Deathstroke vs Black Panther

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Current versions of both.

Standard arena and standard gear for both.

Who wins?

[BlueElf94]

I'm not terribly up to date on current Deathstroke (I hear the Priest run is really good), but even with my somewhat dated knowledge this seems pretty evenly matched to me! Does Slade have anything in his modern arsenal that could compete with Vibranium?

[nj06]

I'm not terribly up to date on current Deathstroke (I hear the Priest run is really good), but even with my somewhat dated knowledge this seems pretty evenly matched to me! Does Slade have anything in his modern arsenal that could compete with Vibranium?

Funny enough, Priest's run on Black Panther is also really good. Although I also want to know what is in Slade's current arsenal that can match vibranium.

[Huntsman Spider]

If I'm remembering correctly, the Priest run on Deathstroke introduced the Ikon Suit, which was designed with a gravimetric energy sheath that could absorb most kinetic energy directed at it and render the wearer virtually invulnerable against anything up to the size of a fist (so it could tank punches from Superman, for example). It was also powered by the wearer's motions, so Deathstroke's superhuman physical abilities gave the Ikon Suit all the charge it needed to function and then some. Looking back on it, it was somewhat similar to how the Panther Habit worn by the Black Panther was capable of absorbing kinetic energy from things like bullets and later became able to store and channel that absorbed kinetic energy.

[Vanguard]

I like this fight. Because I’ve been a fan of both. But I don’t know enough about current Slade. I know all about TChalla and what he’s capable of. He’s had some really strong feats lately.


Ikon suit is pretty powerful from what I’ve seen and read. But if TChalla starts slashing, I’m not sure that’s the kind of punishment the Ikon suit was designed to take.

[Vanguard]

Bump. How do the Deathstroke followers feel about this?

[nj06]

If I'm remembering correctly, the Priest run on Deathstroke introduced the Ikon Suit, which was designed with a gravimetric energy sheath that could absorb most kinetic energy directed at it and render the wearer virtually invulnerable against anything up to the size of a fist (so it could tank punches from Superman, for example). It was also powered by the wearer's motions, so Deathstroke's superhuman physical abilities gave the Ikon Suit all the charge it needed to function and then some. Looking back on it, it was somewhat similar to how the Panther Habit worn by the Black Panther was capable of absorbing kinetic energy from things like bullets and later became able to store and channel that absorbed kinetic energy.

Interesting. If Deathstroke currently has a suit that can tank blows from Superman, then T'Challa will not be stopping him with just melee attacks. He still anti-metal vibranium claws tho which will help. Also as stated earlier he has his Soul-Spear and other energy based attacks. Deathstroke's suit will certainly act as a great defense, but what weapons/gear does he have that can overcome T'Challa's own vibranium suit?

[Huntsman Spider]

Interesting. If Deathstroke currently has a suit that can tank blows from Superman, then T'Challa will not be stopping him with just melee attacks. He still anti-metal vibranium claws tho which will help. Also as stated earlier he has his Soul-Spear and other energy based attacks. Deathstroke's suit will certainly act as a great defense, but what weapons/gear does he have that can overcome T'Challa's own vibranium suit?

None that I'm aware of. He'd have to cut along the grain of the suit to actually have a chance, but would the usual sword(s) he uses be sharp enough to do that? On a related note, The Lazarus Contract crossover between the DC Rebirth runs of Deathstroke, Titans, and Teen Titans had Deathstroke use a high-tech siphon to temporarily drain Kid Flash (Wallace West II) of his speed and power himself up with it, intending to use the Speed Force to run through time and save his family from falling apart like it did when his first son died. Slightly similarly, the Heroes Reborn arc that took over the Avengers titles for a bit had in its final issue Black Panther somehow siphoning the Squadron Supreme's resident speedster Blur's kinetic energy and channeling it through the Panther Habit into super-speed of his own. Both of those might be outlier feats, as they'd need a speedster around to siphon for speed boosts, but I thought it was interesting that both of those characters, written by Christopher Priest at one point or another, had a similar plot point of draining or absorbing the amplified kinetic energy from a speedster to temporarily make themselves into speedsters as well.