@the_real_seaman: Arkham Deathstroke is practically featless. His only feats are standing up to Arkham Batman and beating up a couple of goons who didn't even fire a shot. And sure, it may have looked flashy. But the difference between the Arrow-verse and the Arkham-verse is that the Arrow-verse showcases a level of speed and skill that the Arkham-verse simply doesn't have. For example, Arrow characters like Roy and Oliver can take on gunmen directly, something that Arkham Batman cannot do as both feats and statements dictate. Or how about their close combat scenes? In the Arrow-verse, when two skilled people face each other they can literally attack, counter, attack, counter, and repeat for at least thirty seconds (usually more like a minute or two) until someone finds an opening and takes advantage of it. But the Arkham-verse? Usually somebody attacks, Batman makes counters, and that's it. They have to recompose themselves after and try again. There is little to no fighting fluency when Batman faces someone with skill. The only time where's there's been a degree of fighting fluency was when (ironically) Batman faced Deathstroke. There'd be a brief ten scuffle of fighting fluency where Batman might deflect Slade's sword with his gauntlets for like ten seconds, and then we would be back to recomposing ourselves and trying again.
Admittedly, Roy doesn't have as great of a skill showing as Oliver does. But he does certainly have an agility edge over him, and plus he has both standard and trick arrows. Furthermore, Arkham Deathstroke literally has no reflexes feats. At best he can dodge Batman's batarangs in the boss battle, but that's a questionable canonicity. And arrows move faster anyways. There's literally no reason to believe why Slade could dodge an arrow other than "he looks cool". Heck, for that matter, there's really not much reason to believe why Diggle couldn't shoot him. There's a 15 yard distance, there's nobody in the way like there was for the goons, and John Diggle is a very impressive special forces agent with training from Oliver to boot. Certainly better than any goon Arkham Deathstroke has faced. And as for Laurel, Sara, and Huntress? Sara alone is easily one of the most skilled characters in the Arrow-verse, and has taken on opponents who have shown greater skill, speed, and reflexes than Arkham Deathstroke. She alone could take on Arkham Deathstroke quite easily. Never mind the fact that Laurel has the Canary's Cry, which Arkham Deathstroke would have no counter for at all.
The only reason why people have such high regard for Arkham characters like Batman or Deathstroke is because they "look cooler". That's it. But as I pointed out, practically speaking, Arrow-verse characters are better, all-around fighters.
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