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Batman Definitely, if you read certain wikis and articles about batman's ability you'd know he has the agility and body structure that is alot better than an olympic athlete, he was one of the first people to dodge Darkseid's Omega Beam (which does not go in a straight line but twists and turns to his will, its also believed it is as fast as sound), that indicates his improved reflexes and athletics, batman was also trained in 100+ different ways of martial arts, and is considered superior in stealth and tracking (some may consider these two his greatest skills) He can read his opponent's next offensive moves and tactics by simple methods as body language and muscle flexing in the arms or legs (this sort of works like spiderman's spider sense) almost nobody has the ability to sneak up on him due to his advanced senses (hearing and vision being the best two, enhanced by different non-superpower techniques) he can block speeding bullets and his marksmanship is legendary, being able to hit a target from very far away, giving batman 2 days prep would be the defining aspect of the battle and probably bad for the balance of the fight, usually in a fight, batman would either linger behind for a couple of minutes while his allies attack, or dodge every move his opponent makes if he is alone, if those two minutes are given to batman, then the match is over and batman would have won, batman usually analyses his opponents before engaging them, so when he finally engages he would know any and every ailment you have (EX: Weak left punch, slight blindness on right eye, sore knees) and will use them to his advantage every time he can, this is all figured out simply by analyzing how his opponents moves and fights, so imagine what he can do to Van Helsing with 2 days of preperation.I would love to talk about batman's suit and how protective and awesome it is but that would be too long you could just look it up(im just gonna say this EVERY THING in his suit has a designed purpose, except the horns). Even without his gear batman is absolutely EPIC, this man is a survivalist and has won many battles and brought down many enemies without his suit, he is known to fight multiple enemies without the use of his hands, and is an escape artist of great degree, he escapes titanium bonds that lock his body and hands with great ease, he is a master of negotiation and psychology intimidating even gods (Darkseid) Hell! even Superman and the rest of the justice league are afraid of him. He is constantly overshadowed by his super-enhanced allies he is still considered the greatest and most skillfull of them all. He practically fights armies of they get in his way. Willpower and persistance are the only superpower's he has, his willpower is so great that he has shook off the effects of mind-control many times from different sources (Mad-Hatter, Poison Ivy, Darkseid...etc.) and it is said that if he and superman were put in a room and were applied the same amount of torture and pain, that superman would spill out his deepest darkest secrets for them to stop, while batman would probably tell them to go screw themselves. Apparently he can also slow down-completely stop any physical bleeding using his mind (not a super-power its apparently a type of technique he learned from a monk) Again this man not only took a punch from superman, but also defeated him, along with other superheroes of great power, in a special edition comic batman even manages to subdue the HULK!!!!

I personally thing Van Helsing is awesome, but seriously he is nothing compared to Batman.

@fantasywind: Probably a bit late to add to this conversation, but i'd like to clear some aspects regarding to the lich king, first of all to the three people who said he is human,....he is not, he was previously Nerzhul, a powerful orc shaman who was tricked by Kil'jaeden The Deciever, an extremely powerful demon who uses his near infinite power to present 'gifts' to seemingly capable personnel that can serve him, so he forges the Helm of Domination and traps Nerzhul's powers, energies, and potential in it, and adds an incredible amount of power to it, so much that it exhausts him (note: this guy is the second-in-command after Sargeras, who's practically a god of gods, so thats a decent amount of power in there) he makes his demons forge FROSTMOURNE and the PLATE OF THE DAMNED, he then was sent to earth to practically raise an army of the dead and weaken Azeroth (Earth). The Lich King obeys him...for a while, The Lich King builds an army and claims Northrend (an entire continent) to himself. he would fight wars were when the enemy soldiers die he would reanimate them with a single thought, adding them to his army, soon The Scourge (his vast undead army) was so powerful that it not only conquered Northrend but spread to the other two continents and plagued alot of it (almost quarter of each id say) The Lich King discovers his true potential and works on his powers telepathically, gradually his powers become so great and magnificent that it reached (and probably exceeded) his master's thus Kil'jaedan and the demons he sent to safeguard him lost control of his ever-growing powers. Things happen and its too much to put here (claims alot of lands, anyone who dies he reanimates so his army is freakin' gigantic, he has more than 50 TRUE champions that can destroy entire countries by themselves so imagine what they can do with part of the scourge under their hand. Arthas the human prince and champion gets corrupted and ends up serving him , Arthas is a skilled warrior and single-handedly slays abominations and claims cities.) at the end The Lich King decides to merge with Arthas, so that he obtains a truly powerful and skillful body and that his god-like powers dont escape somehow. so here are his traits and abilities.

-Is considered the god of death and undeath, and actually worshipped by some of the natives. He controls Frost and Cold Aspects of...everything, Blood, he drains his enemies powers, and death and plague which is the whole spreading disease and bringing undead deal :]

-Wields Frostmourne WHICH IS MOST DEFINITELY NOT a normal blade, it is of EXTREME power, it slices through all weapon and armor with extreme ease, the runeblade acts like the ring of power in LoTR in some ways, anybody who wields it gets his mind completely invaded by the LK (vision, hearing, thoughts..) , and the LK corrupts him slowly turning him from good to neutral to evil to undead, and finally absorbing all his knowledge and skill. It absorbs the targets soul once it makes contact with it, if targets soul resists, the the very soul is shattered, if soul doesnt resist then it is trapped in Frostmourne, The Lich King cannot be disarmed from his runeblade and it is destroyed by the only sword in azeroth that equals it 'The Ashbringer' BUT the ashbringer is made from the core of a naaru (an angel) and forged by the king of dwarves, pouring all his desire of vengeance into the blade, and the last time i checked Middle-Earth didnt have a King-Forged-Angelic-Holy-Epic-Sword, so dispelling the sword from the fight is invalid.

- The Lich King has an army that is bigger than the combination of all the rest of the armies in Azeroth, and it is ever-growing.

-The very ground that the Lich-King stands on is corrupt the ground below him is usually plated with frost and wherever he steps there will never be life (plants). He can also bring up an entire battalion of undead (around 60) with a single thought in any location in the world, if he wants to bring more, then a second thought is required :D.

- The Helm of Domination is the source of all his power, and while some might argue that anyone can steal i would have to disagree, like Frostmourne the Lich King has a connection to the helm, he can never misplace it (he always senses where it is) and if a thief would try to wear it with the current lich king is alive, they would be instantly killed by the massive flow of energy from the helm.

-The Lich King has his own form of angels called 'Valkyrie' these creatures look like angels in an epic viking way, they have the ability to heal and restore a person to life.

- Death Knights can be compared to Nazgul in a sense, the death knights are servants of the Lich King that were once great champions in life, these heroes where gifted with portion of the Lich King's near-infinite powers, in-game a death knight has the (Lich-kingish) ability to drain his enemies of their life-forces and can summon leeches to help them (Blood Talent Tree) Manipulating ice magic, mostly in forms of slowing down an enemy and the speed of his attacks, but can also deep freeze an enemy and blast them with strong northern winds (Frost Talent Tree) and finally spreading Plague and diseases to overload your enemy with ailments and slay him effortlessly. Towards the end of the limitations of their power a death Knight can summon around 10 ghouls at a time to aid him in battle as well as his own personal undead.

-Two leaders almost died against him, but you wouldnt get it, Faction Leaders are usually the most powerful of their class,(an example would be Varian Wrynn, King of the Humans, Favored by the God Lo'gosh, Many believe him to be the most skilled and powerful warrior, and Thrall/Go'el is believed to be the world's most powerful shaman) so during a quest a in both factions a leader tries to infilitrate and destroy the Lich King, if your are on alliance then you are accompanied by Jaina Proudmoore, The Human Mage, Ruler of Theramore, considered the world's most powerful mage, when she tries to defeat him she barely grazes his health while her own health (which is no small amount) is almsot depleted, she quickly tries to freeze him with ice and escape but he is the amster of ice and removes them, then start to follow her. Same thing with Horde except with Horde you get Sylvannas Windrunner, Banshee Queen of the Forsaken, Considered the Best Dark ranger (practically archer with alot of cool shadow magic stuff), same deal; she barely grazes him, almost dies, throws shadow bonds, he controls shadow magic too, and follows her.

-During the endfight to the lich-king, he effortlessly locks the world's most powerful paladin (Tirion Fordring) in a block of frost (which is humiliating) until the end of the fight during which the lich-king faces down 10 of the worlds most powerful champions, he practices different attacks in different phases of his health. He summons undead into the fight, inflicts plagues and diseases to all party members knocks back tank with powerful frost attacks, summons winds to his aid, summon valkyrie , who if not killed in time will choke-grab a player and throw him off the tower, lays shadow traps that when touched will explode with shadow energies, absorbs your soul forcing you to fight your way out, rips part of your soul and makes it fight against you, sends shockwaves at players and below the floor causing earthquakes, his very scream makes you unable to use magic, he sends out giant ice spheres that kill when it reaches it target, and after all of that when you think you finally got him, he take one swipe of frostmourne and slays 10 of the most powerful champions with one hit (called fury of frostmourne) , later on admitting that he only fought them to witness if they really are as powerful as people said and that he could have slain them at any time and that he wants to resurrect them under his command.

-Finally as i have said, the Lich King is nowhere near human, only the holiness of The Ashbringer could break Frostmourne and release the souls, otherwise he remains powerful, but now my favorite quote/trait. "There must always be a Lich King"...if the Lich King dies by The Ashbringer ,he must always be replaced, because if he doesnt the true power of the scourge army will be unleashed and all will be chaos (apparentally the power of the army used to conquer a continent and a half,two quarters of the others, wasnt anywhere near as its 'true' power')

I personally believe that the witch-king is awesome, but i think he would be more comparable to Darion Morgraine (Most powerful Death knight) or maybe Kel'thuzad (The Lich King's second-in-command).

and i think The Lich King would be more comparable in power to Sauron. :D