bits like the spikes, chainmail, and all combined make the costume look far too complicated and impractical. And don't get me started on his Young Justice suit. I just found his mask to be stupid looking with the black patch while some of the rest was orange not to mention the whole ponytail. On some guys, it looks cool. But on someone of Slade's age? Nuh uh. The Son of the Batman outfit was lacking as well. Deathstroke looked too slender and unarmored in that they went in the opposite direction and stripped away TOO much for once of his extraneous gear. Not to mention that I found myself still disliking those distracting mask straps fluttering in midair.

The other suits were all fairly good, although I still had my minor grievances with them. The Gods Among Us outfit had that lame eye scope on it, but I did like the Arrow live action suit, it just needs a bit more coloration here and there and the Arkham video game outfit went a little bit overboard on the armored protection with the thigh armor plates for example, when they could have done away with them easily. Otherwise the functionality and militaristic appearance blew me away.

His Teen Titans outfit on the other hand slightly edged to the top as my favorite simply because it is one of the more simplistic ones and strikes a nice balance between stark militaristic practicality and protective armor without sacrificing his agility, although I will admit that I wouldn't have minded a hint of orange stripes here or there on his armor to give him a bit more color. I also liked how his mask was a helmet with those breathing slits. Not to mention the utter starkness of the armor lines along with the lack of apparent weapons gave you the feeling that "I'm so bad@$$, I don't NEED frickin' weapons to kill you". That arrogance was the main reason why the Teen Titans suit pushed itself to top of my favorites list.