Saul Goodman

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==Summary==
Jimmy McGill, better known by his clients as Saul Goodman, is a criminal lawyer in Albuquerque with extensive connections throughout the criminal underworld. A former con artist, Jimmy is initially an ambitious lawyer focused on doing the right thing. However, he is constantly met with misfortune, leading him to slowly become an amoral and sleazy attorney who uses illegal tactics to defend blatant criminals. He eventually serves as a lawyer and advisor for Walter White and Jesse Pinkman, using his vast connections to guide them through the meth business.
==Powers and Stats==
Tier: . with AMT Backup .380 Semi-Automatic Pistol
Name: James Morgan McGill, Jimmy McGill, Slippin' Jimmy, Saul Goodman, Charlie Hustle, Special Agent Jeffrey A. Steel, JMM, Kevin Costner, Mr. Cumpston, Viktor St. Claire, Viktor with a "K", the Cell Phone Guy, Pastor Hansford, Bill, Magic Man, Salamanca's Guy, Tom Hagen, Gene Takavic, Steve, Better Call Saul
Origin: Breaking Bad
Gender: Male
Age: 41 (Better Call Saul), 48 (Breaking Bad), 50 (End of Series)
Classification: Con artist, public defense attorney, elder law attorney, cell phone salesman, criminal defense attorney, Cinnabon manager
Powers and Abilities: Social Influencing (Was able to talk his way out of being held at gunpoint by Tuco Salamanca, an insane meth addict, and later talked him down from brutally torturing two people to death to breaking one leg on each of them.Better Call Saul S1E2: Mijo Became a "friend of the cartel".Better Call Saul S5E8: BagmanBreaking Bad S2E8: Better Call Saul Has negotiated and formed connections with countless violent criminals. Alongside Kim, convinced Howard Hamlin's colleagues that he was a cocaine addict, completely destroying his reputationBetter Call Saul S6E7: Plan and ExecutionBetter Call Saul S6E12: Waterworks), Limited Martial Arts (Held his own in an amateur boxing match against Howard Hamlin, albeit losing.Better Call Saul S6E5: Black and Blue Stated that he previously had a dojo membershipBreaking Bad S5E12: Rabid Dog)
Attack Potency: Athlete level (Kicked down a locked door with three kicks.Better Call Saul S3E2: Witness Traded blows with Howard Hamlin, who could harm him. Nearly overpowered Walter White despite having been caught off guard.Breaking Bad S3E4: Green Light Shattered a pane of glass with two kicks.Better Call Saul S6E11: Breaking Bad Easily smashed through a small window with a single strike). Street level with AMT Backup
Speed: Average Human (Outran a group of teenage thieves before he was cornered.Better Call Saul S4E6: Piñata Briefly fought with Walter), Transonic with AMT Backup
Lifting Strength: Average Human (Lifted a man up onto a platform with one arm.Better Call Saul S1E4: Hero Lifted a street sign out of the ground, although it required a great deal of effort.Better Call Saul S6E4: Hit and Run Wrestled with Walt and nearly gained the upper hand)
Striking Strength: Athlete level
Durability: Athlete level (Consistently survived and quickly recovered after falling hard enough that "people would come running from five blocks away" on a regular basisBetter Call Saul S1E1: Uno. Took many kicks to the stomach from a group of thugs.Better Call Saul S4E5: Quite a Ride Took a beating from JesseBreaking Bad S5E11: Confessions)
Stamina: Athletic (Spent 36 hours carrying 150 pounds of cash through the Mexican desert with little to no food or water)
Range: Standard Melee Range; Hundreds of Meters with AMT Backup
Standard Equipment: None notable
*Optional Equipment: AMT Backup .380 Semi-Automatic Pistol
Intelligence: Gifted (Despite his comical and sleazy facade, Saul is an exceptional lawyer and conman. For years, Jimmy consistently scammed enough people to make a living off of cons alone, with Marco Pasternak, a highly skilled conman in his own right, viewing Jimmy as far superior to him. As a lawyer, he was able to match wits with his older brother Chuck, a highly successful lawyer who Howard referred to as the "greatest legal mind [he] ever knew", eventually outsmarting and humiliating him in court.Better Call Saul S3E5: Chicanery Faked countless letters and impersonated multiple people with dozens of phones in order to get Huell out of jail.Better Call Saul S4E8: Coushatta Without Saul's help, Walter White's meth empire never would have gotten anywhere near the heights it reached at its peak, and Walter himself likely would have been caught or killed within a short period of time. After being caught and charged for his involvement in Walter's meth empire, he was able to talk a sentence of 200 years in a maximum security prison down to 7 years in a prison of his choosingBetter Call Saul S6E13: Saul Gone)
Weaknesses: Saul is not a particularly skilled fighter. Has sore knees. Suffers from PTSD as a result of his experiences with the cartel.
==Notable Matchups==
Victories:
She-Hulk (Marvel Cinematic Universe) She-Hulk's Profile (Both were opposing counsel in a court case. She-Hulk was prosecution and Saul was defense. Speed was equalized) 
Hiromi Higuruma (Jujutsu Kaisen) Higuruma's Profile (Saul defended Sukuna in Higuruma's Deadly Sentencing. Saul Goodman had 7 days of prep, knowledge of what Sukuna did, and a 1 hour talk with Sukuna before the trial)
Losses:
Inconclusive:
==References==
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