Yelena Belova

works together with black widow

## Personality

> "*We are defined by what we do.*"
> ― Yelena Belova to Kate Bishop[source]
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Having spent most of her life in the Red Room, Yelena Belova is a cynical person with a very sarcastic, deadpan sense of humor, with a bit of a bent moral compass as she notably had no problem holding a civilian at gunpoint and stealing his car to evade from pursuers, much to Natasha Romanoff's chagrin. Despite this, Belova does have a strong sense of right and wrong, having no problem with helping Natasha take down the Red Room and freeing the Black Widows from being held against their will. Having felt abandoned by her family, Belova notably has a strained relationship with her adoptive parents and older sister, telling them outright how betrayed they made her feel when none of them came back for her. Despite this, Belova still cared and loved them, admitting to Melina Vostokoff that to her she will always be her mother, and telling Alexei Shostakov that he meant everything to her as a child.

## Abilities

> "*Yelena, you went on to become the greatest child assassin the world has ever known. No one can match your efficiency, your ruthlessness.*"
> ― Alexei Shostakov to Yelena Belova[source]
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* **Master Martial Artist**:  File:BlackWidowTeaserTrailer29.png   Belova is an extremely skilled and formidable hand-to-hand combatant and martial artist, having been gone through the training of the Red Room since young age in order to become a Widow, making her one of the most dangerous and best fighters on the planet. She was able to fight Natasha Romanoff evenly, matching her move for move before they had a truce. During the fight she employed a wide variety of throws and locks. Compared to Romanoff's more acrobatic style of fighting, Belova has a more direct and hands-on way of fighting that seems heavily influenced by Sambo, ,including combat styles like Systema, Jiu-jitsu, Capoeira, Kali, Aikido and Krav Maga. Belova is able to quickly use her surroundings to her advantage and use random items as improvised weaponry. She was also able to easily fight off several surgeons at once while escaping the Red Room, and being able to quickly incapacitate a guard by disorientating him and sweeping his legs out from under him. Yelena was able to easily outclass Kate Bishop, while simultaneously being able to keep up with, and sometimes even gain the upper hand against extremely skilled and experienced martial artists like Clint Barton and Maya Lopez, though Barton was more focused on protecting Bishop than engaging Yelena. Belova is also very physically strong and resilient, as she could flip her sister into a wall with her own leg, lift Kate Bishop over her head and chuck her off a building. Belova also has very good reflexes, able to catch a bottle of hot sauce that Bishop threw at her head.
* **Knife Mastery**: As a Black Widow, Belova is highly skilled at using a knife in combat, being able to use it to quickly kill a former Widow and later use it in her fight against Romanoff. Belova was also able to quickly throw a two-inch blade into a Red Room surgeon's back with great accuracy while making her escape.
* **Staff Mastery**: As a Black Widow, Belova is highly skilled at using a staff in combat.
* **Master Marksman**:  File:Yelena Belova Marksman.png   Belova is highly skilled and well-trained in firearms, including pistols, sniper rifles and grenade launchers. She could target the tower of the Russian gulag from a long distance.
* **Master Acrobat**: As a Black Widow, Belova is highly skilled in incorporating gymnastics and acrobatics into her fighting style as she battles opponents. She has been very flexible since a young age, as she could already assume the upward bow position at the age of six.
* **Master Spy**: Having trained in the Red Room, Belova is highly skilled in infiltration and spycraft. She created a detailed, extensive background story for her absent family.
* **Master Assassin**: As a Black Widow, Belova is a extremely skilled assassin, being able to kill her targets with incredible efficiency. She has killed many people while she was under the control of the Red Room, including Oksana. Belova also attempted to assasinate Clint Barton, as she was instructed to by Valentina Allegra de Fontaine.
* **Pilot**: Belova was capable of copiloting a helicopter with Natasha Romanoff, and piloting the helicopter by herself when Romanoff left to help Red Guardian.
* **Multilingualism**: Belova is fluent in her native Russian, as well as English and Hungarian.

## Equipment

### Weapons

* **Black Widow's Batons**: Belova briefly utilized Black Widow's Batons during the Destruction of the Red Room. Belova combined the batons into a staff and then plunged into the propellor of General Dreykov's helicopter, breaking the propeller and causing the helicopter to explode, killing Dreykov and his remaining soldiers.
* **Black Widow's Bite**: Belova utilized her Black Widow's Bite to engage Echo and Hawkeye. Belova used it to immobilize them stunning them both so she would have an advantage, as she was taking on both Lopez and Barton as well as Kate Bishop.
* **Combat Knife**: *To be added*
* **Throwing Knives**: *To be added*
* **Template:WPS**:  File:Yelena Belova (2016).png   Belova's preferred weapon is a subcompact pistol. She aimed it at her sister when they reunited after 21 years, but Romanoff swiftly disarmed her. She continued to use her pistol during her campaign to liberate other Black Widows, notably bringing it to Ana's house, and attempted to shoot Hawkeye with the pistol.
* **Template:WPS**: Belova disarmed her sister of her pistol when they reunited after 21 years.
* **Template:WPS**: Belova used a sniper rifle on an assignment in Morocco.
* **Template:WPS**: Belova used a grenade launcher when she and her sister rescued their father from prison.

### Other Equipment

* **Uniform**: *To be added*
* **Winter Uniform**: *To be added*
* **Vest**: *To be added*
* **Night Vision Goggles**: *To be added*

### Vehicles

* **Motorcycle**: *To be added*
* **Helicopter**: *To be added*