Deathstroke (Post-Crisis)

> "*This is how fires begin. Little men with big dreams. Long memories. Short imaginations and shorter fuses. And too much time and opportunity. Fires start in the funniest places.*"
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## Summary

**Deathstroke** (**Slade Joseph Wilson**) is a fictional supervillain appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. He is a mercenary and assassin who serves as the archenemy of the Teen Titans, specifically Dick Grayson. Over the years, writers have developed him as an adversary of other superheroes in the DC universe as well, such as Batman and Green Arrow.

## Powers and Stats

**Tier:** **8-C**

**Name:** Slade Joseph Wilson, Deathstroke the Terminator

**Origin:** DC Comics

**Gender:** Male

**Age:** Probably in his 50's

**Classification:** Metahuman, Assassin

**Powers and Abilities:** Superhuman Physical Characteristics, Genius Intelligence, Enhanced Senses (Can see faster than a normal human, all of this senses are increased by a thousandfold. Has thermal scanning lenses in his mask), Acrobatics, Preparation, Immortality (Types 1 and 3. His experiment made it so that he does not age past his prime, and it has been stated that his regeneration makes him virtually immortal), Regeneration (Mid, can regenerate from being shot in the head and heal from deep cuts in moments), Master Hand-to-Hand Combatant, Expert Marksman and Swordsman, Energy Projection (With his Energy Staff), Explosion Manipulation (Has various types of bombs), Smoke Manipulation (Has smoke and gas grenades), Status Effect Inducement (Has Concussive Disorientation grenades and can stun foes with his Energy Staff); Power Nullification (Via a power dampener) and Flight (Via his jetpack)

Resistance to: Precognition/Information Analysis (Cassandra Cain was unable to read and predict his movements)

**Attack Potency:** **Building level** (Considerably stronger than Batman. Can shatter missile proof glass)

**Speed:** **Massively Hypersonic** (Faster than Katana. Consistently dodges gunfire)

**Lifting Strength:** At least **Class 1**, possibly **Class 5** (Should be much stronger than Batman. Can rip apart steel restraints with his injured arms)

**Striking Strength:** **Building Class**

**Durability:** **Building level**

**Stamina:** High (He can fight even while heavily injured.)

**Range:** Standard melee range. Extended melee range with melee weapons. Hundreds of meters with ranged weaponry.

**Standard Equipment:** Promethium Sword, Energy Staff, Firearms (Automatic Pistols commonly), explosives and detonators, sword(s) of various metals

**Optional Equipment:** Teleporter, Jetpack and a power dampener

**Intelligence:** Genius (Slade is a great strategist and tactician. Always calculating his opponents' moves beforehand; he even singlehandedly defeated a JLA roster that lacked the "Big Three". He has been compared to Batman in terms of tactical methods. Even against metahumans, he has proven more than a match for them all at once with time to prepare. Roy Harper once claimed the Slade was, "The world's greatest tactician." Using his superior problem-solving skills, Deathstroke can work out a battle ahead of time for many possibilities and predict enemy movements and tactics after the battle has engaged by recalling and utilizing memorized mannerisms acquired through past experience on a moment's notice.)

**Weaknesses:** He is half blind due to having his right eye shot out before he received his healing factor.

**Feats:** Respect Thread

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## References

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1. ↑ Deathstroke (1991) #2
2. ↑ The New Teen Titans (1980) #10
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Titans (2008) #25
4. ↑ Deathstroke (1991) #55
5. ↑ Superman: The Man of Steel (1991) #102
6. ↑ Deathstroke (1991) #13
7. ↑ The New Teen Titans (1980) #2
8. ↑ Green Arrow (1990) #42
9. ↑ Batgirl (2008) #2