Steppenwolf (DC Extended Universe)

> "*I see, mother! I see why you waited to summon me! The Kryptonian's death plunged this timid world into such terror; Amazons, Atlanteans - each stands and falls alone! I know, mother, you waited too long for the unity... I know, but you will feed! And my exile will come to an end! I will take my place among the New Gods! Find the last one! Its power will cleanse the earth! For the unity... for Darkseid!*"
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## Summary

Steppenwolf is an incredibly ancient and powerful New God of Apokalips and serves as the lieutenant to his master Darkseid and has conquered entire worlds in his name. He was bested some 30,000 years ago by a combined effort of the Old Gods of Olympus, Green Lantern Corps, Amazons, Atlanteans and the Tribes of Man.

Following this he would be exiled from his homeworld of Apokalips before he began a second invasion of Earth in 2017, in an attempt to assemble and use the Unity but he was defeated a second time, this time by the combined efforts of the Justice League and a newly resurrected Superman.

## Feats

* Even 5,000 years ago was known as a genocidal conqueror with a kill count in the millions
* Was only defeated by a coalition of Old Gods, a Green Lantern and several other factions
* Survived a Battle Against the Ancient Kryptonian Deformity Created By Bertron.
* Upon his return easily recovered the first two Motherboxes from Themyscira and Atlantis respectively
* Fought the Justice League head on
* Traded blows with Wonder Woman and Aquaman, and maintained the upper hand against them
* Effortlessly beat the Flash and mutilated Cyborg
* Would have slaughtered the League if not for Superman's intervention

## Powers and Stats

Powers and Abilities: Superhuman Physical Characteristics, Weapon Mastery, CQC Mastery, Immortality (Types 1 and 4), Necromancy (Via Electro Axe), Magma Manipulation, Portal Creation (Via Boom Tubes), Empowerment (Granted his powers by the Electro Axe)

Destructive Capacity: **Small** **Country Level** (Could easily overwhelm Arthur and Diana on their own and at the same time, stated to have done battle with a Kryptonian Deformity [which should be no weaker then the Doomsday created by Lex Luthor], Able to cause large explosions of magma with his axe strikes)

Striking Strength: **Small** **Country Class** (Can trade blows with Diana, One shot a Green Lantern, Causes large explosions of molten lava by slamming his axe on the ground (Which at minimum yields this much), outmatches Wonder Woman and Aquaman)

Lifting Strength: **Class M,** likely **Class Z** (Is able to overpower Aquaman, stronger then Wonder Woman, [at one point matching their combined strength])

Durability: **Small** **Country Level** (Survived hits from Aquaman and Wonder Woman, Recovers quickly from Cyborg's blasts, Diana's bracelets only knock him back and a slash from Diana's sword barely affects him [This same blade is able to sever Doomsday's arm]), higher via the Electro Axe (His axe was able to survive a powerful thunderbolt from Zeus)

Speed: **Relativistic+** (Could keep pace with Wonder Woman and Aquaman)

Stamina: **Superhuman;** likely **Enhanced Superhuman** (Able to fight the Justice League for an extended period of time without much rest, his search for the Motherboxes took several hours if not days, kept going after severe injuries from an amped Superman)

Range: **Enhanced Melee Range** physically (due to his size and weapon), **Hundreds of Meters** when he throws the axe, **Unknown** but **much higher** with Boom Tubes

Intelligence: **Above Average Human** (Planned and led the search for the Motherboxes as well as his several conquests and two invasions of Earth, is a master tactician accredited with several genocides and conquests only defeated twice, is a skilled combatant with tens of millennia worth of experience)

Standard Equipment: His Electro Axe (The source of most of Steppenwolf's powers, this Apokaliptian tool of destruction is Steppenwolf's main weapon and is capable of transforming those he kills into Parademons to serve him and is durable enough to survive blows against Wonder Woman's sword and bracelets, thunderbolts from Zeus and blasts from Cyborg)

###### Note:

* Do not attempt to scale the DC Extended Universe characters based on "Zack Snyder's Justice League"; the film is currently non-canonical to the DCEU as explored here

## Weaknesses

* In-character is arrogant
* His Parademons may turn on him if he feels enough fear (as they feed on fear)
* His Electro-Axe will turn brittle after being frozen
	+ This is exactly how Diana of Themyscira shattered his axe during the battle at Pozharnov

## Sources

* Respect STEPPENWOLF | r/respectthreads
* Steppenwolf (DC Extended Universe) | VS Battles Wiki