Who is the strongest version of Superman that the Hokuto Shinken could defeat?

[Animeality]

Kenshiro stands in a wasteland and different versions of Superman show up to fight him one-by-one, weakest to strongest.

How far does Kenshiro get, assuming he's at the peak of his abilities, and Superman is going for the kill?

[The Chou Lives]

The issue is Superman has been labeled it is that his durability is a TK force field.

So Ken cannot actually touch through to hit said flesh.

[Alan2099]

The issue is Superman has been labeled it is that his durability is a TK force field.

So Ken cannot actually touch through to hit said flesh.

I thought they dropped the forcefield explanation a LONG time ago. Did somebody write it back in?

[Animeality]

And surely not every relevant version of Superman has this force field.

[The Chou Lives]

True. Even if the field is dropped, wouldn’t his dense molecules mean he is immune anyway?

Hokuto Shinken is limited by anatomy ( Southers trump card originally.)

[big_adventure]

Most versions of Superman can annihilate Ken just due to speed and the ability to hurt him. Ken's not fast enough to react to a near-light or much faster speedster.

Ken could handle Golden Age, black and white TV superman, maybe Routh Superman, and... I'm iffy on DCEU. He gets obliterated by pre-crisis, post-crisis, Nu, Rebirth from comics. He gets his ass handed to him by Smallville or Lois & Clark, and likely by Arrow-verse Superman.

[The Chou Lives]

Most versions of Superman can annihilate Ken just due to speed and the ability to hurt him. Ken's not fast enough to react to a near-light or much faster speedster.

Ken could handle Golden Age, black and white TV superman, maybe Routh Superman, and... I'm iffy on DCEU. He gets obliterated by pre-crisis, post-crisis, Nu, Rebirth from comics. He gets his ass handed to him by Smallville or Lois & Clark, and likely by Arrow-verse Superman.

Yeah true. Most Supes are so damned fast Ken is dead before knowing it. And hits way harder to boot.

[Beadle]

Most versions of Superman can annihilate Ken just due to speed and the ability to hurt him. Ken's not fast enough to react to a near-light or much faster speedster.

Ken could handle Golden Age, black and white TV superman, maybe Routh Superman, and... I'm iffy on DCEU. He gets obliterated by pre-crisis, post-crisis, Nu, Rebirth from comics. He gets his ass handed to him by Smallville or Lois & Clark, and likely by Arrow-verse Superman.

I thought Routh Superman was canonically the same guy as Reeve Superman. Because if so, that guy is fast.