Winter Soldier (Marvel Comics)

## Summary

**Bucky Barnes** was once believed dead near the end of World War II, only to have been found and brainwashed by the Soviets for the next 50 years. Captain America's former sidekick now continues to defend his country from the shadows against those who would threaten it as legendary spy and assassin, **The Winter Soldier**.

## Powers and Stats

**Tier:** **High 8-C**, possibly **8-A**. **8-A** with Bionic Arm. Up to **5-B** with weaponry

**Name:** James Buchanan "Bucky" Barnes, The Winter Soldier, Captain America (formerly)

**Origin:** Marvel Comics

**Gender:** Male

**Age:** Unknown. Early 30s physically

**Classification:** Biologically Enhanced Human

**Powers and Abilities:** Superhuman Physical Characteristics, Weapon Mastery, Martial Arts, Stealth Mastery, Bionic Arm, Electricity Manipulation, Self-Destruction for weapons, Information Analysis with domino mask, Skilled Acrobat, Minor Resistance to Electricity Manipulation. Optional Equipment grants him Explosion Manipulation, limited Fire Manipulation, Self-Sustenance (Type 1 with spacesuit), limited Smoke Manipulation, Surface Scaling and Technology Manipulation, limited Illusion Creation, Enhanced Senses, Teleportation, Sleep Manipulation

**Attack Potency:** **Large Building Level**, possibly **Multi-City Block Level** (Can harm those who harm him. Beat up an amplified Crossbones. Fought against Daredevil and Hawkeye). **Multi-City Block Level** with Bionic Arm (Harmed Captain America and Wolverine. Punched through robots). Up to **Planet Level** with weaponry (Took down a Frost Giant with his gun. Harmed Ares, Wrecking Crew members and Red Hulk with modified Lugar)

**Speed:** **Transonic** travel speed. **Relativistic+** combat and reaction speed (Dodged a blast from an Accuser that hit Captain America, and has kept up with him. Dodged an electric attack. Comparable to Black Panther. Dodged automatic fire)

**Lifting Strength:** **Class 50** (Almost comparable to Captain America)

**Striking Strength:** **Large Building Level**, possibly **Multi-City Block Level**. **Multi-City Block Level** with Bionic Arm

**Durability:** **Large Building Level** (Tanked a grenade launcher), possibly **Multi-City Block Level** physically. **Galaxy Level** with Proto-Adamantium Shield

**Stamina:** Superhuman (Fought against superpowered beings in an arena for two months while bionic arm was depowered, he had very little sleep and barely ate any food)

**Range:** Standard melee range. Varies up to tens of thousands of kilometres with weapons

**Standard Equipment:** Bionic Arm, Winter Soldier armour, knives, domino mask, special firearms

* **Bionic Arm:** Winter Soldier's metal arm is a formidable weapon. The arm is strong enough to punch through robots and durable enough to resist Black Panther's claws. The arm has a retractable blade, a flamethrower, and electrical discharge and EMP weapons. The arm is fitted with sensors which increases his balancing and throwing skills. The sensors can detect camouflage, explosives. The arm has a hologram to disguise it as a regular arm. It can block metal detectors. The arm can reload weapons automatically.
* **Optional Equipment:** Grappling Hooks, Hologram Projector, Spacesuits, teleporters, Incendiary rounds, smoke grenades and special devices for technology manipulating, listening, surface scaling and Captain America's Proto-Adamantium Shield

**Intelligence:** At least Gifted (Trained several Soviet agents, including Black Widow. Wolverine has stated that the Winter Soldier is one of the few men in the world who can kill him. One of the best marksmen and hardly misses a target. Sniped twelve targets in quick succession without any of the enemy noticing. Defeated a train full of Hydra agents with only handguns)

**Weaknesses:** None Notable