Originally Posted by
KingNomarch
Compared to the BP in CW, Coogler's handling was the better tactician and far superior handling of his abilities.
There wasn't much tactical to any of his "plans" in CW which mostly amounted to attack Bucky on sight. The only times I can say he was when he jumped on Bucky on the roof and decided to wait in the back during the third act.
When it comes to his fights against Bucky and his fight against Cap, people seem to forget that for all of them Bucky wasn't trying to kill or hurt him and Cap definitely wasn't going all out.
His first fight with Bucky, it's obvious that Bucky is more concerned with escaping than fighting a stranger in a black cat suit. During their second fight Bucky was in WS mode but still more focusing on escaping than fighting and it ends with him ghosting T'Challa and T'Challa incapable of finding him.
During their last fight, Bucky was dominating T'Challa throughout. T'Challa couldn't land a single blow on Bucky until Bucky had stopped to reason with him. If he was Terminator Bucky from TWS then CW T'Challa would've been beat based off his showings there.
I found his fight with Cap to be his most disappointing yet not counting that embarrassing moment against Thanos. Arguably the two best fighters in the MU and T'Challa is barely capable of landing a blow on Cap who is holding back and is only trying to keep him from reaching Bucky. To make matters worse he had WM helping him and they both still couldn't get past him. With help T'Challa only landed 1/9 blows against Cap.
If Bucky and Cap were fighting him like during their fight in the street in TWS or fighting serious like the final battle in CW then I'd beat more impressed with his showing in CW where everyone was holding back not to hurt anyone besides T'Challa who was on "rage mode" and loses 99% of his fights.
The only fight that can be said that T'Challa wins during CW was against Hawkeye and that's like bragging that someone could beat Yamcha. But Hawkeye lasted a lot.longer against him than anyone "normal" person when fighting someone with SS level stats and even restraining him for a period of time.
The one fight in the forest was far better than all his showings in CW. There isn't a single moment in CW where his tactical skills are as good as they are in there or his other abilities. Throwing ppl through trucks, taking ppl out without hesitation, properly utilizing his resources. There literally isn't a single comparable feat in his whole CW appearance than that one scene besides maybe showing he's bulletproof.
All around Coogler did a much better job the only things he'd need to improve on are the master prep skills from Priest, adding energy daggers, and doing a bit more with the force push.