who are the best swordsmen

In comics, manga anime who are the best swordmen

Comics: Silver Samurai, Wolverine, Ra's Al Ghul, Katana, Deathstroke, Wonder Woman, Blade, Baron Zemo, Psylocke, Batman, Deadpool, Taskmaster, Snake Eyes, and Green Arrow are names that come to mind when I think of comics best swordsmen.

Pretty wide array of characters.

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For manga/anime the names that come to mind are: Afro Samurai, Jin, Mugen, Bradley, Mihawk, Zoro, Byakuya, Black Star, Killer Bee, Kambei, Hiei, Himura, Erza, Sephiroth and many, many others.

In terms of swordsmanship? I think Kenshin, King Bradley, Shizune, the Ares crew, Koinzell/ascheriit, Kurogane Jinei from Gamaran could prove to be pretty good. Those are the first ones that come to mind.

Ares or taskmaster in comics, and 2 many in anime to come up with a best

Alternate Future Trunks. Gohan with the Z-Sword. That one alien guy Goku fought in GT if we judge by how powerful they're supposed to be. Starjun from Toriko.

I don't know, but even though he's one of my favorite villains, Ra's Al Ghul is one of the most overrated(swordsmen). I mean, getting skewered by Batman is embarrassing enough, considering he's supposed to have spent the better part of nearly 1,000 years honing his skills and craft to perfection. But, hey it's Batman, he makes nearly everyone look......impaired at one point or another.

BUT NIGHTWING?!!?

Green Arrow anyone?

Luke Skwalker.

@dccomicsrule2011: @allstarsuperman: @xiix: @the_legendary_supersaiyan_hulk: @the_legendary_supersaiyan_hulk: @cgoodness: @dratini1331: @juiceboks: @green_skaar: @batman242: @wolverine08: ....not a single one of you mentioned Achilles

@sog7dc:

I was talking about best swordsmen in comics only.

@wolverine08: Achilles was in comics for a while. In marvel and dc

@sog7dc: Achilles was renowned as a warrior in general, but I don't recall him being specifically good wit a sword, he's also leagues below some other swordsman in terms of legends/mythos.

Truth!

Afro Samurai, Kenshin, Samurai Jack, Deathstroke, Ryu Hayabusa

No mention of Snake-Eyes?

Not a Battle

IN comics:

Katana, The Warlord, Deathstroke, The Black Knight, Aquaman, Wonder Woman, Ras Al Ghul, Stormshadow, SnakeEyes, Silver Samurai, Conan The Barbarian, Red Sonja, The Shining Knight, King Arthur.

The Swordsman. lol

@juiceboks: You're the ONLY person to name the REAL greatest swordsmen.

@cooldes I'm honestly surprised no one else did.

I'll throw in Yoshimitsu.

Deathstroke

Nemesis

This guy next to cable

Beware the BlackSwords men

(but the actual answer is D)

considering that Nightwing has been superheroing longer than just about everyone not named Batman or Superman and has been stated by Bruce himself as faster than him,is it any surprise that he beats Ras ,a man Bruce himself has already beaten?also a man who has rarely practiced over 500 years,rather relying on his mercenaries to do the physical work?against a man fast enough to hold his own against Deathstroke with a sword?considering that DS is at the very top tier of Swordsmen in DC ,and NW regularly matches up to him despite his enhancements,the only real surprise here is NW has not soloed more of Batman's villains

Zorro and D'Artagnan

See this discussion: here

I'd say

Altair Ibn La-Ahad!

Snake Eyes

Deathstroke

Everyone i would've thought to say is covered. Definitely liking that Blade has been mentioned too

Everyone here covered what I would've said!

Glad to see Samurai Jack was here :)

Blade

Exactly, its his name after all.

ZORRO

Afro Samurai.

Surprised no one has mentioned Kanto, Fandral, or Prince Charming, they have millenia of experience with the sword between them.

• Swordsman
• Zorro
• Deathstroke
• Samurai Jack
• Silver Samurai
• Conan
• Red Sonja
• Shining Knight
• Ra's al Ghul
• Storm Shadow
• Snake Eyes
• Shatterstar
• Katana
• Kull
• Black Knight
• Zealot
• Taskmaster
• Baron Zemo
• Baron Strucker
• Blade

Looks like Wolverine is being underrated here.

According to himself, the Eminence of Blades.

@wolverine08: Do you have some scans?

@battle_forum_junkie:

This is just one scan, but I'll try to find some more. Wolverine is a trained master samurai who has beaten Silver Samurai (arguably the best swordsman in the Marvel U) before, and has trained multiple before in the art of kenjutsu. I definitely think he deserves a nod for being of the best swordsmen in comics.

@wolverine08:

Awesome. Thanks.

Right off the top of my head would be; Wolverine, Nightcrawler, Blade, Ra's al Ghul, and Batman.