As a result of the Gen Factor exposure, Cole had a strong amount of telekinesis and telepathy, but these powers began to burn out and by the time of Team 7: Dead Reckoning , he only had the psionic powers to give a person a bloody nose. His Coda-training sealed his psionic powers away, but he can still use them under certain circumstances (usually the presence of another Team 7 member so they are able to combine their powers). Note: As of Grifter/Midnighter #1, which takes place after the Worldstorm relaunch, Grifter has apparently regained control of his psionic powers and can use them unaided.
Healing
A side effect of the Gen-Factor is an accelerated healing factor, he once recovered from a broken neck and shattered legs without any scaring. The healing factor also slows his aging.
Marksman
Aside from superhuman powers, he is an excellent marksman. And adept at any firearm, knife, explosive, and throwing weapon.
Unarmed Combat
He can take out a group of enemies single handed. He was already a formidable hand-to-hand combatant due to his military training and experience, but the Coda training he received has sharpened these abilities even further.
My knowledge of some of these characters is not very good (mostly marvel), but I know Daredevil is very good, Jason is better than Dick in New 52. Punisher, Gambit and Grifter I don't know much about.
This seems like a very acrobatic fight so I could see Jason and Punisher (he does not seem like the most acrobatic person) go out first because of that. Overall I think Daredevil will take it.
@monsterstomp: He isn't. He's only mastered 3 or so Martial arts. It's his Radar ability and agility that gives him an edge over more skilled fighters.
toss up between Jason, Dick and DD. It'll come down to how the other fighters effect the match up between them. I'm leaning towards jason for the majority though. Something like 3/10 for Jason, 2/10 for Dick, 2.5/10 for DD, 1.5/10 for Grifter and 1/10 for Punisher.
I guess we all forgot about Gambit's extreme reaction speed and massive striking power? That is if he can use his powers, which it doesn't say anything against in the OP. Anyone he hits would be toast, the only one I can't see him hitting is DD
@monsterstomp: He isn't. He's only mastered 3 or so Martial arts. It's his Radar ability and agility that gives him an edge over more skilled fighters.
You mean out of the ones here? I would say his technical showings are better than anyones here, and he does have the best track record. All though I don't know much about grifter.
@monsterstomp: He isn't. He's only mastered 3 or so Martial arts. It's his Radar ability and agility that gives him an edge over more skilled fighters.
Let me rephrase. He's the closest to Batman out of the people here. Regardless, his style incorporates his radar sense. He's skilled enough to hang with people who've mastered "all of Earth's martial arts" like Captain America, Black Panther and Iron Fist.
@monsterstomp: I wouldn't qualify "hanging with" those guys is enough to say that he's the best martial artist here.
Technically, Dick has feats of "hanging with" Batman, Deathstroke, Lady Shiva, etc.
So if anything, that would make Dick the superior martial artist here.
Jmarshmallow
Lol. Deathstroke and Shiva have wrecked him more times than not. Not sure about his fights with Batman though.
Not the point!
You said that Daredevil has "hung" with fighters like BP, Cap, and IF, therefore he's the best martial artist here.
I retorted that Nightwing has done the same with even better fighters.
So if we're judging the quality of their martial arts abilities by who they've "hung with" then Dick > Daredevil.
Personally I don't think just hanging with them is enough, but that's just me.
Jmarshmallow
Er... There's a difference. Daredevil was never outright stomped by anyone I've mentioned. And I wouldn't qualify Dick getting stomped by Slade and Shiva as "hanging" with them.
@monsterstomp: @legacy6364: I'll show scans later if you ask. But he watches Talia fail to correctly use a pressure point on an Untitled. Then he does it and perfects it just by watching Talia do it wrong. And his infamous "oneshotted Shiva" he used a pressure point to paralyze her for 30 minutes, if he did it wrong or diffently it could have killed her or paralyzed her for life iirc.
I think everyone is forgetting that Gambit has stalemated DD and Blade before and probaby has the best agility of the bunch. He would hard to tag and even Nick Fury said that Gambit is one of the best H2H fighters he has ever seen.
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