Frankly the belief that Wolverine's fighting style is sloppy or he takes considerably more hits than his peers is antiquated. Does Wolverine frequently trades blows and go shot for shot? Sure. Do Captain America, Daredevil, and Batman do the same thing? Absolutely! The fact that Wolverine doesn't need to drastically change his fighting style when he throws down with the Hulk like Captain America or DD do, shouldn't dock points from his aggregate skill score. Wolverine doesn't change his fighting style when he fights Bricks because unlike Captain America or Batman he doesn't have to. He can fight the same way he fights streets without a disastrous outcome. If he wanted to jack rabbit and play the evasion game, he could and has shown the ability to do so (avoiding the Hulk's blows with ease)... but it is unnecessary. He fights Hulk the same way he would fight Cap, because he can. Wolverine takes blows from the Hulk, for the same reason Captain America goes shot for shot with Daredevil or Black Panther or Taskmaster, because it isn't detrimental for him to do so. Now sure he takes more hits against fodder... but that is because he fights hundreds of them at a time, and dives right ind turning the situation into a meat grinder. If he wanted to waste his time and have a prolonged fight like Cap or DD, he could do that too, but it is unnecessary and time consuming. Fodder are like rain drops and unlike Cap, Wolverine is worried about getting wet.
Anyway, Wolverine has flat out told Steve to his face that he was better than him., he almost killed Cap with a pressure point attack that created an aneurysm (making Wolverine one only a handful of characters who have ever successfully executed a pressure point attack on someone of Captain America's skill level), he's one-shotted Rogue with a pressure point, completely shattered the Thing like body of Rock of the Buddah with a Karnak style find the weakness attack, and he has beaten Shang-Chi effortlessly in a handful of panels (which is more impressive than any skill feat Captain America has under his belt). I suppose someone could make a fallacious argument that Wolverine's defense is sorely lacking, but even if we assume that is true, the fact remains that in every other way (reflexes, speed, strike power, accuracy, technique and just overall offensive ability) he is off the chart. Silver Samurai has even commented that Wolverine's technique is flawless.
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